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Tips and tools for saving battery power

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Windows Vista has been criticized by many to be a power hog which drains battery power out of laptops & notebooks much faster than Windows XP. Even though this is true in some cases, it can be eas... (more)
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In  | 04/01/2009 12:50:44
 
 
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Windows Vista for Beginners in 2008 - The good, the bad and the future

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Another year has passed and our site is almost two years old. 2008 has been a good year for us in many ways, with its share of success, failures and lessons learned. Today, I will tell you about 2008... (more)
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In  | 02/01/2009 18:46:27
 
 
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How to change the interface language of your Windows Vista

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Lately we have been receiving many help requests from people who have their Windows Vista in one language and would like to switch to another one. For example, people who traveled to Canada and bought... (more)
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In  | 23/12/2008 13:58:08
 
 
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How to change the interface language of your Windows Vista

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Lately we have been receiving many help requests from people who have their Windows Vista in one language and would like to switch to another one. For example, people who traveled to Canada and bought... (more)
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In  | 23/12/2008 13:58:08
 
 
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Windows Mobility Center

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Windows Mobility Center is a recently introduced application in Windows Vista, with the help of which you may easily access all the settings related to your mobile PC (laptop, notebook, Tablet PC). By... (more)
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In  | 15/12/2008 20:30:01
 
 
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Save space by turning off hibernation and hybrid sleep

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Compared to Windows XP, Windows Vista has improved a lot when it comes to energy saving features. Not only it can dynamically adjust the voltage and the core frequency of your processor, thus decreasi... (more)
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In  | 07/12/2008 14:51:49
 
 
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Benchmarking the Disk Defragmenter

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Our team has talked a lot in our previous articles about Disk Defragmenter and the changes introduced in Windows Vista and Service Pack 1. In this article, I would like to measure how the system perfo... (more)
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In  | 30/11/2008 14:42:03
 
 
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How to disable or change sounds in Windows Vista

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So far we have published many articles about managing your sounds and working with sound devices in Windows Vista. However, we have not yet shown you how to disable or change specific sounds from your... (more)
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In  | 24/11/2008 16:13:41
 
 
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Tweak your Windows Vista for free with the Ultimate Windows Tweaker

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Our friends from The WinVista Club have recently released a nice little tool called Ultimate Windows Tweaker. As you can imagine, the tool allows you to tweak lots of aspects in Windows Vista. For a c... (more)
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In  | 22/11/2008 14:37:54
 
 
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Driver Scanner 2009 - Does it truly keep its promise?

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When choosing which tool to review next on our site, we stopped for Driver Scanner 2009, as it promises to address one major problem that people have with their computers: keeping your drivers up to d... (more)
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In  | 20/11/2008 20:36:57
 
 
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