FettesPS » vista http://www.fettesps.com Fettes Programming Solutions Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:21:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 How to Enable or Disable Aero Peek in Windows 7 http://www.fettesps.com/how-to-enable-or-disable-aero-peek-in-windows-7/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-enable-or-disable-aero-peek-in-windows-7 http://www.fettesps.com/how-to-enable-or-disable-aero-peek-in-windows-7/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:33:46 +0000 FettesPS http://www.fettesps.com/?p=724 Aero Peek, which is also known as Desktop Preview, is a new feature in Windows 7 that allows you to quickly hide all the windows open and view your desktop. It can be activated by clicking the Show Desktop icon at the far right of the superbar or by holding the windows key and hitting space.

Aero PeekDesktop Preview is a new feature in Windows 7 which is otherwise also known as AeroPeak (Desktop Preview is a feature enabled by Aero Peek desktop enhancement function). Desktop Preview allows user to temporarily minimize all open windows and make open windows transparent in order to preview what is on desktop when user place the mouse pointer to mouse over the “Show Desktop” bar on the far right end of the taskbar.

Illustration above shows the effect of Desktop Preview, where user mouse over the Show Desktop (without actually clicking on it) on the far end of the Windows Taskbar.

  • Right click on the Start button and click on Properties
  • Select the Taskbar tab
  • Uncheck the Use Desktop Preview checkbox
  • Click OK

Desktop Preview is now disabled. If you would like to re-enable it, simply follow the same steps again making sure to check the Desktop Preview option this time.

]]> http://www.fettesps.com/how-to-enable-or-disable-aero-peek-in-windows-7/feed/ 0 How To Disable Explorer’s Search Suggestion History in Windows 7 http://www.fettesps.com/how-to-disable-explorers-search-suggestion-history-in-windows-7/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-disable-explorers-search-suggestion-history-in-windows-7 http://www.fettesps.com/how-to-disable-explorers-search-suggestion-history-in-windows-7/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:49:52 +0000 FettesPS http://www.fettesps.com/?p=722 Software->Policies->Microsoft->Windows->Explorer Right click Explorer and select New -> DWORD Value Name it DisableSearchBoxSuggestions with a value of 1 Close the Registry Editor Your search [...]]]> Disable the search suggestions from appearing when you type something in the search box in Explorer in Windows 7 with tis registry tweak.


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  • Click Start
  • Type regedit and hit Enter
  • Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER->Software->Policies->Microsoft->Windows->Explorer
  • Right click Explorer and select New -> DWORD Value
  • Name it DisableSearchBoxSuggestions with a value of 1
  • Close the Registry Editor

Your search history in Windows Explorer will no longer be saved or displayed.

]]> http://www.fettesps.com/how-to-disable-explorers-search-suggestion-history-in-windows-7/feed/ 0 How to Remove the Windows 7 Build Number http://www.fettesps.com/how-to-remove-the-windows-7-build-number/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-remove-the-windows-7-build-number http://www.fettesps.com/how-to-remove-the-windows-7-build-number/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:42:09 +0000 FettesPS http://www.fettesps.com/?p=590 So you’re still using the Windows 7 Release Candidate, and plan on using it until it expires in on June 1, 2010, but you’re sick of looking at the build number that’s etched in the bottom right corner of your screen. Thanks to our friends at DeepXW, this is quite simple to remove.

  1. Download the Patch
  2. Extract the archive
  3. Right click the appropriate executable and select Run As Administrator
  4. When prompted, enter Yes to apply the patch
  5. When it is complete, hit enter to close the program
  6. Reboot

If after rebooting you find the watermark is still present, then perform the following additional steps:

  1. Hold down your Windows key and hit R to open the Run dialog
  2. Enter cmd and hit enter
  3. Type mcbuilder.exe into command prompt and press enter. After it has finished, reboot your computer once again

You should now be free of the Windows build number watermark!

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