[DL.]

@Sgt_Strider:
Indexing: Speeds up searching by indexing files, see this link.

Windows Audio: Provides and controls all audio support for Windows, see this one.

Windows Time: Syncronizes the system time with a timeserver.

Removable Storage: No it doesn't, may however affect tape drives or others.



Read some more on the subject of services for example here, or search.

No offence, but you really need to start searching for the info before asking in the forums.

[albator]

Thank for making this.

[egoZ]

Thank you

[dwit]

Just wanted you to know that about half way threw the other software reg file you switch from english to portugese or spanish. I'm sure i can translate it back so no big problem for me however i thought you'd might like to know.

[kelaniz]

Just an observation:

In the readme, it says that Windows Management Instrumentation Driver Extension is one of the vital services that should be set to automatic, or at worst, manual. In my experience, that service is not only not vital, it's completely useless and can be safely disabled.

I've left it disabled on (at least) 500 systems over the years that ranged from domain/web/file/print servers to all types of workstations. Never had anything even try to access it, much less any problems from disabling it. Since it doesn't seem to frivolously start, leaving it on manual is probably safer than disabling it, but I'm somewhat of a control freak, so I just really like seeing all that MS crap with "Disabled" next to it and know, at least on some level, *I* still control my box, not Microsoft.

-KZ

[GrofLuigi]

kelaniz, on Mar 14 2007, 11:51 PM, said:

Just an observation:

In the readme, it says that Windows Management Instrumentation Driver Extension is one of the vital services that should be set to automatic, or at worst, manual. In my experience, that service is not only not vital, it's completely useless and can be safely disabled.

I've left it disabled on (at least) 500 systems over the years that ranged from domain/web/file/print servers to all types of workstations. Never had anything even try to access it, much less any problems from disabling it. Since it doesn't seem to frivolously start, leaving it on manual is probably safer than disabling it, but I'm somewhat of a control freak, so I just really like seeing all that MS crap with "Disabled" next to it and know, at least on some level, *I* still control my box, not Microsoft.

-KZ

I've seen it once started on Win2000 when a driver was missing. What does it REALLY do, I don't know.

GL

[iceshell]

very good !

[fatlam]

THANK YOU.

[phaolo]

Great collection!
I'm looking inside the files to use the reg tweaks I want

Are you sure about deleting Special Accounts? I was told they are needed
(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts)


HelpAssistant--------->Remote Assistance
IUSR_----------------->IIS
IWAM_----------------->IIS
NetShowServices----->Windows Media server
SQLAgentCmdExec--->SQL Server?
TsInternetUser-------->Terminal Services
VUSR_----------------->Visual Studio Analyzer

This post has been edited by phaolo: 19 March 2007 - 06:12 AM

[DL.]

@phaolo: I haven't had any problems after deleting the "special accounts", and I always do that...

[phaolo]

Oh hello DL.
Mm.. maybe the problems appear in specific situations.
Anyway ok, I'll try to delete them; hope you're right

[DL.]

@phaolo: If you use any of those applications there might be some reason to keep them.

If you want to show or hide a user account on the XP-login screen (administrator for example, see this link) you may need to set a value in the subkey [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogin
\SpecialAccounts\UserList].
You can do that after deleting the key you mentioned.

This post has been edited by DL.: 19 March 2007 - 10:07 AM

[kelaniz]

Here's a few tweaks I use that work, and that I didn't see included in the collection. Apologies if any of these are already in there, I just didn't see 'em..

