A Collection of Good Registry Tweaks and Tricks|Hacker's Adda

A Collection of Good Registry Tweaks and Tricks

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1. Disable the Autorun Option in your CD Rom Drive:--
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Open your Registry and navigate to "HK_L_M\system\currentcontrolset\services\cdro m"
Change the value of 'Autorun', or create a new DWORD value if it doesn't already exist, and set the value as '0' for Autorun disabled.
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2. Disable the Harddisk Lowdiskspace warning in Windows Xp:--
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User Key: "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Policies\Explorer"
and
System Key: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\Policies\Explorer"
create a new DWORD 'NoLowDiskSpaceChecks' and change its value to '1'.
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3. Disable the Windows Key:--
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"HK_L_M\system\currentcontrolset\control\keybo ard layout"
Create a new Binary value, or modify the existing value called 'Scancode Map' as shown below.
Value: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 5B E0 00 00 5C E0 00 00 00 00
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4. View System BIOS Information:--
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Open Registry and navigate to
"HK_L_M\hardware\description\system"
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5. Change the Title of Windows Media Player:--
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"HK_C_USER\software\policies\microsoft\windowsmedi aplayer\"
Create a new string value called ' TitleBar' and change text as your wish.
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6. Disable Internet access in Network:--
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Open Registry and make the following changes
"KH_C_User\software\microsoft\windows\currentversi on\internetsettings\"
Change the value of "Proxyenabled" to 1 and change the value of "proxyserver" and set it to an ip address.
Change the value of the ip address and port to "10.0.0.1:5555"
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7. Disable the ability to Right click on the desktop:--
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"HK_C_User\software\microsoft\windows\currentversi on\policies\explorer\"
Create a DWORD "NoViewContextMenu" and change its value to "0" for disabling and "1" for enabling.
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8. Hide all items on desktop:--
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"HK_C_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversi on\policies\explorer\"
and
"HK_L_M\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\ policies\explorer\"
create a new DWORD "NoDesktop" and change its value to "1"
You can show all the items in the desktop by chaning the value to "0"
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9. Disable the "Change Password" button in windows:--
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"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Policies\System"
and
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersi on\Policies\System"
Create a new DWORD "DisableChangePassword" and change its value to "0" for disabling and "1" for enabling.
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10. Disable the "cancel" button or pressing the "Esc" key while logging on to Windows":--
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"HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cu rrentVersion\Run"
Create a new string value "NoLogon" and change its value to "RUNDLL32 shell32,SHExitWindowsEx 0"
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