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• Open System Restore.

1. Click Start.
2. Through the All Programs menu:
3. Point to All Programs.
4. Point to Accessories.
5. Point to System Tools.
6. Click System Restore.

• Click Create a restore point, and then click Next.
• In the Restore point description box, type a name to identify this restore point as seen in Figure 1 below. System Restore automatically adds the date and time that this Restore Point is created.

Create a restore point

To finish creating this restore point, click Create.
To cancel restore point creation and return to the Welcome to System Restore screen, click Back.
To cancel restore point creation and exit the System Restore Wizard, click Cancel.

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.

  Minimize Windows Load Time (698 bytes, 290 hits)

  Default Windows Menu Load Time (702 bytes, 283 hits)

Included in Windows Vista is very useful utility to help you check the status of activation of your computer:

Use the Windows Key +R to get a Run Box.
Type in CMD and hit ENTER
At the prompt, type in “slmgr.vbs -dli” (Without the Quotes)

After a few seconds you will be presented with a pop-up message with your activation status.

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. I cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

If you are running Windows as administrator:

Use the Windows Key +R to get a Run Box.
Type in CMD and hit ENTER
At the command prompt, type in “slmgr.vbs -ipk ”
To activate windows after changing the key,
Use Windows Key +R to get a Run Box.
run “slmgr.vbs -ato”

If you are not running Windows as administrator:

Click on the Start Button and type in command prompt so that it shows up on your start menu search list.
Right click on the Command Prompt shortcut and select Run As Administrator.
At the command prompt, type in “slmgr.vbs -ipk ”
To activate windows after changing the key,
Use Windows Key +R to get a Run Box.
run “slmgr.vbs -ato”

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. I cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

The registered owner and organization can be easily changed in Windows by changing two registry keys.

• Use Windows Key +R to get a Run Box.
• Type in Regedit in the search box and hit Enter .
• Navigate through HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, SOFTWARE, Microsoft, Windows NT and CurrentVersion
• Modify RegisteredOwner and RegisteredOrganization

Reboot to see your changes.

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. I cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Speed up the Desktop on Windows 7

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.

  Speed up the Desktop (664 bytes, 885 hits)