Windows 7
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Show a Useful Long Date
- Open "Region and Language" settings
- Click "Additional settings..."
- Select the "Date" tab
- Set "Long date:" to
ddd, dd MMM yyyy
Make Device Manager Show Disconnected Devices
@echo off set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1 start "" devmgmt.msc
Disable "These files may be harmful to your computer" Security Warning
- Start IE
- Press <alt + t>, <o>
- 'Security' Tab
- 'Local Intranet'
- Move slider to 'Low'
- Press <alt + s>, <alt + a>
- Add any IPs, machine names, etc... that you want to permit in (no wild cards, DNS, x.x.x.x/x notation)
- Press okay, and close IE
- Restart any open explorer windows
Disable thumbs.db
- Start gpedit.msc
- Go to: User Configuration/Administrative Template/Windows Components/Windows Explorer
- Enable Turn off caching of thumbnail pictures and Turn off the caching of thumbnails in hidden thumbs.db files
Note: In Win8, its called File Explorer not Windows Explorer
125% DPI
If you were unlucky and Windows decided that it 'knew better' and that you wanted bigger stuff, you may have issues with oversized fonts even after you turn the setting back to 100% DPI. ref
Use the following registry file to fix this:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts] "MS Sans Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24"="SSERIFE.FON" "MS Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24"="SERIFE.FON" "Courier 10,12,15"="COURE.FON"
Verify System Files
sfc /scannow
Verify Drivers
More info here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/244617
# Verify all the drivers in the system verifier /all # Dump the current Driver Verifier status and counters to the standard output verifier /query # Dump the current Driver Verifier settings to the standard output verifier /querysettings # Erases all current Driver Verifier settings verifier /reset
- Win + Break
- Click "Advanced system settings"
- Select the "Advanced" tab
- Click "Settings" in the "Performance" section
- Uncheck "Fade out menu items after clicking"
- While you're at it, uncheck "Fade or slide menu items into view"
- Click "OK", "OK"
Remove a stuck item
If you've already got a stuck item, you can remove it by running the following:
tskill dwm