Play High Quality Youtube Video by Default
YouTube now offers option for viewing some of the videos in high quality. You will notice an option at the bottom right for Watching in high quality format. You can set your youtube account, so that it will always play High Quality version, if it is available.
This tutorial will not change all the youtube videos into high quality format. It only changes the default setting to high quality, so that it can play high quality videos whenever available.
- Log into your YouTube account.
- Click on 'Account' on top left corner. Go down and click on 'Video Playback Quality'.
- Select 'I have a fast connection. Always play higher-quality video when it's available.' option. (If you have slow internet connection, this option would not work very well for you.) Click on 'Save Settings'.
Now you can view high quality videos on youtube whenever it is available.
Configure Mouse Pointers in Windows Vista
This video tutorial will show you how you can configure mouse pointers in windows vista.
- Right Click on blank area of desktop and go to 'Personalize'.
- Click on 'Mouse Pointers'.
- Click on 'Pointers' tab.
- From 'Scheme' drop down list, select the mouse pointers which you want to use. (You can preview the pointer style by selecting it.)
- Click OK.
Rename Multiple Digital Photos after Uploading to Computer
You just uploaded pictures from your digital camera to your computer. Picture names are in weird number format. You want to change the names to some useful form, so that you can easily identify them by names later on. You don’t need any software to do that. Windows can do that for you. This trick works with any windows system including Vista.
- Select the pictures you want to rename.
- Go to first picture. And Right Click on it. (Don’t left click on it first; otherwise you will loose the selection of photos)
- Now, click on the ‘Rename’ from the right click menu. The first picture will have rename text box. Write down some meaningful name like picnic or birthday photos.
- Press Enter. And Boom… all the selected pictures are in more meaningful name.
Disable Startup Sound in Windows
Have you ever been embarrassed by Loud Windows XP or Vista startup sound when you start your laptop in a class room, library, work place or any public places? This article will show you how you can disable windows startup sound in few steps.
- Right click on blank area of desktop. And go to personalize.
- Go to 'Sounds'.
- Click on 'Sounds' tab.
- From 'Sound Scheme:', select 'No Sounds'.
- Click OK. (This will disable set of sounds which are played when different events are performed, like mouse click, opening or closing of programs, maximize or minimize windows.)
- Apparently, you can just disable the startup sound, while keeping others, by unchecking 'Play Windows Startup Sounds'.
Configure CD DVD Autoplay Options in Vista
This video tutorial will show you how you can configure CD/DVD autoplay options in windows vista.
- Go to Start. Click on Control Panel.
- Double click on 'Autoplay'. (Switch to classic view from top left menu, if you don't see User Accounts)
- Uncheck 'Use Autoplay for all media and devices' to disable autoplaying of any CD or DVD.
- Choose from options for each of the different kinds of CD and DVD options. There are many options to select from.
- Click on Save.
Disable User Account Control (UAC) in Windows Vista
This video tutorial will show you how you can disable annoying UAC (User Account Control) message in Windows Vista.
- Go to Start. Click on Control Panel.
- Double click on 'User Accounts'. (Switch to classic view from top left menu, if you don't see User Accounts)
- Click on 'Turn User Account Control on or off'.
- Uncheck 'Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer.'
- Click OK. And restart computer. (It is pretty safe to turn off this feature. After all, you don't need permission to do things on your computer.)
Auto Arrange Your Desktop
- Right click on blank area of your desktop.
- Go to View.
- Click on 'Auto Arrange'. This will arrange all your desktop shortcuts in order, and any additional shortcuts, you will add later on.
