You can feel a slight improvement of your computer if you use boot time defragmentation. We are sorry about the video quality, but as you can well guess, it's not one of ours.

Tutorial tags: speed, boot, defragment

If Windows Explorer need to be restarted you don't need you reboot. This is how you can do it.

Also works in Windows Vista.

Tutorial tags: restart, windows explorer

When you use Windows Explorer and want to access the menu you must press the ALT key. Here is how to always make the menu visible.

The Group Policy you must edit is located in User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Explorer.

Tutorial tags: windows explorer, menu, vista

If you share your computer with someone else and you don't want your Internet Explorer homepage to be changed - by someone or maybe other software - this is how you can do it.

If you don't have the Run command in your Vista Start Menu you can add it by following this tutorial. Meanwhile you can press the "Win key + R" combination and the Run command will pop! :)

Type in "gpedit.msc", then navigate to "User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Internet Explorer".

Tutorial tags: vista, internet explorer, custom homepage

The Registry location where you need to add is "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer" and the new key you must add is "NoDrives".
More details in the video!

!Caution! Registry editing is dangerous! Please review this tutorial if you're not sure about what you are doing!

Tutorial tags: hide, drive, xp

If you don't have it and miss it, this is how you can enable it :)

Tutorial tags: vista, enable, run, command

If you use some 3rd party burning software for your CDs/DVDs (Nero, Roxio, CDRWIN) then Vista's burning feature is obsolete, might as well remove it.

You can open up the "Run" dialog by pressing the "Win key + R" combination.

The Registry location where you must add the key is "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer" and the new key is a DWORD (32bit) called "NoCDBurning"

!Caution! Registry editing is dangerous! Please review this tutorial a couple of times of you're not sure what to do!

Tutorial tags: burn, feature, remove

This is how you can add your custom OEM information to your computer's properties.

Things you must know:
1. You must save a BMP picture (100x100 pixels preferred) in C:\windows\system32\.
2. The location in the Registry where you must add new keys is "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Current Version \ OEMInformation".
3. The new key names are "Logo" where you put the address of the saved image (ex: C:\windows\system32\[anyname].BMP) and "Manufacturer" where you write anything you want.

!Caution! Registry editing is dangerous for your computer. Please review this tutorial a couple of times so you can be sure you're doing it right!

In the video I created the registry key "Logo" first with a path and a name for the file, so when i saved the picture from Paint I had to use the exact same path and name! They are not mandatory, but adviced!

Tutorial tags: XP, custom OEM, information

Windows Vista comes with a feature called "indexing service" which improves desktop search. It searches your computer a lot faster, but there's a down side. A good searching software indexes files or emails only when your computer is idle, but not this one.

So if you use an alternative software like "Google Desktop Search" or if you don't use it often, we recommend that you disable it for good to improve perfomance. This is how you do it.

Tutorial tags: disable, indexing, performance

This will help you prevent Windows Defender from starting up. You can stop it !!!ONLY IF YOU HAVE SOME ALTERNATIVE ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE!!! like Norton, McAfee, Kaspersky etc. We recommend Norton 360, nice piece of protection software, you can give it a try - see the left menu with our recommended software. But if you do have some alternative, the Windows Defender is practically unuseful, it just takes up resources.

To open up the services list just hit Win key + R which brings up the Run menu, then type in "services.msc".

Tutorial tags: disable, windows defender, resources