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Sometimes, Windows might start correctly but might take an unusually long time to do so. Such a problems can be difficult to troubleshoot, because there’s no straightforward way to monitor processes while Windows is starting. To help administrators identify the source of startup performance problems, and to automatically fix some problems, Windows Vista includes Windows [...]

Browsers store many traces of the sites users visit, including cached copies of pages and images, passwords, and cookies. To simplify removing these traces, Internet Explorer 7 provides a Delete Browsing History option that allows users to initiate cleanup with one button, easily and instantly erasing personal data.
To delete browsing history, follow these steps:
In your [...]

An administrator can use the SchTasks.exe command-line utility to create, delete, query, change, run, and end scheduled tasks on a local or remote system through the command shell.

Windows Vista contains an assortment of utilities you can use to diagnose, monitor, and repair network connections. Here’s an overview of the key tools you’ll find in Windows Vista and what they’re used for.

You can use Snipping Tool (%SystemRoot%\system32\SnippingTool.exe) to capture a screen shot, or snip, of any object on your screen, and then annotate, save, or share the image. Simply use your mouse (or tablet pen) to capture any of the following types of snips:
Free-form Snip. Draw an irregular line, such as a circle or a triangle, [...]

Windows Vista provides the ability to audit security events by recording attempts to access system resources. No events are written to the Security log until you enable auditing, which you do via Local Security Policy. Even if you set up auditing for files, folders, or printers, those events aren’t recorded unless you also enable auditing [...]

If you need to make firewall settings repeatedly—on a single computer as conditions change or, perhaps, on a fleet of computers—you’ll find working with Windows Firewall (the Control Panel application) or Windows Firewall With Advanced Security to be a bit cumbersome. The Netsh command, using its Firewall or Advfirewall context, provides an alternative way to [...]

The Windows Search service can be enhanced by installing the Microsoft Filter Pack, which provides additional IFilters to support critical search scenarios across multiple Microsoft Search products. The Filter Pack includes the following IFilters:
Metro (.docx, .docm, .pptx, .pptm, .xlsx, .xlsm, .xlsb)
Visio (.vdx, .vsd, .vss, .vst, .vdx, .vsx, .vtx)
OneNote (.one)
Zip (.zip)
These IFilters are designed to [...]

The Recovery Console has been deprecated in Windows Vista, so what happened to all those wonderful commands that were available in recovery console? Well, we were kind of hoping that you wouldn’t need them anymore. But if you do, you’ll be glad to know that most of them are available via the command line in [...]