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Remove Shortcut Text From Shortcuts
You will notice in Vista (also in XP) that whenever you make a shortcut the word ’shortcut’ appears in the icon, like this;
There is an easy registry hack you can perform that will take off the word ’shortcut’ on all new shortcuts you make, just do this;
Navigate to this location
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
Find the key called link
Change the [...]
New Yahoo Homepage
Yahoo have released a new version of their homepage, being the first major change for the page since 2006. Here is a video showing the new site;
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 [...]
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 [...]
Windows Vista Service Pack 2
Microsoft has finally released the Windows Vista Service Pack 2 after releasing the beta version late last year.
The Vista SP2 update includes new support for recording Blu-ray discs straight from the Vista OS, updated support for Bluetooth v2.1, and bug fixes that address slow shutdowns and mysterious crashes.
Vista SP2 can now be downloaded from Microsoft’s [...]
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 [...]
Stretch Wallpaper Over Two Screens
Do you run multiple screens from your one PC and get rather annoyed all day at looking at multiple versions of the one wallpaper, then you can set the wallpaper so it stretches over both displays.
Before you set the wallpaper over both displays you have to make your image large enough and of the right [...]
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 [...]
Vista to Stay Until 2011
Microsoft will not dump Vista when Windows 7 launches and plans to keep selling it to computer makers, system builders, volume licensees and consumers at retail until at least January 2011.
Microsoft also confirmed that the company would stop supporting all versions of Vista in April 2012. However, Microsoft will allow enterprise customers to downgrade to [...]
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