Offline files cache is stored in windowscsc folder on system drive. If the system drive is labeled c: then offline files cache would be stored in c:windowscsc. As in windows XP, this location can be changed by editing registry database. Registry key for this is HKLMSystemCurrentControlSetServicesCSCParameters Regkey : CacheLocation Type: REG_SZ By default cache is … Read more
On Windows Vista system Offline files feature can be disabled as follows. Click on Start button (Shortcut for this: Ctrl-Esc (or) windows key) Click on Control Panel Click on Network and Internet Click on Offline Files. In the ‘General‘ tab click on ‘Disable Offline Files‘ Click on ‘continue’ if user account control asks for confirmation.
If you are using offline files/CSC, the cache would take significant amount of space on your local disk. You may want to clear up some disk space by deleting this cache. Learn how to use FormatDatabase registry key to delete offline files cache. Create a registry value FormatDatabase of type REG_DWORD(32 bit) under the node HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Csc\Parameters … Read more
By default windows explorer does not show hidden files. We can change this behavior in the following way. Open ‘My computer‘ Click ‘Tools‘ in the toolbar and select ‘Folder options‘ Select ‘View‘ tab As shown in the above picture select ‘Show hidden files and folders‘ Click ‘Apply‘ and ‘OK‘
Previously Windbg was available separately to download. But for the latest versions, Microsoft keeps it as part of Windows SDK. Please find the download links below. Windows 10 The latest version of Windbg for Windows 7 can be downloaded from the link https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/windows-10-sdk Windows 7 Windows 7 SDK can be downloaded from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8279 target=”_blank” Download … Read more
Putty Connection Manager can be used as tabbed version of Putty. It works on all the editions of Windows OS i.e Windows XP, Server 2003,Vista, Server 2008 and Windows 7. This article describes how to use Putty Connection Manager to simplify the login process to different telnet or ssh servers. Please follow the below given … Read more
In Windows XP/2003 administrators can redirect users Application data to a network location as per the below listed steps. Log in to the Domain Controller machine and open the Group policy object editor( see here) Next go to User Configuration->Windows Settings->Folder Redirection Right click on “Application Data” and click on Properties. This will open a … Read more
“Putty Connection Manager” is a utility which works on top of the basic Putty utility and helps users to save connection parameters to different remote servers and provides Linux terminal kind of tabbing for different server connections. Update: The below link is currently down. From one of the user’s comments, Putty connection manager can be … Read more
Append Completion registry parameter allows to control the auto complete behavior of IE when user begins to type in URL address. This registry parameter is present under the key HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAutoComplete. Append Completion is of type REG_SZ and takes the values yes or no. When setto yes, whenever user starts to type in some URL, internet … Read more
Windows SteadyState 2.5 can be downloaded from this location.