Changing My Pictures and My Music

Normally, when you open up the Start Menu, below Documents, is shown My Pictures and My Music

If you want, you can change these to any other locations you may use more frequently.

1. Start Regedit

2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

3. On the right side, change the location for My Pictures and My Music

4. This new location will now show on the start menu

]]> http://www.imrozbaig.com/changing-my-pictures-and-my-music-locations-in-vista/feed/ 0 http://www.imrozbaig.com/changing-the-desktop-icon-size-in-windows-vista/ http://www.imrozbaig.com/changing-the-desktop-icon-size-in-windows-vista/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:04:58 +0000 imroz http://imrozbaig.com/?p=313 Changing the Desktop Icon Size

By default, the icons on the desktop are quite large.
To change the size

1. Right click on the Desktop
2. Select View
3. Set it to Classic Icons

 You can also hold down the Control key while the desktop is displayed

1. Use the wheel mouse to make the icons larger or smaller
2. This gives more control

1. Start Regedit

2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Policies Explorer

3. Create a new DWORD key NoCDBurning

4. Give it a value of 1

5. Log off and back on again

To see what these may be and make any changes you want:

1. Start / Control Panel

2. Programs and Features

3. Click on Turn Windows features on or off

4. It typically takes a little while for this window to populate

5. Hovering the mouse over an entry gives a short description of it

6. From here you can check or uncheck any entries you want.

7. For example, you may not need Windows Fax and Scan

8. Click the OK button when you are done

Want to perform a Vista speed up procedure? I often think of new ways to make my computer run faster. The problem with our lightning quick, just out of the box CPU is it gets slow and sluggish over time. And Windows Vista especially which has a lot of hardware resources that can slow down CPU speeds. Here are some simple speed tweaks you can make to speed up Windows Vista. There is also a program that can perform these functions for you, which can speed up Vista in no time at all.

Get rid of unused or unneeded programs. We often download lots of different software that sounds cool but we rarely use. Don’t fool yourself, just get rid of them. You also want to remove programs from your startup commands that automatically run every time you power Vista on. You can always run these programs from the Start menu if you need to. This will free up a lot of RAM which will improve Windows Vista speed.

Run a disk defragmenter. Windows Vista actually comes with a built in defrag software. I would not recommend using it. The program has been universally panned by tech critics alike. I would recommend using software like the program below. Once a month, before you go to bed, run the program and let it go overnight. This is an easy way to speed up Windows Vista.

Clean Vista registry. The Vista registry does not have an internal cleaning tool. As you download or install new software and hardware, the registry becomes filled with corrupt and redundant information. This is where a Windows Vista registry cleaner comes in. The #1 step you can take to perform a Vista speed up is scan and remove all errors in your registry. This will clear up the congestion that is slowing down your computer speed.

These are all some Vista speed tweaks that everyone should be conducting to speed up Windows Vista. If you are a little lazy like me, I recommend using software to perform the steps for you. You can completely automate the maintenance of your computer. Not only will it improve Windows Vista speed, it will prevent windows error messages, blue screens, and computer crashing.

Do you want to speed up Vista? Well this is not a surprise. Although Microsoft has made some improvements with their latest OS, Vista can still run very sluggish at times. The problem is Vista cannot perform maintenance on itself. The longer we use our computers the more we need to continually tweak and optimize it in order to speed up Windows Vista. And fortunately for those non computer experts, there is software available to perform the tweaks for you. Here is what you should be doing.

1. Free up as much memory space as you can. This includes hard drive memory and RAM. The best way to do this is target the programs you are not using and remove them. Remove all temporary, partial, and redundant files. Kill those startup programs that launch every time you boot up. This will speed up Vista considerably by increasing RAM availability.

2. Schedule a day to run maintenance features like Windows disk clean up and defragmenter software. Think of these like bringing your car in for a tuneup. Microsoft recommends running each once a month at the least. This will streamline the way Vista processes information and in turn increase Windows Vista speed considerably.

3. Install a Windows Vista registry cleaner and fix all errors. These errors screw with the OS processing. A clean and error free registry will do wonders to speed up Vista performance overall. Vista does not come with a program that can adequately fix up the registry. You need to get one on your own.