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Disable Rollback feature of Windows Installer in Windows 8 | 7

One of the best thing of Windows is the big platform support for tons of software. Windows users always enjoy this fact and test or use a lot of software. However, there are certain scenarios when we’re just unable to finish the installation [...]

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Disable background processing of Registry Policy in Windows 8 | 7

The Windows Registry is a hierarchical database that stores configuration settings and options on Microsoft Windows operating systems. It contains settings for low-level operating system components as well as the applications running on the platform. The kernel, device drivers, services, [...]

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Configure Amount Of Disk Space To Use, For Offline Files in Windows

Normally, we don’t bother about the space used for offline files. Sometimes we don’t know where the extra space on our drives is getting used. But being a smart Windows user, you should be careful about the disk space. By default, [...]

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Prevent Installation Of Programs From Removable Media Source In Windows

Sometimes we use removable media such as CD-ROMs, floppy disks, and DVDs to install new programs to Windows. This is a common phenomenon and I think everyone using Windows is familiar to it. But what if anyone else installed some programs [...]

How to disable or turn off Group Policy Refresh while Computer is in use

Group Policy, an administrative tool introduced in Windows 2000, determines how programs, network resources and operating system behave for users and computers in an organization. Group Policy helps users to add policies for active objects by making modifications in Windows [...]

Change Group Policy Refresh Interval for Windows computers

The Group Policy in Windows allows administrators to set and enforce settings on their computer systems. By default Group Policy gets updated in background every 90 minutes, after a change is recorded in active object. But ig you wish you can [...]

Stop or Prevent Windows 8 from restarting after Windows Updates

One of the annoying things about Windows 8 is the “Windows Update will restart” message. I have seen some users reporting that it restarts when you are in the middle of doing something. Well there are two ways to disable Windows [...]

Disable or change Java Permissions using the Windows Group Policy Editor

We have seen how to uninstall or disable Java on various browsers on a Windows machine yesterday. This article will tell you how to disable Java or change its permissions using the Group Policy Editor in Windows 7 or Windows [...]

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Force Windows 8 To Have Specific Default Lock Screen Image

In Windows 8, Lock Screen is one leading new features introduced. By default, Windows 8 comes with capabilities to change Lock Screen image. Sometimes it may be possible for a multi users PC, that someone put up the image which [...]

Group Policy Settings Reference Guide for Windows 7 | 8 | Server

The Group Policy is an integral part of the Windows operating system, on which many a IT Pro, Beginners and Tweak enthusiasts count on to customize and enforce settings on their computers. The Group Policy Editor, however is not included [...]

Filter Options in Local Group Policy Editor in Windows 7 | 8

The Local Group Policy Editor in Windows 8, and Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 too, allows you to filter out the policy settings that you do not want to be displayed and display only those policy settings [...]

Disable, Enable, Clear History of Live Tile Notifications in Windows 8

We have seen how to disable or temporarily hide the Toast Notifications in Windows 8. Today we will see how to disable the Live Tile Notifications in Windows 8. Whenever an app has some new information to tell you, it displays [...]

Disable or Enable Application Isolation feature in Windows 8

First introduced in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Printing Driver Isolation feature, removed an isolated driver from the print spooler process and loaded it into a sandbox. If an isolated driver experienced crash, the print spooler process would not [...]

What happens when you Force Classic Start Menu in Windows 7 or Windows 8?

There are many who prefer to use the Classic Start Menu in Windows 7, and prefer to use the Group Policy setting of Force Classic Start Menu to do so. The setting lies here: User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar\Force [...]

Disable, Enable Lock Screen in Windows 8

The Lock Screen in Windows 8 is pretty good to look at, but really not required on a PC or a laptop. Sure it has its use on a Tablet, where users may like to see notifications, date or time even when [...]

Disable or Enable the new Password Reveal Button feature in Windows 8

Windows 8 introduces a new feature called as Password Reveal. While using Windows 8, whenever you enter your password in the password field of a website or any Windows 8 app or the login screen, a Password Reveal Button or [...]

Remove Look For An App In The Store option, from Choose Default Program menu in Windows 8

We all know that Windows 8 we have the a feature, where we can to add an app in this OS from the Windows Store. But many users, especially the non-touch device or non-tablet users, who do not rely on Store too [...]

Make Windows computer check for Windows Updates more frequently

The Windows operating system is set to check if Windows Updates are available periodically. By default, such checks are set at every 22 hours. In practice however, the checks may take place anytime between 17.6 hours and 22 hours. Automatic [...]

Force Windows 8 To Have Hybrid Boot, Always On

One of the thousand new features of Windows 8 is “Fast Startup” that is also known as Hybrid Boot. We had a look at it a few days back. The work of this feature is to save the current kernel [...]

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How To Disable Change Start Screen Background Option In Windows 8

Start Screen is one of the new thousand features introduced in Windows 8. With the personalization options, you can change or customize the Windows 8 Start Screen. Now consider the following scenario: Your Windows 8 OS has multiple users on [...]

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