Swing apps show garbled backgrounds
This may have to do with a damaged OpenGL pipeline. Play around with the following parameters: If you found the correct combination, set it as environment variable _JAVA_OPTIONS.
Lighten up whitespace characters
If you enable the checkbox Show whitespace characters under General → Editors → Text Editors, the characters are a bit too offensive. Sadly, there’s no option to change the transparency of them. The default (and fixed) value is 64h/FFh = 100d/255d (ca. 40% visible / 60% transparency). You can only change the value using a… Read More: Lighten up whitespace characters »
HTC Universal shuts down at xx% of battery left
(from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1790263#post1790263)
HD uses PIO instead of DMA
If Windows uses PIO mode instead of DMA, it probably have slowed down due to reading errors. To fix the slow-down, find the registry key: This contains the subfolders 0000, 0001 and 0002. 0001 is the primary IDE port and 0002 is the secondary. But watch the entries in there and you’ll get the idea.… Read More: HD uses PIO instead of DMA »
Device Manager Hacks
To show a ‘Details’ tab in device’s properties, add the system environment variable DevMgr_Show_Details and set itto “1”. To also show non-active devices, add DevMgr_Show_NonPresent_Devices and also set it to “1”.
SrvAny vs. WinServ
SrvAny.exe doesn’t recognize when the launched application exits. Windows still thinks that the service (SrvAny.exe)is running and so error handling (restart app, restart windows, etc.) doesn’t occur. Winserv doesn’t have this problem. Get it from http://sw4me.com/wiki/Winserv?v=qw0.
Backup-Userprofile as active profile
Check registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList for needed profile. Change State value to following: Value Meaning 100h logged on user 104h normal profile 8100h backup profile
ANSI codes in COMMAND.COM
To enable ANSI control codes in command.com, add the following line to %SystemRoot%\system32\CONFIG.NT:
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