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Flip Mouse wheel

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\HID\...\Device Parameters

Change FlipFlopWheel value from 0 to 1

Desktop Color to custom solid

C:\Windows\System32\control.exe /name Microsoft.Personalization /page pageWallpaper

Change keyboard type

  • ControlPanel > Language > (click language) > Option > Change Type
  • Use 101 key type 1 for RealForce

CAPS key to Control key

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]
"Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,1d,00,3a,00,00,00,00,00

CPU heating problem with "Antimalware Service Executable"

C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MsMpEng.exe

Add to ControlPanel > Update > Windows Defender > Exception

TEMP environment

For SSD, Change TEMP and TMP environment variable for User and System

Control Panel > Advanced System > Environment

FireFox, Change cache folder

  1. Type about:config into the location bar and press enter
  2. Accept the warning message that appears, you will be taken to a list of preferences
  3. Right-click somewhere in the list and select "New > String"
  4. For the name of the preference type browser.cache.disk.parent_directory
  5. For its value type the path to where you want to store the cache
  6. Next locate the preference browser.cache.disk.enable, it must be set to true, if it is not, double-click on it to change its value

Reference: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/768867

Edge, Change cache folder : Does not work anymore, security reason.

  1. Copy current cache content

    robocopy "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC" "D:\temp.iecache\MsEdge" /E /COPYALL /DCOPY:DAT
    
  2. Move AC to AC Backup in the explorer

  3. Make a symlink

    mklink /D "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC" "D:\temp.iecache\MsEdge"
    

Reference: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/3c0f59fe-a823-44ec-8825-2ef71cf4a374/move-microsoft-edge-cache-to-another-folder-second-drive?forum=win10itprogeneral

Windows System paging file to another drive

http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-move-page-file-in-windows-10-to-another-disk/

SSD connected to USB doesn't seem to work like second HDD on desktop. Need to give minimum(400MB) to C and then large amount (1024M ~ 16384M) to D.

Disable hiberfil.sys

open admin command prompt

powercfg.exe /hibernate off

and on back again you need to

powercfg.exe /hibernate on

Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/920730

Move swapfile.sys

First, disable paging.

Next, make a symbolic file by open admin command prompt and

mklink c:\swapfile.sys d:\swapfile.sys

Then, enable paging again.

Advance

Pin program to all Virtual desktops

You can now pin a window so it’s available on every desktop. 
To do this, launch Task View (button on the task bar) then
right-click on the window you want to pin and choose 
“Show this window on all desktops”. Try pinning Skype or
Groove Music so they’re always at your fingertips.
And if you have a multi-mon setup, you might enjoy
the ability to have your email app on the second monitor
no matter which desktop you switch to.

Disable reboot after update

How to disable off automatic reboot using the Task Scheduler

  1. Launch the Task Scheduler.
  2. Go to Task Scheduler Library/Microsoft/Windows/Update Orchestrator
  3. Right-click on the task named Reboot
  4. Select Disable

How to disable automatic restart for installation of updates using the Group Policy

  1. Run gpedit.msc
  2. Go to Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Windows Update.
  3. Double-click on No auto restart with loggedon users for scheduled automatic updates installations
  4. Select Enabled and click OK

How to disable auto matic reboot after the installation of updates using the Registry editor

  1. Launch the registry editor:
  2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
  3. If you don’t have the AU key, create it in the WindowsUpdate.
  4. Create a new DWORD-32 value.
  5. Name it NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers.
  6. Double-click it, type 1 and click OK

Disable cortana

Ref: https://www.howtogeek.com/265027/how-to-disable-cortana-in-windows-10/

Remote desktop

Settings file: C:\Users\(user)\Documents\Default.drp

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