In default Windows Vista start menu, you will not see the Run command because this feature is disabled by default. If you are using the Run command almost of the time, here is how to enable it.

Right click Start Menu and choose Properties. In the Start Menu tab, click on Customize to open Customize Start Menu window. Scroll down and find “Run Command” check box. Select it and click Ok.

But if you want to disable this feature, just go back to the steps above and uncheck “Run Command” and click Ok. This will remove the Run commmand from your Windows Vista Start Menu.

If you use Command Prompt to complete your tasks, maybe you might want to read these tips on how to use the Command Prompt in “elite” way..

• Turn on Quick Edit Mode. This will allow you to easily select, copy and paste all with just your mouse and a right click.
• When typing in a file or folder name, type in part of the name and then hit the TAB key to bring up matches. Use SHIFT +TAB to go the other direction.
• When searching for a file, type in dir part_of_filename* to look for the file in the folder. To search sub directories as well, append the /s flag as well. Example: dir exp* /s
• Use the up arrow to go back over past commands. Alternatively you can hit F7 and go directly to the command.
• When working with network drives type: prompt $m$p$g to show the full network path along with the drive prompt. Other prompt settings can be found by running prompt /?.
• You can print the contents of a file by typing: copy file.txt prn
• Write the output of any command by appending > output.txt. For example, dir > filelist.txt

via TweakVista.com

It is really a pain when you want to do something with Windows Vista, it will prompts you “Windows needs your permission to continue”. Instead of disable it and leave your Windows Vista unprotected, you can enable the User Account Control (UAC) quiet mode.

There is two ways for you to enable the quiet mode function. First, with this TweakUAC tool or via the registry. I talk about the TweakUAC first.

TweakUAC is a nice simple tool that will allow you to set whether you want to enable UAC, disable UAC or enable UAC in quiet mode. No installation is required just double click and run it. Just simple like ABC.

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Did you know that Microsoft hide this a nice screeny Aurora boot screen in your PC. Because of potential hardware issues, Microsoft had disables it from the users. But that is not the problem because our video card is able to run Windows Vista. So there is nothing to worry about.

To enable the Aurora bootscreen, first, go to Start > Run. In the box, type in “msconfig” without the quotes. Click on the Boot Options tab and check the “No GUI boot“. Finally, click Ok.

Now restart your Windows Vista and see the lovely Windows Vista Aurora bootscreen.

Some peoples have problem when they want to wake up their Windows Vista. They need to press the Power button instead of just pressing any of the keyboard keys. This can be annoying for certain peoples. But what is the solution?

The solution is in the Bios. When your computer is booting, press the Bios setup key (usually is Del) and then set the options to “Wake by Keyboard”. Next, save the setting and restart your PC.

Now, you will have no problems when you want to wake up your Vista. Enjoy!

This is a nice simple trick you can do with Aero Glass theme in Windows Vista. This trick will slow-motion your Aero Glass animation when it is minimize, restore, open or close the window.

But again, this is only works in Aero Glass theme. Download this registry file and double click it to insert the registry settings into your Windows Registry. Then, restart.

To see the magic, hold down Shift key when you minimizing, restoring, opening or closing the window.

Enable Slow-Motion Aero Animations in Windows Vista [via Madhur Kapoor]

By default, some programs are blocked by Windows Vista Firewall. But to finish your work, you need to use that program and want it to get access to the Internet. So here is how you can create exception in Windows Vista Firewall.

1. Open your Control Panel.
2. Under Security, click on “Allow a program through Windows Firewall” to open Windows Firewall Settings.
3. Make sure your Windows Vista Firewall is on. You can enable it in General tab.
   
4. To start add a new program in the exception list, open Exceptions tab and click Add Program.
5. Locate your program that you wish to add and click Ok.
6. At this point, make sure that the program you just added is checked.
7. Lastly, click Ok to finish the process.

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Did you know you, there is a hidden “treasure” in your Windows Vista? We call it a hidden Boot Screen. Lol… Here, we will guide you on how you can retrieve the hidden boot screen out from the “undersystem”.

1. Type “msconfig” in the start menu search box and press Enter.
2. Click on Boot tab.
3. Check No Boot GUI under Boot Options.
4. Lastly, click Ok.

Now, you have successfully dugg up the hidden treasure out from the “undersystem” and it will be displayed on the next boot-up. Congratulations!

Before you proceed, I suggest you backup your registry settings. Because some of the tweaks here need to modify the registry. So better be prepared.

Enabling Advanced perfomance

1. Open Device Manager in Control Panel
2. Click Disk Drives
3. Double click your hard drive to open the propertiesCheck “Enable Advanced performance” under Policies tab
4. Click Ok

Turn off Low Hard Disk space warning

1. Open Registry Editor. Start Menu > Run > type “regedit” (without quotes)
2. Goto “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current
   version\Policies\Explorer
3. Right click in right pane and choose New Dword (32 bit) Value
4. Enter “NoLowDiskSpaceChecks” (without quotes) and Enter
5. Right click the new Dword and click Modify
6. Change the data to “1″
7. Click Ok