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.
Category Archives: Windows
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.
Find System Uptime with XP
Click Start | Run and type cmd to open a command prompt.
Find System Uptime with Vista
Hint: It’s in Task Manager.
Find System Uptime with Windows 7
Just use the task manager!
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.
Increase Disk Performance with Disk Cleanup
Both Windows and application programs tend to leave temporary files lying around on your hard drive, taking up space. A hard drive that is close to being “full” can cause Windows to slow down or interfere with efficient disk access and virtual memory operations.