Many thousands of people rushed out yesterday to get their hands on Microsoft’s Windows Vista. Many of them probably have it installed already and are exploring the new features, and finding the many changes in this new OS. Of course, many of them are also wondering What is this? and Where is that and How do I make this thing stop doing that!. To help answer some of those questions, here are 30 tips for getting more (or less) out of your new Vista install.

1. How to Make the Vista Power Button Shutdown Instead of Sleep
2. Notice any Mud on Your Vista Desktop? Here's How to Clean It
3. Run the Vista Command Line as Administrator
4. Vista's Snipping Tool Captures More Than My Screen
5. Autologin on Vista
6. Resize Your Vista Desktop Icons
7. 'Open CMD Prompt Here' in Vista is Simple
8. The Vista Power Button Revisited
9. Reset Your Vista Password with Your iPod
10. How to Burn a CD with Vista
11. Reveal the Files Vista Tries to Keep Hidden
12. How to Open the Vista On-Screen Keyboard with a Mouse
13. Accessing Vista's Other On-Screen Keyboard
14. Use Checkboxes to Select Explorer Items in Vista
15. Vista's 267 File and Folder Detail Columns
16. Using Vista to Zip and UnZip Files and Folders
17. Is Your Vista On Internet Time? Mine Wasn't
18. Delete-Remove-Hide the Vista Recycle Bin
19. Restore Your Vista Recycle Bin Icon
20. Other Vista Recycle Bin Options
21. Enable and Disable Hibernation in Vista via Command Line
22. Stop Security Warning from Apps on Vista
23. Empty Vista's Recycle Bin from the Command Line
24. Run Vista for 120 Days without Activation Using SLMGR's Rearm Function
25. Speed up Threaded Network Downloads in Vista
26. How to Disable Vista's ClearType if You Find it Blurry
27. Disable Vista's Aero 'Glass' Transparency
28. Install the Vista Telnet Client
29. Use Vista’s DPI Support to Scale Your User Interface
30. How to Cheat at Solitaire in Vista

I will continue to release more tips (you can see the full list by clicking on Tips in the taskbar at the top), so stop back soon. Better still, subscribe via RSS or E-mail to be notified of new posts on this site! Also, if you have any questions, or have suggestions for new tips, leave a comment below, or e-mail me at jpfieber@gmail.com.