Archive for the ‘vista’ Category

How to view hidden files in Windows XP 7 Vista 2003

By default Microsoft Windows hides many of its critical files from the user. One particular folder includes the user’s application data. There are times when you need to access these folders to access particular files or make backups.
WINDOWS XP & WINDOWS 2003
1. Goto my computer.
2. Select the Tools menu and click Folder Options.
3. Select [...]

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Backup your Outlook autocomplete file for email addresses

The Outlook autocomplete file is that the file the holds the addresses that appear when you start typing away an email address in the To: field. Many times you may compose an email address that is not part of your address book. So this is what that autocomplete file populates- the list of all those [...]

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Remove UNDOCK from Windows Vista Start Menu

How many times have you clicked the start button and accidentally clicked on the UNDOCK PC button? Such a pain. Then your machie undocks and you have to wait to redirect your LCDs, mouse, and keyboard. Fear no more. Do get rid of that silly icon,
Goto registry
HKEY_CURRENT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Create a NoStaffMenuEjectPc DWORD and give it a value [...]

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Hibernation is missing in Windows Vista

I was using hibernation in Windows Vista for about a year when it just finally disappeared. I don’t know what gives, but to renable it, goto command prompt and insert this
powercfg /hibernate on
Then reboot your machine and you will be all set

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Slow RDP into Windows Server 2003 SP2 x64 using Vista 64

Brand new server
Windows Server 2003 SP2 x64 Enterprise Edition
Client
Windows Vista Ultimate x64
Before upgrading to SP2 on my server, I could RDP with no issues. After SP2 was installed, RDP was such a dog. It took time to login to the server, and moving around was very hesitant. I went to the console and the machine [...]

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