Change OEM branding of the Welcome Center
2 October 2008 by Snakefoot | No Comments » | Trackback OffThe Welcome Center applet can be modified to display OEM name and logo.
Category: Windows Vista » Desktop »
Restore search context menu option in Vista SP1+
2 October 2008 by Snakefoot | No Comments » | Trackback OffThe "Search..." context menu option has been removed with Windows Vista Service Pack 1
Configure automatic detection of folder type
16 November 2007 by Snakefoot | 2 Comments » | Trackback OffWindows Explorer tries to guess how to display a directory, by looking at the files within.
Configure the thumbnail cache for picture preview
17 September 2007 by Snakefoot | No Comments » | Trackback OffThe thumbnail cache allows the Windows Explorer to show preview of pictures, but also makes the browsing slower.
Activate Aero Interface on Windows Vista Home Basic
2 July 2007 by Snakefoot | 19 Comments » | Trackback OffBypass the restriction of not being able to use the Aero interface on Windows Vista Home Basic.
Send To Toys
2 July 2007 by Snakefoot | No Comments » | Trackback OffUtility that can extend the functionality of the sendto context menu.
Faster start menu search by not searching all files
2 July 2007 by Snakefoot | No Comments » | Trackback OffThe start menu search in Windows Vista will by default search all folders and files in My Documents folder.
Remove drive-letters for removable drives from Send-To
2 July 2007 by Snakefoot | 10 Comments » | Trackback OffConfigure whether it should display removable drives like Floppy, DVD and Network drives in the Send To context menu.
Change OEM branding of the system information applet
2 July 2007 by Snakefoot | No Comments » | Trackback OffThe System Information applet can be modified to display OEM name and logo.
Change the display of drive-letters in Windows Explorer
16 March 2006 by Snakefoot | No Comments » | Trackback OffControl in what order the drive letter and label should be shown in My Computer.
Configure the file association for unknown file types
19 November 2004 by Snakefoot | No Comments » | Trackback OffChange whether it should use the Internet to determine what application to use for opening a file of an unknown type.
Configure the explorer file sort to be like in Windows 2000
10 January 2003 by Snakefoot | No Comments » | Trackback OffWindows Explorer file sorting can be changed from logical number compare to just one digit at a time.
Creating the Show Desktop shortcut
1 January 2001 by Snakefoot | 4 Comments » | Trackback OffThe Show Desktop shortcut in the quick launch bar can be restored if deleted.
Create keyboard shortcut to quickly launch a program
1 January 2001 by Snakefoot | 6 Comments » | Trackback OffHow to configure a keyboard shortcut as a hotkey to quickly start an application.