• Insert the system repair disc into your CD or DVD drive.
• Restart your computer using the computer’s power button.
• If prompted, press any key to start the computer from the system repair disc.
• If your computer isn’t configured to start from a CD or DVD, check the information that came with your computer. You might need to change your computer’s BIOS settings.
• Choose your language settings, and then click Next.
• Select a recovery option, and then click Next.

Tip:
Print these instructions and keep them in a safe location with your system repair disc.

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System recovery options can help you repair Windows if a serious error occurs. To use system recovery options, you’ll need a Windows installation disc or access to the recovery options provided by your computer manufacturer. If you don’t have either of those choices, you can create a system repair disc to access system recovery options.

And, it is a very valid point. So many people lose data and things from their computer because they do not have a backup. Wheter your back up is on CD, DVD, Thumbdrive, a Network Drive, or a second or third drive in your computer, make sure you have a backup!

I you have to use a backup, you first might need to make a recovery disk.

Creating The Recovery Disk

Backup and Restore can be found in Control Panel, All control Panel Items, Backup and Restore

In the left pane, click Create a system repair disc, and then follow the steps. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

Note:
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Type Regedit in the run box.

Navigate to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control

Find the WaitToKillServiceTimeout key on the right

Double-click to edit and change it from the default 12000 (12 seconds) to 2000 (2 seconds) or above.

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Use Windows Key  +R to get a run box
Enter regedit and hit your ENTER KEY
Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse.

On the right, open the MouseHoverTime key and changes its value from the default 400 to around 150. Decreasing it further may cause problems.

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Simply insert your flash drive, and if it meets certain performance benchmarks, Windows 7 will ask you if you want to use it for ReadyBoost and recommend the size to reserve.

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Here’s another way to do it with a single mouse click. Right-click on your desktop, select New, Shortcut. In Type the location of the item, enter

rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation

Click Next, name the shortcut ‘Quick Lock’, and Finish.

If you wish, you can make it look pretty by giving it a lock or keys icon:
Right-click, select Properties, click Change Icon, enter shell32.dll, and select any icon you wish. Drag this shortcut and pin it to the taskbar, after which you can delete the desktop shortcut.

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Menu Tricks - Speed

When you mouse over the start menu, there is normally a delay of a few seconds before the sub-menu you have chosen slides open. In computer terms, those few seconds can seem like an eternity. Here’s how to make it faster.

Navigate to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

Double-click the MenuShowDelay icon on the right, and change the “Value data” box from its default of 400 to something faster, like 0.

Or if you think the menu opens too fast, you can increase that 400 to something bigger to slow the menu opening down.

When you have finished, press Enter.

You’ll now notice that the start menu opens much faster.

I have also zipped this up in a registry file.

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Goto Start Menu > Control Panel > System and Security
Click on Action Center and Expand the “Security Tab“
Click on “Choose your UAC” Level and simply move the Bar down to stop prompting.

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military or international time format

The clock now displays

clock

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These entries achieve the following:

• Automatically end the programs that are taking a long time to respond.
• Quickly terminate the programs that are hung.
• Speed up menu display.
• Speed up the display of sub menus.

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