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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I-232 Are you tired of having error messages popping up and slowing down your system? This registry entry shows you how to eliminate them.

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Windows

Add the following value under the Windows key.

Value Name: ErrorMode
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

You have a choice of three values for this value. A value of 0 serializes errors and waits for a response. A value of 1 excludes system errors the system writes to the event log. Normal errors still show up. A value of 2 logs the error to the Event Log and suppresses the message box. The default is 0; to turn off pop-up messages, set this value to 2. Reboot for these changes to take effect.

I-233 If you ever wondered where the Performance Monitor messages are stored, look at this registry entry.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\ Perflib\009
Value Name: Help
Data Type: REG_MULTI_SZ
Value:

See this book’s Website for a complete list of the valid values for this registry entry.

I-234 This registry entry sets the %Server environment variable on a server.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager\ Environment

Add the following value under the Environment key.

Value Name: Servername
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: <server_name>

I-235 You upgraded to Windows NT 4.0, and you need to have a HPFS file system on the server. But NT 4.0 doesn’t support HPFS. Bummer. This registry modification lets you get around that problem.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: System\CurentControlSet\Services\Pinball

Add the following values under the Pinball Key.

Value Name: ErrorControl
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0x1

I-236 Value Name: Group
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: Boot File System

I-237 Value Name: Start
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0x1
I-238 Value Name: Type
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0x2

Copy Pinball.sys from the NT 3.51 distribution CD to your servers’ %systemroot%\system32\drivers directory. You must reboot your machine for these changes to take effect.

I-239 You want to let a user schedule jobs, but the user doesn’t have administrator rights. This registry entry shows you how.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: System\CurrentControlSet\Control\LSA

Add the following value under the Parameters key.

Value Name: SubmitControl
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 00000001

The value is in hexadecimal. Reboot your system for the changes to take effect. If changing this key doesn’t work, you may need to change the following entry as well.

I-240 Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Schedule

On the subkey for the accounts you want to grant access, choose Full Control for Permissions Access Type Stop and restart the scheduler service in the control panel applet.

I-241 To set a server on your network to act as the domain time source server, change this entry.

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

Add the following value under the Parameters key.

Value Name: TimeSource
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

Restart Windows NT for these changes to take effect.

I-242 You want to limit the use of command extensions for any .cmd file. This registry entry does just that.

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Command Processor
Value Name: EnableExtensions
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

When the value is set to 0, the .cmd files do not run. Reboot your machine for these values to take effect.


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