Michael Magrath’s Blog


Cancel The Tour In Windows XP
Wednesday, 21 May, 2008, 6:28 pm
Filed under: Computer, Windows XP | Tags: ,

If you have done a clean installation of windows you will be bugged by the ‘Take The Tour’ balloon. If you are a experienced user you can get rid of the ‘Take The Tour Balloon’ by doing this.

1. Click Start Run type regedit and press enter.

2. Go down to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/
Applets/Tour

3.If the value RunCount isn’t there in the right window,right-click in the window and select New ‘DWORD value’.

4. Type RunCount in the Name field and press Enter.*

*DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK



Start up Items in Windows XP
Friday, 16 May, 2008, 6:32 pm
Filed under: Computer, Windows XP | Tags: ,

If you are an advanced user and don’t want to install a program to get rid of the start up items you can do this.
1. click on start then click run.
2. type in msconfig
3. click on the startup tab then untick the ones you don’t want.



Did you know?
Tuesday, 13 May, 2008, 7:07 pm
Filed under: Computer, Windows Vista | Tags: ,

That in Windows Vista you can rename the recycle bin.



How to Stop the New Programs Alert in Windows XP
Wednesday, 7 May, 2008, 11:35 pm
Filed under: Computer | Tags: ,

1. Right-click a blank spot on the taskbar and select Properties.

2. Click the customise button on the ‘Start Menu’ tab.

3. On the advanced tab, untick ‘Highlight newly installed programs’ and click OK twice.