Use Windows Vista with Mark Russinovich

Mark Russinovich - founder of Sysinternals has revealed a few tricks to use Windows Vista at the WinHEC (Windows Hardware Engineering Conference) conference.

Sysinternals is a software company that has developed many free utilities like Process Explorer, Process Monitor . for Windows users. Microsoft bought Sysinternals last year.

The following are the tools available in Windows Vista that Russinovich revealed to readers:

Operational management : Like Windows XP, Vista allows monitoring of CPU, hard drive, network and memory performance. Users can activate both tools by clicking Start - Search and then typing " perfmon " (without quotes ""), Enter. The Perfomance window will appear for users to monitor the chart in real time.

Music is first : Don't be shy about using Windows Media Player in Windows Vista when you run many other applications. Vista will "prioritize" Windows Media Player to the top of the list, so music and movies are still played smoothly while PC is busy.

Rearranging the taskbar : This is a small trick that you can apply to both Windows XP and Vista. Right-click on a blank space, uncheck "Lock

SysInternals's Process Explorer utility.

the Taskbar "and drag the size into 2 rows. It is very convenient to put icons on the Quick Launch bar located in the bottom row and application windows above. Under this arrangement, users can manage Easy handling and quick activation are commonly used applications.

CPU management : there are many resources consuming programs. In Task Manager, only one process "consume" how much CPU at that time. To be able to refer to new data, users can download Process Explorer (free) here.

Execute Process Explorer, right-click a column like the Process and select Select Columns . Select the Process Performance tab, then CPU Cycles . You can arrange the display through the column and see which programs are the most CPU-intensive.

Remove network access : In Windows XP, you may be very frustrated when accessing files on the server from an intranet within a company or an organization . when the server is temporarily unavailable. It will stall your computer for a while until Windows decides that it does not receive a response from the server.

With Windows Vista, you can easily cancel access to the server by clicking the " Cancel " button in the file opening dialog or pressing Ctrl - C if you are a qualified technician and can Perform tasks with the command line window (command).

Thanh Truc