Monthly Archives: July 2008
Watch Highly Detailed Status Message During Startup and Shutdown
Posted July 31, 2008 – 10:10 pm in: Vista Tweaks, XP TweaksWhen you enable this option, the system displays status messages that reflect each step in the process of starting, shutting down, logging on, or logging off the system.Enable this as follows:1.Type gpedit.msc in Start Menu Search box and hit enter.2.Head to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System3.On the right hand side, look for the [...]
No Comments | Tags:Use Checkbox To Select File In Vista
Posted July 31, 2008 – 8:30 pm in: Vista TweaksThis is also one of the additional features in Vista, by enabling, you can select any number of files by just checking the box as shown screen shot.This is very handy if you don’t like to hold down Shift key while selecting large number of files.
You can enable this as follows:*Go to Windows Explorer*Tools > [...]
Change Registered Owner&Organization Of Windows
Posted July 31, 2008 – 2:50 pm in: Registry tweaks, Vista Tweaks, XP TweaksIf you want to change the registered name and organization of Windows, you can do it as follows:*Type regedit in the Run dialog box and hit enter or type regedit in the search box and hit enter to openregistry editor.*Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion*On the right hand side, modify the value named “RegisteredOwner” and “RegisteredOrganization” [...]
No Comments | Tags:Check Vista Activation Status With More Details
Posted July 31, 2008 – 2:09 pm in: Vista TweaksBy default, we go to System Properties window to check the activatioin status. If you like to see more activation information like Time remaining and Partial Product key, you can always use a new method by using a simple command in the command prompt.*Go to command prompt by typing “cmd”(without quotes)in the Start Menu [...]
No Comments | Tags:Speed Up Start Menu Search In Vista
Posted July 31, 2008 – 12:54 pm in: Registry tweaks, Vista Tweaks1.Type reg.exe in the Start Menu search box and hit enter.2.Navigate to :HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced3.Search for “Start_SearchFiles” on the right hand side and select Modify.4.Set it’s value to 0.5.Reboot the system.
No Comments | Tags:Restore Flip 3D Shortcut In Quick Launch
Posted July 31, 2008 – 12:37 pm in: Vista Troubleshooting, Vista TweaksIf you would like to restore the shortcut of Flip 3D in Quick Launch, here is how:1.Right click on the emply space of desktop > New > Shortcut2.Place the below code in the location box of the shortcut icon and press next.RunDll32 DwmApi #1053.Enter a name for you shortcut icon and click finish.4.Right click on [...]
No Comments | Tags:Make Your Taskbar More Productive
Posted July 31, 2008 – 7:34 am in: Vista Tweaks, XP TweaksThis Taskbar may look bad on small 15″ monitors but, rocks in 17″+ widescreen monitors. In this style, user can access all his programs(softwares) from the taskbar easily. Moreover, this method doesn’t require any additional applications.*Go to C:\\, and create a new folder with a new name(You can use your own name here. Ex:Multimedia)*Now, go [...]
No Comments | Tags:Re -Build Vista Icon Cache
Posted July 31, 2008 – 6:05 am in: Vista Troubleshooting, Vista TweaksIf you are experiencing a bad icon disply in Vista, it’s just because of the bad icon cache. You can fix this problem as follows:*Go toC:\Users\Owner(your username)\AppData\Local folder and delete the hidden file called IconCache.db file.(Don’t worry, Vista creats this file again during startup)*Reboot the system to get fresh icons.Tip: You can also use Tune [...]
1 Comment | Tags:New Home Page For Live Search
Posted July 31, 2008 – 5:32 am in: Internet, NewsWindows Live home page has been redesigned with a brand new look.At present, only U.S visitors can see this new look. Microsoft has added new background images that will change regularly.If you place the mouse pointer on certain areas of the page for a second, a box pops up, which when clicked, takes the visitor [...]
No Comments | Tags:Show Large Graph In Vista Task Manager
Posted July 30, 2008 – 7:39 pm in: Vista TweaksThis is just for fun. All you have to do is open the Task Manager by pressing [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[Esc], Navigate to Performance tab and double click on the CPU Usage or Memory graph to get this window.
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