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Windows Vista: How to Enable Disk Quota Management

contributed by Rob Rogers on April 12, 2009 under Microsoft Vista

Disk Quotas allow administrators to limit how much disk space users can use on an NTFS formatted volume. This can be helpful in limiting the amount of personal data (music files, photos, etc.) and also to help make them use better file management practices.

Vista: Add the Recycle Bin to the Start Menu

contributed by Rob Rogers on March 9, 2009 under Microsoft Vista

If you don’t like keeping the Recycle Bin on your desktop, but you still want to have easy access to your deleted files, you can add the Recycle Bin to your Start Menu. It’s there when you need it without having to have the trash can icon taking up space on your eye catching wallpaper.

Vista : extended list of commands to add to right-click menu

contributed by Jimmy Selix on February 2, 2009 under Microsoft Vista

This is a follow up to a previous recipe i posted that explained how to add custom commands to your right-click menu on your desktop.

Vista : Add shortcut to ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ Dialog to Right Click menu

contributed by Jimmy Selix on January 23, 2009 under Microsoft Vista

This recipe will explain how to easily add a “Eject Drive” or “Safely Remove Hardware” menu option to your right-click menu in Vista.

Vista: How to Keep Users from Clearing IE’s History of Their Browsing

contributed by Rob Rogers on December 18, 2008 under Microsoft Vista

Internet Explorer keeps a history of cookies, sites that have been visited, and form data. This history can be quite useful in tracking the browsing practices of an employee or your child (or even spouse). Many people are aware of the fact that they can delete this history from the browser, but you can take away this ability in situations that call for such action.

Vista: Keep Your Color Scheme from Being Changed

contributed by Rob Rogers on December 16, 2008 under Microsoft Vista

You finally get the color scheme looking just the way you want it, but the next time you use your computer, someone has changed the colors to something else. If your computer is used by other people (such as your children) besides yourself, you can keep them from changing your color scheme so that it stays the way you want it.

Vista: Use the Task Manager as a Desktop Gadget

contributed by Rob Rogers on November 19, 2008 under Microsoft Vista

By now, I’m sure that you’ve become familiar with the Task Manager, using it to end processes and check cpu usage and network activity. Did you know with the double-click of your mouse, you could make the Task Manager look like a nice desktop gadget for monitoring your cpu usage and cpu usage history or your network activity.

Windows XP/Vista: How to Attach a VHD File

contributed by Rob Rogers on November 12, 2008 under Microsoft Vista

If you wish to access the contents of a VHD file without having to run Virtual PC or Virtual Server, you can do so on Windows XP and Vista by installing only a component of Virtual Server and running a single command from the command line.