Advanced Windows users know that the command line (Cmd.exe) is the fastest way to perform many tasks - much faster than digging in menus and dialogs with the tabs. Even more true, thanks to the management of user accounts, it appears in Windows Vista. To get the maximum benefit from the command line, add the "Start" menu shortcut and configure it to run on behalf of the administrator. It is as follows:

1 ... Click Start, and enter into the search query box input cmd. As a result, displays a list with one record - the label to a command processor Windows, cmd.
2 ... Right click on the shortcut and select Lock cmd in the "Start" menu.
3 ... Click Start. Right click on the shortcut command line that you have just added to the "Start" menu and select Properties.
4 ... Click Additional properties and check the box next to select Run on behalf of the administrator.
5 .... OK to save your changes.
Council 2: Customize the menu for quick access to commands
When you work with files and folders in Windows Explorer, accustom themselves when pressing the right mouse button to click on the element also Shift. At the top of the screenshot shown here shows the normal menu for quick access to commands for file and folders at the bottom - the same menu using the Shift keys. Using this shortcut, you can add any file to the "Start" menu or Quick Start Panel, open the command line in the root folder or copy the full path to a file or folder to the clipboard.

Council 3: Make the text easier to read
There is a strong link between high-resolution visual display and energized. When all you see on the screen, small print says, it can cause headaches. The decision not to reduce the screen resolution, a robust increase the font size. Through the "Start" menu sign in the control panel and enter into located in the upper right hand corner of the search query box input Adjust font size (Adjust font size) - you directly to the exit mechanism shown here scaling (DPI Scaling). In my view, set a value of 120 DPI is too large, so I click on the button Custom DPI (custom DPI), and with the help of the control configure it at a moderate 110 DPI. Do not be afraid to experiment.

Council 4: Create a screenshot
Built tool for creating screenshots Snipping Tool (scissors), was originally developed for Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. Now that the Tablet PC features built into all versions of Windows Vista upgrades (except Vista Home Basic), you can take full advantage of this great tool for any PC or laptop. It allows the muddy picture of all or part of the screen and paste it into an e-mail or document, or save as an image file. Write to enter a search query box in the Start menu, "" snip to quickly enter Nozhnitsam leading to the label. Right-click on this label and consolidate it in "Start" menu, or add the quick launch panel for easy access. When the program started, click on the pull-down menu with an arrow button next to "Create" (New) to select the need to copy: part of the screen, a window or full screen. Click "Options" (Options) to open a dialog box in which you can specify user preferences. I advise you not to use the colors red border, leaving each time from the program, it may be necessary to include in the dialog box to save the files.

Council 5: Take a quick check system
Windows Vista can not complain about the lack of diagnostic tools. The report will be most useful for system efficiency (System Health Report), which uses data Monitor stability of the system (Performance and Reliability Monitor), and turns it into a well-organized informational report is good indicating potential problems. For the record, open the Control Panel, click on System and Maintenance System (and maintenance), and then click Performance Information and Tools (Information on the performance and tools). In the list of targets located on the left, click Advanced Tools (Advanced Instruments). The latter appears in the list - Generate a system health report (Create an account of the way the system). Collecting information for each record takes about 60 seconds so you can easily run several reports. To obtain a baseline, run the report as soon as the computer when not working only programs run automatically. You can also run additional reports during the particularly heavy programme, which will see, is not whether the system overload.

Council 6: Add sound
If your computer is based on Intel motherboard with support for High Definition Audio, you can take advantage of some interesting improvements. Open the Sound, speech and audio in the Control Panel, select the icon Speakers (dynamics) Playback tab (Play), and click the Properties button. Tab Enhancements (Improvements) provides a set of options for the low-level settings, creating virtual voluminous files to the system with two speakers, correct the bad acoustics in the room and adjust the volume change.

Council 7: Osvoyte Panel Quick Start
The panel Quick Start familiar, perhaps all, but in Windows Vista, it has become a bit more useful. Beginners at the expense of a new menu option Add to Quick Launch (Add in the Quick Launch), it became much easier to add programs in the Quick Start Panel (see further Council 2). But first - on the main point: make sure that the Panel quick launch not hidden, and if it is not visible, right-click any empty space on the taskbar, select Toolbars (toolbar) and click Quick Launch (Quick Launch). No desire tselitsya mouse point in these tiny icons? Then use shortcuts call. Press Windows, and the 1 key to launch or switch to the first element in the Toolbar quick launch. Press Windows, and the 2 key element for the second, etc. For the tenth consecutive elements use the Windows + 0.

Council 8: Take a flashing cursor more visible
The blinking cursor that shows the place text input, as a rule, is thin as Kate Moss, which sometimes leads to despair when it is impossible to discern. So do the same it greater visibility: open the Control Panel, enter in the search box Optimize visual display (Optimization display on the screen) and click on the label, leading to the dialog shown here. The increase in the size of the cursor from 1 to 2 will create a significant difference already, as if to bring it to the upper limit of 11, it will be impossible to target.

Council 9: Remove Center security
Center icon in the field of security alerts merely annoying, not pick another word. And if there is confidence that with all the security settings in order unnecessary irritation to anything. To remove the safety center, open the icon in the Control Panel and click Change the way security alerts Centre in the task bar on the left side. In the resulting dialog box, select "Do not tell and do not show icon (not recommended)."

Council 10: Use Center mobility on the notebook
The time has come for the owners of laptops easily obtain panel for the most common configuration options. Center Mobile Windows Vista enables quickly activate or block external monitor and a wireless adapter, check the battery level and more. To set up a laptop in a way that the Centre mobility was always available, add to it the leading label in the group launch (Startup group). To open or switching Centre mobility use it hotkeys: Windows + X.