When I first fired up Windows Vista, about 4 months ago, I quickly noticed this little box (User Account Control) popping up asking me if I wanted to continue whenever I started a program. At first, I thought there must be some purpose for it, but I have yet to see it. When I click on my ccleaner icon, it means I want to use ccleaner. I don’t need to go to the extra step of waiting for Windows to bring up the prompt and clicking Continue. It didn’t take long to figure out that this was just another useless feature like the Windows sidebar, so I set out to get rid of it.

Well, I easily found the solution with a quick Google search. Simply Open up Control Panel, and type in user account into the search box. You’ll see the link for “Turn User Account Control (UAC) on or off”. Click it. Uncheck the box, and reboot your computer. No more annoying User Account Control prompt.

Here is one tip for getting a little extra functionality from the Vista clock on the taskbar. As simple as that clock is, many users need to keep track of time in multiple time zones. …click here to read more

The Windows Sidebar is neither friend nor foe. It’s an option. And it can be disabled. For administrators, the big question might be “how can I disable it throughout my domain?” The two sets of Group Policy settings are the computer level and the user level. Either one works, but disabling the Sidebar at the computer level ensures that all users sitting at the system have the policy applied. …click here to read more

Just so every knows, I acquired all of these ebooks by legal means. They are freely available on the Internet, just not all in one place. Since this is a Windows blog, I thought some of our visitors would be interested in them. They are all in .pdf format and these are direct download links. …click here to read more

You can only speed up XP with tweaks and setting changes so much. Be sure all your drivers and software applications are up to date and you have a sufficient amount of memory (at least 256mb). Also backup your system before performing these tweaks.
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I think the complaints started pouring in about Windows Vista very soon after it launched and now many computer users are no more closer to accepting it as a trusted operating system. I haven’t had any real problems with my Vista system, but I didn’t have any great desire to move to Vista either. I had read about all the problems, mainly with drivers, and how Microsoft had spent so many years in development only to improve (in some peoples opinion) the appearance and eye candy, with few other reasons for anyone to upgrade. However, I needed a new computer. I was tired of my giant CRT monitor and bulky Sony tower as well as the inability to use it anywhere except where my computer desk was located. I wanted a laptop, with a wireless Internet connection, so I could be mobile (at lease around the house). Of course, I had little choice but to make the switch to Windows Vista. …click here to read more