Registry Tweaks, Part-1

[Sculptor]

Greetings

XtremeMaC kindly sent me all reg tweaks that he collected from this thread.

I put them all in one big "all.txt" file (1393kb).

I wrote 3 small C++ programs.

1st, "Filter.cpp" expands all Value entries by adding Key data in front of Value data.

Input file is determined by 1st command line argument. Output file is "filtered.txt".

All comments are copied exactly as they are. All other data is pasted to 2nd output file, "unknown.txt".

Example:

;Change Default Search Options (1 = ON, 0 = OFF)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"SearchSystemDirs"=dword:00000001
"SearchHidden"=dword:00000001
"IncludeSubFolders"=dword:00000001
"CaseSensitive"=dword:00000001
"SearchSlowFiles"=dword:00000000

is expanded as:

;Change Default Search Options (1 = ON, 0 = OFF)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]"SearchSystemDirs"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]"SearchHidden"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]"IncludeSubFolders"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]"CaseSensitive"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]"SearchSlowFiles"=dword:00000000

Multiline Value data are supported too.

Example:

[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

is expanded as (one line):

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\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

2nd program, "remdup.cpp", removes all duplicate entries, including duplicate comments.

Input file is "filtered.txt". Output file is "filt2.txt".

3rd program, "finalize.cpp", converts data from "filt2.txt" to reg file format.

Input file is "filt2.txt". Output file is "final.txt".

"Final.txt" has 340kb. Approx 75% redundant data were removed. It contains all reg tweaks from this thread (up to page 56, i think). It has no duplicate entries. It has redundant comments, though.

Attached archive contains "filter.cpp", "remdup.cpp" and "finalize.cpp" sources and output files "final.txt" and "unknown.txt".

I have no time to further process "final.txt" manually. If some 1 has time to process it further, just go ahead. Other option is to split it on several parts. Each part can be processed by other person that way.

Some comments contain (commented out) reg tweaks that might be redundant.

Note:

If you have any questions, you can reach me at blazic@gmail.com .

Have fun!

all_tweaks.zip

[Sculptor]

Attached archive contains "all.txt" file (1393kb), just in case u need it.

all.rar

[sixpack]

thanks Sculptor

[SMELVIN]

background file? where do you place this key

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\General]

"BackupWallpaper"="C:\\WINDOWS\\Web\\Wallpaper\\blue.bmp"

"Wallpaper"="C:\\WINDOWS\Web\\Wallpaper\\blue.bmp"

I've tried it loads of time but i can get ti to display when windows opens can anybody see what is wrong with this tweak so it soenot work? my background file

is in

C:\XPPROCD\$OEM$\$$\Web\Wallpaper and blue.bmp and jpg but still cna't get it to work?

[prathapml]

Better make a .cmd batch-file that runs at T-12 stage (from cmdlines.txt).

It should delete/rename bliss.bmp and rename your blue.bmp to bliss.bmp.

Sounds like a better, more universally applicable solution than messing with the registry, right ?

[neophyte]

prathapml:

Deleting BLISS.JP_ from the i386 directory, and saving BLUE.BMP as BLISS.JPG, and then makecab it, and place it in the i386 directory, would be even better!

[SMELVIN]

Got No bliss file in 1386? is this good thing or bad i stripped out all the images?

[Jotnar]

Just copy the bitmap you want to use to %windir% and set this key:

; Set the default wallpaper
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"Wallpaper"="nameofbitmap.bmp"
; WallpaperStyle 0 = Center, 1 = Tile, 2 = Stretch
"WallpaperStyle"="2"
"TileWallpaper"="0"

if you run this from T-12 it should be the default wallpaper for all users.

Cheers

[Professor Frink]

How do you turn off friendly URLs? I've tried this one:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer]
@=""
"Show_FullURL"=dword:00000000

But that doesn't seem to work.

[Professor Frink]

Another question -- what is the reg tweak to empty Internet Explorer cache upon shutdown? I saw it somewhere, but I can't find it now. I already applied the tweak to reduce the size of the cache to 300 MB, and I think that this would make a nice companion.

But what exactly is "shutdown"? Is that the closing of the browser, or shutting down Windows completely?

And I have a few concerns about this:

1. If the cache is always being cleared, what effect (if any) would that have on Web surfing? (i.e. performance issues) And what does that do to things like streaming audio/video?

2. Does this also clear Cookies, or is that a separate thing, just like when you manually clear the cache?

3. Let's say the size of the cache is set to 300 MB, and after a full day of Web surfing it is filled..... how long does the cache-clearing take? Will Windows hang for a little bit during shutdown?

Sorry for all the questions, but this is for my office and I need to be sure.

[XtremeMaC]

for that full url I think it has to be 1 not 0

emtpy cache hmm u mean temp internet files right?

go here

http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php?id=1173

[Professor Frink]

Brain fart alert! It turns out that while this was in my tweaks file:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer]
@=""
"Show_FullURL"=dword:00000000

, I found this a few lines down in the same tweak file:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer]
@=""
"Show_FullURL"=dword:00000001

I don't know how that happened, but it was causing me my troubles.

[Professor Frink]

I think someone once posted a tweak to turn off the StickyKeys shortcut, but it didn't cover FilterKeys or ToggleKeys. So here are all three:

;-----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"

[Tribble]

I think someone once posted a tweak to turn off the StickyKeys shortcut, but it didn't cover FilterKeys or ToggleKeys. So here are all three:

;-----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"

what exactly is this tweak for? example? explanation? Or jsut teach me in english !

[Nick2588]

what exactly is this tweak for? example? explanation? Or jsut teach me in english !

Press Shift over and over again (I think it is five or eight times). The computer will go nuts-o and make pathetic PC speaker noises and a dialog will come up asking you if you are handicapped.

This tweaks prevents these dialogs from appearing.