Repair Windows 7 & Vista with FixWin Utility

FixWin is a 529 KB freeware portable application to repair & fix common Windows annoyances & issues. FixWin detects whether you have Windows 7 or Windows Vista installed and accordingly offers you the relevant fixes only.

The solutions to repair and fix 50 common Windows annoyances, issues & problems have been categorized under 5 tabs, viz : Windows Explorer, Internet & Connectivity, Windows Media, System Tools & Misc Additional Fixes.

It has been tested on Windows 7 & Vista, 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

I first suggest that you run the System File Checker Utility.

Next I urge you to create a System Restore Point.

Having done that, apply at most one fix at a time and restart your computer.







Source:The Windows Club

Ultimate Control Center In Windows 7

Here’s a very interesting tip for Widnows 7 users. There’s a way to manage your settings instead of launching the Control Panel.

You can access it by simply creating and opening a folder! That’s cool… isn’t it?

First create a new folder and name it ‘anywordyoulike’.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} and hit enter.

I named it ‘Ultimate Control Center.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}’

Open the folder and you will see all the different settings on your computer. The folder you just created acts as shortcut to those settings. I find it very useful and I’m sure that you will like it too.

Regards,

Prince

Burn ISO images instantly in Windows 7

They have made it easier to burn ISO images in Windows 7 by natively supporting the ability to burn ISO images directly within Windows without the need of a third party tool. None of the previous versions of Windows had this feature.

All you have to do is just right click on the image file and choose ‘Burn disk image’. This will launch the Windows Disc Image Burner. It is a very useful and simple tool. This tool is intended for newbies.

But if you are an advanced user and need more options, you should go for programs like ImgBurn.

Regards,

Prince

Improve The Performance Of Windows XP! [2]

Disable Recent Documents History

When you open a file, it is added to the 'recent documents' list. Stopping this process can improve the performance a little bit. And also you can maintain your privacy.

Here's how to do it.

• Go to Start -> Run -> type regedit and hit enter.
• Browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Policies\ Explorer.
• Create a DWORD value (right click->new->DWORD value) with the key NoRecentDocsHistory and set the value to 1.
• Close the Registry Editor and restart your computer.

Disable Prefetch

The 'prefetch' feature is the sixth sense of the operating system. It preloads programs that you use frequently. But it can reduce the amount of RAM available to you. So it is better to turn off this feature on low memory systems. Don't turn off this feature if you have more than 256 MB of RAM.

• Go to regedit
• Navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters\EnablePrefetcher]
• Set the value to 0.
  
• Close the Registry Editor and restart your computer.
  

Enjoy!
Prince