http://www.vistasense.org Windows. Period. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:02:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you are hearing this software for the first time, you may wonder why it has a name called XP-AntiSpy. It is simple; this software was designed for removing annoying XP things that the developer found useless. In fact, it was initially built for removing spying features of Windows XP. ... http://www.vistasense.org/tweak-windows-settings-with-xp-antispy/ Well you may have thought that this post is about some software called "Toilet Paper". Nope, it is actually about the real thing. The Japanese folks are very much excited about the release of Windows Vista SP1 and that they even created toilet paper with highlighted vista features! According to AKIBA ... http://www.vistasense.org/windows-vista-sp1-toilet-paper-released-in-japan/ BBC has a news story stating that Microsoft plans to reduce the price of Windows Vista in the near future. This means, single copy of Windows Vista Ultimate would now cost only $319 instead of earlier $399 price mark. Microsoft expects this move will improve the number of people upgrading to ... http://www.vistasense.org/microsoft-to-reduce-windows-vista-prices/ IE8, the latest version of world's most popular browser Internet Explorer passes the web standard test called Acid2 test. For those not familiar with Acid 2 test, here is small description: The web pages are designed using a coding language called HTML and to standardize the coding, we have many web ... http://www.vistasense.org/internet-explorer-8-passes-the-acid-2-test/ Microsoft on December 12 said that the Windows Vista SP1 has reached the RC (Release Candidate) state and now every one can download and test it. You can even contribute to improve windows vista by giving valuable feedback to MS. MS official blog says, SP1 RC is time-limited software and it ... http://www.vistasense.org/windows-vista-sp1-rc-available-for-public-download/ Microsoft's latest feedback program to learn the possible problems and difficulties of an average user allows you to own Microsoft software without shedding a penny. The feedback system consists of surveys and automatic feedback system. The automatic feedback system works such that your computer will be monitored automatically by the feedback ... http://www.vistasense.org/microsoft-offers-free-windows-vista-ultimate-for-your-time/ Yahoo yesterday released its Windows Vista enhanced IM software called Yahoo Messenger. This is an updated version of popular Yahoo Messenger 9.0 released on last week of October. To harness the full features of Windows Vista, this updated vista version supports multiple skins, aero design and Windows Vista sidebar integration. Yahoo says, ... http://www.vistasense.org/enhanced-yahoo-messenger-for-windows-vista-released/ If you are looking for another Windows Vista Tweaking Utility, then here is one: Windows Vista Manager. As the name suggests, this software is like a manger more than a tweaking utility. It is a collection of utilities to tweak, customize, clean and manage Windows Vista. Vista Manger can customize many ... http://www.vistasense.org/optimize-windows-vista-settings-with-vista-manager/ If you are using the default Windows Vista start menu, you will be surprised to see the lack of the commonly used Run command option. The newly designed start menu almost hides this feature. Fortunately, you can enable it yourselves. Here is how: Right Click Start Menu and select properties. In Start ... http://www.vistasense.org/how-to-restore-run-command-in-windows-vista-start-menu/ Do you wish to change the boring progressive bar booting-up screen in Windows Vista? Yes, you can. Here is the small tweak that can change your old boot-screen to an aurora boot screen. Original Boot Screen (Boring Progressive Bar!)  This boot screen is actually coming with Windows Vista. However, Microsoft did not ... http://www.vistasense.org/how-to-turn-on-alternate-windows-vista-boot-screen/ Shortly after release of the beta version of Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft few days back released the RC 1 (Release candidate) of Windows XP SP3. This update initially will be available only to the private Microsoft testers. From the initial reports, testers says that they see 10% speed improvement under same ... http://www.vistasense.org/testers-claim-windows-xp-sp3-is-faster/ Only few days after the official announcement of Microsoft's release of Windows Vista SP1 beta, Today, released a quick "Performance & Reliability" patch. It seems this update it targeted towards improving the speed and reliability of Windows Vista. From Microsoft: •It extends the battery life for mobile devices. •It improves the stability ... http://www.vistasense.org/microsoft-releases-windows-vista-performance-patch/ One of the innovative feature on Windows Vista is the Windows Vista 3D flip. It is a feature rich expanded system similar to Ctrl-Tab. Using Ctrl-Tab, you can only see the icons of open Windows. Instead of these icons Vista 3D Flip allows you to watch live animation of rotating ... http://www.vistasense.org/what-is-windows-vista-flip-3d/ Even though this new feature can help you prevent messing up your PCs, it is becoming an annoyance introduced in Windows Vista. UAC always asks for administrative rights to run some programs and it's sometimes irritating. User Account Control is the feature introduced in Windows Vista to control user behaviour and ... http://www.vistasense.org/how-to-disable-user-account-control/ This is the important question that I've been asked so many times. Hence thought I would post it for beginners. Actually the solution is quite simple. 1. Resize Hard Drive and create two separate partition for Windows XP & Windows Vista. 2. Install Windows XP first on first partition. (C Drive ) 3. Then ... http://www.vistasense.org/how-to-install-windows-xp-windows-vista-on-same-pc/ A small, but power utility to optimize Windows Vista, Tweak VI can help you tweak many hidden Window Vista settings. Tweak VI is the successor of Tweak XP Pro, the popular Windows XP system optimizer. The important benefits of using TweakVI: * Adjust many hidden Windows Vista settings, that normally stay un-noticed. * ... http://www.vistasense.org/optimize-windows-vista-with-tweak-vi/ Microsoft finally launches an Internet TV service. This free service will be available for Windows Vista Home Premium & Ultimate users in US initially and for international users in coming months. Currently this free service is lacking content. Present content includes movie trailers from big movie studios, music concerts, some popular ... http://www.vistasense.org/microsoft-launches-internet-tv-for-windows-vista/ Microsoft announced on the official Windows blog that they are releasing the beta version of Windows Vista service pack 1. SP1 will be available for selected beta testers. Once the later beta versions are public, you can install SP1 using Windows update. For installing Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft says, you need ... http://www.vistasense.org/windows-vista-sp1-beta-released/ Windows XP sales was supposed to be discontinued on January 30 2008; one year after introduction of Windows Vista. Due to popular demand Microsoft now thinks they would extend this date 5 more months to June 30, 2008. This new move now allows larger companies to sell Windows XP based ... http://www.vistasense.org/microsoft-extends-windows-xp-lifespan/ It is a fact that Windows Vista is almost similar to Windows XP at base system properties. Hence, many of the tips that was useful for improving XP system performance works on vista too. 5 Steps to Speed Up Windows Vista Step: 1 - Optimize Hard Disk Policies for Better ... http://www.vistasense.org/how-to-improve-windows-vista-performance/