1001 Secrets for Windows NT Registry
(Publisher: 29th Street Press)
Author(s): Tim Daniels
ISBN: 1882419685
Publication Date: 12/01/97

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This value specifies the type of operation to perform on the current index. Acceptable values are:

1 Create the index
2 Update the index one time only
3 Update the index continuously

I-22 Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Find Fast\97\Index List\Index 00
Value Name: Proximity Search
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

If this value is enabled, entire phrases and quoted strings are included in the index, thus increasing the size of the index file. If it’s disabled, the FindFast utility indexes more quickly and keeps a smaller index file, but searching for phrases takes longer.

I-23 Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Find Fast\97\Index List\Index 00
Value Name: Size Limit
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1,537,456,000

This value limits the maximum size of the current index; it specifies the number of bytes allowed.

I-24 Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Find Fast\97\Index List\Index 00
Value Name: Last Update
Data Type: REG_BINARY
Value: 50 ea 9c d9 69 54 bc 01

This value specifies the time and date the current index was last updated.

I-25 If your system occasionally hangs up and the desktop is blank or you are missing icons, you have probably discovered that the only way to recover is to reboot. However, look at this registry entry and make sure it is set to 1; the shell can then automatically restart if it crashes.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Find Fast\97\Index List\Index 00
Value Name: AutoRestartShell
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

A value of 1 automatically restarts the shell after a crash. A value of zero does not.

I-26 Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: System\CurrentControlSet\Control\
SessionManager\Memory Management\
Value Name: NonPagedPoolSize
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

When this value is set to 0, the system uses the default size. A non-zero value specifies in bytes the amount of memory to use.

I-27 Problem: You are copying files from your NT server to an NT workstation on a Token-Ring network and you get the error “Filemanager cannot copy X. The session was canceled.” The copying feature works fine with small files but blows up on large files. This registry entry helps you fix this problem.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: System\CurrentControlSet\Services\NETFLX1\
Parameters
Value Name: MaxFrameSize
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0x800

This value sets the maximum framesize to 2 kilobytes. This example assumes you are using a NetFlex network interface card.

I-28 Problem: You are having problems with your network after upgrading to FDDI and running Workstation with Novell servers. On the Novell server, your packet size is 4202, but NT workstation gets an error, generally because it tries to execute a read-only file from the Novell server. Changing this registry entry should fix you right up.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Nwrdr\Parameters

Add the following value under the Parameters key:

Value Name: DefaultMaxPacketSize
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1012

Restart the machine for these changes to take effect.

The Run Command

I-29 If you want to customize what appears in the drop-down box of the Run command (which you get to by clicking Start and selecting Run), change the following registry entries to add and delete items.

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ RunMRU
Value Name: MRUList
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: abcdefg (number of entries to display)

The number of letters in this string determines the number of values you want displayed. For example, specifying abc shows only the first three values, whereas abcdef shows the first six values.


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