Mathew Diekhake

You can improve the performance of Windows Vista by running the Disk Defragmenter and defragmenting the hard drives. This will consolidate fragmented files stored on the hard drive, resulting in much better performance. Defragmenting a drive is one of the […]

We already showed you how to run Disk Defragmenter in general so you can run it on a schedule or immediately by choosing to run it manually. Now this tutorial will show you how to run Disk Defragmenter from the […]

Windows Vista comes with extra features less common to use that can all be viewed from the one Windows Features dialog. These extra features are checkboxes and can be turned on and off with a simple check. Many of the […]

Windows Vista comes with a Recent Items list that shows you recently used items. The Recent Items list helps you open things you previously had opened and increase the general usage of Windows for those who use it beyond an […]

Windows Vista allows for administrators to enter the Local Group Policy Editor and set policies that will directly affect what a user can and cannot do when they logged into their accounts. And the Local Group Policy Editor can even […]

Windows Vista makes it easy to uninstall a device/program and device driver. It is not essential to remove devices/programs or drivers from a computer. However, if you are running out of drive space, you may wish to uninstall a device […]

The Command Prompt is an app in Windows Vista that allows administrators to execute commands to run different tasks. Many commands will automate tasks via scripts and batch files. But you can do a wide range of things from the command […]

Windows has always been the average family’s favorite oeprating system. But that popularity has always meant certain unethetical developers try to abuse it with malware and computer viruses. Windows has never been great at solving malware, but that’s because it’s […]

Folder Options, also known as Explorer Folder Options, is a folder features dialog that allows you to manage features related to Windows’ file explorer (Windows Explorer). The following tutorial demonstrates how to enable and disable Folder Options when using a […]

The taskbar and Start button have Properties dialogs attached to them. These particular Properties dialogs can be accessed with a right-click on each the taskbar and Start button. The taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialogs offer easy access to common […]

One of the ways you can make your use of Windows Vista more efficient is by making a program the default for all file types and protocols it can open. There is a dedicated default programs section where you can […]

If you feel your CPU isn’t capable of handling all processes optimomly in Windows Vista, you can set a CPU priority for each process to make sure the most important tasks running aren’t sacrificed. The following tutorial demonstrates how to […]

One of the most fascinating features of any reliable computer operating system, in general, is their clocks because they can tune themselves into the precise time that it is for a time zone so you’re never living so much as […]

Though not everyone will want to utilize it because they may prefer saving hard drive space, Windows Vista does come with free automatic backup service for your files. If you have the hard drive space, this might be of interest […]