Enable or disable Windows Task Manager

disable-task-manager Task manager is a powerful Windows tool for managing system services, processes, monitoring system activity and starting or closing applications. It is basically extended version of run box and it comes very handy to operate within Windows system. That’s way many system administrators prefer to disable task manager on public computers to restrict access to Continue reading

Get Windows 7 features in Vista and XP

Donald We all love shortcuts, be it in traveling or our mobile or our computer and and Windows 7 brings a bunch of new ones to the party. For example, you can press Windows-Space to make all your open windows transparent or Windows-Home to minimize all windows except the one you’re using. Well Satish, that sounds Continue reading

Hike your vista performance rating

The Windows Experience Rating is sort of like a system performance gauging system that you only find in Vista . While many complain that it’s flawed and unfair at times, there’s a way to fool Vista. Basically, we change the performance figures in the XML that holds the scores for each of the subsystems. To Continue reading

Windwos Vista registry hacks

Here are some useful hacks for Windows Vista. As usual, back up your registry before you try them. To change the name of the registered user or company,browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\ CurrentVersion and look for RegisteredOwner and RegisteredOrganization. Double click on them and change the values. Slow down animations If you have a sufficiently powerful Continue reading