As the form factor of the laptops (read NetBooks) reduces in size it comes with certain drawbacks. One of the most prominent is the lack of an optical drive, for example, CD or DVD Drive. Of course, you can plug-in an external optical drive but that’s certainly an inconvenience. Instead why not make use of the USB ports that comes with those slim-line notebooks (NetBooks) and install software using, let’s say, an USB Thumb Drive.

Read from this detailed article at DemoGeek.com to learn how to prepare a USB Thumb Drive to install Windows 7 Beta from an USB Thumb Drive. It’s a 10 step process but the steps are pretty simple and well explained.

Windows Vista has implemented the Parental Controls the right way and it makes it so easy to configure parental controls to keep an eye on your kids’ computer activities. The list of things that you can keep track of ranges from the type of programs that your kids are allowed to run on a computer, the websites that your kids are allowed to visit and time limits so that your kid can only use the computer on certain times.

Read from this article at DemoGeek.com on how to make use of Windows Vista’s Parental Controls to keep track of your kids’ computer activities.

We all agree that UAC is good and bad. Good in terms of security and bad in terms of usability. If you are the only user of your computer and if you know what you are doing with your computer then you should read this article on how to turn off UAC in Windows Vista. It is a simple trick and well explained at DemoGeek.com.

Learn from this article on how to automatically turn off the power-consuming features of Windows Vista to conserve on your laptop’s battery power.

If your Windows Vista’s system time is not correct or having issues with adjusting your system time automatically to Daylight Savings Time (DST) then you should read this well explained article at DemoGeek.com on how to switch your Windows Time providers in Windows Vista to fix some of your Windows Time issues.

Have your handful and wanted to get things done on your computer? If you run Windows Vista there is a simple way to control your computer with your own voice. It’s a very interesting read and explained well in detail.

If you’ve ever felt that your internet connection is slow even though you have a high-speed internet connection? Even if you think you are browsing the internet on high speed you might want to read this article on how to make a simple change to Windows to get a faster and safer internet browsing experience and make this little change to your Windows machine to get amazing speeds when you browse.

I’ve tried this trick and I could really feel the difference. Give it a try and let us know in comments.

How to make a simple change to Windows to get a faster and safer internet browsing experience

Have a long list of bookmarks on your browser and don’t know how to simply cleanup those bookmarks that are not working anymore? Follow this detailed article at DemoGeek.com to learn more on how to simply cleanup dead links on your Internet Explorer or Firefox Bookmarks. This is a definite must read which will come-in handy when you are struggling with your long list of bookmarks.

Read more on how to simply cleanup dead links on your Internet Explorer or Firefox Bookmarks.

DemoGeek.com has another great article on how to enhance your Internet Explorer browsing experience with IE7Pro add-on. IE7Pro is an add-on that you can download and install and it brings an experience that Firefox users enjoy with their extendable browser. Even if not as expandable and as feature rich as Firefox’s extensions are, IE7Pro does bring in some enhancements to the browsing experience with IE7.

Another well-explained article from DemoGeek.com that you should read.

If you are looking for the post PDC 2008 Windows 7 theme for Windows Vista then look no further than this great post at DemoGeek.com. DemoGeek.com has a complete article on where to download Windows 7 theme for Windows Vista along with useful information on how to install custom themes in Windows Vista and how to turn on Windows Vista’s Aero effect with a simple right mouse click.

A great read if you are looking for the Windows 7 theme for Windows Vista.