Your Hidden Windows 7 Trick (that also applies for Windows 8)
For all of you StarCraft players, can you still play a game without using hotkeys? Probably so but you would most likely get beat and would most certainly be slower. Hotkeys simply let you get to where you want to go faster! Wouldn’t it be awesome to have your own personal hotkeys in Windows 7?
Categories: Tweaks, Windows 8 Tags: GPO, Group Policy, StarCraft
Adding the TechNet Library to IE
The TechNet Library is easily my most used technical resource. I used to keep a tab open constantly so I could easily search TechNet for the up to date documentation or references that I needed.
Now, I have added TechNet as a search option within Internet Explorer. Here is how you can do the same!
Categories: Admin, Troubleshooting, Tweaks, Utilities Tags: Add-on, Internet Explorer, Technet
Modifying Windows Error Reporting
If you need to configure how Windows systems behave when reporting errors, various Group Policy settings would allow you to modify the default behaviour. For instance, you can disable the display of error messages during critical errors.
Categories: Admin, Tweaks Tags: error reporting, errors, gpedit, gpedit.msc, Group Policy, report
Always open All Control Panel Items when opening Control Panel
The default behaviour of the Control Panel view is to load the view selected in your last Control Panel session. If you need to change this default behaviour and force Control Panel to display all items upon loading then you can either tweak the registry or use Group Policy to set a default view irrespective of your last session modifications.
Categories: GUI, Tweaks Tags: control panel, ForceClassicControlPanel, gpedit, Group Policy, regedit, registry, view
Hidden secrets the average user doesn’t know about Windows 7
There are a variety of tips and system tweaks that can be applied to Windows 7 to offer better convenience and other useful features for the user. Tweaks range from easier access to files, the ability to incorporate an Internet search from the start menu and other option-settings for a quicker user-session.
Categories: GUI, Tweaks Tags: gpedit.msc, Group Policy, netplwiz, Quick Launch, Search, Start Menu, SuperBar, taskbar, toolbar
Registry setting for User Account Control (UAC)
User Account Control (UAC) is a Windows 7 in-built tool that protects your system and alerts you when you are executing some task that requires administrator privileges, however, if you would like to know how to disable UAC from the registry, here is the info:
Categories: Admin, Tweaks Tags: regedit, registry, REG_DWORD, security, UAC, user account control, XP
Encrypting the Pagefile
In high-secure environments the Windows system pagefile may pose a risk to confidentiality and integrity of sensitive data. Sensitive data may still reside in the system pagefile which can be exfiltrated by attackers with the help of specialized tools. In such high-security scenarios, one would need to take the proper measures to safeguard systems pagefiles.
Categories: Security, Tweaks Tags: data, encryption, fsutil, NtfsEncryptPagingFile, Pagefile, regedit, registry
