Although I'm late to the party in reviewing Windows Vista SP1, it's becoming widely available as I write this, so now is as good a time as any for my review. Rather than try to cover every improvement in SP1, I'm going to cover my particular experiences. Read my review.
Windows Vista has excellent and often overlooked problem logging and diagnostic features. When an application or the operating system crashes, Windows Vista logs the event and searches for solutions automatically. If Vista can't find a solution right away, it's possible go back, look at the list and try again to see if solutions are available. Keep reading to find out how.
The default Firefox interface uses too much screen real estate, so I like to create more browsing space by changing its toolbars. In this article I'll show how to customize the Firefox browser interface so it fits on a single toolbar, without giving up any functionality.
When I'm working on an article where I really need to focus, I like to cut distractions and maximize my work space. Writeroom and Dark Room are great full screen text editing apps for OS X and Windows. The problem is that these applications are better for writing fiction, where you don't usually need bold, italic and links in your text. Using my TaskBar AutoHide utility and a keyboard shortcut, you can quickly and easily maximize the space used for Office 2007 while minimizing distractions.
I'm writing an article on maximizing your Windows screen real estate, and I wanted to toggle the taskbar auto hide setting with a keyboard shortcut. Unfortunately, the only built-in way to change the setting is to manually openTaskbar and Start MenuProperties and click the Auto Hide check box. This wasn't efficient enough for me, so I wrote a tray utility called Taskbar Autohide, which toggles the auto hide setting using a keyboard shortcut or tray icon.
I buy so many things online that I like having copies of my receipts just to keep track of it all. I printed paper receipts for a long time, but I eventually found that having an digital copy of a receipt makes a lot more sense than keeping a paper copy. Saving web receipts to PDF gives you the digital copy and the ability to print a paper copy at any time. In this article, I'll cover how easy it is to save PDF receipts in Mac OS X and a free add-on that does the same thing in Windows.
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Windows Vista SP1 review 
Windows Vista has excellent and often overlooked problem logging and diagnostic features. When an application or the operating system crashes, Windows Vista logs the event and searches for solutions automatically. If Vista can't find a solution right away, it's possible go back, look at the list and try again to see if solutions are available. Keep reading to find out how.
The default Firefox interface uses too much screen real estate, so I like to create more browsing space by changing its toolbars. In this article I'll show how to customize the Firefox browser interface so it fits on a single toolbar, without giving up any functionality.
When I'm working on an article where I really need to focus, I like to cut distractions and maximize my work space. 
I'm writing an article on maximizing your Windows screen real estate, and I wanted to toggle the taskbar auto hide setting with a keyboard shortcut. Unfortunately, the only built-in way to change the setting is to manually openTaskbar and Start Menu Properties and click the Auto Hide check box. This wasn't efficient enough for me, so I wrote a tray utility called 
I buy so many things online that I like having copies of my receipts just to keep track of it all. I printed paper receipts for a long time, but I eventually found that having an digital copy of a receipt makes a lot more sense than keeping a paper copy. Saving web receipts to PDF gives you the digital copy and the ability to print a paper copy at any time. In this article, I'll cover how easy it is to save PDF receipts in Mac OS X and a free add-on that does the same thing in Windows.