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How to run vista sidebar gadgets without the vista sidebar itself

Windows vista sidebar sometimes consumes a lot of memory usage and slow down the overall system performance eating a lot of cpu usage with other processes striving for getting the cpu.

So today i am going to tell you how can you run vista sidebar gadgets with out windows vista sidebar.

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How to disable file delete confirmation dialog in vista

When ever you delete a file in windows vista you will get a dialog box it is better as it offers a safety issue when you may accidentally delete the file.But sometimes in cases this “delete confirmation box” becomes so irritating.

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Windows Vista UAC Enable / Disable Tool | Single Click to Enable / Disable User Account Control

We have already written about all the methods to enable and disable UAC in vista, but till now there was no tool which could help you enable and disable UAC in vista.

See Also: Enable / Disable UAC for a specific user in windows vista.

Recently, I came across a tool which can enable or disable annoying user account control in single mouse click, it helps to toggle UAC on/off very easily without any tedious process involved.

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As said by the developer – it is nice and simple to use. It is being developed by James Brooks 

Read Also: Different ways to Disable UAC(user account control) in windows vista

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Free Vista To Windows 7 Transformation Pack Download

After windows 7 beta has been released windows vista interface looks too boring and bulky, In my opinion in I would say windows 7 is an upgraded version of windows vista with less bug, better look and feel and user acceptability.

Today we will tell you about another free transformation pack to transform vista to windows 7, it will change boring look of vista to windows 7 fresh new look.

Seven Remix is a completely free transformation pack which lets you enjoy the look and feel of windows 7 very easily. Seven Remix transformation pack is designed by niwradsoft 

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Save / Restore Desktop Layout

Some times you may spend so much time while arranging your desktop icons and by any reason if you change the desktop resolution the icons changes their positions on the desktop and then you need to rearrange them.

Rearranging the icons again is time consuming and tiring task but you can avoid this by tweaking windows to save the desktop icon layout i.e the positions of your desktop icons.

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Saving and then restoring the saved icons layout is all related to registry tweak and adding some system files in c:\windows\system32 folder. But don’t worry if you don’t want play with windows registry or windows system files, you how can you do this just by using a FREE utlity called Icon Restore.

We will also include the geeky way which will tell you how can you do this through registry editing and adding some system files.

Let’s discuss both the ways to save / restore desktop icons layout.

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Get Windows Seven Like Start Menu on Vista and XP

VSE7 is a FREE program which lets make your windows Vista or XP start menu look like windows seven. It lets you emulate all those effects of windows seven start menu on your windows vista and xp start menu.

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VSE7 will provide some great features windows seven start menu like enhanced UI with better effects like blur, recent items list and pinning and application rating system.

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Stop Windows Storing Recent Opened File List In Vista

People some times complain why does window show the recent opened file list in windows, as for many people it really affects their privacy when others come to know which files they have opened.

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In Vista you can set the windows not to store the list of recently opened file list so no one will know what files you opened recently.