MG's Notes

Go to Start –> Run and type Regedit
Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control

Click on the “Control” Folder.
In the right window you will see this key WaitToKillServiceTimeout
Double click that key and set it a value
lower than 2000, we set it to 100. Reboot.

written by MG \\ tags: registry, shutdown, Windows

Right click on desktop and select new -> shortcut. Then copy and paste this in the program location box  

“rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation”

Click next and enter a name for you shortcut and then click finish.

Now you can copy and paste that shortcut anywhere you want on your computer.

written by MG \\ tags: lock, shortcut, Windows

To change from FAT 32 to NTFS for more stability and security, open the command prompt and type:

> Convert C: /FS:NTFS

 Make sure there is a space between the C: and the foward slash (/). Once you press enter it will ask you for confirmation and press Y. Then press Y and enter once more to reboot. It will take between one hour and 15 minutes to convert to NTFS.

Now you can set passwords for files and use encryption.

written by MG \\ tags: convert, fat32, ntfs, Windows

     One of Windows annoying so called “feature” is CHKDSK being automatically being run whenever you don’t shut down your computer properly. You get the blue colored screen that says “Checking file system on C: The type of the file system is NTFS. One of your disks needs to be checked for consistency. You may cancel the disk check, but it is strongly recommended that you continue. To skip disk checking, press any key within 10 seconds(s).

    Simply pressing any key would stop CHKDSK from running but when you restart your computer, you’ll get this prompt again. Sometimes even after letting CHKDSK scan the drive that it wants to, CHKDSK would still automatically run at next boot! Here’s how to disable or stop CHKDSK at Windows bootup.
    There are some people suggested to edit the registry but the proper way to disable CHKDSK from starting up is using the /x switch on chkntfs command in command prompt. The /x switch will exclude a drive from the default boot-time check. If you have drive C: as your hard drive, then the command to disable chkdsk from scanning C: drive would be:

chkntfs /x c:

If you have 2 drive, C and D, you can disable chkdsk with the command below:

chkntfs /x c: d:

written by MG \\ tags: scan, Windows

1.Run cmd as Administrator

2.Type powercfg -h off and press ENTER

written by MG \\ tags: hibernation, Windows