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Enable aero effect on unsupported Graphic cards in windows vista with Tweak Vista

Aero effect is one of the amazing effect in windows vista , if you have desktop window manager clubbed with your windows vista edition you can enjoy the aero effect in vista.

What is DWM?

DWM (Desktop Window Manager ) previously known as Desktop Compositing Engine or DCE) is a compositing window manager, introduced with Windows Vista, that enables the Windows Aero user interface. DWM requires graphics cards supporting DirectX 9.0 and Shader Model 2.0.

But if your graphic card does not support directX 9.0 and Shader Model Technology, you may not be able to run aero effect.

But you can still run aero with your unsupported graphic card with TweakVista

Let’s see how can you run aero effect then.

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

As per experience and user reviews which I have read till now ,UAC (User Account Control) has been the most annoying feature which got bundled automatically with windows vista.

But some times there are cases when you may want UAC to enabled for one user but at the same time disabled for another user.

So , you can explicitly enable UAC for the specific user by following the procedure below.

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how to end a process immediately in windows xp / vista

There are many times when you would want to end a particular process in windows xp for any reason.

Most of the times you are able to end a process in a regular way just by closing the window associated with that program but some times it goes in a hang state called as Not Responding state in windows.

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How to create ultra hidden system folder in windows xp and vista.

You may have created normal hidden folders in windows Xp and vista to store your private files , but these normal type of hidden folders in vista and windows Xp is quite old technique. As even if you create a hidden folder using this old technique almost every one or a normal windows user would know how to get access to that folder.

By simply going to Windows Explorer>>File Menu>>tools>>Folder Options>>view tab and check the radio option which says – “Show Hidden Files and Folders“.

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How to search for hardware device drivers downlaod more effectively.

It occurs a lot of time when you try to install a new hardware device on your system for which you may not have the driver cd so you start searching for getting some download links of the driver software for that device.

But even after a lot of searching you don’t get the appropriate driver software for your hardware device.

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5 most usefull software to speed up and make windows Vista and Xp more productive.

There are large numbers of users who are just feed up of the normal windows operation speed ,because as new softwares getting installed on vista or windows xp make them more and more slower day by day and makes these awesome operating system difficult to use.

So in such a situation you will have to think out of the box as you can’t just keep seeing your windows without installing the usefull softwares you want to use on them.

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Superfast shutdown utility for windows xp and windows vista to shutdown your system instantly.

If you have ever wished for a faster shutdown your Windows 2000 , Windows XP or Windows Vista computer system ?

But Don’t worry Now you can shutdown your windows system with in a fraction of a second! You Just need to install Super Fast Shutdown so click on one of the desktop icons created to reboot or shutdown instantly.

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How to Speed up filp 3d in any version of windows vista

When it comes to Flip 3D of windows vista , which come into effect when you press window+tab key.But flip 3d speed of the effect become worst to see due to its slow speed due to missing video adapters on your system.

So to make Flip 3D perform much faster and smoother by disabling .