registry hacks

In the evolving landscape of personal computing, Windows 11 stands out with its sleek interface and improvements in performance. However, many users with older PCs find themselves boxed out of this upgrade due to Microsoft's strict compatibility requirements. As Microsoft gears up to end support...

Because of the new security with Win11 do all VM's need to perform registry hacks to be built?

Now that ms stopped providing metadata support for Windows media player does anyone have any registry hacks to divert to another music database (MusicBrainz)? https://www.ghacks.net/2019/01/27/changes-to-windows-media-center-and-player-metadata-service/

Hi This is a battle that I've fought for years trying to keep the old Windows games running on the later versions of Windows. I've use registry hacks etc. to keep them working. When I updated to Windows 10 Anniversary they all quit working again and my old hacks don't work. I was upset...

I have searched the internet to try and find a way to fix this issue and have tried every registry hack I've come across but have not been able to fix this. From all the reading I've done it seems that this has been an issue in some way or form since windows 95! Here is a run down with how it...

Hiya all, I've got a really odd situation here with Windows 8.1 (Update One) Pro which is really annoying me and I have tried Registry hacks and just about everything I know to resolve this matter but... The little SOB keeps coming back with Network2 and I can't understand why it keeps coming...

No doubt this has been answered in this forum MULTIPLE times already, but I am in a bit of a quandary and need to get my laptop operating quickly - so I apologize if I'm trying to 'short-cut' doing the research to find the answer in some previous post, but I need my laptop back fast ...

Hello everyone and welcome to Windows8Forums.com :) As of September 10th, 2011, there has been two legitimate builds of Windows 8 leaked on the internet. Both builds were leaked by an HP employee who recently lost his job, hence why there have been no builds since July. The two builds leaked...

Ok, I know, I can change/set environment variables through Control Panel--->System The current environment variable values are fine for most of my programs. However there is one program which puts some config files into the folder which is currently defined as user variable "My...

OK so since I have installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 on this computer ( it is the first operating system installed on it) I can not write any DVDs .A strange fact is that I can write and read CDs and also read DVDs, but not every time.I got an original CD Album and it's still not recognized by...

My Toshiba laptop is running really hot. Running Windows 7. I have gone into the settings and it is on active cooling in processor power management. It goes up to 190 degrees. I have blown out the vents with an air can, it’s all clean. I look at task manager and there is little CPU usage, so...

The easiest way to start Regedit is to hit the Window key on your keyboard, type regedit, and then hit Enter. (You can also do this by clicking on the Start button as well.) Before you make any changes it's probably smart to back up the key or subkey you're planning on tinkering with. Once...

The Power User's Guide to the Windows 7 Taskbar Link Removed It seems like every week we learn about a new tip to enhance the Windows 7 taskbar, and it's hard to keep them all straight. Here's the complete power user's guide to tweaking and using your...

I'm using build 7100. My video card is not compatible with WDDM. (SiS 730) But some features like Aero Shake and Aero Peek, probably does not need a WDDM compatible video card. Some registry hacks like "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\UseMachineCheck" are not working in Windows 7 (Build...

Hi, I did an upgrade from Vista Ultimate to 7077 ultimate..Everything went smoothly with only one or two uncompatible programs. Unfortunately when I click on Start | All Programs every one of my installed programs icons are missing. I have to search for the program to start it and pin it to the...

Hi guys Just installed W7 X-64 build 7048 on a 4GB RAM laptop. One of the major iirritants I had with w7 x-64 build 7000 was that I couldn't get the WIRED lan driver to work properly -- I always got "Limited Connectivity" Icon - even though windows didn't flag the driver as defective...

hi guys, I'm having some issues with sharing folders under windows 7. But let me first say that I use the german version of windows so my terminiology may not always be right (not to mention my english ;-)) ... I hope you get it nonetheless. So I'm describing the steps I did (numerous times -_-)...

: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...

Good Day! I hope I can give enough info on this, so here goes... I have a Dell Inspiron 6000 that was running XP Pro. I upgraded to Vista Home Premium and all networking(wireless and wired) worked fine. I then went to my local coffee house and it worked fine there too via wireless. I then...

Whenever I try to connect to certain public wireless networks Vista will lock up tight, which then necessitates a hard reboot. Does anyone know why this happens? Other public wireless networks I can connect to without a hitch. But certain "hot spots" are not too hot. I contacted HP tech support...