Enable capital with the Shift key in Vista

[Ernesto4]

Hi,
I am looking for some customization options of Windows Vista. I my computer when I press Shift key and type anything the uppercase of letter does not work. Is there a way by which I can enable capital of letters by pressing shift key. I had found this in most of the keyboard. In the same manner I want to set the refresh rate of the screen. And at the end I need some suggestion regarding improving the display speed of Start Menu. I had tons of software's and this makes the start menu to slow to load up. Ho can I increase the speed of the same. Thanks in advance.

[Glenny]

To change the refresh rate of a monitor first open the display properties (either right click on the desktop, then Properties, either through the Control Panel, Display). In the Settings tab, click the "Advanced" button. A window with different tabs, depending on your graphics card, offering various options. Select the tab "Screen". You can then choose the refresh rate of your monitor.

[JonathanD]

Go to Regional and Language Options. Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Regional and Language Options, then click on the Languages tab, then click the Details button. In the installed services, you can add a keyboard: choose a keyboard and the language initials like EN for English and a U.S. keyboard (U.S.). Apply the change: the shift key activation capitalization is then activated. Now delete the U.S. keyboard: the option is enabled.

[Macarenas]

To improve the start menu speed you will have to edit Windows Registry file. Click on Start > Run > type regedit. Then go to the tree HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop. Double-click the string "MenuShowDelay" and give a new value depending on the speed you want: 5 (fast) to 400 (slow). Also if you want to hide a drive in the Explorer you can follow this solution. Click Start > Run, then type regedit. Expand the HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer and create the DWORD key named NoDrives without quotes. Then, the key value depends on the drive you want to hide. Like for A- 1, C - 4, B - 2, D - 8, G - 64, E - 16, F - 32, and H - 128 . Addition on values to delete multiple records, then restart the PC.