How to Change the Desktop Theme in Vista

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A Desktop Theme is a collection of visual elements and sounds for your computer desktop. These elements consists of the appearance of menus, icons, wallpapers, screen savers, fonts, some computer sounds, mouse pointers, and etc. This will show you how to change, save, or delete a theme.

How to Change the Number of Processors Used at Boot Up in Vista

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If you have a multiple core CPU (Ex: Intel Core Duo or Quad CPU) or multiple CPUs, then this will show you how to change the Number of Processors that will be used during boot up to help speed up the boot up time.

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This will show you how to use and run Check Disk or chkdsk at startup from within Vista, the command prompt, and the registry to check for corruption and possibly repair errors and bad sectors on the hard drive.

How to Fix the Windows Sidebar Gadget not Displaying Correctly in Vista

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This will show you how to fix the Windows Sidebar when the clock gadget is displayed as a black square and all other gadgets show up as white rectangles with one of those information (i) icons and a plus sign.

How to Create and Setup a Signature in Windows Mail

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This will show you how to create and setup a Signature in Windows Mail. Signatures can contain your name, e‑mail address, phone number, and any other information that you want to include at the bottom of your e‑mail messages.

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If after you set Check Disk or chkdsk to run at startup it will not run, then this will show you how to fix this problem so chkdsk will run at startup.

How to Reset and Clean the Notification Icons List in Vista

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Over time, the Customize Notification Icons list can become bloated with every icon that was ever displayed in the Notification Area. Some of these may have been uninstalled by now, but are still listed under the Past Items. This will show you how to reset this list to keep it clean and current.

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This will show you how to change the DPI (Dots per Inch) Scale to allow you to make text or items smaller or larger on your display screen.

How to Enable or Disable Task Manager in Vista

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This will show you how to enable or disable Task Manager from running in all user accounts on the computer.

How to Fix a Personal User Shell Folder Displayed as a Standard Yellow Folder Icon in Vista

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If you open your personal user folder in the Start menu and the folder is displayed with a standard folder icon instead of the special folder icon, then this will show you how to fix it.