Turn Off Windows Active Desktop

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  1. sheenamei says:

    Alright! Well I guess I have to tap someone to this if cooling does not work. Thanks a lot, Kyle!

  2. Kyle says:

    @sheenamei – An electric fan can definitely ‘do the magic’! It is just about making sure the laptop temperature is not the issue, and especially in a warm climate this can be a problem.
    If cooling does not help, you might want to get someone a bit more tech savvy to help you if you are not comfortable with the steps involving the BIOS and drivers.

  3. sheenamei says:

    Thanks for the response, Kyle! I’ll try that one about improving the air circulation. Could an electric fan do the magic? Sorry for sounding so dumb. I’m not really good with computers. The thing also is even if I just had opened the computer and started burning a file it would shut down as it reached 3% of the download. I also have not checked my BIOS setting, this is actually my first time to hear that. I skim searched about it just when I read your reply, and thought if I got to press the key for that I might not be able to do the right thing there and screw this thing a lot more. What would it do if I turn off the thermal protection? I have not checked my device drivers also and honestly don’t know what to check for if I would.

  4. Kyle says:

    @sheenamei – It is possible that the active desktop has nothing to do with the cause of your problem itself. Have you checked if the laptop is getting hot at the bottom? Could be that when the hard disk is in use for a longer period (downloading and saving a file, and the file conversion), that the system overheats and shuts down.
    Try playing something under the back edge of the laptop to improve air circulation and then try again.
    If that is really the cause, you can check the BIOS setting to see if there is an option to turn of the thermal protection, or, worst case, you need to replace the HDD (I would consider an SSD in that case).
    If it is not hot when it shuts down, something else is causing it of course. Did you check the device drivers for all hardware?

  5. sheenamei says:

    Hi, Kyle!

    I’m actually having trouble in my laptop. It would shutdown automatically without any notice or prompt saying it would turn off. This is often especially when I am downloading or converting a file, or when I am editing a photo. Then, when I turned it on a display on the desktop states “Active Desktop Recovery” with the tips on how to do so below it. Tried those but the computer still experienced automatic shutdown, like always. Such a hassle when I need to complete something important.

  6. hackerboy says:

    second step in registry editing is:
    2.In the Registry Editor, locate the following key:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
    CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
    it shud be
    2.In the Registry Editor, locate the following key:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
    CurrentVersion\Explorer

  7. Kyle says:

    @rbrain – What is the error you are getting? Make sure you use an administrator account to ensure you have sufficient rights to edit the registry.

  8. rbrain says:

    Everythiing fine until I got to registry editor. It will not allow me to create classic shell.

  9. Kohi says:

    I dont have tghe web tab that all these sites mention

  10. sunil kumar says:

    thanks a lot. this help is a grt oferr to helpless people like me. thaks a lot again.

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