1. Choose Start > Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Personalization > Change Desktop Icons.

2. Click on the icon you wish to change and click Change Icon.

3. Browse to WindowsSystem32shell32.dll

4. Select an icon and click OK.

1. Right-click an empty area of the notification area and select Properties.

2. In the System Icons area, you can check or uncheck the icons that you wish to show or hide. In the Icons area, to always show all icons, you can uncheck Hide Inactive Icons, click OK.

3. You can show or hide other non-system icons by clicking Customize.

1. Click Start > Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center > Set up a Connection or Network.

2. Select Connect to a Workplace then click Next.

3. If you have an existing connection, select No, Create a New Connection and click Next. Otherwise you can skip this step.

4. Click Use My Internet Connection (VPN) and follow the instructions provided. Be sure to enter the correct internet address, username and password along with a name (you can name it anything).

1. Click the Start orb button.

2. Type mob in the Search Search box, and click Windows Mobility Center.

3. Click Presentation Settings.

4. Check the box for I am currently giving a presentation.

5. Set the options to your liking. You can check or uncheck the boxes to Turn off the screen saver, Set the volume to: and Show this background.

6. Click OK.

7. When you’re about to give your presentation, click Turn On in the Windows Mobility Center window.

Superfetch caches data to RAM so that it can be immediately available to your application. Sometimes this can affect the performance of certain applications. It tends to not work well with gaming, but can improve performance with business apps.

1. Click on the Start orb then Control Panel.

2. Select Folder Options.

3. Click on the View tab.

4. Uncheck the Use Sharing Wizard (Recommended) box.

1. Press SHIFT+F10 to open a Command Prompt.

2. Type the command mstsc /span /v:servername

Your version of DLA can read files on this disc but you will not be able to edit or add to them.

To enable this option, perform the following steps.

1. Click Start > Control Panel > System and Maintenance > Performance Information and Tools.

2. Click Visual Effects on the left side. Click Continue or enter a password if prompted by UAC.

3. Click the Advanced tab under the Performance Options.

4. Click Background Services and click OK.

Now priority will be given to applications that are running in the background such as file and print services.

Dynamic disks allow for better administration. You can span a volume across multiple dynamic disks or stripe multiple dynamic disks. Dynamic disks also allow you to repair data without the need for restarting the computer.

Note: a. Only Windows Vista Enterprise and Windows Vista Ultimate editions support dynamic disks.
b. Disks on laptop computers cannot be converted to dynamic.

You can enable dynamic disks on a drive by performing the following steps.

1. Click the Start orb button, right-click Computer, and click Manage.

2. Expand the plus sign next to Storage under Computer Management.

3. Click Disk Management.

4. Right-click the disk you wish to convert, and the click Convert to Dynamic Disk… .

1. Ensure a microphone is plugged into your sound card and click Start orb > Control Panel > Ease of Access > Start Speech Recognition.

2. Click Next and then select the type of microphone you wish to use.

1. Click the Start orb button, type pow in the Start Search box, and click Power Options.

2. On the left side, click Require a password on wakeup. If this option is disabled, click Change settings that are currently unavailable. If prompted by WAC, elevate your privileges by clicking Continue or by entering the password for an administrative account.

1. In Quicktime, click Edit > Preferences > QuickTime Preferences… .

2. Select the Advanced tab.

3. Under the Video section, select Safe Mode (GDI Only).

4. Click OK and close QuickTime.

You should now be able to use Aero glass in Windows Vista.

Perform the following steps:

1. After you have performed your search, click Save Search.

2. You can either keep the name of the search or give it a new one such as All my mp3’s or Mandy Moore video. You can also add an author name or tags if you wish.

• Tags are words you can specify if you wish for your search folder to appear in search results for that word. For example if I Add a Tag for the term music, when I search for music, this search folder I am creating will appear in search results.

3. Click the Save button to create your search folder and close the Save As box.