Windows 10 New Keyboard Shortcuts

Windows Snapping:

• Windows Key + Left – Snap current window to the left side of the screen.
• Windows Key + Right – Snap current window the the right side of the screen.
• Windows Key + Up – Snap current window to the top of the screen.
• Windows Key + Down – Snap current window to the bottom of the screen.

Note: Combine these shortcuts to snap into a corner — for example, Windows Key + Left and then Windows Key + Up would snap a window into the top-left quadrant of the screen. The first two keyboard shortcuts aren’t new, but the way they work with the 2×2 snapping feature is.

Enable GodMode in Windows 10

Enabling GodMode is pretty simple. You simply create a new folder (can be created anywhere, but I suggest putting it on the Windows 10 Desktop so it's easy to locate), and give the new folder an intricately specific name.

Registry Editor - Edit Menu

Edit Menu: The Edit menu in RegEdit provides the commands you need to create new Registry keys and to edit and delete existing keys and values. All of this functionality is also available by right-clicking in RegEdit as well.

In the Edit menu you can also set access permissions for the Registry. This can be useful if you need to manage the Registry files for other users on the PC, but find that file access is blocked when you do so.

Registry Editor File Menu

File Menu: There is a standard menu at the top left of the Registry Editor window with File, Edit, View, Favorites, and Help options. The File Menu contains the Import and Export controls and you can use these to back up and restore individual keys, settings for whole applications or devices, or the entire Registry.

Backups of the Registry are saved with the registration file (.reg) extension, which are plain text and can be opened with Notepad, as shown in Figure 2-3. This means that it is always advisable to store your .reg backup files in a secure and encrypted location, as any plain-text file in the workplace that might be susceptible to theft by an individual or through the use of malware might reveal sensitive data, such as domain information, that you would not wish revealed.

Registry Editor Operations

RegEdit: The most logical place to start is Windows’s built-in Registry Editor, RegEdit. You can find this by searching for Regedit.exe in the Start menu or at the Start screen; it will require elevated administrator privileges to run.

The built-in Registry Editor is a fairly basic editing and viewing app for the Registry, but then it doesn’t have to do much. For the majority of the time all you will need to do with the Registry is back up and reimport Registry files, and view, create, modify, and delete individual keys and values. 

SubKeys of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE : This key also contains the files COMPONENTS and BCD, which can be found in the%systemroot%\System 32\Config\ folder, and which contain information specific to the PC’s boot configuration data.

A few of the subkeys in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE section are worthy of note, because this collection of Registry files is most commonly modified and edited by users.

Registry Keys and Values - Part 2

Registry keys are containers that will contain values for software, hardware or the Windows OS itself. Keys can be thought of as folders, in which the values are individual files, follow Registry Keys and Values - Part 1 to know about Keys.

You can navigate the keys using a folder-type hierarchy. Values are the nuts and bolts of the Registry. These are the settings, integers, and strings that provide the data and information that helps Windows load and effectively work with your hardware and apps.