;Places My Computer Above My Documents on Desktop
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}]
"SortOrderIndex"=dword:00000054

;Removes more Shellnew stuff like ADE, ADN, ADP, Briefcase, BMP, CSV, DOC, DOT, GIF, JPG, PSD, PUB, RAR,;RESBUILD, RTF, WAV, XLS, ZIP from New Documents Menu.
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ade\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.adn\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.adp\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bfc\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.csv\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.dif\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.doc\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.dot\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.gif\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpg\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mdb\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.psd\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pub\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rtf\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rar\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.resbuild\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wav\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xls\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip\ShellNew]

;Sets HKCU to NO SOUNDS.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes]
@=".None"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Names\.None]
@="No Sounds"

;Restores customized Task Manager Settings (You may want to find and export your own under this key)
;This has PID, Image Name, CPU, Base Pri, CPU TIme, Mem Usage, VM Size, Peak Mem, Mem Delta and User Name
;in that order. Settings are: Low update speed, Show 16bit tasks, Always on top, Minimize on use.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\TaskManager]
"UsrColumnSettings"=hex:1c,0c,00,00,34,04,00,00,00,00,00,00,78,00,00,00,01,00,\
  00,00,1d,0c,00,00,35,04,00,00,01,00,00,00,23,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,1e,0c,00,\
  00,36,04,00,00,00,00,00,00,5d,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,1f,0c,00,00,39,04,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,64,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,20,0c,00,00,37,04,00,00,00,00,00,00,78,\
  00,00,00,01,00,00,00
"Preferences"=hex:9c,02,00,00,d0,07,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,\
  1c,01,00,00,36,00,00,00,26,04,00,00,ce,02,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,\
  00,00,00,05,00,00,00,06,00,00,00,0b,00,00,00,0c,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,\
  ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,\
  ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,\
  ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,\
  ff,ff,ff,64,00,6b,00,68,00,77,00,6a,00,82,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,\
  ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,\
  ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,\
  04,00,00,00,05,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,\
  ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,\
  ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,\
  ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,\
  00,00,00,02,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,05,00,00,00,06,00,00,00,07,00,00,00,08,00,\
  00,00,0b,00,00,00,0e,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,04,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,04,00,00,\
  00,04,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,\
  04,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,68,\
  00,00,00,28,00,00,00,49,00,00,00,27,00,00,00,3d,00,00,00,49,00,00,00,45,00,\
  00,00,3f,00,00,00,44,00,00,00,3c,00,00,00,27,00,00,00,27,00,00,00,27,00,00,\
  00,27,00,00,00,27,00,00,00,27,00,00,00,27,00,00,00,27,00,00,00,27,00,00,00,\
  27,00,00,00,27,00,00,00,27,00,00,00,27,00,00,00,27,00,00,00,27,00,00,00,27,\
  00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,09,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,05,00,\
  00,00,08,00,00,00,06,00,00,00,07,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,\
  ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,\
  ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,\
  ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,4f,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00

; Display details view in Windows Explorer
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams]
"Settings"=hex:08,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,77,7e,13,73,35,cf,11,ae,\
69,08,00,2b,2e,12,62,04,00,00,00,10,00,00,00,43,00,00,00

;IE Disable Dr.Watson in Internet Explorer
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"IEWatsonDisable"=dword:00000001
"IEWatsonEnabled"=dword:00000000

;Turns F-Lock and Print Screen keys permanently ON for Microsoft keyboards
;For boards with F-Lock key, F-Lock stays on, so you can use the F1-F12 keys standard commands
;instead of using the MS-assigned annoying and potentially dangrous Undo, Redo, Delete, Close, Etc..
;Prime example is F2, which with F-lock off, becomes Undo. Boy does that suck. 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]
"Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,1a,00,00,00,3b,00,3b,e0,3c,00,08,e0,\
  3d,00,07,e0,3e,00,3e,e0,3f,00,3f,e0,40,00,40,e0,41,00,41,e0,42,00,42,e0,43,\
  00,43,e0,44,00,23,e0,57,00,57,e0,58,00,58,e0,3b,e0,3b,00,08,e0,3c,00,07,e0,\
  3d,00,3e,e0,3e,00,3f,e0,3f,00,40,e0,40,00,41,e0,41,00,42,e0,42,00,43,e0,43,\
  00,23,e0,44,00,57,e0,57,00,58,e0,58,00,37,e0,52,e0,00,00,00,00

