http://www.bootdisk.com/ 005 May 2007
HouseCall
Welcome to the 5th Edition of HouseCall
INDEX
1) Vista Recycle Bin Issues
2) Change Vista System Restore Size
3) Need To Allocate More RAM To Onboard Video
4) Run Both XP And Vista
5) Free CD Burning Program
6) Pay For Search Engine Submission?
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1) Vista Recycle Bin Issues
Paddle2day wrote - Is there a way of removing the delete selection from the drop down screen on the desk top waste basket Icon.
John I. replied:
How to restore the Recycle bin icon that has been accidentally deleted:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/141/1/
How to hide the "Delete" command from Recycle Bin context menu in Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/142/1/
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2) Change Vista System Restore Size
iqon asked - How can I change the size of system restore in windows vista home premium, it's taking about 6 gigs , there is no settings to change,apart from turn off.
Ronnie V. answered:
You must use a command line to adjust the maximum space allocated for System Restore. See the following website for complete instructions.
Adjusting the amount of disk space System Restore uses to hold restore points:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskspacev.html
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3) Need To Allocate More RAM To Onboard Video
Emmanuel D. wrote - I have a Satellite A65 series laptop computer with 256MB of ram pre-installed and I added 512MB to the available slot making for a total of 768MB of ram. Now 64MB of ram is reserved of the integrated video card. Is there a way to adjust the reserved amount to 128MB instead of just 64MB for the integrated video card?
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Only if you bios allows it. Many/most bios's with integrated video have setting where you may allocate how much of the onboard ram you want for video.
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4) Run Both XP And Vista
meteore posted - I just installed Vista, [on account of a messed up system restore], which caused nothing to work. I would like to reinstall Windows XP and remove Vista. Can someone outline the steps in a organized fashion. [I'd like to run both Vista and XP]
Chad H. said:
It's best to dual boot by installing the oldest OS first-XP-but you can get a dual boot done with Vista already installed. You have a better chance of things working well that way but here is a way to dual boot:
How to dual-boot Vista with XP - step-by-step guide with screenshots:
http://apcmag.com/5485/dualbooting_vista_and_xp
http://apcmag.com/5023/dual_booting_xp_with_vista
Michael S. added:
If you really just want to go back to Windows XP. boot from the XP CD, during setup, you have the option to delete, create and format partitions. Delete the Vista partition, create a new partition to replace it, format and setup XP on the new partition by continuing with XP setup, just follow the prompts.
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5) Free CD Burning Program
Brian wrote - I'm looking for a free CD burning program that is nice and non-bloated. Any tips?
*** Have a look at DeepBurner Free, 2.7 meg download:
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6) Pay For Search Engine Submission?
Alice wrote - My boss said that I should submit our companies website to search engines. Is there a service I should use?
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Modern search engines dont rely on submissions anymore, they have software which looks for keywords and links and then ranks your site according to content and other sites that link to your site. So, in other words, dont waste your money by paying some firm to list you in search engines.
Rick M. begs to differ:
They do not 'rely' upon submissions, nor use them to rank, but submitted sites may be scanned (and hence ranked) sooner than their spider would discover the new or revised site.
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