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141. Stop unwanted user access by turning off cached logins

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\CachedLogonsCount

Set this to 0 to disable cached logins. This means that you must authenticate with a domain controller.

142. Change location of Print Spooler

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers\Default SpoolDirectory

Change this to any location you want

143. Right-click to encrypt

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\Advanced\EncryptionContextMenu

Setting this DWORD value to 1 will allow you to encrypt a file when you right-click on it.

144. Shut Down Your Computer When Event Log is Full

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\CrashOnAuditFail

Setting the value to 1 will cause the computer to crash when the log is full. Setting it to 0 will disable this feature.

145. Force NT Kernel to stay resident in Memory

HKEY_Local_Machine\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager\ MemoryManagement\DisablePagingExecutive

Setting this value to 1 will cause the NT Kernel to stay resident in memory. This might speed up the performance of your operating system.

146. Disable EFS in Windows XP

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ EFS\EfsConfiguration

Set this DWORD value to 1 to disable EFS.

147. Reset Unread Email Counter on the Windows XP Welcome Screen

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UnreadMail\< email address> Message Count

Set this value to 0 will reset the unread-email counter on the Windows XP Welcome screen.

148. Remove Unread Email Counter from the Windows XP Welcome Screen

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UnreadMail\ MessageExpiryDays

Setting this DWORD value to 0 will stop the XP Welcome screen from showing the number of unread messages.

149. Remove the DFS tab from Windows Explorer

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoDFSTab

Set this DWORD to 1 to remove the DFS tab from Windows Explorer so that you can prevent users from changing properties on local DFS shares.

150. Disable Windows 2000’s Scheduled Tasks drag-and-drop functionality

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\TaskScheduler5.0\DragAndDrop

Set this DWORD value to 1 disable the Drag and Dropt functionality of the Scheduled Tasks folder.

151. Reinstall Outlook Express 6.0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{44BBA840…..}\IsInstalled

Set this DWORD value to 0 will make Windows think that Outlook Express 6 is not installed. You should then be able to reinstall Outlook Express 6.

152. Load Balancing Your Network Cards

HKEY_Local_Machine\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters\ RandomAdapter

Set this value to 1 to enable load balancing if you have more than 1 network card.

153. Keep Dial-up Connections Running When You Log Off

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\KeepRASConnections

Setting this STRING value to 1 will keep an active dial-up connection connected when a user logs off.

154. Suppress the Standard Machine Beep Noise

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound\Beep

Set this value to no to stop your system from beeping with system-level events.

155. Change the Location For Storing Your Crash Dump

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DrWatson\CrashDumpFile

Change this location to a location of your choice where you want to store any Crash Dump files created by the system.

156. Disable Task Manager

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Syste mDisableTaskMgr (Windows NT/2000/XP)

Set this value to 1 to disable Task Manager for your users. A value of 0 will enable Task Manager.

157. Enable File And Directory Name Completion

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\CompletionChar (Windows NT/2000/XP)

Set this REG_DWORD to 9. Now when you type the first few letters of a file or folder name and press [Tab] on the keyboard, the OS automatically completes the path. If you press [Tab] again, it will go through several files and folders that match the same pattern. This applies only to Cmd.exe and not any other command-line environments.

158. Specify which disk-error-checking utility I want to use in Windows 2000 and later

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explore r\MyComputer\ChkDskPath

Set this to the path of the program you’d like to use for disk-checking.

159. Disable Fast Shutdown

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Shutdown\FastReboot

Change this value to 0 to disable fast shutdown in Windows 98.

160. Save Notepad Settings

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad\fSavePageSettings

Set this value to 1 to save Notepad settings.

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