Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called "ClearRecentDocsOnExit" and set it according to the value data below.
This is the registry settings..
User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\
Explorer]
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Policies\
Explorer]
Value Name: ClearRecentDocsOnExit
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = disable, 1 = enable) <=== set the value of ClearRecentDocsOnExit to 1
Exit Registry and Reboot to start effect..
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nevermind182004
21st March 2006, 06:12
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Changing Common Icons
You can change many of the common Windows icons.
1. Start Regedit
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ explorer \ Shell Icons
3. The default icons are numbered in the right panel from 0-40
4. Double click on the number of the particular icon you want to change. See the chart below.
5. Enter the name of the icon file you want to use followed by the number of the icon in that file.
Note: The numbering starts with zero.
6. If you use a single .ICO file, it should be followed by a 0.
7. e.g. - filename.dll,4 - This would actually be the 5th icon since it starts with 0.
8. Make sure you delete the hidden file C:\WINDOWS\SHELLICONCACHE
0-13 Are the Drive and Application Icons
0 - To change the Unknown Application Icon
2 - To change the Default Application Icon
3 - To change the Closed Folder Icon
4 - To change the Open Folder Icon
5 - To change the 5 1/4" Floppy Icon
6 - To change the 3 1/2" Floppy Icon
7 - To change the Removable Disk Icon
8 - To change the Hard Drive Icon
9 - To change the Network Drive Online Icon
10 - To change the Network Drive Offline Icon
11 - To change the CD Drive Icon
12 - To change the Ramdrive Icon
13 - To change the Entire Network Icon
19-27 Are the Start Menu Icons
19 - To change the Programs Icon
20 - To change the Documents Icon
21 - To change the Settings Icon
22 - To change the Find Icon
23 - To change the Help Icon
24 - To change the Run Icon
27 - To change the Shutdown Icon
Other Icons
33 - To change the DUN Folder Icon
34 - To change the Desktop Icon
35 - To change the Control Panel Icon
37 - To change the Printer Folder Icon
40 - To change the Audio CD Icon
43 - To change the Favorites Icon
44 - To change the Logoff Icon
To turn off the display of local or networked drives when you click on My Computer:
1. Start Regedit
2. Go to HKey_Current_User \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Current Version \ Policies \ Explorer
3. Add a New DWORD item and name it NoDrives
4. Give it a value of 3FFFFFF
5. Now when you click on My Computer, none of your drives will show
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Disabling the Right-Click on the Start Button
Normally, when you right button click on the Start button, it allows you to open your programs folder, the Explorer and run Find.
In situations where you don't want to allow users to be able to do this in order to secure your computer.
1. Start Regedit
2. Search for Desktop
3. This should bring you to HKey_Classes_Root \ Directory
4. Expand this section
5. Under Shell is Find
6. Delete Find
7. Move down a little in the Registry to Folder
8. Expand this section and remove Explore and Open
Now when you right click on the Start button, nothing should happen.
You can delete only those items that you need.
In areas where you are trying to restrict what users can do on the computer, it might be beneficial to disable the ability to click on My Computer and have access to the drives, control panel etc.
To disable this:
1. Start Regedit
2. Search for 20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D
3. This should bring you to the HKey_Classes_Root \ CLSID section
4. Delete the entire section.
Now when you click on My Computer, nothing will happen.
You might want to export this section to a registry file before deleting it just in case you want to enable it again..
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Disabling Run or Find from the Start Menu
1. Start Regedit
2. Go to HKey_Current_User \ Software\ Microsoft \Windows \ Current Version \ Policies \ Explorer
3. Right click on the right panel and add a New / DWORD
4. Name it NoFile or NoRun
5. Give it a value of 1
6. Logoff or Reboot the computer
There are restrictions you can make to the ability to execute DOS programs
1. Start Regedit
2. Go to HKEY_Current_User / Software / Microsoft / Windows / CurrentVersion / Policies
3. Create a new key under Policies called WinOldApp
4. You can then add DWORD values set to 1 in the appropriate keys
5. To re-enable them, either delete the key or set the value to 0
There are general restrictions you can make in Networking
1. Start Regedit
2. Go to HKEY_Current_User / Software / Microsoft / Windows / CurrentVersion / Policies
3. Create a new key under Policies called Network
4. You can then add DWORD values set to 1 in the appropriate keys
5. To re-enable them, either delete the key or set the value to 0
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Control Panel Restrictions
There are many general restrictions you can make to the Control Panel
1. Start Regedit
2. Go to HKEY_Current_User / Software / Microsoft / Windows / CurrentVersion / Policies
3. Create a new keys under Policies called System
4. You can then add DWORD values set to 1 in the appropriate keys
5. To re-enable them, either delete the key or set the value to 0
1. Starting Regedit
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Microsoft / Windows / CurrentVersion
3. From there you can edit the name in the Registered Owner key
If you want to set the home page used by Internet Explorer through the registry
1. Start Regedit
2. Go to HKey_Current_User \ Software \ Microsoft \ Internet Explorer \ Main
3. Give the Start Page key the string value you wish set as homepage
1. Start the REGEDIT program
2. Search for the word desktop
3. This should be in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT / CLSID / {00021400...
4. Right Click on the right panel
5. Pick NEW / String Value.
6. Name it MenuShowDelay, all one word.
7. Select a value from 1-10, 1 being the fastest.
8. Exit REGEDIT
9. Restart Windows
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21st March 2006, 09:54
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nevermind182004
24th March 2006, 11:48
Hiding All Icons from the Desktop
1. Start Regedit
2. Go to HKey_Current_User \ Software\ Microsoft \Windows \ Current Version \ Policies \ Explorer
3. Right click on the right panel and add a New / DWORD
4. Name it NoDesktop
5. Give it a value of 1
6. Logoff or Reboot the computer
7. Now all icons are hidden on the desktop..!.!
When you make changes to your hard drive and use Explorer, the changes are not usually displayed until you press the F5 key
To make the updates automatic:
1. Start Regedit
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / System / CurrentControlSet / Control / UpdateMode
3. Edit the DWORD value to be between 1 and 7
4. Restart Windows
Kill Hung Processes When Logging Off in Windows NT
When you tell NT to shut down, it first sends shutdown requests to any running processes.
