[XtremeMaC]

awesome idea! very well done thanks! (version number, definitely a good idea!)

[prathapml]

@JohnnyDo
Once you've added the tweaks/corrections in this (Part-2) thread as well, please drop me a PM and I'll update the link on first page. We'll update the link on first page once your 1.3 version comes!

[JohnnyDo]

Mercury
Remove All Internet Explorer Add-ons

;-----  
 ;-----  Remove All Browser Helper Objects
 ;-----  
;[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects]
;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects]
 ;-----  
 ;-----  Remove All Browser Extensions
 ;-----  
;[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions]
;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions]
 ;-----  
 ;-----  Remove All Toolbars
 ;-----  
;[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar]
;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar]

can you please elaborate on the above code please? You have not explained exactly what it does or examples on how it works to our benifit.


Everyone else. I am now done version 1.3 It has everything from the first topic (that was 1.2) and everythign up to this point except the above code. If you have wrtten any changes in previous messages and not explain what the tweaks are, how they are used, why we need them or any usefull info at all then I have ignored it. All changes are listed in the change log. If you have posted somethign and it's not there then pleaes repost or e-mail me and i'll add it. Only posts that are valid, varrified, and documented will be added. A simple "Added status menu to bottom of explorer" is enough descriptsion for us, in the code above, why would we need to remove teh IE extensions???

MOD: if you wish you can post the link to the file on my server as well your own if you are mirroring the file (good idea)
reg tweaks


Oh, if anyone wants to look at the services list and make sure they are corrent and optimized i'd sure appriciate it. I heard somewhere that i've turn off a few needed services or didn't turn off a service that can go. *shrugs* i don't remember and I list the message.

hope you guys enjoy the fruits of my labor hehe. cheers c\_/

[XtremeMaC]

hey there i cannot open your link (host not found) it might just be bc of my stupid isp but just checking....

edit: ok now it works. (told ya its my isp )
I could provide a mirror if u want...

This post has been edited by XtremeMaC: 27 September 2004 - 08:12 AM

[Mercury]

JohnnyDo, on Sep 27 2004, 03:54 AM, said:

Mercury
Remove All Internet Explorer Add-ons

;-----  
;-----  Remove All Browser Helper Objects
;-----  
;[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects]
;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects]
;-----  
;-----  Remove All Browser Extensions
;-----  
;[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions]
;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions]
;-----  
;-----  Remove All Toolbars
;-----  
;[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar]
;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar]

can you please elaborate on the above code please? You have not explained exactly what it does or examples on how it works to our benifit.

Well it simply removes all addons from IE such as Flashget button, adobe reader toolbars, Norton Antivirus custom toolbars and any other custom toolbars that get installed with different applications. Each of them can be removed manually (by deleting each CLSID separately), but the above code removes all at once. They are no longer shown in Add-on manager or IE context menu. It doesn't remove any needed active-x or anything that comes installed with IE. It just removes all the extra stuff. Don't apply these tweaks if you actually use custom addons. Note: browser extensions are extra toolbar buttons (flashget, messanger ..) Some browser helper objects contain spyware and others simply slow it down.

[XPero]

@maxXPsoft

DisabledTrucker, on Sep 18 2004, 08:15 PM, said:

This is incorrect as well:

;-----  Force DLL To Unload From Memory
;-----
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AlwaysUnloadDLL]
"Default"="1"

should be:

;-----  Force DLL To Unload From Memory
;-----
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"AlwaysUnloadDLL"="1"

I saw this in page 3

[maxXPsoft]

@XPero
I'm trying to figure out what you mean
Both of those are wrong man or

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AlwaysUnloadDLL]
@="1"

I think Microsoft has the correct way since, uhhh they wrote it. What you see on that MS link is the application of Regini.exe, it does not mean AlwaysUnloadDLL is on separate line as a Reg Value, it's a Key with a @ value.

[XPero]

@maxXPsoft
OK sorry, I think there has been always a lot of confusion about this regtweak. Happy to find the solution

[prathapml]

ANNOUNCEMENT:
All tweaks upto this point have been added/corrected in the new v1.3 registry tweaks file. Thanks to JohnnyDo.

A modification to the mode of distributing tweaks - since most people seem to be double-clicking the .REG file directly, and don't choose only the tweaks they need. The file attached in first-post will have a .TXT extension, so that it will open in notepad, and you can see what you are going to apply.

First post updated, and time of last update added. Please re-download to enjoy the new set.

[JohnnyDo]

@Mercury

Thanks for the info, i'll update the reg file with the changes

@Mod

I'll update the file on my web site later tonight but still keep the v1.3 since this was just a clarification in describing the tweak. please feel free to update the first post. new file will be up by 9:00 EST.

Good idea on the .txt file extension, that way it'll force people who are not too sure about things to rename the file and at the same time force them to think about useing the reg file directly.

[sdageforde]

Here are a few Desktop Icons for use....

