Archive for the ‘Windows Vista’ Category

Delete shadow on the menu

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Go to Control Panel.
Select Personalization.
Click Color Scheme option.
Click Effects button.
Turn off Show Shadows under menus.
Click OK to end.

Clean your computer from trash files

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

Click Start button.
Select All Programs > Accessories > System Tools.
Choose Disk Cleanup.
Click All files on this computer.
Select drive you want.
Click OK button and wait.
After that you will see the confirmation files.
Click OK to end.

Block some web content

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Make sure the Parental Control is active.
Choose Web restrictions.
Activate Do you want to block some web content option and Yes is your choice.
Select any category you want under Check the content you want to block.
Click OK to end.
Set someone not to download *
Make sure the Parental Control is active.
Choose Web restrictions.
Check/mark Block File Downloads option.
Click OK to end.

Create Account for Parental Control

Friday, May 30th, 2008

This is one of the new features in Windows Vista.
The steps to do:
Click Start button.
Choose Control Panel.
Click Parental Control option.
Select Create a New User Account if don’t have any.
Type your new account in New Account Name box.
Click Create Account button.
Activate On, enforce current settings option.
Click OK to end.
Note: when you log in, use this account.

Show Font file name

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Go to Control Panel.
Choose Fonts.
Click View menu.
Select Choose Details.
Activate Font File Names.
Click OK to end.

Show certain facility in Control Panel

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Go to Control Panel.
Click Comments column.
Click down arrow.
Check/mark certain facility you want.

Create category in other way

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Go to Control Panel.
Click View menu > Collapse All Groups.
Note:
You should categorize your Control Panel first.

Categorize Control Panel

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Go to Control Panel.
Click View menu > Group By.
Select Category.

Set Power key on your keyboard

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

Go to Control Panel.
Click Power Options.
Click Specify Power Button.
Choose one of the option from When I press the power button
Choose (Shut Down, Hibernate, Sleep) option.
Click Save Settings.

Turn off monitor when you don’t use it

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Go to Control Panel.
Click Power Options.
Select Choose when to turn off display option.
Determine your time in minutes in Turn off display.
Click Save Settings.