registry edit

In XP and Vista it was possible to change the sorting order for numbers in file and folder names, by defining NoStrCmpLogical=1 in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer (ref Link Removed) When I do this in Windows 7 RC (64 bits) nothing happens. Do you...

Different type of network printer problem (SOLVED!! 0x000003e3 cannot connect) I am on a domain. I'll call it system1. It has a print server called sys1-prn. On the domain there are probably around 50 to 60 printers. All HP laserjet 4100 series. They are compatible, and I can connect to all of...

Hi, I've seen other similar threads which have been resolved but my problem differs slightly. The problem started when I was trying to share files with an XP machine, however I'm not sure what the exact cause was. What changed before the problem: I played around in HomeGroup and advanced...

Hi, I installed 7RC from MS, all went fine, I've not done anything unusual in the setup, all updates are installed, graphics ok etc. I created the initial account admin account, then from that a second admin. Changed to that admin account, set it up etc, and created 3 other Standard accounts...

Not sure which forums to start posting this at so I will start here and move my way around. So here goes: I seem to be unable to stop Windows 7 RC1 7100 from auto Throttling my CPU. CPUID reports that the multiplier is fluctuation anywhere from x21 down to 8x dropping my corespeed from 3519 down...

I've made a hidden account using the steps below, Therefore, you cannot see the hidden account from the welcome menu. Now, in the Windows XP, all you had to do was press: Ctrl+Alt+Delete+Delete; however, windows vista does not have this option, so i was wondering if there is any way to enable...

Although I've tried the registry edit in disabled sessions, whenever i try to open a media file in any folder, it says "windows explorer has stopped working" and restarts after the media file starts playing. Also, I can't turn off sounds even though i have "no sounds" applied. Those are my only...

Hello, This is my first time posting, so please be patient with me. The issue: I partitioned my drive and installed Windows 7. I've been growing increasingly confident of W7 and decided to start fazing out Windows XP. Using GParted Live I successfully shrunk the XP partition and increased the...

Missing optical drives OK so you have lost your DVD/CD drive after installing Windows 7 Beta. Heres how to fix it: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11*CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} Apparently it seems that this is an age old fix for even XP systems. If you...

I am having a really difficult time "renaming" or "labeling" hard disk drives (ide) and (sata) and (usb) When I right click the drive and choose rename, it does nothing after I type the new name in, I also have tried to go into Disk Management to label them, same efffect, does nothing. (also...

I upgraded to the beta from Vista. In Vista, I never had any memory related problems. Since starting with the beta, I began getting out of memory errors. I looked into it, and realized that for some reason, there is no longer any paging file in use. The problem is that I can't do anything to get...

I can't seem to be able to remote desktop into my windows 7 pc. i have set my router to aim port 3333 at it, i have changed the port in the regedit to port 3333 on the win7 pc i have turned on remote connections and added the user i want, but it still fails to connect any ideas?

:D Hi!!! Believe it or not, there's a way to cheat Vista into using many of the Aero glass effects even if you don't have a graphics card that supports the full Vista Aero theme. Try out this registry edit instead: 1. From the Start menu, type regedit and open the corresponding application...

I have just done a fresh install of Windows VISTA Business x64 and have created 2 user accounts one is standard, the other is an admin account I have hidden the admin account using HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList How do I...