Most 32-bit applications honor these requests and shut down, but older 16-bit apps running in the Virtual DOS Machine often won't.
When this occurs, the operating system prompts you with a dialog box asking if you want to kill the task, wait for the task to die on its own, or cancel the shutdown.
By modifying the Registry, you can automate this process.
You can force NT to kill all running processes on shutdown by adding a REG_SZ value named HKEY_USER\\ControlPanel\Desktop\AutoEndTasks and set the value to 1. You can also add this value to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT so that all new accounts will shut down the same way.
nevermind182004
24th March 2006, 11:51
Turning off System Beeps
If you want to turn off all system beeps (like the ones that go through your computers' internal speaker):
1. Start Regedit
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound
3. Edit the key Beep and give it a value of No
If your CDs have stop starting automatically, and you have checked everything else:
1. Go to HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\Policies\Explorer
2. The value for NoDriveTypeAutoRun should be set to 95 00 00 00
In addition to the crash log file, you can also enable two other methods of crash notification and logging.
You can enable an administrative alert by changing the value of
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\CrashControl\SendAlert to 1. The next time the system crashes, an administrative alert will be sent that may provide the first sign of the crash.
You can also make NT log the crash in the event log by changing the value of
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\CrashC ontrol\LogEvent to 1 instead of its default 0. Now, the exact time of the crash will be permanently recorded.
nevermind182004
24th March 2006, 11:55
Creating a Legal Text Notice Before Logon
You can create a banner that will come up just before you logon to the computer:
1. Start Regedit
2. Go to HKeyLocalMachine \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ WinLogon
3. Create a new string value called LegalNoticeCaption and give it a value you want to see in the menu bar
4. Create a new string value called LegalNoticeText and give it a value you want to see in the dialog box
Now before anyone logs into that computer, this banner will come up on the screen.
This can be useful for any legal warnings you want to give regarding the use of the computer.
Removing Programs listed from the Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs Section
If you remove an installed program and its files by deleting the files,
it may still show up in the Add/Remove programs list through the control panel.
In order to remove it from the list (so you don't need to re-install in order to just remove it again).
1. Start the Registry Editor
2. Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Microsoft / Windows / CurrentVersion / Uninstall
3. Delete any programs here.
This will only delete them from the list, not delete the actual programs.
Only programs designed for Windows95 will show up here in the first place.
1. Start Regedit
2. Go to HKLM,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\Network
3. Add a new DWord Value
4. Rename it to NoPrintSharing or NoFileSharing
5. Assign it a value of 1
Also see the Installation Section on doing this automatically during installation.
As in Windows for Workgroups, when logging on to an NT Domain, it is preferable to disable password caching.
This allows for the single NT Domain login and eliminates the secondary Windows logon screen.
It also eliminates the possibility of the respective passwords to get out of sync.
To disable password caching on the workstation, a one-line addition to the registry needs to be made.
To make the change, create a ASCII text file called DISABLE.REG with the following lines:
# REGEDIT4
When you share a local resource, Windows95 normally puts a hand in from of that resources icon.
To remove hand icon from your shared resources:
1. Start Regedit.
2. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT / Network
3. Open SharingHandler.
4. Clear it's default value
5. Restart Windows.
6. To restore set Default value "msshrui.dll".
If you got a DHCP error message, selected to not see DHCP errors, and now want to see them again;
1. Start Regedit
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ System \ CurrentControlSet \ Services \ VxD \ DHCP
3. Change the value of PopupFlag from 00 to 01
nevermind182004
24th March 2006, 12:13
* Healthy Reminders *
:!: Guyz before applying or editing these registry tweaking tool, here are some guidelines;
* YOU must know what you're doing..!?!
* Backup anything you want to back-up...
* Don't afraid to ask questions...
* Know the iphone rules...?
* Obey your pc... tweak it... mod it.. to the max.. :vom:
just don't over do it..
All are Windows Supported..
juang
15th April 2006, 18:19
yup.. if you are unsure whethe will that move cause ur comp to crash forever, better to spend a day waiting for an answer by posting your qsn here than to just go for it and maybe wait for weeks b4 you have that comp fixed. :)
laughing
8th December 2006, 20:36
Dear Nevermind, I'm having a peculiar problem; for the past one month or so ,I could not enter into registry. Whenever I type' regedit' a message displays," your administrator has disabled this action, access denied" Even though I'm the administrator and logged in as so I 've this problem.I can only enter registry through safe mode, it displays two administrators. Kindly help to remove this unwanted administrator. Thanks in advance!:???:
nevermind182004
7th March 2007, 06:18
Dear Nevermind, I'm having a peculiar problem; for the past one month or so ,I could not enter into registry. Whenever I type' regedit' a message displays," your administrator has disabled this action, access denied" Even though I'm the administrator and logged in as so I 've this problem.I can only enter registry through safe mode, it displays two administrators. Kindly help to remove this unwanted administrator. Thanks in advance!:???:
sorry mate 4 late reply i've just red ur post.. i've encountered that kind of problem too. it may be cause of a virus. is your antivirus updated? You can trick this by making an another user account. I think the only infected is the account that you are using right now. Try first to create a new account then give me a feedbck.. hope this help :tonqe:
ahmedmansoor
9th March 2007, 11:23
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