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Useful Tips & Tricks for Windows Vista, 7, 8 and Windows 10.

How to improve Instant Search

March 9, 2022June 11, 2007

We mentioned in our previous article that Instant Search uses an index to return the results of your searches as quickly as possible. The index is like a library that … Read more

Categories Appearance And Personalization, Tips & Tricks 1 Comment

Disable the Windows Vista Startup Sound

March 8, 2022May 30, 2007

After years of using Windows XP, most people (including myself) got bored with the standard startup sound. This is the reason why, after a while, I chose to disable it. … Read more

Categories Hardware And Sound, Tips & Tricks 3 Comments

Increase the performance of your SATA disk drive

March 8, 2022May 28, 2007

Nowadays, SATA hard disk drives are very common. They offer a series of advantages compared to older models, one of them being the improved performance. Windows Vista not only offers … Read more

Categories Hardware And Sound, System And Maintenance, Tips & Tricks 7 Comments

How to switch back to the Classic Start Menu

March 7, 2022April 19, 2007

One of the biggest changes in Windows Vista is the complete redesign of the Start Menu. While this change is a good thing for some people, others prefer to use … Read more

Categories Appearance And Personalization, Tips & Tricks 10 Comments

Change the amount of space used by System Restore

March 7, 2022March 12, 2007

System Restore is a very useful feature of Windows Vista but it has one main drawback. After running for a few weeks, it can use a lot of your hard … Read more

Categories System And Maintenance, Tips & Tricks 55 Comments

Put the Shut Down button back on your Start Menu

March 7, 2022March 1, 2007

In one of our previous tutorials we where showing how to configure Windows Vista to shutdown when you press the power button of your system case. Since then, many of … Read more

Categories Appearance And Personalization, Tips & Tricks 9 Comments

Remove the arrow and the “shortcut” text from your Windows Vista shortcuts

March 8, 2022February 15, 2007

Since we launched wintuts.com we noticed that quite a high percentage of our visitors searched for a way to remove the arrow and the “shortcut” text from their Windows Vista … Read more

Categories Appearance And Personalization, Tips & Tricks 16 Comments

Take advantage of the new Quick Launch Bar

March 9, 2022February 12, 2007

One of the small but nice new things in Windows Vista is the Quick Launch Bar. It is not just a bar with nice little shortcuts on which you click, … Read more

Categories Appearance And Personalization, Tips & Tricks 9 Comments

Changing what the power button does

March 8, 2022February 6, 2007

When you press the power button of your Windows Vista PC, you will see that it doesn’t shut down by default. Windows Vista makes the system enter into sleep mode. … Read more

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Are you lost in the new Control Panel? Switch to the old one!

March 9, 2022February 6, 2007

One of the most visible changes in Windows Vista is the complete redesign of the Control Panel. Lots of things were moved and now you have very easy access to … Read more

Categories Appearance And Personalization, Tips & Tricks 9 Comments
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