If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed to receive the latest updates. Thanks for visiting!Applications can easily be pinned to the start menu in Windows XP for easy access.
You can do this by right clicking the Application’s .exe file, and selecting the Pin to Start Menu option. The program [...]
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Internet Explorer, by default, shows the title of a webpage followed by the string ‘Microsoft Internet Explorer’. Like this:
How about customizing it?
Here’s how:
Open the Registry Editor by navigating to Start >> Run, typing regedit.exe and hitting Enter
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Double click Window Title and change it to what you want Internet Explorer’s title to be. [...]
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Recycle Bin - I’ve always thought I can give a better name to it.
And if you’ve wanted to do the same, why not you go ahead and rename it?
Go to Start >> Run
Type regedit.exe and hit enter to open the Registry Editor
Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
ShellNoRoam\MUICache
You’ll find probably something like this: @C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll,-8964
Change it’s value to what you [...]
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Docks are little applications that act as program launchers. They hold the shortcuts to your applications for easy access at anytime. Macs have a dock application in-built, but Windows doesn’t.
The advantages in having a dock:
Docks make your desktop pretty
Applications can be accessed instantly, saving time
You need not necessarily go to the desktop every time you [...]
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When you copy files to a folder, you may get a confirmation dialog asking you whether you wish to replace existing files. You have the option to say Yes, Yes to All and No.
How about ‘No to All‘? It’s missing, right?
You can get the No to all function by a simple trick:
Hold Shift and press [...]
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Windows sends out beeps at times when there are any problems with your PC.
Sometimes these may prove extremely annoying, and here’s how you can disable them:
1. Open the registry editor by going to Start >> Run and typing regedit.exe and hitting enter
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound
3. Double click Beep
4. Change the value to No
That’s it. [...]
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