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Hiding Find menu on Start Menu
If you enable these setting, then Find menu that were located on Start Menu will disappear. Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name: NoFind
Data Type: DWORD
Value Data: (0 = show, 1 = hide)

Hiding Document menu on Start Menu
These setting will hide My Recent Document that were located on Start Menu.

Key : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name : NoRecentDocsMenu
Data Type : DWORD Value
Data: (0 = show, 1 = hide)

Hiding Run menu on Start Menu
These setting will hide Document folder that were located on Start Menu.

Key : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name : NoRun
Data Type : DWORD Value
Data: (0 = show, 1 = hide)

Hide Help menu on Start Menu [Win 2000]
These setting will hide Document folder that were located on Start Menu.

Key : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name : NoSMHelp
Data Type : DWORD Value
Data: (0 = show, 1 = hide)

Hiding Start Menu > Settings > Taskbar menu
If you enable these setting then the Taskbar menu that were located on Start Menu Setting will disappear.

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name: NoSetTaskbar
Data Type: DWORD Value
Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

Hiding Start Menu > Settings > Folder Options menu
If you enable these setting then the Folder Options menu will disappear.

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Value Name: NoFolderOptions
Data Type: DWORD Value
Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

Hiding Start Menu > Settings > Control Panel menu
If you enable these setting then the Taskbar menu that were located on Start Menu Setting will disappear.

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name: NoControlPanel
Data Type: DWORD Value
Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

Disable right click on Desktop & Windows Explorer
If you enable these setting then no one else can do right click on Desktop & Windows Explorer.

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name: NoViewContextMenu
Data Type: DWORD Value
Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

To see the difference you need to reboot/restart.

Disable right click on Taskbar

If you enable these setting then no one else can do right click on Taskbar

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name: NoTrayContextMenu
Data Type: DWORD Value

Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

To see the difference you need to reboot/restart.

Preventing any changes of Printer setting on Control Panel
If you worried about someone who might be changing the setting of your printer, then you need to enable these

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name: NoPrinters
Data Type: DWORD Value
Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

Disappearing Start Banner on taskbar
If you enable these setting then the arrow on taskbar will disappear

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name: NoStartBanner
Data Type: BINARY Value
Data: (00 00 00 00 = disabled, 01 00 00 00 = enabled)

Replacing Add/Remove Programs list
When you installing a program, they usually will create an option to uninstall (usually on Add/Remove Programs). But if you have had uninstalled those program and still have an entry on Add/Remove Programs, you can remove manually by going to registry editor:

key : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
Find the application you want to remove and click delete

Prevent any Network setting changes

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Network

Value Name: NoNetSetup
Data Type: DWORD Value
Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

Prevent any Printer setting changes

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name: NoPrinters
Data Type: DWORD Value
Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

Prevent any Password setting changes

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

Value Name: NoSecCPL
Data Type: DWORD Value
Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

Prevent Shut Down order
The next setting will prevent someone to turn off your computer. This is much useful if you're leaving your computer for a while and you're worried if someone might shut down your PC without your permission.

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name: NoClose
Data Type : DWORD Value
Data: (0 = shutdown enabled, 1 = shutdown disabled)

Hiding all item on desktop
The next Setting will hide all item that were located on your desktop.
Key : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name : NoDesktop
Data Type : DWORD Value
Data : (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

Hiding Network Neighborhood icon

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name: NoNetHood
Data Type: DWORD Value
Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

Disabling MS-DOS Command Prompt

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\WinOldApp

Value Name: Disabled
Data Type: DWORD Value
Data: (0 = disable, 1 = enable/prevent MS-Dos command prompt)

Prevent any Display Properties setting changes

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

Value Name: NoDispCPL
Data Type: DWORD Value
Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled/prevent any changes)
(Make System key : On left side panel, choose Policies, Right click, New - Key. Gives name : System. Then choose System, right click, New - DWORD Value. Gives name NoDispCPL. Double click on NoDispCPL, change 0 to 1 to prevent any Display Properties setting changes.

Disappearing arrow on shortcut
If you are installing application, we surely will see a small arrow under the application icon. How if we want to remove the arrow only? open up registry editor, on "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT", remove string value "IsShortcut" on subkey "lnkfile" and "piffile".

Editing RegisteredOwner and Organization
When you are right clicking on My Computer, you will see the sentence "Registered to". If you misspelled the owner name & the organization, You can still change it by going to :

key : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

then change RegisteredOwner name, RegisteredOrganization which is located on right side panel.

Showing log on message
If your computer is one of the public computer, meaning lots of people were using it then you can add log on message. So every user will see those content of message (it could be a warning or something else)

first go to registry editor and then find the following key :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Value Name :

- LegalNoticeCaption (for the caps)
- LegalNoticeText (for the content) Data TypeString ValueData - fill with your text desired

Speed up defrag access and scandisk
To keep maintain and optimize the Windows processing, we surely need to scan it and defrag it. The following steps will add new context menu to drive. So when you are opening windows explorer and right clicking on the drive, there should be an option to "Defrag this drive" and "Scandisk this drive".

To do so, Find key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\Shell.
Make a new key, give Defrag name.

On the right side panel, at (default) section fill with "&Defragment This Drive" (type without quotes).
Make a new subkey "under" Defrag, and gives name with Command.
On the right side panel, at (default) section fill with "defrag.exe "%1" /noprompt" (type without quotes).
How to create Scandisk context menu is the same as stated above, All you need is to replace the 3 blue colored word with Scandisk, &Scandisk This Drive, and scandskw.exe /n.

REGISTRY FOR INTERNET EXPLORER!!!!!!
Adding background image on IE toolbar

1. Open up registry editor.

2. Find key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar .

3. Make a new String Value with BackBitmap

4. Double click at BackBitmap, fill with your image path location. Example C:\My Documents\image\picture.bmp

Startup Message
Adding these word on autoexec.bat file :

The effect of using this is that you'll see those message everytime your computer is re-boot/booting. You can replace the echo word with your own text.

Shortcut and folder without name
This trick is simple, all you need is to right click on the folder, Rename it and hold down [Alt] + [0160]. When writing 0160, You must use the numeric keypad which is on the right side of your keyboard.

Write your name on Taskbar
Do you want your name to appear on Windows Taskbar? You can do it !
First, click Start/Settings/Control Panel menu. In Control Panel, double click Regional Settings icon.

Click on Time tab. At AM and PM column, write down your name with 8 character in maximum

Disabling registry editor

Have you ever thought to disable registry editor ? These way is very much comes in handy since it's intention is to prevent someone from editing your registry. To do so, you need to go to regedit and find these key

Key : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Data Type : REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Name that DWORD as : DisableRegistryTools
Data : (0 = enable regedit, 1 = disable regedit)

If you can change this setting properly then whenever regedit program is executed, there would be an ERROR Message to occurs. You might wondering, how to make it back to normal ? It's easy, Just follow these steps :

By using Notepad and Type like this:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] "DisableRegistryTools"=dword:00000000

Save with random filename, but with .reg extension, example enable_regedit.reg. After that, double click at those file to enable registry editor.

How to automatically closing program
What are you going to do when your running application is not responding ? You surely will gonna hold Ctrl + Alt + Del button & continue with End Task processing to close unresponding program.

Well Actually you can automatically close this unresponded program by adding this key below:

Key HKEY_USERS\Default\ControlPanel\Desktop

Value Name : AutoEndtasks Data
Value Data : 1

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