hey guys! if you were using Windows Vista know, here are some tips and tricks that I can give you, hope you like it guys, and can give you more enhancement with you’re computers… enjoy!!! c”,)
Enable Aero on SUPPORTED Cards, with no drivers!
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1. Click on the start menu and type in devmgmt.msc and Enter to load it up.
2. Expand the Display Adapters section and right click on each device and select Uninstall.
3. Reboot the computer.
4. When it restarts, it should install a generic video driver so your screen will still work.
5. Go back into Device Manager, expand the Display Adapters section again and then right click on the device and select Update Driver.
6. This time select Browse My Computer for Driver and then Let me pick it from a list.
7. Go to the Graphics section closest to your Graphics Card and select the Driver closest, too.
8. Hit OK and install the new driver. Restart your computer.
9. Once you have rebooted, right click on your desktop and select Personalize again.
10. Click on Windows Colors and Appearance.
11. Click on Open classic appearance properties for more color options.
12. In the Color Scheme box, select Windows Vista Aero.
13. Hit OK and glass will now load.
Applications to make Home Basic like Premium
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VisualTaskTips – Thumbnail view of the windows in the taskbar.
Taskbar Shuffle – No hotkey, no extra steps, rearrange the programs on your Windows taskbar by simply… well, dragging and dropping them! Neat concept, huh?
Taskbar Tools – Check this site out smile.gif Nice free stuff!
TopDesk – FLIP 3D and Alt+Tab Alternative to Vista. Home Basic just got better smile.gif
Enable Aero (NOT Glass) in Home Basic
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Regedit:
HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Windows/DWM/
Composition = 1
CompositionPolicy = 2
Right click Command Prompt and run as admin:
net stop uxsms
net start uxsms
Enable New Boot screen in Vista
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1. Click on the start orb and type in “MSCONFIG” in the textbox.
2. Once the System Configuration tool loads, click on the Boot tab.
3. Under Boot Options check ‘NO GUI Boot’
4. Reboot and enjoy!
Resize Partitions with Vista Disk Management
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1. Click on the Start Button and right click on Computer and select Manage.
2. Expand the Storage section and select Disk Management.
3. Then just right click on any partition and select either Expand or Shrink to change the size of the partition.
Create a Shortcut for Flip 3D
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1. Right click on your desktop and select New and then Shortcut.
2. Copy and paste “RunDll32 DwmApi #105″ into the location box and hit Next.
3. Enter in a name for your shortcut and hit Finish.
4. Copy/Cut and Paste your new shortcut where ever you want.
Disable Network Printer Search
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1. Hit Alt to bring up the menubar if it is not already on the screen.
2. Click on Tools and select Folder Options.
3. On the View Tab, uncheck Automatically search for network printers.
Super Quick – Quick Launch Bar
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If you have the quick launch bar you can press the WINDOWS + a number and it will launch that application.
For example: If you have a shortcut for a folder in the first slot you would press WINDOWS + 1 to open that folder.
A second quick launch application would be WINDOWS + 2.
Tweaking tools
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“TweakVista”
“TweakVI”
“VistaBootPro”
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i think you should add XNeat to the above list
http://www.xneat.com/