Internet Explorer 7 Tweaks

[rajesh.kumar]

My IE7 registry tweaks with lots of useful search box options :

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;-----  SKIPS THE INTERNET CONNECTION WIZARD (WHICH COMES THE FIRST TIME YOU start IE6)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Connection Wizard]
"Completed"=hex:01,00,00,00
"DesktopChanged"=dword:00000001

;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]

;Disable IE Links Bar
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbars\Restrictions]
"NoLinksBar"=dword:00000001

; Disable Information Bar Prompt in Internet Explorer
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\InformationBar]
"FirstTime"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
;Sets Default URL to Blank
"Default_Page_URL"="about:blank"
;Google Search Bar
;"Search Bar"="www.google.co.in/ie"
;Disables Search Assistant
"Use Search Asst"="no"
"ShowGoButton"="no"
"NotifyDownloadComplete"="no"
"Use FormSuggest"="yes"
"FormSuggest Passwords"="yes"
"FormSuggest PW Ask"="yes"
; Internet Explorer : Optimise for 1024x768 display settings
"Window_Placement& quot;=hex:2C,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,\
FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,6E,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,E3,03,00,00,E2,02,00,\
00

;-----  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;"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
;-----  Enable Internet Explorer Status Bar
"StatusBarWeb"=dword:00000001
;-----  Show Statusbar in all windows
;"StatusBarOther"=dword:00000001
;-----  Disable script debugging in applications using IE
"DisableScriptDebuggerIE"="yes"
;-----  Disable script debugging in IE
"Disable Script Debugger"="yes"
;-----  Display a notification about every script error
"Error Dlg Displayed On Every Error"="no"
;-----  Enable visual styles on buttons and controls in web pages
"UseThemes"=dword:00000001
;PREVENTS INTERNET EXPLORER WINDOWS FROM BEING REUSED
"AllowWindowReuse"=dword:00000000
;or
; Disable Reuse windows for launching shortcuts 
;[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main] 
;"AllowWindowReuse"=dword:00000000 
"Disable Script Debugger"="yes"

; Enable Internet Explorer Status Bar
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"StatusBarWeb"=dword:00000001
; and...
; Show Statusbar in all windows
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"StatusBarOther"=dword:00000001

;Make IE adrress bar search like Mozilla
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl]
@="http://www.google.co.in/keyword/%s"
"provider"="google.co.in"
" "="+"
"&"="%26"
"+"="%2B"
"#"="%23"
"?"="%3F"

; Adds search keywords to Internet Explorer address bar

; In this order: 
; 1º - Microsoft Knowledge Base
; 2º - Altavista
; 3º - Google
; 4º - MSN
; 5º -  Headlight´s FileMirrors

;will not work. may be for old version
;[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\Google-India]
;@="http://www.google.co.in/search?q=%s"

; add search MS Knowledgebase by KB number (just type the number in the search box)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\MSKBnumber]
"DisplayName"="MS KB number"
"URL"="http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid={SearchTerms}"

;add search MS knowledgebase by string (type the string in the search box)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\MSKBString]
"DisplayName"="MS KB String"
"URL"="http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?query={SearchTerms}"

;search using Dogpile
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\Dogpile]
"DisplayName"="Dogpile"
"URL"="http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/search/web/{SearchTerms}"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\AltaVista]
"DisplayName"="Altavista"
"URL"="http://www.altavista.com/sites/search/web?q={SearchTerms}"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\MSN]
"DisplayName"="MSN"
"URL"="http://search.msn.com/results.asp?q={SearchTerms}"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\FileMirrors]
"DisplayName"="Filemirrors"
"URL"="http://www.filemirrors.com/search.src?file={SearchTerms}"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\ProcessInformation]
"DisplayName"="Process Information"
"URL"="http://www.processlibrary.com/directory?files={SearchTerms}"

; Internet Explorer : Use Google Search Engine
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Search Assistant]
"DefaultSearchURL"="http://www.google.co.in/search?q="
"SocialUI"=dword:00000000

;Make Google DEfault Search Engine
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes]
"DefaultScope"="GoogleIndia"

; add search using google.co.in
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\GoogleIndia]
"DisplayName"="Google-India"
"URL"="http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&q={SearchTerms}&meta="

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{39D7FB79-0DDD-4E33-AE77-1F0281BE4B03}]
"DisplayName"="Live Search"
"URL"="http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q={searchTerms}&mkt=en-us&FORM=IEFM&src={referrer:source?}"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{2C9C8627-D0DF-41DA-8E12-8F105CF1ED0D}]
"DisplayName"="Thesaurus.com"
"URL"="http://thesaurus.reference.com/search?q={searchTerms}"
"Codepage"=dword:0000fde9

