[reevester]

In my opinion, one of the most common and serious issues faced by Vista users is the constant Disk Thrashing!

In order to end this issue, follow these steps:

1] Disable Defender and SuperFetch
2] Disable Windows Search if you do not use it!

And that should do it!
Cheers!

[sushrukh]

Thanks dost for the tip.

[jazboy]

with New vista SP1 we can schedule Disk Defragment more easily and proficient way. There is one tutorial posted on this on microsoft web site. Let me search again if I find then i will post here too.

[jazboy]

This tutorial is to display your google calander in window calander. I hope you will like this tweak and will play and make it more useable, efficient and better.

Windows Vista includes a built-in calendar application that's pretty slick, but as an addict to Google Calendar, I'd like to just view my Google calendar in a desktop client. This is where Vista's "Subscribe" to calendar feature works out pretty well.
To subscribe to your Google Calendar, you'll first need to get the iCal link to your calendar. In Google Calendar, go to Settings \ Calendars and then click on your calendar in the list.
You should see a "Private Address" section:

Right click on the ICAL link, and choose Copy Shortcut to copy the link to the clipboard.
Now open Windows Calendar, and click the Subscribe buttton on the toolbar:


Paste the URL into the textbox, and hit the Next button:



After what seems like far too long, you'll see the next screen:




The key thing that you'll want to choose on this screen is the Update interval, which will keep the calendar automatically sync'd up. I also chose a friendlier name.
That's all there is to it. Notice the blue appointments are the ones that came from Google Calendar:



If you like this post plz leave comment

[sushrukh]

Yeah i liked it.Thanks for posting it.

[jazboy]

Originally Posted by sushrukh

Yeah i liked it.Thanks for posting it.

Thanks for compliment.
Sushrukh.. where r u from ??

[sushrukh]

Originally Posted by jazboy

Thanks for compliment.
Sushrukh.. where r u from ??

Calcutta, India.

[jazboy]

Originally Posted by sushrukh

Calcutta, India.

I am also from India only. But from last few years i am in usa.

[sushrukh]

Originally Posted by jazboy

I am also from India only. But from last few years i am in usa.

Good to know. My uncle lives in US too ( Tucson, AZ ).

[jazboy]

here is one tweak from my side

The default action for the Power button on the start menu in Windows Vista is Sleep, which isn't necessarily useful for everybody. You can configure this setting easily by using the advanced power settings panel, which is a little tricky to get to normally, but we'll take the shortcut.
Open a command prompt (type cmd into the start menu search bar), and then type in the following:
powercfg.cpl,1
You could also take the long route (Control Panel \ Power Options \ Change Plan Settings \ Change Advanced Power Settings)
Once you get to this dialog, browse down as shown to "Power buttons and lid"



From here, you can change the options:
• Power button action - Changes the hardware power button action
• Start menu power button - Changes the power button on the Start Menu
You can change the power button to either Sleep, Hibernate or Shut Down, or even nothing for the hardware power button.