http://vistablogged.com All the latest news, tips and tricks about Windows Vista. Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:36:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This post is about one of the most overlooked, yet one of the most welcomed, additions to Windows Vista: ReadyBoost. Now Veterans of the operating system (those who have been following it through the beta versions will already know about this, but they won't be reading this blog anyway). ReadyBoost ... http://vistablogged.com/2008/01/02/speed-up-your-windows-vista/ Windows Vista, as pretty as it looks, can still use some prettying up. Here's a list of utilities (all developed by one person: Andreas Verhoeven) which contribute to improving the look and feel of your beautiful Windows Vista. Glass Toasts - this allows your system tray notifications to have ... http://vistablogged.com/2007/12/19/make-your-vista-look-better/ If you are facing problems registering an OCX file on Windows Vista even though you are logged in as an administrator, its probably the UAC kicking in. But this post is not about UAC, but about what can be done quickly to resolve this. What you need to do is ... http://vistablogged.com/2007/12/10/problem-registering-ocx-file/ After a long time waiting, Yahoo Messenger for Windows Vista is finally out. If you use Yahoo Messenger for your IM needs, then you will really like this specially-made-for-Windows-Vista release of Yahoo Messenger. As you can see in the image, the new version has beautiful graphics. That is the biggest ... http://vistablogged.com/2007/12/08/yahoo-messenger-for-vista/ Vista has a number of keyboard shortcuts (just like Windows XP used to have). To see a complete list of shortcuts, you can visit Microsoft Help Pages. However, we are sure that everyone knows what Ctrl+C does and what Ctrl+V does (copy and paste respectively, just in case). We ... http://vistablogged.com/2007/12/03/vista-shortcuts-a-recap/ This comic from Brainstuck.com best describes the feeling that most people have when they consider Windows Vista. And it is not too unrealistic at all. Although a lot of the bad news about Windows Vista is due to the fact that everyone likes to bash Microsoft; and a lot ... http://vistablogged.com/2007/11/26/vista-performance-issues/ We announced the official launch of Windows DreamScene earlier last month. And now that is has been out for some time, there is a need for further investigation. As we mentioned, at it's core, DreamScene allows you to have Videos as your desktop wallpapers. This of course has the potential ... http://vistablogged.com/2007/11/12/dreamscene-roundup/ In the first part of this topic, I explained how to manage multiple time zones using the additional clocks feature of Windows Vista. However, this approach had two shortcomings: You could only add 2 additional clocks You could not have a permanent view ... http://vistablogged.com/2007/10/31/managing-multiple-time-zones-2/ A lot of us work in businesses which require us to manage meetings with people in various time zones. The old fashioned way of doing this was by hanging multiple clocks on you wall, each set for the time zone that you do business in. Well, with Windows Vista, that ... http://vistablogged.com/2007/10/31/managing-multiple-time-zones-1/ I talked about the Search features in Windows Vista a couple of weeks ago. We had just barely scratched the surface when it comes to search in Vista at that time. In this article, I will talk about a few of the less obvious search enhancements available in Vista, ... http://vistablogged.com/2007/10/08/searching-beyond-the-obvious/