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Speeding up Flip3D in Vista

This resource hungry beast from Microsoft sucks all the juice from your miserably old Graphics Card. Here is a simple trick that will limit the number of windows rendered in 3D.

[ More ] March 24th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Windows Vista |

Hide the Floppy Drive in Windows Vista

Gone the days when we used Floppy Drives. They are rarely seen on home PC’s, but operating systems such Windows XP & Vista still support Floppy Drives. You might feel irritated when you see a floppy drive icon in My Computer under Windows Vista. Here is a simple trick to hide this icon.

Open the registry editor by typing regedit in the Run Window. Goto HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer. If this key doesn’t exist, create it. Then create or modify a 32-bit DWORD key named NoDrives & assign it a value of 1.

[ More ] October 30th, 2007 | No Comments | Posted in Tips and Tricks, Windows Vista |

3D Virtual Desktop’s for Windows XP

You must be amazed after seeing the Flip3D effect in Windows Vista. But that Flip3D is made exclusively for Windows Vista. So much of the newer features and products, such as Flip 3D, are being packaged strictly for Vista but not Windows XP. But certain software companies, such as Stardock & Otaku, are making such applications that brings the realism of Windows Vista in Windows XP. One such feature is Flip 3D. Here is the list of some applications that gives you a 3D virtual environment in Windows XP.

[ More ] October 1st, 2007 | 1 Comment | Posted in Softwares, Windows Vista, Windows XP |