Here’s something I have that all Windows Live fans are going to love. I was in search of a theme that looked exactly like Windows Live website.

BlogsDNA did some Googling and found a theme that can be used on Windows Vista as well as XP. It is very attractive and comes with 4 cool wallpapers. This theme pack also contains a separate skin for Windows Sidebar.

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Windows Vista gives you the option to resize your desktop shortcut icons quickly by right clicking on your desktop and choosing the size you want.

The usual icon size options that Vista allow users to have are Medium, Large and the Classic (default) size. Here’s a small trick by which you can resize the icons using your mouse wheels in any size you want and won’t be limited to use the default ones.

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There are many applications available to tweak, optimize and customize your Windows Vista. But the problem is that you have to download separate utilities for each of them. A customization tool won’t tweak performance settings for you.

TweakVI is one such tweaking utility that lets you tweak hundreds of hidden Vista settings by bundling different plugins in to one. It was developed to combine both tuning and optimizing features to increase the speed of your Windows Vista system. It’s the worlds first software for Windows Vista to combine both customization, tweaking and optimization features.

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Microsoft is trying its best to pull users towards Windows Vista. Even they have understood the fact that XP is way better and has more market share than Vista. Unofficially many tricks have been discovered for Windows Vista, but there was no official guide for customers by Microsoft.

Finally, Microsoft have released an official guide for tuning and tweaking performance on Vista. It focuses on common tweaks and performance improvements for single computer, as well as on tools used in enterprise environments.

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Unlike WIndows XP, Vista has some limitations when it comes to themes and styles. Any custom styles that you want to use in Windows Vista needs to be signed by Mcirosoft first.

VistaGlazz is an freeware that can easily modify your Windows Vista installation to use custom styles and modify your Aero style to use the Glass effect on maximized windows.

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