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as far as always, i dont think there is one...ie, thats the whole reason "sort by name" exists on the start menu...there is a reg key to delete so it is alphabetically, but if you install anything after removing that key, it goes back to not being alphabetically. the reg key should be in this forum, since I have it in my set...but if ya cant find it, ill post...but know that if you install anything after this, you will either have to rerun the tweak, or have it messed up.

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yea...youre telling me, I wish it would stay...but it doesnt...afaik there isnt another tweak for it...but heres the other thing...if you do an unattended and install programs through that...then you run the reg tweak, itll put everything you installed then in alphabetical order...so if you install your most used, you really arent gonna install much after that...maybe you will, maybe you wont...im trying to get it to where I wont install ANYTHING else once Ive done my cd LMAO.

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;Sort Start Menu and Favorites in Alphabetical Order 
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start Menu]
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Favorites]

I know its HKCU...but I apply my HKCU both at cmdlines and at runonceex (since the sounds tweak doesnt work some times)

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How to set standard keyboard layout (eg. US Standard...), Language (eg. Nederlands(België)), and Country (eg. België)

Thanks in Advance.

Check out the link below for a sample unattended.txt file, it has all the information your looking for I believe in it. It's one I made up using the REF.CHM from WinXP SP-2, it has a lot in it that most will never need/use, but is there for reference if you want/need it.

SetupMgr.txt

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mssaad66

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Hi...

This is my Reg Tweaks but I have problem with them when I add them my Explorer Encoding wont work so where is the mistake….

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Disable Messenger Service (to block spam. Does not affect MSN or Windows Messenger)

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

;This adds the "Command Prompt Here" on the right-click menu for folders

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd]

@="[Command Prompt Here]"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd\command]

@="cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\""

;Stores more DNS entries so that your computer doesn't have to look them up as much

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters]

"CacheHashTableBucketSize"=dword:00000001

"CacheHashTableSize"=dword:00000180

"MaxCacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000fa00

"MaxSOACacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000012d

;Disable Autoupdates

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]

"NoAutoUpdate"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update]

"AUOptions"=dword:00000001

"AUState"=dword:00000007

;Kills services after 1 second if it is hung instead of default 20.  Faster shutdown.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control]

"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="1000"

;Adds search keywords to Internet Explorer (in this order: Microsoft Knowledge Base, Altavista, Google, MSN, FileMirrors)

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\MSKB]

@="http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=%s"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\AV]

@="http://www.altavista.com/sites/search/web?q=%s"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\GGL]

@="http://www.google.com/search?q=%s"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\MSN]

@="http://search.msn.com/results.asp?q=%s"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\FM]

@="http://www.filemirrors.com/search.src?file=%s"

;Makes Google IE's Default Search Engine

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]

"Search Page"="http://www.google.com"

"Search Bar"="http://www.google.com/ie"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL]

""="http://www.google.com/keyword/%s"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search]

"SearchAssistant"="http://www.google.com/ie"

;Create Copy To and Move To Context Menu Options

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Copy To]

@="{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Move To]

@="{C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}"

;Disables Windows Tour bubble popup

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour]

"RunCount"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour]

"RunCount"=dword:00000000

;Disable Balloon Tips

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]

"EnableBalloonTips"=dword:00000000

"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\Policies\Explorer]

"NoSMBalloonTip"=dword:00000000

;Sorts My Computer Above My Documents

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}]

"SortOrderIndex"=dword:00000054

;Speed Up Shutdown

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]

"ClearPageFileAtShutdown"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]

"AutoEndTasks"="1"

;Don't Group Similar Taskbar Buttons

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]

"TaskbarGlomming"=dword:00000000

;num lock on

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard]

"InitialKeyboardIndicators"="2"

; Adobe Reader 6 (AR6) EULA Accept

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer]

"EULA"=dword:00000001

;disable unread mail message at welcome screen

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UnreadMail]

"MessageExpiryDays"=dword:00000000

;Adds Control Panel to right click of MY Computer

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\[Control Panel]\command]

@="rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL"

;Adds Add/Remove to right click of MY Computer

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\[Add/Remove]\command]

@="control appwiz.cpl"

;Adds Drive Cleanup to right click of MY Computer

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\[Drive Cleanup]\command]

@="cleanmgr"

;Adds System Restore to right click of MY Computer

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\[system Restore]\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,00,72,00,65,00,73,00,74,00,6f,00,72,00,\

65,00,5c,00,72,00,73,00,74,00,72,00,75,00,69,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,00,\

00

;Adds Shutdown to right click of MY Computer. I add the [] to group these

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\[shutdown]\command]

@="shutdown -s -f -t 5"

;Enable Show Status Bar

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]

"StatusBarOther"=dword:00000001

;Disable Anti-virus Notifications

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center]

"AntiVirusDisableNotify"=dword:00000001

;Disable Firewall Notifications

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center]

"FirewallDisableNotify"=dword:00000001

;Disable Automatic Updates Notifications

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center]

"UpdatesDisableNotify"=dword:00000001

;Override Antivirus

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center]

"AntiVirusOverride"=dword:00000001

;Override Windows Firewall

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center]

"FirewallOverride"=dword:00000001

;Kills services after 1 second if it is hung instead of default 20.  Faster shutdown.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control]

"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="1000"

;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

;recycle bin uses 3% of available space (not 10%)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BitBucket]

"Percent"=dword:00000003

;keep ras connection when switching users (sp your modem won't hang up)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\WinLogon]

"KeepRasConnections"="1"

;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

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

"TkBellExe"=-

"DownloadAccelerator"=-

"MsnMsgr"=-

"IgfxTray"=""

"NAV CfgWiz"=""

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

"MsnMsgr"=""

"Yahoo! Pager"=""

"Yahoo! Pager"=-

;Clean up NEW Templates

;This will remove these items from the "New" context menu.

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bfc\ShellNew]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp\ShellNew]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wav\ShellNew]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip\CompressedFolder\ShellNew]

;remove driver signing

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Driver Signing]

"Policy"=hex:00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Driver Signing]

"Policy"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DriverSearching]

"DontSearchWindowsUpdate"=dword:00000001

"DontPromptForWindowsUpdate"=dword:00000001

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Professor Frink

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Here are the ones I use to remove some of those Internet Explorer comment windows. You know, the ones that you get when a user first uses IE, and you tell it to not prompt you next time.

"When you send information to the Internet.....see that information"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3]
"1601"=dword:00000000

"You are about to view pages over a secure connection"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"WarnOnZoneCrossing"=dword:00000000

Cookie "Privacy Icon" prompt

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"PrivDiscUiShown"=dword:00000001

Turn off prompt for Internet Explorer Auto-Complete

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms]
"AskUser"=dword:00000000

Those tweaks make IE browsing pretty seamless right out of the gate. The only one that I know of that still comes up is the one that says that a page has "both secure and non-secure items". I don't know how to turn that one off, and I probably wouldn't, anyway.

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This one is important for people who use access or excel, and sort by date. It make Windows use the mm/dd/yyyy date format by default:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International]
"sShortDate"="MM/dd/yyyy"

And for WMP 10 -- there is something in Options that says "Prompt me to back up my licenses". I have no idea what that is exactly, but I like to eliminate pop-up messages when I can, so my users don't get confused. So this tweak unchecks that box:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences]
"PromptLicenseBackup"=dword:00000000

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FOR ALL THOSE LOOKING FOR "SMALL ICONS" ON THE CLASSIC START MENU

I figured this out a looong time ago (after many, many hours) for my Windows PE environment. Alas, I do not remember the exact keys.

I believe these were them, however:

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects2]
"Settings"=hex:28,00,00,00,00,00,00,ff,06,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00

Try them and see if it works, I'll try to confirm it again.

Attached is a screenshot to show it is possible.

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FOR ALL THOSE LOOKING FOR "SMALL ICONS" ON THE CLASSIC START MENU

I figured this out a looong time ago (after many, many hours) for my Windows PE environment.  Alas, I do not remember the exact keys.

I believe these were them, however:

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects2]
"Settings"=hex:28,00,00,00,00,00,00,ff,06,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00

Try them and see if it works, I'll try to confirm it again.

Attached is a screenshot to show it is possible.

I can confirm that the StuckRects2 key I posted works. When I removed it from my WinPE all the icons got big.

Enjoy...

[edit]Hmm.... Now I'm not so sure... Readding all those values did not bring me back my small icons...

[edit2] Nevermind, I added it back in wrong, the above worked for me :)

[edit3] The only three values needed in StuckRects2 that must be included to get small icons to work are:

"Settings"=hex:28,00,00,00,00,00,00,ff,06,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\

00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00

The 03 listed there is for the position of the Task Bar. You can alter it's position by changing this value. 00 = the left, 01 = the top, 02 = the right side, 03 = the bottom side and so on.

The 06 listing tells the taskbar that it's the classic start menu, small icons mode, with taskbar always on top. Changing this value to 04 makes it so you can disable taskbar always on top.

Have fun! :)

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I have seen a few registry tweaks to make google the default search engine for for IE.

Which one is the proper one?

This is what I do:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Search Page"="http://www.google.com"
"Search Bar"="http://www.google.com/ie"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL]
""="http://www.google.com/keyword/%s"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search]
"SearchAssistant"="http://www.google.com/ie"

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