Tweaks
Make Vista run your way
A lot of people complain about one thing or the other in Vista. However, in many cases you can configure Vista to run more to your liking. Here’s a collection of links where you can find out how to tweak Vista:
Vista Annoyances ResolvedAn extensive discussion at TweakGuides of Vista annoyances and what to do about [...]
A faster broadband connection
Many home PC users with broadband connections have not optimized their connection. There are a number of steps that might increase your connection speed and a good article on some of these is at NetworkWorld.
My own experience is that the one adjustment that many systems need is to change the RWIN setting. There is considerable [...]
Resource guide to free Microsoft software
Microsoft has updated its Resource Guide to Free Microsoft Software and Online Services. Personally, I don’t think it is as useful as it could be. I previously mentioned Blake Handler’s list and I prefer that. Any reader opinions?
Tips for running older applications in Vista
Some older applications have problems running in Windows Vista but Vista comes with some ways to run applications in an environment simulating older versions of Windows. This article discusses the various compatibility modes.
When tool tips are hidden behind the Taskbar
Tool tips are the little information windows that pop up when you place the mouse pointer over icons in the Taskbar. For example, place the mouse pointer on the time and a little window will also show the date. For whatever reason, Windows occasionally decides to place the information window behind the Taskbar where you [...]
Increase the number of possible entries in “My Recent Documents”
I have previously given tips about how to keep the entries in My Recent Documents cleared out (Windows XP). A reader has written me with a different question. He wants more entries than the default value of 15 and asks, “Do you know how I can have more than just the last 15 documents appear [...]
Unhelpful Windows tweaks
A recent article at a well-known computer site that claims to give 12 ways to speed up Vista has been mentioned in numerous blogs. When I first saw a link to the article, I took a look and saw nothing useful. However, the Web echo-chamber has been reverberating with references to this article. As I [...]
Bad Windows tweaks
The Internet is full of information, a lot of it wrong. This applies to the myriad of suggested tips that you find on how to make Windows run better. Several years ago, I wrote:
The Internet is full of suggested tweaks to Windows. Many of these get repeated over and over by various sites without anybody [...]
Still more Vista tips
Today turned out to be Vista’s day on the blog. Here’s one more link for Vista tips. This one is at Lifehacker and is called How to Make Windows Vista Less Annoying. The post is from the well-known blogger, the How-To Geek.
More Vista tweaks
While I am mentioning Vista tweaks, it would be remiss of me not to point to Ed Bott’s series 10 top Vista tweaks. There’s quite a bit of material there so it might take a while to digest it.
Freeware tweaks for Vista
I haven’t had any tips for Vista lately but here is a collection of useful freeware for making some tweaks to that version of Windows. The applications are at Tech Support Alert:
This section is dedicated to software specifically targeting Windows Vista. These are mainly tools and utilities offering ways to make life with Vista [...]
