Tools: A Lightning Tour of msconfig.exe
The Windows system configuration tool, msconfig.exe has been around for some time. The easiest way…
Recent Vista Fixes: Windows Search and WMI
After a new Vista install, you’ll find there are numerous clean-up tasks that must sometimes (or…
Network Discovery Doesn’t Always Confer Network Access
In the last week, I’ve reinstalled Vista on my primary production PC. Over time, this…
Configuring Windows Vista Services
One of my favorite long-time haunts on the Web is http://www.blackviper.com/. It’s the work of…
Help! Windows Update Won’t Work After Vista Install
Having installed and reinstalled Windows Vista half a dozen times or so in the last…
Forced into Vista reinstall
OK, so I’ve been forced to bite the bullet earlier than planned, and am now…
CPU-Z Offers PC Hardware Insight and Info
CPU-Z is the work of Franck Delattre at CPUID.com, the same outfit that also offers…
ShellExView Shows Windows Explorer Shell Extensions
In trying to troubleshoot vexing Windows Explorer problems, I encountered one piece of advice repeatedly.…
Filezilla: Fast, free, and easy Windows FTP
Since the late 1980s I’ve used the TCP/IP-based File Transfer Protocol, or FTP, to upload…
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