Hide Drives in My Computer

This setting allows you to control which drives are visible in My Computer and Explorer. It is possible to hide all drives or just selected ones.

Prevent Access to the Contents of Selected Drives (Windows 2000/Me/XP)

This restriction prevents users from using My Computer or Explorer to access the content of selected drives. Also, they cannot use Run, Map Network Drive, or the Dir command to view the directories on these drives. Open your registry and find or create the key below.

Wait to kill application timeout

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"WaitToKillAppTimeout"="5000"

Memory Management(page file,cache)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]

No Toolbar Customize

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoToolbarCustomize"=dword:00000000

No Themes Tab

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoFileMenu"=dword:00000000

No File Menu

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoFileMenu"=dword:00000000

No Display Setting

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"NoDispAppearancePage"=dword:00000001
"NoDispBackgroundPage"=dword:00000001
"NoDispScrSavPage"=dword:00000001
"NoDispSettingsPage"=dword:00000001

Internet Explorer Config

Tabs
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel]
"History"=dword:00000000
"GeneralTab"=dword:00000001
"SecurityTab"=dword:00000001
"Privacytab"=dword:00000001
"ContentTab"=dword:00000001
"ConnectionsTab"=dword:00000001
"ProgramsTab"=dword:00000001
"AdvancedTab"=dword:00000001


Restrictions

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions]
"NoSelectDownloadDir"=dword:00000000
"NoBrowserClose"=dword:00000000
"NoViewSource"=dword:00000000
"NoBrowserContextMenu"=dword:00000000
"NoFileNew"=dword:00000000
"NoFileOpen"=dword:00000000
"NoBrowserSaveAs"=dword:00000000
"NoFavorites"=dword:00000000
"NoBrowserOptions"=dword:00000000

Folder Options

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000091
"NoFolderOptions"=dword:00000000
"NoRun"=dword:00000000
"NoFileMenu"=dword:00000000
"NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000

Disable or Enable Registry Editor & taskmanager

To Disable
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"DisableRegistryTools"=dword:00000001
"DisableTaskMgr"=dword:00000001


To Enable

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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

Disable Histroy

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel]
"History"=dword:00000001

Disable or Enable Command prompt

To Disable Command
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System]
"DisableCMD"=dword:00000001




To Enable Command

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


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

Default Domain Name

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"DefaultDomainName"="Warloc"

Default User Run

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"Tok-Cirrhatus"="\"C:\\Documents and Settings\\NetworkService\\Local Settings\\Application Data\\smss.exe\""
"ctfmon.exe"="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\ctfmon.exe"

No CD Autorun

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom]
"AutoRun"=dword:00000000

Can't see Hidden files & folders in Computer ?

If u can't see Hidden files/folders in my computer. Even U enable the option "Show hidden files/folders" in "Tools -> Folder Options", its automatically disabled again.


Solution1: Go to your Start menu, click on Run and open up your Registry Editor by typing "regedit" without the quotes and pressing OK.

Once there go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Wi

ndows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Advanced\F older\Hidden\SHOWALL

Delete the value CheckedValue. (Its type should be REG_SZ and data should be 0 or 1.)

Create a new DWORD value called CheckedValue (same as above, except that the type is REG_DWORD) by right clicking on the right pane->New->DWORD Value. Modify the value data to 1 (0x00000001).


Solution 2: Open regedit and goto:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Advanced
In right-side pane, change value of "Hidden" to as following:

1 - To show hidden file
2 - To not show hidden files

If it doesn't work, then scan your computer with an good anti-virus software.

Display or Hide Icons in control Panel

Hi.....here is the steps to hide or display icons in the Control panel. For eg., if u want to hide add/remove icon jusy follow below steps........


* Go to Start > Run and type regedit then press Enter.
* In the Registry Editor window, find the path like this,

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\don’t load

* Right click on ” don’t load ” folder and select New > String Value.

* Name the created String Value related to the Control Panel icon you want it to be hidden. To illustrate, I would like to hide the icon, Add/Remove Programs Option, so I must name the String Value appwiz.cpl . Each String Value name is specific and varies with the Control Panel icon.


* Double click on appwiz.cpl .

* Type Yes to hide the Add/Remove Programs Option icon and then click OK button.

* Open Control Panel, the Add/Remove Programs Option icon is now hidden.

* In case you want the icon to display again, just type No instead of Yes in Value Data dialog.

Enable WriteProtect USB

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentContro

lSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies]
"WriteProtect"=dword:00000001

Disable WriteProtect USB

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentContro

lSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies]
"WriteProtect"=dword:00000000