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If you’re working with a home network, chances are that you have children who share your computer or who have their own computer. Either way, it’s smart to take precautions regarding the content and programs that they can access. Locally, this might take the form of blocking access to certain programs (such as your financial [...]

Windows hibernation background services use a very large amount of system resources. If you are like most people you don’t use the Hibernate feature very much so you may want to disable it to give Vista a performance boost.
To shut down Hibernation:
1. Click the Start button
2. Select Control Panel
3. Click the Classic View on the [...]

Remote Differential Compression checks the changes of your files over a network to move them with as little bandwidth as possible instead of transferring an entire file that has previously been moved.
Obiviously, the average home PC user has NO need for this service.
With it constantly checking for file changes, this service will greatly
slow system performance.
To [...]

1. Command Authority
Like a scene straight out of Kramer vs. Kramer or Mad Magazine’s Spy vs. Spy, Vista has two types of administrators. What gives? First, understand that there are two kinds of user accounts, Administrator and Standard. This refers to the level of privileges—the things you’re allowed to do. In addition, and separately, [...]