Sorry for the long delay. I have spent the past three days spending all of my time working with screencasting software and setting up on my Vista machine so I can start spilling out Vista screencasts. I know you all are looking for the simple things in windows Vista so I am going to start making it as easy as it comes! Continue reading →

Hey Everyone,

This article is very technical — wayy above those that I have posted previously. Unfortunately, it seems to be necessary if you want to use bluetooth devices in windows Vista. Yes, that means syncing your PDAs, using Printers, or Wireless Headphones/Headsets with Vista (Skype, anyone?). Continue reading →

Yesterday I told you that suspend mode is not worth having turned on. Today I’m going to show you how to turn it off.

The method is quite simple in both Vista and XP. Since I only have XP available to me I’ll show you that method and then you’ll be able to extrapolate how to do it in Vista. Continue reading →

Some good friends who I had sent off to live in Israel with two laptop computers called me up and told me that one of them had randomly run a system restore.

Don’t ask me how that one happened, but it did. The problem was, the computer had several thousand songs on it that they really didn’t want to lose. Especially since getting replacements for those songs involved a lot of communication with the United States. Since it costs a lot to send packages back and forth, that wasn’t really an acceptable option.

Apparently they had run a “soft” system restore.

Learning the difference between a hard and soft system restore is a good idea. Continue reading →

I have heard a lot about the new Microsoft Operating System. Not surprisingly it has been both good and bad. There is one resounding issue which seems overwhelming in every aspect of Windows Vista.

It is all or nothing, baby. Continue reading →