In this article, you’ll learn how to turn off annoying features like notifications in Windows 8.1 and Windows 7, use the desktop instead of tiles, and more. Everyone is aware of this: At least once a day are annoyed with warning messages such as “Do you want to run this file?”, “Warning, this type of file can cause damage” or “May the program make changes to the computer?” Such annoying messages can be turned off, but the solution is often hidden. Some functions like the “Capslock” button have been annoying in Windows. We’ll show you how to easily disable the most annoying features in Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 and fix bugs.
Tip 1: To turn off annoying notifications from
(Windows 7 / 8.1) Every time you download a file from the Internet and run it, Windows asks if you are sure that the type of file could be damaged. The warning is useful when the file comes from a dubious source. And it annoys when downloading software directly from the vendor's website.
Tip 2: Remove unnecessary programs and services
To turn off the message, in Windows 7, click the Windows icon and select "Control Panel." In Windows 8.1, press the [Windows] key with [S], type "System Control" and open it. In the upper right corner, enter the "Internet Options" search box and click on it. Go to the "Security" tab and stay in the "Internet" zone.
Tip 3: Turn off automated transfers to Microsoft
Click on "Adjust Level" below. In the list is slightly below the middle of the point "Miscellaneous". Select "Start applications and unsafe files" and then "Activate (not secure)", it is set to "Confirm (recommended)". You can ignore the subsequent warning of a safety risk. However, you should pay more attention to which pages you are downloading files from.
Tip 4: Eliminate Autostart Delay at System Startup
If you continue the installation after you run a file, Windows will ask you the next question. The window says: "Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to this computer?"
This stubborn question can be turned off. In Windows 7, click "User Accounts" in the Control Panel, click "User Accounts", and then "Change User Account Settings". In Windows 8.1, locate and then click "User Account Control" in the System Control Search Panel. From here, the path is the same: a window opens with a sliding beam. You can select four levels - from "always" to "never notify". We advise against the latter setting, since programs then grant broad rights and make changes without notice - including malicious software.
(Windows 7 / 8.1) Paint, Movie Maker, Chess Titans: You may have never used these programs before. Way with it, eventually they eat space.
In Windows 7, click "Programs and Features" or "Programs and Features" in Windows 8.1, and then click "Turn Windows Features On or Off." In the window that opens, remove the checkmarks for the services you are not using. If you are in doubt, leave the hook, it could be important services. It's easy to disable gameplay, the Movie Maker, Tablet PC components, Windows Fax and Scan, Windows Minor application or XPS components, a less common PDF alternative.
(Windows 7 / 8.1) Every time a program crashes, Windows sends an error report to Microsoft with information about the program and the time. If you do not want to send data to Microsoft, turn off the reports.
Click on the "Maintenance Center" in the Control Panel or search for it via the search field. On the left, click Change Maintenance Centers. Navigate to "Settings for problem reporting" below and select "Never search for solutions". Confirm with "OK."
Windows also provides all the information about your PC's hardware and software to Microsoft.
You can also do this in the maintenance center. Click on "Settings for the program to improve the user friendliness" and in the next window select "No, I do not want to participate in the Windows program to improve the user friendliness". Confirm with "OK".
(Windows 7 / 8.1) Annoying fact: The more you use Windows, the slower it gets. Many programs are automatically set to autostart during the installation and are started each time the computer is booted.
Tip 5: Tracking Hidden Data Waste
In Windows 7, press the [Windows] key with [R]. In the window, enter "msconfig" and confirm with "OK". Select the "System start" tab. Remove the checkmarks for all programs that are not to start automatically. Theoretically, you can disable the start of all services, but some are very important, as are anti-virus programs.
Lesetipp: Remove programs from the Autostart in Windows 7
Tip 6: Extend the clipboard
For Windows 8.1, right-click the taskbar, and then click Task Manager in the menu. Select "More details" and in the next window the "Autostart" tab. Click the program you want to fly from the Autostart with the right mouse button and go to "Disable"
(Windows 7 / 8.1) With Windows, more and more hidden data garbage accumulates over time, which can not always be easily erased.
When you right-click on a file, a window with appropriate commands opens. Besides opening, copying or cutting are the entries of programs like Adobe, Dropbox or TuneUp, which are usually unasked there. The more it is, the longer it takes for the right-click menu or context menu to open. Use the free tool CCleaner (Download) to clear it. In the program, click the "Tools" menu and then "Autostart". The last tab is the "Context menu", in which all contexts are listed. Click on an entry to disable or delete it. CCleaner is also a recommendable tidying up program.
Tip 7: Rename annoying keys
Tip 8: Eliminate the clutter when displaying folders
Tip 9: Desktop instead of tiles
Tip 10: Turn off the annoying password input of the lock screen
(Windows 7 / 8.1) It is one of the eternal secrets of Microsoft: Why can not the clipboard contain only one element? This is extremely annoying when you want to copy text back and forth, or use standard formatting again and again.
The free tool Clipboard Master (Download) helps. During installation, you define a key combination, for example, [Windows] key and [V] key. Text parts are still copied to the clipboard with [Ctrl] and [C]. Then press [Windows] + [V] to open a window with all copied text sections. Clicking on an entry will insert it in the open text, but it can also be deleted or edited. Clipboard Master is placed in the lower right corner of the taskbar. A click on it opens the menu with many functions, for example, self-defined standard formulations and email spotting.
(Windows 7 / 8.1) It ruins the best text if you have accidentally pressed the "Capslock" button and everything is in uppercase. Unfortunately, the key is directly above the uppercase - a wrong handle is pre-programmed.
The solution: Annoying buttons like Capslock are moved. The tool "Sharp Keys" helps. After the installation, click "Add". A window opens with all possible key assignments. "Capslock" is about in the middle, under "Special". Click on it, and on the right side, select which button Capslock should be moved to, or whether it will be disabled. To do this, select "Turn Key off" at the top. Confirm with "OK". You can also use SharpsKeys to disable other buttons.
(Windows 7 / 8.1) Each folder in Windows Explorer looks different. Times are displayed large icons, times tiles, sometimes a preview. This Kuddelmuddel is because Windows assigns a different view to each folder type, depending on which files are in it. For the five folder types, pictures, general elements, music, videos, and documents, there is a default view, with images "Large icons", for documents "Details."
Reading Tip: Start Windows 7 Explorer in Drive View and Show Folder
Right-click the folder, select "Properties" and the "Customize" tab. Now you can adjust the folder type with the "Optimize this folder for" selection box. If you set a checkmark "Apply Template to All Subfolders", the setting is inherited.
That may not be enough for you. If you want all folders of a type to look the same and different than Windows pretend, then define a template. To do this, open Windows Explorer: in Windows 7, right-click on the Windows icon; in Windows 8.1, press [Windows] and [E]. In Windows 7, select "Extras / Folder Options" from the menu bar and then the "View" tab. If the menu bar does not exist, simply press [Alt]
Set the folder as you like it: large icons, tiles, or sort order. Select "Apply to Folder". In Windows 8.1, click "View" in the Explorer menu. Set the folder, click Options on the right, and click the View tab. Select "Apply to Folder". Now Windows transfers the settings to all folders of this type. To customize all five folder types, you need to customize a folder and define it as a role model.
Unfortunately this is not a guarantee that it will remain so. Sometimes Windows modifies the folder type - and thus the display. A uniform view for all folders is only possible through a more complicated registry intervention, which we advise against.
(Windows 8) Since Windows 8, the operating system has a completely new design. Many users are annoyed with this because the computer shows the unfamiliar cache design after the boot.
On the desktop, right-click the taskbar, select Properties, and then click the Navigation tab. The "Show or Hide All Apps instead of the Home Page" screen will bring you to the classic desktop when you start your PC. "When viewing the" Apps "view automatically, the computer starts with an app overview, by frequency of use, or by category.
(Windows 8.1) Before the start screen, Windows 8.1 displays a lock screen with password input - each time the PC wakes up from the sleep state.
If you use the computer only at home, you can disable the lock. Press [Windows] + [S], enter "PC Settings" in the search field and select it. Click on "Accounts / Login Options" on the left and select "Password Guideline" below. "A password is required to reactivate this PC from standby mode". Click Change. The blocking screen will no longer be displayed the next time you log in.
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