Recent Posts Tagged With 'registry'

• How to Accommodate More Open Programs on the Taskbar

  Posted on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 at 09:41 in tips, registry

  Space on the Windows Taskbar is very limited. If you open too many programs, Windows forces you to scroll inconveniently to see all the buttons. To switch between applications, you must then click your way through with small arrows to the correct pag...

• .reg files Open With Notepad?

  Posted on Sunday November 15th, 2009 at 05:21 in tips, registry

  Sometimes you may double-click any registry file it opens  with Notepad instead of automatically being entered into the registry.You might have accidentally associated the ‘.REG’ files to open with Notepad. You have two ways to overcome this...

• Disable Writing to USB Drives in XP(SP2)

  Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 17:17 in tips, Protection, usb, registry

  If your system is being used by multiple users, then there is a huge possibility of data being leaked  from your system.They can simply plug in a USB device and copy sensitive data.If you are concerned about   data security  , you...

• How to correct Mixed up Icons in XP

  Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 21:40 in tips, windows, registry

  Your OS has been behaving weirdly,with the icons in ‘My Computer’ on the Desktop and the Quick Start bar have been changing of their own free will. There are several reasons why this could happen. This can happen if Windows no longer updates the ...

• Prevent Irritating System Error Messages and Work Safely.

  Posted on Tuesday October 6th, 2009 at 20:23 in tips, registry

  Some applications with numerous windows are already running and this is what happens when you start another program: Windows refuses to open it,showing an error message which says “Out of memory”. But the Task Manager shows sufficient physical me...

• Glary Utilities 2.16.0.758

  Posted on Monday September 28th, 2009 at 21:23 in freeware, repair, Privacy, spyware, registry, optimizer, systemanalysis

  Do you have a Windows PC that seems much slower than it once was?Think of all of the things you do when you are online.  You may download files, share networks, put more things on your hard drive.  Some software files may be huge.  The...

• MSCONFIG Access Denied Error

  Posted on Monday September 21st, 2009 at 11:44 in tips, repair, windows, spyware, registry

  Many of us have been  using msconfig  to get rid of unwanted startup programs .It has worked using the startup tab to disable programs until recently . Even though you are logged as a user that has admin privilege ,suddenly when you start t...

• Close Running Programs Faster When Shutting Down the PC

  Posted on Friday September 18th, 2009 at 11:04 in tips, windows, registry

  If Windows cannot end a running task when shutting down, it requests the user to do so. This query is redundant in most cases and is not really required since you want to end the respective task anyway.   A registry edit  exclusively supp...

• Making Better Use of the Taskbar

  Posted on Wednesday September 16th, 2009 at 22:08 in tips, windows, registry

  The width of the buttons of running programs in the taskbar is restricted.You may noticed that even if only one program is open, its complete name is not visible .In such cases,you would like the button in the taskbar to be bigger.When several symbol...

• PC Cleaner & Optimizer - TweakNow PowerPack 2009

  Posted on Tuesday July 7th, 2009 at 05:12 in utility, registry, optimizer, systemanalysis

  TweakNow PowerPack is a fully-integrated suite of utilities that let you fine-tune every aspect of your computer's operating system and Web browser.It provides more than 100 hidden Windows settings in the Windows Secret section.To keep your computer ...

• A Handy Tool to Clean Your Computer-YourCleaner

  Posted on Sunday June 28th, 2009 at 04:09 in freeware, repair, utility, registry, System tools, optimizer

  Your Cleaner is a free system optimization and cleaning tool. It removes space-wasting temporary files and other unnecessary disk cluttering files from your computer .Bu using Your Cleaner  Windows to work faster and freeing up valuable hard dis...

• Access Denied to gpedit.msc(Group Policy Editor)

  Posted on Saturday June 27th, 2009 at 21:10 in tips, registry

  Sometimes  you wanted to open the Group Policy editor for some work, you may  getting an Access is Denied Error.Other commands like services.msc, devmgmt.msc, compmgmt.msc,lusrmgr.msc etc may also not work.   First scan  your co...

• Manipulating Thumbs.db Files

  Posted on Friday June 12th, 2009 at 19:47 in tips, windows, registry

  Windows Explorer shows thumbnails for graphic files. In order to view them quickly, Windows saves the previews in the “Thumbs.db” file. These occupy quite a few megabytes of memory,which you can put to a better use.   Restrict the amount o...

• How to Remove 'Groove Folder Synchronization‘ From Context Menu

  Posted on Sunday May 17th, 2009 at 11:30 in tips, office, registry, folder

  Those who are using Office 2007 , will notice an extremely annoying option on the right click context menu of everything - “Groove Folder Synchronization”     You can remove the Groove Folder Synchronization from the context menu ...