Mar
30

Make A Shorcut To Start Google Chrome In Incognito Mode

Create a shortcut of Google chrome>right click on it>select properties>shortcut tab>in target paste --incognito at the end>click apply>click ok.

Mar
30

Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

Microsoft has a built in malicious software removal tool right on your system. To locate it go to my computer>drive c>windows>system 32>look for mrt>open it.

Mar
30

Stop Your Computer From Rebooting After Automatic Updates

1. Start>run>type regedit>hit enter>navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SOFTWARE>Policies>Microsoft>Windows>WindowsUpdate>AU> create/modify NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers>set the value to 1

Mar
27

Toggle Delete Confirmation

1. Right click on recycle bin>properties>global tab>uncheck display delete confirmation dialog.

Mar
27

Skip Open Web Server Prompt

1. start>run>regedit>
HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Software>Microsoft>Windows>CurrentVersion>Explorer>modify/create internetopenwith>set the value to 0.

Mar
27

Make A Shorcut To Switch Users

1. Right click on desktop>new>shortcut>paste the following, c:\windows\system32\tsdiscon.exe>click next>finish.

Mar
26

Make The Start Menu Load Faster

1. HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Control Panel>Desktop>Modify MenuShowDelay>change the value to 0 or 1

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Mar
26

Rename The Recycle Bin

1. Start>run>type Regedit>hit enter>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT>CLSID>645ff040-5081-101b-9FO8.....>modify default>Enter anything e.g. 'trash'

Mar
26

Disable Automatic Restart On Sytem Failures

1. Right click on my computer>click properties>Advanced tab>In startup and recovery select settings>uncheck automatically restart>click ok>reboot.

Mar
25

Modify Internet Explorer Title Bar

1. start>run>regedit>HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Software>Microsoft>Internet Explorer>Main>Create the Value Name [Window Title]>double click on it>in value data, enter desired text.

Mar
25

Disable The Language Bar From Auto-Starting

1. Go to control panel>regional and language options>click on the languages bar>details>language bar>uncheck 'show language bar on the desktop'

Click ok the amount of times needed.

Mar
25

Renew Your Ip Address

1. Start>run>cmd>type ipconfig/ release>hit enter>then type ipconfig/ renew>hit enter

2. You now have a new ip address.

Mar
25

Disable Google Suggestions

On the Google home page go to preferences > in query suggestions select 'Do not provide query suggestions in the search box.' Select Save.

Mar
25

Get Show Desktop Back (quick launch bar)

1. start>run>type notepad>hit enter>past the following,
[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop

2. File>save as>save it as
'Show desktop.scf' (without quotes)

3. You have now recreated the show desktop icon! Now just go back to where you saved it, and drag it over to your quick launch bar.

Mar
21

Create a Batch File To Automatically Delete System Prefetch

1. Open up notepad. Paste the following code del C:\Windows\Prefetch\*.* /Q

2. Go to file>save as>call it delprefetch.bat>select save.

Mar
19

Change The Text In The Start Menu

Note: for this tweak you will need to download the following: Resource Hacker
Note: You should backup explorer.exe and create a restore point i.e.

Backup explorer.exe: Go to my computer>local disk c>windows>then right click on explorer and click copy.


Go back to my computer>local disk c>right click>new>folder>call it backup>open it up>paste in explorer.exe

Create a restore point: Start>All programs>Accessories>system tools>system restore.


Open resource hacker, select file>open. In the dropdown menu select local disk c>windows>explorer.exe>select open.



On the left side of the screen click the plus’s next to string table>37>1033>in the dialog box highlight start and change it to whatever you want, i.e. like stop. 

Note: if your using windows classic it will be 38 instead of 37


Click “compile script”>file>save as>call it whatever you want i.e. explorerhack.exe

Now go to start>run>type regedit>hit enter>browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SOFTWARE>Microsoft>Windows NT>CurrentVersion>click Winlogon>in the dialog box double click shell>call it what you called the new start menu script, in this case explorerhack.exe



Click ok>restart your computer

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Mar
19

Cannot Create Toolbar (quick launch)

Troubleshooting method 1: select run>type IE4UINIT.EXE and hit enter.

Troubleshooting method 2: start>run>type REGSVR32 /i SHELL32.DLL

Mar
18

Disable Automatic Window Resizing In Firefox

Open a new tab>type about:config (hit enter)>you may get this message


Click 'I'll be careful I promise'>in the filter bar at the top type, resize. You should get results like this



Change the value of 'dom.disable_window_move_resize' to true

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