Disable registry editing in Windows 7, Windows XP or Windows Vista.

You can disable registry editing in all versions of Windows viz. Windows 7, Windows XP, or Windows Vista. In this way, you can protect your system against any change in your Windows with the help of simple tutorial given below:-

Click Start > Run and Type regedit in Windows XP.

Click Start > and type regedit in Search for Programmes and files box in Windows 7 and Windows Vista.

Now follow the instructions as HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Policies

If there is no Key named as System under the Policies. Then right click on Policies > New > Key. Name this Key as System. Otherwise go to the next step.

Now right click on this System key > New > DWORD (32-bit) Value (REG_DWORD) as name this as DisableRegistryTools.

Double click on this DisableRegistryTools created. Put value data 1 and base Hexadecimal in DisableRegistryTools.

In this way you can disable Registry editing in Windows7, Windows XP or Windows Vista.

How to take screenshot without any software installation in Windows.

Earlier if someone wanted to take screenshot in windows, he had to use the Print Screen option and paste the screenshot in any image editor for making the changes in that screenshot. Besides this, there are many softwares available on the internet for taking the screenshots or for screen-capturing. These softwares either they can be purchased or they come with trail period. After expiring their trail period, they becomes useless. At this time you have to download another one screen capturing software.

But the good news is that the Window 7, Window Vista and some latest Editions of Window XP has  inbuilt screen-capturing software called Snipping Tool. So What is the snipping tool?  The snipping Tool is a very handy and useful screen capturing utility. Snipping Tool can take screenshots of currently opened window, a rectangular area, entire screen or a freely selected area. Also Snipping tool can save the captured screenshots in PNG, GIF, or JPEG formats. You can edit the captured screenshot and send the captured screenshot by email. Also you can highlight any part of screenshot. The snipping tool has also many other useful options available. 

For opening Snipping Tool

Go to Programs > Accessories you will find snipping tool in this folder

You can also find this tool by typing Snipping tool in the search box.

So enjoy this very handy and simple utility.

How to change Shutdown and Startup sound in Windows 7, Window XP or Vista.

Hello Friends! If you are bored due to the sounds of window during the startup and shutdown, then there is a good news for you. You can change the startup and shutdown sounds in windows 7, windows XP and Vista. You can use any track of your choice instead of these sounds provided you have track of your choice in  .WAV format. For this purpose the following steps are given:-

1.       Firstly decide the Track which you want to use during the Shutdown and Startup.

2.       This track should be in .WAV format as well as having size less than 1Mb. If the size of this file is greater than this the window will take some more time during the startup and shutdown.

3.       Now name this track as “Windows XP Startup.WAV” and “Windows XP Shutdown.WAV”

4.       Now go to the C drive>WINDOWS>MEDIA. Here you will see two files having names  “Windows XP Startup.WAV” and “Windows XP Shutdown.WAV”. Replace these files with the files selected by you respectively.

5.       Now all the steps are completed and you can enjoy new startup and shutdown sounds.