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How To Change Vista Shortcut Arrows

Written by TeleCommuter on Jun 2nd, 2008 | Filed under: How To, Vista

Here’s a neat tool that removes or changes the shortcut arrow for Desktop Shortcuts.

  • Download the Frameworkx Vista Shortcut Overlay Manager Here.
  • Install
  • Select Arrow, No Arrow, Apply. Thats it!

How To Relocate Vista User Folders

Written by TeleCommuter on Jun 2nd, 2008 | Filed under: How To, Vista

For compatibility with Vista’s Start Menu, Indexing, and other helper programs, a default user account has 11 “Special Folders”. These folders are Cyan (Greenish Blue) in color.

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Optimize Vista Performance

Written by TeleCommuter on Jun 1st, 2008 | Filed under: How To, Vista

When you buy a new Windows Vista PC or Laptop, you may be disappointed with the initial performance. Taking forever to boot, lots of disk access and memory usage during logins. After login, you are bombarded with “trialware” registrations, sales popups, and all kinds of reminders and desktop links to buy or install programs you don’t need or want. There are many things you can do to optimize the performance of Windows Vista. Here are some initial steps to clean up and optimize your new Vista System, in the order they should be performed. (more…)


Optimize Vista Laptop Hard Drive

Written by TeleCommuter on May 30th, 2008 | Filed under: How To, Vista

The following steps optimize your Laptop Hard Drive for faster response times by enabling Advanced Performance Write Caching. Laptops have a Battery for backup, so this is only recommended for Desktop PC’s with Backup Power. Because your login session will be cached, power loss during the session “could” result in the loss of data.

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