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Automatically Clear the Document Menu at Startup There is a registry entry you can make to handle the recent documents (last 15) that appear on the documents menu, however it is truly a dangerous hack if user incorrectly. An easier method is as follows: If you have an autoexec.bat file …

Changing the Telnet Window You can view more data if you increase the line count of Telnet. By Default it has a window size of 25 lines. To increase this so you can scroll back and look at a larger number on lines: 1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Telnet …

Open Windows Explorer from within My Computer By default, when you click on the My Computer icon, you get a display of all your drives, the Control Panel etc. If you would like to have this open the Windows Explorer, then proceed as follows: 1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to …

 Changing the Tips of the Day You can easily edit the Tips of the day in the Registry by clicking Start, Run and typing in REGEDIT and then click OK to open the registry editor. Then drill down to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Tips Now change the tips as necessary and then save the …

Deleting Registry Keys from the Command Line There are two ways to delete a key from the Registry from the Command line. At the MS-DOS Command line: C:\Windows RegEdit /l location of System.dat /R location of User.dat /D Registry key to delete You cannot be in Windows at the time …

Locking out those unwanted users Keep people from accessing Windows, even as the default user. NOTE: If you do not have an actual network domain do not attempt this! 1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Network\Logon 3. Create a dword value “MustBeValidated” 4. Set the value to 1 Note: This …

Removing Programs from Control Panel’s Add/Remove Programs Section If you uninstalled a program by deleting the files, it may still show up in the Add/Remove programs list in the Control Panel. In order to remove it from the list. 1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall 3. Delete any programs …

Internet Explorer Auto-Complete Delay Outlook Express delayed start Internet Explorer When you attempt to type information into a form in Internet Explorer, the text field may hesitate to insert the cursor and display the text that you type in a text field. You may also experience a long hesitation when …

Removing the OEM Information from the System Properties Window 1. Click Start, Find, Files and Folders. 2. Search for oeminfo.ini. 3. Once located, rename oeminfo.ini to oeminfo.old 4. To remove the oem logo, repeat the above process and search for oemlogo.bmp and rename it to oemlogo.old. 5. Now restart your …

Disabling User Ability To Change Password To disable the user’s ability to change the Windows logon password: 1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System 3. Add a Dword value “DisableChange Password” and set the value to 1 Applies to Windows 95/98 and NT SP4 and later Example: Disabled …