Make your OS better the easy way
Some people complain that Windows Vista is so loaded with features it hogs their PC's resources. Even worse not all such features work as they should. Here's how to banish the Windows Vista's biggest blunders, because good ideas seldom survive bad execution.
Screenshots
Vista made a significant improvement over XP in taking screenshots by adding a Snipping Tool that can capture a single window, a rectangle, or a free-form shape. But it still can't show what the mouse pointer is doing, and it lacks a timer. Without a timer, it's pretty hard to capture a drop-down menu.
I take my screenshots (and I take a lot of them) with NTWind Software's $25 WinSnap. Yes, it can capture the mouse pointer, and you can set a delay (in milliseconds, if you want to be precise). One particularly cool feature: It can capture the multiple windows in an application while ignoring everything else on the screen (although this doesn't always work). It even has tools for handling the colour and look of the shot. And it's portable, so you don't have to install it.
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Comments
Chris said: I tired the Firewall suggestion and as a result was unable to view your original page any further or for that matter access Firefox at all Buy undoing ie return to the firewall default setting this was resolved
dalda said: get another vista feature to turn monitor off instantly amp do not wait for power management settings to do the job on vista monitoroffcom
geggy said: Thanks for this it is quite helpful except I cant see a cure for MY problem Im running Vista pre-loaded on a laptop and cant stand the way that the cursor thinks Im double clicking just because I let it hover on a link for a couple of seconds Is there a way around THIS please Oh and to be honest this is about the only quibble I have with Vista at least so far
Eggbert said: Ok Poit the no one here is moaning about Vista well except Kalis as far as I can see Some are moaning about PC Advisors Advice more than anything
Kalis said: Best way i found to cure Vistas flaws was to foramt and install Xp Pro No more tears hence