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HowTo: Enhancing Windows Vista Search With iFilters
Windows Vista Search (and Windows desktop Search) uses plug-ins called iFilters to allow the search engine to index the contents of different files types. While Windows Vista Search supports numerous document types that you would expect, such as .TXT and .HTML, there are numerous document types that are used on a day to day basis, .PDF for exampl...
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| Windows Vista: Modify an Applications Base Priority |
How To:Modify an applications base priority in Windows Vista
Although modern operating systems appear to multitask and run multiple programs in parallel, it is really just smoke and mirrors. Even on multi-core processor systems, each core can only perform a single task at any time, but to allow an operating system like Microsoft Windows Vista to run multiple applications at the same time, CPU makers have introduced technologies such as CPU...
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| Windows Vista |
How To: Tuning Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla Firefox 2.0 on Windows Vista
One of the biggest frustrations when using the Internet (or intranet) is a slow browser. Why is it so slow? You have installed the latest browser software, the latest patches and security hot-fixes, all the add-ons, you have more than enough memory and are running the latest and greatest offering from Microsoft , Windows Vista, but the Internet browser is still slow. T...
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| How To: Activate a Windows Server 2008 Core Installation |
Windows Server 2008 Core contains a script in the %windir%\System32 folder named SLMGR.VBS. The script provides a number of functions related to operating system activation and current license information This script also exists in Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Full Install and can be run remotely against the Windows Server 2008 Core server. |
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and it is possible. All Windows Vista DVDs allow you to install any edition of Vista without a product key for a 30 day evaluation period. This is not a surprise and is publicised by Microsoft, obviously allowing new customer to view the latest product in all its glory.
the PAE boot switch to allow the operating system to see the maximum amount of memory. The BOOT.INI file no longer exists in Windows Vista, to configure boot options you must use the “BCDEdit” boot configuration editor, in Administrator mode obviously, that is included in Windows Vista.
comes with a new feature called User Account Control (UAC) which automatically intercepts potential activity that could breach your security security setting. If you are logged on to a machine as a local administrator (or any other user who is part of the local administrators group), Windows Vista will force that user to run as if they are a standard, non-administrative user.
server, both should be familiar to you.
the "Date and Time" Control Panel Applet from the command prompt. (It is also possible to set the date and time during an unattended setup).