A version of this article appears in the November 2006 issue of Streaming Media magazine. Click here for your free subscription. After a relatively quiet 2005, 2006 brings some big improvements to ...

I will be experimenting with Windows Registry keys to lock-down laptops and understand the 'state of an endpoint' from an InfoSec perspective.<BR><BR>I've searched the MS Knowledgebase (huge!!!) and ...

Close non-responsive programs automatically, adjust the position of your desktop wallpaper, and prevent specific programs from appearing on the Start menu's most-frequent list. Dennis O'Reilly began ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

The Windows OS you use is the result of millions of files working in the background. All of these files are categorized into ...

This post explains how to disable keyboard shortcuts on Windows 11/10 PC. Windows offers some built-in shortcut keys (or hotkeys) that are intended to help users quickly launch apps or perform other ...

With the help of the Windows key on a standard Microsoft Windows 10 keyboard, users can access dozens of configuration settings, features, and applications with convenient keyboard shortcut ...

Microsoft is blocking Windows 11 upgrades if customers use applications that create registry keys using some non-ASCII characters. As the company explains, on impacted systems such apps might be ...

It's relatively simple to get a CD key out of a windows 98 installation, just find the relevant registry key. The problem is the 98 installation I'm trying to fix does not load to windows correctly, ...