Here are list of some tools that I’ve tried that would help your productivity in Windows Vista go a bit higher, with these tools everything would be a bit easier plus with some cool enhancements. I’ve been reading the post and PC World, and I got interested and tried these softwares.

Vista Battery Saver

This program automatically deactivates Windows Aero and the Windows Sidebar when your laptop runs on battery power and may extend battery life for me I haven’t noticed any changes or battery extension but will delve in deeper for testing.
Download Vista Battery Saver
ISO Recorder

ISO Recorder lets you burn .iso files to CD or DVD, but won’t create images of audio or video CDs. This program will let you create .iso files and burn them to either CD or DVD. It nicely fits itself onto Windows Explorer. Right-click an .iso file, and then follow the instructions to burn it to CD or DVD.
Download ISO Recorder

Windows Mail Attachment Extractor for Vista

Ah yes, for Windows Mail users this program helps out the task of saving and managing e-mail attachments. You can even ask the program to extract pictures, and save the pictures to a specific directory every time. or do it automatically.
Download Windows Mail Attachment Extractor for Vista

Window Clippings

This program is yes of course, for capturing screen shots in Vista best news is that it’s free or you can have the premium for $10 for the advanced options like capturing a mouse pointer, snagging specific areas of the desktop, or use a timer for taking screen shots.
Download Window Clippings

Feeds Plus

Fans of the RSS blog reader built into Internet Explorer 7 need this program. Read all of your feeds from a single location, instead of trying to look for your favorite feeds on some place. Save time if you have dozen of feeds to read and so little time. This program works with Internet Explorer in Windows XP as well as with the version built into Windows Vista.
Download Feeds Plus

PC Extreme : Tools to Help Maximize your Vista Experience

Here’s a tip to make Windows Media Player open media file in Mini Player Mode. To our ever increasing collection of media files whenever we click on our music files (i.e., mp3, wma) it opens up the default Windows Media Player setup. But for testing or searching or sampling our music it’s unecessary to open up the full-sized windows so the Mini Player Mode is your best bet.

Open up your Windows Media Player, Click Tools, Go to Options page check out the “Player” tab.

look for the “Start the mini Player for file names that contain this text” that has a default value on it’s field “voiceatt.wav”.

By doing this simple adjustment You can open your Mp3 or Wma files in the mini player, by changing “voiceatt.wav” to .mp3 or .wma on that field.

And What’s more cool and fun to look at is that the Vista version has desktop transparency, and that’s what I like better than XP.

PC Extreme : Open Media Files in the WMP Mini Player Mode

If you are not that satisfied with the speed of your personal computer running on Windows Vista, then this article is perfect for you. Nowadays, you could buy affordable USB thumb drivers with bearable quality. Did you know that these USB thumb drives can help speed up your Windows Vista PC?

With the new technology implemented on Windows Vista called, “Ready Boost” you can speed up your PC with the use of USB thumb drive, SD card and others. To enable this, you just need to plug in your USB thumb drive on your PC and click “Speed Up System” on the auto play menu that pops up when you plug in the device. Enjoy your snappier Windows Vista!

Image source: www.vista4beginners.com

Key Benefits of SharePoint Server Access Services

Easier Access to right tools: The enhanced, customizable Ribbon in Access 2010 makes it easy to uncover more commands so you can focus on the end product. The new Microsoft Office Backstage™ view is yet another feature that can help you easily analyze and document your database, share, publish, and customize your Access 2010 experience, all from one convenient location.

Helps build database effortlessly and quickly: Out-of-the box templates and reusable components make Access Services the fastest, simplest database solution available. It helps find new pre-built templates which you can start using without customization or select templates created by your peers in the Access online community and customize them to meet your needs. It builds your databases with new modular components. New Application Parts enable you to add a set of common Access components, such as a table and form for task management, to your database in a few simple clicks. Database navigation is now simplified. It creates Navigation Forms and makes your frequently used forms and reports more accessible without writing any code or logic.

Create Impactful forms and reports: Whether it’s an inventory of your assets or customer sales database, Access 2010 brings the innovative tools you’d expect from Microsoft Office. Access Services easily spot trends and add emphasis to your data. It quickly create coordinating database forms and reports and bring the Web into your database.

Obtain a centralized landing pad for your data: Access 2010 offers easy ways to bring your data together and help increase work quality. New technologies help break down barriers so you can share and work together on your databases, making you or your team more efficient and productive.

Add automation and complex expressions: If you need a more robust database design, such as preventing record deletion if a specific condition is met or if you need to create calculations to forecast your budget, Access 2010 empowers you to be your own developer. The enhanced Expression Builder greatly simplifies your expression building experience with IntelliSense®. With the revamped Macro Designer, it’s now even easier for you to add basic logic to your database. New Data Macros allow you to attach logic to your data, centralizing the logic on the table, not the objects that update your data.

Key features of Access Services 2010
o Access database content through a Web browser: Newly added Access Services on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 enables you to make your databases available on the Web with new Web databases. Users without an Access client can open Web forms and reports via a browser and changes are automatically synchronized.
o Simplify how you access the features you need: The Ribbon, improved in Access 2010, helps you access commands even more quickly by enabling you to customize or create your own tabs. The new Microsoft Office Backstage view replaces the traditional File menu to provide one central, organized location for all of your document management tasks.
o Codeless navigation: Use professional looking web-like navigation forms to make frequently used forms and reports more accessible without writing any code or logic.
o Easily reuse Access items in other databases: Use Application Parts to add pre-built Access components for common tasks to your database in a few simple clicks. You can also package common database components, such as data entry forms and reports for task management, and reuse them across your organization or other databases.
o Simplified formatting: By using Office themes you can create coordinating professional forms and reports across your database. Simply select a familiar and great looking Office theme, or design your own, and apply it to your database. Newly created Access objects will automatically match your chosen theme.

Advanced features in SharePoint line of products including SharePoint Foundation 2010, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and free SharePoint templates or web parts encourage adoption by companies.

Want to know how much RAM is installed in your computer? Now if you want to to know how much RAM just in case you want to upgrade and/or just want to really know for informational purposes here’s the way to do it.

• Click Start Orb
• Click Control Panel
• Click System and Maintenance
• Click System
• Check the System category to View amount of RAM and processor speed

Under System, you will be able to see how much RAM is installed in your computer.

From PC Extreme : Check your Computer’s RAM in Windows Vista

Thanks to PC Extreme : Hide ALL Desktop Icons

You can hide all the desktop icons the easy way by right-clicking the Desktop, and uncheck Show Desktop Items.

Being the nitty, gritty guy that I am, I enjoy looking for solutions to problems or non-problems, such as looking for the registry tweak equivalent to such functions as hiding the desktop icons and here it is.

• Click The Start Orb
• On the Run or Search Field, Type Regedit
• Upon Launching Regedit, Navigate to this key

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel

• In the right-pane, create a new REG_DWORD {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
• Double-click {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} and set it’s value to 1

To undo the changes, repeat the steps above and change or set the value of {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} to value of 0.