Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ;==================================================================================================== ;This tweak was designed to enhance the performance of a client’s computer, while at the same time ;keeping the basic familiarity of the system intact for them. ; ;Each main section contains a variety of tweaks. Each tweak description contains the tweak, the ;benefits, and any additional information. ; ;In order for all of these tweaks to apply correctly, you must reboot. ; ;==================================================================================================== ;==================================================================================================== ;==================================================================================================== ; TABLE OF CONTENTS ; ----------------- ; ; UPDATES ; KNOWN ISSUES ; EXAMPLE SECTION ; ; SYSTEM PERFORMANCE ; START UP & SHUT DOWN ; VISUAL ENHANCEMENTS ; SYSTEM STORAGE ; SERVICES ; INTERNET EXPLORER ; SECURITY ; NETWORK ; OTHER ;==================================================================================================== ;==================================================================================================== ;==================================================================================================== ; KNOWN ISSUES ;==================================================================================================== ; Mar 30, 2005: ; - ADVANCED PRIVACY SETTINGS: COOKIES ; - third-party cookies are still blocked with v2.0 ; - a few Agents have reported that various sites need to have third-party cookies ; enabled in order to work properly ; - MSN/Hotmail is one in particular that will still work, but ads will be blocked ; because of the setting ; ; Dec 5, 2004: ; - SYSTEM RESTORE is permanently changed when this tweak is used (read the notes under SYSTEM ; RESTORE for more info) ; - WINDOWS XP TOUR tweak will not work if the balloon window is open when the tweak is applied ; - STATUS BAR tweak will not work on non-SP, SP1, or SP1a machines - if applied on a system ; without SP2, the tweak will not harm anything and will become active after SP2 is installed ; - Smooth edges of screen fonts is sometimes disabled by default and will remain disabled ; after tweak is applied ; ;==================================================================================================== ;==================================================================================================== ;==================================================================================================== ; EXAMPLE SECTION ;==================================================================================================== ;------------------------- ;EXAMPLE TWEAK DESCRIPTION ;------------------------- ;Actual tweak ;Benefit: of tweak or what it changes ;NOTE: additional info if applicable ;==================================================================================================== ;==================================================================================================== ;==================================================================================================== ; SYSTEM PERFORMANCE ;==================================================================================================== ;---------- ;START MENU ;---------- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "MenuShowDelay"="80" [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop] "MenuShowDelay"="80" ;Benefit: Decreases the delay of showing menus from 400 to 80 (milliseconds) ;---------------------------- ;CACHE FOR CUSTOMIZED FOLDERS ;---------------------------- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell] "BagMRU Size"=dword:00001388 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam] "BagMRU Size"=dword:00001388 ;Benefit: Increases the amount of folders a user can customize from 400 (pre-SP2) to 5000 ;NOTE: SP2 also addresses this issue and its default setting is 5000 ;--------------- ;ICON CACHE SIZE ;--------------- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "Max Cached Icons"="2048" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\IconCache] "Text"="Icon Cache Size" "Type"="group" "HelpID"="shell.hlp#51140" "Bitmap"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,\ 00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,53,00,\ 48,00,45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,34,00,00,\ 00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\IconCache\Default] "HKeyRoot"=dword:80000002 "RegPath"="Software\\\\Microsoft\\\\Windows\\\\CurrentVersion\\\\Explorer" "Text"=" 500 KB (Default)" "Type"="radio" "CheckedValue"="500" "ValueName"="Max Cached Icons" "DefaultValue"="500" "HelpID"="shell.hlp#51140" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\IconCache\Large] "HKeyRoot"=dword:80000002 "RegPath"="Software\\\\Microsoft\\\\Windows\\\\CurrentVersion\\\\Explorer" "Text"="4096 KB" "Type"="radio" "CheckedValue"="4096" "ValueName"="Max Cached