The Welcome Screen in your Windows Vista computer may show duplicate icons for each user account in the system. This problem may have surfaced after installing a Microsoft Update or Windows Vista Service Pack 1.
This issue is caused by certain versions of OmniPass Fingerprint Reader software, from Softex Incorporated. Softex Inc offers a fix for this problem, and it’s available at the following URL:
http://www.softexinc.com/download/UninstMSPwdProv.exe (~4MB)
The software fixes the setting in the Credential Providers registry key.
Note: Please contact Softex Inc support to know if there are any latest fixes for this problem, or if they have any product updates for the Omnipass Fingerprint Reader software.
When you click on a hyperlink to a media file in Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player would automatically open and start playing the file. This functionality may get disabled when you install a third-party player, and you get the error Internet Explorer cannot display the Webpage when clicking on a hyperlink to an audio or video file. However, you may be able to download the file locally by right-clicking on the hyperlink and choosing Save Target as option. 
Microsoft Knowledgebase article 
Schtasks.exe console tool helps you create, delete, query, change, run, and end scheduled tasks on a local or remote computer. Running Schtasks.exe without arguments displays the list of each registered task, the Next Run Time and the Status for each task. 
By default users can insert a USB disk in the system and read from, or write to it without limitation. Windows XP Service Pack 2 introduces a new setting which helps system administrators to restrict the ability of users to write to USB storage devices. 
One of our readers asks: I recently installed and un-installed a 3rd Party File compression program 7-Zip. Then found that the icon for Compressed File folder is wrong. Where do I get my old zip file icon from? 
The Desktop (create shortcut) option in the Send To menu helps you quickly add a shortcut to a file or folder on your Desktop. Here is a VBScript that adds the Quick Launch (create shortcut) option to the Send To menu. Clicking this option creates a shortcut to a file or folder in the Quick Launch toolbar. The script below works fine in Windows XP and Windows Vista systems. 
