1. Vista SP1 - Released To The Public

Service pack one for vista was released to the general public through windows update on Tuesday. You can also download SP1 from the links below if you would like a local copy. There are allot of improvements with service pack one with the main...

Wednesday, 19 March 2008 | 243 hits | Print | PDF |  Email | Read more

2. Vista SP1 Also Upgrades The Display Subsystem

There has been allot of talk about what Vista SP1 bring to the table. If you have time check out this article written by Long Zheng that talks about a couple more interesting improvements that SP1 makes....

Sunday, 24 February 2008 | 253 hits | Print | PDF |  Email | Read more

3. Firsthand Experience With Vista SP1

I was able to apply Vista SP1 to one of my workstations tonight. I was actually pretty impressed with the whole process after reading about some peoples experiences. Hopefully Microsoft can find a fix with the current issues with some of pre SP1...

Wednesday, 20 February 2008 | 210 hits | Print | PDF |  Email | Read more

4. Vist SP1 Performance Results Mixed

It sounds like vista SP1 will be coming out sometime in the next month. PCWORLD has an interesting article out talking about what they have seen performance related since installing service pack 1. PCWorld Service Pack One Article  

Thursday, 07 February 2008 | 174 hits | Print | PDF |  Email | Read more

5. Shell Run As - Run Program As Different User

Since the first day I started using Vista as my main PC I have been missing the run as feature which was present in XP. I still really have no idea why Microsoft decided to leave this out, but they did. As always Mark Russinovich has published a...

Saturday, 15 March 2008 | 453 hits | Print | PDF |  Email | Read more

6. How To Turn Off Windows Startup Sound

If your like me I am not a huge fan of having a sound play every time windows starts up. Below are the steps you would need to follow to turn off the startup sound in Windows Vista.   1. Click on the start button and type in sound. Select...

Tuesday, 19 February 2008 | 249 hits | Print | PDF |  Email | Read more

7. Open Vista Snipping Tool

Have you ever needed to capture something on you screen? The snipping tool is basically a screen capture tool that is provided in vista. This is another one of those small gems that you don't hear allot of people talk about.   1. Click on...

Monday, 18 February 2008 | 246 hits | Print | PDF |  Email | Read more

8. Enable Vista Screen Magnifier

Have you ever had problems with seeing something on your screen. One of the tools that comes with vista that allot of people do now know about is the magnifier tool. Below is how you can launch it. 1. Click on the start button. 2. Enter in...

Monday, 18 February 2008 | 284 hits | Print | PDF |  Email | Read more

9. Change Time In Vista Taskbar To Military\International Format

When you are working on some projects or applications it can be nice to change the data time format. Below are the steps to follow in order to change the time format. 1. Click the start button and type in intl.cpl and hit enter. 2. Click the...

Monday, 18 February 2008 | 293 hits | Print | PDF |  Email | Read more

10. OS Fanatic - Vista

Welcome To The Vista Home Page

Saturday, 09 February 2008 | 729 hits | Print | PDF |  Email