The original Vista Bootscreen is very similar to Windows 2000, and is very bland and boring (you know, with the little catepillar bar scrolling from left-to-right).

But did you know that Vista comes with a much better highly visual bootscreen? Did you know how easy it is to enable it? No?

Microsoft may not have enabled this by default because of potential hardware issues, but that doesn’t make sense because the minimum video card requirements to even run Vista should handle the new bootscreen without any problem. In either case, here is how to make Vista look that much cooler with the “Aurora” bootscreen…

1. First start by running msconfig (either from the Run dialog or Start menu search box).
2. Click on the Boot tab, and then click the “No GUI boot” checkbox. Click OK.

• Windows Vista: Turn Off Windows Defender
  Lifehacker points out how to turn off Defender, if for some strange reason you wanted to do so.
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• Windows Vista Team Blog : Daylight Savings Time is ending, time to fall back
  If you’re in america, you may want to double-check and be sure your computer handles Daylight Savings Time correctly tonight.
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Google’s Linux software repositories make it easier to download and stay up-to-date with current releases of Google Linux applications. Please choose one of the guides below to help configure your system to use these repositories.

First you need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list file

sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list

add the following line (more…)

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In 2007, Daylight Savings Time started on 11th March 2007, three weeks earlier than normal. Daylight Savings Time is ending this year one week later than usual, on 4th November (tomorrow). Because in 2007 we’ve had four more weeks of Daylight Savings Read More……(read more)

In 2007, Daylight Savings Time started on 11th March 2007, three weeks earlier than normal.  Daylight Savings Time is ending this year one week later than usual, on 4th November (tomorrow).  Because in 2007 we’ve had four more weeks of Daylight Savings Time, your PC’s date and time may be affected when Daylight Savings Time ends this weekend.

If you are a Windows Vista user and have Automatic Updates configured for Windows Update, you most likely already have the necessary update to ensure your date and time will make the change come the 4th.

However, if you are unsure whether your Windows Vista PC has the update, you can go to the Daylight Savings Time Help and Support Center at Microsoft.com and use the associated wizard to get the necessary update for your PC.  If your Windows Vista PC already has the update, when attempting to install the update you will be alerted that it does not apply to your system.

Another way to check to see if your Windows Vista PC has the correct update for this weekend’s time change is to click on the clock in the lower right-hand corner of the taskbar.  A

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You cannot imagine life without Firefox but over time, your favorite browser keeps getting slower and slower.

Not only is it slow, Firefox sometimes hangs for no reason, consumes a large amount of memory and CPU usage can climb to 90% or more when you have multiple tabs open simultaneously.

You have uninstalled most of the extensions and toolbars, deleted all the cookies and internet temporary files, cleared up the file download queue and disabled the background check for software updates but none of this has helped you speed-up Firefox. (more…)

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