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Disable Notification Balloons
If you are unsure what a notification balloon is then look at this image and I’m sure you have seen it a bunch of times before on your Vista desktop;
To disable these notification balloons you need to perform a basic registry edit;
Navigate to this location
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
Now create a new 32-bit DWORD and name it
EnableBalloonTips
Set the value [...]
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 [...]
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), [...]
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 [...]
Slow Down Vista Animations
If for some reason you are still running all the animations on Vista (you probably are running a powerful PC), then here is a registry tweak you can perform that will enable you to slow the animations down when you want to;
- Remember to backup your registry before performing any edits!
Open regedit
Go to this location
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/DWM
Create [...]
Remove Shortcut from a Shortcut Link
What does that title mean? Basically it means that are you looking at removing the ’shortcut’ text link from all of your shortcuts, it is automatically added everytime you add a shortcut.
Removing them manually is possible but just annoying, so here is a registry edit for you to try that will remove the shortcut text [...]
Replace the Menu Bar in IE7
Anyone who is using IE7 will probably thinking “where is that menu bar at the top”, well just like all the other million people out there I also thought it was an odd move to hide the menu bar.
You can do 2 things that will permantely bring the menu bar back to your browser, and [...]
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