A lot of Windows Mobile phones comes with a feature in messaging where number of deleted Messages are limited i.e the recycle bin of message box with a limit size of say 50 or 100 messages.

But its Windows OS, and Windows comes with a hidden yet powerful way of tweaking the settings using Registry. Using a free registry editor PHM Registry editor you may open the registry tree in Windows Mobile. (Analogous to typing Regedit in Windows Desktop).

At the time of of Windows boot up a popup message can be added which contains any message you wish to display. In many organizations there a display of a message whenever you boot it to display instructions or policies of Organization etc.

Here is how you can do it too :

• Open Registry Editor (Go to Start Run type Regedit & press enter)

Windows 7 makes it easy Changing the Windows log-on screen.

Go to start, and click on Run,type Regedit & press enter there.

Navigate to : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\ LogonUI\Background

Double-click the OEMBackground DWORD key

Set value of the key to 1.

Select a background image for Logon Screen with size less than 256KB in size (Use of Image Resize software like VSO Resizer can help)

Balloon notifications can be annoying many a times.Good thing is they can be disabled easily in Windows 7. To disable balloon tips in the notification area, follow these Methods:

1. Using GPEdit (Group Policy Editor)

This setting turns off the Balloon notification in the notification area using Group Policy editor .

Open Run Dialogue Box (Win + R) and type gpedit.msc

There is an issue that when ever click any drive in windows is clicked it opens it in new window and than each every single folder opens in new window.In such cases following actions can be taken to solve the problem :

1. Reset the folder options view

Organize > Folder & search Options > General > Browse Folders > Select “Open each folder in same windows”

Recently one of my friend asked me how can a USB drive be disabled on a particular computer.So its a pretty much Registry Tweak.

To disable the access to USB port, in windows XP ,Vista and Windows 7:
1.Click Start, and then click Run.
2. Type regedit, and then click OK. (Or simply open registry)
3. Navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor­
4. In the right pane, double-click Start.
5. In the Value data box, change its value to 4,which was 3 and then click OK.

Windows updates force the OS to shut down after they install.This can be troublesome many a times when you dont want to restart your PC because of some work which is ongoing.So here is how to get rid of Reboot of Windows after Windows update Installation.To prevent Rebooting a registry tweak must be done.Here are the steps:

1. Click start Orb
2.Go to Run & type regedit.

When a user gets logon You might want to have a message pop up to display a Welcome message. This can be used to display Instructions,Company Policy,User related information,any alert,warning or anything you wish to do .

Here is the procedure .Open registry by typing regedit in the Run box.Now navigate here.

Our Friend Ramesh Kumar (WindowsaValley.com) released Ultimate Windows Tweaker v2.0 . It is a freeware Tweak UI Utility for tweaking and optimizing Windows 7 & Windows Vista, all editions. You can simply download and use as a portable application. With judicious tweaking, it makes your system faster, more stable, and more secure with just a few mouse clicks.

Dear Microsoft,

Congratulations on recently releasing the Windows 7 release candidate. As I’ve mentioned before, it’s shaping into an excellent product and I have given my reasons why I think people should upgrade.