Icons" "DefaultValue"="500" "HelpID"="shell.hlp#51140" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\IconCache\Medium] "HKeyRoot"=dword:80000002 "RegPath"="Software\\\\Microsoft\\\\Windows\\\\CurrentVersion\\\\Explorer" "Text"="2048 KB (Recommended)" "Type"="radio" "CheckedValue"="2048" "ValueName"="Max Cached Icons" "DefaultValue"="500" "HelpID"="shell.hlp#51140" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\IconCache\Small] "HKeyRoot"=dword:80000002 "RegPath"="Software\\\\Microsoft\\\\Windows\\\\CurrentVersion\\\\Explorer" "Text"="1024 KB" "Type"="radio" "CheckedValue"="1024" "ValueName"="Max Cached Icons" "DefaultValue"="500" "HelpID"="shell.hlp#51140" ;Benefit: Increases the icon cache from 500KB (default, if present) to 2048KB to help prevent icons ;from redrawing or that are corrupt. ;This also adds an option within "Folder Options" for the client to select which setting works best for them. ;Folder Options -> View Tab -> Advanced Settings -> Icon Cache Size (this is the new setting) ;---------------------------------------------------------- ;PRIORITIZATION OF IRQs (SPECIFICALLY CMOS/REAL TIME CLOCK) ;---------------------------------------------------------- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\PriorityControl] "IRQ8Priority"=dword:00000001 ;Benefit: Increases I/O of the system ;------------------------------------- ;OPTIMIZE PROCESSOR TIME ON THE SYSTEM ;------------------------------------- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\PriorityControl] "Win32PrioritySeparation"=dword:00000026 ;Benefit: Foreground processes get three times as much processor time as do background processes ;NOTE: 26(hex)=Programs, 18(hex)=Background services ;Applying this to either SQL Server or Internet Information Server (IIS) will slow down these ;background processes ;-------------------------- ;WINDOWS PREFETCHER SERVICE ;-------------------------- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters] "EnablePrefetcher"=dword:00000003 ;Benefit: Helps shorten the amount of time it takes to start programs by fetching and storing ;commonly used files ensures default setting [3(hex)] is activated to allow prefetching of both ;application launch and boot ;NOTE: 0(hex)=disabled, 1(hex)=Application launch prefetching, 2(hex)=Boot prefetching, ;3(hex)=Both prefetching (default) ;------------------------------------------------------- ;ACCELERATE TERMINATION OF HUNG USER PROCESSES WAIT TIME ;------------------------------------------------------- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "HungAppTimeout"="3000" [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop] "HungAppTimeout"="3000" ;Benefit: Lowers the time the system waits for user processes to end after the user clicks the End ;Task Command button in Task Manager from 5000 to 3000 (milliseconds) ;----------- ;UNLOAD DLLs ;----------- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AlwaysUnloadDLL] @="1" ;Benefit: Forces Windows to unload DLLs from memory ;-------------------- ;COMMON STARTUP ITEMS ;-------------------- ;Generic ;------- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] "CARPService"=- "ezShieldProtector for Px"=- "loadqm"=- "microsoft office"=- "microsoft works update detection"=- "mmtask"=- "money express"=- "mnyexpr"=- "msmsgs"=- "msnmsgr"=- "quicken scheduled updates"=- "quicktime task"=- "realsched"=- "RealTray"=- ;e-Machines/Gateway ;------------------ ;none at this time ;HP/Compaq ;--------- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] "AlcxMonitor"=- "autotbar"=- "AUTOTKIT"=- "cammonitor"=- "cpqset"=- "Display Settings"=- "hpgs2wnd"=- "hphmon05"=- "hphupd05"=- "hpqcmon"=- "PreloadApp"=- "QT4HPOT"=- "Recguard"=- "Share-to-Web Namespace Daemon"=- "srmclean"=- "StorageGuard"=- "TkBellExe"=- "WT GameChannel"=- ;Sony ;---- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] "Mouse Suite 98 Daemon"=- "VAIOSurvey"=- "zzz"=- "ZTgServerSwitch"=- ;Toshiba ;------- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] "NDSTray.exe"=- "Pinger"=- ;Benefit: Prevents certain programs from loading when Windows boots ;NOTE: You may still have to manually disable other startup items ;==================================================================================================== ;==================================================================================================== ;==================================================================================================== ; START UP & SHUT DOWN ;==================================================================================================== ;------------------------------- ;AUTOMATE BOOT DISK OPTIMIZATION ;------------------------------- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction] "Enable"="Y" ;Benefit: Optimize the disk on boot; ensures default setting ("Y") is enabled ;----------------------------------------------- ;AUTOMATIC TERMINATION OF PROCESSES AT SHUT DOWN ;----------------------------------------------- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "AutoEndTasks"="1" [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop] "AutoEndTasks"="1" ;Benefit: Forces user processes to end automatically