Archive for the ‘vista’ Category

How to Make Windows Vista Faster: Give it a Windows 98 Look

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

I make a living at the computer. I also enjoy doing lots of other things online. So I spend a lot of time in front of my computer. My mind also jumps around really fast and I'm often doing more than one thing at a time. If my computer can't ...

How to Configure Windows Vista to Login Automatically

Monday, November 24th, 2008

The very first tip I wrote in this blog back in Janaury 2008 was How to Configure Windows XP to Login Automatically. So here's the Vista version of that same concept, if you prefer not to have to login to your computer every time you turn it on.  How to Configure ...

AutoHotkey: Script Shortcuts, Mouse Clicks, More

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Yesterday I downloaded a great little application that a coworker recommended: AutoHotkey. Similar to Texter or other utilities that allow you to assign keyboard shortcuts to input text strings, AutoHotkey does all that and more. And, unlike Texter, it works on Vista (and XP), and I haven't run into the ...