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I-83 If you plan to use Program Manager instead of the Explorer, you may also want to set this registry value. This entry lets you specify whether progman.exe waits for your logon scripts to complete before it loads into memory.
Note that this value entry also appears in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon. The HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE value applies to all users. The HKEY_CURRENT_USER value applies only to the current user. You can use the System Policy Editor to change this value.
Hive: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
Key: | Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon |
Value Name: | RunLogonScriptSync |
Data Type: | REG_DWORD |
Value: | 1 |
I-84 | Hive: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER |
Key: | Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon | |
Value Name: | RunLogonScriptSync | |
Data Type: | REG_DWORD | |
Value: | 1 |
A value of 1 tells Windows NT to wait until the logon script is finished before loading. A value of 0 indicates that the logon script and progman.exe can run concurrently. Restart Windows NT for these changes to take effect.
I-85 Are you tired of people changing the way your folders look? You get them set up just right, arranged by date with full details, then someone borrows your machine and messes it up. This registry modification prevents the system from saving changes made during the current session. Add the following value under the explorer key.
Hive: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER |
Key: | Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ |
Policies\Explorer | |
Value Name: | NoSaveSettings |
Data Type: | Reg_Dword |
Value: | 1 |
I-86 If you are trying to restrict what users can do on their systems, you probably want to disable their ability to right-click the Start button, which normally opens the program folder and Explorer and lets the user run Find. This registry modification disables all these features. Delete the following entries under the shell keys.
Hive: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT |
Key: | Directory\shell |
Value Name: | Find |
I-87 | Hive: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT |
Key: | Folder\shell | |
Value Name: | Find |
Now when a user right-clicks Start, nothing happens.
I-88 Do you need to see how your users have set up their screen savers? Or maybe a user secured the screen saver but forgot the password. To access screen savers remotely, fire up Regedt32.exe and open the registry remotely. These registry values give you everything you want to know about the screen saver.
Hive: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER |
Key: | Control Panel\Desktop |
Value Name: | ScreenSaveActive |
Data Type: | REG_SZ |
Value: | 0 |
A value of 0 specifies that the current screen saver is disabled; set the value to 1 to enable the current screen saver.
I-89 | Hive: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER |
Key: | Control Panel\Desktop | |
Value Name: | ScreenSaveIsSecure | |
Data Type: | REG_SZ | |
Value: | 0 |
A value of 0 means the screen saver requires no password to deactivate it. Set the value to 1 to enable password protection.
I-90 | Hive: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER |
Key: | Control Panel\Desktop | |
Value Name: | ScreenSaveTimeOut | |
Data Type: | REG_SZ | |
Value: | 300 |
The number represents the time in seconds before the screen saver is activated.
I-91 | Hive: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER |
Key: | Control Panel\Desktop | |
Value Name: | Scrnsave.exe | |
Data Type: | REG_SZ | |
Value: | <drivename:\path\program> |
This value is the fully qualified path to the program you want to execute when the screen saver is activated.
I-92 Problem: Youre tired of looking at the same the Control Panel icons. To change the icons to a custom set, change the following registry entry.
Hive: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
Key: | Software\Classes\CLSID\{21EC2020- |
3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}\DefaultIcon | |
Value Name: | <No Name> |
Data Type: | REG_EXPAND_SZ |
Value: | C:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes\Ancient Pathways Recycle Full.ico,2 |
The number 2 is the number of the icon in the file you want displayed. In this case, 2 specifies the third icon because the first icon in a file is numbered 0. If no number is used, the default is 0.
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