How to Reduce Shut Down Time: Windows 7 tweak

This is a tweak with which you can reduce the time taken by your machine to shut down.
Now, the time taken by a machine to shut down depends, to a certain extent, on how fast it can stop the running processes. That is why it takes more time when a process is 'hanged' or is not responding.
This tweak will show you how to adjust the "Wait to Kill"  time, the time Windows 7 waits for programs to save data and close before shutting down.
STEPS:
In the start menu, type 'Run' or simply press win+R to open the Run option .
Open the Registry Editor by entering 'regedit'.
In the registry editor, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control

Free Windows 7 tweaking software:

There are a few good software tools that can be used for tweaking windows 7 and for other system utilities.Among them is "ENHANCEMYSE7EN" which is free of cost.It also provides details of the processor, the motherboard, memory, the operating system, running processes etc. Many useful optimisations are provided. It occupies 8 MB of memory space. It can be downloaded from http://www.seriousbit.com/

Windows 7 Tips and Tricks : Remove Search Entries in Explorer

Removing unnecessary entries in the search bar.Windows remembers all the search terms entered in Explorer and offers these as selections while typing. With time this list can become too large and obtrusive. That is why you should delete this memory partially or completely.
There are two methods too remove this search entries. To remove individual entries, start typing the term in the search field, until it appears as a choice below it. Position the mouse pointer over it without clicking on the value and press the Delete key.
As this is tedious in case of many elements, you can completely delete the entries in the registry. For this, type ‘regedit’ in the search field of the start menu and press the Enter key.

How to adjust thumbnail size in Windows 7

Windows displays thumbnails of the opened windows in the taskbar if the mouse is hovering over it.
Unfortunately, the size is too small in case of high screen resolutions.A value in the registry regulates the size of the displayed thumbnails.
The size of the thumbnail preview can be changed as follows.
Enter ‘regedit’ in the input field of the start menu and press Enter.
Then confirm the request of the user account control with ‘Yes’ and navigate to ‘HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband’ key.

Turn Off Windows Sounds : Windows Registry Tricks

Windows sounds or beeps are often annoying and can be turned off without turning off the other sounds. This can be achieved by a simple registry trick.
Open the Registry Editor.
Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound.
Click on Beep and set the value data to " No". 
Exit the Registry Editor.

User Accounts Control without blocking the desktop background in Windows 7

If a UAC window occurs, the operating system blurs the rest of the screen making it impossible to read important information.
To start the registry editor, write 'regedit' in the search field. Right click on regedit.exe and click on 'Run As Administrator'.
Navigate the tree structure in the following order.'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System.'
On the right hand side of the window,click on 'PromptOnSecureDesktop'. Double-click it and set the value
to 0. Confirm with OK and close the registry editor. The changes take place without rebooting the
system.

Disable Autorun In Windows XP, Vista, 7

This trick will help you in disabling Autorun of USB pen drive. If your drive is infected with viruses, then Autorun should be disabled.
1.Click on Start button. Type 'gpedit.msc' in the Search Box to open the Group Policy Editor.
2.Go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components.
3.On the right side of the window double click on "Turn off Autoplay" to turn it off.
4.Click on 'enabled' option of 'Turn off autoplay' and apply it to 'all drives'.

Save the changes to disable the autorun of a pen drive.

Please Note

Please note that it is important to take a backup of the windows registry before tweaking. We are not responsible if the system does not function well after tweaking the registry.

Windows 7 Registry Tweaks

Turn Off Aero Snap
Aero Snap is a feature of Windows 7 mainly for better arrangement of the windows on the desktop. When you drag a window to the top of the screen, Aero Snap will automatically maximise it to full size. Similarly, when you drag a window to the left or right portion of the screen it will automatically arrange it to fit in half of the screen size.
You can turn off Aero Snap by the following Registry trick.
1. Open the registry editor by typing 'regedit' in the search box.
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop.
Scroll down to "WindowArrangementActive" in the right-hand pane, and double-click it to open it.
3. Change the number in the "Value data" field from 1 (Aero Snap is enabled) to 0.
4. Click OK.
This is how Aero Snap is disabled.


Set Time Delay To Aero Peek
Windows 7 has a feature of Aero Peek with which you can directly view the desktop even if you have a number of applications open and executing side by side.

Internet Explorer Trick : Hidden URL shortcuts.

With this trick you can add a shortcut to your favourite URLs in IE but not display them in the Favourites Folder. Here is how you can do it .
1.Open the Registry Editor by typing 'regedit'.
2.Go to : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES / Software / Microsoft / InternetExplorer / AboutURLs
3. Add a string value with the name of the shortcut you want to use.
4. In the data field, give them the calue of the url you want them to point.(eg http://blogger.com/)
5.In the IE address bar, type about:shortcut_name.

These favourites wont be displayed in the Favourites folder.