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A ‘No to all’ button in Windows
It all began the day when i was trying to copy a very huge folder with over 1000′s of files and trying to copy it into an already existing folder with a different structure or so i thought. It all began nice and easy but then it hit a reef. It encountered a folder with the same name, containing files with same name but the contents of those files were entirely different and showed me a dialog asking me whether i want to overwrite the files or let it be. It provided me with the options of ‘Yes’, ‘Yes to All’, ‘No’ or ‘Cancel’
Disable Sticky Keys Forever
Scenario : You are playing a game (Assassin’s Creed Revelations 
) and it requires you to press shift a couple of times but at that time, the obnoxious sticky keys dialog pops up. You answer No and it goes away… but then you press again and there it is…..again….How do you make it stop ??
Solution : You are thinking why is this functionality even there ?? Its not like someone uses it….right ?? Actually, it’s a helpful accessibility feature for some people, but for the rest of us it’s downright irritating.
So, here’s how you can disable it forever on your machine. But before that do make sure that no one is using the feature, if its a shared machine.
Win 7 Mod : Change OEM Information in Windows 7
Scenario : You want to add some extra info in your Windows System properties Dialog box. Maybe change the logo too.
Solution : With the help of this hack, you can get some extra information and a personalized logo in Vista and 7 System Properties dialog box. It is quite similar to the good old “OEMLogo.bmp” and “OEMInfo.ini” files replace trick in windows XP (which sadly no longer works in Vista and 7).
Here is a screenshot of Windows 7 System Properties dialog box with customized strings:
Find the Serial Number of your Computer
Scenario : You’ve got a problem with your computer (DELL,HP….etc), you call their technical support team and the person on the other side requires the machine’s serial number (also called as Service Tag) to log your request.. Where do you get it ??
Solution : If you are using a laptop computer, you can easily find the service tag beneath the machine but for desktops, especially the older models, the sticker with the service tag is often placed at a harder-to-reach location. So how do you get that info ??
Change Paint’s Default Savetype as jpeg : An Experiment
Scenario : This must have happened a lot of times with you. You take a screenshot of something and then go to save it in MS Paint, but on saving, you come to know that it has been saved as .bmp file but you want it as .jpg. So you again go to “save as” and save it as .jpg. Boy it sure feels tiring!!! Any way to make it simpler such that it by default saves it as .jpg/.jpeg ??
Solution : I wish the answer was something as simple as making a setting change or even modifying the registry (Simple!!!). but unfortunately, no, there is no simple way to do this other than making a few tweaks of our own. And that too varies from Windows version (i.e. XP and Win 7).
Like i said, there are different ways to get this in Win PX and Win 7 (though not for Vista cos they already have jpeg as default type(one of the few good things bout Vista ;P)). I will show you how to get the default savetype for each version so read on…
Modify Run Command History
Scenario : You are a Windows power user. You often use run command to launch programs. It, however, saves history of the commands which is completely wiped out on cleaning. You want to be able to edit the history.
Solution : As a PU (Power User), I mostly rely on Windows Run Commands to quickly launch applications and for accessing network paths. But by default, it maintains MRU list of Run commands. Trying to clean it using a system cleaner or through the registry removes the entire history.
Know your Keyboard Function Keys
Note : This post is Specific to Windows 7 but its functions might overlap with previous Versions, namely XP
It all began when i was bored to death and had nothing better to do so i decided to do some productive work(?!?!?!) and this is what i come up with !! 
Do you really know the use of all the keys on your keyboard ?? If not all, then do you know what the Function keys are there for ?? Function Keys you ask ??? they are the “F” Keys on your keyboard like “F1″, “F2″, “F3″, aso
F1 (HELP)
Not only windows 7 but, in almost all the applications, pressing the F1 function key opens the Help and Support page which contains useful information about how to use the product.
Some more combinations :
Suppose you are in an application, and you want windows help file, press windows key + F1
SHIFT + F1 = Start context-sensitive help or reveal formatting (What is this? help)
ALT + F1 = Go to the next field
ALT + SHIFT + F1 = Go to the previous field
CTRL + ALT + F1 = Display Microsoft system information
For formatting characters and paragraphs: CTRL + SHIFT + F1 = Change the font Read more…
Remove Windows Defender
Scenario : You recently switched to Windows 7. Your Antivirus application is however having issues with Windows Defender. How do you uninstalll it ?? Windows Defender, that is.
Solution : Windows Defender is Microsoft’s own anti-spyware application included, and integrated, with Windows Vista and 7. Unfortunately most of the times, it is not compatible with your existing Antivirus and the only alternative you have is to remove it. However, it is not possible to completely uninstall the program safely, but a safer option would be to turn it off , just in case you want to use it again at a later date.
Here are the steps to disable it :
