How to Disable Windows 7 Auto Update Restart

 

Windows 7 automatic updates help to keep your computer secure and up to date with the latest bug fixes and security patches. It highly recommended that you have it enabled, but can be really annoying when it continuously nags you to reboot your computer. The good news it is very easy to disable the auto-restart using Local Group Policy Editor.

 

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Code snippet: replace window’s callback function

Exploring myGUI library. I have found this nice snippet.


//old procedure we'll replace later
LRESULT msOldWindowProc = NULL;
LRESULT CALLBACK windowProc(HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
...
mHwnd = (HWND)_handle;//our window

// our new callback function
if (!msOldWindowProc)
{
  msOldWindowProc = GetWindowLong(mHwnd, GWL_WNDPROC);
  SetWindowLong(mHwnd, GWL_WNDPROC, (long)windowProc);
}
...
//at the end of the program replace our procedure back
if (msOldWindowProc)
{
 SetWindowLong((HWND)mHwnd, GWL_WNDPROC, (long)msOldWindowProc);
 msOldWindowProc = 0;
}

Блокировка запуска приложений

Данный был найден на форуме rsdn.ru(нашел не я. поэтому источнику информации огромное спасибо). Путь, как утверждает автор, совершенно легальный и работает еще с W2K. Был успешно реализован на Windows 7. Итак приступим.

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Hidden Windows 7 Wallpapers

There are hidden wallpapers in windows 7

path:c:\Windows\Globalization\MCT\

It is a hidden folder, so use “show hidden files”.This will display five new unindexed folders, each corresponding to a different global region. Browse these folders for some extra themes and wallpapers specific to Australia, USA, South Africa, and Canada.

There are also themes for Win7.

How to install Windows 7 from usb flash drive 100% working

This guide works 100% for Vista & Windows 7 unlike most of the guides out there. I have seen many sites/blogs that have “Install Vista from USB guide” but either with incomplete steps or not working guide. I have also seen some guides that don’t’ use proper commands in this guide. After spending many hours I have come up with this 100% working guide.

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