Add Take Ownership to Right-Click Menu
To take ownership of a file or directory, you’d normally right click the object, select properties, open the security tab, click advanced, open the owner tab, select a new owner, then click apply.
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Disable UAC in Windows 7
Disabling the User Acceptance Control (UAC) is easy, via the control panel. But this is a geek site. We do things through the registry.
Registry Backup and Restore
Before you edit the registry, export the keys in the registry that you plan to edit, or back up the whole registry. If a problem occurs, you can then follow the steps how-to restore the registry to its previous state.
Tweak Page File for Speed
Page file size is not constant by default. Due to this, the operating system has to resize the file each time more space is required. This is a performance overhead. All you have to do is to set the file size to a reasonable limit.
Speed Up IDE with DMA
Microsoft Windows includes a Bus Mastering feature known as Direct Memory Access or DMA. When this DMA feature is enabled, it basically allows your Hard Drive and CD Rom Drive to transfer their information directly to and from memory without passing through the Microprocessor. Hence the word, Direct Memory Access.
Turn Off Automatic Defragmentation
Windows Vista uses an always-on defragment set up that isn’t that necessary and will cause your system to slow down. Remember to run a defragment manually once a month.
Turn Off Remote Differential Compression
Remote Differential Compression checks the changes of your files over a network to move them with as little bandwidth as possible instead of transferring an entire file that has previously been moved.
Active Window Tracking
Active window tracking is a feature in Windows that determines which window becomes active when you hover your mouse pointer over it. Essentially, when you move your mouse over an inactive window, that window automatically becomes the active one without requiring you to click on it explicitly.
Display Network Error Statistics
This tweak allows you display error statistics on the Network Connection Status page for LAN and WAN connections. This information may be useful in diagnosing the network reliability.
Configure Windows Software Update Services
These settings allow you to configure Windows client machines to use custom Microsoft Software Update Services (SUS) located on an internal corporate network instead of the Windows Update Internet site.