If you are following the news on Microsoft’s upcoming operating system Windows 8 you may know that the Redmond company is planning to add a restore to factory defaults option to the OS. When you press the button, the system is returned to its initial state, handy for public systems but also for users who [...]

Categories: Software, troubleshooting, Windows

The Windows Registry editor comes with options to export and import Registry keys. It can be used to backup the Registry partially or fully. To do that, users need to open the Registry editor and click on File > Export while Computer is selected. This backs up all five available Registry hives. There are also [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Did you know that the Windows Registry is loaded during the start of the Windows operating system? That its size has a direct impact on the startup time of the operating system? Optimizing the Windows Registry, which often is referred to as defragmenting it, is an option to reduce the size of the system file [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Some programs, like Nokia’s PC Suite or Sony Ericsson software, install additional icons that are shown when a user opens My Computer in Windows Explorer. The thinking is that this makes it easier for the user to access the programs. Many users on the other hand feel that they do not need these icons in [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

There are a few possible scenarios where a Windows user might have to or want to use the command line instead of the regedit tool to delete and add keys in the Windows Registry. It can be that a virus or other malicious software has limited access to the Registry so that regedit cannot be [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

A Registry Cleaner scans the Registry for invalid and outdated entries with the option to remove those. This can increase the stability and performance of the Windows operating system. Little Registry Cleaner is an Open Source software program that can scan the Registry in Windows. The application suggests to create a System Restore Point on [...]

Categories: Open Source, Software, Windows

Registry Report is a forensic software program for the Windows operating system that can generate Windows Registry reports by loading Registry hives into the software. It should be noted that the Registry software can only load hives that are not currently in use by the operating system and is therefor ideal for analysing Registry hives [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Advanced System Care Free is the free version of the commercial tool of the same name that is offered by Iobit. It is a system maintenance software that can be compared to similar tools in the niche including CCleaner, Microsoft OneCare, System Mechanic or Tuneup Utilities. Advanced System Care divides the computer maintenance process in [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

System administrators might want to limit the use of external USB flash drives by making them read only. This can actually be useful in several situations like preventing users from copying local data to the external device or preventing malicious software from spreading on a computer network using those flash drives. The Windows operating system [...]

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