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Would you care to explain this with more specific instructions?

What if I disable the Windows firewall but not the internet connection?

I see! I apologize if I seemed rude at all in my post. I copied and paste your syntax into my cleanup.cmd and it doesn't work. The favourites and link folder appears under the favourites tab in IE. I honestly don't know what is going on and I am becoming very frustrated.

Not that I don't appreciate that, but my problem is not with asthetics right now. I'm trying to get my script working. Colours are the last thing that I need to worry about

Are you joking or what? How will changing the colours fix my problem?

lol any other ways guys?

You should REALLY read what's been said. http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...ndpost&p=333760 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...ndpost&p=333914 That's TWO of Yzöwl posts in THIS VERY TOPIC that did what you asked. You didn't read it TWICE. @ponghy and Yzöwl The error he got was RD was an unrecognized command. He did not try it through the CMD interprety as Yzöwl had fixed his code to do. RunonceEX and consequently ierunonce.dll are able to find any executable that is in the %path% which includes %systemroot%\system32. There is no problem with having just cmd.exe or rundll32.exe as the entire line without the path to them. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> This is all like a foreign language to me. I'm trying my best to learn this and apply it. Ok this is how my RunOnceEx.cmd file looks like: @echo off SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx REG ADD %KEY%\001 /VE /D "Removing Items" /f REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\cleanup.cmd" /f This is how my Cleanup.cmd file looks like: @echo off RD /S /Q \"%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Favorites\Links RD /S /Q \"%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Favorites\Favorites RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\drivers del /f /q %systemdrive%\cleanup.cmd The favourites and links folder are not deleted, but my drivers folder is deleted. I don't understand why the favourites and Links folder keep on reappearing. I tried looking deeper and searching the forums a bit, but I still don't understand why the folders are not removed permanately.

Wow this seems to be getting more complicated...Is it possible someone can edit my RunOnceEx.cmd file so that it'll work correctly? I just want to do it like that. Thanks!

I'm not talking about the tweak that enables simple file sharing. The thing is that simple file sharing is already enabled, but I can't seem to have file sharing unless I go to the network setup wizard and enable file sharing there to actually be able to share my files with other computers connected to my home network. I think this is a new feature of SP2 cuz I never had to do this with Windows XP SP1 and before.

I want to remove the folders not just the links. I like having my favourite links under the tab not within the folders.

This is the error message that I got: "Windows cannot find 'RD'. Make sure you type the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then click search." So how do I fix that? Thanks!

This is how my RunOnceEx.cmd file looks like: @echo off SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "Removing Favorites" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "RD /S /Q \"%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Favorites\Links\"" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 2 /D "RD /S /Q \"%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Favorites\Favorites\"" /f REG ADD %KEY%\999 /V 1 /D "RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\drivers\" /f I get an error after Windows finish installing itself and the RunOnceEx.cmd files attempt to initialized the commands in the file. What I am trying to do is remove the favourites and links folder in Internet Explorer and the drivers installed via the winnt.sif method. If anyone here can figure out why the script isn't working and can correct it, that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

