If you’re like most people, you probably spend a lot of time on your computer. But what if you don’t have to? What if you can control your computer with shortcuts and speed up Vista setup? In this article, we’ll show you how to use shortcuts and speed up Vista setup using the Windows 10 Task Manager. We’ll also show you how to set up a custom taskbar in order to make your life easier. First, open the Task Manager by pressing the Windows key and typing “taskmgr” into the search box. Then click on the “Task Manager” icon in the top left corner of the screen. Now, select “Task Manager” from the list of options on the right side of the window. If you’re using an older version of Windows, there may be a different option at this point. In either case, select “Task Manager” and then click on “View”. Now, in “View”, select “Task List”. This will show all of your currently running tasks. You can see which tasks are currently taking up most of your CPU or memory by looking at this list. You can also see which tasks are taking up too much CPU or memory by clicking on them and then clicking on “End Task”. This will stop that task from running until it’s done another time or until it’s killed by another task (if it has one). Now, let’s take a look at some shortcuts that we can use to speed up Vista setup:
- Right-click on any empty space in your desktop and choose “New Shortcut”. This will create a new shortcut for Vista that is named something specific such as “Startup Settings”. 2) Right-click on any program that is not already open and choose “Open With…” from the context menu. This will open up an options dialog where you can choose which program to open with this new shortcut
You can even take this approach a step further and assign shortcut keys using the built-in Windows hotkey functionality, or access them from the keyboard using your favorite application launcher. In my article today over at Lifehacker, I covered some of the more useful shortcuts for controlling your computer.
Of course, none of these will be really news to the regular How-To Geek reader… this is the kind of stuff we cover all the time!
Mute the System Volume Clean Up Your Computer Open Task Manager in All Users View Turn Desktop Icons On or Off Clear Your Clipboard Turn the Windows Firewall On or Off Create a System Restore Point Eject Removable Devices Start or Disable the Screensaver Shutdown, Reboot, Sleep, Hibernate or Lock Your PC Access Your Shortcuts Quickly with the Keyboard
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Control Your Computer with Shortcuts to Common Windows Tasks
Sometimes the most effective way to clean up Windows is to just wipe your hard drive and start over with a fresh re-installation, and that process can be so long and tedious—unless you know the shortcuts.
In the second article over at Lifehacker, I covered how to create a USB flash drive with a bootable installation of Vista, after first trimming down the installation to the bare essentials using vLite. The benefit to using a flash drive is much faster installation speeds compared to using a DVD.
There’s some command line magic involved in order to make the USB drive bootable, but it’s pretty simple to follow.
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Speed Up Your Vista Installation with vLite on a Flash Drive
