change the windows registered owner

If you entered registered owner information incorrectly you can correct it at any time. only thing need to do is edit one registry key. here is how to do it.

• Open registry editor
• Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
• In the right side find "RegisteredOwner" key and double click to open it
• Now in the "value data" field enter the name you want to use
• Exit the registry and restart your pc

Note - if you want you can change registered organization name, just double click "RegisteredOrganization" and edit the value data as you wish.

how to display windows version in desktop

If you want you can display windows version in your desktop, you can do this by simple edit of registry. follow these steps.

• Open registry editor
• Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
• In the right side locate PaintDesktopVersion and double click to open it
• In the value data field type 1 and click ok
• Now restart the pc to changes go into effect

Note - if you want to disable this feature, just enter 0 in the value data field and restart.

view system information from command prompt

You can view number of system information's in command prompt, to see information's follow these steps.

• Start > run
• Type cmd and press enter to open command prompt
• In the command prompt type systeminfo and press enter
• In few seconds system will gather information's and automatically displayed for you
  

auto unload DLL files after exit program

With a simple edit of registry you can configure to auto unload DLL files after exiting program, follow these steps.

• Open registry editor
• Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
• Now right on explorer key and create new key
• Named the key as "AlwaysUnloadDLL"
• In the value data field set value as 1
• Restart windows for the change to take effect
  

change default locations in the save as menu

Normally when you try to save a file, it displayed default locations such as "Recent Documents / Desktop / Documents / My Computer / My Network Places". if you want you can set your own location instead of default location, here is how to do it.

• Click start > run
• Type gpedit.msc to open group policy editor
• Under "Local Computer Policy" go to the user configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Explorer > Common Open File Dialog
• Once you select Common Open File Dialog , you will notice a few settings appear in the right side of the window
• In there Double click on "Items displayed in Places Bar"
• Click "Enabled" and put your own locations to appear in the save as menu (ex - E:\ or E:\data or \\computer name\folder name
• After entering locations click apply and ok to changes go in to effect

Note - to use default locations, click "Not Configured" (or Disabled) in "Items displayed in Places Bar" window, then apply and ok.

how to remove video & image preview in xp

Normally in windows xp if you click video file or picture file, preview of that file is displayed in the left area. imagine if you have partially download video or image and when you click it Explorer tries to load the whole file, this causing slow your computer and explorer error. then you have to restart explorer, but if you clicked that file again the result will be the same. as a solution you can disable previewing option, follow these steps.

To disable video preview

• Go to start > run
• Type regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll
• Click ok
  
• This will disable preview option for video

Note - to enable preview type regsvr32 shmedia.dll and click ok.

To disable image preview

• Go to start > run
• Type regsvr32 /u shimgvw.dll
• Click ok
• This will disable preview option for image

Note - to enable preview type regsvr32 shimgvw.dll and click ok.

how to solve live messenger error 1601

Do you cant install live messenger or remove existing one to install new version? displaying error 1601, well you can solve this error by unregistering and re-registering the Windows Installer. you can try windows installer cleaner utility to fixed this problem, but if it fails try below, this will works sure..

• Click start > run
  
• Type msiexec /unregister and click ok
• This will unregister windows installer

Now re-register

• Click start > run
• Type msiexec /regserver and click ok
• This will register windows installer

Now start your live messenger installation , your problem will be fixed.

how to restrict control panel applets

There are several restrictions you can make to the Control Panel, for example we take display control panel, here is how to restrict display control panel.

• Open registry editor
• Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
• Create a new key under policies called System
• Now add new DWORD value in system and name it as NoDispCPL
  
• Now change the value data to 1
• Exit registry editor and restart pc
  

Here is some additional control panel applets you can restrict

• NoDispBackgroundPage - Hide Background Page
• NoDispScrSavPage - Hide Screen Saver Page
• NoDispAppearancePage - Hide Appearance Page
• NoDispSettingsPage - Hide Settings Page
• NoSecCPL - Disable Password Control Panel
• NoPwdPage - Hide Password Change Page
• NoVirtMemPage - Hide Virtual Memory Button
• NoFileSysPage - Hide File System Button
• NoConfigPage - Hide Hardware Profiles Page
• NoDevMgrPage - Hide Device Manager Page
• NoProfilePage - Hide User Profiles Page
• NoAdminPage - Hide Remote Administration Page

Note - to create restrictions, add new DWORD values (in system key) name the DWORD values properly (ex-NoConfigPage , NoAdminPage , ....) and change the value data to 1. you can always disable restrictions by changing value data to 0 or deleting the key

how to prevent changes to file associations

You can prevent users from changing associations in folder options (under file types tab) follow these steps.

• Open registry editor
• Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
• In the right side, create new DWORD value and named it as NoFileAssociate
• Double click to open the key and enter value data as 1
• Restart the pc to changes go into effect
  

how to gain extra free disk space for C:Drive

Does your pc's windows partition (C: Drive) running low on disk space, then consider the following thing and you can gain more extra disk space.

