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Disabling the always on NumLock or Capslock On screen display (OSD) for Lenovo laptops

On Windows 7: Right click on desktop and go to “Screen Resolution” option Click “Advanced settings”. A new window will open Go to tab “Screen Configurations” to show “Indicator settings for CapsLock and NumLock” Click “Show indicator for few seconds” radio button for both options Click “OK” Now the OSD will appear only for 3 seconds and wont be persistent
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Jump to a registry key

In my tutorials and a host of others on the internet you will frequently find situations where one needs to go to a complex path in the registry tree. Browsing this path is cumbersome and error prone in the registry editor. Not to mention I am lazy! Not anymore! Introducing Regjump. Download and install it from the official microsoft sysinternals website here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/regjump Extract and place the exe in a windows location like System32 if you want to avoid modifying the environment variables. C:\Windows\System32\ Now you should be able to execute regjump from the Run window. E.g.: regjump HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows

Editing your Startup list

L ast post we looked at how to add an entry. This time we will look at how to disable or delete certain entries Step 1: Start System Configuration: Press “Win + R” and type “msconfig” and hit enter Step 2: Go to Startup tab and check/uncheck what you dont want to start up with Windows and click OK. Done! Unchecked programs wont start on the next reboot

How to add a program to Windows startup

Step 1: Start regedit: Press “Win + R” or Start button > Run Step 2: To run only for current user: In regedit, go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run To run for all users, go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run Step 3: Right Click > New > String Value and then type name of the program e.g.: “Sticky Notes” Right Click > Modify now enter the full path of the program e.g.:”C:\Windows\System32\StikyNot.exe” Now your program should start the next time you restart your PC