November 2008
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Microsoft’s advertising has stressed the new security features found in Windows Vista. From the user perspective, one such feature, User Access Control, is arguably the most noticeable enhancement.User Account Control (UAC) is a new security feature in Windows Vista that requires all users to log on and run in standard user privileges mode instead of as administrator with full administrative rights.The UAC(User Account Control) is possibly the most annoying feature in Windows read more
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Written by Tony on November 26th, 2008 with no comments.
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Mobile devices which are operated with Windows Mobile operating system also have a registry. We can easily customize and tweak many of the defaults on our devices to suit our needs. The structure of Mobile registry is very similar to the Windows Registry structure, so if you are familiar with it, you will find this just as easy.To perform the registry tweak to configure different settings for notifications in Windows Mobile, run any registry editor on Windows Mobile device.
Increase font read more
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Written by Tony on November 26th, 2008 with no comments.
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After getting this Windows Vista boot time error, your computer screen constantly displaying the error message as:
BOOTMGR is missing press ctrl+alt+del to restart.
This Windows Vista boot time error actually occurs due the reason of many issues like the presence of another operating system and other hardware issues, such as whenever you insert a new hard disk drive into your computer or change the current hard disk drive configuration from master to slave or slave to master.Also some other read more
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Written by Tony on November 25th, 2008 with no comments.
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Disable the SMS Sent notification
If you’re tired of the “Message Sent” notification after sending an SMS/text message, you can disable them:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Inbox\Settings\SMSNoSentMsg = 1 (DWORD decimal)
And to re-enable:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Inbox\Settings\SMSNoSentMsg = 0 (DWORD decimal)
Please note that the ‘Settings’ key may not exist in your device, and thus may have to be created first.
Change the SMS Sent notification text
If you just want read more
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Written by Tony on November 24th, 2008 with 1 comment.
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Hide/Show battery indicator in Task bar
If you wish to hide the battery indicator in the task bar on some Windows Mobile devices, you can set:
HKLM\Services\Power\ShowIcon = 0 (DWORD decimal)
And to show:
HKLM\Services\Power\ShowIcon = 1 (DWORD decimal)
Note that this icon and its feature may not be available on your device at all. For example, the HTC Wizard regularly ships with a battery indicator in the Tray instead, governed by “Windows\Startup\Init_Tray.exe”.
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Written by Tony on November 23rd, 2008 with no comments.
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Change location of ringtones
You can change the location where WM5 will look for ringtones by adjusting the following key (example given is for ringtones placed on the Storage Card root folder)
HKCUControlPanelSoundCategoriesRingDirectory = “Storage Card” (REG_SZ string, no quotes)
The default location may be “Windows” or “WindowsRings” depending on your Device provider
Change slide-out keyboard layout
If you have a Device from one country, but would like read more
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Written by Tony on November 22nd, 2008 with no comments.
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Disable the security warning when installing non-certified application
To disable the security warning when installing a non-certfied application, set:
HKLM\Security\Policies\Policies\0000101a = 1 (DWORD decimal)
To restore the warnings:
HKLM\Security\Policies\Policies\0000101a = 0 (DWORD decimal)
Note that this makes it easier for any malware to install itself
Default SMS Delivery Notifications to on
To always have SMS Delivery Notifications read more
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Written by Tony on November 21st, 2008 with no comments.
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