Archive for ខែ កក្កដា 3rd, 2008
Disable Shortcut Icon Arrow Overlay in Windows Vista
The shortcut icons in Windows Vista have Huge arrows on them. If you are worried about the look of your desktop, you may not want to see the ugly arrows. Here’s some before and after pictures so you’ll know what to expect:
Default:
Shortcut Arrow Removed:
Note: Because so many people have written in about problems with the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Make User Account Control (UAC) Stop Blacking Out the Screen
In Windows Vista, the screen goes dark when the User Account Control window comes up, which is extremely annoying. They call it the “Secure Desktop”.
Note that this will make your system less secure before proceeding.
Windows Vista Business/Ultimate Users
Click on start > Setting > Control Panel > Administrative Tools> Local Security Policy:
In the Local Security Policy [...]
Hack Vista’s screensavers
For reasons inexplicable to mere mortals, Microsoft doesn’t allow you to customize how Windows Vista’s screensavers work — for example, by changing how the bubbles look in the Bubbles screensaver, or the number or thickness of the ribbons in the Ribbons screensaver.
If you’re willing to get your hands dirty by using the Registry, though, you [...]
Increase Vista External USB Hard Drive Speed
This tweak will increase the performance of your external hard drive (s) by turning write caching on as well as activating advanced performance.
In Windows Vista, write caching isn’t enabled by default because removable devices could lose data if removed too quickly. This is great for USB thumb drives that are frequently inserted and removed, [...]
