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How To Disable Windows Security Alerts Using Windows Security Center

Did you ever get annoyed when Windows Security Center keeps popping up alerts telling you that User Account has been disabled or Windows needs to be updated? If you are like me who gets annoyed like hell, all you have to do is remove both the icon and alert, which is quite easy and requires [...] (more…)

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How To Disable Automatic Driver Installation In Windows 7 / Vista

Suppose you have connected a device with your computer, Windows 7 / Vista will now automatically search for the driver and install it. If you want to select every driver manually(because you have a manual driver that is better), then you should disable automatic driver installation. To do this you don’t need to install any [...] (more…)

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How To Disable Windows Task Manager Using Registry

Note: If you are looking to enable your task manager if it got disabled by your administrator or some virus, then have a look at this post. This tip is for disabling your task manager, not enable it. Sometimes one needs to disable the task manager to give clients limited access in a network or [...] (more…)

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What Is Data Execution Prevention(DEP) And How To Disable It In Windows 7 / Vista

What is DEP ? In Microsoft’s own words, Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is a security feature that can help prevent damage to your computer from viruses and other security threats. Harmful programs can try to attack Windows by attempting to run (also known as execute) code from system memory locations reserved for Windows and other [...] (more…)

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Stop An Application From Running Automatically At Startup In Windows 7 / Vista

We covered a way to manage startup programs easily so that it  can increase system performance here almost 2 weeks back. Today we will explain another method to stop startup programs through Windows Defender that is installed by default in Windows Vista. If your computer seems to be starting up slow, it is most likely [...] (more…)

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How To Toggle Windows Vista Aero Effects On/Off With A Simple Right Click

Windows Aero is a  hardware-based premium visual experience or graphical user interface that is implemented in Windows Vista, which includes effects such as transparent glass design, subtle window animations, animated cursors, new window colors and eye candy. Aero is actually acronym for Authentic, Energetic, Reflective and Open. Windows Vista’s Aero effects are quite pleasing but [...] (more…)

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How To Disable/Turn Off User Account Control (UAC) In Windows Vista

UAC or User Access Control is a new feature of Windows Vista that is meant to enhance the security of your system. Each time an application is installed or whenever an important system change is made by the user or by a running process, the screen is blacked out and temporarily disabled and a dialog [...] (more…)

How To Disable/Remove Shutdown From Windows 7 / Vista / XP

Do you want your Computer to a Server and want to prevent it from Shutting Down? Or Do do you want to prevent anyone  from Shutting Down your PC for various reasons? There is a simple way to remove the Shut Down option from the Start Menu, Task Manager, and Command Prompt. (more…)

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How To Disable/Turn off System Restore In Windows 7 / Vista / XP

Whenever users install software program, drivers, updates, hotfixes and other system changing files, Windows Vista and Windows Xp creates a Restore Point by using System Restore, where a snapshot and stored state of important system files are backed up and copied,  If anything goes wrong such as driver not working or program causes instability to [...] (more…)