Posts Tagged ‘Vista’

How to Disable User Account Control (UAC) in Vista

One of the security features in Vista is the User Account Control (UAC) feature. When ever you try to install a program or any processes try to change the system setting, it displays a prompt through which you can accept or disable the action. This increases the security of the system but can sometime turn [...]

Customize Windows Vista Installation with vLite

Whenever you install Windows Vista on your machine, it comes with a lot of components or utilities that you probably don’t want. vLite is a software that lets you create a Vista installation DVD that will only have the things that you want. You can also use it install vista without responding to any prompts, [...]

Yahoo Messenger 9.0 beta launched

Yahoo has announced the launch of its messenger 9.0 Beta, a new version of its messaging software that can work on both Windows Vista and Windows XP. There are several new features and a new look.

Enable Slow-Motion Aero Animations in Vista

This is an interesting hack for Vista through which you can enable “Slow Motion” animation that will work if you are holding the “shift” key while minimizing , maximizing , closing a window. This will work if you can run the Windows Aero glass theme . To make this work , just download this file [...]

How to Remove COM Surrogate Error in Vista

I have been using Windows Vista for 3 months now and one error that has always annoyed me is the “COM Surrogate Error ” . This error generally occurs when you open a folder thaty contains a lot of media files . The error is Beleive me it is irritating . This error is mainly caused [...]