In Vista and Widows 7 Offline Files feature works with the help of a service name called ‘Offline Files’. This service is introduced in Windows Vista; Windows XP does not have any such service associated with Offline Files.What is offline files service? What does it do? Offline files service manages the local cache, invokes periodic … Read more
In Windows 7 Start menu, in the default configuration, only shutdown button is displayed as an option among hibernate/switch user/logoff/restart/sleep/lock/shutdown. You can change the button action to any of hibernate/logoff/restart/sleep. Right click on Start button Select Properties It opens Taskbar and start menu properties window as below: Click on the drop down list located against … Read more
In Windows 2003 Server, one can not enable offline files when remote desktop is enabled on the machine. When we open Offline Files tab in Folder Options window we see a message that ‘Remote desktop is configured to support multiple connections. Offline files cannot be enabled with remote desktop in this configuration.‘ Snapshot of this … Read more
In Windows 7, My Pictures by default is located in C:UsersLoginidPictures. For example, in the case of administrator of the system this would be in c:usersadministratorPictures. W can change this to a different location through Pictures properties window. This can be done by doing the following steps. These steps can be followed for changing My … Read more
On Windows computer we can swap the functionality of left and right mouse buttons for the benefit of left hand users.This can be done by changing the settings in Mouse properties window. Mouse Properties window can be opened directly through Run window by running main.cpl. It opens Mouse properties window and now select the check … Read more
In Windows xp, we can create new user account using Local users and Groups console. We can also specify password for the new user account and also can configure other settings like whether the user needs to change his/her password in first login (or) user can change the password or not (or) the password never … Read more
In Windows 7 offline files cache can be encrypted as described below. Launch offline files management window(Execute ‘control c:windowssystem32cscui.dll‘ from Run or see the post Enable offline files in Windows 7.) Click on Encryption tab Click on Encrypt button Now you will see the text “Your offline files are encrypted. Further items added to offline … Read more
Enable or Disable Java script in Firefox browser: We can enable or disable Java script in Mozilla Firefox browser by doing the following steps. Click on Tools in the top menu bar in Firefox window. Select Options Click on Content tab from the top bar Select or deselect the check button “Enable JavaScript” Disable history … Read more
Administrator can enforce encryption on offline cached files by configuring EFS setting in the domain Group policy. This enforces encryption on all the member machines that are part of the domain. This can be done as described below. Log in to the Domain Controller machine. Open the Group policy object editor( see How to open group … Read more
In Windows 7, offline files cache is by default stored in C:\windows\CSC folder. This cache location can be changed by modifying registry key CacheLocation under the node HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CSCService\Parameters.Regkey : CacheLocation Type: REG_SZ We need to assign the path of the new location to the CacheLocation. Note that this path should be specified in NT format. … Read more