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The Windows Recycle Bin can take up a large part of your hard drive space - 10% by default. To reclaim some of that disk space:

1. Right click the Recycle Bin icon.

2. Click Properties

Next to Custom Size you can set the size of the Recycle Bin in megabytes, 200 megabytes should be suitable for most drives.

If you prefer that deleted files not go into the Recycle Bin and instead be deleted immediately:

Click the radio button next to Do not move files to the Recycle Bin. Remove files immediately when deleted.

By default, Windows Vista has the “sleep” option at the top of the Shut Down Windows box. To change the setting to shutdown as in previous Windows versions:

1. Click Start -> Settings -> Control Panel

2. Select System and Maintenance -> Power Options

3. Click change plan settings under the power plan in use.

4. Click change advance power settings.

5. In the Power Options box, scroll down to Power Buttons and Lid

6. Expand the Power Buttons and Lid tree.

7. Expand the Start menu power button option.

8. In the Settings dropdown box, change to Shutdown

9. Click OK and the change will take effect.

Are the desktop icons in Windows Vista too large? Well there are a couple of steps to reduce the size of them.

Method 1:

1. Right click an empty part of the desktop.

2. Select the “View” option from the menu.

3. Click one of the options in the View menu - Large Icons, Medium Icons or Classic Icons

Note: The Classic icons selection will reduce the size of the icons the most.

Method 2:

1. Place the mouse pointer on an empty part of the desktop.

2. Press and hold the Ctrl key.

3. Use the scroll wheel on the mouse to resize the icons to the desired size.

4. Release the Ctrl key.