Add Run command to start menu in Vista

Window vista does not have run command in start menu. Run command is great feature of window xp. So those who upgrade from window xp to window vista may miss run command.
Here are steps to include run command in window vista's Start menu.



Follow given steps to add run command to start menu:

1). Right click on taskbar and go to properties.

2). Click on start menu tab.

3). In start menu properties, click on customize button.



4). Scroll down to run command and click on check box of run command.



5). Click ok.

Its done.
Check start menu, It should include run command as shown in figure.

Hide recently opened files and programs from Start Menu

Windows save list of recently opened files and show them in start menu. Its very convinient to find files. But if you wanna some privacy, if you don;t want others to see which files and programs you opened than you can hide recent files.



To remove recent items from start menu just follow these steps:

1). Right click on taskbar and click on Properties.

2). Click on start menu tab.

3). Uncheck the check boxes under privacy.



4). Click ok.

Its done.
Click on start menu and check recent items and recent programs, they must not be in start menu. Start menu will look like this figure.

Make Start menu's icon smaller - Cool Computer Trick

Window vista by default has large icons in start menu, So you can pin only limited number of programs with Start menu. If you want to pin more programs with start menu then this trick can be proved useful. You can make icons smaller in start menu, it will provide more space, hance you can pin more programs to Start Menu.



Here are steps to set small icons in start menu:

1). Right click on taskbar and select Properties.

2). In properties window, Go to start menu tab.

3). Click on customize button.



4). In custmize window, scroll down to bottom and uncheck Use Large Icons.



5). Click on Ok and then on Apply.

Now see the changes in start menu. It should look like yhis figure.

Scan and Replace window's corrupted System Files

If your computer running slowly or not working properly then there may be some problem in its System files. System files are group of program files that work together to run your computer. These files can be changed or corrupted with time, it may corrupts due to installation of softwares, some internal errors or due to viruses, which makes computer slower.

Scan your system files to check if they are working fine or having some errors. In case of damaged system files you can repair or replace them. It can be done by System file checker.


System File Checker is a utility in Microsoft Windows that allows users to scan for and restore corruptions in Windows system files. This utility is available on Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Vista.


Follow these steps to use System file Checker:

1). Go to Run.
2). Type SFC /SCANNOW and click on ok button.
3). It will start scanning proccess and this process takes longer time, it can be more than 30 mins.
4). In case window having some problems, It will display some steps to follow. just follow those steps.

Use Pendrive as RAM in window VISTA - Useful Vista Trick

If you have Window vista installed in your computer and have less RAM, then you must be tierd of window vista's slow performance. But now here is 1 solution you can increase the RAM allowing the operating system more space of cache and fast access memory.

Vista provides a great feature called Ready boost. With this feature, you can utilize your pen drive or a memory card as RAM. With this feature, it increases the additional memory in your computer system to improve the performance of your personal computer.


you need to enable ready boost, Just follpw these steps:

1). When you plug the USB device in the USB port, it will show the message speed up my system using windows ready boost, Click on it.



2). Go to Pendrives Properties and click on Ready Boost tab.

3). Choose the option use this device and increase the limit of space to serve for your system speed option. The reservation of memory is depending on the capacity of pen drives.

4). Click OK.

Its done.

Install , view and delete Fonts

Wanna use some new, different fonts? I you get bored of usual fonts installed in your system and want to try some new fonts then try this, here are steps to install new fonts:



Vista or Window7 Users

Install new FONTS

1). Download font which you want to install from internet.

2). Right click on that font and click on install.
A small window will appear showing the progress on adding the new fonts to your system. Your new fonts will be ready to use as soon as this window auto-closes.


View and Delete FONTS

1). Open control Panel.

2). In control panel, Double click on font.



3). Here you can view all installed fonts, you can open any font.


4). To open right click on font and then select open. Here you can see font information at top and its preview.



5). To delete font, Right click on font and then click on Delete.




Window XP Users

1). Open control Panel.

2). Click on Appearance and themes.

3). Here click on font present on left sidebar.

4). To install new font, Go to file menu and click on install new font.
It will open a window where you have to browse to location of new font. after browsing click on install.

5). To view or delete font Right click on that font and choose open or delete.

Additional clocks in taskbar using windows vista - Cool Vista Trick

A useful feature in Windows Vista, especially for those users who wants to communicate regularly with people in different time zones. If you want to communicate with your co-workers or your family members in different time zones or you are traveling between different time zones then this tip is very useful for you.



You can add clock of two different time zones in windows vista tasks bar. You can set three clocks (one default clock) in the tasks bar and each clock will show you time of different zones.

To edit this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.To enable this feature, perform the steps listed below:

1). First right click on the clock in taskbar then click on Adjust Date/Time option.
2). A window dialog box will appear with the title Date and Time Properties, select the Additional Clocks tab.
3). Now check the box Show this clock for additional clock and using drop down menu, select your required time zone then enter display name.


4). Press Apply button to save these settings and then Ok button to finish .


Here you can view the time of three different zones when mousing over the clock in the taskbar.
If you want to see it in enlarge view, double click on clock area.

Add My Computer to Vista Taskbar - Cool Computer Trick

Wanna add my computer on task bar? Do you lwanna access my computer through your taskbar? Then here are steps given to add it in your Task Bar..

Just follow these steps:

1). Right-click on the taskbar and choose the Toolbars menu.

2). Then click on New Toolbar.

3). Then in new toolbar dialog box, Select the Computer icon and then click on Select Folder.

Its done.

