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		<title>Make Windows 7 Windows Experience Index Score to 7.9</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 12:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Make Windows 7 Windows Experience Index Score to 7.9 I have seen many new laptops and newer desktop machines with relatively lower Windows Experience Index score. The average Windows Experience Index score for normal computer is something like 3.0 to 4.0(out of 7.9) which i think is very low. Computer systems grow over the years [...]]]></description>
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<p>I have seen many new laptops and newer desktop machines with relatively lower Windows Experience Index score. The average Windows Experience Index score for normal computer is something like 3.0 to 4.0(out of 7.9) which i think is very low. Computer systems grow over the years and now we have some of the fastest machine’s available in the market and in our homes. One cannot understand why Windows is still showing low Windows Experience Index score for newer systems. Most of the time its your system Desktop Performance for Windows Aero which let your Score down. So you have two choices to increase your windows 7 Windows Experience Index Score. One is that you upgrade your computer with proper things and other is via Windows Trick.<br />
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<h1>Make Windows 7 Windows Experience Index Score to 7.9</h1>
<p>When building a new computer many people try to install the latest and heaviest processor in order to make there system fast. But its not only processor that make your computer perform fast. You also have to match the Motherboard and Ram bus speed with your Processor in order to perform your processor at its full potential. Another thing which most people forgot is buying Graphics card for there system. Its very essential if you want your computer to perform at its full speed that you install latest graphics card.</p>
<p>How to Change Windows 7 Windows Experience Index Score:</p>
<p>1. Open MY Computer from your Desktop or from Start Menu and locate the following directory. <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>C:/Windows/Performance/WinSAT/DataStore</strong></span></p>
<p>2. You should see many files including “<span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Formal.Assessment (Initial).WinSAT</strong></span>“. Just open this file via Notepad and find the term  <strong></strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>&lt;SystemScore&gt;</strong></span>.</p>
<p>3. You should see some numeric value after the tag. Change this numeric value to something you like(7.2 etc) and save the file.</p>
<p>4. Now close the directory and return to your Windows Desktop.</p>
<p>5. Press <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Windows Key + Pause/Break key</strong></span> in order to see the result.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Make Windows 7 Windows Experience Index Score to 7.9</strong></em></span></p>
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		<title>Delete Shortcut Arrow From Desktop Icons</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Works For XP, Vista, AND Windows 7. Do you hate that evertime you create a new icon on the desktop, most of the time, you can’t see it because of that STUPID shortcut arrow on it! Well not anymore! All this takes is a little registry editing. Step 1. Press on your keyboard the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This Works For XP, Vista, AND Windows 7.<br />
Do you hate that evertime you create a new icon on the desktop, most of the time, you can’t see it because of that STUPID shortcut arrow on it! Well not anymore! All this takes is a little registry editing.<br />
Step 1. Press on your keyboard the start key+ R. A box that says run will show up. Type in the text box: regedit<br />
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Step 2: It is opened, and a sidebar on the left will show your location. Click on the little arrow next to the folder that says HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT<br />
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Step 3: A whole bunch of files will appear, scroll down to the L’s until you see on called lnkfile and click on the folder. Then, the box will show files in it on the right, and even one that says IsShortcut. Right click it, and delete it. Go to your desktop, and right click it. Click “refresh”. Then your files that have the shortcut icons on it will not have them!</p>
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		<title>How to disable Right click on Desktop</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Follow the given steps to disable the right click functionality on desktop: To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights. Click Start button and type regedit in Run option then press Enter for next. Here locate the location to: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurre ntVersionPoliciesExplorer Here in right side panel, right [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: Arial;">Follow the given steps to disable the right click functionality on desktop:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;">To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.</span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Click <strong>Start</strong> button and type <strong>regedit</strong> in <strong>Run</strong> option then press <strong>Enter</strong> for next.</span></span></p>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Here locate the location to:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;">HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurre  ntVersionPoliciesExplorer</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><img src="http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/kewlwishes/NoViewContextMenu.gif" border="0" alt="" /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;">Here in right side panel, right click to create a new <strong>DWORD</strong> value with the name </span><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">NoViewContextMenu</span></span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"> (it is case sensitive), then assign number <strong>1</strong><span style="color: black;"> in value data box.</span></span></p>
<p><img src="http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j246/kewlwishes/NoViewContextMenu-value.gif" border="0" alt="" /><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">But next time, if you want to enable right click </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">functionality</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> on desktop then simply change the value of data box or delete the </span></span><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">NoViewContextMenu</span></span></strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">DWORD item.</span></span></p>
