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Add Control Panel on Desktop Right Click
What does that title mean? Basically I’m going to explain here how to add a link to your control panel on the right click menu from your desktop, it is just another handy shortcut to the control panel.
You need to do a registry edit here so backup your registry;
Open regedit
Navigate to this location
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell
Create a new [...]
Disable Caps Lock in Vista
I don’t really know why they still make a caps lock button a vital button on the keyboard, when it probably gets used less than that squiggly line button.
If you want to disable the caps lock button you will need to to a registry edit so backup your registry;
Open regedit
Navigate to this location
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout
In the [...]
Speed Up the Vista Shutdown Time
Here is a great tweak that I used to use on XP but completely forgot about when I upgraded to Vista, it reduces the shutdown speed using WaitToKillServiceTimeout.
This setting in the registry allows you to specify a length of time that the service control manager must wait for services to complete the shut-down request before [...]
Download More Than Two Files in Internet Explorer
You may not release this but in Internet Explorer you can only download a maximum of 2 files at once, so if you have a good internet connection you may want to up this for faster downloading.
This is a registry tweak so backup your registry.
Open regedit
Navigate to this location;
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Create a new DWORD;
MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server
Set the value [...]
Turn on Avalon Effects
If you are into a flash looking Vista and don’t care at all about speed/performance then you may want to try enabling the avalon effects.
Before you turn on avalon you need to turn on the Aero desktop.
Once you have enabled Aero then you can turn on avalon;
Open regedit
Navigate to this location
HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer
Create a new DWORD [...]
Disable F3 Search Key
Some of you will know it as the F3 search button and some of you will know it as the ctrl+f button but whatever you use it does the same thing, search the page in IE and explorer for certain letters/words.
Now personally I love this feature and use it daily (I’m still a ctrl+f man), [...]
Vista Shortcut Tweaks
I was playing around with some settings in Vista today trying to find anything ‘new’ to tell you guys about, I didn’t have too long so I didn’t find the ultimate tweak but I did find 2 useful shortcut tweaks.
They both involve the start menu;
Add Run Command to Your Start Menu
Right click in your task [...]
Speed Up Your Hard Drive
Here are a couple of tweaks you can perform that should increase the speed of your hard drive, just take note of some of the warnings before you perform these tweaks.
Low Disk Space Warning
You need to disable your Low Disk Space Warning
Open regedit
Navigate to this location
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Policies/Explorer
Select a new DWORD and call it NoLowDiskSpaceChecks
Set the value [...]
Disable 8.3 File-Name Convention
All of Windows Vista’s drives use the newer NTFS partition system rather than the old FAT32 system, but what you might not know is that Vista still supports the ancient (DOS, early windows) 8.3 file-name convention.
If you still run old DOS programs then you need to keep this feature active, but if you don’t you [...]
Restrict Access to Control Panel
If you are running a public machine or many people use your PC you may want to stop anyone from accessing the control panel where they could change settings etc.
I know of people who have had trouble in the past with ‘idiots’ changing all sorts of settings on the computers at places like libraries and [...]
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