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{39BE6464-CF7B-4198-AA05-44EF333A6C84}]
"DisplayName"="Wikipedia"
"URL"="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search={searchTerms}"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{45BB6F6E-001D-45C8-BE0B-3768624F7B7B}]
"DisplayName"="Dictionary.com"
"URL"="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/{searchTerms}"
"Codepage"=dword:0000fde9

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{4DE25C7E-CDE3-41FB-993D-C487C7B1CB76}]
"DisplayName"="Monster"
"URL"="http://jobsearch.monster.com/jobsearch.asp?q={searchTerms}&fn=&lid=&re=104&cy=us&x=52&y=10"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{51D37C4A-9FEC-48AF-8653-00A6E1BF29DD}]
"DisplayName"="Lycos"
"URL"="http://search.lycos.com/setup.php?src=ie&query={searchTerms}"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{1EECDDE4-22DF-473A-8E1F-8DEFA1F712B1}]
"DisplayName"="Microsoft.com Search"
"URL"="http://search.microsoft.com/results.aspx?mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&q={searchTerms}"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{86FD7CFA-F19B-4245-937E-BC89A9911C0F}]
"DisplayName"="USATODAY.com"
"URL"="http://asp.usatoday.com/search/yahoo/search.aspx?qt=both&nr=5&kw={searchTerms}"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{AB7BF3D0-DD7B-4176-824D-8F7C4DAC64CB}]
"DisplayName"="Weather Channel"
"URL"="http://www.weather.com/search/enhanced?where={searchTerms}"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{B5CA1ACA-B92F-4624-862B-688269DFE4A1}]
"DisplayName"="About.com"
"URL"="http://search.about.com/fullsearch.htm?terms={searchTerms}"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{DA098DE1-8B32-4E95-91C4-7ADA758218F0}]
"DisplayName"="Ask.com"
"URL"="http://www.ask.com/web?q={searchTerms}&qsrc=0&o=0&l=dir"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{E5E325F6-1E7C-4BC6-BCC5-D462D6426FF4}]
"DisplayName"="Yahoo! Search"
"URL"="http://search.yahoo.com/search?p={searchTerms}&ei=utf-8&fr=b2ie7"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{EBBF42C6-C6C6-4E24-929B-2EDCFA20DDCA}]
"DisplayName"="www.cnet.com"
"URL"="http://cnet.search.com/search?q={searchTerms}"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{F03C5AC0-4E1A-464D-9A33-637FD823F4FB}]
"DisplayName"="AOL Search"
"URL"="http://search.aol.com/aolcom/search?query={searchTerms}&invocationType=msie70a"

;Add MSFN Forums as a Secondary Home Page
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Secondary Start Pages& quot;=hex(7):68,74,74,70,3a,2f,2f,77,77,77,2e,6d,73,66,6e,2e,6f,72,67,2f,62,6f,61,72,64,2f,69,6e,64,65,78,2e,
0,68,70,3f,00,00,

;Set ConTEXT as HTML editor in Firefox
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FirefoxHTML\shell\edit\command]
@="%programfiles%\\ConTEXT\\ConTEXT.exe \"%1\""

;Set ConTEXT as HTML editor in Firefox
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\FirefoxHTML\shell\edit\command]
@="%programfiles%\\ConTEXT\\ConTEXT.exe \"%1\""

;Set ConTEXT as HTML Default Editor
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Shared\HTML\Default Editor\shell\edit\command]
@="%programfiles%\\ConTEXT\\ConTEXT.exe \"%1\""

;Set ConTEXT as HTML editor in Internet Explorer
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor]
"Description"="ConTEXT Programmers Editor"

;Set ConTEXT as HTML editor in Internet Explorer
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\command]
@="%programfiles%\\ConTEXT\\ConTEXT.exe \"%1\""

; Internet Explorer : Disable Unencrypted Text Warning;-----  Disable Internet Explorer Auto-Complete prompt
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms]
"AskUser"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Window_Placement& quot;=hex:2C,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,\
FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,FF,85,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,F7,03,00,00,E2,02,00,\
00

; Warn if changing between secure and insecure mode
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"WarnonZoneCrossing"=dword:00000000
;Turn On Popup Blocker
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\New Windows]
"PopupMgr"="yes"

;-----  IE TOOLBAR LAYOUT (SMALL ICONS, NO TEXT)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar]
"ShowDiscussionButton"="no"
;-----  Lock the toolbars
"Locked"=dword:00000001

