Super Taskbar aka Superbar in Windows 7 is a handy feature which can be set up to combine Taskbar buttons from the same program and never display their labels. However, the more applications you pin to taskbar, lesser the space remains over there. To get more space on the taskbar you can adjust the widths [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 > [...]

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) [...]

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 [...]

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. Navigate to: HLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon [...]

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 [...]