Some more Windows shortcuts now - these quick tips will save you a little time, and are mostly based on the Windows (flag) key.
Before going into those shortcuts, let me mention the shift key. Many people don’t realise that holding down the shift key has a couple of uses. Firstly hold down shift when deleting […]
This little trick is an easy way to begin the process of converting your Fat32 formatted hard drive to NTFS. The command is simple, and you are then prompted (if it’s the drive your Operating System is installed to) to either dismount the file system (not recommended) or whether to perform the conversion at the […]
Although this is not the most needed tip, it can still be useful - particularly if you have installed some ISP software which adds their name to your Internet Explorer title bar.
Either you can directly edit the key in the registry (regedit.exe) or alternatively save the following into a .reg file (e.g. IE_Title_Change.reg)
Windows Registry Editor […]
If Windows informs you that a reboot is required after a registry change - you can sometimes get round it by restarting the registry.
To do that:-
Open Task Manager (ctrl-shift-esc)
click on the processes tab
find ‘explorer.exe’
right click on explorer and choose ‘end process’ - click ‘yes’ to confirm
** Don’t worry about the taskbar disappearing - that’s […]
Have you had an error along the lines of: 16-Bit Windows Subsystem. An installable Virtual Device Driver failed Dll Initialization?
This is easy to fix, but requires a bit of work in the registry.
So…
Open the registry editor ‘Start - Run - regedit’ and press enter
navigate to HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
Find the key named ‘VirtualDeviceDrivers’ and delete it
Create a new […]
