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Removing the Content Advisor Password in Internet Explorer Open REGEDIT. Click Start, Run and type in regedit and click OK. Navigate to this Regsitry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Ratings\ In the right window pane of the registry editor, there should be a key value shown for a password. Click once to select it …

Opening a DOS Window to a Drive or Directory in Explorer Add the following Registry Keys for a Directory: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\opennew @=”Dos Prompt in that Directory” HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\opennew\command @=”command.com /k cd %1″ Add or Edit the following Registry Keys for a Drive: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\opennew @=”Dos Prompt in that Drive” HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\opennew\command @=”command.com /k cd …

Keyboard Shortcuts for Excel 97 and Excel 2000 Here are some keyboard shortcuts that will help you move around in Excel 97 and Excel 2000 as well as manipulate documents easier. Ctrl + F12 Open a spread sheet file Ctrl + O Open a spread sheet file Shift + F12 …

Removing Items from the NEW Context Menu When you right-click on the desktop and select New, or use the File Menu item in the Explore and select New a list of default templates you can open up are listed. To remove items from that list: 1. Open RegEdit 2. Do …

Disabling the Outlook Express Splash Screen Did you know that Outlook Express will load faster if you disable the splash screen? 1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\OutLook Express 3. Add a string value “NoSplash” 4. Set the value data to 1 as a Dword value

Hide The Network Neighborhood Icon Network users frequently click into Network Neighborhood, sometimes looking for resources they need, or just to see what they can find. Frequent network browsing can create network traffic jams by causing master browsers and backup browsers to repeatedly rebuild resource lists. You may want to …

Hiding The Virtual Memory Button in Control Panel, System You can use this Registry entry to hide the Virtual Memory button on the Performance tab under Control Panel > System.  By hiding this button, you can prevent users from changing or disabling the machine’s Virtual Memory setting, which can adversely …

Office File Association Problems Have you tried to open a Word document from the Start, Documents menu only to be confronted with “cannot find xyz.doc”? How about frequent kernel32 errors in Word? Have you tried to open an Excel document or workbook only to have Excel inform you that it …

Need to prevent your Internet Explorer users from changing their security settings? Open Regedit Drill down to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\InternetExplorer\Control Panel Open the Security Tab key You will need to either change the Dword value to one or add a Dword entry and set it to “1”. If you like, you can …

Spare Stack Pages Errors in Windows 95 and Windows 98 When you are running Windows 95 or Windows 98, you may receive the following error message: “ERROR MESSAGE” There are no spare stack pages. It may be necessary to increase the setting of ‘MinSPs’ in System.ini to prevent possible stack …