I was looking for a way to customize the Windows Vista Start Menu Search for the longest time and I finally found an app that lets me do what I wanted.  Initially, I wanted to be able to type things like “kb xxxxxx” in the search field and have it automatically go to the url for the Microsoft KB article that corresponds to the number I supplied (in this case http://support.microsoft.com/kb/xxxxxx).  Start++ lets you do just that and more.  Check it out!

 http://brandontools.com/content/StartPlusPlus.aspx

Here’s is a cool app for Vista that allows you to tile your open windows on the desktop just like Expose on a Mac.  Your PC must be capable of running Vista Aero to use this app.

http://insentient.net/

Update for SBS 2003 and Windows Vista using the connectcomputer wizard - link

http://gallery.live.com/default.aspx?l=1

With Vista and RDP 6.0, you will see an extra warning message when connecting to remote PCs saying something like:

“Remote Desktop cannot verify the identity of the computer you want to connect to…”

To eliminate this, set the following registry key to 0.  Create the key if it doesn’t exist.

\\HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\AuthenticationLevelOverride