How To Change The Default Installation Folder

Most installations default to the Program Files folder, but if you want to change this

  1. Go to “HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion”
  2. Change the ‘ProgramFilesDir’ entry to point at your chosen folder
  3. Restart PC.
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How To Disable Autorun

Windows AutoRun feature is a potential security risk because it automatically runs code when you connect removable devices to your PC.
If you can put up with the inconvenience of doing things manually then it’s safest to disable it.
To disable Autorun

  1. Go to “HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\IniFileMapping”
  2. Create a key called ‘Autorun.inf’.
  3. Double-click the new key’s (Default) value and Enter the new value ‘@SYS:DoesNotExist’.
  4. Delete the Registry key ‘HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2′.

Now windows not run any code automatically on CDs, DVDs or removable drives, you will have to manually launch it.

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How To Open Multiple Instances Of Window Live Messenger

By default, Windows Live Messenger only lets you log into one account at a time.

To open multiple instances of Windows Live Messenger

  1. Go to “HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsLive\Messenger”
  2. Create a DWORD value called ‘Multiple Instances’ and set it to 1.
  3. Delete the value to restore things to the way they were beforehand.
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How To Improve Security

If strangers have physical access to your PC, it’s easy for them to plug in a USB flash drive and make copies of your data.

If you’re using Windows XP SP2 or later, though, there’s a simple way to prevent this from happening.

  1. Go to “HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies”
  2. Create a DWORD value called ‘WriteProtect’ and set it to 1.
  3. You’ll be able to read USB drives, but not write to them any more
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How to troubleshoot startup

If Windows is taking its time to start up or shut down, there might be a problem.
To find out what’s going on

  1. Go to “HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System”
  2. Create a DWORD value called ‘verbosestatus’ and set it to 1.
  3. Restart your PC
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How to remove country restrictions from youtube video

Sometimes you want to watch your favorite video from the youtube.com but you will get this error:

restriction

Youtube video link look like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEOID

In place of VIDEOID, you will find string of characters

Now copy this youtube video link & paste like this:
http://www.youtube.com/v/VIDEOID

you will get video that doesn’t care about from where you are watching

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How to jump at a particular point in any youtube or google video

To jump at a particular point in a given YouTube video
Add this to the end of the URL:
“#t=*m*s” with the * signs meaning minutes and seconds respectively.
The video will then jump to and begin from the exact point you want.

To jump at a particular point in a given Google video
Add this to the end of the URL:
“#*m*s” with the * signs meaning minutes and seconds respectively.
The video will then jump to and begin from the exact point you want.

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How To Send Any File To Any Place By Single Click

Normally if you want to send a particular file to anywhere in window XP, right click on the particular file & then the option comes “send to”.
Now what happened if we can add more locations to this “send to” option.

Follow These Steps:

  1. Go to “”C:\Documents and Settings\User_name\SendTo”
    (where User_Name is your user name)
  2. The folder will be filled with shortcuts to all the locations you find on your Send To context menu
  3. To remove an item from the Send To menu, delete the shortcut from the folder
  4. To add an item to the menu, add a shortcut to the folder
  5. Choose File -> New -> Shortcut, and follow the subsequent instructions for creating a shortcut. The new setting will take effect immediately. you don’t have to exit Windows Explorer for it to go into effect
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How to restore missing folder option in window explorer

One common problem I have seen that sometimes folder option missing in the explorer window.

Try these to restore folder option

    Solution 1:

  1. Go to Run, type “regedit” & press enter.

  2. Go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

  3. At right side, look for a value “NoFolderOptions”. Right click on it & choose “Delete”

  4. Go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

  5. Repeat Step 3

    Solution 2:

  1. Go to Run, type “gpedit.msc” & press enter.

  2. Go to User Configuration => Administrative Templates => Windows Components => Windows Explorer

  3. At the right side, look for “Removes the Folder Options menu item from the Tools menu”, right click on it & choose “Properties”

  4. Change the setting from “Enabled” to “Not Configured” or “Disabled”

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How to avoid overlapping of videos with the opt in box

When you create an opt-in box & if there exist an embedded video then the video overlap with the opt-in box. In that case embedded video covered some part of your opt-in box & page look like this

overlapping

Try this to fix it:

Add this property to embedded video code ‘wmode=”transparent”‘

In that case page look like this:

nooverlapping

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