How to Free System Resources to Speed Up Important Programs / Services in Windows XP,Vista
The indexing service provides rapid access to files for a quicker search. However, it uses a lot of memory; a precious commodity. Working with bulky programs while the indexing service is running can be very slow. Indexing and other services can be started and ended using the ‘net start <service name>’ and ‘net stop <service […]
How to Remove Programs from Open With Context Menu
When you right-click on a file, one of the options you see is “Open With”. These usually contain what Windows thinks are valid programs to open particular file types. Now, sometimes, when you have bad installers or uninstallers, some programs leave their mark on this context menu. Basically, if you want to clean out this […]
Eliminate or Remove the System Tray in Vista
Windows Vista and previous versions of Windows have a system tray which allows you to access programs with ease. The tray is placed at the bottom right of the screen. You might not want to use it as tends to give the desktop a congested look. You cannot eliminate or hide it using any normal […]
Formatting Memory Cards even as a Restricted User
It is not possible to format memory cards if you have an account with restricted rights. This is irritating, since you do not always want to work on the system as administrator due to security reasons. You can activate the formatting function for restricted user accounts in both Windows XP versions – Home and Professional, […]
How to Add Copy to / Move to To The Right-Click Context Menu
Here is an extremely useful registry hack for windows XP and Vista, which adds "Copy to folder" and "Move to folder" to the right-click context menu of every file and folder. When you select, say, "Copy to folder," you’ll get an Explorer-style menu where you can navigate and choose the destination folder where the contents […]
How to Add A Command-Prompt to Right-Click Context menu of Every Folder
If you use the command line window a lot, this hack will let you open a command prompt at the selected directory. This trick will add a right click context menu option for opening Command Prompt in every folder. To perform this registry hack.. Navigate to: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell Create a new sub-key called Command under the […]
How to Remove Icons From The System Tray
System Tray Items can be irritating, mostly when it is crowded. You can remove all the items from the Tray. I can’t think of a really good use for this trick. We all use the System Tray in the Taskbar, but using this trick you can prevent any items from appearing there – except the […]
How to Solve Internet Explorer’s Compatibility Issue
IE 7 has the Web standards for rendering HTML elements, in contrast to the previous versions that had a plethora of standard-related issues. However, most Web developers had to hack their source code in “illegal” ways so that their rendering would not be broken. Many sites you will visit on the World Wide Web have […]
How To Clear Unwanted Items From Add or Remove Programs
We uninstall programs or applications installed in the computer by using Add or Remove Programs option in the Control Panel. Most of the time when you uninstall a program it gets completely uninstalled deleting all the contents of the particular software in the system. Sometimes when you uninstall a program or software it still gets […]
How to Hide Control Panel Applets
There are so many applets in the Control Panel that you never use. If you don’t want to see all of them in your control panel, this hack will let you hide applets in the Control Panel. It doesn’t enhance performance but the main use of this hack is to make the control panel look […]
How to Restore Show Desktop Icon
Sometimes, we accidently delete the Show Desktop icon in the Quick Launch menu. Although many of us use keyboard shortcut [windows] + d, there are people who still use this in quick launch. You can manually recreate it by creating a file called “Show Desktop.scf”. Open Notepad, and type in the following: [Shell] Command=2 IconFile=explorer.exe,3 […]
Enable Multiple Logins In Yahoo! Messenger
Here is an easy way to enable multiple logins in yahoo messenger. This can be used to log into more than one ID at a time in the Yahoo Messenger. It is done by this registry hack. 1. Open the Registry Editor by clicking on Start > Run and entering regedit. 2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Yahoo\pager\Test […]