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• Windows Vista tip of the week: Looking anew at Vista's Disk Defragmenter

  OK, this may not seem like a big deal, but Microsoft has changed the Disk Defragmenter utility in Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 (SP1). In the original shipping version of Windows Vista, the Disk Defragmenter (as described in this Feature Focus article... Posted Jul 28 2008, 07:53 AM by pthurrott with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: Vista, Podcast

• Windows Updates Downloader

  Here's a cool Windows utility that could end up as my software pick this week. Looks very interesting, especially for your slipstreaming mavens out there: One of the great things about creating unattended Windows installations is that you can integrate... Posted Jul 22 2008, 11:22 AM by pthurrott with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: XP, Vista, Podcast

• Windows Vista tip of the week: Forcing windows to remember their sizes, locations, and customizations

  Oh, Windows. If there's one aspect of this operating system that's been a constant disappointment, it has to be its complete and utter inability to "remember" window settings. You know the drill: You go into, say, the Documents folder... Posted Jul 20 2008, 07:36 PM by pthurrott with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: Vista, Podcast

• Windows Vista tip of the week: Using Gmail or Yahoo! Mail as your default Email handler

  As with previous versions of Windows, Windows Vista lets you easily choose between various email applications (Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail, Microsoft Outlook, etc.) to pick the default mail handler. (To find this: Right-click the Start button/orb... Posted Jul 14 2008, 11:31 AM by pthurrott with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Cloud computing, Vista, Podcast

• Windows Vista tip of the week: Keyboard shortcuts

  If you're looking to get the most out of Windows, you should master some of the many keyboard shortcuts that are available. These are all specifically based around the Windows Key, which appears on newer PC keyboards: Quick Launch shortcuts Shortcut... Posted Jul 14 2008, 10:47 AM by pthurrott with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: Vista, Podcast

• Vista tip of the week: Change file type associations on the fly

  I received an interesting tip this week from Dan via email regarding removing and changing Windows Vista file type associations on the fly. I have to admit, I had never heard of this one: You can remove a single file type association to more easily reassociate... Posted Jul 07 2008, 10:59 AM by pthurrott with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: Vista, Podcast

• Top 10 Tech Podcasts: #5, Windows Weekly

  A nice bit of praise from Automated Home, which is much appreciated: Podcasts, netcasts, time shifted radio and IPTV.  Whatever they are, they've come of age.  Less and less of my time is spent consuming regular TV and Radio these days as... Posted Jun 19 2008, 11:51 AM by pthurrott with | with 21 comment(s) Filed under: Content, Vista, Commentary, Podcast

• Windows Vista tip of the week: Change the behavior of the Start Menu Power button

  This one's a quickie, and it comes courtesy of reader/listener Andrew: In Windows Vista, there's a new Power button in the Start Menu. By default, this button will put your PC into Sleep mode when clicked. But you can change its behavior. The... Posted Jun 16 2008, 11:27 AM by pthurrott with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Vista, Podcast

• Windows Vista tip of the week: Use the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor

  From Windows Vista Secrets 2nd edition Chapter 3 (Hardware and Software Compatibility): To help you determine whether your current PC has the performance characteristics and hardware and software compatibility needed to avoid issues before upgrading or... Posted May 25 2008, 01:12 PM by pthurrott with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Vista, Podcast, Book: Windows Vista Secrets

• Windows Vista tip of the week: Delay product activation

  From Windows Vista Secrets 2nd edition : Retail versions of Windows Vista must be activated within 30 days. Otherwise, the system slips into an annoying state in which it notifies you, every 60 minutes, that the system must be activated. Still, the 30... Posted May 18 2008, 05:48 PM by pthurrott with | with 35 comment(s) Filed under: Vista, Podcast

• Windows Vista tip of the week: Make UAC less annoying

  Readers of this site and listeners of the Windows Weekly podcast know that I advocate the use of User Account Control (UAC), Microsoft's unfairly maligned security technology. UAC does a lot more than just prompt you when you're about to make... Posted May 11 2008, 04:41 PM by pthurrott with | with 12 comment(s) Filed under: Vista, Podcast

• Software pick of the week: WinBubble

  If you're looking for a TweakUI replacement for Windows Vista, there are several contenders, but the one that's closest in spirit and functionality is, I believe, WinBubble , a freeware application by Lawrence Albert. You can find out more about... Posted May 11 2008, 04:24 PM by pthurrott with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Vista, Podcast