Internet Explorer Change User Agent
Last Updated on Saturday, 8 January 2011 09:51 Written by A.Jesin Saturday, 8 January 2011 09:51
Modify the user agent string sent by Internet Explorer by editing the windows registry. Internet Explorer sends a user agent string containing information about the IE version, OS version and some other information. You can edit it to add your own personal touch or to personalize your visit to a webpage. An example for a user agent Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) if you carefully look at this string you can find that MSIE 6.0 denotes Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and Windows NT 5.1 shows the kernel version of a Windows XP operating System. Read More…
Hide Last Logged in Username in Windows (Registry Tweak)
Last Updated on Sunday, 25 September 2011 08:23 Written by A.Jesin Wednesday, 17 November 2010 10:40
Windows displays the last logged in username in the login dialog box thinking it would be useful for the same person if he or she logs in again. But it might be a security or privacy issue for some. Letting others know you’ve logged in to a particular computer might be a privacy issue for you. Even if welcome screen is enabled just hitting Ctrl + Alt + Del twice will bring up the dialog box which displays the last login username. Hiding it is a simple matter of editing a registry value. Read More…
Change Registered To in Windows
Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 November 2010 04:14 Written by A.Jesin Tuesday, 9 November 2010 04:14
For all those want your personal computer to be “personal” think again.If you bought a branded computer or got it assembled by someone else then most probably the owner of the computer is not you! no I don’t mean it literally just right click My Computer and go to properties. You’ll see some Jack and Jill’s name under the Registered To heading. Even if you desperately search the whole day to find that one option that will allow you to change the registered owner in windows you won’t find any. So the last option you might wonder is to reinstall windows. Don’t worry you don’t have to take that extreme step when you have a wonderful thing named windows registry to change your world. Just follow the steps carefully and you’ll regain your PC’s ownership. Read More…
Add Command Prompt on Right Click
Last Updated on Sunday, 7 November 2010 07:35 Written by A.Jesin Sunday, 7 November 2010 03:47
A registry tweak for command line warriors, even with the latest Windows AERO theme power users still prefer the command prompt to accomplish certain tasks. But navigating through folders and subfolders is painful especially if the folder names are long containing numbers and alphabets like a3f5a2ed3eea41ec9b2198da. Add a command prompt option to the context menu so that you can simply right click any folder select “Command Prompt” and the Command prompt opens with the specified folder as the working directory. Read More…
Add Copy To and Move To in the Context Menu
Last Updated on Friday, 5 November 2010 04:08 Written by A.Jesin Friday, 5 November 2010 04:08
This registry tweak adds great productivity to the Windows Operating System by reducing the number of clicks needed to copy or move the file. Usually when you want to copy a file to some other location what do you do? select the file, press Ctrl + C go to the destination and press Ctrl + P to paste the file. Or from the source you can select the file go to Edit -> Copy To Folder and select the location. But how cool it would be to get the options “Copy To” and “Move To” to the context menu when you right click a file or folder. Tweak your windows registry and brag among your friends on how you reduced the number of clicks. Read More…
Disable Right Clicking on the Desktop
Last Updated on Thursday, 4 November 2010 07:05 Written by A.Jesin Thursday, 4 November 2010 07:05
This is a registry tweak is very useful for System Administrator and browsing center owners. Many users keep changing the desktop wallpapers and screensavers create new files and folders at the drop of the hat but after applying this registry tweak you can put a fullstop to all this. But as always be careful while editing registry values and ensure you take a backup of your registry before proceeding and read every step carefully. Read More…
