Faulty Powersave Features on the LAN Card
Some Network Interface Cards (NICs) have an option to allow Windows to turn off the device to save power. While this seems like a great, green power saving idea, it can cause some real problems.
Category Archives: Hack / Tweak
Clear Unwanted Items From Add / Remove Programs
If you have a program that won’t uninstall, you could simply start in safe mode, then delete the directory where the program lives. Now you have to remove it from the Add/Remove program list. Simple, though.
Re-Enable Desktop Gadgets
Have you got tired of the alerts generated by User Account Countrol? So frustrated that you turned it down to “Never Notify”? Well, you might have noticed that you no longer have your beloved gadgets after restarting.
Change Registered Owner or Company on Windows
When installing Windows Vista, you may inadvertently misspell the Registered User or Company name. It does happen! Now you may be thinking that you have to re-install in order to fix the mistake, but not so. You can perform a small tweak to the registry to change the information as needed.
Enhance SATA with Cache
Do you have a SATA disk drive in your computer? If so, you can squeeze a little more performance out of your hard disk. This speeds up the performance of your hard disk by enhancing write caching. However, if your computer is not connected to a battery backup and you loose power you have a increased risk for… Read More »
Change Aero Peek Time Delay
Users can close windows right from the preview window and even view full size previews with Aero Peek. The changes are very useful but all are depending on the amount of time you hover over the taskbar icon with your mouse.
Disable Tabbed Browsing in IE 7
Your organization has finally made the jump, and deployed Internet Explorer 7 to the general populace. However, there are a few of the employees that do not quite get the idea of tabbed browsing. It just confuses them more. Luckily, you as a system administrator, can remotely disable tabbed browsing through a registry tweak. Sure, you could simply… Read More »
Disable or Enable Workstation Locking
Most of the time, you’ll want to lock your workstation. You may not be working with super-secret stuff, but you will want to keep your machine free of the wandering hands of your co-workers. I know some of my co-workers.
Add File Management to Context Menu
Adds “Copy To” and “Move To” options in files and folders right-click context menu.
Automatically Terminate Hung Apps
Sometimes you may experience and app that just hangs, and you are unable to close it in the normal fashion. You can use this registry change to automatically close hung apps after a specified period of time.