Speed up windows shutdown with close all windows.Do you run a lot of programs on your PC/computer running windows XP/vista? Then you will definitely find the need for this utility, when you want to do a quick computer shutdown.
Running a lot programs may not only eat up your system resources and slow down your PC/computer, but they will also slow down the windows shutdown process.Normally I used to go to windows task manager select all running applications by holding down shift key and dragging the mouse over them (running applications) and hit the “End Now” button to kill them.
Improve boot speed and overcome slow windows XP startup or windows vista boot up with XenCare Startup Blaster.This is a free tool to startup XP and vista faster.
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Speed up vista with Mz Vista Force. It is a suite of tools to improve windows vista performance, resulting in vista speed up.
Mz Vista Force features:
Windows tweaks
Performance tweaks
Internet optimizer
Startup manager
Service manager
Back-up and Restore
Mz Vista Force lets you tweak vista and improve its performance by providing options to turn off unwanted services, optimize CPU usage, clean up caches and manage startup programe... Read more »
Recover deleted or corrupted pictures with free photo recovery tool
Recover deleted photos or corrupted pictures from any digital camera memory card with the free photo recovery tool - ZAR.Though ZAR is a paid software for data recovery, it does act as a free photo recovery tool with no limitations, in digital image recovery mode.
Restore the Vista bootloader from GRUB. This tutorial is for restoring the Windows Vista Bootloader. It is mainly aimed at those dual booting Vista who want to remove a Linux GRUB bootloader after formatting/removing a linux partition.
First of all you will need a Vista recovery disk (or your genuine Microsoft Vista DVD). If you do not have either of these then follow the instructions below:
Click on the link below to download the ISO image for the Vista recovery disk. Save this to your hard drive in a convenient place.
So you upgraded to Windows Vista because it's the new, cool operating system. You were excited when you first started using this new OS, but now you're frustrated. There are hundreds of dollars' worth of computer programs sitting on your desk – now useless because they were designed for Windows XP. Apparently Vista does not want to run these programs. What do you do now?
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Fortunately, Microsoft put a little bit of thought into XP-to-Vista compatibility. The programmers created a solution: compatibility mode. This helps you run more of your XP programs in Vista, which will save you lots of money and frustration. Here's h
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When there are numerous problems with the operating system; the only alternative is to perform a fresh installation of the Windows® XP Operating System. This may have many advantages, some of these are; it removes all the junk files that build up on the computer; it may resolve issues with slowness and performance. This procedure may not resolve all issues; sometimes speed is related to hardware malfunctions. The older the hardware the slower the computer will be, regardless of a clean installation. Performing a fresh installation will also remove any viruses that are hidden on the computer, which will make it safer when using the computer
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It seems like people just can’t get enough of how to create hidden folders or locked folders, etc in Windows. I’ve already written two guides on how to hide a folder, one using a very simple built-in feature of Windows and another by using some Windows scripts. In the latter article, I also mentioned a free program that you can use called Folder Hide to completely remove a folder from visibility.
How to copy your operating system from one hard drive to another
At first sight, this article may look very complicated. I can assure you it is not. Read it through carefully a couple of times, then follow the steps exactly as shown.
A number of contributors have posted regarding limited-capacity main drives, (i.e. ones containing the operating system but with less than about 40 GB), but who do not want simply to replace the drive with a larger
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