Clear temporary files

• In run window type temp and press enter, now delete all files and folders inside the temp folder
• In run window type %temp% and press enter, now delete all files and folders inside the folder
• Delete temporary internet files, for internet explorer read this for mozilla firefox read this

Turn off system restore

• If you want you can disable system restore feature, this saves some disk space, click here to read how to disable system restore

Disable hibernation

• Open control panel, double click power option, click hibernation tab, then deselect "enable hibernation" click apply and ok

Empty recycle bin

• Always delete files from recycle bin

Change page file to another drive

• Right click on my computer
  
• Click properties
  
• Click advanced tab
  
• Under "performance" area click settings
  
• Click advanced tab,
• Click change under "virtual memory"
  
• Now in the drive list select another drive (that has more free space)
• Click custom size and enter value (megabytes) for initial size and maximum size, then click set
• Now select the C:Drive, click no page file and click set
• Restart pc, this will clear page file from C:Drive and move page file to the drive you specified

Change temporary folders path

• Right click on my computer
  
• Click properties
  
• Click advanced tab
• Click environment settings button
• In the upper area (under user variable) you see variables for temp and tmp, click on each one and select edit, in the variable value field specify new locations for temporary folders
  
• (ex - for temp -D:\temp and for tmp D:\tmp)
• Now in "system variable" you see variables for temp and tmp, click on each one and select edit, in the variable value field specify new locations for temporary folders
• (ex - for temp -D:\temp and for tmp D:\tmp)
• After all done click apply and ok

Change my documents path

• Right click on my documents, click properties
• Under "target folder location" click move and specify new path (drive that has more space)
• When prompt click yes and files begin to moving to new location

Extra tips

• Use disk cleanup frequently
• Do not save files on desktop
• Change email store folder path to another drive
  

how to disable error reporting service

This process will show how to disable error reporting service from your pc

• First right click on my computer
• Click properties
• Now click advanced tab
• Click on the error reporting button under the "startup and recovery"
• Now select disable error reporting by clicking it
• Click ok, then apply and ok
  

clear entries from run command

When you using commands in run window, it is stored in a registry (ex- when you type regedit to open registry, this command saved in a registry location) you can remove this commands by deleting them from registry, follow these steps.

• Open registry editor
• Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU
• Now delete the keys that you dont want
• Now restart pc or Press F5 to refresh windows, this will do changes go into effect

how to remove program entry in add/remove programs

Follow these steps to remove program entry from add/remove programs

• Open registry editor
• Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
• Find the unwanted program key under uninstall key and delete it
  

how to turn off system beep sound

System beeps are useful, but you can disable this feature anytime by doing the following tweak.

• Go to registry editor
• Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound
• In the right pane double click Beep key
• Change its value to No (default value is yes)
• Now close the registry editor and restart your computer to changes go into effect
  

how to add administrator to welcome screen

No need to press Alt + Ctrl + Del twice to get login for administrator account, with a simple edit or registry you can add administrator login in welcome screen. follow these steps.

• Open registry editor
• Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList
• Right click on the key and add new DWORD value
• Open the key and put 1 for value data field
• From the next restart you can see administrator login in welcome screen
  

add " copy to , move to" for context menu

When you right click on file or folder you will see "send to" in a context menu point to different locations, imagine you want to copy or cut the selected file or folder to another location, then you have to copy the file and go to the target folder and paste the file there, that is a long way, isn't it? but instead of taking long way you can add "copy to , move to" in the context menu that appears in right click, from there you can directly copy or move the selected file with easily, here is how to add "copy to , move to" in the context menu.

Add copy to for context menu

• Open registry editor
• Navigate to the key of HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
• Right click on key, click new key
• Name it as Copy To
• Double click to open key and enter value {C2FBB630-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
  

Add move to for context menu

• Open registry editor
• Navigate to the key of HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
• Right click on key, click new key
• Name it as Move To
• Double click to open key and enter value {C2FBB631-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
• Exit the registry editor
  

Now when you right click on a file or folder, above the send to option are two new options available, they are Copy to Folder and Move to Folder You can copy or move files or folders to other folders with this. right click and select copy to folder or move to folder, then it open small window named as copy items, in there select the location expanding the folder tree and click copy or move.

how to create keyboard shortcut for programs

Using keyboard shortcut to open specific program is easy , you can open the program by pressing combined keystrokes from keyboard, this saves time for taking long way to open program, here is how to do it.

• Right click the program shortcut (ex - ms word, skype) and click properties
• In the shortcut properties (in shortcut tab) you will see area "shortcut key"
• In the typing area (usually set as none) type a key you want to use for shortcut. (ex - type W to create shortcut for ms word)
• You will see, it automatically set as Ctrl + Alt + W
• Then apply and ok
• From now on, when you press combination keys of Ctrl + Alt + W ms word will start automatically.
  

how to disable right click functionality

This registry tweak can disable right click funtion, after doing this you cant right on my computer, folder or file. for example you cant do changes in system desktop appearance, themes, and screen saver as well as other display settings.actually this prevents the menu that displayed on right click, here's how to do it.

• Open registry editor
• Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
• Now right click on the key and create new DWORD value
• Rename the key as " NoViewContextMenu "
• Double click to open the key and edit value data to 1

Now close the registry editor and restart your computer to any changes to go into effect.

Note - if you want to enable right click functionality again on desktop then simply change the value data to 0 or delete the NoViewContextMenu DWORD key.

how to prevent users changing start menu

This registry tweak can prevent users from changing your pc's start menu , not even right click. the procedure as follows.

• Open registry editor
• Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
• Right click on the key and create new DWORD value
• Rename the key as " NoChangeStartMenu "
• Double click to open the key and edit it's value to 1

After restart your pc, the settings will be affected

disable indexing service to more speedier performance

Indexing service is useful for speeder search results , but it can slow down your pc's performance. turning off this feature will no harm to your system, so if you thinking more speedier pc rather than speeder search results you can turn off this feature. follow these steps.

• Go to start > run > type services.msc press enter
• The services window will open, then find " indexing service "
• Double click to open indexing service properties
• Now in the startup type, click drop down arrow and select disable
• Click apply and ok

From the next restart indexing service stops working automatically, leaving your pc much faster than before.