This tip is especially useful if you don’t have the best eyesight.  By default the Windows Quick Launch bar contains small versions of all your program icons, which helps you have more of them visible,  but if you run a high resolution on a small monitor, it can be difficult to tell which icon is for which program.

There is a way, however to make Vista display large icons, so you can tell what each icon represents and in some cases, even read the tiny text in the icon. › Continue reading…

This tip is more helpful if you’re a Vista or Windows 7 user, although it works in Windows XP as well.  Opening the task manager can be a pain, since you when you do the three finger salute (Ctrl + Alt + Delete), there’s a pause, then the session options screen comes up.  Rather than just getting a task manager, you’re re-routed to a screen giving you options including logging off, and locking the screen, as well as Task Manager.

To go straight to the task manager without delay, right click an open area on the taskbar and select Task Manager.