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Use Windows Vista’s Offline Files To Access Documents Offline
6:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: The Windows Vista for Beginners weblog walks through using the under-used Offline Files feature built into Windows—so you can easily access your network documents while mobile. More »
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Windows 7 Theme For A Vista Desktop
9:00PM Kevin Purdy | deviantART crafter giannisgx89 offers up an unofficial Vista (SP1) theme that puts Windows 7’s basic look and feel on your desktop in a lightweight, non-intrusive way. Take a closer look below. More »
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Everything You Need To Know How To Do In Windows
5:00AM Gina Trapani | While Mac and Linux users may be the most vocal (ahem), the overwhelming majority of Lifehacker readers get here using some version of Windows. Let’s review the most popular Windows tutorials we’ve ever published. More »
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Ultimate Windows Tweaker Is Like Tweak UI For Vista
1:15AM Kevin Purdy | Windows Vista only: Ultimate Windows Tweaker makes no bones about its source of inspiration—the uber-specific, XP-customising Microsoft tool TweakUI—and does pretty well by it. There’s more than 130 changes to make from this stand-alone, no-install utility, including some seriously helpful User Account Control hacks and sliding timers for application killing, along with all the other tweaks for menus, Explorer, and shortcuts TweakUI users will find familiar. Another great feature: A big, prominent “Create System Restore Point” button to hit before you get to tweaking, which is always a good idea. Ultimate Windows Tweaker is a free download for Windows Vista systems (32- and 64-bit) only. Thanks, How-To Geek! Ultimate Windows Tweaker [The WinVistaClub] More »
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Install The Windows Vista Sidebar In XP
11:40AM Lifehacker US Edition | Windows only: If you’re in no hurry to adopt Windows Vista but you’ve taken a shine to the Vista Sidebar, Joshoon over at Deviant Art has uploaded a port of the actual application to Windows XP. Using a combination of resources such as Alky for Applications, a Windows Vista to XP compatibility client, and the sidebar extracted from Vista the port allows XP users to run Vista Sidebar. Users can grab additional sidebar gadgets directly from Microsoft and experience the same functionality as they would with the sidebar on a Vista system. If you’re running Windows XP and looking for something to round out real estate on your widescreen monitor this might just be it. For other sidebar candidates and general Vista goodness, check out how to get the best features of Vista in XP. The Windows Vista Sidebar pack is free, Windows XP only. Windows Vista Sidebar for Windows XP [via gHacks] More »
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Iconise Windows Vista’s Taskbar (Sort Of Like Windows 7)
3:00AM Gina Trapani | Windows Vista only: If you like the look of the icon-only taskbar in the Windows 7 Preview, you can get (almost) the same thing in Vista. The IntoWindows tech site explains that using a free utility, EnhanceMyVista, you can set your taskbar to only show the icons of open windows, instead of the icon and title. IntoWindows says this is how to get the Windows 7 taskbar in Vista, but I disagree—this does NOT enable Windows 7’s Aero Peek feature, or let you pin programs to the taskbar dock-style. It only halfway gives you the look of Windows 7, and not the functionality. Still, for crowded taskbars with tons of open windows and Vista’s thumbnail previews, the icon-only look might come in handy. EnhanceMyVista is a free download for Vista only and includes scads of other Vista tweaks. Thanks, HisNameIsChris! Transform Vista Taskbar Into Windows 7 Taskbar [IntoWindows] More »
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Fix iTunes 8 Crash Problems in Vista
1:00AM Kevin Purdy | Many Windows Vista users have encountered a Blue Screen of Death after plugging their iPods into the new iTunes 8 release. If that’s you, ZDNet’s Ed Bott describes the fix: Uninstall Apple Mobile Device Support and iTunes, then grab a newly-fixed copy of iTunes 8. Thanks, Geek! More »
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Speed Up Your Vista Installation with vLite on a Flash Drive
9:00PM Lifehacker US Edition | Sometimes the most effective way to clean up Windows is to just wipe your hard drive and start over with a fresh re-installation, and that process can be so long and tedious—unless you know the shortcuts. Power Windows re-installers already know about slipstreaming with nLite for XP and using vLite for Windows Vista to trim down your installation disk to just the bare essentials and speed up the process. If you want to speed up your reinstall even further, you can copy your Windows installation files over to a bootable USB stick that has much better transfer rates. Here’s how. More »
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Search Internet Explorer Favorites in Vista with a Shortcut
10:05PM Kevin Purdy | If you’ve stored a good number of bookmarks (or, in Windows terms, “Favorites”) in Internet Explorer and need quick access to them, the How-To Geek has you covered, at least in Windows Vista. By creating a simple saved search and creating a shortcut to it (so you or a launcher like Launchy can get at it), you’ll have quick, search-able access to all your bookmarks. Anybody know a similarly simple method to searching favourites in Windows XP? Let’s hear it in the comments. Create a Shortcut to Search Your IE Favourites With Windows Vista Search [The How-To Geek] More »
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