when the user logs off or shuts down ;--------------------------------------------------------- ;ACCELERATE TERMINATION OF PROCESSES/SERVICES AT SHUT DOWN ;--------------------------------------------------------- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "WaitToKillAppTimeout"="3000" [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop] "WaitToKillAppTimeout"="3000" ;Benefit: Lowers the time the system waits for user processes to end when the user logs off or shuts ;down from 20000 to 3000 (milliseconds) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control] "WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="5000" ;Benefit: Lowers the time the system waits for a service stop from 20000 to 5000 (milliseconds) ;NOTE: Windows will still ask the user what to do (stop or wait for the task to end) ;==================================================================================================== ;==================================================================================================== ;==================================================================================================== ; VISUAL ENHANCEMENTS ;==================================================================================================== ;------------ ;LANGUAGE BAR ;------------ [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{540D8A8B-1C3F-4E32-8132-530F6A502090}] @="Language bar" "MenuTextPUI"="@%SystemRoot%\\System32\\msutb.dll,-325" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000 ;Benefit: Removes the Language Bar and allows the client to preserve a configured desktop layout ;-------------- ;VISUAL EFFECTS ;-------------- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "DragFullWindows"="0" "UserPreferencesMask"=hex:90,12,03,80, [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics] "MinAnimate"="0" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "ListviewAlphaSelect"=dword:00000000 "TaskbarAnimations"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects] "VisualFXSetting"=dword:00000003 ;Benefit: The six tweaks above modify the Visual Effects [System Properties->Advanced tab->Settings(under Performance)] ; - It will disable (and uncheck) all of the settings *EXCEPT* ; - Smooth edges of screen fonts ; - Use a background image for each folder type ; - Use common tasks in folders ; - Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop ; - Use visual styles on windows and buttons ; - *the radio button will also change to Custom ;------------------------------ ;COMMONLY USED ICONS ON DESKTOP ;------------------------------ [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\ClassicStartMenu] "{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}"=dword:00000000 "{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000 "{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel] "{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}"=dword:00000000 "{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000 "{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}] "SortOrderIndex"=dword:00000054 ;Benefit: The seven tweaks above place the My Computer, My Documents, and Internet Explorer icons on ;the user's desktop. It also places the My Computer icon in the upper left hand corner followed by ;My Documents and then Internet Explorer - provided this portion of the grid isn't occupied by other icons ;---------------------- ;STATUS AND ADDRESS BAR ;---------------------- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main] "StatusBarOther"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShellBrowser] "ITBarLayout"=hex:11,00,00,00,4c,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,34,00,00,00,1b,00,00,00,56,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,20,07,00,00,a0,0f,00,00,05,00,00,00,62,05,00,00,26,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,21,07,00,00,a0,0f,00,00,04,00,00,00,21,01,00,00,a0,0f,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00, ;Benefit: Will show the Status Bar and the Address Bar within Windows Explorer ;Showing the Address Bar takes advantage of the default setting "Display the full path in the address bar" ;---------------- ;THUMBNAIL IMAGES ;---------------- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "ThumbnailQuality"=dword:00000064 "ThumbnailSize"=dword:00000080 ;Benefit: Increases the quality of thumbnail images from 90% to 100% and their size from 96 (pixels) to 128 ;==================================================================================================== ;==================================================================================================== ;==================================================================================================== ; SYSTEM STORAGE ;==================================================================================================== ;----------- ;RECYCLE BIN ;----------- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BitBucket] "Percent"=dword:00000002 "UseGlobalSettings"=dword:00000001 ;Benefit: Lowers the maximum size of the Recycle Bin from 10% to 2% of each drive and uses this ;setting for