Hidden secrets in Windows Vista

[Bansi_WADIA]

I had installed windows vista. My friend told that there are some hidden secrets in Windows Vista. Like everyone else, I have certainly changed a few parameters: the background of the desktop, screen saver, the firewall and a few other odds and ends found in the Control Panel. Many other settings are available. But they remain in the shadows, lost in the maze of dialog boxes to access confidential too, if not downright inaccessible via the Windows menu.

[Devasis]

The publisher has the habit of shielding its operating system, a trend that has significantly increased with the arrival of Vista. However, these hidden settings that we have nothing to talk about anecdotal and modified, you can speed up the start up and shutdown of Windows, Office and customize Windows Explorer, refine the shared resources on your PC network, optimizing the overall operation of the system. For this, you have to edit windows registry which is quiet risky.

[Solomon]

It needs to tweak windows registry. But beware, once you enter the intimate settings of the system, you take risks! An improvised manipulation . And the system may become unstable or crash or you lose data. For this reason, I encourage you not to venture in parameter settings that you cannot communicate. While manipulation I specify have been carefully tested, but if you run in off-piste skiing is at your own risk.

[MrChris-]

To run these different settings, you must have an Administrator account on your PC (the default account created during installation of Vista). The following maneuvers are nothing sorcerer, but they are nevertheless highly unsuitable for beginners. So get ready to make many discoveries: Vista is capable of great things, often hidden but very real. Windows Vista Home Premium. The parameters and manipulations detailed here operate on the most common version of Vista. Most apply to the Basic version.

[Calvin K]

An Administrator account. To adjust the settings mentioned, you must have all rights on the PC. This is automatically the case if you're the only user. Easy BCD. If you have installed Windows Vista while keeping XP, you need to choose the system to activate at startup. Multiboot menu is managed by Vista but, strangely, Microsoft has provided no software to configure, modify or repair this mode Multiboot.

[Lillebror]

To know the hidden secrets in Windows Vista there is some procedures require right to enter to computer documents, normally hidden. To make them able to be seen, click Start, Computer. In Windows Explorer, click Organize and then in the menu options on data and research. Click the View tab. Check the option Show hidden files and folders. Uncheck the option Hide extensions for files whose type is known and Hide protected files OS. Click OK. As a precaution, reset these options in their original state when you have finished your settings. To do this, just in the same dialog box, click the Default button.