Windows XP, Windows Vista Tips, and Spyware & Adware Removal » Vista System Performance http://www.windowstips.org Hundreds of simple tools, tips, and techniques that enhance your operating systems for better performance, run faster, virus free, and secure. Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:51:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 en Windows Vista Built-In System Diagnostics http://www.windowstips.org/windows-vista-built-in-system-diagnostics/ http://www.windowstips.org/windows-vista-built-in-system-diagnostics/#comments Fri, 04 May 2007 23:06:59 +0000 WindowsTips.org http://www.windowstips.org/windows-vista-built-in-system-diagnostics.html Windows Vista can self-diagnose a number of common problems, including failing hard disks, memory problems, and networking issues. Built-in Diagnostics provides information to IT professionals to solve those problems that can’t be resolved automatically. Whenever Windows Vista detects a potential problem, it raises an event. IT professionals can use these events to monitor the behavior of desktops in their organization or to troubleshoot problems that cannot be resolved automatically.

1. Click Start
2. Select Control Panel
3. Choose Classic View
4. Double-click System icon
5. Next to the Rating points, click
6. Left side of Task menu, click Advanced Tools
7. Click Generate a system health report to run

Note: Before running this tool, close all the applications that are running on your system. It might takes a few minutes to complete

]]> http://www.windowstips.org/windows-vista-built-in-system-diagnostics/feed/ How to Start Menu Search in Windows Vista Faster? http://www.windowstips.org/how-to-start-menu-search-in-windows-vista-faster/ http://www.windowstips.org/how-to-start-menu-search-in-windows-vista-faster/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:17:23 +0000 WindowsTips.org http://www.windowstips.org/how-to-start-menu-search-in-windows-vista-faster.html type regedit 2. Navigate to [...]]]> By default, Windows Vista scans thru every folder and file that stored on your hard drive when you search. One way to speed-up searching in your Start Menu applications is limiting the results. To configure the search results, follow either one of two methods below:

Method 1: Registry Hacks
1. Click Start -> type regedit
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software -> Microsoft -> Windows -> CurrentVersion -> Explorer -> Advanced
3. Find and right-click on Start_SearchFiles and select Modify
4. Set the Value to 0
5. Restart the Explorer.exe process or reboot the computer

Method 2: Manually
1. Right-click on the Start Button and select Properties
2. Click on the Customize button
3. Uncheck Search Communications
4. Set Search Files to Don’t Search for files
5. Click OK

]]> http://www.windowstips.org/how-to-start-menu-search-in-windows-vista-faster/feed/ How do I turn on/off Hibernate mode in Windows Vista? http://www.windowstips.org/how-do-i-turn-onoff-hibernate-mode-in-vista/ http://www.windowstips.org/how-do-i-turn-onoff-hibernate-mode-in-vista/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:04:30 +0000 WindowsTips.org http://www.windowstips.org/windows-vista/how-do-i-turn-onoff-hibernate-mode-in-vista.html Open the Start Menu
Right click Command Prompt
Select Run as administrator
To turn Hibernation off - powercfg -hibernate off
To turn Hibernation on - powercfg -hibernate on
Note: If you turn it off, it won’t even show on the Start Menu

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