One of the biggest bother in my Windows Vista is that you can not directly open a list of network connections to see a list of adapters, as was possible in XP.

In Windows XP, you can right-click the network connection and select "Open" Network Connections ", but in Windows Vista, the only option you have is to open Network and Sharing with the same right-click menu.

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To immediately open a list of connections, you can simply type ncpa.cpl in the search field "Start" menu:

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And up pops the network connection list :

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You can also create a shortcut somewhere in the full path to the file, if you want even easier access.

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Use C:\windows\system32\ncpa.cpl as the location of the shortcut.