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Friday, April 12, 2013

Change the Default Location for Installing Programs


Windows uses the C:/Program Files directory as the default base directory into which new programs are installed.

However, you can change the default installation drive and/or directory by using a Registry hack. Run the(open run type regedit hit enter) Registry Editor and go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion
Look for the value named ProgramFilesDir. By default, the value will be C:/Program Files. Edit the value to any valid drive or folder

Windows will use that new location as the default installation directory for new programs.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

How to Turn Your Num Lock On Forever?


You can set your Num Lock to stay on by default when you logon your system.

There are two different techniques to set Num Lock stay on by default.

If you can use Registry Editor correctly then Click on start button and type Regedt32.exe in Run command. Here Navigate to HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Keyboard and change the value for InitialKeyboardIndicators from 0 to 2.

You can do same by configuring the script to change the NUM LOCK state. Click Start button and then open Notepad. Copy the giving code and paste in Notepad.

set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

WshShell.SendKeys "{NUMLOCK}"

Now save this file with name "num.vbs" must including the quotes. At the end copy this file to user startup folder. The path for this folder is Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.

Now restart the computer. Num Lock should come on and stay on.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Getting system properties faster : [shortcut key]

This tweak is for those of you who consider right-clicking on My Computer, and then going down to the properties menu, a bit time consuming. Instead, to bring up the System Properties menu faster, do the following: 

* Hold down the Windows Key on the keyboard, and then press Pause/Break. (WinKey + Pause)*