Make XP and Vista Run Faster

Does it annoyed you when you lunch a program it takes a while to come? There are thousands possibilities to blame for a slow system, but we have a good chance to make it faster by following a few simple steps.

You can increase RAM of your system. A windows XP system can get by on 512MB, but it'll run a lot smoother with 1GB. As for vista, it needs at least 2GB for optimal performance.

Vista will also run a bit faster if you disable it's resource hogging extras, like Aero Glass and Flip3D. To free your system from both, follow as below.

1. Right Click on the Desktop.
2. Click Personalize.


3. Click Windows Color and Appearance


4. Click Open Classic appearance properties for more color options

5. Set the color scheme to Windows Vista Basic.


6. Click OK

Now Your vista system should go a bit faster.

XP users should consider disabling windows indexing service, a system hog of little practical value.

1. Click Start
2. Go to Control Panel


3. Open Administrative Tools


4. Open Services


5. Now scroll down to Indexing Service

6. Double Click to open it.


7. Set Startup type to Disabled


8. Click OK.

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How insert special character or symbol into documents

Sometimes we need to add special text character [for example, a copyright mark © or trademark ™] on our documents or somewhere else, but we did not find these characters on our keyboard. Windows XP and Vista let you have the opportunity to use Character Map utility to insert such characters and symbol anywhere you want.

Character Map Utility Displays all characters available for each font on our PC. To launch the Character Map follow as below:

XP: Go to Start --> All Programs --> Accessories --> System Tools --> Character Map.


Vista:.1. Click Start and type char in the Search field
...........2. Click Character Map

You will find different characters and foreign languages when you scroll down. By the pull down menu you can specify the font you want to use. Double-click the character(s) you want to insert. Click the Copy to place the character(s) on your Clipboard.

Open your documents or the place you want the character(s). In the Edit menu, select Paste or press [Ctrl+V] to paste the character(s) from the Clipboard into there.

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Turn off Vista User Account Control (UAC)

User Account Control (UAC) is a feature in Windows Vista that can help prevent unauthorized changes to your computer. UAC does this by asking you for permission or an administrator? password before performing actions that could potentially affect your computer's operation or that change settings that affect other users.

But most of the time it is very annoying because UAC most often fail why this act is dengerous. So to get rid of it just follow the steps below and turn off the UAC:

1. Click Start then go to Control Panel.

2. Enter in User Accounts.


3. Now Click on the Turn User Account Control on or off.

4. Now Uncheck Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer


5. Click OK

6. Click Restart Now if you want reboot now or click Restart Later to reboot later.

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Speed Up Windows Vista and Windows XP Startup

Is your Windows Vista or XP is too slow to startup?

Is it like you can take a nap after switch on the computer to comes to Desktop?

This is happen because every time the computer is booted up, there are some program started together with Windows, which isn't always the user's intention. As a result of this, the start sequence becomes considerably longer.

If this is your problem then here are the solutions for you. This solution is both for Windows Vista and Windows XP.

Follow the steps below to find out what programs are integrated with your Windows startup process and remove them:

1. Windows XP Users: Go to Start --> Run
....Windows Vista Users: Go to Start --> Start Search

[If you don't have Run Command in your XP start Menu then click here to know how to get it. Vista users don't need Run command at this time]

2. Windows XP Users: Write msconfig in Run


....Windows Vista Users: Write msconfig in Start Search

3. System Configuration Utility would comes up.

4. Go to Srartup Tab.

5. Here the programs listed under the Startup Item are the programs those startup together your XP or Vista startup.

6. Now examine the programs by expanding the In XP: Command and Location , In Vista: Manufacturer, Command and Loction Tab.


7. Unckeck the Programs those are actually you don't need to startup with Windows. So these programs would not startup next time Windows start and reduce the startup time.

8. Click OK when you finish.

9. Click Restart or Exit Without Restart if you like restart later.

10. You need to Restart the Windows to take effect.

11. After restarting Windows will prompt that you have changed windows Startup by System Configuration Utility. Just Checked on Don't show this message and click OK.

Now your Windows will start more quickly then before.

All we have describe above also done by Quick Startup v2.3 very small and 100% free software. Just install and run it. You will able to see which programs are integrated with your windows startup. You can remove an entry permanently from Windows Startup and also add a program if you wish. Click the link below to Download it.

You can also try the Glary Utilities Pro solve your thousand problems in very quick and easy way. Just Click below to get it.

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How to Find Protected Windows Files

Does you always know what files or folders stored in your hard disks and flash drives?

Most of our common file's and folder's [Documents, Music, Video, Pictures,Games, etc] attributes are NOT Hidden so we always find our known files and folders. Behind our eyes there are a lot of files and folders on our drives.

Hide a file or folder:

To hide a file or folder go to its properties by right click on it and then click on properties [Shortcut Key: Alt + Enter or Alt + Double Click].

Check the Hidden on after Attributes then click OK.

At this point you have to confirm attribute changes and you can chose either only your selected file/folder will be hidden or all files/folders in it including subfolders. Choose a option you like then click OK.


Now you selected file/folder is hidden.

You may hide several files or folders by selected them all.

Unhide files and folders follow as below:

Go to Control Panel [Start --> Control Panel]

Open Folder Options
You may find Folder Options in Tools Menu on Microsoft Explorer.


Go to the View Tab


Under the Hidden files and folders category select Show hidden files and folders

Click OK

Now you able to find the Hidden files and folders in your computer.

But there are more hidden files and folders which are not visible at this point. There are some files and folder called Protected Operating System Files those are not visible yet.

Unhide Protected Operating System Files do as below:

Open Folder Options again as describe above.

Now Select the Show hidden files and folders if not selected.

Scroll down little bit and uncheck the option "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)"


You will got a Warning massage click Yes.

Click OK.

Now you will actually find all files and folders in your computer.

By doing this you may find some unnecessary files and folders which is wasting your Hard Drive space. But be careful DON'T DELETE ANY FILES OR FOLDER unless you sure they are unnecessary.

By these way you may find the RECYCLER folder in your every drive and there you may find some objects to delete to free up some space.

Some kind of Trojen, malware [Some kind of virus] make Autorun.ini file in your Drive. This kind of files are hidden as system file. As describe above you find this kind of files in your drive and able to delete it.

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