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How to Create a Vista Shutdown Shortcut

In a few steps, you can create a Windows Vista shutdown your desktop - an easier and faster way to shutdown Vista.

Right click on your desktop and select “New”
Select the “Shortcut” option
When the New Shortcut wizard appears, type shutdown -s -t 01 in the location field.
Click the “Next“ button to finish the shortcut
After the shortcut [...]

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How to Clear My Recent Documents List in Windows

In a few steps, it is easy to clear the “My Recent Documents” list in Windows:

Right-click Start and choose Properties
Click the Customize button
Click the Advanced tab
Click Clear List, and then click OK twice|
The entries in your My Recent Documents menu disappear

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How to Use the Windows Vista Task Scheduler

The Windows Vista Task Scheduler is a great way to automate various tasks including running specific software applications, batch files, even shutting down your computer at a specific time. You can even import a pre-configured XML file which has the specific task information pre-populated. Learning how to use the Task Scheduler is both easy, and [...]

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Using Windows Vista Speech Recognition

In this video tutorial, we are going to look at the speech recognition application in Windows Vista. The speech recognition program allows you to control your computer using speech. You will need to have a microphone attached to your computer – which you can purchase for as little as $10 or $15 dollars including headphones. [...]

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Speed Up Windows Vista Using ReadyBoost

Windows Vista introduced a new utility which can speed up your computer’s performance by utilizing your spare portable storage. Instead of using your hard drive, which is generally slower, you insert into your computer a USB drive, secure digital card (SD), CompactFlash and other portable storage. Windows Vista will use this faster storage for disk [...]

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