[shaky]

Perfect, thanks!

[troycicle]

In some of these registry keys I've seen you have to have a dash in front of the HKEY. For example -HKEY. Why do you have to have the dash? If you don't have it will the the key still work. I saw a correction where you had to have the dash or it wouldn't work. Why is that? Now I'm thinking that half of my registry tweaks aren't going to work because I don't have the dash in front of the HKEY part.

[MHz]

troycicle, on Sep 18 2004, 09:29 PM, said:

In some of these registry keys I've seen you have to have a dash in front of the HKEY.  For example -HKEY.  Why do you have to have the dash?  If you don't have it will the the key still work.  I saw a correction where you had to have the dash or it wouldn't work.  Why is that?  Now I'm thinking that half of my registry tweaks aren't going to work because I don't have the dash in front of the HKEY part.

The dash is an inverse registry key. Without the dash, it adds to registry. With the dash, it removes from registry.

[troycicle]

Sweet, thanks!

[Mercury]

I need a registry tweak that applies "Icons" view to all folders. So far I've only seen list and detail view. Thanx

[sdageforde]

Here are some other items that can be added to the My Computer windows, maybe they're useful, maybe not.....

;----- Adds My Network Places to MY Computer
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}]
;----- Adds Printers and Faxes to MY Computer
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}]
;----- Adds Recycle Bin to MY Computer
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}]
;----- Adds Network Connections to MY Computer
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}]
;----- Adds Administrative Tools to MY Computer
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{D20EA4E1-3957-11D2-A40B-0C5020524153}]
;----- Adds Scheduled Tasks to MY Computer
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}]

[mazin]

And I think this is for Office 2003:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar]
"ShowDiscussionButton"="no"

[Sorik]

;-----
;----- 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 %%systemroot%%\\System32\\devmgmt.msc"

work fine with %%Systemroot%%

[what3v3r]

is there a way to transform the search of xp to that of server 2003. you know, so that the first thing that is brought up is to search for files an folders? so i dont have to choose it first.

and is it possible to stop IE from tagging downloads?

thx

[Lucius Snow]

what3v3r, on Sep 19 2004, 03:29 PM, said:

is there a way to transform the search of xp to that of server 2003. you know, so that the first thing that is brought up is to search for files an folders? so i dont have to choose it first.

Try this :

Quote

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]"link"=hex:00,00,00,00
"SearchSystemDirs"=dword:00000001
"SearchHidden"=dword:00000001
"IncludeSubFolders"=dword:00000001
"CaseSensitive"=dword:00000000
"SearchSlowFiles"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Search Assistant]
"SocialUI"=dword:00000000
"UsageCount"=dword:0000003e
"UseAdvancedSearchAlways"=dword:00000001

[what3v3r]

Great, that worked.
thank you so much!

[netquik]

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

[Mercury]

Service Pack 2 Registry Tweaks Mini-Guide

Here is a collection of SP2 registry tweaks. Last 4 tweaks are particularly useful and have detailed description of what they actually do.

Disable Information Bar Prompt in Internet Explorer

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\InformationBar]
"FirstTime"=dword:00000000

Disable Security Center Service

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

Override Antivirus Monitoring

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center]
"AntiVirusOverride"=dword:00000001

Override Windows Firewall Monitoring

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center]
"FirewallOverride"=dword:00000001

Disable Windows Firewall Taskbar Notifications

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center]
"FirewallDisableNotify"=dword:00000001

Disable Antivirus Taskbar Notifications

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center]
"AntiVirusDisableNotify"=dword:00000001

Disable Automatic Updates Taskbar Notifications

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center]
"UpdatesDisableNotify"=dword:00000001

Disable Digital Signature Checking in Internet Explorer

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download]
"CheckExeSignatures"="no"
"RunInvalidSignatures"=dword:00000001

Prevent Windows from checking Zone Information in files when user tries to open them in Windows Explorer

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations]
"LowRiskFileTypes"=".exe;.bat;.com;.cmd;.reg;.msi;.htm;.html;.gif;.bmp;.jpg;.avi;.mpg;.mpeg;.mov;.mp3;.m3u;.wav;"

Prevent Windows from preserving Zone Information in file attachments

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments]
"SaveZoneInformation"=dword:00000001

Prevent users from manually removing Zone Information from file attachments

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments]
"HideZoneInfoOnProperties"=dword:00000001

The last 4 tweaks need a bit of explanation. I'm sure everyone noticed Windows XP SP2 Security Warnings when opening downloaded files in Internet and Windows Explorer. CheckExeSignatures and RunInvalidSignatures disable "The publisher could not be verified" prompts when running downloaded files. When a user downloads a file from the Internet, Windows automatically marks the file attachment with its zone information (such as Restricted, local, internet..) Based on file's zone information Windows assignes a proper risk level (High, Moderate, or Low) To disable this feature SaveZoneInformation is set to 1. Files listed in LowRiskFileTypes are not blocked by Windows and a security message is never displayed. If LowRiskFileTypes is not configured, downloads that were made before SaveZoneInformation was set to 1, will still display Warning message.

When HideZoneInfoOnProperties is set to 1, the "Unblock" button in file's properties, allowing user to remove zone infomation manually, is not displayed.

[illusions]

Hi, i am using winxp sp2

Does anyone has registry tweak for these following:

1) on internet explorer
to enable the status bar

---------- thanks mercury it works!

2) on windows explorer to
reset all folder options and add attribute column

pls advice, thanks

[Mercury]

Enable Internet Explorer Status Bar

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"StatusBarWeb"=dword:00000001

[Excalabat]

I'm looking for a reg entry that makes list view the default view for all folders,

if anyone can help, I'd really appericate it, going blind looking thou alll those tweaks

[mazin]

@Mercury

All worked. Thanks.

[Mercury]

Apply List View to all folders

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams]
"Settings"=hex:08,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,e0,a5,1f,0e,73,35,cf,11,ae,\
  69,08,00,2b,2e,12,62,04,00,00,00,0a,00,00,00,43,00,00,00

[Excalabat]

thank you very much

[war59312]

Mercury, on Sep 19 2004, 11:07 AM, said:

I need a registry tweak that applies "Icons" view to all folders. So far I've only seen list and detail view. Thanx

;Icon Folder Settings
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams]
"Settings"=hex:09,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,e0,d0,57,00,73,35,cf,11,ae,\
69,08,00,2b,2e,12,62,04,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,43,00,00,00