Windows Vista Settings

When you update drivers in Vista, sometimes you’ll find that the new driver is just not compatible with your system. During times like this, don’t panic. It’s actually easy to revert back to your older driver because Windows keep a backup of… just in case.

Just follow the instructions below and you’ll have your previous driver restored in no time.

(Note: The following steps require that you have Administrator access on the PC where you want to carry out these steps.)

1. From the Windows Start menu, right-click Computer and then select Manage.
2. If there’s a UAC security prompt, click Continue.
3. Open Device Manager.
4. Go to the category or folder that corresponds with the device whose driver you want to rollback. For example, if you updated an audio driver and want to roll it back, go to the Sound, video and game controllers category.
5. Expand the folder and then right-click the device you want.
6. Select Properties.

Windows Vista is by default having a setup that signifies restart option automatically after the Blue screen of Death (BSOD) or some other important trouble. You can disable this automatic restart feature in 10 minutes of procedure.

Steps to disable the Automatic Restart on the System Failure:

1. Select the Start button and then choose Control Panel.

Tip: if you are in hurry you can type the word system into the search box all after clicking on to Start button. Select the System link from the resultant list and then finally turn on to Step number 4.

2. Now select the System and Maintenance link.

Note: If you have been using the Classic View of the Control Panel, you will not be able to see this provided link. Then just double-click on to the System icon and continue with Step number 4.

3. Now select the System link.

4. On the left hand side of the pane, select the link “Advanced system settings”.

5. Find the Startup and Recovery area and choose the Settings tab.

6. The Startup and Recovery window appears, find click uncheck the check box that is present next to the Automatic restart option.

7. Then select OK button into the Startup and Recovery dialog box.

8. Now Click on to OK button in the System Properties dialog box.

9. Now just close the System dialog box and you are done with the whole process.

As there is an increment in the fame of the social networking sites therefore there is 100% possibility that you will have made new friends all across the globe. In Windows Vista, you have the right to display 2 more clocks along with the main clock. Each clock will display a separate time zone. This way you can easily know at what time your friend will be free to talk to you.

How to Display Multiple Clocks in Windows Vista?

1. In the Windows Vista, click on to the clock bar present on the right hand side of the taskbar.

2. A clock with full schedule dialog box will then popup. After that, click on to the option “Change settings” for the date and time.

3. Then open the tab named “Additional Clocks”.

4. Check on the option “Show this clock” and then choose the time zone and you can also provide a name to the clock as per your wish.

5. You can further add another clock in the same manner. Then click on to OK button after you have finished.

6. As a result when you will place your mouse pointer on the main clock bar the other clocks will be shown.

Displaying dimming or turning off should prove to be really beneficial for the laptops so that the laptops get an extended time for their battery power backup. When you are reading a PDF file, a long text file or a web page then you are not making any movement on the computer screen for some time therefore, it may result in turning off or dimming the display so the time period for which the screen was demeaned would aid a lot for you. Let’s see how we can save on some battery backup by changing the settings of your Windows Vista enabled computer.

How to configure or Prevent the display turning off or dimming:

1. Click on the “Start” button, and select “Control Panel”.
2. In case you are using an expanded and widen Control Panel select “Power Options”.

Otherwise only click on to “Hardware and Sound”, after that select “Power Options”.

3. From the option “Power Options” dialog box, just click on “Choose when to turn off the display”.

4. Next to the option “Dim the display”, choose the pull-downs to choose if you want to dim the display when ever you are on plugged in or battery power.

5. Next to the option “Turn off the display”, choose the pull-downs in order to choose if you want to turn off the right display when you are either on plugged in option or on battery power.

6. Click on “Save changes” so that can store the settings in appropriate manner.

In normal way, when you need to switch your focus from one window panel to the other one, you need to click on the desired window pane with the mouse in Windows Vista.
In few computing situations, the focus automatically transfers between the two windows only by hovering upon those windows with the help of mouse pointer.

The Windows Vista provides accessible tools which offer the hovering feature which will save your precious time in case you are working on multiple windows at the same time.

Steps to Activate Windows by Hovering Over them:

1. Select the Start button and in the search box type “ease of access”.
2. You will see the “Ease of Access Center” link as a result and just click over it.
3. As the window of the “Ease of Access Center” appears, you need to scroll down in order to find “Explore all settings” and then select “Make the mouse easier to use”.
4. As the mouse settings popup, check mark the option “Activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse”.
5. Then select the “Save” tab in order to activate the defined feature, you will have to scroll down in order to find this save button.
6. Finally close the “Ease of Access Center” dialog box and you are done!

Follow the above easy steps and change the settings of your computer according to your needs. Keep watching the space for more computer tips and tricks.

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Sometimes reading on a computer can strain your eyes. This is why we need to adjust the text size or font size of the writing we are reading on the computer screen. This video shows two easy ways to make the text bigger or smaller. For example this blog has very small text, however this is easily fixed by pressing the CTRL key on your keyboard, and moving the scroll wheel on the mouse.  If you do not have a scroll wheel then you can use the + and – key on the number keypad.

In Windows XP, to remove programs it was done through the Add or Remove programs in the control panel. However in Windows Vista, the Add or Remove programs icon does not exist. It has been replaced with an icon called Programs and features.

How to remove software programs from Windows Vista?

1. Go to the Windows Vista Start menu.
2. Choose Control Panel from the menu.
3. Find the icon named Programs and Features. Double click on it to open.
4. Now you will see a list of programs installed on your computer.
5. If you select the one you want to remove by making it blue a button will appear to remove the program.  
6. Press on the uninstall button to remove the program.

Watch this video to see how to remove software programs from Windows Vista: