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Registry Tweaks, Part-1


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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


;------------------------
;Internet Explorer Tweaks
;------------------------

;Adds search keywords to Internet Explorer
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\g]
@="http://www.google.com/search?q=%s"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\a]
@="http://astalavista.box.sk/cgi-bin/robot?srch=%s"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\t]
@="http://tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/Search?searchType=all&searchString=%s"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\tv]
@="http://www.tvguide.com//listings/search/SearchResults.asp?FormText=%s"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\sc]
@="http://www.shareconnector.com/modules.php?name=Edonkey&d_op=search&query=%s"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\sr]
@="http://www.sharereactor.com/search.php?category=0&search=%s"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\f]
@="http://www.filemirrors.com/search.src?file=%s"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\mskb]
@="http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=%s"

;Prevents Internet Explorer windows from being reused
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"AllowWindowReuse"=dword:00000000

;Max your Internet Explorer's simultaneous downloads to 10 (default was 2)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:0000000a
"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:0000000a


;-----------------------
;Operating System Tweaks
;-----------------------

;Disable Automatic Restart in the event of a BSOD
;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl]
;"AutoReboot"=dword:00000000

;Speed up shutdown
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control]
"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="3000"

;Disable the Desktop Cleanup Wizard
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\CleanupWiz]
"NoRun"=dword:00000001

;Disables Error Reporting, but notifies when errors occur
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting]
"DoReport"=dword:00000000

;Disable Welcome Screen and uses Classic Logon
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"LogonType"=dword:00000000

;Disable Windows Picture and Fax Viewer
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\ShellImagePreview]

;Do not use Simple File Sharing
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa]
"forceguest"=dword:00000000

;Speed up Network Browsing by removing Network Scheduled Tasks
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}]

;Remove Shortcut Arrows
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile]
"IsShortcut"=-

;Disables Windows Tour bubble popup
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour]
"RunCount"=dword:00000000

;Disables ALL balloon tips
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"EnableBalloonTips"=dword:00000000

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

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\tips]
"Show"=dword:00000000

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

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

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoSMBalloonTip"=dword:00000000

;---------------
;Services Tweaks
;---------------

;Disable Imapi CD-Burning Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ImapiService]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Messenger Service (to stop spam. Does not affect MSN or Windows Messenger)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Messenger]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Remote Registry Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteRegistry]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable SSDP Discovery Service (Universal Plug'n'Play)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SSDPSRV]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Universal Plug'n'Play Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\upnphost]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Windows Time Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time]
"Start"=dword:00000004


;----------------------------------------------
;Tweaks to improve the functionality of Windows
;----------------------------------------------

;This will add "Services" to the right-click menu 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

;This adds the "Open Command Window Here" on the right click menu for folders
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd]
@="Open Command Window Here"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd\command]
@="cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd]
@="Open Command Window Here"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd\command]
@="cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\""

;Remove Shared Documents from My Computer
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\DelegateFolders\{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}]

;NoRecentDocsmenu removes the recent documents from the start menu.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoRecentDocsMenu"=dword:00000001

;Classic search, full path in title bar and address bar.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CabinetState]
"FullPath"=dword:00000001
"FullPathAddress"=dword:00000001
"Use Search Asst"="no"
"Settings"=hex:0c,00,02,00,1b,01,e7,77,60,00,00,00

;Allow renaming of Recycle Bin
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=hex:50,01,00,20
"CallForAttributes"=dword:00000000

;NoLowDiskSpaceChecks won't check if you are low on diskspace and pop up a balloon telling you.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoLowDiskSpaceChecks"=dword:00000001

;Change MenuShowDelay (Start Menu load speed)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"MenuShowDelay"="2"



;------------
;Other Tweaks
;------------

;Remove WMP Right Click Options (Queue-it-up, etc.)
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CE3FB1D1-02AE-4a5f-A6E9-D9F1B4073E6C}]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F1B9284F-E9DC-4e68-9D7E-42362A59F0FD}]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{8DD448E6-C188-4aed-AF92-44956194EB1F}]

;Removes Sign up with Passport Wizard when trying to sign in MSN Messenger
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Passport]
"RegistrationCompleted"=dword:00000001

;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]

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Put this in your cmdlines.txt, (inside folder $OEM$)

[COMMANDS]

"RunOnceEx.cmd"

===

Put this in your RunOnceEx.cmd, (inside folder $OEM$)

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Running my.vbs..." /f

REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\my.vbs" /f

===

Put your my.vbs in your $1 Folder (create a folder below this if u like, say install, then file would be copied to c:\install\my.vbs. But if you create install, dont forget to change the REG ADD respectively i.e. %systemdrive%\Install\my.vbs).

===

Good luck.

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thanks for the tip!

it'd be great if you could direct me to link where it tells how to reset the PC after the tweaks and install is done?? (code to put in in RUNONCE.CMD ?

thanks in advance

well, its not a registry tweak. Its a command:

shutdown.exe -r -f -t 60 -c "Windows XP will now restart in 1 minute..."

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thanks for the tip!

it'd be great if you could direct me to link where it tells how to reset the PC after the tweaks and install is done?? (code to put in in RUNONCE.CMD ?

thanks in advance

well, its not a registry tweak. Its a command:

shutdown.exe -r -f -t 60 -c "Windows XP will now restart in 1 minute..."

and is that .exe file is in the windows folder?

*i found a shutdown file in i386 folder

so i put

shutdown.exe -r -f -t SEC -c "QUOTE" under [GUIRUNONCE] in winnt.sif ?

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I don't know if this has been posted before, but I'm not going to run through and check all of the posts.

This tweak enables you to change the font for Internet Explorer, and the default text size (if your language script is set to "Latin Based").

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\International\Scripts\3]

"IEPropFontName"="Tahoma"

"IEFixedFontName"="Courier New"

"IEFontSize"=hex:01,00,00,00

;00,00,00,00 == smallest

;01,00,00,00 == small

;02,00,00,00 == medium

;03,00,00,00 == large

;04,00,00,00 == largest

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Here's a warning - the code below is NOT compatible with all computers.  Use this at your own risk.  If you have an ATi video card and 1GB of ram or more the tweak "LargeSystemCache=dword:00000001" will cause serious data corruption.  Its happened to me.  The L2 cache "tweak" has proven useless.  Install it if you wish, but it has absolutely ZERO effect.  Its a leftover from Windows NT days when L2 cache was off-die.

;RAM usage tweaks
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"DisablePagingExecutive"=dword:00000001
"LargeSystemCache"=dword:00000001
"IoPageLockLimit"=dword:1bf00000
"SecondLevelDataCache"=dword:00000100

;AMD Processor Fix
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"LargePageMinimum"=dword:ffffffff

The IRQ priority "tweak" (posted before this one) also does absolutely nothing.  Again, I've had it enabled in the registry and it doesn't seem to do any harm, but it doesn't do any good either.

The 2nd level data cache and IRQ "tweaks" are probably the two most common useless-tweaks I see all over the internet!

Just responding by saying, DON'T use the LargeSystemCache with ATi drivers, it isn't worth it at all. It turns out to be 32Mb or less for the fix but the trouble just isn't worth it. I now have to try and pick out with files are bust :).

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