Windows Vista relies heavily on it’s Windows Experience Index. This is used to determine what features will be loaded on install (like Aero) and may be used in the future by graphical applications like games to automatically adjust their settings based on the user’s hardware. Read the more »

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In some of my efforts playing with Vista, I’ve followed instructions that had me typing in commands that started with slmgr.vbs, followed by various switches and information. This seemed strange, why would I be addressing some vbs script when doing very ‘official’ things in Vista? Was I being tricked into running something dangerous that would turn over control of my computer or some such evil?

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A. Start Menu Privacy

Every time you open up a document or launch a program Windows Vista keeps track of this information to build the list of application for recently run applications and recent documents list.

1. Right click on the taskbar and select Properties.
2. Click on the Start Menu tab.

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A. How to Fix VMWare ESX Management Interface

Find out How to Fix VMWare ESX Management Interface.

1. Open Notepad.

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