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Most Popular "Windows Vista" Tips

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61) Prevent any new devices from being installed: Date - Aug 09, 2006; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; Vista can be configured to prevent any new devices from being installed.
62) 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.
63) Disabling removable devices: Date - Aug 01, 2006; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; How to prevent USB devices and other removable devices from being installed in Vista.
64) 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?
65) 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.
66) Manually Deleting a Network Bridge: Date - Jun 03, 2009; Rating - 4.5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Networking; Getting around the error message when deleting in the Network Connections window.
67) Adding device drivers offline to Windows PE: Date - Dec 17, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; You can add device drivers to an offline Windows PE build environment by using the peimg command.
68) Block Users from Seeing or Connecting to Other Wi-Fi Networks: Date - Jul 02, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Security; Filtering networks using the WLAN Netsh commands.
69) 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.
70) Create Menus in Windows PE: Date - Mar 06, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; A tool for easily creating menus in Windows PE
71) Free Online Network Security Auditors/Scanners: Date - Apr 01, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Misc; Several free online tools to test your network's integrity.
72) Free Network Analyzers/Sniffers for Windows: Date - Apr 08, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Misc; Several tools to see a network's raw packets for troubleshooting or security audits.
73) Check Hardware Before Upgrading to Vista: Date - Jan 23, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; How to check if your computer hardware will support upgrading from XP to Vista.
74) Overriding device installation policies: Date - Aug 08, 2006; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; Admins on Vista machines are also subject to device installation restrictions, but you can change this.
75) Backing up event logs: Date - Aug 22, 2006; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; How to configure Vista to back up event logs.
76) Boosting Vista Startup Performance: Date - Nov 20, 2008; Rating - 4.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Misc; How can you improve the startup performance of your Vista computer? Disable SuperFetch!
77) Unblocking executable files on Vista: Date - Feb 25, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to get rid of an annoying security dialog.
78) 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.
79) Remove/Disable Cached 802.1X/PEAP Login Information (in Vista): Date - Jun 02, 2009; Rating - 1; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Security; Stop Vista from saving the username and password used for authenication.
80) Device installation and system restore: Date - Jul 25, 2006; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; How to minimize creation of new restore points due to frequent driver upgrades and installs.
81) Event log retention: Date - May 26, 2006; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; How to configure event log retention in Windows Vista.
82) Error Capturing Image of Reference Computer: Date - Feb 14, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; How to resolve an error that may occur when capturing an image using imagex.exe
83) Disabling preferential device drivers: Date - Jul 19, 2006; Rating - 3.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; How to ensure Vista always uses the latest drivers for your devices.
84) A Quick Tip To Prevent Users From Accessing The Computer Tab: Date - Jul 21, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Administration; This article explains a quick tip which you can use to prevent users from accessing the Computer Tab on My Computer property.
85) BCD: Boot Configuration Database Notes: Date - Apr 29, 2009; Rating - 4; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Deployment; This article explains the new feature added to the Windows Boot process in Windows Server 2008.
86) Three things you shouldn’t with Sysprep: Date - May 29, 2008; Rating - 4.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Three things you should not do when running Sysprep on a Windows Vista computer.
87) Troubleshooting Folder Redirection: Date - Apr 21, 2009; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; How to enable diagnostic debugging for Folder Redirection.
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) More on preventing device installs: Date - Aug 15, 2006; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; Another way you can configure Vista to prevent certain kinds of devices from being installed.
90) Creating a default network profile: Date - Apr 15, 2009; Rating - 4.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; How to create a default network profile in Vista.