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Latest "Windows Vista" Tips

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61) Using Multiple Monitors in Vista and getting Aero: Date - Nov 13, 2008; Rating - 2.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Shell (GUI); You can use multiple monitors with Vista if you have multiple video cards, but how can you get the Windows Aero experience on these monitors?
62) Issues after disabling administrative shares: Date - Nov 12, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; Here are several reasons why you should never disable the default administrative shares on Windows computers, especially in an enterprise (managed) environment.
63) Logon Scripts, Group Policy Preferences, and Windows Vista: Date - Nov 05, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; Many logon scripts that worked with Windows operating systems won’t work with Windows Vista. Here’s what you can do to replace them.
64) Vista Logoff/Shutdown and Accessibility: Date - Nov 04, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Shell (GUI); If you find it tricky to logoff/shutdown Vista using the Start button because of accessibility issues, here’s a solution.
65) How to Disable Ad Hoc Wireless Connections on Vista: Date - Oct 28, 2008; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Windows Vista won’t automatically create ad hoc wireless connections with other computers, but for greater security you may want to disable ad-hoc wireless connections entirely. Here’s how to do this.
66) How to Migrate XP to Vista When Using EFS: Date - Oct 23, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; If you have dozens or more XP workstations that use the Encrypting File System (EFS) to safeguard data, and you need to migrate these machines to Vista without losing your EFS keys and certificates, then what should you do?
67) Removing RTM Files from Vista SP1: Date - Oct 22, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Misc; Installing Service Pack 1 on Windows Vista archives certain files so you can remove SP1 later if you decide to. You can reclaim disk space by deleting these files.
68) How To Quickly Check IP Address on Remote Computers?: Date - Oct 21, 2008; Rating - 2.3; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Networking; How to quickly check IP Address information on all the computers using a single command.
69) Branding the Vista Logon Screen: Date - Oct 15, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; Enterprises could easily brand the logon screen for Windows XP. For Vista however, doing this requires a third-party product.
70) Backing Up the Outlook Auto Complete Name List: Date - Oct 02, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Misc; Backing up the Microsoft Outlook auto complete list is indeed possible and easier than you think.
71) Resolving Problems After Applying an Update: Date - Sep 30, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; You can use System File Checker to try and resolve problems that occur after an update has been applied.
72) Importing a language pack into Windows PE: Date - Sep 29, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; You can customize your Windows PE build environment by importing additional components such as language packs.
73) Don’t Disable Any Default Services in Vista: Date - Sep 23, 2008; Rating - 1.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; You should not disable any of the default services running on Vista - here is why.
74) How to run your own application when Windows Starts?: Date - Sep 17, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Registry Hacks; This article explains a registry entry which you can use to run your application instead of Windows default Shell (Explorer.exe).
75) Specifying MAK Keys in Answer Files: Date - Sep 16, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Where do you specify a MAK key in an answer file for automating installation of Vista?
76) Searching for Arbitrary Files on Vista: Date - Sep 09, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Search; The quickest way to find an arbitrary file on a Vista computer.
77) UI for creating answer files for Vista: Date - Sep 02, 2008; Rating - 3.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Here’s an online site you can use to create answer files for installing Vista
78) Using Audit Mode for Sysprep: Date - Aug 26, 2008; Rating - 1.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Here’s the who, the why and the how to use audit mode in Sysprep.
79) Disabling Autoplay on Vista: Date - Aug 12, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Misc; You can completely disable autoplay on Vista computers if needed.
80) Indexing a Second Hard Drive on Vista: Date - Aug 05, 2008; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Search; Making sure a second hard drive is indexed in Vista requires two settings.
81) Replacing your Vista System Drive: Date - Jul 29, 2008; Rating - 4.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; You can use CompletePC Backup to replace your system drive with a larger drive if needed.
82) Turning on Windows features during an unattended install: Date - Jul 24, 2008; Rating - 2.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; How to turn on Windows features during an unattended install of Vista.
83) Migrating unattend.txt to unattend.xml: Date - Jul 23, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Here is a quick tip for migrating your XP answer files to Vista.
84) Specifying your name and organization during an unattended install of Vista: Date - Jul 22, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; You can configure your answer file to specify your name and organization during an unattended install of Vista.
85) Specifying the target partition for unattended install of Vista: Date - Jul 15, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Here is a tip on specifying the target partition when performing an unattended install of Windows Vista.
86) NAP Client state – Three ways to check the state.: Date - Jul 09, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Networking; This article discusses the three ways to check the NAP state on a client computer running Windows Vista and Windows XP with SP3.
87) Moving user profile location in Windows Vista: Date - Jul 08, 2008; Rating - 1.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; How to move the location where user profiles are stored in Windows Vista.
88) How to tell if a computer has been sysprepped.: Date - Jul 02, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Here’s an easy way how you can tell if a computer has been sysprepped.
89) Removing the Hand from Icons of Shared Folders: Date - Jun 26, 2008; Rating - 2.3; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Misc; How to prevent the hand from appearing on the icons of shared resources.
90) Replacing the motherboard on a Vista computer that has BitLocker enabled.: Date - Jun 24, 2008; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; How to replace the motherboard on a Vista computer that has BitLocker enabled without losing access to your operating system and data.