Windows Xp Registry Tips & Tweaks

• Modifying the Disk Check Autochk.exe Time-out (Scandisk Delay) Value from 10 seconds to 3 Seconds
  

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

"AutoChkTimeOut"=dword:00000003

 

• Disable Automatic Restart in the event of a System Crash / BSOD
  

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl]

"AutoReboot"=dword:00000000

 

• Disable The Windows XP Desktop Cleanup Wizard (Unused Desktop Shortcuts)
  

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\CleanupWiz]

"NoRun"=dword:00000001

•  Speed up Network Browsing by Removing Network Scheduled Tasks
  

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}]

 

• Disables Windows Take A Tour Bubble Popup
  

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour]

"RunCount"=dword:00000000

• Disable Remote Registry Service (Remote users to modify registry settings on your computer. Now registry can be modified only by users on your computer)
  

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteRegistry]

"Start"=dword:00000004

• Removes the Recent Documents from the Start menu. The system saves a shortcut to each of the non-program files the user opened most recently, and it displays the shortcuts on the Recent Documents.
  

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

"NoRecentDocsMenu"=dword:00000001

• Classic Search, Full Path In Title Bar And Address Bar. This allows you to disable the new Search Assistant Dog and use the traditional search interface in Windows Explorer
  

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CabinetState]

"FullPath"=dword:00000000

"FullPathAddress"=dword:00000001

"Use Search Asst"="no"

"Settings"=hex:0c,00,02,00,1b,01,e7,77,60,00,00,00

•  Have you ever wanted to Rename Recycle Bin ? This Tweak Allows Renaming of Recycle Bin
  

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder]

"Attributes"=hex:50,01,00,20

"CallForAttributes"=dword:00000000

•  Are you getting 'Low Disk Space Notification' ? This Disables Low Diskspace Warnings
  

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

"NoLowDiskSpaceChecks"=dword:00000001

• Do you want to Speedup the Windows XP Start Menu?
  

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]

"MenuShowDelay"="2"

•  Maximize Your Internet Explorer's Simultaneous Downloads From 2 to 10 Connections
  

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]

"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:0000000a

"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:0000000a

 

• Remove the Queue-it-up, Burn to CD right click options on Windows Media Player files.
  

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CE3FB1D1-02AE-4a5f-A6E9-D9F1B4073E6C}] 

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F1B9284F-E9DC-4e68-9D7E-42362A59F0FD}] 

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{8DD448E6-C188-4aed-AF92-44956194EB1F}]

• Removes Sign up with Passport Wizard when trying to sign in MSN Messenger First time
  

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Passport]

"RegistrationCompleted"=dword:00000001

 

• Disables Preview (Thumbnails) of Movie File Formats (Allowing You To Move/Rename/Delete without Errors)
  

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi\ShellEx]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpg\ShellEx]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpe\ShellEx]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpeg\ShellEx]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mov\ShellEx]

• Open Explorer From My Computer or Any Folder (Power users love this)
  

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell]

@="explore"

 

• Remove 'Shortcut To ...' Prefix when you create new Shortcut
  

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]

"link"=hex:00,00,00,00

•  This adds 'Command Prompt here' on Right Click Menu (When you right click on a Drive/Folder)
  

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Command Prompt Here]

@="Command &Prompt Here"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Command Prompt Here\command]

@="cmd.exe /k cd %1 "

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\Command Prompt Here]

@="Command &Prompt Here"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\Command Prompt Here\command]

@="cmd.exe /k cd %1 "

•  Remove Shared Documents folders from My Computer System Folder
  

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\DelegateFolders\{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}]

 

• Disable the Unread Mail Message on the Welcome Screen
  

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UnreadMail\]

"MessageExpiryDays"=dword:00000000

• Disable Compress Old Files (This is useful when Disk Cleanup Tool Stops Responding While Compressing Old Files)
  

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches\Compress old files]

 

• Windows Explorer Crashes When Opening Folder Containing avi/video files
  

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}\InProcServer32]