Vista Application Tips Eight

As Microsoft unveils its next-generation operating system Vista, we are here to launch some of the application and maintenance tips for Vista, hoping to help readers who have started experimenting with the new operating system.

Added an advanced command prompt

Windows Superuser knows that a command prompt (Cmd.exe) can be a quicker way for many tasks. Whether it's a menu search or a dialog box with a tab, that's faster than they are. In Windows Vista, this is more pronounced than it used to be, thanks to user Account Control. To get the most convenience from the command prompt, add a shortcut to the Start menu and set it to run as an administrator. Here's how to do this:

1, click "Start" and type "cmd" in the Search box. Then you should show a list of a collection: shortcuts to Windows command handlers, CMD.

2, right click on the cmd shortcut and select "Send To Start menu."

3, click "Start" again. Right shoulder click before you add this command prompt shortcut and select Properties.

4, click the "Advanced" button, and tick "Run as Administrator".

5, click "OK" to save changes.

Get an extended shortcut menu

When you work with files or folders in Windows Explorer, you will be accustomed to pressing the SHIFT key to the right shoulder to click on the item you selected. A general shortcut menu on a file or folder that corresponds to the shortcut menu that is extended when the SHIFT key is pressed. With this shortcut, you can add any file to the Start menu or Quick Launch bar, open a command prompt window that specifies the folder location, or copy the entire path of a file or folder to the Clipboard.

Make text easier to read

High-resolution display and eye fatigue are inextricably linked, all the small text will cause annoyance. Here, the solution will no longer be to reduce the resolution, but to intelligently enlarge the size of the text. Open the Control Panel and type "Adjust font size" in the search box in the upper-right corner, which leads directly to the DPI scaling shown below. Preset values for the DPI if it's too big for you, you can click the Custom dpi button and use the scroll bar to select more than 110 dpi to control the size of the display font.

Cut a screenshot

Snipping Tool was originally designed for Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. Now that the features on this Tablet PC have been placed in all the higher versions of Windows Vista (in addition to Vista home Basic), you can use this pretty good tool on any desktop or laptop computer. It allows you to capture any part of the screen and paste it into an e-mail message or document, or store it as an image file.

Type snip in the Start menu's search box to quickly find shortcuts to Snipping tool. It is recommended that you use it more easily by right-clicking and sending it to the Start menu or to the Quick Launch bar. When you run the snipping Tool, click the drop-down arrow next to the "New" button and choose what you want to copy: a part of the screen, a window, or the entire screen. Clicking option Opens a dialog box where you can make custom settings. I recommend that you do not choose a red border, or you may also need to remove this border every time you save the file to exit the tool.