Turn off Adobe auto update

Posted by saurabh On July - 3 - 2009
Adobe auto update was bothering me whenever I connected to the internet. There was a small icon in the taskbar which displayed the percentage of download completed. This was very annoying when I was using EDGE to connect to internet. Finally I disabled the auto update of Adobe. Launch the Adobe software (e.g. Adobe Reader) Make sure

Modify User Account Access from Command Line

Posted by saurabh On April - 14 - 2009
There’s a quick way by which you can enable or disable ‘User Account Access’ window from the command line: Make sure you are running in administrator mode. Type ‘cmd’ in the start menu search box. Press ‘Ctrl+Shift+Enter’. Windows Vista will prompt for your permission. Disable UAC C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k %windir%\System32\reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f Enable

Disable User Account Control (UAC)

Posted by saurabh On April - 14 - 2009
Open ‘Control Panel’ (Make sure ‘Control Panel Home’ is selected and not ‘Classic View’). Type ‘UAC’ in the search box. Click on the  link ‘Turn User Account Control (UAC) on or off’. Windows Vista will prompt for your permission. Select ‘Continue’. Uncheck ‘Use User Account Control (UAC) to help

Enable/Disable ‘Kernel Memory Dump’- WinVista

Posted by saurabh On March - 8 - 2009
Goto ‘Start–>Control Panel’ Make sure ‘Classic view’ is selected. Double Click on ‘System’ to open system properties Click on ‘Advanced System Settings’ in the left pane. Windows Vista will prompt for confirmation. Click on ‘Continue’. Click on ‘Advanced’ tab Open ‘Startup and Recovery’. Disable Kernel Memory Dunp Select ‘None’ under ‘Write debugging information’ Click ‘OK’ on ‘Startup and Recovery’ window to close it. Click

Enable/Disable ‘Pagefile’- WinVista

Posted by saurabh On March - 8 - 2009
Enabling or disabling pagefile can be done very easily in Windows Vista. You should understand that changing the size of the pagefile may change your system performance. Goto ‘Start–>Control Panel’ Make sure ‘Classic view’ is selected. Double Click on ‘System’ to open system properties Click on ‘Advanced System Settings’ in the left pane. Windows Vista will prompt for confirmation. Click

The mind acts like an enemy for those who do not control it. — Bhagvad Gita