To load (view or edit) an offline registry file:
1. Start > Run > regedit
2. Highlight "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"
3. File > Load Hive
4. Browse to an offline registry file and open it
HKEY_CURRENT_USER will be located in C:\Documents and Settings\user.name\NTUSER.DAT
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE keys will be located in C:\WINDOWS\system32\config
5. Give it any name. E.g. TMP
6. Browse the new TMP key and do necessary changes
7. Highlight the new TMP key
8. File > Unload Hive
9. Close registry editor
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
FileZilla FTP client by default silently stores all entered FTP usernames and passwords in plain text.
Passwords may be stored in following locations.
Path:
Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\user.name\Application Data\FileZilla
Windows Visata/7: C:\Users\user.name\AppData\Roaming\FileZilla
Files:
recentservers.xml
sitemanager.xml
filezilla.xml
To disable this default behaviour:
1. Copy file C:\Program Files\FileZilla FTP Client\docs\fzdefaults.xml.example to C:\Program Files\FileZilla FTP Client
2. Rename file to fzdefaults.xml
3. Open file in text editor and change set <Setting name="Kiosk mode">1</Setting>
4. Comment line: <!--<Setting name="Config Location">$SOMEDIR/filezilla/</Setting>-->. Or set desired config file location if you wish.
You can also set <Setting name="Disable update check">1</Setting> to disable update check.
5. Save and close the file
6. Delete or rename existing files containing passwords (see above for file names and path)
FileZilla 3.3
Windows XP, Vista, 7
Rufus is a small free utility that allows to create bootable USB drives. It's very lightweight and doesn't even require installation. Versions 2.15 (portable) can be downloaded from here, or check for the latest version of developer's website.
Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool works great if you need to create bootable Windows USB flash drive from an .ISO file. You can download this tool from here or directly from Microsoft.
Read more: Create bootable Windows installation USB/DVD drive
Installing / uninstalling Google Earth (or other software) you may get an error:
Product: Google Earth -- Error 1327.Invalid Drive: X:\
Application Log ID: 11327
This happens if drive X: used to exist on your system, but has been removed.
To fix:
regedit
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
Remove or change incorrect entries.