;====================================================
;  Add the following Icons to the Desktop
;====================================================
;-----
;----- Recycle Bin
;-----
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}]
@=""
;-----
;----- Printer Icon
;-----
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}]
@=""
;-----
;----- Control Panel
;-----
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}]
@=""
;-----
;----- Scheduled Tasks
;-----
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}]
@=""
;-----
;----- Outlook/Inbox
;-----
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{00020D75-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@=""
;-----
;----- MSN Icon
;-----
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{88667D10-10F0-11D0-8150-00AA00BF8457}]
@=""
;-----
;----- MSN Icon (2.x only)
;-----
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{00028B00-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
@=""
;-----
;----- AOL Desktop Icon
;-----
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{955B7B84-5308-419c-8ED8-0B9CA3C56985}]
@=""
;-----
;----- Dial-up and Network
;-----
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}]
@=""
;-----
;----- My Bluetooth Places
;-----
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{6af09ec9-b429-11d4-a1fb-0090960218cb}]
@=""

Hope they are of use to someone......

[RoXoN]

does anyone now the tweak to disable windows sounds??? I don't wanna hear a sound from windows

[RoXoN]

got it, see the attachment for disable winxp sounds

Attached File(s)

•  nosound.reg (38.89K)
  Number of downloads: 177

[netquik]

netquik, on Sep 20 2004, 12:51 PM, said:

for me

Quote

;-----
  ;-----  Adds Device Manager right click of MY Computer
  ;-----
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\DevMgr]
@="Device Manager"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\DevMgr\command]
@="mmc.exe D:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\devmgmt.msc"

should be

;-----
;-----  Adds Device Manager right click of MY Computer
;-----
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\DevMgr]
@="Device Manager"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\DevMgr\command]
@=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,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,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,00,64,00,65,00,\
  76,00,6d,00,67,00,6d,00,74,00,2e,00,6d,00,73,00,63,00,00,00

byez

no one think that this change is more appropriate?

[hoverhead]

Pratha...

here is a list I compiled. I used the Johnnydo registry as a base and added another couple of around 40 plus....

i am outa here

Hoverhead..

Attached File(s)

•  JB_Final_list_of_registries_Upload.txt (111.48K)
  Number of downloads: 658

[prathapml]

Oh... that's a new set of tweaks hover head! Thanks for them.
But since its so difficult to sort thru them.. could you re-post a file which has only new tweaks, or the ones that need modification. So that they can be added.


ANNOUNCEMENT:
Spent many, many hours with this. Many new tweaks, updates/modifications to existing ones. Re-download from attachment to first post to get 'em. UPDATED FIRST POST WITH TIME OF LAST UPDATE.

[RogueSpear]

If you have PerfectDisk V6, the following will turn on aggressive free space consolidation, check all of the offline defrag options, turn off the "Use master browser", turn off logging to a file but leave on logging to the event log, and uses the default setting for file layout.

I've been using this successfully at a client with almost 100 workstations for a few months now. I have not tested it on a machine with more than one hard disk as all of these computers only have a C drive. And I left the networking feature on, but master browser off, because NETBIOS is not used on the network (DNS only).

For the license key part, you will need to look in your registry to get the hex conversion. If you put it in there, then you wont have to worry about that either.

Quote

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\41CBCFF0C34E8DD4F984F7967941A9E3\Usage]"PerfectDisk"=dword:30FC0085

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Raxco\PerfectDisk\6.0]
"EnableDebug"=dword:00000000
"LogSettings"=hex(03):03,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,b6,00,00,00,43,00,3a,00,5c,00,\
  44,00,6f,00,63,00,75,00,6d,00,65,00,6e,00,74,00,73,00,20,00,61,00,6e,00,64,\
  00,20,00,53,00,65,00,74,00,74,00,69,00,6e,00,67,00,73,00,5c,00,41,00,6c,00,6c,\
  00,20,00,55,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,73,00,5c,00,41,00,70,00,70,00,6c,00,69,00,\
  63,00,61,00,74,00,69,00,6f,00,6e,00,20,00,44,00,61,00,74,00,61,00,5c,00,52,00,\
  61,00,78,00,63,00,6f,00,5c,00,50,00,65,00,72,00,66,00,65,00,63,00,74,00,44,\
  00,69,00,73,00,6b,00,5c,00,36,00,2e,00,30,00,5c,00,50,00,65,00,72,00,66,00,65,\
  00,63,00,74,00,44,00,69,00,73,00,6b,00,2e,00,6c,00,6f,00,67,00,00,00
"PDManageLayoutIni"=dword:00000003
"Security"=hex(03):00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00
"License"=hex(03):xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Raxco\PerfectDisk\6.0\DriveSettings]
"C:\\"=hex(03):08,00,00,00,43,00,3a,00,5c,00,00,00,06,00,00,00,3c,00,00,00,\
  1e,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00

[toe_cutter]

On the custom shell settings and the custum(e) visual settings, could you explain a bit more what each setting does exactly or refer to the setting in windows please?

Also, the hkey_current_user only applies to the user logged in, not all, right? So if i just replace all of them with the hkey_local_machine it would apply to all users, not just the user thats currently logged in?

[RyanVM]

;Fix for DSO Exploit that Spybot complains about
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\0]
"1004"=dword:00000003

I've tested this tweak and it does work (just make sure it's applied during the T12/svcpack.inf/cmdlines.txt stage so it's applied to the .Default user.

This fix is also included in my forthcoming XPSP2 update package.

[Lucius Snow]

RyanVM, on Sep 28 2004, 03:28 PM, said:

;Fix for DSO Exploit that Spybot complains about
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\0]
"1004"=dword:00000003

I've tested this tweak and it does work (just make sure it's applied during the T12/svcpack.inf/cmdlines.txt stage so it's applied to the .Default user.

This fix is also included in my forthcoming XPSP2 update package.

Oh i've been looking for that one. Thank you.