tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151290182254769232011-11-28T00:53:44.886+01:00Blogging about how to edit Windows 7 to look and feel better. Windows 7 - Public Beta build 7000Alexander Haukåshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18366631190178773762noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-115129018225476923.post-69737278464728654782009-01-22T10:42:00.000+01:002009-01-22T11:39:36.695+01:00<strong>Ready Your Windows 7 For Editing System Files and Normal Files</strong><br /><em><span style="color:#cccccc;">This guide works on Windows 7 - build 7000 (public beta)<br /></span></em><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">This guide should be read and performed before you perform any other guide on this page, this is because Windows 7 will remove changes to systemfiles on reboot, unless ofcourse, if we disable that function, so that our changes will be permanent!</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><em>Lets get started... Shall we?</em><br />In brief steps, we want to remove <span style="color:#33cc00;">SYSTEM RESTORE</span> and <span style="color:#33cc00;">UAC (User Account Control)</span> in <span style="color:#ff6600;">Windows 7</span> so in order to do, we go ahead and find the <span style="color:#33cc00;">Control Panel</span>.<br />It is where it always are, at<span style="color:#990000;"> </span><span style="color:#993399;">Start - Controlpanel</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#990000;">TURN OFF SYSTEM RESTORE:</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Now click the "<span style="color:#6600cc;">All Control Panel Items</span>" at the bottom right and you will be able to find eveything I say we need...</span><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7l9O25q0nc8/SXhAQmGoaEI/AAAAAAAAApA/j6GsLVZsp-M/s1600-h/1-ChangeControlPanel.png"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294052015824463938" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7l9O25q0nc8/SXhAQmGoaEI/AAAAAAAAApA/j6GsLVZsp-M/s320/1-ChangeControlPanel.png" /></a><br /><br />1. Then find the "<span style="color:#6600cc;">System</span>" icon and click that...<br />2. On the left side of the screen click the "<span style="color:#6600cc;">System Protection</span>" link<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7l9O25q0nc8/SXhAQyx1mRI/AAAAAAAAApI/JhfeVLKHpRw/s1600-h/2-RemoveSystemProtection.png"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294052019226908946" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7l9O25q0nc8/SXhAQyx1mRI/AAAAAAAAApI/JhfeVLKHpRw/s320/2-RemoveSystemProtection.png" /></a><br /><br />3. A new box will appear, make sure its tab says "<span style="color:#33cc00;">system protection</span>" as you see on the picture.<br />4. Find your <span style="color:#ff9900;">Windows 7</span> drive (<span style="color:#ff9900;">the C: drive</span>) and select it<br />5. Press the "<span style="color:#993399;">Configure</span>" button and then a new dialog will pop up. Under "<span style="color:#33cc00;">restore settings</span>" choose "<span style="color:#6600cc;">Turn off system protection</span>" and press <span style="color:#993399;">OK</span> (and then <span style="color:#cc33cc;">OK</span> again)<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7l9O25q0nc8/SXhARXhedWI/AAAAAAAAApQ/9rZkilAYGPM/s1600-h/3-RemoveSystemProtection.png"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294052029090395490" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7l9O25q0nc8/SXhARXhedWI/AAAAAAAAApQ/9rZkilAYGPM/s320/3-RemoveSystemProtection.png" /></a><br /><br />6. You will now see that you are asked to <span style="color:#993399;">REBOOT</span>, please do so now...<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7l9O25q0nc8/SXhAR5vwnJI/AAAAAAAAApg/sLhSyrx9w1Y/s1600-h/5-RestartTheMachine.png"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294052038277110930" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7l9O25q0nc8/SXhAR5vwnJI/AAAAAAAAApg/sLhSyrx9w1Y/s320/5-RestartTheMachine.png" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#6666cc;">You have now disabled System Restore and Windows 7 will no longer restore the files that you choose to change or edit.... This is very nice when doing the things we do in this blog!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#990000;">TURN OFF UAC (User Account Settings)</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#990000;"></span></strong><br /><span style="color:#000000;">1. Go to your <em><span style="color:#009900;">Control panel</span></em> again and find "<span style="color:#009900;">Action Center</span>" and double-click that icon.</span><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span></strong>2. Then in the menu on the left side, click the "<span style="color:#6600cc;">User Account Control Settings</span>" link.<br />3. Drag the slider all the way down to "<span style="color:#33cc00;">Never Notify</span>" and then press <span style="color:#6600cc;">OK.</span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">4. If asked to restart your computer, please do so now...</span><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7l9O25q0nc8/SXhARXjEhsI/AAAAAAAAApY/qLza7e9Cd7c/s1600-h/4-UserAccountControlOff.png"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294052029097084610" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7l9O25q0nc8/SXhARXjEhsI/AAAAAAAAApY/qLza7e9Cd7c/s320/4-UserAccountControlOff.png" /></a><br /><br />You have now successfully disabled the UAC (User Account Control) and you are free to edit most files...