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what is Fake WEI Score?
Well, as I have mentioned a couple times on this site, your WEI is going to be used by software companies to determine whether or not you can run some software.
I am unsure how ’strict’ they will be, but if they ever give you any hassles, you can just fake it.
This is easily accomplished by going to /Windows/Performance/WinSAT/DataStore
Finding the most recent .SAT file, and.. editing it.....
Vista 2 screens background across multiple monitors
Many of us are Vista users with more than one screen, and we have been complaining for years about XPs lack of being able to set one big picture to span across both monitors. It has been a pain, until now. It is not a very well advertised feature of Vista, but your dreams have been answered.
* Right click on the background and select Personalization.
* Click on Desktop Background
* Select a background...
Best way to select the Graphic Card
The graphic card is one of the most important pieces of hardware in your PC. Without it, your super monitor with all the bells and whistles is just a junk box.
Make Directional Input
Most video cards come with simple frame capture programs, but you’ll have to do some programming if you plan to integrate video capture with other operations on your computer, such as adding text data as an overlay...
Switch, Change or Set 64-Bit WMP11 in Vista x64 as Default
In Windows Vista x64, the 32-bit edition of Windows Media Player 11 (WMP 11) is set as the default Windows Media Player. This is done to avoid and reduce any compatibility issues or problems that may arise with codecs or other DirectShow related plug-ins or add-ons that majority of them still built for 32-bit operating system. However, if you decide to use the 64-bit version of WMP11 with your 64bit...
Enable support for 4GB of RAM (or more) in Vista 32-bit
On a computer that has 4 GB of RAM, the System Properties dialog box and the System Information dialog box may report less memory than you expect. This problem occurs because the address space is limited to 4 GB in a 32-bit hardware environment. Memory may be relocated to make room for addresses that the basic input/output system (BIOS) reserves for hardware. However, because of this limitation, Windows...
Shell Commands for Windows Vista
The shell: command can be used to open a special folder directly from the Start, Search menu. For example, the command shell:SendTo opens the SendTo folder (%UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo). To launch the Documents folder of your User Profile, you’d type shell:Personal. Below is a complete shell: commands listing for Windows Vista. The entire listing is stored in the following...
Keyboard shortcuts
Ctrl+Shift+Esc -> Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del -> Tasks Screen)
Ctrl+Shift+Enter -> Run an executable with elevated privileges
Windows logo key+1-0 -> Launch the shortcuts on the Quick Launch toolbar
Windows logo key+T -> Cycle through programs on the taskbar
Windows logo key+Tab -> Cycle through programs on the taskbar by using Flip 3-D
Ctrl+Windows logo key+Tab -> Use the arrow...
Closing Error Reporting (Win XP)
Error reporting, what is it and why does Microsoft want you to have it on? Basically whenever your computer crashes Win XP makes a little report of what went wrong and then sends it to Microsoft so they can improve the Windows Operating System. Generally it sounds like a nice idea, but do you really want to be sending reports about your computer to Microsoft? I personally don’t and they allow...
How can I change the Registered Owner information in Vista?
Note: The information provided below contains Windows Registry changing information. Be sure that you create a restore point prior to making any changes. This will create a backup of your registry.
1.Go to Start
2.Select Run. Type in: regedit [Enter] or click OK
3.Navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Current Version
4.Single left click the “Current...
Can I keep Vista from automatically defragging my system?
1.Go to Start
2.Select Control Panel
3.Select System and Maintenance
4.Select Performance information and Tools
5.Select Advanced Tools
6.Select Open Disk Defragmenter (continue through any UAC prompts)
7.Untick the radio button titled: Run On A Schedule (Recommended)
8.Select OK
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