Category Archives: Windows

Speed Up Start Menu Search

Method 1: Registry Hack. Method 2: Start Button.

Disable Old School Name Creation

By disabling 8.3 name creation, as well as disabling low disk space checking, you can enjoy a slight disk performance increase.

To disable certain IPv6 components in Windows Vista, follow these steps: Note:- If the DisabledComponents entry is unavailable, you must create it. To do this, follow these steps: Type any one of the following values to configure the IPv6 protocol, and then click OK: Now You must restart your computer for these changes to take affect.

Vista Sidebar SCOM Info

Microsoft has released a sidebar gadget, which you can download here, that gives insight into the SCOM environment for your organization.

Determine Users Last Logon Location

If you enable auditing for the Audit account logon events category on Win2K domain controllers (DCs), you”ll see event ID 672.

Windows Indexing Service

The Windows Indexing Service provides you with the ability to perform advanced searches on directories located on your computer and on shared directories on the network. The Indexing Service was introduced with IIS (Internet Information Services) and is now installed with Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

Restricting Applications Users Can Run

Windows gives the ability to restrict the applications that can be run by users on a workstation.

Allow IE More Download Threads

Have you ever tried to download more than 2 files from the same website and noticed the third download doesn”t start until one of the prior two are done? The reason for this is that the HTTP 1.1 spec says that only two connections may be allowed at a time, so your browser adheres to that limit. We… Read More »

Run Control Panel Applets from a Command Prompt

This handy little chart shows you which commands to issue at the command prompt to start control panel applets. Very handy for keyboard commandos. Applet Name Filename Accessibility Controls access.cpl Add/Remove Programs control appwiz.cpl Add Hardware Wizard hdwwiz.cpl Automatic Updates wuaucpl.cpl Date/Time Properties control timedate.cpl Display Properties control desk.cpl or control desktop Display Properties “Appearance Tab Preselected” control… Read More »

How To Add A URL Address Bar To The Taskbar

You can add an Internet URL address bar to your Windows XP taskbar. Doing so will let you type in URLs and launch Web pages without first launching a browser. It will also let you launch some native Windows XP applications in much the same way as you would via the Run menu (so you could type in… Read More »