One of the frist things that I do whenever I install a new version of Windows is to replace Notepad with Notepad2 as I find this to be a much more powerful editor.

There are some articles on how to do it with Windows XP and Windows 2003 but I could not find any info on how to do it for Windows Vista and this is what you need to do.

1. Rename Notepad2.exe to notepad.exe.
2. Find c:\windows\notepad.exe and c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe and set the owner to ‘Administrators’, and grant Administrators full control.
3. Using Windows Explorer, drag and drop the renamed notepad2.exe to c:\windows and c:\windows\system32.
4. Optional replace the permissions on the new notepad.exe to Read & Execute and Read.