Archive for the ‘Windows Vista’ Category
One of the greatest things you’ll find on Windows Vista is it’s answer to the iCal, Windows Calendar. Unlike many other desktop calendars, Windows Calendar allows you to subscribe to various types of calendars such as Google Calendar and receive updates. This is great if you prefer Windows Calendar over other calendars but still want to receive data from online sources. For example, Gmail allows you to quickly add an event notice from your email to Google Calendar, but not Windows Calendar.
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Previously, streaming WMP files in Firefox was impossible. As of yesterday, Microsoft released the plugin to 3rd-party browsers that will allow Windows Media Player to be streamed on browsers other than IE.
You can grab the Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin here.
After the release of Firefox 2.0, the memory leak has become an even more notorious problem than before. On average, Firefox should take up no more than 80MB of RAM. Any more than that and you can consider yourself a victim of Firefox’s memory leak. I’m sure you’ve probably already seen a ton of guides on how to fix the memory leak problem in Firefox already. The reason why I’m writing another one on Vista Rewired is because none of those have worked very well for me. This one will be a little different because I’ve added a few of my ingredients in.
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For the many out there that are running Windows Vista with 512MB RAM and are left helpless without video card driver support, optimizing your computer’s appearance can mean the difference between a slow and a fast computer. I have just recently switched to Windows Classic and it cut down loading certain windows from 3-8 seconds to 1-3 (Yes my PC is really slow.)
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After the release of Firefox 2.0, the memory leak has become an even more notorious problem than before. On average, Firefox should take up no more than 80MB of RAM. Any more than that and you can consider yourself a victim of Firefox’s memory leak. I’m sure you’ve probably already seen a ton of guides on how to fix the memory leak problem in Firefox already. The reason why I’m writing another one on Vista Rewired is because none of those have worked very well for me. This one will be a little different because I’ve added a few of my ingredients in.
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Internet Explorer 7 will only allow you to download two files at one time. This limitation can prove to be quite an inconvenience for anyone who downloads quite a lot on the Internet. A simply registry tweak can be done to remove this limitation.
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The title says it all. Hold down Ctrl and move your mouse wheel up or down to enlarge or shrink your icons in Windows Explorer. When you right click an area of empty space in a Windows Explorer window, you are only given 3 different sizes to choose from.
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The search bar is an extremely useful and productive tool. At any time, you can just pull out your start menu and find certain files, or even use it alternatively as a Run Command bar. But as your files start to pile up, the search bar will slow down. By limiting your search results, you can get the search bar to work more efficiently.
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A Windows Vista bug that is causing file transfer to slow down has been causing much frustration for many users. A discussion about this problem has been active on the Microsoft Support forums, which you can find here. Although this bug has been around for quite some time and is becoming a bigger problem each day, Microsoft has yet to issue a public release and will require you to contact them directly in order to receive the fix. You can find this bug listed in their database as entry KB931770 with details on symptoms and how to contact them.
However, I have found many other ways that will allow you to quickly fix this bug. I’ve ordered them from “most likely to work for you” to “least likely.” Many who have encountered Windows Vista problems will know that one try is usually not enough.
Method 1 - Download the fix from somewhere else:
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Many people find out how to delay Windows activation when it’s too late, leaving users in a helpless position since they are no longer allowed to access the command prompt. Not to mention names, but because a certain company made many mistakes (e.g: the extended slmgr tweak and many cracks that can be found online), you don’t have to ask yourself if you can get rid of reduced functionality mode - you can.
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