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(Windows Registry) Disable Windows Tour

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:08:04 GMT

Applies to new user accounts only; existing user accounts have already gone through the Tour. Intended and ideal for execution during installation of Windows.

(Windows Registry) Add taskmgr to Control Panel

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:05:25 GMT

Adds an icon for task manager to the Control Panel.

(Windows Registry) Disable animated character in Search Companion.

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:04:24 GMT

Disables the animated character in Search Companion without reverting to the classic Windows 2000 search (like most scripts do). Intended for execution during installation of Windows. For use on an existing user account, change "HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT" to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER".

(Windows Registry) Add regedit to the Control Panel

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:02:30 GMT

Adds an icon for registry editor to the Control Panel.

(Windows Registry) Enable the phishing filter

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:01:35 GMT

Intended for execution during installation of Windows. For use on an existing user account, change "HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT" to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER".

(Windows Registry) Network Time Protocol enhancements

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:00:38 GMT

Three objectives are accomplished here: 1. Allow the machine to act as an NTP server on the local network, so you have the option to synchronize all other machines from the one. Handy if all machines must be closely sychronized. 2. Reduce the NTP polling interval to four hours. The default setting is a week, which is plenty of time to become unsynchronized. 3. Add more NTP servers and change the default. Most computers are synchronizing with time.windows.com; this massive load causes delays and means that your computer's clock may be a few seconds behind.

(Windows Registry) Add msconfig to Control Panel

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:54:44 GMT

Adds an icon for the msconfig utility to the Control Panel.

(Windows Registry) Remove Windows Messenger integration with Outlook Express

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:52:58 GMT

Stops Windows from trying to load Windows Messenger when you use Outlook Express.

(Windows Registry) Save/restore desktop icon layout

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:52:09 GMT

Adds ability to save and restore desktop icon layout from the desktop context menu. I modified it to display on the desktop context menu; original code displayed by right-clicking Recycle Bin, which doesn't make much sense.

(Windows Registry) Disable the language bar

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:49:49 GMT

The language bar is basically useless unless you do a lot of work in more than one language.

(Windows Registry) Add thumbnail support for .THM files

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:48:41 GMT

The .THM file format is used to store thumbnail images of video clips. Windows Explorer is capable of displaying these, but is not set to do so by default.

(Windows Registry) Add compressed folder support for .PK3 files

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:46:31 GMT

The PK3 file format is used by Quake 3-based games to package their assets. PK3 files are PKZIP compressed, so they can be opened by any program that supports ZIP files, including the built-in Compressed Folder wizard in Windows XP.

(Windows Registry) Add compressed folder support for .JAR files

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:45:21 GMT

The JAR file format is used by Java programmers to package their code. JAR files are PKZIP compressed, so they can be opened by any program that supports ZIP files, including the built-in Compressed Folder wizard in Windows XP.

(Windows Registry) Collection of Start Menu and Windows Explorer tweaks

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:42:41 GMT

You may want to pick and choose from these. I have them grouped together because they all apply to the same branch of the registry.

(Windows Registry) Always show two-pane Windows Explorer

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:40:54 GMT

Single-pane with tasks still displays under some circumstances, but I haven't been able to figure out why. Recommend you back up these keys before integrating the file in case you change your mind.

(Windows Registry) Increase simultaneous downloads to 10

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:38:10 GMT

Intended for execution during installation of Windows. For use on an existing user account, change "HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT" to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER".

(Windows Registry) Disable desktop cleanup wizard

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:37:38 GMT

Intended for execution during installation of Windows. For use on an existing user account, change "HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT" to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER".

(Windows Registry) Add Command Prompt Here

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:37:05 GMT

Add Command Prompt Here to folder context menu.

(Windows Registry) Enable ClearType

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:36:13 GMT

Intended for execution during installation of Windows. For use on an existing user account, change "HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT" to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER".

(Windows Registry) Revert to classic control panel

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:35:11 GMT

Intended for execution during installation of Windows. For use on an existing user account, change "HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT" to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER".