You may try the following steps to disable the Taskbar thumbnail preview in Windows 7:

1. Click “Start” and type “gpedit.msc” and hit Enter
2. Navigate to User Configuration, Administrative Templates, and Start Menu and Taskbar in left pan of Group Policy Editor.
3. Locate “Turn off Taskbar Thumbnails” in right pan of Group policy editor and double click.
4. Select “Enabled” and click “Apply” and “OK”.

Method 2:

If the above method doesn’t help, you may try the below steps:

You can disable the taskbar thumbnail feature (sort of) in Windows 7 using a registry edit. This can be done by setting the taskbar thumbnail preview hover delay to a large value (say 10000 milliseconds or more), so that the preview is not immediately generated when you hover over a taskbar icon.

1. Click Start, type regedit.exe and press ENTER

2. Navigate to the following location:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Advanced

3. Create a new DWORD (32-bit) value named ExtendedUIHoverTime

4. Double-click ExtendedUIHoverTime and click Decimal

5. To increase the hover delay to 5 seconds, type 5000 . Type 10000 for 10 seconds and so forth…

6. Exit the Registry Editor.

7. Restart your computer.

Source: Microsoft

It is a requirement that CUDN-connected computers must support the ICMP Echo (ping) function. The Windows Firewall may not respond to such incoming echo requests. If you intend to use Windows Firewall on the CUDN you must enable ping.

Windows XP SP2 or SP3

1. Open the Control Panel (from the Start menu – choose Control Panel or Settings and then Control Panel).
2. Open Windows Firewall (click Network and Internet Connections then Windows Firewall or double-click Windows Firewall.
3. On the General tab of the Windows Firewall dialogue box, make sure that the On (recommended) radio button is selected.
[You do not need to use two firewalls. Doing so may lead to confusion. If you intend to use Windows Firewall but have another firewall installed (such as ZoneAlarm) you should uninstall it - preferably before installing Windows XP SP2. If you decide you prefer an alternative to the Windows Firewall you can always reinstall it later].
4. Click the Advanced tab.
5. In the ICMP box click the Settings… button.
6. Tick the Allow incoming echo request box.
7. Click on OK and then OK again.
8. Close the Control Panel.

Windows Vista

1. Click on the Vista Start circle
2. Type cmd into the search box (this starts up the command prompt)
3. At the command line type
netsh firewall set icmpsetting 8 enable
4. Press the return/enter key

taskkill /F /IM chrome.exe /T

/F = force kill
/IM = image name
/T = kill all child processes as well

To create a shortcut, right-click the desktop, then New -> Shortcut.

For location, type the following:

taskkill.exe /F /IM chrome.exe /T

Then, give your shortcut a name like “Kill Chrome”, and you’re done.

Here is how to enable telnet in Vista:

1. Open ‘Control Panel’
2. Select ‘Programs and Features’
3. In the left column, select ‘Turn Windows features on or off’ (get ready for the annoying UAC prompt)
4. Check the box next to telnet (and any other obscure services you may want enabled), and wait while Vista thinks for a while.

Source: http://www.arsgeek.com/2007/03/20/enable-telnet-in-windows-vista/

• Right-click the taskbar, then click “New Toolbar”
• In the Folder input field, copy and paste the following line:

"%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch"

• Click “Select Folder”
• Unlock the taskbar.
• Right click the Quick Launch toolbar and uncheck “Show Text” and “Show Title”.
• Drag the Quick Launch toolbar to the desired location.
• Double-click the dotted edge of the toolbar to auto-size the toolbar to the width of the icons.

Done!

Sample smb.conf:

[homes]
        comment = Home Directories
        browseable = no
        writable = yes
;       valid users = %S
;       valid users = MYDOMAIN\%S

Mapping Samba drive on Windows:

\\[your Samba server IP here]\[username]
\\[your Samba server IP here]\homes

Another example:

[media]
   comment = Media
   path = /media
   browseable = yes
   writeable = yes
   guest ok = no

If password does not work when connecting from Windows to Linux, then create a password like this:

smbpasswd -a [username]

In Windows Vista:

1. Click the Start button, type “msconfig” and hit enter.
2. When the small “User Account Control” window pops up, click continue.
3. Click the Startup tab
4. Look for “CommonSDK” in the Startup items in the left column.
5. Check the Command column, which should say “RoxWatchTray9.exe”
6. Uncheck the box for that row.
7. Restart your machine.

ALTERNATE OLDER VERSION:

After installing Roxio Creator, you might have a system tray icon that you can’t seem to get rid of.

Here’s how to turn off the Media Manager Services icon:

1. Start Roxio Creator
2. On the left side, click Audio.
3. Then click Audio CD
4. On the right bottom, click the Settings button in the “Quick Find” menu to the right.
5. Uncheck Watch Folders at Startup
6. Then click OK

"c:\path-to-pageant\pageant.exe" "c:\path-to-key\mykey.ppk"