Windows Vista – What happened to Disk Defragmenter?

Aug 04

You no longer find Disk Defragmenter under Storage in Computer Management. Click on Start Type dfrgui.exe in Start Search and press “Enter” key You should see Disk Defragmenter dialog box appear. Click on Defragment now… to start defragmenting your hard...

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Windows Vista – What happened to HyperTerminal?

Aug 03

HyperTerminal is no longer part of Windows Vista.   However you can copy the relevant hyper terminal files from Windows XP to your Windows Vista. Required. Windows XP system USB flash drive Here’s the trick.  (Or you can download from here) Go to C:\Program Files\Windows NT\ Copy hypertrm.exe and htrn_jis.dll to your USB flash drive Go to...

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Windows Vista – What happened to Telnet Client?

Aug 03

What happened to Telnet? By default, Telnet is not installed with Windows, but you can install it by following the steps below. Click on Start – Control Panel. Click on Programs. Click on Turn Windows features on or off. In the Windows Features dialog box, select the Telnet Client check box. Click on OK. The installation might take several...

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Disable User Account Control in Windows Vista (Command Line)

Aug 03

This is the fastest way to disable UAC via a command line. Copy and paste the following registry command into your “Start Search” Disable User Account Control C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k %windir%\System32\reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f Enable User Account...

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Disable User Account Control in Windows Vista.

Aug 03

Windows Vista now comes with a User Account Control (UAC) features that can help prevent unauthorized changes to the computer. I’m sure with 30 mintues usage to do your work, you might have already encountered one of the following message Windows needs your permission to continue A program needs your permission to continue An unidentified program wants...

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