Category Archives: Vista

Elevator (Windows Vista Permissions)

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Nerd

Source [LifeHacker] Windows only: Freeware application Elevator disables the User Account Control prompt for specific applications through your right-click menu, getting rid of the UAC annoyance for apps that require administrator privileges every time they run.  Elevator is freeware, Windows … Continue reading →

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Vista SP1 officially released!

Posted on March 18, 2008 by Nerd

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) is an update to Windows Vista that addresses feedback from our customers. In addition to previously released updates, SP1 will contain changes focused on addressing specific reliability, performance, and compatibility issues; supporting new types … Continue reading →

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Vista SP1 Released to Manufacturing today

Posted on February 4, 2008 by Nerd

Microsoft Vista SP1 is RTM today!  It will be available to the general public in March.

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RDP Update from Microsoft: no more /console

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Nerd

Recently Microsoft released an update (also in SP1 for Vista) to the RDP (Remote Desktop Client) that seemed to break the /console.  I found this out earlier this week when trying to connect to the console of a server, but … Continue reading →

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Enable Vista’s Administrator Account

Posted on January 11, 2008 by Nerd

Source: [Lifehacker]   For the average Windows Vista session, the "Needs your permission to continue" prompts are just momentary, occasional annoyances which can be disabled or by-passed. But if you’re planning to do a lot of tweaking or installations, having … Continue reading →

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Tip: Uninstall software that doesn’t give you the option

Posted on January 2, 2008 by Nerd

Have you ever had software that shows up in Add/Remove Programs, but doesn’t have the Remove/Uninstall button?  I recently had a program (a custom repack of WinZip) that only had the Repair option.  Well, I use WinRAR exclusively,  so I … Continue reading →

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Slow Terminal Session from Vista to 2003 R2 – Fixed

Posted on December 13, 2007 by Nerd

I regularly remote administer servers, most of which are Windows Server 2003 R2.  I starting having an issue a few weeks ago when connecting to certain servers that the mouse response was extremely slow.  The keyboard function was fine.  I … Continue reading →

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