New Tips Vista Tips Discuss New Tips in the Windows Vista forums; Again, thanks Airman for your tip. I did a defrag using your method, and it's now completed. See pic for some of the results:...

[felix8406]

Again, thanks Airman for your tip. I did a defrag using your method, and it's now completed. See pic for some of the results:

[airman]

Your welcome I have some more tips but have to remember were to go to use them will post later oh here is a spot to look at go into Event Viewer then scroll down to Windows Logs expand that, then scroll to Microsoft expand that, to Diagnostic-Performance expanded to Operational Log and there could be some interesting reading there most of mine are about boot time and the such etc. Look around you will find lots of neat logs to view .

[felix8406]

Tip from Microsoft Exploring Windows newsletter

Explore the new Windows Vista Start menu
Looking for specific applications, websites, and e-mail messages is faster with the streamlined Windows Vista Start menu. To find a specific application or file:

1. Click the Windows key on the keyboard (or open the Start menu).
2. Enter the file name in the Instant Search field.

As you type, Windows Vista dynamically searches file names, metadata, and the full text of all files and displays the choices by file type. For example, type "out" to find Microsoft Outlook files.

[felix8406]

Tip from Exploring Windows Newsletter

Browse multiple websites

Tabbed browsing in Windows Internet Explorer 7 enables a single Internet Explorer window to run with the convenience of multiple pages. You can:

1. Open a new page by clicking the empty tab on the toolbar or by right-clicking any hyperlink and choosing New Tab.
2. Refresh individual pages or refresh pages as a group by right-clicking tabs.
3. Close either individual tabs or an entire group, and save tabs as one favorite group.
4. Manage multiple open tabs by viewing thumbnail images of all open tabs in a single view using the Quick Tabs feature.

[atomicfuel`]

i dont know if this is posted anywhere but if you want an icon to appear for all dll files and cpl files that have icons embedded in them there is an easy trick to do that. just go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\DefaultIcon and change the value to %1 .go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\cplfile\defaulticon and change the value to %1 . now the first embedded icon will display in he dll and cpl files. it can be quite handy when trying to mod your icons. it helps you to remember where each file is and it looks cool too.

[airman]

http://www.sphinx-soft.com/Vista/programs.html Here is a tip for a program to inhance or give the Vista firewall a interface like other firewalls on the market have not tried it but others say it is worth a try.

[felix8406]

Tips and tricks for Windows Vista from "Exploring Windows"

Share a folder or file directly from your PC

With Windows Vista, you can share folders and files with any user on the same corporate or home network. Here's how:

1. From any explorer, select a file or folder, and on the command bar, choose the option to Share.
2. Enter another user's name on the same network and give them appropriate rights of access--reader, co-owner, etc.

Windows Vista can even automatically compose an e-mail message to the users sharing your content. This auto-generated message has a hyperlink to the shared content so that the recipient can instantly access it.