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Windows Vista: Missing Menu Bar in Exploror
How to access the folder options (File Edit View Tools Help)
with Explorer and How to map a network drive.
When you open the Windows Explorer for the first time, you go to
tools in the menu bar and click on “map network drive” or
“folder options”.
The only question is where is the menu bar? Well, you have
to press “Alt” to see it.
Why did they do this?
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Display the menu bar in Vista's File Explorer
If you want the menu bar displayed permanently in the File
Explorer in Vista, you can do so from the Organize menu.
However, if you only want to display it temporarily, you don't
have to enable and disable it that way. Instead, you can just
hit the ALT key to show the menu bar for a single use, and then
it will hide itself again. This works for Windows Media Player,
too.
Change or Resize Partition Size in Windows Vista
With Vista it’s easy to change the size of the partition or
resize partition by using Disk Management Console. You may also
change drive letters or paths. Partitions with NTFS, FAT32 or
FAT file system can be resized with the Disk Management utility.
No third-party application program such as Partition Magic
needed. It can accomplish this without any data loss or the need
to delete and remove the existing partition.
How to resize partition size or change the size of partitions in
Windows Vista:
Click on the Start button, and then right click on Computer and
select Manage.
In the Computer Management console, click and expand Storage
branch, and click on Disk Management to open and access Disk
Management Console.
Disk Management Console display the details of all available
volumes and disk drives in the computer configuration in the
right pane.
Right click on any volume or partition that needs to resize or
change the size, and select either Expand (to increase the size)
or Shrink (to reduce the size) to change the size of the
partition.
Enter amount of space to expand or shrink in MB (cannot exceed
the size of available expand or shrink space in MB).
Click on Expand or Shrink button when done.
Windows Vista will reduce or extend the size of the partition
online immediately, without the risk of data loss.
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Difference
between Domain and Workgroup
A domain is used if you use a Server.
A Domain is a specific NAME given to a LAN that includes one or
more Domain Controllers(Servers). The advantage is that you have
a dedicated server to log/track all users and shares via Active
Directory and you can also use this server for other things such
as a SQL server and/or SBS etc... The disadvantage to this is
the cost and maintenance required to keep this configuration
running.
A Workgroup has not dedicated server(s) to track users and such,
it's all done via each client machine on the LAN, this includes
shared objects and user logons. Advantage, cheaper to run and
maintain as you only need two machines running in the same
workgroup to be called a workgroup
Domains:
Advantages
1. One location for all user accounts, groups and computers,
passwords are same for all computers.
2. Easier and quicker to maintain
3. Scales easier if you add more users and computers
Disadvantages
1. Requires a windows server
2. Complex to set up
Workgroups:
Advantages
1. Useful for small networks (10 or less computers)
2. Very easy to setup
3. No additional knowledge required
4. No server required.
Disadvantages
1. Need to setup account and password on each and every machine.
2. Passwords can become out of sync, if changed on one computer
and not others
3. No easily scalable. If using more than 10 computers, the
number of accounts to set up increases a lot more
4. More time required to setup for new users!
5. If using file sharing, you may reach the 10 max simultaneous
connections limit.
How to
restore the Recycle Bin icon in Vista
To put the Recycle Bin back on the desktop:
Right click an empty area of the desktop and select Personalize.
In the left pane of the Personalization window, click Change
Desktop Icons.
Under Desktop Icons, put a checkmark in the box labeled Recycle
Bin.
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Remove the notification about a blocked startup program at
startup.
Do not use msconfig to disable a startup program, use Windows
Defender.
If you used msconfig you must use it again to enable it.
Reboot.
Then open "Windows Defender"
Hers how:
In Control Panel/Security center
click on Windows defender, upper left side .
click "Tools"
click "Software Explorer"
"Remove it" from there.
Notification should go away.
Recover the Run option in Vista's Start Menu
The Run option. If you're looking to get the Run option back on
your Start menu, see below.
1) Right-click the Start button.
2) Select Properties.
3) Select the Customize tab.
4) Enable the Run option.
How to
run programs as 'Administrator'
Sometimes the program you need to launch requires Administrator
privileges. But your programs in Vista run as a normal user.
If you need Administrator privileges for programs, then you can
right-click the shortcut and select Run as Administrator. If you
want to open a command prompt with administrator-level
privileges, then you can use the same process: Click the Start
button, then right-click the Command Prompt shortcut, and select
Run as Administrator.
Disabling Vista's User Account.
Overall, UAC is a good feature. But some people find it to be
bothersome, due to the prompts that appear, asking if you want
to elevate a program's privileges.
On any version of Vista, except Home Basic and Home Premium, you
can disable UAC for administrator accounts by following these
steps:
1) Click the Start button and launch the Local Security Policy
editor by entering secpol.msc in the Search box.
2) Select the Local Policies item in the left panel to expand
the tree, then expand Security Options under Local Policies.
3) Scroll down the list in the right panel to locate User
Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for
administrators in Admin Approval Mode. Right-click that item and
choose Properties.
4) Select Elevate without prompting and close the dialog.
Can't save file to hard disk or flash drive in Vista
If you try to save a file to a hard disk or flash memory drive
on your Vista computer, you might get the following error
message: "X:\Folder\Filename You don't have permission to save
in this location. Contact the administrator to obtain
permission. Would you like to save in the Documents folder
instead?"
This happens because the disk or drive was formatted in an
earlier version of the NTFS file system (for example, this can
happen with a USB flash that was formatted on an XP computer, or
on the system hard drive that was formatted in XP before you
upgraded the system to Vista). There's a workaround; you can
read more about it in KB article 931277 at
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931277/en-us
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Make Vista's default font size larger and easier to read
Don't lower screen resolution but increase the text size.
Go to Control Panel and type Adjust font size in the Search box
at the top right. This will take you directly to the link for
the DPI Scaling utility. The preset value of 120 DPI is usually
too large. Click the Custom DPI button and use the slider
control to set it to 110 DPI.
Two things you can do to speed-up Windows Vista:
Disable Transparent Glass Effect
1) Click on the Desktop and select Personalize.
2) Select Windows Color And Appearance.
3) Uncheck Enable Transparency.
Disable Windows Minimize/Maximize Animation
1) Click on the Start Menu, enter SystemPropertiesPerformance
and hit Enter.
2) On the Visual Effects tab, uncheck Animate Windows When
Minimizing/Maximizing.
3) Click OK.
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