Login To The Administrator Account From The Welcome Screen

Ever want to access the administrator account from the welcome window without having to boot to safe mode. When at the screen press CTRL-ALT-DEL twice. This will bring up the login screen were you can type a user name and password in.

Mac OSX Icon Sizes

Ever wanted you Windows shell to look more like Mac OSX? Changing the icon size would be a good touch. Mac OSX has a max size of 128×128 icons. (Windows Max: 72×72).

1. Open Registry Editor.
2. Click on HKEY_CURRENT_USER
3. Then expand Control Panel.
4. Then expand Desktop.
5. Then expand Windows Metrics
6. Select the Shell Icon Size key.
7. Right click Shell Icon Size and select Modify.
8. Then type 128 in the box, and there you go.

Rename Recycle Bin

This is a slight ammendment as the original didnt work for me. Open up your favorite plain text editor (notepad, for example) and copy the following text into a new file:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder]

“Attributes”=hex:50,01,00,20
“CallForAttributes”=dword:00000000

Now save this text file as a .reg file, such as “Rename Recycle Bin.reg” and put it wherever you like. Double click on the file, and when it asks you if you want to import it into the registry, choose Yes. You’ll notice a new option in the right-click menu to Rename the Recycle Bin. You can also rename it by highlighing the Bin and hitting F2, or by highlighting it and clicking on the file name (just like renaming any other file). If you want to turn off this new feature, make another .reg file with the same content as above, but change the first number in the “Attributes”=hex: line from 50 to 40 and import that file into the registry.

Remove Owner Column From Explorer’s Details View To Dramatically Speed Up Display

Do you sit and wait while Explorer seems to take it’s time showing the owner of each file/directory that is displayed? If so, then you might find the following useful:

1. Open Explorer and select “Details” under the “View” menu
2. Right click on any of the column headers (such as “Name”, “Size”, or “Owner”)
3. Uncheck “Owner” or any other you don’t need.

You should see immediate improvements as you navigate around.

To make this permanent for all folders,

4. Select “Folder Options” from the “Tools” menu
5. Select the “View” tab
6. Click the “Apply to All Folders” button

Now, you will not see “Owner” in any folder. If you want to re-display it, simply follow the instructions above and re-check “Owner” in step 3.

Creating A Keyboard Shortcut

1. Right-click a shortcut on the desktop or in the start menu, and then click Properties .
2. On the Shortcut tab, click in the Shortcut Key box.
3. Press the key you want to use. Windows will add Ctrl+Alt to it. So if you choose U the combination will be Ctrl+Alt+U. You can also choose one of the function keys you don’t use otherwise, (ex. F7)
4. Click OK .

Well that’s going to do it, as soon as I get some free time the articles here at migraineheartache. will be a little longer. But for now, they’ll have to remain at a managable length. Alright peace out-

-b