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Registry
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How can prevent Windows XP from reminding to enter Microsoft Passport details?
After install Windows XP, the OS prompts you to enter a
Passport account to enable access to certain Internet communication features.
To turn off this reminder, perform the following steps:
- Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
- Navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MessengerService registry
subkey.
- If the PassportBalloon registry value doesn't already exist, go to the Edit
menu, select "New, Binary Value", enter a name of PassportBalloon, and then
click Enter.
- Double-click the PassportBalloon value, set it to 0A 00 00 00, and then click OK.
- Close the registry editor.
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How can I configure the Recovery Console (RC) in Windows 2000 to not require me
to enter the administrator password?
To configure the RC (Recovery Console) to not require you to enter the
administrator password, perform the following steps:
- Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
- Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Setup\RecoveryConsole
registry subkey.
- Double-click SecurityLevel, and then set its value to
1 to not require password entry (or
0 to require the user to enter the password), and then click
OK.
- Close the registry editor. You can also use the Microsoft Management
Console (MMC) Local Security Settings snap-in (go to Local Policies, Security
Options, "Recovery console: Allow automatic administrative logon") to
configure this setting.
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Removing Documents from the Start Menu
"I would like to remove the Documents menu from the Start menu. I was
told that Tweak UI would do this, but I was never able to install it on my
system (I run Windows 2000 Pro). I was talking about this with a friend who is a
System Administrator, and he says that you can remove the Documents menu in
Windows NT 4.0 Workstation, but that it is impossible to remove in Windows 2000
Pro. What do you think?"
We've decided (again) to stop discussing Tweak UI. A number of readers
reported that Tweak UI either failed to install or messed up the system. We have
not experienced any of these problems here. We are currently running Tweak UI in
Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 Workstation (SP6) and Windows 2000 Pro. Enough said.
Your System Administrator friend is wrong, George. You can remove the
Documents folder from the Start menu in both Windows NT 4.0 Workstation and
Windows 2000 Pro. And what's more, you use the same method.
Make a REG file for this. Remember though, we don't guarantee that our REG
file will work as expected on your system. Proceed with caution. Run Notepad and
enter the code shown below. Where you see ENTER BLANK LINE HERE, press Enter to
create a blank line. Please don't enter the words ENTER BLANK LINE HERE.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
ENTER BLANK LINE HERE
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoRecentDocsMenu"=hex00,00,00,01
ENTER BLANK LINE HERE
Choose File, Save As and name the file NoDocs.reg. Locate a folder to store
the file in and click Save. To merge the file with the Registry, double-click
it. Restart the computer and your Documents folder will no longer appear in the
Start menu.
If you use Windows NT 4.0 Workstation, use the following file.
REGEDIT4
ENTER BLANK LINE HERE
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoRecentDocsMenu"=hex00,00,00,01
ENTER BLANK LINE HERE
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Reseting RegEdit in Windows 2000
In Windows 2000, RegEdit always opens to the
last key used before closing the program.
Some people like this feature, and some don't. Reader
Jon F. doesn't like it.
"I find RegEdit frustrating to use in
Windows 2000. When I want to do a search, I
have to scroll up (and often, over) to get to My Computer. I have
searched for a way to turn this feature off and have RegEdit reset
when I close it but found nothing. Have you heard of a way to get
RegEdit to reset on closing?"
You can get RegEdit to reset on close -- we
have done it. But, you'll have to do a
Registry edit. We suggest that you create a repair disk before
you proceed.
- Insert a blank formatted floppy disk into
Drive A;
- Click Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Backup;
- When the Backup
dialog box opens, click Emergency Repair Disk;
- When the Emergency Repair
Diskette dialog opens, select the check box labeled 'Also backup the
registry to the repair directory, etc., etc, etc....';
- Click OK to continue;
- With that done, click Start/Run and type regedt32;
- Now press Enter;
- When the Registry Editor opens, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Regedit;
- In the right panel, double-click LastKey to
open it;
- When the editor
opens, delete the contents and press Enter;
- Now, with the Regedit key selected, choose Security/Permissions;
- When the 'Permissions for regedit'
dialog box opens, deny full control by selecting the appropriate
check box;
- Click OK to continue;
- Now, choose Registry/Exit to
close the Registry Editor;
- Finally, restart the computer.
When the computer restarts, RegEdit should act
just like it does in Windows NT 4.0
Workstation.
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Backing up the Registry in Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
You would like to make a backup of the files
that make up the Registry?
Where do you find the files named System.dat and User.dat?
The files System.dat and User.dat only appear
in Windows 95/98. They are not in NT 4. The best approach is to use Rdisk to
make a repair disk. You can then use this disk to restore your system in case of
a problem.
To create the repair disk, put a blank floppy disk into Drive A. Now click Start,
Run, then type "rdisk", and press Enter. When the Repair. Disk Utility
dialog box opens, click Create Repair Disk.
It's a good idea to make a new repair disk any time you make a change to your
system.
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Protect your Registry
We often suggest Registry edits and the use of
REG files. We also frequently warn readers
about potential problems that one can experience when
making a Registry change. Here is one way to make those Registry edits safer.
If you want to edit a value using RegEdit, the safest thing to do is save
the key before you make changes. Let's say that you're going to make
a change in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon.
Before you make the change, click the Winlogon
key and choose Registry, Export Registry File. Give the file a name
you can remember (we used Winlog) and click Save. With
this key saved, you can later double-click the REG file to restore the
original Registry settings.
The same is true of a REG file. In many cases, we provide two REG files, one
to make the changes, and one to return to the default. When we don't have
that information (when the information is likely to be different on your
computer) you can use RegEdit to protect yourself against problems.
For example, if a REG file contains the key
[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer],
you could run RegEdit, navigate to that key and choose Registry,
Export Registry File to save the key to a backup file before you
run the REG file to modify that key.
This is a lot more trouble than just running the REG file, but it assures
you that you aren't stuck with a change that you don't like.
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