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Easily Enable/Disable Windows Vista Explorer OptionsDecember 7 2008

ExplorerView is a free utility using which the Windows Vista hidden explorer features can be turned ON/OFF. The following four options are offered:

• The auto detecting feature of folder contents can be turned ON or OFF, this is very useful feature as the performance and responsiveness of explorer will increase if the auto detect feature is turned OFF.
• Enable or Disable explorer’s Preview Pane
• Enable or Disable explorer’s Details Pane
• Control the start menu delay in milliseconds.

This tool is meant to be used only for Windows Vista.

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Easily and Quickly Turn Off Windows SoundsDecember 7 2008

Many of us when working on our computers listen to music, but we get disturbed by the default Windows sounds that we hear due to the use of the computer. To turn it off we would have to go to control panel and turn the Windows Sound off which can be a little frustrating if we got to do this frequently.

Sound Off is a free Windows tool that allows you to quickly and easily turn off the Windows sound by just right click of the mouse.

Just install the software and it sits in the system tray and when ever you would like to mute the Windows sounds just right click and hit the Turn Sounds Off button and annoying Windows sounds won’t disturb you, to turn on the Windows sound use the Turn Sounds On option.

We tested this software in Windows XP and Windows Vista.

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Windows Tip: How to Disable Windows Update Restart NagNovember 16 2008

Microsoft releases Windows updates and security patches regularly and when ever the system gets updated Windows puts up a nag screen that keeps on prompting you to restart the computer. In Windows the updates come into effect or some get installed during shutdown or restart only and hence it is necessary to restart the computer but this can get annoying if you are doing something really important and Windows keeps nagging for restart.

Windows XP Updates Restart Nag Screen

Windows Vista Updates Restart Nag Screen

How to Disable Windows Update Restart Nag

1. When you get the Windows update nag either in Windows Vista or Windows XP, open the command prompt by using the path StartMenu>Run>cmd or windows key + r and type cmd and then press enter.

2. In the Windows command prompt now type the below mentioned code:

sc stop wuaus

Windows 7: Unlock All Known Protected Features using Blue Badge ToolNovember 16 2008

If you happened to install the Windows 7 beta version 6801 there are many features like new taskbar, gestures, panning and Desktop slide show that are locked as they are unfinished features. But you if you would like to unlock them there is a tool called Blue Badge Tool which can unlock these features for you.

The following files are patched in Windows :

\Windows\Explorer.exe
\Windows\System32\wisptis.exe
\Windows\System32\ieframe.dll
\Windows\System32\shell32.dll
\Windows\System32\stobject.dll
\Windows\System32\TabletPC.cpl
\Windows\System32\themecpl.dll
\Windows\System32\themeui.dll
\Windows\System32\powercfg.cpl

The version 2 of this tool takes backup of above mentioned files with the extension .original and if you wish you can also backup these files by manually copying to a different location.

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Copy, Rip or Backup Blu-Ray Movies and Remove Blu-Ray Disc Region Code using Blu-Ray Disc RipperNovember 15 2008

Blu-Ray is the popular high definition video format that is currently being adopted by the video industry as all the new and old movie titles are now available in Blu-Ray format. The Blu-Ray titles are expensive when compared to their normal DVD counterparts. And it makes lot of sense to backup your precious Blu-Ray disc and this is no easy task as the contents in the Blu-Ray disc are encrypted.

Blu-Ray Disc Ripper is a free tool that allows you to copy, decrypt, backup and remove region code a Blu-ray Disc. Blu-Ray disc ripper uses CPS key to decrypt the movie titles.