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Old January 29th, 2007, 09:30 PM
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Flip 3D
Open a few windows and instead of "Alt + Tab" use "Windows key + Tab".
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Old January 31st, 2007, 03:55 AM
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Uptime Gadget for Sidebar
Uptime Gadget for Sidebar

Maybe we can have some uptime screen shot posting later on.
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Old January 31st, 2007, 01:08 PM
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Here are a collection of screenshots, enjoy.





note: the live messenger sidebar, very handy!
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Old January 31st, 2007, 01:14 PM
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Pretty cool screenshots, I might get more versions.
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Old February 1st, 2007, 05:04 AM
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Here are a few snaps.

H20
Snow
Swirl
Barber
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Old February 13th, 2007, 12:59 AM
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Great free program for editing the Vista Boot manager (BCDEDIT):

VistaBootPro
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Old February 14th, 2007, 08:46 PM
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Anyone needing Vista drivers you might want to go here. http://www.radarsync.com/vista/
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Old February 15th, 2007, 05:19 AM
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Still configuring, pix shows both monitors.
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Old February 19th, 2007, 06:04 PM
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Vista Tips and Tweaks...
You can find a lot of accurate information about Vista on Ed Bott's Blog at the ZDNet website. Ed is the guy who wrote the official Microsoft "Windows XP Inside Out" book, a three inch thick reference that I've been using for years. He's switched his focus to Vista now.

10 expert tips and tweaks for Windows Vista RC2

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Old February 21st, 2007, 06:15 AM
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Control Panel
System Maintenance
Performance Information and Tools
Advanced Tools (link to the left)
Generate a system health report

Very nice intricate log, system detail, and security analysis.
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Old February 22nd, 2007, 12:54 AM
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One for more advanced users
Disable Interactive Logon (get classic style logon back)

Open up the run thingy and type mmc
file> add snapins - add the group object one (you can add more if you like)
Under Windows and security set Interactive logon: Do not display last user name to enable
you can also set the ctrl+alt+delete requirement by setting Interactive logon: Do not require CTRL+ALT+DEL to disable

logoff and your new logon screen will await you!
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Old February 28th, 2007, 01:20 AM
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What about windows dreamscene?...anyone know where to download good backgrounds for this like the raindrops one?...


there is a place that does this but you must download some software in order to use a certain type of video and its frankly quite annoying.
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Old February 28th, 2007, 01:31 AM
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http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/11/d...allpapers.html
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Old February 28th, 2007, 03:21 AM
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thanks...i also found a page with a couple of nice links

http://www.tweakvista.com/article39097.aspx
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Old March 28th, 2007, 01:31 AM
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Showing the Run Command on the Start Menu
Vista's Start Menu doesn't have the run command, although the Search box is pretty much the same thing and more. Here's how to show it:

1. Right-click the Start menu and click Properties
2. Click the Customize button
3. Find and check the "Run command" checkbox
4. Click OK
5. Click OK

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