Check your Windows Updates guys, because the long awaited Service Pack 1 for Vista has finally been released. So how do I get it? Open the Start Menu and type windows update, then push enterClick Check for Updates in the SidebarThe Windows Service Pack 1 update should...

This is an amazing feature that I have seen on my computer a year ago but I can’t believe I never touched it until recently. I was able to free up gigabytes of spaces on many of my drives using this feature. And this was the result: There is no specific name for this...

When Apple revealed Leopard with their brand new Time Machine feature which allows you to backup individual files from different time periods, everyone was in awe. However, what many do not know is that Vista is also equipped with a similar feature. Yes, you can...

If your computer is acting unpredictably, locking up, and encountering blue screens of death, then you’re most likely the victim of a faulty driver. There are two ways to do this: One is good ol’ device manager, and the other is something new in Vista called Driver...

Internet Explorer 7 will only allow you to download two files at one time. This limitation can prove to be quite an inconvenience for anyone who downloads quite a lot on the Internet. A simply registry tweak can be done to remove this limitation. 1) Click on the Start...

Windows Vista’s Disk Management tool can be quite deceiving. It allows you to work with partitions at ease in a presentable GUI format - but with problems. There have been a lot of complaints and confusion as to why Windows Vista grays out the extend volume and...

You’re probably wondering why I picked a number as horrible as 3.5GB? Why not 4GB? Well, there’s a really technical explanation for this but to make a long explanation short, 32-bit operating systems can only handle up to 4GB of memory. In fact, this number...

Content-searching can allow you to search files by what is contained within the file rather than the file-name. By default, Windows only search file names for locations that are unindexed, which can often bring frustration upon users who have Search Indexing disabled....

Sure, you are not actually going to get Dreamscene for your PC but it doesn't matter if you're going to get the same effect right? This is exactly what VLC Player can do for you. You might or might not have heard of this program but it is a free video player that...