show your own tips on start up

Now show your own tips on start up.

Open your registry and find the key below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer\ Tips

Create a new string value named by incrementing the existing value names and set it to the required tip text.

Delete particular url from IE history

This is a simple trick I think most of us know but it may sound good for newbies or whoever don't have a idea about this trick. No need to delete complete history and type repeated url s again next time just for the sake of removing specific URL .

Go to:

Registry editor

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs

in the right pane you'll see the urls .. jus delete the one which you don't want to appear again in IE add bar.

Note::

Use registry editor carefully. Make a back up of the registry before carrying out any tweaks.

Clicking AVI Files causing 100% CPU Usage

Well windows seem to have a REALLY big problem when it comes to reading AVI files. It seems that when you click on an AVI file in explorer, it'll try to read the entire AVI file to determine the width,height, etc. of the AVI file (this is displayed in the Properties window). Now the problem with Windows is that if you have a broken/not fully downloaded AVI file that doesnt contain this info, Windows will scan the entire AVI file trying to figure out all these properties which in the process will probably cause 100% CPU usage and heavy memory usage.

To solve this problem all you have to do is the following:

1. Open up regedit

2. Goto HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler

3. Delete the "Default" value which should be "{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}"

Voila! Please not that this will no longer provide you with the windows properties displaying the AVI file information such as width, height, bitrate etc. But its a small price to pay for saving you resources.

Note::

Use registry editor carefully. Make a back up of the registry before carrying out any tweaks.

Exporting a registry

We all know tweaking with registry is so much fun. But if this tweaking is done improperly, it may cause some programs to malfunction. So Play Safe, make a backup copy of registry before carrying out any of the tweaks.

Exporting the registry(making a back up copy):

First press ctrl+R to open up Run command.

Now type 'regedit' (without quotes) and press enter.

In the registry editor screen, file>export.

Select 'export range' as all and save it as .reg

Now carry out any tweaks you want and in the middle if anything goes wrong simply import the file you have saved.

Importing the registry:

Simply open the .reg file you have saved.

or, in the registry editor click file>import and select he file you want to import.

Pop up a msg on start up

This Trick pops up a Message Box on Start Up !

** You Must Have Administrator Privileges !

Start>Run

type: regedit

This will open the ' Registry Editor ' !

Now,

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WinLogon

Now, on the right hand side :

Right Click>New>String Value

Name it : LegalNoticeCaption

Now, double click it and in value data feild write the text that you want in the title of the Message Box !

Now Again : 

Right Click>New>String Value

Name it : LegalNoticeText

Now, double click it and in value data feild write the text that you want to display in the Message Box !

Note::

Use registry editor carefully. Make a back up of the registry before carrying out any tweaks, this can be done by using the export feature from the file menu.

Change the location of Program Files Directory

Start run from the start menu or press 'windows+R' then type 'regedit' and press enter. Click continue if the the UAC dialog appears.

In regedit Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

Find the key called ProgramFilesDir on the right pane

Double click it to modify and now change the path to a specified folder. Click ok and close the registry.

Tip: 
Dont add a '\' on the end of the location, for example c:\program files as opposed to c:\program files\

You can also find Common Files path, Device Driver path, Media Path, Wallpaper directory in this location

For system and special folders use:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

Note::

Use registry editor carefully. Make a back up of the registry before carrying out any tweaks.