<br />If you later encounter NTFS locked files, then all guides will demonstrate how to open those files, if you need to...<br /><br />Sincerely, AlexData<br /><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/115129018225476923-6973727846472865478?l=editwindows7.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexander Haukåshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18366631190178773762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-115129018225476923.post-75313126788975015482009-01-22T09:53:00.000+01:002009-01-22T11:37:05.710+01:00<strong>How to disable the Feedback Link in Windows 7 Ultimate</strong><br /><span style="color:#cccccc;">Remove Send Feedback link from your windows 7 - build 7000</span><br /><span style="color:#cccccc;"><br /></span>If you are like me, you would want to disable the <span style="color:#cc33cc;">Feedback Link</span> that you find in every window you open inside <span style="color:#ff6600;">Windows 7</span>. I mean, it can be practical to report broken features in the beta using that link, still, if you really really need to send <span style="color:#ff6600;">Microsoft</span> some tip about some broken feature, why not use the shortcut on your <span style="color:#990000;">Desktop</span>, or the icon inside your <span style="color:#990000;">Control Panel</span>.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7l9O25q0nc8/SXg4R_ZIWnI/AAAAAAAAAoU/Lrh_6SB3KLI/s1600-h/00-SendFeedbackLink.PNG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294043243699788402" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7l9O25q0nc8/SXg4R_ZIWnI/AAAAAAAAAoU/Lrh_6SB3KLI/s320/00-SendFeedbackLink.PNG" /></a><br /><br />Well... If you want to remove that link from <span style="color:#ff6600;">W</span><span style="color:#ff6600;">indows 7</span>, then follow me on this....<br /><br /><strong>FIRST THINGS FIRST:</strong><br />YOU NEED TO MAKE YOUR WINDOWS READY FOR ALL KINDS OF CHANGES<br />CHECK OUT THE GUIDE CALLED:<br />"<span style="color:#3366ff;">Ready Your Windows 7 For Editing</span>"<br />BEFORE YOU CONTINUE WITH THIS GUIDE!!<br /><br /><br />1. Open Notepad - go to <span style="color:#990000;">Start, Search</span> and write "<span style="color:#009900;">notepad.exe</span>" and then click the icon...<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7l9O25q0nc8/SXg4STtPOQI/AAAAAAAAAoc/4X0aRjpWf9Y/s1600-h/01-OpenNotepad.png"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294043249152833794" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7l9O25q0nc8/SXg4STtPOQI/AAAAAAAAAoc/4X0aRjpWf9Y/s320/01-OpenNotepad.png" /></a><br /><br />2. Write the following in notepad:<br /><br /><span style="color:#33cc00;">Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00<br />[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]<br />"FeedbackToolEnabled"=dword:00000000</span><br /><span style="color:#33cc00;"></span><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7l9O25q0nc8/SXg4SodXFPI/AAAAAAAAAok/u-0TT6NpR3M/s1600-h/02-WriteTheFollowing.png"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294043254723384562" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7l9O25q0nc8/SXg4SodXFPI/AAAAAAAAAok/u-0TT6NpR3M/s320/02-WriteTheFollowing.png" /></a><br /><br />3. Save this file as "<span style="color:#ffcc00;">DisableFeebackLink.reg</span>" on your <em><span style="color:#990000;">Desktop</span></em> and remember to choose the filetype you want to save it as should be "<em>All Files</em>", if not it will be saved as an .TXT and we need it to be saved with .REG as its filetype...<br /><br /><br /><div><div>4. Find the file on your <span style="color:#660000;">Desktop</span> and double-click it... </div><div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7l9O25q0nc8/SXg4S9cacHI/AAAAAAAAAos/0Gr4j13DoPE/s1600-h/03-YouWantToChangeIt.png"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294043260356554866" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7l9O25q0nc8/SXg4S9cacHI/AAAAAAAAAos/0Gr4j13DoPE/s320/03-YouWantToChangeIt.png" /></a></div><div></div><div>5.Press <span style="color:#006600;">YES</span> on the message that is asking you: "Are you sure you want to continue?"</div><div></div><div>6.Press <span style="color:#009900;">OK</span> on the follow-up message about "Keys and values has been added to the registry"</div><div><br /></div><div>7. Log off your user account, and log back on...<br />You will notice that the <span style="color:#6600cc;">Feedback Link</span> is all gone...</div><div></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7l9O25q0nc8/SXg4TVbiifI/AAAAAAAAAo0/xGxKqjytBvY/s1600-h/04-AfterLogoffLogonItsGone.png"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294043266795342322" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7l9O25q0nc8/SXg4TVbiifI/AAAAAAAAAo0/xGxKqjytBvY/s320/04-AfterLogoffLogonItsGone.png" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy your <em>New</em> and much <em>Smoother</em> design...</div><div></div><div>Sincerely, AlexData!</div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div><span style="color:#cccccc;">Remove build 7000 send feedback link from your windows 7</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/115129018225476923-7531312678897501548?l=editwindows7.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexander Haukåshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18366631190178773762noreply@blogger.com0