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Securely Delete Files using Spybots’ File Shredder

Have you ever wanted to remove those all important documents from your computer? Ever wanted to remove a photocopy of a legal document from your hard disk? Well, Spybots‘ new ‘File Shredder’ application will do this for you!
You may or may not be familiar with Spybot S&D(search and destroy). For those of you who don’t [...]

Defragment Quicker using Power Defragmenter

Ever been frustrated and put off by the extravagant time Windows takes to defragment? Well, my friend, Power Defragmenter is the answer to your Defragmenting needs! In both Windows Vista and XP, defragging can be a tedious process… but not any more!
Power Defragmenter is by far the fastest and most reliable defragmenter we have come [...]

Disable Vista Security Center Notifications (popups)

A very common question asked here is how to remove the various popup warnings presented by the Vista Security Center after disabling a security feature, such as the User Account Control (UAC).
Here is a typical example of a popup notification from the Vista Security Center:

To remove these popups, and review why they are appearing in [...]

Clear out the crap with CCleaner

Crap Cleaner is a great freeware utility for cleaning up unwanted files, registry entries, uninstalling programs and removing items at start up that can slow your computer down..
It can be downloaded from this link.
http://www.ccleaner.com/download
 

When installing it, I untick all the options except Add open cleaner and check for updates as I do not want the [...]

Unofficial Vista Requirements

Here are the Windows Vista system requirements from Microsoft and ourselves.
Microsoft’s Requirements:vista capable pc)

A modern processor (at least 800MHz).
512 MB of system memory.
A graphics processor that is DirectX 9 capable.

Our (unofficial) Requirements: a better vista capable pc)

A modern, modern processor (at least 3ghz)
At least 1GB of system memory.
A graphics processor that is DirectX 9 capable [...]

Vista Stickers/Logos - explained

Another common question asked is “my PC has …. sticker, what does this mean?”. Well once you know what they are - you can’t go wrong when looking for a Vista PC.
When buying a Vista PC it can be a frustrating experience trying to understand all the Vista stickers and logos. In this article I [...]

Disable UAC in Vista

One of the most common questions asked here by our members is how to disable those annoying Vista popup messages. They ask for your permission for almost everything - Even changing the clock!
Luckily for us though, Microsoft have made it easy to disable. Some people may feel unsafe disabling this, but in the real world [...]

Common Vista Drivers

Here are some of the most common Vista Drivers
Nvidia nForce Version 15.00 for Vista nForce 430/410/405/400 with Integrated Graphics Version 15.00 - WHQL driver package for nForce 430/410/405/400 with Integrated Graphics motherboards
Windows Vista Driver Versions
Ethernet Driver (v65.55) WHQL
SMBus Driver (v4.60) WHQL
Installer (v5.40)
IDE SataRAID Driver (v9.31) WHQL
IDE SataIDE Driver (v9.31) WHQL
RAIDTOOL Application (v9.31)
SMU (v1.23) WHQL
Display Driver [...]