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61. Remove Browser BrandingHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\BrandBitmap HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\SmBrandBitmap If you downloaded IE from ZDNet, Tucows, or any other major site, it is probably "branded", meaning that it probably has its own logo in the upper-right corner and in the title bar it says the branded name. These 2 registry settings should be deleted if you want to remove the branded logo. This will set it back to the default IE globe. http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q176/7/13.ASP 62. Internet Explorer Window TitleHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window Title This is where you can change the browser name that appears in the Internet Explorer window title. You can change it to anything you want. 63. Smooth Scrolling in Microsoft WordHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Word\Options\LiveScrolling This features allows you to have smooth scrolling in Word 97. When you use the scroll bars in Word 97, you can’t see the document as it scrolls by until you let go of the scroll bar. Adding this LiveScrolling setting and setting it to 1 will allow you to see document scroll by. 64. Remove Desktop IconsHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Eexplor er\Desktop\NameSpace A lot of programs install themselves and add an icon to the desktop. The problem is, this isn’t just a shortcut that can be deleted. These are permanent links to certain programs/features. In order to delete them, you need to navigate to this registry key and delete any entries you do not want. 65. Start Menu DelayHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\MenuShowDelay This registry entry will control how fast each menu sub-level appears and how fast the taskbar will appear if you have autohide set up. The number that you enter will be the time in milliseconds the operating system will pause. 1 second would need an entry of 1000. I usually set mine at 0 so that it appears as quick as it can. 66. Sort the Start menuHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Men uOrder This registry key is where you would go in Windows 98 and Windows 95 with the windows update installed to fix your menu order. Maybe you haven’t noticed, but the menu items in the Start Menu and in the Favorites folder don’t have to be in alphabetical order. By dragging them, you can put them in any order you want. The problem is, once you have changed one, you can never get it back to alphabetical order without fixing it in the registry. From the MenuOrder key, choose which sub key you want to edit, the Start Menu or the Favorites. You will see more sub keys that are called Menu. You can either delete that key, or delete the binary Order listing in the right hand pane. You can search through all of the sub keys for the same thing and reset any of them that you want. If you don’t like working in the registry, there is a PC Magazine utility available called MenuZap that you can download which does all of this automatically for you. Visit http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/ and do a search for MenuZap to find it. 67. Remove Uninstall Items from the Add/Remove Programs AppletHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall This registry key contains all of the sub keys for programs that can be uninstalled. When you want to uninstall, always use the uninstall program that came with the program or use the Add/Remove Programs applet of the Control Panel. This registry key can be useful when you have done that, but the program still comes up in the Add/Remove Programs listing. When you click on it it says "Can’t find this file." Well, of course it can’t, it has been uninstalled. It is just that the registry listing hasn’t been removed. To remove it, just visit this key, and then scroll down until you see the culprit. You might have to click on the sub key once so that the real name shows up in the right hand pane. Sometimes the sub key names don’t make a lot of sense. 68. Edit Windows Registration InformationHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion This registry key will allow you to change to information you inputted about who Windows was registered to. You can change the company, persons name, the registration key, etc. 69. Edit Windows Installed User InformationHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MS Setup (ACME)\User Info Have you noticed that when you install programs, it quite often automatically knows your name and your company name? That information does not come from the registry key mentioned above this one. It is found in this one. If you have gotten a used computer from someone or have changed companies and want to change those names, then visit this key. 70. Change Windows Startup ItemsHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run This registry key will help you when there are programs starting up that you don’t want running. When you install something like Norton Utilities or an antiviral program, they load up at start up and put a small icon in the system tray. You probably want most of these programs running, but lets say that you don’t want it running. How do you get rid of it. There should be an option in the program setup, but if you just can’t find it, you can go to this key, or any other that starts with RUN and delete the listing in the right hand pane. For instance, Power Management is installed by default by Windows, even if you go into the power settings and tell it you want the computer on all the time, there is still a line in the RunServices key. It wasn’t doing any harm because the power profile was set so that everything was on all the time, but why even have the profile in there is I don’t use it. So I deleted it. 71. Disable the mapped-drive reconnect warningHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Network\RestoreDiskChecked If you have mapped a network share to a drive letter, you can automatically remap it each time your computer starts. If the network share isn’t available anymore, then you a window pops up telling you this and asks you if you’d like to remap the drive again next time. This can get annoying. This DWORD set to 0 will disable the warning. Changing it to 1 will re-enable the warning. 72. Turn off printer announcement broadcastsHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\DisableServerThread This DWORD value set to 1 will prevent your computer from sending outannouncements that it has printers shared. Setting it back to 0 renews the broadcasts.This will prevent printers from appearing when browsing the network, but the printers arestill available as long as their share name is known. 73. Fix EXE Association ProblemsHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Classes \ Exefile \ Shell \ Open \ Command Do you ever get the error “Windows cannot find PROGRAM.EXE. This program isneeded for opening files of type 'Application’”?If so, then go to this registry key and make sure that it has the value:"%1" %* (exactly as shown). 74. Turn off Passport Reminder(Windows XP) HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MessengerService\PassportBalloon When this value is set to 0a, you won’t have the Passport reminder popup anymore. 75. Stop Windows Messenger from Starting with Microsoft Outlook ExpressHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Outlook Express\ Hide Messenger This DWORD value set to 2 will stop Windows Messenger from starting with Microsoft Outlook express. 76. Logging Windows Installer activities in Windows 98 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer\Logging Windows Installer can log its activity. Give this String value a value of voicewarmup and you’ll get full logging. The value may appear a little unusual, but each letter turns on a separate logging feature (the letters can be entered in any order):i -Status messagesw -Non-fatal warningse -All error messagesa -Start up of actionsr -Action-specific recordsu -User requestsc -Initial UI parametersm -Out-of-memory or fatal exit informationo -Out-of-disk-space messagesp -Terminal propertiesv -Verbose output+ -Append to existing file! -Flush each line to the log"*" -Wildcard, log all information except for the v option.To include the v option, specify "/l*v". 77. Run Defrag without Problems HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Defra g\Settings\Disable loadqm.exe HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Defra g\Settings\ Disable loadwc.exe HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Defra g\Settings\ Disable ScreenSaver HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Defra g\Settings\ Disable Wkdetect.exe (Windows 9x/ME) Set each of these values to YES to disable these programs while Defrag is running LOADWC.EXE (Windows Update Checker), LOADQM.EXE (Query Manager), and WKDETECT.EXE (Update Checker for Microsoft Works). 78. Run Scandisk without Problems HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Scand isk\Settings\ Disable loadqm.exe HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Scand isk\Settings\ Disable loadwc.exe HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Scand isk\Settings\ Disable ScreenSaver (Windows 9x/ME) Set each of these values to YES to disable these programs while Defrag is running LOADWC.EXE (Windows Update Checker), LOADQM.EXE (Query Manager), and WKDETECT.EXE (Update Checker for Microsoft Works). 79. Account Settings HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Account Manager Your Outlook Express Email Account settings are stored in this registry setting. 80. Mail RulesHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities You’ll find all the information about mail rules and other per-identity settings here, storedin sub-keys identified by your unique ID string. It will look something like this:{36553740-2BAC-11D3-95B1-00A0C993DADF}If you are importing information for the same user that you had when you exported thiskey, all will be fine. If you have recreated this user, or created a new one, the unique IDwill be different, and so you will a bit of work to make it work.
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