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Warning: This will invalidate certain third-party defragmenters (such as Diskeeper, O & O
Defragmenter), so you may have to reinstall them after this procedure completes.
Windows Firewall:
rundll32 setupapi.dll,InstallHinfSection Ndi-Steelhead 132 %WinDir%\inf\netrass.inf
Then issue:
netsh firewall reset
Note: This will work, if you receive an error message such as: "Due to an unidentified problem,
Windows cannot display Windows Firewall settings.”
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Note: BITS service is responsible for performing QoS Windows Update downloads. BITS
download updates using idle network bandwidth. If BITS is not functioning, then updates will be
unavailable.
Hide the Themes, Screensavers, Appearance and Setting tabs in the Display Control Panel
settings as well as prevents changing the desktop wallpaper and also restricts whole
“Control Panel”?
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Note: Close Registry Editor. See the results. You can still change the wallpaper through opening
an image file in “Windows Picture and Fax Viewer” right click on the image and click the option
“Set as Desktop Background”
Non-administrator Burning Tweak:
A non-administrator can burn CD/DVD by tweaking this registry entry:
Registry Tweaks (Paste the following text (in red) into a text file and save as “BurningRight.reg”
and double click to add into the registry.)
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"allocatecdroms"="1"
If you want to disable burning for non-administrator, just reset this value to „0‟
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Setup\RecoveryConsole]
"SecurityLevel"=dword:00000001
Warning: If you configure an automatic administrator logon, anyone can use Recovery Console
to access your computer. They will not be prompted for an administrative password.
Allowing Floppy access in Recovery Console:
To allow floppy access the Recovery Console, complete the following steps while you are logged
on with administrative credentials:
1) Go to Start > Run type secpol.msc press enter.
2) Local Security Policy will now open.
3) Expand Security Settings, expand Local Policies, and then click Security Options.
4) Double-click the Recovery Console: Allow floppy copy and access to all drives and
folders policy, and then set it to Enable. The policy is effective immediately. Make sure
that you reopen the Local Security Policy snap-in to make sure that the effective setting
for the policy is "Enabled."
Registry Tweaks: (Paste the following text (in red) into a text file and save as
“floppyAccess2RecCon.reg” and double click to add into the registry.)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Setup\RecoveryConsole]
"SetCommand"=dword:00000001
Warning: If you configure floppy access, anyone can use Recovery Console to access your
computer data.
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}]
"SortOrderIndex"=dword:00000054
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Note: If you want to put My Documents on top of other icons then change the SortorderIndex
value to “dword:00000054”
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Settings\MP3Encoding]
"LowRate"=dword:0000dac0
"MediumRate"=dword:0000fa00
"MediumHighRate"=dword:0001f400
"HighRate"=dword:0002ee00
You can change the bit rate by editing the above values to these as per your requirement:
54 KBPS = dword:000DAC0
64 KBPS = dword:000FA00
112 KBPS = dword:0001B580
128 KBPS = dword:0001F400
160 KBPS = dword:00027100
192 KBPS = dword:0002EE00
224 KBPS = dword:00036B00
256 KBPS = dword:0003E800
320 KBPS = dword:0004E200
After adding the above entries into registry, now open Media player 8, go to Tools > Options > Copy Music
and now you will see/change the options for different encoding speed.
Note: If you want to get better encoding then install latest version of Vista Codec Package or K-Lite
Codec for better results.
How to set a program as the IE source viewer?
Registry Tweaks (Paste the following text (in red) into a text file and save as
“IESourceViewer.reg” and double click to add into the registry.):
Note: Change the ProgramName to the full path of the program that you want to handle to view the IE
source. The program that you are setting to view the IE source must have the capability to handle these types
of task.
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[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"PaintDesktopVersion"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}]
@="User Accounts Admin"
"InfoTip"="Starts The Windows 2000 style User Accounts dialog"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}
\DefaultIcon]
@="%SystemRoot%\\\\System32\\\\nusrmgr.cpl,1"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}
\Shell\Open\command]
@="Control Userpasswords2"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
ControlPanel\NameSpace\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}]
@="Add Userpasswords2 to Control Panel"
b- Save the file as “AddUserPasswords2ToCP.reg”. Open or double click that file and press „OK‟
button 2 times.
c- The go to control panel and see the icon “User Accounts Admin”. Ok this is done.
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell]
@="none"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Add/Remove Programs]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Add/Remove Programs\command]
@="control appwiz.cpl,,0"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Calculator]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Calculator\command]
@="calc"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Clean Drive]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Clean Drive\command]
@="cleanmgr"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Control Panel]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Control Panel\command]
@="control"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\DOS Prompt]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\DOS Prompt\command]
@="cmd.exe"
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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Edit Registry]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Edit Registry\command]
@="regedit.exe"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\find]
@=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,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,00,53,00,\
48,00,45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,38,\
00,35,00,30,00,33,00,00,00
"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:00000080
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\find\command]
@=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,00,45,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,\
65,00,00,00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\find\ddeexec]
@="[FindFolder(\"%l\", %I)]"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\find\ddeexec\application]
@="Folders"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\find\ddeexec\topic]
@="AppProperties"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Logoff]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Logoff\command]
@="shutdown -l -f -t 3"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Manage]
@=hex(2):40,00,25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,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,00,79,00,63,00,6f,00,6d,00,\
70,00,75,00,74,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,34,00,30,00,30,00,00,\
00
"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Manage\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,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,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,00,63,00,6f,00,\
6d,00,70,00,6d,00,67,00,6d,00,74,00,2e,00,6d,00,73,00,63,00,00,00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Quit Windows]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Quit Windows\command]
@="shutdown -s -f -t 3"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Reboot]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Reboot\command]
@="shutdown -r -f -t 3"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Security Center]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Security Center\command]
@="control wscui.cpl"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\System Restore]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\System Restore\command]
@="\\windows\\system32\\restore\\rstrui.exe"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\ShellFolder]
"HideOnDesktopPerUser"="1"
Thank You
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