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Stop
unwanted user access by turning off cached logins
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\CachedLogonsCount
Set
this to 0 to disable cached logins. This means that you must
authenticate with a
domain controller.
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Change
location of Print Spooler
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers\Default
SpoolDirectory
Change this to any location you want
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Disable
EFS in Windows XP
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\
EFS\EfsConfiguration
Set this DWORD value to 1 to disable EFS
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Reinstall
Outlook Express 6.0
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Disable
The Task Manager
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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.
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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.
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Specify
which disk-error-checking utility you 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.
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Disable
Fast Shutdown
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Shutdown\FastReboot
Change this value to 0 to disable fast shutdown in Windows
98.
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Save
Your Notepad Settings
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad\fSavePageSettings
Set this value to 1 to save Notepad settings
