Vista Toturials
How to Add Group Policy Editor to Control Panel
If you find yourself using the Group Policy Editor all the time, you might have wondered why it doesn’t show up in the Control Panel along with all the other tools. After many hours of registry hacking, I’ve come up with a registry tweak to let you do just that.
You can’t manually make the registry [...]
Encrypt / Decrypt Options to Windows 7 / Vista Right-Click Menu
If you use the built-in file encryption in Windows 7 or Vista, you might be interested in adding an option to the right-click menu to more easily encrypt and decrypt your files, rather than having to use the file properties dialog.
Adding this to the menu couldn’t be simpler – there’s only a single registry key [...]
How to Add Disk Cleanup to the Right-Click Menu for a Drive
Using the Hack
After installation, you can simply right-click on a drive and choose “Disk Cleanup” from the menu:
If you are using Windows 7 or Vista, you’ll be asked whether you want to clean up your files or all files…
And then disk cleanup will begin:
Manual Registry Hack
Open up regedit through the start menu search or run [...]
How to Add Copy To / Move To on Windows 7 or Vista Right-Click Menu
There’s a registry hack for Windows that will let you add a Copy To Folder or Move To Folder to the right-click menu, which can be very useful when you want to move a file but don’t have the other folder open already.
Right-click on a file:
And up pops a nice dialog that you can use [...]
How to Add Control Panel to the Desktop Right-Click Menu in Vista
when you right-click on the desktop you’ll see a new menu item called Control Panel:
Once you select that item, obviously it will immediately open up Control Panel:
Of course you could use the same technique to add any item into the context menu, or you could even use the same location in the registry to remove [...]
How to Add Any Application to the Desktop Right-Click Menu in Vista
We’ve previously written about how to clean up your messy Windows context menu, and recently we’ve written about how to add the Control Panel to the desktop menu, but instead of writing separate articles for each application I’m just going to show you how to add anything to the menu that you’d like.
If you don’t [...]
Keep your memories within view: Personalize your computer with digital pictures
We've all experienced that bad day that is made brighter when we see a picture of someone or some place that we love. Our pictures keep us connected to what’s most important in life—friends, family, and memories of all of those fun vacations we have taken.
Windows Vista has some great ways to help you use [...]
The taskbar (overview)
The taskbar is the long horizontal bar at the bottom of your screen. Unlike the desktop, which can get obscured by the windows on top of it, the taskbar is visible almost all the time. It has four main sections:
The Start button , which opens the Start menu. See The Start menu (overview).
The Quick Launch [...]
Getting started with Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player provides an intuitive, easy-to-use interface to play digital media files, organize your digital media collection, burn CDs of your favorite music, rip music from CDs, sync digital media files to a portable music player, and shop for digital media content from online stores.
Start Windows Media Player
To start Windows Media Player, click the [...]
Give Windows a visual makeover
In this video you’ll learn about Windows Themes, Aero Glass, and how to restyle your desktop. (If you have Windows Vista Home Basic or Windows Vista Starter, not all of these features will be available.)
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