Windows Vista

Aero is the new hardware-based graphic interface in Windows Vista that includes a ton of eye candy on the new desktop.  Aero stands for Authentic, Energetic, Reflective, And Open. It is intended to be cleaner and more powerful for the user. When you do a clean install of Windows Vista its possible that your video…

One of the most significant security enhancements to Windows Vista was the addition of a technology called BitLocker Encryption. Unlike EFS, rather than simply encrypting a single file, BitLocker, combined with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip on a PC’s motherboard, encrypts the entire hard disk or partition, thus making the system more secure. Since…

The Event Viewer is an application that enables you to browse and manage event logs. Event logs are special files that record significant events on your computer, such as when a user logs on to the computer or when a program encounters an error. Whenever one of these types of events occur, the system records…

Local GPOs are used to allow the administrator of a Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista computer to configure security and registry settings for the computer. LGPOs allow the administrator to do so in absence of an Active Directory-based GPO infrastructure, such as in the following scenarios: Kiosk computer Demo workstation Public environments such as libraries and so on….

Windows Vista has some great additions. One of them is the new and re-designed Performance Monitor. You can open the Performance snap-in from the Computer Management tool (see below), or as a separate snap-in. Inside the Performance tool you will find a Monitoring Tools folder, and in it you will find the Reliability Monitor. The…

How can I quickly zoom on file and folder details in Windows Vista? Windows Vista has many cool visual additions. Many of these are a total waste of time and are only there in order to capture the hearts and minds of non-power users and of those who are innovation freaks. That’s fine with me,…

While working with files and folders in your Windows operating system you might sometimes find the need to copy a file’s exact and full path. Besides needing these paths for programming needs you might might also need it for usage in the Run command, a Command Prompt window, e-mail messages, a Google search or for…

Windows Vista’s new Windows Explorer interface has many interesting keyboard shortcuts, also called “Keyboard Accelerators”. They are especially useful for repetitive tasks in Windows Explorer and might come handy when performing various file and folder actions. You can use these in addition to the regular keyboard shortcuts you’ve been used to since older Microsoft operating…

If you recently upgraded to Microsoft Vista, you can enhance the functionality of Vista by turning it into a server. Among many other possibilities, running Vista as a server will let you host web pages, share your documents with friends and family, and allow you to access your documents from outside your local area network….

How can I install and use Hebrew fonts on my Windows Vista computer? Windows Vista (and 2000/2003/XP) has the built-in ability to display Hebrew fonts on your system without the need to install language packs or special localized versions of the OS. To see Hebrew fonts on your Windows Vista computer you MUST perform the…