A simple way to disable Windows CoPilot in Windows 11.
How to disable Windows Copilot on Windows 11. This is very easy.
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Another way to speed up the Windows 11 Start menu.
How to disable Bing search in the Windows 11 Start menu and speed it up.
Read MoreHow to have a completely blank new-tab screen in Firefox and remove the annoying messages.
The new tab screen in Firefox has annoying messages popping up at the bottom and this may not be to everyone’s taste. But this can be changed very easily. Just create a user.js in your Firefox profile directory and put this in it. This will give you a completely blank…
Read MoreDisable the caps lock key entirely on Windows with this simple registry hack.
This very simple .reg file will disable the caps lock key on your Windows machine. This will make typing less annoying when using the keyboard. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout] "Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,3a,00,00,00,00,00Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout] "Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,3a,00,00,00,00,00 Always back up your registry before using…
Read MoreHow to disable the su to root in Linux using PAM.
The default Linux behavior allows the user to gain root access by typing su and entering the root password to gain a root prompt. If you wish to disable this behavior, then open this file as root for editing. jason@jason-Virtual-Machine:~$ vim /etc/pam.d/sujason@jason-Virtual-Machine:~$ vim /etc/pam.d/su Then un-comment this line. auth required…
Read MoreHow to disable the annoying thumbs.db files in Windows.
The thumbs.db file in Windows is used to cache thumbnails for picture files in the file explorer, but this is a pain when the user wants to delete a folder and the thumbs.db prevents this. But there is a way to fix this, without needing to reboot. Open the Group…
Read MoreHow to use the tweak tool to customise the Linux Mint MATE desktop.
MATE tweak tool for fixing the MINT desktop The MATE tweak tool is used to easily tweak the Linux Mint MATE desktop. Install this easily with the command below. jason@jason-virtual-machine ~ $ sudo apt install mate-tweakjason@jason-virtual-machine ~ $ sudo apt install mate-tweak Now we can tweak our desktop. Here, this…
Read MoreHow to disable desktop icons on the Linux Mint MATE desktop. Very easy with the Configuration Editor.
Remove the icons from the Linux Mint MATE desktop. This post will tell you how to disable the desktop icons on the Linux Mint MATE desktop. I prefer to have the desktop this way as it is a little faster and better looking. Just go to Applications->System->Configuration Editor in the…
Read MoreHow to disable fast boot on Windows 8.1 that prevents mounting the partition from Linux.
The fast boot feature of Windows 8.1 allows a user to load Windows faster than ever before; but this can interfere with the mounting of the Windows partition from Linux. This forces the user to mount the partition read-only. But if you use this command in a command prompt on…
Read MoreHow to disable the caps lock key permanently on Linux Mint and Ubuntu.
The caps lock key on Linux is very annoying when hit accidentally. Especially when you are typing a password. This simple command will disable the key permanently. homer@deusexmachina ~ $ setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocapshomer@deusexmachina ~ $ setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps If you put this in Startup Applications which may be found under…
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