Archive for the ‘Vista’ Category


Vista Defrag Details Removed

By pbash on Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007 | 2 Comments

One thing I would like to gripe about is Microsoft has seen fit to remove the GUI (graphical user interface) portion of disk defrag which lists details of the defrag process. I don’t know about you but to me this information can be useful. Not only could review defrag details but also a progress bar which [...]

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Vista- resource hog or not

By pbash on Monday, May 21st, 2007 | 1 Comment

I recently attempted installation of the Vista Home Premium operating system. I first attempted this operation to see how well it performed with the minimum system requirements. Of course it wasn’t as crisp and quick as I had hoped it would be. After testing for quite some time I turned off all the fancy shadows [...]

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Vista Parental controls

By pbash on Thursday, May 17th, 2007 | No Comments

Finally Microsoft added a feature that is much easier to use than previous utilities to help parents monitor youth activities. Although features such as this have previously been embedded into the Windows operating system it is not until now that they have been so easy to use. If you have ever configured the Internet Explorer [...]

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Another Feature of Vista

By pbash on Tuesday, May 15th, 2007 | No Comments

Here as of late I have been writing about some of the features of Windows Vista. This article reviews the bitlocker feature. Although this utility is not entirely new as it was released previously with Windows 2000 and has been improved upon. The bitlocker utility can encrypt a hard drive so that if your computer [...]

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Top 10 humerous Reasons to Buy Vista

By pbash on Thursday, May 3rd, 2007 | No Comments

I hope you find some humor in this list. I am by no means saying you shouldn’t upgrade to Windows Vista, but rather pointing out issues that can occur during an upgrade along with some other humerous points. Enjoy! 10. Because you want to upgrade your hardware 9. So your already purchased applications wont work [...]

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Windows Vista Recovery Environment

By pbash on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007 | 1 Comment

Microsoft has added a new feature to the Windows arsenal. The new utility is the Recovery environment utility. This new utility has been added to aid a user in repair of the Windows Vista OS. This new utility is actually booted from the Vista DVD and has a few new utilities. Included in this new [...]

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Is your IT department ready for Vista roll out?

By pbash on Monday, April 30th, 2007 | No Comments

If you have ever had difficulties in rolling out a new operating system then Vista will be no different.Your organization may opt to wait for roll out. Windows Vista will be even more complicated to roll out. Of course any rollout will be easier by implementing group policies for a more centralized control of how [...]

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Windows Vista UAC

By pbash on Friday, April 27th, 2007 | 4 Comments

I have completed the new Microsoft Windows Vista course 5118A just this week. In review of my new training on Vista Microsoft has a new and very annoying utility internal to the operating system. The new utilitiy is the UAC or user account control. If you have recently purchased Windows vista you know just how [...]

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Best security practices for PC users

By pbash on Wednesday, April 4th, 2007 | 6 Comments

When you purchase a new computer and install it out of the box you hunger to get operational and active. What you don’t know about security can be your downfall. In today’s computing environment including but not limited to Internet browsing you must consider security measures to protect your data and your computer. Vulnerabilities can [...]

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Technology…Updates…Vista… PHEW!

By admin on Thursday, February 15th, 2007 | No Comments

With the way technology evolves and changes is it ever conceivable that we will catch up? Just when we think we are catching up someone releases a new version of an operating system or new and improved hardware. Upgrading your operating system often consists of upgrading your component hardware as well. This is very costly [...]

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