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Enabling Additional Avalon Effects

Enabling Additional Avalon Effects

Follow the steps below to add some additional desktop and explorer effects:

a) open regedit.

b) HKEY_Local_Machine > Software > Microsoft > Windows > Current Version > Explorer

c) create a new DWORD and call it MILDesktop

d) set the value of MILDesktop to 1

e) create a new DWORD and call it MILExplorer

f) set the value of MILExplorer to 1

g) exit and restart

Windows vista trick

Disable User Access Control

Disable User Access Control

a) while logged in with admin rights

b) press the key combo Win+R (the “Run command” box comes up)

c) run “msconfig”

d) go to the “Tools” tab

e) scroll down to “disable UAC” and click the “launch” button below

f) it will execute a command & leave behind a CMD window, exit that, reboot Vista

Windows vista trick

Show Administrator on Welcome Screen

a) start > run = “control userpasswords2″

b) select administrator account, click reset password (input new pass) and hit “Ok”

c) start > run = “regedit”

d) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows NT > CurrentVersion >
Winlogon > SpecialAccounts > UserList

e) create “DWORD (32bit) Value” with Value Name: Administrator and Value Data: 1

Windows vista trick

Getting Rid of Arrows on Shortcuts

a) start > run = “regedit”

b) HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT > lnkfile

c) rename ‘IsShortcut’ to ‘AriochIsShortcut’ in the right panes

d) close regedit and reboot

Windows vista tricks

Turn on File Extensions

Turn on File Extensions

a) go to any folder, e.g. Documents

b) Layout > Show Classic Menus

c) Tools > Folder Options > View Tab

d) Untick “Hide Extensions of Known File Types”

e) close, return to Layout and put it back as it was

Windows vista trick

Delete Hibernate File

When you use hibernate in Windows Vista, it creates a file called hiberfil.sys. This file can grow large and if you may want to remove it there is a simple way to delete it:

a) log on as the Administrator

b) start Command Prompt then type: powercfg -h off

c) hit enter

Windows vista trick

Remove Splash Screen in Windows Mail

Remove Splash Screen in Windows Mail

a) start > run = “regedit”

b) HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Microsoft > Windows Mail

c) set “NoSplash”=dword:00000001

d) exit and restart

Windows vista trick

Removing Tool Tips

Removing Tool Tips

1) start > run = “regedit”

2) HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Explorer > Advanced

3) set “ShowInfoTip”=dword:00000000

4) exit and reboot

Windows vista trick

Enable Auto-Log on in Windows Vista

Warning: Security Risk

1) click Start and type ‘netplwiz’ or click that name on the Start menu

2) in the GUI window that comes up, uncheck the “Users must enter a username and password

to use this computer” box

3) click ‘Apply’

4) in the new dialog box that opens type the name of the account you want to auto-logon by default (if the account is not normally passworded then it blank)

5) click OK and exit.

Windows vista trick

How to shutdown a remote computer on the network

How to shutdown a remote computer on the network

Requirement: You must have administrator rights in order to remotely shutdown a computer.

How to:

1. Start>>Run and type cmd and press Enter.

2. type shutdown /i

3. add the computers on your network ,set the display timing and enter the shutdown comment.

Note: You can know what more you can do with shutdown command by typing shutdown help

Shortcut for shutdown & restart.

Shortcut for shutdown & restart

1. Right Click on your Desktop, go to New>>shortcut.

2. Now for creating respective shortcut copy the commands given below.

Shutdown

SHUTDOWN -s -t 01

Restart

SHUTDOWN -r -t 01

3. Click next and then finish