Fix Windows Vista Errors

You will notice in your start menu under ‘all programs’ that any newly installed or upgraded software will be highlighted, now this just indicates the new programs but you can stop it highlighting.

Just copy these points;

• Right click in your task bar
• Select properties
• Select the start menu tab
• Click customize
• Uncheck highlight newly installed programs
• Click OK and apply
• Done

We all like the windows sidebar don’t we? It’s just something about all those stupid gadgets which we all love!

I personally do use the sidebar for a couple of useful gadgets (notepad, exchange rate) so it was good when I found this tweak that will set the sidebar to a low priority. Basically what it does is stop using recources on the sidebar when you are not using it, and of course not using resources makes your whole computer run faster.

So if you want to set your sidebar to low priority just do this tweak;

• Disable your sidebar – you can find how to do that here
• Open up computer (start – computer)
• Press alt and select tools
• Click folder option
• Select the view tab
• Select show hidden files and folders and click OK
  • Note: this may already be selected
• Now exit tools
• Navigate to this location
  • C:\users\(your username)\appdata\roaming\microsoft\windows\start menu\programs\startup\
• Right click and click new shortcut
• In the shortcut wizard put this in
  • C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c start “sidebar.exe” /LOW “C:\Program Files\windows sidebar\sidebar.exe”
  • Note: If you do have Vista installed on a different drive that C just change it
• Done – The next time you open Vista the sidebar will show up just in low priority mode

Microsoft will not dump Vista when Windows 7 launches and plans to keep selling it to computer makers, system builders, volume licensees and consumers at retail until at least January 2011.

Microsoft also confirmed that the company would stop supporting all versions of Vista in April 2012. However, Microsoft will allow enterprise customers to downgrade to Vista from a pre-installed version of Windows 7.

Microsoft announced the release to manufacturing of Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 on April 28, 2009.

Microsoft says that Vista SP2 is a unified service pack with a single installer for both Windows Server 2008 and Vista computers. SP2 is expected to be available in Q2 2009.

This second release candidate includes Windows Search 4.0, Bluetooth 2.1 feature pack, the ability to record data on to Blu-Ray media natively in Windows Vista, the addition of Windows Connect Now for simpler Wi-Fi configuration, and an exFAT file system that supports UTC timestamps.