Welcome to the SimonSezIT.com Tech Show, Episode 7. During this podcast, I’ll let you know where Simon went! Yes, I’m back. I’ll give you an update regarding my infatuation with Google Chrome. I answer a listener’s question regarding whether to purchase a Windows Vista laptop or wait for Windows 7. I’ll explain how to add [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
