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41. Delete Content Advisor PasswordHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Rati ngs If you are using the Content Advisor in Internet Explorer and have forgotten the password, you can delete this key and reset all of the ratings and delete the password. 42. Reset Internet Explorer Windows SizeHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window placement Deleting this value will reset the size of the IE Window. 43. Modify Right-Click Windows Explorer Context MenusHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlersHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlersHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ ContextMenuHandlersHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers These 4 keys are where the Right-Click menu options are stored for folders, directories, and drives. To remove a right-click context menu item, you could delete any of the sub-keys that are below these keys. 44. Browse Remote Computers FasterHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}(Win2000) This key instructs Windows Explorer to search for Scheduled Tasks when you are tryingto connect to a remote computer. To browse Windows 2000 and 98 computers faster,delete the key. 45. Add a Right-Click Context Menu Item to an Unknown File TypeHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown\Shell To add a right-click context menu item to an unknown file type, right-click on the Shell subkey and choose New -Key. This will add a new subkey below the Shell. Give the new subkey the name of the application, as you’d like it displayed on the context menu. Next, you’ll need to create another new subkey under your newly created application subkey called command. There will be a Default value automatically created. Double click this value and enter the full path of the application’s executable file, but append a %1 to the end (i.e. c:\winnt\notepad.exe %1). The next time you right-click on that unknown file extension, you should see your new menu item. 46. Change the name of My ComputerHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D\LocalizedString(Win2000) From this value you can change the name of the My Computer icon. The default value is: @D:\WINNT\system32\shell32.dll,-9216@1033,My Computer As you can see, the name is the last part after the , and you can change this to whatever you want. A neat trick is to change the My Computer part to %computername% and that will name My Computer the name that your computer has in the Network settings. If you do this it should look like this: @C:\WINNT\system32\shell32.dll,-9216@1033,%computername% 47. Clear the Outlook 2000 Most Recently Entered Locations for MeetingsHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Outlook\Preferences\Location MRU This key contains the most recent entered locations for meetings and appointments in Outlook 2000. You can’t edit any of these, but you can delete then entire value. 48. Change Windows Explorer Pop-up TipsHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explore r\Tips There are 50 tips stored in this key. You can double-click on any of them to edit the tips. 49. Activate the NumLock key when Windows StartsHKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard\InitialKeyboardIndicators(WinNT/2000) This REG_SZ or String value when set to 2 will make the NUMLOCK turn on whenWindows loads. A value of 0 will turn the numlock off.This will make the change for all users. If you want to do it for an individual user, thenchange the same value in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER hive. 50. Power Down the Computer after ShutdownHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\PowerdownAfterShutdown(WinNT/2000) This REG_SZ or String value when set to 1 will automatically power off your computer if the BIOS supports this. A value of 0 will leave you at the "It is now safe..." screen. 51. Display the Windows version on the DesktopHKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Desktop\PaintDesktopVersion In Windows 2000, a DWORD value of 1 will display the Windows version on the desktop. A value of 0 does not display it. 52. Change Location of Windows Setup FilesHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Setup\SourcePath This REG_SZ or String Value key stores the path to the location of the installation files. 53. Internet Explorer Context Menu ItemsHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt These are menu items that appear in the Right-Click menu of Internet Explorer 54. Internet Explorer Tools Menu ItemsHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions Each subkey of these keys define an addition to IE’s Tools menu 55. Restrict Users from Using GIFs and JPGs as Desktop WallpaperHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Activ eDesktop\NoHTMLWallPaper To restrict users from using GIFs and JPGs as wallpaper (restrict them to BMP images) create or set this value to 1. A value of 0 will allow users to use all 3 types of images. 56. Restrict Users from Changing Desktop WallpaperHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Activ eDesktop\NoChangingWallpaper This DWORD value 1 will stop people from being able to change their desktop wallpaper. A value of 0 will allow users to change the wallpaper. 57. Clear Internet Explorer Address Bar Auto-complete EntriesHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs(Win9x)HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21...\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs(WinNT/2000) When you type a URL in Internet Explorer (IE), the system automatically completesknown entries with data stored in this registry key. Each time you type in a URL andpress the Enter key or the Go button, that URL is stored in this location. 58. Restrict Users from Logging OffHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explo rer\NoLogOff This DWORD value set to 1 will remove the "Log Off User" option in the Start Menu. A value of 0 will show it. 59. Remove Background Tab from Appearing in the Display AppletHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Syste m\NoDispBackgroundPage This DWord value set to 1 will stop the Background page of the Display applet from appearing. Setting it to 0 will cause it to appear. 60. Scroll Start Menu or View Multiple ColumnsHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Ad vanced\StartMenuScollPrograms This String entry in the registry can be created if it doesn’t exist. If you set it to FALSE it will make the start menu run into multiple columns. This works with IE5. You have probably noticed that if your Start Menu is too long, you get a little arrow at the top or bottom of the Programs menu telling you that you need to scroll to see what else is there. You can change this to behave the way Windows 95 used to.
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