41. Delete Content Advisor Password
42. Reset Internet Explorer Windows Size
43. Modify Right-Click Windows Explorer Context Menus
44. Browse Remote Computers Faster
45. Add a Right-Click Context Menu Item to an Unknown File Type
46. Change the name of My Computer
47. Clear the Outlook 2000 Most Recently Entered Locations for Meetings
48. Change Windows Explorer Pop-up Tips
49. Activate the NumLock key when Windows Starts
50. Power Down the Computer after Shutdown
51. Display the Windows version on the Desktop
52. Change Location of Windows Setup Files
53. Internet Explorer Context Menu Items
54. Internet Explorer Tools Menu Items
55. Restrict Users from Using GIFs and JPGs as Desktop Wallpaper
56. Restrict Users from Changing Desktop Wallpaper
57. Clear Internet Explorer Address Bar Auto-complete Entries
58. Restrict Users from Logging Off
59. Remove Background Tab from Appearing in the Display Applet
60. Scroll Start Menu or View Multiple Columns

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41. Delete Content Advisor Password

    HKEY_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 Size

    HKEY_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 Menus

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

    HKEY_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 Faster  Top

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current

    Version\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}

    (Win2000)

    This key instructs Windows Explorer to search for Scheduled Tasks when you are trying

    to 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 Type

    HKEY_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 Computer

    HKEY_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 Meetings  Top

    HKEY_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 Tips

    HKEY_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 Starts

    HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard\InitialKeyboardIndicators

    (WinNT/2000)

    This REG_SZ or String value when set to 2 will make the NUMLOCK turn on when

    Windows 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, then

    change the same value in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER hive.

50. Power Down the Computer after Shutdown

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows

    NT\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 Desktop  Top

    HKEY_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 Files

    HKEY_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 Items

    HKEY_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 Items

    HKEY_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 Wallpaper

    HKEY_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 Wallpaper  Top

    HKEY_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 Entries

    HKEY_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 completes

    known entries with data stored in this registry key. Each time you type in a URL and

    press the Enter key or the Go button, that URL is stored in this location

58. Restrict Users from Logging Off

    HKEY_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 Applet

    HKEY_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 Columns  Top

    HKEY_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.