Alpesh Nakar – SharePoint Consultant's Blog

Nothing beats Windows Vista ‘Ultimate’. The real beauty with Vista Ultimate is Ultimate Extras.

If you know what I mean – Dreamscene. Windows DreamScene enables you to use looped, full-motion video as your desktop wallpaper instead of a static image.

This is available as a Windows Ultimate Extra. Not for any other version. And if you using Windows Xp/MAC, you really don’t have a choice.

Yes, you do. VistaWired shows you how.

1) Download the latest version of VLC Player here.

2) Open your video file, right click, and choose wallpaper. You can find some great videos to use here:
Winmatrix
SkyTimeLapse
Corbis Motion
Microsoft WMV HD  Read more... (347 words, estimated 1:23 mins reading time)

This registry hack will ensure that Windows Vista does not wait for a service to stop before prompting you to forcefully stop it. Just decrease the time, Windows Vista will shut down quicker. This can be achieved via hack of your registry.
*Registry hacks are dangerous. Be warned, take a backup, before performing this hack. I will not be liable for any loss.*

1) Access your registry editor: Open up the Start Menu, and type regedit in the Search bar. When working with the registry editor, it is always a good idea to make some sort of a backup in case you make a mistake. You can access it by going to File > Export.  Read more... (199 words, estimated 48 secs reading time)

In Vista, there is this awesome feature – ReadyBoost. You can use nonvolatile flash memory devices, such as universal serial bus (USB) flash drives, to improve performance without having to add memory “under the hood.” The flash memory device serves as an additional memory cache—that is, memory that the computer can access much more quickly than it can access data on the hard disk drive.

Note: Edit registry at your own risk. It’s a risky business. As always, backup, backup, backup! I am not responsible for whatsoever that can happen if you try this!  Read more... (196 words, 1 image, estimated 47 secs reading time)

Installing Vista SP1 RC was an experience in itself. I will summarise the installation procedure and the level of frustrations! In the end, it is well worth it! Trust me

Of course, this was not made available to public, only for MSDN and Technet subscriptions and I can understand why. You won’t release service pack that involves registry hacks and manual intervention. From what I have read from various sources (linked further), installation will be straight forward and well worth!  Read more... (740 words, 3 images, estimated 2:58 mins reading time)

As again, this is not a public release. This RC is to update a PC running Windows Vista RTM to Windows Vista SP1 for testing purposes only and is time limited.

This standalone package will install SP1 as well as any applicable pre-requisite packages.

This has been made available for MSDN / TechNet subscriptions.

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC (x64) – EXE (English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish)  Read more... (219 words, 1 image, estimated 53 secs reading time)

• Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC (x86) – EXE (English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish)
• Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC (x64) – EXE (Multiple Languages)