Archive for October, 2007

Add Administrative Tools to the Vista Start Menu

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

Sometimes as a Network Administrator I get on a home users machine and have to pause for a few seconds to get to the Administrator programs that I use to sort out the day to day trouble regular users get themselves into to.
This article will put those administrative tools in Vista at your fingertips through [...]

Restore Show Desktop Icon to the Quick Launch toolbar

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

I recently had a friend who was messing around with his desktop and accidentally deleted the Show Desktop icon from his quick launch toolbar. This useful little icon minimizes all open windows so you can get to your desktop quickly. It is not really a application but instead a script that causes all [...]

Hide All System Tray Icons Permanently

Monday, October 15th, 2007

If your like me after a few months of loading problems your system tray can get overloaded with icons. There are several ways to handle this but I am going to show you the tactical nuke option. This registry edit will permanently remove all the system tray icons.
NOTE : This post discusses changing your [...]

Change Startmenu Picture

Saturday, October 13th, 2007

If you want to have a more customized desktop you can change your startmenu picture to something different, either one of the
preinstalled ones or one of your own. This change also will be reflected on the welcome screen after bootup for the account picture.
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