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		<title>Windows Desktop Tips &amp; Tricks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windows: Desktop Make the background of desktop icons transparent (XP) Control Panel &#62; System &#62; Advanced &#62; {Performance} Settings. On the Visual Effects tab, check Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop. Restore My Documents folder if deleted (98) To restore My Documents to the Desktop, click Start, then Run, and type:rundll32 mydocs.dll, [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Make the background of desktop icons transparent (XP)</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>Control Panel &gt; System &gt; Advanced &gt; {Performance} Settings. On the Visual Effects tab, check Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop.</p></blockquote>
<div><strong>Restore My Documents folder if deleted (98)</strong></div>
<blockquote><p>To restore My Documents to the Desktop, click Start, then Run, and type:rundll32 mydocs.dll, RestoreMyDocsFolder</p></blockquote>
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<div><strong>Remove shortcut icon arrows</strong></div>
<blockquote><p>Go to [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTLNKFILE], and delete IsShortcut Go to [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTPIFFILE], and delete IsShortcut</p></blockquote>
<div><strong>Change My Computer&#8217;s Icon</strong></div>
<blockquote><p>Windows 98: Control Panel &gt; Display &gt; Appearance Windows XP: Control Panel &gt; Display &gt; Desktop &gt; Customize Desktop</p></blockquote>
<div><strong>Hide Icon</strong></p>
<div><strong>Hide all Desktop icons (9x/XP)</strong></div>
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<blockquote><p>HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurre  ntVersionPoliciesExplorer NoDesktop (DWORD value): Set to 1 to hide all icons. Delete NoDesktop to undo. Hit F5 to refresh the desktop. Hide Network Neighborhood, My Network Places (9x) Run Poledit.exe (You may have to install it: It is on your Windows CD intoolsreskitnetadminpoledit). File &gt; Open Registry &gt; (double click) Local User &gt; Shell &gt; Restrictions Check Hide Network Neighborhood or/and My Network Places OK &gt; File &gt; Save Reboot.</p></blockquote>
<div><strong>Hide My Documents, My Computer, My Network Places, Internet Explorer (XP)</strong></div>
<blockquote><p>Right-click on the desktop, then click Properties &gt; Desktop &gt; Customize Desktop</p></blockquote>
<div><strong>Hide My Computer (9x/XP)</strong></div>
<blockquote><p>Create a transparent icon or create a bmp file that consists of a single pixel. In Display properties effects, change the My Computer icon to point at your new icon. Rename My Computer to one space.</p></blockquote>
<div><strong>Add and remove item types from the New Menu</strong></p>
<div><strong>Add Item Types</strong></div>
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<blockquote><p>When you right-click on your desktop, there is a New submenu that contains a list of templates. A template is visible if the related entry in the [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT] hive associated with a file extension has a sub-key called ShellNew. For example, on the New submenu there is an entry for Text Document. This entry is visible because of the key [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.txtShellNew]. Create a blank document of the corresponding application, and put it into the WindowsShellNew Folder. Go to that file type under [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT], create a subkey named ShellNew and create the string-value File Name in it. Change this string&#8217;s value to the blank document&#8217;s filename.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Ex: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.wavShellNewFileName], and FileName&#8217;s value = &#8220;sndrec.wav&#8221;.</strong></p>
<div><strong>Remove Item Types</strong></div>
<blockquote><p>Read Add Item Types, and delete or rename the subkey named ShellNew. Hit F5 to update the items in the New submenu.</p></blockquote>
<div><strong>Save color scheme</strong></div>
<blockquote><p>Export [HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTControl PanelAppearanceSchemes{Name of Scheme}]</p></blockquote>
<div><strong>Create tool tips for desktop icons.</strong></div>
<blockquote><p>Search the registry for keys with the name Info Tip. You may replace the descriptions and you may add Info Tip keys for other Class-IDs.</p></blockquote>
<div><strong>Create a button to Reboot Windows XP</strong></div>
<blockquote><p>To create a reboot icon on your desktop: Right click on an open area of the desktop Select New/Shortcut Enter in &#8220;shutdown -r -t 00&#8243; &#8211; no quotes Press Next For the name, enter Reboot or anything you like. Click Finish.</p></blockquote>
<div><strong>Remove Shortcut arrow from Desktop icons</strong></div>
<blockquote><p>Here&#8217;s how you can remove those shortcut arrows from your desktop icons in Windows XP. Start regedit. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTlnkfile Delete the IsShortcut registry value. You may need to restart Windows XP.</p></blockquote>
<div><strong>Performance Increase through My Computer</strong></div>
<blockquote><p>Start &gt; Right Click on My Computer and select properties. Click on the &#8220;Advanced&#8221; tab See the &#8220;Performance&#8221; section? Click &#8220;Settings&#8221; Disable all or some of the following: Fade or slide menus into view Fade or slide ToolTips into view Fade out menu items after clicking Show Shadows under menus Slide open combo boxes Slide taskbar buttons Use a background image for each folder type Use common tasks in folders</p></blockquote>
<div><strong>Change Briefcase icon on NT/W2K/XP</strong></div>
<blockquote><p>You can change the Briefcase icon and replace it with an icon of a metal attaché case using the following Windows NT/W2K/XP registry hack: Hive: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT Key: CLSID{85BBD0920-42A0-1069-A2E4-08002B30309D} Name: DefaultIcon Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ Value: %SystemRoot%system32syncui.dll,1 (shiny metal attaché icon) Value: %SystemRoot%system32syncui.dll,0 (default leather Briefcase icon) Download these registry files already made:<br />
<strong>Leather.reg</strong><br />
<strong>MetalAttache.reg</strong><br />
After changing to the icon, you may have to log off then log back on or restart your computer for the change to take effect.</p></blockquote>
<div><strong>Create a Lock Computer Shortcut Icon</strong></div>
<p>1. Right click on the desktop, select New &gt; Shortcut. 2. Enter rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation as the shortcut. 3. Name it Lock Computer. 4. Right click and choose Properties. 5. Click on &#8220;Change Icon&#8221; 6. Search through shell32.dll in the System32 directory and find an appropriate lock icon. NOTE: This effectively dumps you back to the &#8220;Welcome&#8221; log on screen. Of course this will only work if you have entered a password for your profile. ADDENDUM: If you want added security, go to the Control Panel and click on &#8220;User Accounts&#8221;. Click &#8220;Change the way users log on or off&#8221;, and deselect the &#8220;Use the Welcome Screen&#8221; option.This will switch Windows back to the classic log in box.<br />
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