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Solution: Download Registry tweaks given in following topic. These Registry tweaks are completely safe and can boost the performance of Windows Vista. By just downloading the ZIP file, abstract it and then run the REG file:

inSSIDer is an award-winning free Wi-Fi network scanner for Windows Vista and Windows XP. Because NetStumbler doesn't work well with Vista and 64-bit XP, we built an open-source Wi-Fi network scanner designed for the current generation of Windows operating systems. inSSIDer was discussed by Lifehacker and Tekzilla!

Windows 8 has disillusioned many by the way it catered the much-acclaimed feature i.e. Aero Glass Transparency, which was a part of Windows Vista and Windows 7. Microsoft has removed Aero Glass Transparency but it didn't remove it from the Taskbar, which is still transparent. However, users are of the perception that either it should have been incorporated or removed fully.

The objective behind the introduction of Windows Experience Index was to facilitate users with a quick and easy feature to evaluate the performance of hardware components of any PC. It first appeared in Windows Vista. This rating score is displayed in System Properties window as shown in following screenshot:

It is really very irritating when Windows 7 or Vista changes the Sleep/Shutdown button into an "Install Updates and Shutdown" button. Here is a solution for this.

UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux distributions without burning a CD. It runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. You can either let UNetbootin download one of the many distributions supported out-of-the-box for you, or supply your own Linux .iso file if you've already downloaded one or your preferred distribution isn't on the list. Requirements Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, or Linux, or Mac OS X 10.5+. Note that resulting USB drives are bootable only on PCs (not on Macs). Internet access for downloading a distro to install, or a pre-downloaded ISO file

Instead of starting Remote Desktop Connection from the Start menu, you can start it from the search box in this version of Windows, from the Run dialog box, or from a command line. With these methods, you can use additional command line parameters to control how Remote Desktop Connection looks or behaves.

In case your hard drive is damaged or corrupted then it is better to have functional copy of the drive where you can store your stuff immediately. Cloning a drive is a good option for handling such situations. Have a look on this tutorial.

Forgot the password of your Windows PC administrator level account? This hampers your work a lot. This tutorial can give access to it.

Now, you can easily create and restore a system image backup without using third party tools. This is something interesting for system administrators.