;-----  SET AUTOCOMPLETE TO FULL ON
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoComplete]
"AutoSuggest"="yes"
"Append Completion"="yes"

;-----  LAUNCH BROWSER IN A SEPERATE PROCESS
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BrowseNewProcess]
"BrowseNewProcess"="Yes"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000020
"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:00000020
;or 
;(verify this)
;Max your Internet Explorer's simultaneous downloads to 10 (default was 2)
;NOT supported with Microsoft Windows XP SP2 
;[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
;"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:0000000a
;"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:0000000a
;or
; Internet Explorer : Increase the maximum concurrent downloads to 50
;[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
;"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000032

;-----  Alternatively empty temporary internet files folder when browser is closed
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache]
"Persistent"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache]
"Persistent"=dword:00000000

;-----  Fix for DSO Exploit that Spybot complains about
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones]
"1004"=dword:00000003

;-----  Disable Internet Explorer "Send information to the Internet" prompt
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3]
"1601"=dword:00000000

;-----  Alexa - info about page you are browsing
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions\{c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a}]
"MenuText"="@shdoclc.dll,-864"
"MenuStatusBar"="@shdoclc.dll,-865"
"Script"=hex(2):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,00,77,00,65,00,62,00,5c,00,72,00,65,00,6c,00,61,00,74,00,65,00,\
64,00,2e,00,68,00,74,00,6d,00,00,00
"clsid"="{1FBA04EE-3024-11D2-8F1F-0000F87ABD16}"
"Icon"=",4"
"HotIcon"=",4"
"ButtonText"="@shdoclc.dll,-866"

;-----  dis-allow spying by web-sites
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\ProtocolDefaults]
"about"=dword:00000004

;-----  Enable Splash screen on IE load
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Infodelivery\Restrictions]
"NoSplash"=dword:00000000

;BROADBAND TWEAK FOR WINDOWS 2000/XP/2003 (MAKES IT ACT FASTER)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]
;Reduce Stamp Options
"Tcp1323Opts"=dword:00000001
"DefaultTTL"=dword:00000040
"EnablePMTUDiscovery"=dword:00000001
"EnablePMTUBHDetect"=dword:00000000
"SackOpts"=dword:00000001
;Reduce Number of Duplicate ACKS Before Retransmission
;"TcpMaxDupAcks"=dword:00000001
;or
"TcpMaxDupAcks"=dword:00000002
"MTU"=dword:000005dc
"TcpMaxDataRetransmissions"=dword:00000006
"TcpTimedWaitDelay:=dword:0000001e
;-----  Increase Network Throughput
"NumForwardPackets"=dword:0000024a
"MaxForwardBufferMemory"=dword:00024a00
"MaxNumForwardPackets"=dword:0000024a
; Forward Buffer Memory Tweak
"ForwardBufferMemory"=dword:00024a00
; comment below two settings if you are on dial up
;"GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize"=dword:0003ebc0
;or
;Increases TCP Global Window Size
"GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize"=dword:3ebc0000
;"TcpWindowSize"=dword:0003ebc0
;or
;Increases TCP Window Size
"TcpWindowSize"=dword:3ebc0000

;-----  Faster Web Page Loading
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\ServiceProvider]
"DnsPriority"=dword:00000001
"HostsPriority"=dword:00000001
"LocalPriority"=dword:00000001
"NetbtPriority"=dword:00000001

; DISABLE AUTOMATIC IMAGE RESIZING 
;[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main] 
;"Enable AutoImageResize"="no" 

;SET INTERNET EXPLORER CHECK FOR NEWER VERSION OF STORED PAGES: 
;0: NEVER 
;2: EVERY TIME YOU START INTERNET EXPLORER 
;3: EVERY VISIT TO THE PAGE 
;4: AUTOMATICALLY 
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings] 
"SyncMode5"=dword:00000004

;No header and footer in Internet explorer printout
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PageSetup]
"header"=""
"footer"=""

;Alter name of Internet Explorer>Tools>>Windows Update to "Your text here"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer]
"Windows Update Menu Text"="Wonder Windows Update"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"RunOnceComplete"=dword:00000001
"RunOnceHasShown"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PhishingFilter]
;Phishing Filter Automatic
"Enabled"=dword:00000000
"ShownVerifyBalloon"=dword:00000001

Internet_Explorer_Tweaks.reg

Edited September 9, 2007 by rajesh.kumar

[Inferi0r]

WOW... thanks rajesh.kumar