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Miscellaneous Tips

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Export/Import Search Providers of Internet Explorer: Date - Feb 21, 2012; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Configure Search Providers, export the settings from Regedit, and then import to other PCs via .reg file.
Customize the Windows Log-On and Log-Off Screen: Date - Jan 26, 2012; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Change the background image of the screens for branding or fun.
Speed Up the Display of Thumbnails on the Taskbar: Date - Jan 12, 2012; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Make window previews on the taskbar show quickier.
Increase Taskbar Thumbnail Size: Date - Jan 11, 2012; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Make window previews on taskbar bigger.
Always Create Crash Dump Files: Date - Jan 11, 2012; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Force Windows to create crash reports when there's less than 25GB of free HD space.
Remove Windows Update Requirement at Shutdown: Date - Jan 10, 2012; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Prevent Windows from making you install Windows Updates at shutdown.
Removing the user's root profile folder from the Start menu: Date - Aug 18, 2011; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to remove the user's root profile folder from the Start menu.
Restoring a default file association on Windows 7: Date - May 25, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; You accidentally changed the default program associated with .cmd files to Notepad—how do you change it back?
Disable Mapped Drive Reconnect Warning: Date - May 10, 2011; Rating - 5; Author - Eric Geier; Stop the annoying error message about unavailable mapped network drives or shares.
Change Network Bridge Settings: Date - May 05, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Change the Forwarding and/or STA settings of Network Bridges in Windows.
Load Balancing Among Multiple Network Adapters: Date - May 04, 2011; Rating - 1; Author - Eric Geier; Make Windows randomly distribute connections across muliple network adapters.
Respond to WINS Queries with Only One IP when Using Multiple Adapters: Date - May 04, 2011; Rating - 2; Author - Eric Geier; Make Windows respond to WINS queries with one IP instead of all IPs of the muliple adapters.
Skip the Open With Web Service Prompt: Date - May 03, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Select an application to open the file with quickier.
AutoRestartShell And Windows: Date - Mar 08, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can use a registry entry to enable auto restart of Explorer.exe shell if it stops unexpectedly.
Change the Owner or Organization Name of Windows: Date - Nov 03, 2010; Rating - 5; Author - Eric Geier; How to modify the names you inputted during the Windows install.