Disable items on a computer if there are other people who use it and you want to prevent them from accessing system settings.

Disable Windows Firewall

To turn off the Windows Firewall in Windows 7 or 8.1, open the Control Panel and click on the Windows Firewall icon. In Windows 8, right-click on the fake Start button and choose Control Panel from the menu. Now you will see a link on the left that says Turn Windows Firewall On or Off. ..

The firewall can be turned on and off on both public and private networks. This is useful because you can turn off the firewall on a private secure network like your home network, but make sure that whenever you connect to a public network like free Wi-Fi at the airport, the firewall will remain on and protect your computer.

If you have a firewall on your network, but you want to turn it off for a specific reason, be sure to do so.

Disable Popup Blocker in IE

If you have an IE popup blocker application, you can disable it by clicking on the Settings icon at the top right that looks like a small gear.

This will stop pop-ups from appearing on your screen.

If you want to allow a few sites that you know are safe, but still block the rest, you can click on the Settings button and add in the websites that you want to always allow popups from. ..

Disable Cookies in IE

This time you will click on the Advanced button under the Settings header at the top.

The Accept, Block, or Prompt for First-party and Third-party Cookies options determine how the browser will handle cookies from websites you visit. ..

Disable Hibernation

To disable hibernation in Windows 7 and Windows 8, you can run a command at the command prompt to delete the hibernation file.

Disable hibernation in Windows In order to disable hibernation in Windows, you will need to use the following steps:

  1. Open the Start menu and type “cmd” into the search bar.
  2. Once you have found “cmd”, press Enter.
  3. Type “netstat -an” into the command prompt and press Enter.
  4. If you see a message indicating that hibernation is enabled, then you will need to disable it by typing “netstat -d” into the command prompt and pressing Enter.

Disable System Restore

Windows comes with a built-in system restore feature that allows you to take snapshots of the operating system at specific moments in time. If something goes wrong and the computer blue screens, etc, you can go to System Restore and restore the operating system to a previous point when it was still working. If you want to disable it, first click on the Start button, type in System Restore and then click on Create a restore point. ..

Next, click on the disk you want to disable System Restore on and then click the Configure button. . Personally, the best way is to keep System Restore turned on for your C drive (or whichever drive has Windows installed on it) and to turn it off for all of the other drives or partitions.

In the Restore Settings section, you can choose the Turn off system protection radio button to disable system restore. This will disable all system restore functions.

You can adjust the amount of space used on the drive for system restore and delete all the restore points on the system if you like.

Disable Autorun/Autoplay for CD/DVD drives

I usually don’t want autorun turned on because it’s annoying when it pops up asking me what I want to do with a CD that I might just want to access via a different program, etc. Also, you never know what kind of virus could be on a CD someone burned, which will then be executed automatically since autorun is turned on.

You can disable autorun by going to the Control Panel and clicking on the AutoPlay icon.

You can adjust the settings for the particular device or media you want to turn it off for.

Disable Wireless connection

If you’re having trouble connecting to your wireless network at home, disabling your wireless connection may help. Disabling your wireless connection can also be useful if you’re at work and have a laptop plugged into a wired network. If you’re already connected and the wireless network keeps trying to connect, it can cause problems and be annoying. ..

You can disable your wireless connection in Windows by going to the Control Panel and clicking on Network and Sharing Center. Then click on the Change adapter settings link in the left menu.

Disable the wireless network connection on your computer.

Disable User Account Control

User Account Control is a security feature in Windows that helps prevent unauthorized or rogue programs from running on your system. If you want to disable User Account Control in Windows 7, you just open Control Panel, click on User Accounts, and then click on Change User Account Control Settings. ..

Never Notify is a great way to keep your notifications in check.

In Windows 8, there are some changes that affect how UAC works. This article will tell you how to disable UAC in Windows 8.

Disable Aero Theme

You can disable the Aero theme in Windows 7 and Windows 8 by right-clicking on the desktop and choosing Personalize. Here you will see the Aero themes and then towards the bottom you will see the basic themes, even the classic Windows theme, which will make your computer look like Windows 2000 again.

Some of the features that are commonly disabled in Windows are the ability to disable Aero graphics, to disable search results, and to disable notifications. If you need to disable something else in Windows, please let me know and I will be happy to help.