Turning Hibernate On or Off

If you don't need your computer to Hibernate or want to turn it back on again

Open the Start Menu

Right click Command Prompt

Select Run as administrator

To turn Hibernation off - powercfg -hibernate off

To turn Hibernation on - powercfg -hibernate on

If you turn it off, it won't even show on the Start Menu

Changing the Windows Explorer Columns

By default, the Windows Explorer displays file's Name, Date Modified, Size and Type
If you want to Add or Change these,

Right click on any of the columns

Check or Uncheck any times you want

Click on More to display an extremely rich list of options to display

To Move columns

Left click and drag the column to the location you want

Installing Vista With No Product Key

You can install Vista with no product key and have 30 days to evaluate it

Boot from the DVD and start the installation

Select the Language, Time and Currency, and Keyboard

Click on Next

Click on Install Now

Don't enter a Product Key

Uncheck Automatically activate Windows when I'm online

Click on Next

Click on No to confirm you do not want to enter a product key

Highlight the version of Vista you want to install

Check that it is the same edition you have purchased (if you want to enter in a product key at a later time).

Click on Next

Check accept the license and terms

Click on Next

Install a clean copy and continue as with a regular install