Category Archives: Windows

How to Change a Drive Letter for a Flash Drive

You have a mapped network drive of G for example, but every time you plug your flash drive in, it takes over drive letter G. What do you do? Force your flash drive to use the same drive letter every time you plug it in or reboot. You change the drive letter for your flash drive the same… Read More »

Show hidden files and folders Doesn’t Work

A common virus disables the Show hidden files and folders function in Windows XP. Here is how to enable it again. The symptom of this problem is every time you select the Show hidden files and folders options under Folder Options, the screen just flashes when you click OK and the hidden files and folders are not unhidden.… Read More »

Add Your Own Tips

Are you sick of seeing the same tips again and again when you first logon to Windows? Now you can change them to whatever you want, whether it’s quotes, jokes or a to-do list, anything is possible. Simply open your registry and find the key below.To create a new tip, click on Edit | New | String Value… Read More »

Remove the Help Option from the Start Menu

This tweak hides the Help option on the Start Menu.Open your registry and find the key below.Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called ‘NoSMHelp’ set the value to equal ‘1’ to enable the restriction.Exit your registry, you may need to restart for the changes to take effect. Key: