Ready Boost
Ready Boost is a simple way to speed up the performance of your PC. It is designed to be used whenever your system is running low on memory. Windows will take the available free space on a flash drive or card and use it to store the data it needs to prevent it from running sluggishly due to limited resources.
To start using Ready Boost, plug in an external flash device and the AutoPlay dialog box will offer to speed up the performance of your computer. Once you select this option you can allocate how much memory to use. Windows will also recommend for you levels that will be most optimal which takes all the guesswork out of the decision.
Ready Boost needs at least 1 GB of memory available on the main hard drive in order to run effectively with the flash drive. In use with some SSD (solid-state device) technology Ready Boost will not effectively word because these device are already so fast that Ready Boost will not make much of an additional difference. Also some flash devices are a combination of both fast and slow memory so the portions of memory on the flash that are dedicated to "slow" memory will not be able to be utilized by Ready Boost.
Windows Sidebar Gadgets
The Windows Sidebar is a lockable panel on the Windows Vista Desktop which is similar to the Windows Taskbar that organizes a collection of third-party mini-applications called gadgets. These gadgets come through the panel but can be undocked and placed anywhere on the desktop. These gadgets give users relevant information, useful tools and solves simple tasks. It brings the data to the desktop which saves time and computer processing time to going out to look for this information online or by opening additional programs.
Finding and using gadgets is relatively easy. To activate the sidebar right click an empty spot on the dashboard and select Gadgets. You are given a listing of gadgets categories that you can choose from. The weather gadget is a very popular one that gives a 3-day forecast directly to the desktop. There are also speed tests, clocks, calendars and traffic maps.
If none of the standard predefined gadgets are not useful there is an option to search for more gadgets online provided by others. At the Windows Live Gallery there are gadgets available for Facebook, Twitter, Pandora and such. Although the gadgets can take up some serious desktop real estate there are some genuinely pertinent tools that can be had.
Help My Window Slid Off My Desktop
You were working along just fine and then out of nowhere your active windows slides up and off your desktop and you cannot grab it to pull it back down. You stuggle with this and decide to close all the windows and start again and the window opens back in the same location off the page.
- Select the program window you want to move.
- Press ALT+SPACEBAR on your keyboard.
- This brings up the shortcut menu. Select MOVE.
- Usee your LEFT ARROW, RIGHT ARROW, UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW to move the window around so that you can grab it with the mouse.
- Press ENTER to finish.
Restore Recycle Bin Icon in Vista
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2. This will open a "Desktop Icon Settings" window as shown in following screenshot:
4. No go back to your desktop to confirm that your recycle bin icon has been restored.
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