How do I remove the links folder and the favourites folder under the favourites tab in Internet Explorer? I want to remove it permanately...Thanks.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ;======================================================================= ; Startup / Shutdown ;======================================================================= ; Allows boot files to be placed optimally on the hard-drive for faster boots [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction] "Enable"="Y" ; Speed up shutdown [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "AutoEndTasks"="1" "HungAppTimeout"="100" "WaitToKillAppTimeout"="1000" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control] "WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="1000" ; Disable Automatic Restart in the event of a BSOD [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl] "AutoReboot"=dword:00000000 ; Prefetcher tweak (faster booting) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters] "EnablePrefetcher"=dword:00000003 ; Modifying the Autocheck Time-out Value [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager] "AutoChkTimeOut"=dword:00000002 ; Disable Hibernate [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Power] "Heuristics"=hex:05,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,3f,42,0f,00 ; Disable Shutdown Event Tracker [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability] "ShutdownReasonOn"=dword:00000000 "ShutdownReasonUI"=dword:00000000 ;======================================================================= ; System Performance Tweaks ;======================================================================= ; Increase IoPageLockLimit (disk cache) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management] "IoPageLockLimit"=dword:00020000 ; Speeds up copying/moving of zip files (disable windows built in zip functionality) [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip\CompressedFolder] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CompressedFolder] ; Speed up opening of My Computer and Explorer [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\stisvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "NoNetCrawling"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoRemoteRecursiveEvents"=dword:00000001 ; Force DLL To Unload From Memory [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AlwaysUnloadDLL] @="1" ; Optimize System Cache Size (might cause data corruption if you have ATI vid card and 1 gig of ram) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management] "LargeSystemCache"=dword:00000001 ; Optimize Core System Performance [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management] "DisablePagingExecutive"=dword:00000001 ;======================================================================= ; General Setting ;======================================================================= ; Launch Browser In a Seperate process [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BrowseNewProcess] "BrowseNewProcess"="Yes" ; Opens 16-bit apps in a seperate memory space, this increases stability when dealing with 16-bit apps. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WOW] "DefaultSeparateVDM"="Yes" ; Remove Alexa Spyware (comes built in Windows by default) [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions\{c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a}] ; Recycle Bin Uses 3% of Available Space Rather than 10% [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BitBucket] "Percent"=dword:00000003 ; Keyboard Num-Lock on [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard] "InitialKeyboardIndicators"="2" ; Disable StickyKeys shortcut [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\StickyKeys] "Flags"="506" ; Disable Filterkeys shortcut [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\Keyboard Response] "Flags"="122" ; Disable ToggleKeys shortcut [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\ToggleKeys] "Flags"="58" ; Disable the Desktop Cleanup Wizard [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\CleanupWiz] "NoRun"=dword:00000001 ; Remove System Folders Baricade [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\WebView\BarricadedFolders] "shell:ControlPanelFolder"=dword:00000000 "shell:SystemDriveRootFolder"=dword:00000000 "shell:ProgramFiles"=dword:00000000 "shell:Windows"=dword:00000000 "shell:System"=dword:0000000 ; Control panel classic view "ForceClassicControlPanel"=dword:00000001 ; Opens nfo files with Notepad [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.nfo] "Application"="NOTEPAD.EXE" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.nfo\OpenWithList] "a"="Explorer.exe" "MRUList"="ba" "b"="NOTEPAD.EXE" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.nfo\OpenWithProgids] "MSInfo.Document"=hex(0): ; Disable Error Reporting [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting] "AllOrNone"=dword:00000001 "DoReport"=dword:00000000 "IncludeKernelFaults"=dword:00000000 "IncludeMicrosoftApps"=dword:00000000 "IncludeWindowsApps"=dword:00000000 "ShowUI"=dword:00000000 ; Change Default Search Options [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "SearchSystemDirs"=dword:00000001 "SearchHidden"=dword:00000001 "IncludeSubFolders"=dword:00000001 "CaseSensitive"=dword:00000000 "SearchSlowFiles"=dword:00000000 ; Enable Classic Search [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CabinetState] "FullPath"=dword:00000001 "FullPathAddress"=dword:00000001 "Use Search Asst"="Yes" "Settings"=hex:0c,00,02,00,1b,01,e7,77,60,00,00,00 ; Disable "Search Dog" and use advanced search [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Search Assistant] "Actor"="" "SocialUI"=dword:00000000 "UsageCount"=dword:00000000 "UseAdvancedSearchAlways"=dword:00000001 ; Search All File Types [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex] "FilterFilesWithUnknownExtensions"=dword:00000001 ; Disable Windows Tour [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour] "RunCount"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour] "RunCount"=dword:00000000 ; Removes Briefcase, and Rich-Text-Document from New Menu [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bfc\ShellNew] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rtf\ShellNew] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp\ShellNew] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wav\ShellNew] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip\CompressedFolder\ShellNew] ; Turn off system beeps [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound] "beep"="no" ; Show Detailed Info in Device Manager [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment] "DEVMGR_SHOW_DETAILS"=dword:00000001 "DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES"="1" ; Turns off the balloon tips altogether [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoSMBalloonTip"=dword:00000000 ; Disable Group Policy Duplication [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system] "SynchronousMachineGroupPolicy"=dword:00000000 "SynchronousUserGroupPolicy"=dword:00000000 ; AMD Processor Fix [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management] "SecondLevelDataCache"=dword:00000200 ;======================================================================= ; Task Bar and Folder View ;======================================================================= ; Lock taskbar [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "TaskbarSizeMove"=dword:00000000 ; apps don't steal the focus with popups [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\desktop] "ForegroundLockTimeout"=dword:00030d40 ; Remove Shared Documents from My Computer [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoSharedDocuments"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoSharedDocuments"=dword:00000001 [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\DelegateFolders\ {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}] ; Clear recent documents when log off, disable recent documents history, and remove the reent documents from the start menu***** [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "ClearRecentDocsOnExit"=dword:00000001 "NoRecentDocsHistory"=dword:00000001 "NoRecentDocsMenu"=dword:00000001 ; cached "folder-view settings", currently 250 (to speed-up browsing local folders) [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell] "BagMRU Size"=dword:000000FA [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam] "BagMRU Size"=dword:000000FA ; 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Visual Settings ;======================================================================= ; Removes More Themes Online..." option in the Themes dropdown box [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\DownloadSites] ; Disable screensavers [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "ScreenSaveActive"="0" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "SCRNSAVE.EXE"="" [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop] "ScreenSaveActive"="0" [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop] "SCRNSAVE.EXE"="" ; Enable ClearType for ALL Users [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "FontSmoothingType"=dword:00000002 ; Custom Visual Settings*********** [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects] "VisualFXSetting"=dword:00000003 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\AnimateMinMax] "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ComboBoxAnimation] "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\CursorShadow] "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\DragFullWindows] "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\DropShadow] "DefaultValue"=dword:00000001 "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\FontSmoothing] "DefaultValue"=dword:00000001 "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ListBoxSmoothScrolling] "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ListviewAlphaSelect] "DefaultValue"=dword:00000001 "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ListviewShadow] "DefaultValue"=dword:00000001 "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ListviewWatermark] "DefaultValue"=dword:00000001 "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\MenuAnimation] "DefaultValue"=dword:00000001 "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\SelectionFade] "DefaultValue"=dword:00000001 "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\TaskbarAnimations] "DefaultValue"=dword:00000001 "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\TooltipAnimation] "DefaultValue"=dword:00000001 "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\WebView] "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 ;======================================================================= ; My Computer Right Click ;======================================================================= ; Adds Services to right click of My Computer [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\services] @=hex(2):53,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,00,00 "SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\services\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,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52, 00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00, 32,00,5c,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,2e,00,6d,00,73, 00,63,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,00,00 ; Adds Device Manager to 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 %%SYSTEMDRIVE%%\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\devmgmt.msc" ;======================================================================= ; Internet Explorer and Outlook Express ;======================================================================= ; Disable Internet Explorer "Send information to the Internet" prompt [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3] "1601"=dword:00000000 ; Disable Internet Explorer Auto-Complete prompt [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms] "AskUser"=dword:00000000 ; Disable Internet Explorer Cookie "Privacy Icon" prompt [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings] "PrivDiscUiShown"=dword:00000001 ; Add Google As Main/default Search Page [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main] "Use Search Asst"="no" "Search Page"="http://www.google.com" "Search Bar"="http://www.google.com/ie_rsearch.html" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL] @="http://www.google.com/keyword/%s" "provider"="gogl" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search] "SearchAssistant"="http://www.google.com/ie_rsearch.html" ; 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] ; Prune History to only 1 days [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Url History] "DaysToKeep"=dword:00000001 ;======================================================================= ; Multimedia ;======================================================================= ; Disables Preview of Movie file formats (allowing you to move/rename/delete without errors) [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi\ShellEx] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpg\ShellEx] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpe\ShellEx] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpeg\ShellEx] ; Speed-up Access to AVI Media Files [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler] ;======================================================================= ; Networking ;======================================================================= ; Speed Up browsing remote computers (Your Network) [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{D6277990- 4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{2227A280- 3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}] ;======================================================================= ; Other Software ;======================================================================= ; MSN Messenger: Disables - Auto Busy & Away & Disables the annoying MSN Today On Logon [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger] "EnableBusyDetect"=dword:00000000 "EnableIdleDetect"=dword:00000000 "AppSettings"=hex:22,02,00,00 ; disable balloon - Add your passport to XP messenger [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MessengerService] "PassportBalloon"=hex:0a,00,00,00 ; notepad saves page setup and window positions [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad] "fSavePageSettings"=dword:00000001 "fSaveWindowPositions"=dword:00000001 ; Enable status bar, Tahoma font as default, and enable word wrap. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad] "StatusBar"=dword:00000001 "lfFaceName"="Tahoma" "fWrap"=dword:00000001 ; Gets rid of tray icon for taking survey (office 2k3) [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\Internet] "UseOnlineContent"=dword:00000002 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Common] "QMEnable"=dword:00000000 ; Enables Live Scrolling in Microsoft Word [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word\Options] "LiveScrolling"="1" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options] "LiveScrolling"="1" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Word\Options] "LiveScrolling"="1" ; Get rid of 'EULA' dialog for MS-PowerPoint Viewer 2003 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\PowerPoint Viewer\11.0] "EULAAccepted"=dword:00000001 ;======================================================================= ; Win XP SP2 ;======================================================================= ; Gets rid of anoying popup for running files you download from internet [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download] "CheckExeSignatures"="no" "RunInvalidSignatures"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments] "SaveZoneInformation"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations] "LowRiskFileTypes"=".zip;.rar;.nfo;.txt;.exe;.bat;.com;.cmd;.reg;.msi;.htm;.html;.gif;.bmp;.jpg;.avi;.mpg;.mpeg;.mov ;.mp3;. m3u;.wav;" ; Disable Security center [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center] "AntiVirusDisableNotify"=dword:00000001 "AntiVirusOverride"=dword:00000001 "FirewallDisableNotify"=dword:00000001 "FirewallOverride"=dword:00000001 "FirstRunDisabled"=dword:00000001 "UpdatesDisableNotify"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wscsvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 ; Disable Information Bar Prompt in Internet Explorer [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\InformationBar] "FirstTime"=dword:00000000 I was wondering if someone here can double check my registry tweaks for redundant tweaks and I was wondering if the custom visual settings really work and what it does? I got all of these tweaks from the registry sticky thread. Thanks.

It's clear the start menu order or you mean rearrange it alphabetically? Will this method work if I place it in my registry tweaks file or I will need to make it separate? Don't you mean $1 instead of $$ for the location?

Thanks for the link, but there is no information on there on how to remove the links and favourites folder in Internet Explorer. Does anyone here have the registry tweaks for that? Thanks.

I looked at your list for Chinese simplified and Chinese Traditional and I'm extremely confused. How do I know which Chinese input method to use? Thanks!

Can someone here modify it for an English setup? I can't believe it taken so long for this, but I'm glad it's going on the right track .

Thanks, and do you know where I can find information on this? Thanks!

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When setting up the winnt.sif for an unattended install, I set it up to install English (Canada). How do I set it up so that it'll install the East Asian languages like Mandarin and English (Canada)? Thanks!

Can someone answer the questions above? Thanks.

How do you guys remove the favourite folder from IE? Did Microsoft replace that with the Links folder?

Hey guys how do I remove the favourites folder in Internet Explorer? Also how do I disable the screensaver and shutting off the monitor after a certain amount of time being inactive? Thanks.