Windows XP Registry Tweaks ...

rowita

Sep 30 2004, 02:59 AM

DO NOT APPLY IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE USE OF FOLLOWING TWEAKS!!!

All about context menu ...

Right-Click Copy To

CODE

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers][br][HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Copy To][/br]@="{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}"

Right-Click Move To

CODE

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Move To][/br]@="{C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}"

[br]Right-Click "Open Command Window Here" for folders

CODE

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd][/br]@="Open Command Window Here"[br][HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd\command][/br]@="cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\""

[br]Right-Click "Services" on "My Computer"

CODE

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\services] [/br]@=hex(2):53,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,00,00 [br]"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c [/br][HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\services\command] [br]@=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73, 00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,00,6d,00,63,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00, 65,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52, 00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00, 32,00,5c,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,2e,00,6d,00,73, 00,63,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,00,00

To Be Continued ...

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rowita

Oct 1 2004, 12:10 AM

Do not cache failed DNS lookups

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters] [br]"CacheHashTableBucketSize"=dword:00000001 [/br]"CacheHashTableSize"=dword:00000180 [br]"MaxCacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000fa00 [/br]"MaxSOACacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000012d

Disable Messenger Service (to block spam. Does not affect MSN or Windows Messenger)

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Messenger][br]"Start"=dword:00000004

Disable Welcome Screen and uses Classic Logon

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon][/br]"LogonType"=dword:00000000

Max your Internet Explorer's simultaneous downloads to 10 (default was 2)

CODE

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings][br]"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:0000000a[/br]"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:0000000a

Change MenuShowDelay (Start Menu load speed) in milliseconds

CODE

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop][br]"MenuShowDelay"="2000"

Remove Shared Documents from My Computer

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\DelegateFolders\{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}]

Remove Shortcut Arrows

CODE

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile][/br]"IsShortcut"=-

Disables Windows Tour bubble popup

CODE

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour][br]"RunCount"=dword:00000000[/br][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour][br]"RunCount"=dword:00000000

NoLowDiskSpaceChecks won't check if you are low on diskspace or pop-up a balloon telling you.

CODE

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer][/br]"NoLowDiskSpaceChecks"=dword:00000001

Prefetcher tweak(faster booting)

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters][br]"EnablePrefetcher"=dword:00000003

Disable Autorun

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom][/br]"AutoRun"=dword:00000000

Speed up browsing remote computers

CODE

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}]

Speed up NTFS

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem][br]"Win31FileSystem"=dword:00000000[/br]"Win95TruncatedExtensions"=dword:00000001[br]"NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000001

Disable QoS

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Psched][/br]"NonBestEffortLimit"=dword:00000000

Speed up shutdown

CODE

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop][br]"HungAppTimeout"="5000"[/br]"WaitToKillAppTimeout"="4000"

Speed up shutdown

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control][br]"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="2000"

Disable System Restore

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore][/br]"DisableSR"=dword:00000001

Do Not Receive Media Player Licences

CODE

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences][br]"SilentAcquisition"=dword:00000000

Disable Media Player identification through Internetsites

CODE

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences][/br]"SendUserGUID"=dword:00000000

Disable automatic codec downloads

CODE

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences][br]"UpgradeCodecPrompt"=dword:00000000

Disable ALL BalloonTips

CODE

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced][/br]"EnableBalloonTips"=dword:00000000[br][HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced][/br]"FolderContentsInfoTip"=dword:00000000[br][HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\tips][/br]"Show"=dword:00000000[br][HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced][/br]"StartButtonBalloonTip"=dword:00000000[br][HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced][/br]"ShowInfoTip"=dword:00000000[br][HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer][/br]"NoSMBalloonTip"=dword:00000000

Do Not Start MS-Messenger with Outlook Express

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express]
"Hide Messenger"=dword:00000001

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rowita

Oct 2 2004, 01:37 PM

mount net-drives first, when they are needed

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\NetworkProvider][br]"RestoreConnection"=dword:00000000

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enlarge DNS-cache

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters][/br]"CacheHashTableBucketSize"=dword:00000001[br]"CacheHashTableSize"=dword:00000180[/br]"MaxCacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000fa00[br]"MaxSOACacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000012d

Disable thumbnail caching.

CODE

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced][/br]"DisableThumbnailCache"=dword:00000001

disable the "search-dog"

CODE

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CabinetState][br]"Use Search Asst"="no"

keep ras connection when switching users (sp your modem won't hang up)

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\WinLogon][/br]"KeepRasConnections"="1"

delete alexa (spy-reg)-keys

CODE

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions\{c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a}]

Right click to (un)register DLL files, open in Notepad by default.

CODE

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell][/br]@="View"[br][HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\Register][/br][HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\Register\command][br]@="C:\\WINNT\\system32\\REGSVR32.EXE \"%1\""[/br][HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\UnRegister][br][HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\UnRegister\command][/br]@="C:\\WINNT\\system32\\REGSVR32.EXE /u \"%1\""[br][HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\View][/br][HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\View\command][br]@="C:\\WINNT\\System32\\NOTEPAD.EXE \"%1\""

Open folders in Explorer view.

CODE

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell][/br]@="explore"

Open scripts with Notepad by default - do not run.

CODE

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\Shell][br]@="Edit" [/br][HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBEFile\Shell][br]@="Edit" [/br][HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\JSFile\Shell][br]@="Edit" [/br][HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\JSEFile\Shell][br]@="Edit" [/br][HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WSHFile\Shell][br]@="Edit" [/br][HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WSHFile\Shell\Edit\Command][br]@="Notepad.exe %1" [/br][HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WSFFile\Shell][br]@="Edit"

Clean up NEW Templates
This will remove these items from the "New" context menu.

CODE

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bfc\ShellNew][br][-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp\ShellNew][/br][-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.doc\WordPad.Document.1\ShellNew][br][-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rtf\ShellNew][/br][-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wav\ShellNew][br][-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip\CompressedFolder\ShellNew]

Remove WMP Right Click Options (Queue-it-up, etc.)
Remove the Queue-it-up, Burn to CD right click options on Windows Media Player files.

CODE

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CE3FB1D1-02AE-4a5f-A6E9-D9F1B4073E6C}] [br][-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F1B9284F-E9DC-4e68-9D7E-42362A59F0FD}] [/br][-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{8DD448E6-C188-4aed-AF92-44956194EB1F}]

Search with google from the address bar instead of MSN

CODE

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\G][br]@="http://www.google.com/search?q=%s"

Adds search keywords to Internet Explorer (in this order: Microsoft Knowledge Base, Altavista, Google, MSN, FileMirrors)

CODE

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\MSKB][/br]@="http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=%s"[br][HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\AV][/br]@="http://www.altavista.com/sites/search/web?q=%s"[br][HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\GGL][/br]@="http://www.google.com/search?q=%s"[br][HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\MSN][/br]@="http://search.msn.com/results.asp?q=%s"[br][HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\FM][/br]@="http://www.filemirrors.com/search.src?file=%s"

Makes Google IE's Default Search Engine

CODE

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main][br]"Search Page"="http://www.google.com"[/br]"Search Bar"="http://www.google.com/ie"[br][HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL][/br]""="http://www.google.com/keyword/%s"[br][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search][/br]"SearchAssistant"="http://www.google.com/ie"

Disable persistent internet caching

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache][br]"FreshnessInterval"=hex:80,f4,03,00[/br]"CleanupFactor"=hex:19,00,00,00[br]"CleanupTime"=hex:00,00,00,00[/br]"Persistent"=hex:00,00,00,00[br]"CleanupInterval"=hex:80,51,01,00[/br]"DebugFlag"=hex:ff,ff,00,00

Passive FTP

CODE

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Ftp][br]"Use Web Based FTP"="yes"[/br]"Use PASV"="yes"

Check Digital Signatures on Downloaded Programs

CODE

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download][br]"CheckExeSignatures"="yes"

Sorts My Computer Above My Documents

CODE

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}][/br]"SortOrderIndex"=dword:00000054

Cache more Icons

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer][br]"Max Cached Icons"="8192"

Use Small Icons in Windows Explorer

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer][/br]"SmallIcons"="yes"

Fixes slowdown problem starting Outlook Express when you delete Windows Messenger and disables the splash screen

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{FB7199AB-79BF-11d2-8D94-0000F875C541}\InProcServer32][br]"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"[/br]@=""[br][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{FB7199AB-79BF-11d2-8D94-0000F875C541}\LocalServer32][br]"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"[/br]@=""

This allows boot files to be placed optimally on the hard-drive for faster boots.

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction][/br]"Enable"="Y"

Force User To Hit Ctrl+Alt+Del to Login

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system]
"DisableCAD"=dword:00000000

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rowita

Oct 2 2004, 01:44 PM

All about services ...

Disable Messenger Service (to block spam. Does not affect MSN or Windows Messenger)

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Messenger][br]"Start"=dword:00000004

Disable Remote Registry Service

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteRegistry][/br]"Start"=dword:00000004

Disable Windows Time Service

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time][br]"Start"=dword:00000004

Disable Error Reporting Service

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ERSvc][/br]"Start"=dword:00000004

Disable Alerter

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Alerter][br]"Start"=dword:00000004

Disable Background Intelligent Transfer Service

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\BITS][/br]"Start"=dword:00000004

Disable ClipBook

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ClipSrv][br]"Start"=dword:00000004

Disable TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LmHosts][/br]"Start"=dword:00000004

Disable NVIDIA Driver Helper

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NVSvc][br]"Start"=dword:00000004

Disable Remote Registry

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteRegistry][/br]"Start"=dword:00000004

Disable Remote Desktop Help Session Manager

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RDSessMgr][br]"Start"=dword:00000004

Disable Routing and Remote Access

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteAccess][/br]"Start"=dword:00000004

Disable Secondary Log-on

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\seclogon][br]"Start"=dword:00000004

Disable Performance Logs & Alerts

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SysmonLog][/br]"Start"=dword:00000004

Disable Telephony

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TapiSrv][br]"Start"=dword:00000004

Disable Wireless Zero Configuration

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WZCSVC][/br]"Start"=dword:00000004

Disable Automatic Updates

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv][br]"Start"=dword:00000004

Disable UPS

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UPS][/br]"Start"=dword:00000004

Disable System Restore Service

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\srservice][br]"Start"=dword:00000004

Disable Indexing Service

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\CiSvc][/br]"Start"=dword:00000004

Disable Help and Support

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\helpsvc][br]"Start"=dword:00000004

Disable Task Scheduler

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Schedule][/br]"Start"=dword:00000004

Set Print Spooler to "Manual"

CODE

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Spooler]
"Start"=dword:00000003

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ralph

Oct 2 2004, 02:51 PM

wow

,
that are much tweaks,
thnx mate

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NTNguyen

Oct 14 2004, 01:02 PM

Have you ever considered using X-Setup Pro?
It allows you to do nearly the same without so much fuss. It even offers a recording function so that you can set back your configuration. Every option is explained.

And why would I want to disable services with regedit (or any other registry editor)?

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rowita

Nov 8 2004, 11:41 AM

QUOTE (NTNguyen)

Yeah Xteq X-Setup is one of the must have softwares! that I'm using since the first releases.
I can give you a good example of using reg-tweaks using regkeys
and that is Unattended Windows Installation
use this site for more info:
http://unattended.msfn.org/index.htm

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