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:

Disable Explorers default context menu

Removes the context menu that would normally appear when the user right clicks on the desktop or in the Explorer right results pane. (This option was added in Service Pack 2.)

Disable context menus for the Taskbar

Removes the context menus for the tray, including the Start button, Tab control, and Clock. (This option was added in Service Pack 2.) Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]Value Name: NoTrayContextMenuData Type: REG_DWORDData: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

History of the OSI Reference Model

Looking at the origins of the OSI Reference Model takes us back to several issues that were discussed in the Networking Fundamentals chapter of this Guide; specifically, I am talking about standards and standards organizations. The idea behind the creation of networking standards is to define widely-accepted ways of setting up networks and connecting them together. The OSI… Read More »

Network Topology Overview

Here you will learn network topology introduction, how computers get connected, bus, star, hub, hybrid, mesh, tree topologies and network physical design. In Computer Networking “topology” refers to the layout or design of the connected devices. Network Topologies can be physical or logical. In this section I will illustrate on the different types of the topologies.

How to Clean the Start Menu

The start menu of the Windows XP is populated with the number of shortcuts and newly installed programs. If you want to remove any of the programs from the start menu just right click on that program and click “Remove from this list”. The program will be removed from the start menu. Additionally, there are certain programs at… Read More »