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Windows Vista didnt just get advanced on GUI but also on lot of features. One of the least know is Task manager which has tones of features now. It can not only help you to find where the running program or exe is located but also You can set the priority to low in case its taking huge memory.

Here’s an awesome addon for windows Explorer which enhances the context menu (right click menu). It adds several useful functionalities like duplicating current explorer window, open/move to/copy to bookmarked folders, hiding default context menus, and so forth. Copy paste operations can be done even faster with this addon.

Windows ALT + Tab is one of the most used shortcuts by power users but still it comes with shortcomings specially when you have lots of Windows Open and its difficult to find and when you switch to multi monitor your case is worst. You not only need a view but also Keyboard shortcut and search integration with it.

If you are using Vista and have an HP printer, especially of the All-In-One variety, you've probably noticed that once a week or so you get this obnoxious User Account Control popup dialog out of the blue asking for permission to run some Hewlett Packard update process called hprbupdate.exe.

Renaming a file is big problem when you have lot and you had to rename them as you see. In Vista however when I was using the image previewer or the Photo gallery tool used to preview the images allows you to also rename it in the same window. This makes it very handy.

This is an out of the box feature of Vista which allows you to control the sound of individual applications like yahoo messenger, windows live messenger or basically any application which is open and has sound related with it. Central place for controling volumes of all the running applications This makes it easy for the users to control all of them from one place.

Windows Vista Ultimate comes with the Dreamscene extra which can turn videos into background screensavers. Several other applications like VLC offer this options as well. A tip was posted over at Tech Recipes today that mentioned a hidden setting in Windows Vista that makes it possible to use any screensaver as a Windows Vista wallpaper.

One of the staples of any office job is the traditional yellow sticky note, too often used to stick passwords next to the monitor. Being a geek, I figured I would use a digital solution instead… there are a lot of alternatives, but Windows Vista has one built right in.

Ever tried using the default windows search function? I’m sure you’ve tried it and ended up finding the file after a long search which took a lot of time. Well, I don’t really like the default search function so I decided to check out for some lighter alternative and which can yield results faster.

So you had a great summer vacation with your family and now you want to share those photos with friends and family. If you are using Windows Vista, you can manage and share those memories with others using Vista’s Photo Gallery and Windows Live Spaces.