Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Registry Hacks |
If applications are not responding during the Windows shut down process, it will prompt you to “End Task” instead of completing the shut down process.
You will need to play with the AutoEndTasks value in the registry.
1. Click START–>RUN and type REGEDIT. Click OK.
2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
then Control Panel
then Desktop
3. Double-Click the AutoEndTasks value.
4. Set it to 1 to automatically end tasks at shut down or restart.
Set it to 0 to disable automatically ending tasks at shut down or restart.
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Registry Hacks |
This registry hack forces the use of the classic windows start menu and disables the Windows XP style menu. Good hack for admins.
1. Click START–>RUN and type REGEDIT. Click OK.
2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
then SOFTWARE
then Microsoft
then Windows
then CurrentVersion
then Policies
then Explorer
3. Double-click on NoSimpleStartMenu if it exists.
If it doesn’t, right-click on ADVANCED and Select NEW–>DWORD VALUE and name it NoSimpleStartMenu
4. Set this value to 1 to disable the XP menu.
This setting will permanently disable the Windows XP style Start Menu unles the policy or registry is changed.
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Firefox Tips |
You are unable to resize any popup windows in Firefox.
1. Type about:config in the address bar and press ENTER.
2. Find the value dom.disable_window_open_feature.resizable
3. Double-click the value and change it to true.
You should not be able to resize any popup windows created in Firefox.
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Registry Hacks, Windows XP Tips |
Disable the mode in Windows XP where it saves the desktop configuration while shutting down.
1. Click START–>RUN and type REGEDIT
2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
then SOFTWARE
then Microsoft
then Windows
then CurrentVersion
then Policies
then Explorer
Double-click on NoSaveSettings if it exists. If it doesn’t, right-click on ADVANCED and Select
NEW–>DWORD VALUE and name it NoSaveSettings
Give it a value of 0 to disable this setting.
Give it a value of 1 to enable this setting
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Windows XP Tips |
Disable the annoying Search Assistant in Windows XP.
1. Click START–>RUN.
2. type regsvr32 /u “%Systemroot%\System32\omniband.dll”
Now the Search assistant should be disabled, and the classic search should be enabled.
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Registry Hacks, Windows Vista Tips |
Disable the annoying balloon tips messages that appear in Windows Vista.
1. Click START and in the Start Search and type REGEDIT
2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
then SOFTWARE
then Microsoft
then Windows
then CurrentVersion
then Explorer
Right-click on ADVANCED and Select NEW–>DWORD VALUE
Name it EnableBalloonTips
Double-click EnableBalloonTips, and then give it a value of 0
This setting should disable the balloon tips messages from appearing in the future.
Prevent IE from opening PDF files within an IE window. Enable it to propt you to save or open the file seperately instead.
1. Click START–>RUN and type REGEDIT
2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
then AcroPDF.PDF.1
3. On the right side, double-click the EditFlags value.
4. Set it to 00 00 00 00
5. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
then AcroExch.Document.7
6. On the right side, double-click the EditFlags value.
7. Set it to 00 00 00 00
Now when you click on a PDF file within Internet Explorer, you will be promted to save the file instead of IE opening it.
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Windows XP Tips |
Enable the ability to right-click a drive in My Computer and select Defrag in Windows XP.
1. Create a file called defrag.inf
2. Open the file and place the following in the file:
[version]
signature=”$CHICAGO$”
[DefaultInstall]
AddReg=AddMe
[AddMe]
HKCR,”DriveShellDefragcommand”,,,”DEFRAG.EXE %1″
3. Save the file then Close it.
4. Right click on defrag.inf and select Install.
5. You now have the option to right click on your drives and select Defrag.
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Registry Hacks, Windows XP Tips |
Registry hack to speed up the Windows XP Start Menu.
1. Click START–>RUN and type REGEDIT
2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
then Control Panel
then Desktop
Change the value of MenuShowDelay to a low value. Zero (0) is the lowest setting. The defualt value is 400.
Once this vallue is changed to a lower value, the start menu should load faster when you click on it.
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