| PC Pandit | Tips and Tricks | | Disable Hibernation & Delete the Hibernation File

Windows places a file on your hard drive that it uses when your computer goes into hibernation mode.

If you do not use hibernation mode, or your computer does not properly support it, you may want to disable hibernation and clear the file off your hard drive to free up some space (the file will use as much space as you have in physical memory, so if you have 1GB of RAM, it’s going to use 1GB of your hard drive space).

Partitioning a Hard Drive in Vista

How to proceed with a PC that has Windows Vista preinstalled. To create a new partition (Vista calls it a "volume"), click the Start button, type diskmgmt.msc, and press <Enter> to open the Disk Management utility.
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Extend Windows Vista Trial to 120 Days

Windows Vista is the first windows operating system to let you use a trial version for 30 days before buying. It's a really great move for Microsoft, especially in light of how little benefit you get from upgrading to Vista in the first place. There's a soon to be well known trick that can extend the trial period up to 120 days.

If you right-click on the computer icon on the start menu, you'll see the basic system information window, and you'll also see the amount of days you have left to activate: