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| We are Moving |
| 2011-04-29 06:43:24 |
Dear readers,I am planning to move my blog from Blogger to a self hosted domain soon.In life, there is always a need to move on to the next level. Blogging here was a great learning experience and I hope Blogging on the new domainhttp://bthegeek.in Be The Geekwill be equally fun and memorable.Please visit the new blog and stay ahead of your colleagues with the latest tips and tricks.Admin,...
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| Windows 7 Tips : How to disable balloon tips |
| 2011-04-07 02:44:19 |
In the Start Menu, if you hover your pointer over a program for a second , a little message is displayed in a fade "balloon". For programs that do not have this feature set up for their shortcut, the "balloon" just tells users where the program is located on their computer.This feature is useful for a beginning computer user. However, it can be another annoyance for more advanced users. But you can always disable it, because you are an advanced user and not some newbie.Here are the steps.1.Open the Start menu and then type regedit in the search box and press Enter2. After the Registry Editor has opened, navigate through HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Software, Microsoft, Windows, CurrentVersion, Explorer, andAdvanced.3. Right-click the entry called ShowInfoTip and select Modify.4. Set the ...
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| Windows 7 Tips : Hiding User folders. |
| 2011-04-04 08:13:20 |
In the Start Menu, user folders such as Documents, Music, Games etc are shown as links on the right side. These folders are created for each user and are customised to the usage pattern accordingly. For example, the music folder will show playlists that are created by the particular user. There is also a folder for each user, having the name of that user, which contains these folders within it.Personally, I never use these links and have disabled them. How to hide these shortcut links? Simple.1. Right click on the Start Menu.2. Click on Properties. &...
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| Windows 7 Tweaks: Using Group Policy Editor |
| 2011-03-31 09:16:37 |
I had earlier blogged about how you can modify the Group Policy Editor to customize windows 7. Continuing with that, this tweak will let you clear the recently used documents every time you shut down the pc.This is an easy trick.1. Open Group Policy Editor from the start menu by typing 'gpedit.msc'.2.Navigate through User Configuration>Administrative Templates>Taskbar and Start Menu.3.From the list, click on 'Clear history of recently used documents on exit.'. Right click and click on Edit.4.Enable it and exit the Policy Editor.Thus, all the documents in the Recent Items in the Start Menu will be purged on log off and so will be those in jump lists in the taskbar....
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| Ultimate List Of Essential Tweaks in Windows 7 : |
| 2011-03-29 06:49:10 |
This post is a recompilation of several posts I have published in the blog over the past few months.1.How to Reduce Shut-Down Time in Windows 7. This tweak will help in reducing the 'wait-to kill' time of the OS. http://justhackitdude.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-to-reduce-shut-down-time-windows-7.html2.Turn Off Aero Snap and add delay time in Aero Peek.By disabling these graphics effects, you can increase the performance of your Windows 7 system.http://justhackitdude.blogspot.com/2010/11/windows-7-registry-tweaks.html 3.Speed Up your Start Menu.There is a delay time, which is 400 microseconds by default,after which the contents of the various menus are displayed when you scroll the Start Menu. With a simple tweak, this time delay can be removed.http://justhackitdude.blogspot....
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| Windows 7 Trick : Display message before user logon |
| 2011-03-27 07:06:07 |
Before the user logs in into his account, you can display a message by doing a simple tweak in the Local Security Policy editor. This message can be anything like a security message, or an information message or just a fun message like 'Have A Nice Day' or 'Happy Computing'.Open the Security Policy Editor by typing 'secpol.msc' in the Start Menu. Go through Local Policies and then Security Options. Now perform the following steps.1.On the Right Hand side of the window locate the Interactive logon: Message title for users attempting to log on policy. Double click on it to edit it.2.Under the Local Security Settings tab, type a title that you would like the users to see for the message, and click OK. Next,3. Locate the Interactive logon: Message text for users attempting to log o...
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| Windows tweaks --2 --Change Internet Explorer Background |
| 2011-03-26 07:10:24 |
This tweak can make the Internet Explorer more interesting. This trick is done by using the Windows Registry. You can change the background of internet explorer and windows explorer. You can add an background image of the toolbars of IE and windows explorer. To do this open the windows registry editor and go to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Internet Explorer\Toolbar\. Now in the right pane create a new String Value and name it BackBitmap and modify it's value to the path of the Bitmap you want to dress it up with by right clicking on it and choosing Modify. To see the changes you need to reboot the machine....
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| How to specify executable files for Winlogon : Registry Trick |
| 2011-03-26 07:10:24 |
This registry trick will help you to specify executable files to be executed by Winlogon. These files are executed by Windows at the time of Startup.1. Open the Windows Registry.2.Create a new String value, or modify the existing value, called "System" and set it according to the value data below.System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]Value Name :SystemData Type : REG_SZ (String Value)Value Data: (default = lsass.exe)P.S. It is recommended that you take a backup of the registry before saving the above changes because if the tweak does not work then it may affect the startup process ....
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| Windows Registry Trick : Customize the System Tray |
| 2011-03-26 07:10:24 |
This tweak using the windows registry will help you customize your system tray. You can add your name or anything you like that consists of 8 characters or less. This string will replace the AM or PM next to the system time in the system tray. 1. Open RegEdit.2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International 3. Add two new String values, "s1159" and "s2359" 4. Right click the new value name and modify. Entered string should be less than 8 characters.If you enter two different values when modifying, you can have the system tray display the two different values in the AM and PM.Please Note that this trick may not work in some trial versions of an operating system. If you are using a trial version, we recommend you not to do this trick as it may corrupt the system. ...
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| Speed up your Start Menu : Windows Registry Trick |
| 2011-03-26 07:10:24 |
Here is another windows registry trick ( or tweak) by which you can spped up your Start Menu.When you click the Start menu and scroll over the various menu items such as Programs, Accessories etc , there is a time delay after which the contents of the menu are displayed. This time delay value is set to 400 by default .You can change it to 0, which means the contents will be displayed immediately. Or you can change it to any other value based on your level of comfort.Here is how you can do it.Open the windows Registry editor.Go to the following Registry KeyHKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop \ MenuShowDelaySetting for Value Data:0Exit Registry and Reboot to the machine to implement the changes....
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