all drives [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder] "Attributes"=hex:50,01,00,20 "CallForAttributes"=dword:00000000 ;Benefit: Allows for the Recycle Bin to be renamed ;-------------- ;SYSTEM RESTORE ;-------------- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore] "DiskPercent"=dword:00000006 ;Benefit: Lowers the amount of disk space used by System Restore from 12% to 6% ;NOTE: This tweak permanently changes the percentage range of disk space used by System Restore. ;Instead of simply sliding the bar from 12% to 6%, it changes the range from 0%-12% (default) to ;0%-6%. The user will benefit by only having 6% of their drive space allocated to System Restore, but ;they will not be able to increase the percentage higher than 6%. ;If you are requested to change the percentage range back to default, please change the value of ;"DiskPercent" to the below setting ;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore] ;"DiskPercent"=dword:0000000c ;==================================================================================================== ;==================================================================================================== ;==================================================================================================== ; SERVICES ;==================================================================================================== ;NOTE: Value Data: 2 = automatic, 3 = enabled, 4 = disabled ;------------------------- ;DISABLE MESSENGER SERVICE ;------------------------- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Messenger] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Benefit: Disables Messenger Service which can be used to deploy unsolicited advertising popups ;NOTE: This is NOT MSN Instant Messenger ;------------------------ ;DISABLE INDEXING SERVICE ;------------------------ [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\cisvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Benefit: Disables Indexing Service which when enabled can speed up local searching, but slow down ;many other aspects ;==================================================================================================== ;==================================================================================================== ;==================================================================================================== ; INTERNET EXPLORER ;==================================================================================================== ;-------------------------- ;INTERNET CONNECTION WIZARD ;-------------------------- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Connection Wizard] "Completed"=hex:01,00,00,00 ;Benefit: Bypasses the Internet Connection Wizard the first time that you use IE ;------------------------------ ;SIMULTANEOUS DOWNLOAD SESSIONS ;------------------------------ [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings] "MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:0000000a "MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:0000000a ;Benefit: Increases the number of simultaneous connections from 2 to 10 ;-------------- ;SECURITY ALERT ;-------------- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings] "WarnOnZoneCrossing"=dword:00000000 ;Benefit: Will suppress the Security Alert windows when a user goes to or leaves a secure web site within IE ;-------------------------- ;DISABLE REUSING OF WINDOWS ;-------------------------- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main] "AllowWindowReuse"=dword:00000000 ;Benefit: Automatically allows a new window to be spawned when a shortcut is opened ;-------------- ;KEYWORD SEARCH ;-------------- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\CNNSI] @="search.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/pages/search.jsp?query=%s" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\Dictionary] @="dictionary.reference.com/search?q=%s" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\Google] @="google.com/search?q=%s" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\GoogleGroups] @="groups-beta.google.com/groups?q=%s" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\GoogleImages] @="images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&q=%s" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\GoogleNews] @="news.google.com/news?tab=gn&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=%s&btnG=Search+News" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\KB] @="support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?query=%s" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\KBDLL] @="support.microsoft.com/dllhelp/default.aspx?dlltype=file&l=55&alpha=%s&S=1" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\Movies] @="fandango.com/my_box_office.asp?searchby=2&txtCityZip=%s" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\MSN] @="search.msn.com/results.asp?q=%s" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\Thesaurus] @="thesaurus.reference.com/search?q=%s" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\Weather] @="weather.com/weather/local/%s" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\Yahoo] @="search.yahoo.com/search?p=%s" ;Benefit: