Pc Windows Tips

Normally when you go to the Control Panel’s Programs and Features page in Windows Vista, you get a view screen somewhat similar to what was available with Windows XP. But with Windows Vista you can customize the information shown on that page to give you more details.

 For example, normally you only see the Name, Publisher, Installed On, and Size. However in Windows Vista you can get more information by doing the following:

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One thing that is so often overlooked, and can have a very negative affect on your computer’s performance, are all the files that are in the TEMP directory stored on your computers hard drive. I’ve had quite a few clients over the years that are ready to get a new computer because theirs wasn’t working like it use to and it had gotten terribly slow until they called me to clean it out for them.

Many times they ask whats in that folder or what is the purpose of the TEMP directory? In lameless terms it’s anything you have installed, or downloaded from the internet. Many software vendors use the TEMP directory for the installation files to be stored or your browser uses it to store zip file contents, images or other web related material that you may have viewed or saved at one time.

But not to worry click the read more to find out how to empty this TEMP directory on your own.

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Many times after a Microsoft Windows update, software install or driver install for one of your PCI devices you end up with a corrupted  or damaged Winsock2 file. How can you tell when you have a damaged Winsock2 file you ask?

When you try and run IPCONFIG / ALL, IPCONFIG / RELEASE or IPCONFIG / RENEW and you recieve the following message.

An error occurred while renewing interface ‘Internet’: An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket.

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Many times after an upgrade or software install you notice the following indications that the TCP/IP File is either corrupted or damaged. Rather then do a System Restore that may cause further complications – it would be simpler to repair the TCP/IP file.

Click read more to find out how to repair the TCP/IP file in Windows Vista!

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During the upgrade to Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 (Service Pack 1), Vista makes an archive / backup of all the files it is upgrading. This is in case you want to uninstall the Service Pack if your having troubles with your computer for any reason.

However for those users who are not having any issues with Windows Vista SP1, and want to gain extra disk space and clean up their hard drive by removing the backup files click read more.

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Just like previous versions of Windows, certain system files are hidden. Even with the Folder options configured to show hidden files, there are super hidden files in Windows Vista that you still can’t see.

To enable the supper hidden files in Windows Vista, follow the below steps.
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There are still a few users out there using Windows ME that may find this tip useful. Unlike other Microsoft Windows operating system predecessors you can run “scanreg” within the Windows ME platform. There is no need to reboot your computer to get in to DOS command.

Click read more to find out how to run scanreg with Windows ME.

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