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Change the Windows Vista Power Buttons to Shut Down
The default behaviour of the power button in Windows Vista is Sleep mode.In order to change the buttons to shutdown do the following.
1. Open “command prompt“.
2. Type the following line in the command prompt.
3. “powercfg.cpl,1” (without the quotes).
4. In the dialog, browse to “Power buttons and lid“.
5. There you can change the properties of both [...]
Disable the “Send To” Folder on the Windows Explorer
The “Send to” folder in the Windows Vista is very helpful to send the files to other locations but not for all.for those who are not using the “send to” folder menu, you can disable it by the following way. To do this,
1. Open “regedit.exe” through the start menu search box.
2. Navigate to the following [...]
How to Know about all your System Information
In order to update or upgrade your system , you must know the full Details of your system. In order to know the full details of the system including your uptime, do the following (Professional Edition only).
1. Click on the “Start” Menu.
2. In the Start menu, Click on the “All Programs“.
3. Go to the “Command [...]
Change the Folder of “Default Wallpaper” to “My Pictures” Folder
In order to Change the “Default Wallpaper folder” to the “My pictures” folder you can follow the below trick in order to use your own images right from the “Desktop Properties“.
To do this
1. Click on the “Start” Button.
2. Open the “Run” menu from it and type “regedit.exe” in order to bring the registry editor.
3. Then [...]
Disable Windows Tour
If you want to disable the “Take Tour of Windows XP” that comes up after you install WindowsXP, then follow the below tips.
Click on the “Start” Button.
Select “Run“
Type “Regedit” and press enter.
Go to “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour“.
Create a new “DWORD key” called “RunCount“.
Give it a value of “0“.
Windows Vista - Shortcut Overlay Remover
www.frameworkx.com introduces the new Windows Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover, allows you to either way to remove the shortcut overlay arrow or to even customize it in Windows Vista.
In the new version 2.0, Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover now called as Vista Shortcut Manager has added many new welcome features like:
Custom overlay icons,
Enable/Disable “-shortcut” extension, [...]
