Category Archives: Windows

How to Find an App’s Registry Settings

Applications usually scatter their configuration settings all over the Windows registry when they are installed, but in general there are two places you can find these settings in case you want to modify them or troubleshoot something. Specifically, per-user application settings are usually found in the following key or something like it:

Enable/Disable System Restore

Windows XP has a feature System Restore which allows users to restore Windows settings and configurations to an earlier point in time (called Restore Points). An administrator can turn off the System Restore feature. This tip gives you the registry hack to disable user access to the System Restore menu option in the Start menu and Control Panel.… Read More »

Fix for Empty Add/Remove List

When you try to use the Add/Remove Programs feature in the Windows XP control panel, you may have a problem because the list of programs or currently installed programs comes up blank and never appears.

Remove Antivirus 2008 / 2009 etc.

Antivirus 2009 is a new rogue anti-spyware program. It is also a clone of Antivirus 2008 – also a rogue, and one that’s produced more clones than any other recently. The list of these clones is long: System Antivirus 2008, Ultimate Antivirus 2008, Vista Antivirus 2008, XP Antivirus 2008 etc.

Default IE To Full Screen Mode

Most people don’t know you can run Internet Explorer in Full Screen mode.  Full Screen mode allows you to see more of the pages you are surfing, without the need to scroll around, and reduces the clutter of the taskbar, sidebar, etc.

Use Registry to View Installed Patches

This info is especially useful to system administrators, but other power users should find this useful. Periodically Microsoft releases Hot Fixes to patch bugs in Windows and other products, this key contains information about which Hot fixes have been installed.