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REGISTORY TRICKS FOR WINDOWS
REGISTORY TRICKS FOR WINDOWS
UPDATED TILL MARCH 2008
REGISTORY TRICKS FOR WINDOWS
REGISTORY
By:-TRICKS
ShobhitFOR Katoch WINDOWS
REGISTORY TRICKS FOR WINDOWS
REGISTORY TRICKS FOR WINDOWS
REGISTORY TRICKS FOR WINDOWS
REGISTORY TRICKS FOR WINDOWS
REGISTORY TRICKS FOR WINDOWS
REGISTORY TRICKS FOR WINDOWS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Tutorial on Registry.……………………………………………….03
2. Registry tricks…………………………..…………....……………..06
Lock Out Unwanted Users…………………………………………………………..06
Multiple Columns For the Start Menu………………………………………………06
Changing Windows Icons…………………………………………………………...06
Disable the Outlook Express Splash Screen……………………………………...07
Creating a Logon Banner……………………………………………………………08
Automatic Screen Refresh…………………………………………………………..08
Disable Password Caching………………………………………………………….08
Adding Items to the Start Button……………………………………………………08
Disabling My Computer……………………………………………………………...09
Recycle Bin Edits…………………………………………………………………….09
Setting the Minimum Password Length……………………………………………10
Removing the Shortcut Icon Arrows………………………………………………..10
Protection on system files…………………………………………………………...10
Increase BROADBAND……………………………………………………………...11
Customize Windows Media Player Title Bar………………………………………11
Specify Default IE Download Directory…………………………………………….11
Increase Menu Display Speed……………………………………………………...12
Create a Hidden User Account……………………………………………………..12
Multiple login to yahoo……………………………………………………………….12
Force windows XP to reboot upon crashing………………………………………13
Customize Logon prompt with your Own Words………………………………….13
Adding Administrative Tools Icon To The Desktop……………………………….13
Modify Color Selection of Default Theme………………………………………….13
Maximize Windows or Internet Explorer on opening……………………………..13
Disabling Display of Drives in My Computer.............…………………………….14
Take Over the Screen Saver………………………………………………………..14
Pop a banner each time Windows Boots………………………………………….14
Secure your Desktop Icons and Settings………………………………………….15
Making the Internet Explorer & the Explorer Toolbars Fancy…………………...15
Change Internet Explorer's Caption………………………………………………..15
3. Notes………………………………………………………………...16
TUTORIAL ON REGISTRY
1) REGISTRY:- The registry is a hierarchical database that contains virtually all
information about your computer's configuration. Under previous version of
Windows, those setting where contained in files like config.sys, autoexec.bat,
win.ini, system.ini, control.ini and so on. From this you can understand how
important the registry is.
The structure of the registry is similar to the ini files structure, but it goes
beyond the concept of ini files because it offers a hierarchical structure, similar to
the folders and files on hard disk. In fact the procedure to get to the elements of
the registry is similar to the way to get to folders and files. In this section I would
be examine the Win95\98 registry only although NT is quite similar.
Is a subkey of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software.
The information stored here ensures that the correct
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT program opens when you open a file by using
Windows Explorer. It also contains OLE, drag'n'drop,
shortcut and file association information.
9. Disabling My Computer
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:
Open Registry Editor.
Search for 20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D.
This should bring you to the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID section.
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. Or you can rename it to
20D0HideMyComputer4FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D. You can also
hide all the Desktop Icons, see Change/Add restrictions.
29. Making the Internet Explorer & the Explorer Toolbars Fancy
The Internet Explorer toolbar looks pretty simple. Want to make it fancy and
kewl? Why not add a background image to it.
Open Registry Editor.
Go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Internet Explorer\Toolbar.
Now in the right pane create a new String Value and name it “BackBitmap”
and modify it's value to the path of the Bitmap you want to dress it up with by
right clicking on it and choosing Modify.
When you reboot the Internet Explorer and the Windows Explorer toolbars will
have a new look.
Well that's it for now, more tricks later, till then goodbye.
Shobhit Katoch
For any queries you may contact shobhitrocks@gmail.com.
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