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evilvoice

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nerocheck i leave running...only because it checks the compatibility of your plugins...if you add plugins to do things, and one of them is wrong, or not working, nerocheck should tell you...it doesnt use a lot of memory, so I leave it running.

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Hey Parathapml,

My point of the NAV problem post, was to maybe put that info in your registry section to alert people to this potential problem. In my own registry tweaks file, I put this as the header (just for my own heads up)...

;----- These NTFS tweaks improve file system performance

;----- 1st tweak could cause problems with NAV, set to 0 to fix.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem]

"NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation"=dword:00000000

"NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000001

"Win95TruncatedExtensions"=dword:00000001

Or you could just put a note like this...

;----- These NTFS tweaks improve file system performance

;----- If you encounter a problem with NAV starting up, You can fix this by setting

;----- the first tweak to 0, or please check the next Registry entry to fix it.

This would be the very next registry key...

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

"vptray"="\"C:\\PROGRAM FILES\\Symantec Antivirus\\VPTray.exe\""

Both of these solutions fix the issue.

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@powerhouse, u are partially right. disabling short filenames affects not just NAV actually. it affects 16bit programs and Norton Systemworks and Internet Security are known to use them. It may cause such 16bit apps to not work correctly or in the case of norton programs cause liveupdate to fail the specific components. For most cases however, winXP programs are 32bit n shld have no problems.

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When I apply the following reg tweak during the cmdlines.txt in a new install

of XP My Computer is renamed to some wierd characters. I've applied it to an

old install and haven't seen the same thing. But if I go to the same point in

the registry the default is 'My Computer' and Localised string is set to

the weird characters. On the new install both are set to the weird characters

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

 ;-----  Adds Registry Editor right click of MY Computer
 ;-----
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}]
"LocalizedString"=hex(2):25,55,53,45,52,4e,41,4d,45,25,27,73,20,43,6f,6d,70,75,74,65,72,00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\regedit]
@="Registry Editor"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\regedit\command]
@="Regedit.exe"

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prathapml

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put that info in your registry section to alert people to this potential problem
Powerhouse is right. Since the clear notice on the post that it is only for reference, and that people should only use the tweaks that they can understand - isn't working... Here's a new proposal:

Is anyone willing to put in ALL the cautionary things that are to be taken care of, while applying every tweak in there, and keep submitting updated versions of it, along with new releases of new tweaks (or when new things to be careful of come to light)? That would be good. ('Coz the hours its taking here just to sort them is a handful, lol)

Please take the focus of this thread away from the starter regtweaks posted in first-post - that set was just a cross-over from the part1 thread (not by me either, it was just posted there for everybody's benefit). We gotta move on from that point!

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Tweaker

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First of all thanks for all the good tweaks :thumbup:w00t:

Here's my comments:

In Johnny's reg file the "Disable Automatic Restart in the event of a BSOD" is there two times, one time in "Startup / Shutdown" and one time in "Windows General Settings" ;)

I found some tweaks which I haven't seen yet:

;=>(I see this one is different than in the reg, what's the difference?)
;Crashcontrol
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl]
"AutoReboot"=dword:00000000
"CrashDumpEnabled"=dword:00000000
"LogEvent"=dword:00000000
"Overwrite"=dword:00000001
"SendAlert"=dword:00000000

;Force visual settings
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"UserPreferencesMask"=hex:90,12,03,80

;No file-folder connections
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"NoFileFolderConnection"=dword:00000001

;=>(I see this one is different aswell, seems to work in all windows, and not IE only, ONLY for SP2!)
;Show Statusbar in all windows
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"StatusBarOther"=dword:00000001
"StatusBarWeb"=dword:00000001

What do these codes all do?

Here's a list if visual settings, but they differs aswell, this one has DefaultValue some extra times?

BTW DefaultApplied with 00000001 means on, and 00000000 means off I think?

;Visual Settings
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects]
"VisualFXSetting"=dword:00000003

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\AnimateMinMax]
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000000
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ComboBoxAnimation]
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000000
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\CursorShadow]
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000000
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\DragFullWindows]
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000000
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\DropShadow]
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000000
"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]
"DefaultValue"=dword:0000000
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ListviewAlphaSelect]
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000000
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ListviewShadow]
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000000
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ListviewWatermark]
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000000
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\MenuAnimation]
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000000
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\SelectionFade]
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000000
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\TaskbarAnimations]
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000000
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\Themes]
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000001
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\TooltipAnimation]
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000000
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\WebView]
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000001
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001

And here some tweaks to change some effects:

;Selection window transparant
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"ListviewAlphaSelect"=dword:00000000

;Different background for each folder
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"ListviewWatermark"=dword:00000000

;Icons and names on desktop with shadow
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"ListviewShadow"=dword:00000001

;Show buttons on scrolling taskbar
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"TaskbarAnimations"=dword:00000000

;Show contents of windows while dragging
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"DragFullWindows"="0"

;Animated minimize en maximize
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics]
"MinAnimate"="0"

;Shadow behind cursor
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"UserPreferencesMask"=hex:9e,1e,03,80

;Visualisation Settings from Display Properties
;Visualisation - Effects
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"UserPreferencesMask"=hex:90,12,03,80

Don't know what the last one does. From what I found this user does these last tweaks after he did the first ones in his install, since they were not set completely

Disabling some xtra services:

;Disable Distributed Link Tracking Client
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TrkWks]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Terminal Services
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TermService]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Smart Card
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SCardSvr]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Smart Card Helper
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SCardDrv]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable QoS RSVP
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RSVP]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Remote Access Auto Connection Manager
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RasAuto]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\mnmsrvc]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable WMI-performance adaptor
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WmiApSrv]
"Start"=dword:00000004

Don't what these do aswell, I just found them and didn't see them in the reg file.

BTW I take no credit for these tweaks, I'm just passing them along :)

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rustycaps

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Here's the Logon tweaks that I use in my regtweaks file - I think some might be not so common ones.

;---------------
;Logon Tweaks
;---------------

;Set information for above name and password in logon prompt
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"LogonPrompt"="Insert text to appear above name/password"

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

;Set custom logon box
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"GinaDll"="custom msgina.dll file"

;Set logon box background image
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]
"Wallpaper"="image source"

;Enable Ctrl+Alt+Del
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"DisableCAD"=dword:00000000

Hope they can be of use for some people.

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SibTiger

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Is there a tweak for moving the hibernation file (hibersys.fil) to a different drive other than the system drive? (I know how to get rid of it, but I want to keep it... just on a different drive so I can still hibernate.)

I've done lots of searching, and come up empty. Surely, this is an adjustable setting!

Thanks! --SibTiger

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ZileXa

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I think i've seen a regtweak to remove Recycle bin.... will search...

have a question... after my unattended install, I would like to run a regtweak wich makes Mozilla Thunderbird the default mailclient.

This is automatically set AFTER first time I run Thunderbird...But then I also have to set an account etcetera....

Is there perhaps also a way to modify what to do when I insert an AudioCD, an cd with videos, and a cd with audio files? Now you get a popup, asking you what program to launch... I want to set it to launch Media Player Classic automatically. (Or Winamp for audioCD and audio files cd)

EDIT: I understand, no requests in this topic! so will post it in another one

EDIT2: can't really find an active topic...

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I think i've seen a regtweak to remove Recycle bin.... will search...

thanks for your help on this, cause iv only found key to delete that allows you to delete the recyle bin icon from the desktop. but im looking for a reg tweak to remove it automatically.

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Regarding ...

;-----

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

;----- Do not cache failed DNS lookups

;-----

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

;"NegativeCacheTime"=dword:00000000 <-----------

;"NetFailureCacheTime"=dword:00000000 <------------

;"NegativeSOACacheTime"=dword:00000000 <-------------

"CacheHashTableBucketSize"=dword:00000001

"CacheHashTableSize"=dword:00000180

"MaxCacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000fa00

"MaxSOACacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000012d

i read somewhere that those registry names are for win2000 for xp should be ...

;-----

;----- DNS in Windows XP

;-----

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

;To stop Windows XP from caching negative responses

"MaxNegativeCacheTtl "=dword:00000000

;To force Windows XP to keep positive entries in DNS Cache for only 4 hours instead of the default 24 hours

"MaxCacheTtl "=dword:00003840

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other notes in reference to

http://www.tweakhound.com/xp/xptweaks/supertweaks11.htm

some of the registry tweak should not be included.

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prathapml

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EDIT: I understand, no requests in this topic! so will post it in another one
No, no...

This topic exists for precisely that purpose - requesting and contributing new registry tweaks.

As for making thunderbird the default mail-client, that information is already on the forum, searching would have given you this thread:

mozilla thunderbird as default mail client

That's what you need to use.

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