Category Archives: Microsoft

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.

Hide Drives and Partitions

Do you have data on a partition or hard drive that you don’t want tampered with or easily accessible to other users? Well, you can hide any drive/partition in Windows XP, NT, and 2000. That means that they won’t show up in Explorer or My Computer.

Windows Installer Fix

Do you experience this kind of problem whenever you attempt to install an application in windows box (2k, xp)? “The Windows Installer service could not be accessed.

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.

Remove Default Admin$ Share

By default Windows 2000, Windows XP and WinNT automatically setup hidden admin shares (admin$, c$ and d$), this registry key will disable these hidden shares.