JkDefrag is good

After running CCleaner and clearing what I could from my C:, was still left with only 500MB of space there...

Then after running JkDefrag, the free space consolidated...and registered as 5GB =D

Windows Vista's defrag probably isn't working as it should...

You can get JkDefrag from here:

http://www.kessels.com/Jkdefrag/

PortableApps junkies can get it as a portable format:

http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/jkdefrag_portable

Setting environment variables in Vista's user account

Chanced upon this by accident.

In XP, we usually set our environment variables using the advanced system settings dialog box, which can be found in Vista also.

The problem comes when we're running in user mode, and we need to change the environment variables. Vista's UAC would kick in, and we end up changing environment variables for the administrator account instead.

The solution to this would be to go to Control Panel -> User Accounts. There, click on the link to change the environment variables for the user account, and edit away!

Java Control Panel in Vista

It seems that Java’s Control Panel needs administrator rights in order for some configurations to work, but when I need to configure settings for the current user, it becomes a pain in some part of the body.

Here’s how to open the Java control panel using the user account and not the administrator account:

1. Navigate to C:\Program Files\Java (where you installed Java)
   
   
2. Press F3 for search
3. Type in cpl and search for the file
4. You should see the cpl files used to launch the Java control panel
   
   
5. Double click on it to run it using the current user account
   
   
6. After doing what you need to do, when the applet closes, Vista might prompt to always open the cpl file using administrator rights. Say NO! (select “This control panel works correctly”)
   

To run it using administrator rights, instead of step 5, right click on the cpl file and select “Run as administrator”)