Adds the capability of searching various sites via IE's address bar ;e.g. - if you typed "google Datacon" into IE's address bar, you would be redirected to Google ;and your keyword(s) would be searched for ;"movies 90210" = find movies in the zip code 90210 ;"weather Beverly Hills" or "weather 90210" = find the latest weather in Beverly Hills, CA ;"googlenews Datacon" = find news via Google on Datacon ;"KBDLL cryptdlg.dll" = will search Microsoft DLL help database for cryptdlg.dll ;---------------------------------- ;ADVANCED PRIVACY SETTINGS: COOKIES ;---------------------------------- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections] "SavedLegacySettings"=hex:3c,00,00,00,f5,04,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,3a,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,e0,f9,66,72,b1,9d,c4,01,01,\ 00,00,00,c0,a8,02,a7,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00 "DefaultConnectionSettings"=hex:3c,00,00,00,09,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,01,00,00,\ 00,3a,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,e0,f9,66,72,b1,9d,c4,\ 01,01,00,00,00,c0,a8,02,a7,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings] "PrivacyAdvanced"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3] "{AEBA21FA-782A-4A90-978D-B72164C80120}"=hex:1a,37,61,59,23,52,35,0c,7a,5f,20,\ 17,2f,1e,1a,19,0e,2b,01,73,13,37,13,12,14,1a,15,2a,4e,2c,08,0d,20,1b,28,18,\ 36,32 "{A8A88C49-5EB2-4990-A1A2-0876022C854F}"=hex:1a,37,61,59,23,52,35,0c,7a,5f,20,\ 17,2f,1e,1a,19,0e,2b,01,73,13,37,13,12,14,1a,15,39,4e,2c,08,0d,20,1b,28,18,\ 36,32 "1206"=dword:00000003 ;Benefit: The six tweaks above modify the advanced privacy settings to handle cookies better ; Override automatic cookie handling = enable ; - First-party Cookies = Accept ; - Third-party Cookies = Block ; - Always allow session cookies = enabled ;------------------------------------------ ;TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES (TIF) AND HISTORY ;------------------------------------------ [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content] "CacheLimit"=dword:0000c800 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Content] "CacheLimit"=dword:0000c800 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path1] "CacheLimit"=dword:00003200 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path2] "CacheLimit"=dword:00003200 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path3] "CacheLimit"=dword:00003200 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache\Paths\path4] "CacheLimit"=dword:00003200 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Url History] "DaysToKeep"=dword:00000007 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings] "SyncMode5"=dword:00000004 ;Benefit: The eight tweaks above modify TIF and History values ; - TIF folder = 50MB (51.2MB) ; - TIF Settings (Check for newer version of stored pages:) = Automatic ; - History (Days to keep pages in history:) = 7 ;==================================================================================================== ;==================================================================================================== ;==================================================================================================== ; SECURITY ;==================================================================================================== ;----- ;ALEXA ;----- [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions\{c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a}] ;Benefit: Removes the Alexa extension ;==================================================================================================== ;==================================================================================================== ;==================================================================================================== ; NETWORK ;==================================================================================================== ;------------------------- ;SPEED UP NETWORK BROWSING ;------------------------- [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}] ;Benefit: Will disable checking for other computer's scheduled tasks ;--------------------- ;QoS PACKET SCHEDULING ;--------------------- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\LocalMachine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Psched] "NonBestEffortLimit"=dword:00000000 ;Benefit: Reduces the aggregate amount of bandwidth programs can reserve from 20% to 0% ;NOTE: Although this tweak is only beneficial when the program that reserved the bandwidth is sending ;sufficient amounts of data, it was still included - see the below link for more info ;http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316666 ;----------------------------- ;CACHING OF FAILED DNS LOOKUPS ;----------------------------- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters] "MaxCacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000a8c0 "MaxNegativeCacheTtl"=dword:00000000 ;Benefit: Lowers the DNS cache timeout