| HOW TO: Install IE6 on Vista/Windows 7 |
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Does your workplace require you to keep running IE6 despite the fact that you, um, accidentally upgraded to IE7? Here's how to install IE6 on Vista (or Windows 2000/XP) and run it alongside IE7. |
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| HOW TO: improve the performance of Vista Media Center |
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Vista Media Center has its problems like any other app, but here's a list of tips and tricks to keep it purring. |
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| How to fix Vista's network bottlenecks |
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Is your Vista machine lumbering around on the network, overtaken by zippier XP-based systems? You're not alone, but luckily there's an easy way to fix it. |
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| How to: take control of Vista Startup |
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Finding out what Windows is loading on startup can be critical when troubleshooting problems. Here's a free utility which gives all the information you'll ever need. |
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| How to: trim some Vista fat |
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By default, Vista will install lots of things you don't need. Here's how to claw back some system space. |
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| How to: Tweak the Windows Vista Explorer |
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Is Vista's new Explorer interface slowing you down? Here are some tips to make it dance to your tune. |
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| HOW TO: Tweak Vista's shortcut arrows |
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Vista's shortcut icon arrows are large enough to almost totally obscure the icon itself. Here's a nifty tool to improve the look. |
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| How to: transfer your Windows apps, settings and docs to a new PC using only free tools |
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Customising Windows from scratch can be infinitely time-consuming and tedious. Here's a way to not only streamline the whole process, but to keep user accounts on different PCs in complete sync. |
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| How to: get direct access to network adaptors in Vista |
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Vista's Network and Sharing Center might be nifty, but it makes it hard for advanced users to get where they want to go easily. Here's a way to shortcut straight to the networking backend. |
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| How to: tweak Vista with Vispa |
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Want to tweak Vista quickly and easily? Vispa gets you under the OS hood with no fuss with lots of options to safeguard privacy and give you more control over security. |
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| How to: play ripped DVDs on Vista Media Center |
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Vista won't find your ripped DVDs unless you give it a helping hand. Here's how to point it in the right direction... forcefully. |
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| HOW TO: inject drivers into Microsoft's free OS, Windows PE 2.0 |
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Did you know there's a super-stripped-down version of Windows available for free download from Microsoft? Windows PE 2.0 is great for system recovery and imaging tasks, but it comes with rather a small set of drivers. Here's how to upgrade it with more drivers of your own. |
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| How to get a cheap copy of Windows Vista |
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Microsoft's official upgrade price for Vista Home Premium is $299, but there are plenty of ways to shave that cost down (even if you're not a student). We've done the price hunting for you. |
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| HOW TO: deploy Windows Vista out to desktops from a central server using WDS |
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Microsoft RIS is a great free deployment tool for admins. But get ready for WDS - Windows Deployment Services - the new, Vista-capable deployment system. Still free, but much better. |
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| HOW TO: forensically examine a PC |
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You've been hacked! Now what? Have a look around in the event log? Check some system files? Big mistake: you'd be tampering with evidence. Here's how to use a computer forensics tool instead. |
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| HOW TO: Wrangle Boot Camp 1.1.2 drivers into Windows Vista RC2 |
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The release of Apple'sBoot Camp 1.1.2brings some substantial driver improvements for running Windows on Macs, but if you've moved on from XP to Vista already, it's not at all easy to install the new drivers. Here's how to do it. |
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| HOW TO: Dual-boot XP and Vista |
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If you're not quite willing to let go of XP yet in favour of an unstable pre-release version of Vista (whatever could possibly be the problem?) dual-booting Vista and XP is the smart move. Here's how to do it. |
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| HOW TO: Coax retro DOS games to play on Vista |
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In the interests of regressing to my childhood (and in a bout of geek-fuelled masochism), I tried to get some classics up and running on Windows Vista. Space Quest I, Commander Keen, Duke Nukem... |
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| HOW TO: Install Vista RC2 on an Intel Mac with Boot Camp |
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Dan Warne, chief honcho at APC's web site, asked if I would do a post on installing the new Windows Vista RC2 release on an Intel Mac using the recent update to Boot Camp. Sure, I said, no worries; should be easy. I was wrong. |
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| HOW TO: Run Vista on Linux/XP |
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Even if you're beta-phobic, you can still play with the test releases of Vista. Here's a guide to running them within XP, or yes, even Linux. |
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| HOW TO: Install Nero 7 on Vista |
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With Vista lacking decent optical burning abilities, it's in dire need of a third-party application. Unfortunately, if Nero is your app of choice, it refuses to run. Until now... |
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| HOW TO: Connect Vista to WSUS 3.0 |
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Windows Server Update Services 3.0 will now mirror updates for products other than Windows and Office in your LAN. But once you have WSUS 3.0 up and running, how do you set desktop PCs to use it? Here's the step-by-step guide. |
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| HOW TO: install iTunes 7 on Vista RC1 |
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If you've had problems installing the new iTunes 7 on Windows Vista RC1 today, here's how to work around the problem. |
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| HOW TO: modify Vista's Aero Glass interface |
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Do the animations in Windows Vista make you feel half-drunk or motion sick? Do the overcluttered Explorer windows confuse the hell out of you when you're hunting for a file in a hurry? Here's how to strip back Vista to rid it of the eyecandy. |
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