When it comes to shutdown of windows vista it takes even more time as compared to windows xp. Default shutdown time of vista is about 20 seconds to kill all the services and user programs that are currently running.
But don’t worry as you can simply decrease the time required by windows vista to shutdown irrespective of any edition of vista you are using , by a simple registry trick you can decrease the shutdown time to a great extent.
There are so many times we do not want Windows Xp to update automatically but the main problem is not even solved in system with Service Pack 2 integrated due to which even when after turning automatic updates…it continuously shows the annoying pop up message says “ Your automatic updates are of please turn them on.
This message is shown by a red shield symbol which is the default icon in the taskbar for security center of Windows Xp which has the responsibility of automatic updates , antivirus monitoring and firewall of the system.
Stardock has released DeskScapes 1.01, a free program that extends the Windows Vista Ultimate Extra, Windows DreamScenes to support dynamic and triggered animated wallpaper content.
While Windows Vista DreamScene supports playing .MPEG and .WMV files as animated wallpapers, Stardock developed DeskScapes to extend this capability to support the .DREAM format (Dreams) which was explicitly designed for animated wallpapers.
When it comes to using vista you can apply a large number of tweaks in order to run windows vista as fast as xp…i will be explaining in my next post about how you can squeeze vista to make it much faster than ever. But now its time to let you guys know what Microsoft is offering in the name of windows vista tips n tricks.
There are many new features in Windows Vista that are installed by default that you may not need. These extra and unneeded features can slow down your computer and take up more storage space. If you would like to uninstall, or turn off, these extra features, this tip is for you.
Here are some shorcuts for media center in winodows vista…. Navigation
| Open Windows Media Center or return to the Windows Media Center start screen | Windows Key+ALT+ENTER |
| Close Windows Media Center | ALT+F4 |
| Accept the selection | ENTER |
| Go back to the previous screen | BACKSPACE |
| Go to the first item in a list | HOME |
| Go to the last item in a list | END |
| Go to the next page | PAGE DOWN |
| Go to the previous page | PAGE UP |
| Move left, right, up, or down | ARROW KEYS |
| Go in and go out of windowed mode | ALT+ENTER |
Now a days i am getting lots of messages and emails asking me about the trick to disable the annoying pop up message in windows vista.So for all here is the solution…
Well finally microsoft has included a inbuilt snipping tool called Snip in their latest release operating system windows vista in all the editions.Now at least for those using conventional method for snapping various screen shots by those who cant afford screen casting softwares like snagit can have a somewhat better approach then the previous one.