How to show hidden files in Windows Vista

Windows Vista changed the location where you can modify the folder and file display settings. In Windows Vista you need to use the Folder Options control panel in order to modify how folders, and the files in them, are displayed.

To enable the viewing of hidden and protected system files in Windows Vista please follow these steps:

1. Close all programs so that you are at your desktop.
2. Click on the Start button.
3. Click on the Control Panel menu option.
4. When the control panel opens you can either be in Classic View or Control Panel Home view:

   If you are in the Classic View do the following:

   1. Double-click on the Folder Options icon.
   2. Click on the View tab.
   3. Go to step 5.

   If you are in the Control Panel Home view do the following:

   1. Click on the Appearance and Personalization link.
   2. Click on Show Hidden Files or Folders.

   3. Go to step 5.

5. Under the Hidden files and folders section select the radio button labeled Show hidden files and folders.
6. Remove the checkmark from the checkbox labeled Hide extensions for known file types.
7. Remove the checkmark from the checkbox labeled Hide protected operating system files. Once this is done, your Folder Options screen should look similar to the following image.

   

8. Press the Apply button and then the OK button.

Now Windows Vista is configured to show all hidden files.

start Vista without going through the logon process

not recommended, of course, but Microsoft does give you a way to set up automatic logon like you had in XP if you’re using a standalone computer or one on a simple peer to peer network like most home networks. You need to use a hidden tool called Advanced User Accounts Control Panel. Here’s how:

1. Log on with an administrative account.
2. In the search box at the bottom of the Start menu, type Control Userpasswords2.
3. The UAC dialog box asks for your permission to continue. Click Continue.
4. In the list labeled “Users for this Computer” on the Users tab, click your user name.
5. Uncheck the box labeled “Users must use a user name and password to use this computer.”
6. Click OK.
7. The Automatically Log On dialog box appears. Type your user name and type your password twice, then click OK.

Note that this does not work if your computer is a member of a domain. In that case, the checkbox described in step 5 is missing.

What happened to the Run command?

To add the Run command to the Start menu

 

1. Open Taskbar and Start Menu Properties by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Taskbar and Start Menu.
2. Click the Start Menu tab, and then click Customize.
3. In the list of Start menu options, select the Run command check box, and then click OK. The Run command will be displayed on the right side of the Start menu.

 

You can also access the Run command by pressing Windows logo key +R.

System Maintenance with Windows Vista

Good info for VISTA http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2112738,00.asp

20 “How To” Windows Vista Tips That Most People Don’t Know

Go http://www.vistababble.com/forums/vista-tips/1482-20-how-windows-vista-tips-most-people-dont-know.html

you will find information on changing things in Vista

VISTA ONE CARE

For those of you running vista one care you need to read this article http://www.appscout.com/2007/03/dont_let_onecare_eat_your_emai.php