VistaIcons.com is a collection of free Vista Style icon sets of over 2500 high quality icons in png and ico format. From VistaIcons.com you can freely download 256x256 PNG icons for Windows Vista.
It may be a brave opinion but I predict that Ubuntu Linux and Windows Vista are going to be the two operating systems that will take over the largest chunk of the desktop OS market during the next couple of years. This comparison is based on my experience with both systems during the last couple of weeks on two different computers.
I have a problem with my firefox browser after updating it today.
Server not found Firefox can't find the server at example.com.
* Check the address for typing errors such asww.example.com instead ofwww.example.com
* If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's networkconnection.
* If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.
Anyone with a solution?
This freeware let's you create widgets for your Windows or Mac:
Amnesty Hypercube is more than just a new desktop widget platform.
It's also the easiest way to collect, manage, share and publish "web widgets" -- snippets of code meant for your blog, home page or MySpace profiles.
Already using Sidebar? Any widget in Amnesty Hypercube can be pushed into your Sidebar with one click, which makes it a perfect extension to Vista's native widget environment.
Vispa allows you to easily tweak your Windows Vista for better privacy and security, even system performance. Do a few clicks rather than finding the write registry keys or program settings. It's freeware!
XdN Tweaker - What is it?
In short, it is a free tweaking program for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista.
This is only a 230 KB file! Wow!
Stardock’s TweakVista™ enhancement application helps you configure Windows Vista to meet your personal needs by improving performance.
Unlike other power tools for Windows, TweakVista automatically prompts enhancement recommendations, offering easy “one click” updates to otherwise complex configuration changes. TweakVista is also safe to use. By utilizing Microsoft’s system-restore technology any changes you make can easily be rolled back. You can freely experiment with different settings without disabling your computer.
Vista provides developers with the new DWM based aero interface. A new set of thumbnail API's can be used to access some of this new technology. This virtual desktop program takes advantage of this new API and uses some tricks of its own to provide a powerful virtual desktop manager with a full screen thumbnail based preview. You can have as many desktops as you want and can seamlessly switch between them.
a lot of non-obvious things your Windows can do for you -downloads, articles, and more
Windows Vista may be shiny and brand new, but as plenty of PC users will tell you, sometimes newer isn't better.
Many PCs simply don't have the horsepower to run the new operating system, and even those that have the juice may get bogged down by processor-and RAM-hungry Vista.
If you've got Windows XP, worry not -- you can keep it running on your hardware for years to come. As with an old car, though, if you plan to keep XP around for a while, you're going to have to spend some time maintaining it. Think of us as your virtual mechanics.