for positive responses from 86,400 seconds (1 day) to ;43,200 seconds (12 hours) and disables the caching of failed DNS lookups ;==================================================================================================== ;==================================================================================================== ;==================================================================================================== ; OTHER ;==================================================================================================== ;-------------- ;SEARCH OPTIONS ;-------------- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Search Assistant] "SocialUI"=dword:00000000 ;Benefit: Turns off the animate search assistant [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "SearchSystemDirs"=dword:00000001 "SearchHidden"=dword:00000001 "IncludeSubFolders"=dword:00000001 ;Benefit: Ensures that the "Search system folders", "Search hidden files and folders", and ;"Search subfolders" options are enabled [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex] "FilterFilesWithUnknownExtensions"=dword:00000001 ;Benefit: Enables the Windows’ search feature to include all file types, like unregistered file types, ;in its query ;------------------------ ;OPEN COMMAND WINDOW HERE ;------------------------ [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd] @="Open Command Window Here" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd\command] @="cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\"" ;Benefit: Adds the "Open Command Window Here" option to the context menu of system folders. This ;allows for the command window to quickly open and point to the selected folder ;--------------- ;WINDOWS XP TOUR ;--------------- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour] "RunCount"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour] "RunCount"=dword:00000000 ;Benefit: Suppresses the Windows XP Tour balloon prompts ;---------------------- ;DESKTOP CLEANUP WIZARD ;---------------------- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\CleanupWiz] "NoRun"=dword:00000001 ;Benefit: Disables the Desktop Cleanup Wizard ;-------------- ;SYSTEM FAILURE ;-------------- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl] "AutoReboot"=dword:00000000 ;Benefit: This will disable an automatic restart after a system failure (BSOD). ;-------------------- ;WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER ;-------------------- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Settings] "EnableDVDUI"="Yes" ;Benefit: Enables WMP to play DVDs provided that the client has hardware to support DVDs [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Settings\MP3Encoding] "LowRate"=dword:0001f400 "MediumRate"=dword:0002ee00 "MediumHighRate"=dword:0003e800 "HighRate"=dword:0004e200 "PreferredCodecName"="MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3 (MP3)" ;Benefit: For clients using WMP9 and earlier, this adds the capability of ripping music using the .mp3 ;format. It also changes the default format name of "mp3" to "MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3 (MP3)" on all WMP versions. ;NOTE: The bit rates are 128Kbps, 192Kbps, 256Kbps, and 320Kbps. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences] "SilentAcquisition"=dword:00000000 "SilentDRMConfiguration"=dword:00000001 "UpgradeCodecPrompt"=dword:00000000 "UpgradeCheckFrequency"=dword:00000001 ;Benefit: The first two values ensure that the "Set clock on devices automatically" setting (v10 only) ;is enabled and that the "Acquire licenses automatically for protected content" setting (v9/10 only) is ;disabled so the user knows when licenses are being requested/acquired. The last two values ensure that ;the "Automatic Update" setting of WMP is set to "Once a week" and that "Download codecs automatically" ;(v9/10 only) is disabled so the user knows when codecs are being requested/downloaded. ;--------- ;AVI FILES ;--------- [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}\InProcServer32] ;Benefit: Speeds up the access of AVI folders as well as makes the renaming and deletion of AVIs easier ;--------------------- ;ACCESSIBILITY OPTIONS ;--------------------- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\StickyKeys] "Flags"="506" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\Keyboard Response] "Flags"="122" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\ToggleKeys] "Flags"="58" ;Benefit: The three above tweaks disable the shortcuts to enable StickyKeys, FilterKeys, and ToggleKeys ;------------------------- ;WINDOWS AUTOMATIC UPDATES ;------------------------- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update] "AUOptions"=dword:00000004 "ScheduledInstallDay"=dword:00000000 "ScheduledInstallTime"=dword:00000003 ;Benefit: Ensures Automatic Updates is set to "Automatic (recommended)" ;NOTE: Set for EVERY DAY at 3:00AM ;==================================================================================================== ;==================================================================================================== ; ;END OF TWEAKS ;