Since this is a subject we have touched on a couple of times recently I decided to share a a few useful registry tweaks. These apply to Windows Vista.
1) Stop UAC being so annoying
Yes, I leave User Account Control on. I find it bearable with time and its just one extra security caution. However the most annoying thing about it for me is not the popup requiring you to proceed, but the way it blocks out the rest of the desktop.
With time I found it begins to slow down and become increasingly frustrating. Luckily it’s easy to fix:
2) Auto Logon
Maybe not so secure a tip, but seeing as I have to reset Windows so often I wish sometimes it could just logon automatically so I could go off and do something else. This is a registry tweak to do jut that:
3) Simultaneous Downloads
This is a fantastic little tweak as I’ve run into trouble with this before… by default you cannot download more then 2 files from one web server.
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seems like the third tip is built into vista, or at least, i have it on vista business.
It seems that best tweak is “don’t mess with Vista at all”.
Today we made fun of our colleague, developer, who bought notebook with preinstalled Vista. He can’t work under Vista with packages he needed.
Guys asked me – “Who are those who like Vista?”
@akumu really? whereabouts is it? sure would be quicker if it was =P