Now you can see the Computer folder right there on the taskbar. If you click the little arrows it will pop up and let you browse through all your drives.

To remove this right click on task bar then unclick on computer in Toolbar.

Restart Windows without Restarting your PC

Mostly Computer takes lots of time for restart. Sometimes we need to restart our computer, that time it becomes necessity like after installing some software but when we have limited time and we are busy then it is very annoying to wait for it to restart.
So here is solution for this problem. In that case you need not to restart your computer but you can restart your windows without restarting computer. It will take very less time.


To restart windows without restarting computer you just need to hold Shift key down while clicking on shutdown or restart button.

you computer would restart without restarting the Computer.

Restart Windows without Restarting PC, this term is known as Hot Booting.

Sticky Menus

Normally when you move the mouse over the Start Menu or over some Programs, it will automatically cascade and show the submenus. But if you want menus to open submenus only when you actually click on them, then those menus are known as sticky menus so here are steps to make sticky menus, you need to make some changes in regestiry just follow these steps:

1. Go to run and type Regedit.
2. In registry editor window, browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Deafault \ Control Panel \ Desktop.
3. Check if there is any string named MenuShowDelay, If it not there, create a string called MenuShowDelay.


4. Give it a value of 65534.
Its done.

Increase the Browsing and Downloading speed in Windows Vista

In window vista the web browsing and downloading speed is very slow as compare to previous versions of windows. You can open the same sites in windows XP and server 2003 with much better speed. Here are steps to increase internet speed in window vista using browser internet explorer. Just follow these steps:





1). Open Internet Explorer.

2). Go to tools and then internet options.

3). Now in internet options window go to Advance tab.

4). Scroll down in settings to find use SSL 2.0 to turn on SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and tick on it and remove tick from Use TLS 1.0 to turn off TLS(Transport Layer Security.


5). Click OK.
Its done.

Now web browsing speed should be much better than before.

Window vista hidden Animation

Do you know that window vista has hidden animation? Most people do not about this, if u dont know then just follow these steps to see that animation.



1). Goto the Vista Start menu search box.

2). Type: winsat aurora.

3). Press Enter.

4). Now window will ask your permission to continue, so click on continue.

After this a cmd window will appear and after 2-3 seconds you can see animation.

To exit, simply hit the Esc key.

Change Startup & Shutdown Sound - Cool Computer Tricks

Do you get tired of listening same windows startup and shutdown sound?? If yes, then this trick is for you. By using this you can change default windows startup and shutdown sound and can use any of your favorite voice or music as your system's shutdown and start up. Here are steps for this.

1). Choose the track or sound which you want to set as start-up and shutdown sound, But remember that file should be in .WAV format and size of file should not be large it should be smaller than 1 mb otherwise startup will take longer time.

If your file is not in .WAV format then you can easily convert it into .WAV by using jet audio or any other converter.

2). Rename these files as Windows Startup.WAV and Windows Shutdown.WAV respectively.

3). Now Go to C:\WINDOWS\MEDIA, here you will find file Windows Startup.WAV and Windows Shutdown.WAV, move them to some other locations, So tht you can set default sound again in future.

4). Now move files which you have choosen to C:\WINDOWS\MEDIA.

Its done.

Capslock Notification - screen flash and computer beeps

Here is trick for capslock notification, it make your screen flash and computer beeps everytime you press capslock button. It will let you know that capslock is on when you accidently hit it during typing. Its very simple just follow these steps:

For window vista

1). Go to control panel.

2). In control panel, click on ease of acesss centre.

3). Now click on make the keyboard easier to use.

4). Click on turn on toggle key and then click save.

5). Now again go to ease of acess window, then click on use text or visual alternative for sounds.

6). Here choose flash active window and then click save.

Its done.

For window XP

1). Go to control panel.

2). Open the Accessibility Options Icon.

3). On the Keyboard tab, click the Use Toggle Keys checkbox.

4). Click ok.

5) Go to Accessibility Options screen, click the Sound tab and check the Use SoundSentry checkbox.

6). Next click the Settings button and select Flash active window from the Warning for windowed programs drop down box.

7). Click ok.

Its done.

Now whenever you press capslock, your screen will flash and produce beep.

Open CDROM with 1 click - Cool Computer Trick

Here is trick to open cdrom in 1 click. For this you have to make a file which when clicked open cdrom. So to make that file follow given steps:

1). Open notepad.

2). Copy given code as it is into it

code:

Set oWMP = CreateObject("WMPlayer.OCX.7")

Set colCDROMs = oWMP.cdromCollection

if colCDROMs.Count >= 1 then

for i=0 to colCDROMs.Count - 1

strDrive= oWMP.cdromCollection.item(i).driveSpecifier

colCDROMs.Item(i).Eject

strQuestion = "Close DRIVE " & strDrive & "?"

answer= msgbox (strQuestion, vbYESNO)

if answer= vbYES then colCDROMs.Item(i).eject:

next

end if

wscript.quit

3). Save it anywhere with the name cdrom.vbs.

Its done.

The above file when clicked will open your cd rom and ask question to close it and will close in case of pcs when you say yes.

Create Shortcut to restart computer - Cool Computer Trick

Create shortcut to restart computer on your desktop, To create shortcut follow these steps:

1) Go to desktop, Right click on it.

2) Select New >> Shortcut.

3) In new shortcut wizard window type "shutdown -r -t 01" in location.

4) Click Next.

5) Give any name to shortcut, I gave shutdown.

6) Click OK.

Its done.

now you can use this shortcut to restart your computer.