UPDATE 1. This method also works to enable God Mode on Windows 8 UPDATE 2. Do not try this on Windows Vista 64 bit [read comments below] Windows in God mode? On first instance this looks joke but it is true and NOT A JOKE. God mode makes you true Windows God allowing you to access all
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Disable CD drive Auto Eject feature
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Add new items in ‘Send To’ menu on Windows
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Open multiple Explorer windows simultaneously
Windows Explorer pane is one of most useful place on Windows PC for bird's eye view of all contents on the computer. By default, we can only open one Windows Explorer pane. We have already seen Windows Double Explorer program to open two Explorer panes. How about opening more (upto 4)
How to disable autorun, autoplay on Windows
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Bypass Recycle Bin to directly delete files, folders
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Check system uptime on Windows 7, Vista & XP
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Special Characters in Windows using Character Map
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Update Windows offline without internet connection
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