Last week a peer was complaining of slow boot up times with Vista, I powered up my laptop and 10 seconds later my system was up.
The secret…use the built-in power management in Vista to close down your laptop. To do this, click on > Start then the Sleep button (see below.)
In Windows XP we used to [...]
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As a best practice we always flatten and clean install XP and Vista on all new machines i.e. the OptiPlex, Precision and Latitudes. A lot of users also do this but from some of these users I hear a common complaint that Vista just isn’t running right on their Dell system. I ask if they installed [...]
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With Windows XP and Dell Latitudes we ALWAYS train our users to manage wireless connections with the utility that comes with their built-in wireless card, i.e. the Intel utility or the Dell wireless utility. We specifically instruct them to NOT turn on and use the XP wireless management utility.
With Windows Vista the wireless networking is [...]
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