Security Tips for vista Part-1 From pctipsbox.com

Category Vista | Permalink | 13. February 2007

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A. How to Fix VMWare ESX Management Interface

Find out How to Fix VMWare ESX Management Interface.

1. Open Notepad.

2. Copy the text below into notepad:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content
Type\application/x-vmware-console]

“Extension”=”.xvm”

3. Save the file with a .reg file extension and import the file into registry.

4. Restart.

B. Change Windows Vista Product Key

Change your Windows Vista product key after installing.

1. Click on the Start Button and key in command prompt so that it shows up on your start menu search list. Right click on the Command Prompt shortcut and select Run As Administrator.

2. At the administrator command prompt, type in “slmgr.vbs -ipk ”

3. To activate windows after changing the key, run “slmgr.vbs -ato”

C. Remove User Account Control Pop-up Box

Follow these steps

1. Click on the Start Button and go to the Control Panel.

2. In the Control Panel search box, search for “disable uac”.

3. Click on Turn User Account Control (UAC) on or off.

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

5. Hit OK.

D. Mobility Center

It’s about time notebook users got an easy-to-access control panel for common configuration options.

Vista’s Mobility Center gives you the ability to quickly enable or disable an external monitor, enable or disable a wireless adapter, check your battery level, and much more. To configure your notebook so Mobility Center is always available, add its shortcut to the Startup group. To open or switch to Mobility Center, use its keyboard shortcut: Windows logo key+X.

E. Quick system checkup

Windows Vista has no shortage of diagnostic tools.

The System Health Report is one of the most useful. It takes input from the Performance and Reliability Monitor and turns it into a well-organized, information-packed report that does a good job of spotlighting potential problems. To run this report, open Control Panel, click System and Maintenance, and then click Performance Information and Tools. In the Tasks list along the left, click Advanced tools. The last item on the resulting list is Generate a system health report.

Each report gathers information for roughly 60 seconds, so it’s easy to run several reports. To establish a baseline, run a report immediately after startup, with no programs running except those that start up automatically. You can run additional reports while you run particularly stressful programs to see whether the load is overtaxing your system. www.pctipsbox.com

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