Now we download stuff almost daily. New products pop out so often. You can use any software forever you want. You can download trial version, right. Trial version expires after some days. You can stop that expiration. You can tell trial version of the software to not count days or do not bother about time. [...]

Task manager is a powerful Windows tool for managing system services, processes, monitoring system activity and starting or closing applications. It is basically extended version of run box and it comes very handy to operate within Windows system. That’s way many system administrators prefer to disable task manager on public computers to restrict access to [...]

Allowing Network Access with Blank Passwords (XP and Vista)
Although you can log in locally without a password, by default, WindowsXP Pro does not allow network users to access the computer without a password. Typically you will receive an Unknown error 31 if this is the case.
To change this setting:
Run gpedit.msc
Go to Computer Configuration / Windows [...]

Here are some useful hacks for Windows Vista. As usual, back up your registry before you try them.
To change the name of the registered user or company,browse to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\ CurrentVersion
and look for RegisteredOwner and RegisteredOrganization. Double click on them and change the values.
Slow down animations
If you have a sufficiently powerful machine and love the animations [...]

If you dont like the shortcuts on your multimedia keyboard jsut because they launch the default programs given by windows then here is a way to change them.
Internet key
Open the Registry Editor and navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AppKey\7
Right-click in the right column and create a new String called ShellExecute Set the value as the application path, for example, [...]

Creating a desktop shortcut for locking your comp!
If you use your computer in an area where others may have access to it, and there are things on your system you would rather have kept confidential, locking your desktop when you leave the computer is an essential task. Here’s a recipe for a desktop shortcut that [...]

Would you prefer to display your shortcuts without the arrow in the bottom left hand corner? This tip will show you how to change the arrow icon or remove it completely
To remove the shortcut arrows:
Method 1:
1. Open your notepad or any script editor
2. Copy and paste the script below into you notepad and save the [...]

Just a little thing if you are really bored and have nothing better to do,
and want to customize your pc a bit.
It’s not particularly useful,
To change the name of recycle bin or rename recycle bin in Windows XP,
Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows Me, Windows 98 or Windows 95, just edit a registry value:
1. Open registry [...]