Well, you’ve gotten the operating system down to a certain point, what’s next? Well, figure out where your bottlenecks still are! There’s probably some software on your computer that just kills performance (or 6-7 of them). Don’t blame MS quite yet. Anyway, luckily for you Windows Vista has a simple tool included that can help you identify the problem and remedy it quickly.

* Open the task manager (many ways to get to it, easiest is ctrl+alt+delete then select Start Task Manager)
* Navigate to the Performance tab
* Click on Resource Monitor
* Expand the disk section and sort by either reads or writes column. (more…)

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In the event you have forgotten your account password, Windows XP has made this feature available so that your password can be easily reset. The tips below include instruction for creating and using a Password Reset Disk for both Windows XP Home and Professional editions:

To create a Password Reset Disk: [Home Edition]

1. Open Control Panel from the Start Menu
2. Open User Accounts
3. Click on the User for which you want to create a Password Reset Disk.
4. Along the upper left side of the window, click on Prevent a Forgotten Password. This starts the Forgotten Password Wizard. (more…)

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