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-71 You can also change the number of columns that the cool switch displays by changing the value below.

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Control Panel\Desktop
Value Name: CoolSwitchColumns
Data Type: REG_ SZ
Value: 7

The default value is 7; change the value to the number of columns you want it to display.

I-72 You can also change the number of rows the cool switch displays.

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Control Panel\Desktop
Value Name: CoolSwitchRows
Data Type: REG_ SZ
Value: 3

The default value is 3; change the value to the number of rows you want to display.

I made mine tall and skinny by changing the values to 2 for CoolSwitchColumns and 4 for CoolSwitchRows.

I-73 The following registry values affect the way the Display Properties Control Panel command (right-click on the desktop) works. Add the System key under the Policies key, and add the following values under the System key.

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Policies\System
Value Name: DisableTaskMgr
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 00

This value disables the Task Manager.

I-74 Value Name: NoDispCPL
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

This value removes the Control Panel.

I-75 Value Name: NoDispBackgroundPage
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

This value removes the Background tab.

I-76 Value Name: NoDispAppearancePage
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

This value removes the Appearance tab.

I-77 Value Name: NoDispScrSavPage
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

This value removes the Screen Saver tab.

I-78 Value Name: NoDispSettingsPage
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

This value removes the Settings tab from the Display Properties Control Panel command (right-click on the desktop).

I-79 Value Name: DisableTaskManager
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

This value disables the Task Manager. You must have installed Service Pack 2 or later for this change to take effect. The default value is 0, which enables the feature.

I-80 Are users logging into your system with roaming profiles and cluttering everything up? Do you want to delete the profile cache after they log out? Try adding the following value under the WinLogin key.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\
CurrentVersion\WinLogin
Value Name: DeleteRoamingCache
Data Type: REG_ DWORD
Value: 1

Reboot your system for these changes to take effect.

I-81 Do you want to change the timeout value some of the informative dialog boxes use when logging in? For example, when you log in with a roaming profile and your system can’t find the system where your roaming profile is stored, you see an error dialog box. This registry entry is useful for both disabling the timeout feature and speeding up the timeout value.

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\WinLogin
Value Name: ProfileDlgTimeOut
Data Type: REG_ DWORD
Value: n

The value is the time in seconds before the dialog box times out.

I-82 You don’t like Explorer and you want to run Program Manager or another alternate shell in its place. Change the following value for Shell from explorer.exe to progman.exe.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\
CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Value Name: Shell
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: explorer.exe


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