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Top 10 Vista Hacks

Itching to make Windows Vista behave the way you want it to, not the way Microsoft does? Take these fun and useful hacks for a whirl.

You’ve run Windows Vista, you’ve played around with the Aero interface, and maybe you’ve even mucked around a little bit in Vista’s innards to see what makes it tick.

Now what?

Now is when the fun begins. There are plenty of ways you can hack Windows Vista, make it jump through hoops, bend it to your will and generally make it behave the way you want it to behave, not the way Microsoft does.

Where to begin? I’ve put together 10 of my favorite hacks for Windows Vista. They’ll let you do everything from speed up Windows Aero to unlock a supersecret administrator’s account and juice up the right-click context menu — and yes, even hack the dreaded User Account Control. So if you want to take control of Windows Vista, read on.

A word of warning: Some of these tips involve editing the Windows Registry, which can be a dangerous thing to do. So before you touch the Registry, use System Restore to create a restore point so that you can revert to the previous version of the Registry if something goes awry. To create a restore point, choose Control Panel > System and Maintenance > Restore files from backup > Create a restore point or change settings.

Top 10 Vista Hacks

1. Hack User Account Control

2. Unlock the supersecret Administrator
account

3. Tweak Aero’s glass borders

4. Protect your privacy by removing Windows
Vista metadata

5. Power up Windows Vista’s context menu

6. Speed up or turn off Windows Aero

7. Bypass the Windows Vista log-on screen
on multiaccount PCs

8. Hack Vista’s blinking cursor

9. Hack Vista’s screensavers

10. Make Windows animation go slo-mo

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