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

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

Enable/Disable ‘System Restore’- WinVista

Posted by saurabh On March - 8 - 2009
You can enable or disable System Restore for any drive. I have listed down the steps for doing so. 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 ‘System Protection’ tab. Enable ‘System Restore’ Check

Enable/Disable ‘System Restore’ – WinXP

Posted by saurabh On March - 7 - 2009
The following steps will guide you to enable or disable system restore in Windows XP. Goto ‘Start–>Control Panel’. Click on ‘Switch to Classic View’ if you are in that mode. Find and double click on ‘System’ to open ‘System Properties’. Click on ‘System Restore’ tab. Check ‘Turn off system restore on all drive’ to disable ‘System Restore’. UnCheck ‘Turn off

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