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Explorer Tips
11.Hiding the File Menu
in the Explorer To hide the File Menu in Explorer: Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Create a new Binary Value
Name it NoFileMenu
Give it a value of 01 00 00 00
Reboot the computer
12.Changing the Explorer's Web View Background If you use Web View for your Explorer, you can change the
background that appears. Edit or recreate the file >C:\Windows\Web\Wvleft.bmp
Make sure you keep the file dimensions the same 182x237 pixels
13.Keeping Filenames in the Case You Want To stop Windows from changing the case of your filenames
to upper or lower case: Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion
\ Explorer \ Advanced
Double-click DontPrettyPath (or create this key with a type of REG_DWORD
if it doesn't exist)
Set the value to 1 to keep the case as you type it or 0 to adjust
the case as Explorer requires
Click OK
Close Regedit
14.Resetting Graphics PreView in Explorer For Windows98, ME or Windows 2000, if you have View as
Web Page enabled but do not see a picture preview in Explorer: Start
Regedit
Go to Registry key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ file type \
ShellEx \ {BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}
Make sure the Default Value "{7376D660-C583-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}"
15.Changing Drive Labels in Explorer (Windows2000 and XP) Normally the Explorer shows drive labels as "Compact
Disk", "Removable Disk" ect. To change the name of
this label for specific drives:
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Microsoft /
Windows / CurrentVersion / Explorer
Create a key called DriveIcons
Within DriveIcons, create another key with the drive letter you
want to change (..\DriveIcons\K)
Create another within the drive letter key called DefaultLabel
Give the Default Value for this key the label you want to appear
for that drive letter. (Jazz Drive etc.)
Restart the computer .
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Desktop Computer: Office and home workstations.
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CPU (Processor): Executes instructions and calculations.
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Hard Disk / SSD: Stores files, software, and operating system.
Motherboard: Connects all hardware components.
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Operating Systems
Operating systems control hardware and software resources:
