Windows Tips n Tricks 3
Nikhil Rastogi, Jun 22, 2008 1423 hrs IST
A few tricks to make your life a little more simple
Ever wished for a quicker way to turn off Vista's Aero theme? Want to disable or enable Vista's UAC quickly? Tame Internet Explorer 7's "Run Once" page that refuses to run only once.
Internet Explorer 7's RunOnce which refuses to "Run Only Once"
It is great to see that Microsoft introduced Internet Explorer 7, which was a much-needed update to the long forgotten Internet Explorer 6. Among many new additions and changes, Microsoft also introduced RunOnce page, which is a neat way to customize settings such as default search provider, automatic phishing filter, activate ClearType, language selection and joining Customer Experience Improvement Program.
However, for some strange reason I couldn't make this page go away no matter what I did, and this certainly wasn't normal behaviour. I kept getting errors that wouldn't let me complete the RunOnce settings page - either the page appeared blank or would not load at all with a plain blue colour page or everything would work except the last "save your settings". Arrrghhhh! Thus began a search to eliminate this problem.
Disabling the "RunOnce" of IE 7 is quite easy, it is a simple registry trick. However, for those who don't want to dwell in the registry here
is a small app made for the same very purpose, aptly called IE 7 RunOnce Remover
Simply download the utility and double-click it. Click the Remove button. As a bonus, you can undo the change anytime you want.
For those who would prefer to brave the registry, here's how you do it.
1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
2. Locate the following registry Main, the path is
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
3. In the details pane on the right, double-click the
RunOnceHasShown registry entry. Enter 1 in the value data box. Click OK.
4. In the details pane, double-click the RunOnceComplete registry entry, enter 1 in the value data box. Click OK.
Remember both values for RunOnceHasShown and RunOnceComplete must be set to 1 otherwise the runonce page will start loading again whenever you launch Internet Explorer.
Better yet, I say use Firefox instead.
USER COMMENTS
by king, delhi, on Jul 14, 2008 05:20 PM, Report abuse Reply
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by Vishwas Joshi, Aurangabad, on Jun 24, 2008 03:00 PM, Report abuse Reply
Hey Vishwas Do u have any other account running on your pc..?
by Rajeev, Delhi, on Jun 24, 2008 09:47 PM, Report abuse
Im having Vista OS. While i start my laptop, 3 programs viz On-screen keyboard, MS Narrator & Magnifier starts automatically. Is there a way to stop all 3? I tried from start up menu but no use.
by Ravi, Bnagalore, on Jun 23, 2008 06:21 PM, Report abuse Reply
Go to Start->programs->Accessories->Utility manager. This is the one which is used to configure the on screen keyboard, magnifier etc. There is an option to disable them during start up. It is available in certain editions of Vista. Just try it out.
by bharath anand, chennai, on Jun 23, 2008 09:44 PM, Report abuse
by Ravi, Bangalore, on Jun 24, 2008 02:40 PM, Report abuse
hi can any body help me ..my labtop is with visat os...in it i m having a wireless facility.but from few days its not working properly.it starts and stops automaticaly at any time even the switch is off or on...so plz can u help me in this matter....thanx
by BHAVIN PATEL, ANAND, on Jun 23, 2008 05:27 PM, Report abuse Reply
The last line is the best... :-)
by logic11235, Bangalore, on Jun 23, 2008 05:08 PM, Report abuse Reply
Go for linux.Be free from all these hassles
by haribond, Bangalore, on Jun 23, 2008 02:25 PM, Report abuse Reply
Debian linux follows the same strategy as Vista my educated friend.
by whocares, Bangalore, on Jun 23, 2008 02:29 PM, Report abuse
by gajendra, delhi, on Jun 23, 2008 10:36 AM, Report abuse Reply
by Mathan, Madurai, on Jun 22, 2008 08:47 PM, Report abuse Reply
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