; Sets Keyboard Repeat rate to fastest setting, and the repeat delay to 0
; Use if you think the default keyboard repeat delay is WAY too SLOW.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard]
"KeyboardDelay"="0"
"KeyboardSpeed"="31"

;Sets 24Hr Clock, AM,PM = a,p, 2 characters in year Short date (M.d.yy = 3.19.07) and date separator 
;changed from a slash to a dot because I like it.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International]
"iDate"="0"
"iLZero"="1"
"iTime"="1"
"iTLZero"="0"
"s1159"="a"
"s2359"="p"
"sDate"="."
"sShortDate"="M.d.yy"
"sTime"=":"
"sTimeFormat"="H:mm:ss"
"iTimePrefix"="0"

Enjoy, and let me know if you have any problems with those.

BTW, has anyone found a "Small Icons in Start Menu" tweak that actually *works*? I've tried about 5, and none of them work. I've looked at the changes in Regmon, and it seems clicking that option in the Start Menu config doesn't just change values, it adds and removes entire keys, all of which must be done for it to work.

-KZ

This post has been edited by kelaniz: 19 March 2007 - 06:27 PM

[gugutz]

The small icons works here for me here.

Sorry for not being too active here on the forum lately.

Quote

Are you sure about deleting Special Accounts? I was told they are needed
(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts)

Don´t worry phaolo, it is safe. I always do that!

Quote

Here's a few tweaks I use that work, and that I didn't see included in the collection

kelaniz, some of those are already in the package, some are not. I will be sure to include them on the next version. Thank you.

Quote

Just an observation:

In the readme, it says that Windows Management Instrumentation Driver Extension is one of the vital services that should be set to automatic, or at worst, manual. In my experience, that service is not only not vital, it's completely useless and can be safely disabled.

GrofLuigi, my mistake. Already corrected.

@DL, thank you for helping the folks in here like you´ve been doing. Your knowledge on windows registry is not only great, it is essencial in this forum. Thank you man.

This post has been edited by gugutz: 25 March 2007 - 09:01 AM

[GrofLuigi]

gugutz, on Mar 25 2007, 04:01 PM, said:

GrofLuigi, my mistake. Already corrected.

It was not my post, but nevermind.

[uid0]

kelaniz, on Mar 20 2007, 01:16 AM, said:

BTW, has anyone found a "Small Icons in Start Menu" tweak that actually *works*? I've tried about 5, and none of them work. I've looked at the changes in Regmon, and it seems clicking that option in the Start Menu config doesn't just change values, it adds and removes entire keys, all of which must be done for it to work.
-KZ

You could try exporting:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects2]
"Settings"=hex:

which only gets written on shutdown, or cancelled shutdown

[Wesmosis]

thanx, but still missing
any one figure out what's the reg tweak for Icons view in stead of the stupid Tiles?!

[mohammadgerami]

Thanks my friends


good

[kelaniz]

uid0, on Mar 26 2007, 07:08 AM, said:

You could try exporting:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects2]
   "Settings"=hex:

which only gets written on shutdown, or cancelled shutdown

Not sure I follow you.. Do you mean export that key and add it to my first run tweaks reg importer, or.. what?

From what I've been able to see, clicking Show Small Icons in Start Menu (I use Classic Start Menu, btw) queries, sets and removes about 100 different keys. Obviously, most of those are other checkbox settings in that dialog. Unless I'm going blind, the Stuckrects key isn't one of them. Also, this setting applies instantly. So if that key is written on shutdown/cancelled shutdown, how would it affect the Small Icons setting?


I'm pretty sure the Small Icons tweak in the collection works for the New Start Menu, but not Classic. That's the one that seems to be the troublemaker.

I'll add this key to my tweaks and see what happens.

I also just noticed that at some point after checking Small Icons in SM, Windows deletes this key:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
 "Large_Icons"=dword:00000000

Maybe that has something to do with it?

Arggh. One little annoyance that's keeping my DVD from finalization.

[ricktendo]

These are awesome thanks