Windows XP had TweakUI to edit the Places Bar, but Vista and 7 don't have many dedicated tools to do the same, so a few oldies are needed for the task.
The most common types of virtual hard disk images are VDI, VMDK and VHD. If you need to read from or even write to the virtual disk without booting the virtual operating system a third party method is required. Here are 7 different ways you can do it.
If you have previously setup a lot of VPN connections by saving the username, password and the VPN address in Windows, here is how to export the VPN settings and then import it to another computer so that you don't need to manually recreate the connections again.
Setting the wrong permission levels in windows could be dangerous as it will allow unauthorized users to mess with the folder or files. Rather than checking every single folder if the permissions are set correctly, you can use NTFS Permissions Reporter tool which is a great time saver.
There are files and folders in Windows that even an administrator cannot access or modify. To do that you need to take ownership of the object and then give yourself full control of it. Here are 6 free tools that can do that in just a few mouse clicks.
If a shared folder requires you to enter a username and password, the credentials will be cached until you restart or logoff Windows. These steps show you how to clear the credentials so that you can use another username and password.