World Magazine 2024
Scattered throughout the Internet you will find numerous examples of changes and “tweaks” that you can make to the Microsoft Windows® Operating System and to the Windows® registry specifically to enhance its usability, make repairs, alter its functionality and increase security. Below we have provided you with what we feel are the most sought after changes along with a number of tweaks that we discovered while resolving other issues. At this point, the chart below represents less than 10% of what we intend to add, so please be patient while we adapt our in-house data to web format.
As with anything that involves changing or altering the registry, we caution you to always backup your registry before making any changes. This information is provided to you as a service, and changes to the registry should only be made by those completely familiar with doing so. Further, due to the fact that a combination of things such as your monitor, video card and browser can alter the way characters are displayed on your monitor’s screen, we urge you to exercise caution when reviewing these registry changes and note carefully the placement of characters, spaces, commas, slashes, backslashes and periods. Some of these registry changes apply to all versions of the Microsoft Windows® Operating System, while some apply only to Windows NT 4.0 SP4 and later.
We do not accept any responsibility of any type or manner for any damage to your computer, your Windows operating systems, programs or data stored therein as the result of your use of any of the following information. By visiting this section of our website and using this information you are acknowledging the fact that you could render your computer unusable.
| Windows Setup | Hardware & Performance |
| Windows 95/98/NT Setup Switches | Increase Speed – Fast CPU Priority |
| Improve IDE Bus Speed | |
| Increase or Change Modem Timeout | |
| Changing Modem Initialization Strings | |
| Windows Millennium Edition | US Robotics 56K Winmodem |
| Review our Windows ME Testing | Changing the MaxMTU |
| Installation Do’s and Don’ts | Network Related Keys |
| Known Issues in Windows ME | |
| Can’t Connect or Stay Connected in AOL | Companion Applications |
| Change Exchange/Outlook Mailbox | |
| Changes to the User Interface | Send Msg without Opening Outlook |
| Changing the Tips of the Day | Disable the OE Splash Screen |
| Add Apps to Right Click Menu | Change OE caption on the Title Bar |
| Add Explore to All Folders | Outlook Delayed Start |
| Automate your Screen Refresh | Internet Explorer 5.x User Restrictions |
| Adding “Open With” to all files | Internet Explorer Autocomplete Delay |
| Add/Remove Sound Events | Printing a list of IE 5 Favorites |
| Change Default Folder Locations | Change IE caption on the Title Bar |
| Adding Items to the Start Button | IE – Increase the Connection Limit |
| Adding items to “Send To” | Frequent Lockups in Word |
| Auto Clear the Documents Menu | File not found in Word or Excel |
| Change the My Computer icon to a Taskbar | Word 97/2000 Shortcut Keys |
| Managing Windows Explorer | Excel 97/2000 Shortcut Keys |
| Add a Print Directory Option to Windows Explorer | Companion movie does not play in Encarta, Picture It etc. |
| Security Issues | |
| Customization | Disabling Drives in My Computer |
| Create your own Logon Banner | Disable Password Caching |
| Change the System Tray time value | Disable Change Password |
| Backup your Dial-up (DUN) Settings | Disabling My Computer |
| Making Telnet’s Window Larger | Disabling Start Menu Right-Click |
| DOS Window to a Drive or Folder | Remove Items from Right Click Menu |
| Start Menu Multiple Columns for 98 | Disabling Start/Shutdown |
| Customize Windows Explorer | Disabling Run/Find on Start Menu |
| Creating a Default File Opener | Disabling File and/or Print Sharing |
| Recycle Bin changes | Disable/Hide Virtual Memory Button |
| Changing your Window’s icons | Disable/Remove Open, Explore, Find |
| Turn Off (On) Windows Animation | How to Configure RestrictRun |
| Open Explorer from My Computer | Restricting The Classic (IE 4) Desktop |
| Removing the Shortcut Icon Arrows | Removing Items from NEW Menu |
| Save/Don’t Save Settings at Exit | Setting the Minimum Password Length |
| Exit Windows from a Batch File | System File Protection |
| Causing Add\Delete programs to run as Windows starts | Keeping out unwanted users |
| InstallShield – Quiet Installations | Locking out those unwanted users |
| Add OEM Information To Sys Prop | Password Protect a Folder |
| Remove OEM Info from Sys Prop | Create your own Legal Notice Logon Banner |
| Prevent “Shortcut to” on Shortcuts | Prevent Users From Changing IE’s Security Settings |
| IE’s Content Advisor Password | Internet Explorer 5.x User Restrictions |
| Remove Log Off User Option | |
| User Restrictions By Type | |
| Cumulative List of User Restrictions | |
| Policy Restrictions | |
| Security Restrictions NT 4 SP4 Only | |
| Repairs and Maintenance | Login Screen & Attributes |
| Backup/Restore Windows 95 Registry | Printer Related Keys |
| Backup/Restore Windows 98 Registry | Desktop & Performance Keys |
| Backup/Compress Windows 98 Reg | Device and Service Related Registry Keys – Primarily NT |
| Using the Registry Checker Tool and Scanreg | Network Related Keys |
| Change Registered Owner or User | Device Manager Keys |
| Registering Windows 98 | Driver Related Keys |
| Change Location of Installation Files | Remove Help from Start Menu |
| One fix for the Grayed Out Boxes | Disable Ability to Change My Documents Path |
| Restoring Thumbnails to Explorer | Internet Explorer 5.x User Restrictions |
| Restoring Thumbnails Reg Import | |
| Delete Reg Keys from Command Line | Windows NT 4.0 Only |
| Repair the Recycle Bin | Performance Related Keys NT |
| Windows 98 Unloads DLL’s by Default – May cause IPF’s | Mouse Related Keys |
| Quick Launch Icons Missing or Disabled | Desktop & Performance Keys |
| Clear old apps from Add/Remove in the Control Panel | Network Related Keys |
| System File Protection | Shutdown Related Keys for NT |
| Backup DUN Settings | InstallShield – Quiet Installations |
| Disable Screensaver during Defrag | Hard Disk Fast Enough? |
| Unattended Defrag with Scheduler | |
| Stack Fault Errors | Useful MS-DOS Commands |
| Repairing Windows Defrag | MS-DOS Help, Silent Format, Fdisk |
| Change COM Port Manually | Library of MS-DOS Commands |
| Frequent Kernel32 Errors | |
| The Run and Startup Windows Registry Keys Explained | Windows 2000 Only! |
| Internet Explorer Autocomplete Delay | Make RegEdit begin at the Beginning |
| Outlook Delayed Start | Adaptec Easy CD Creator Issues |
| Removing that Third Party Skin from Internet Explorer | Remove Help from Start Menu |
| Problem Verifying DMI Pool Data | More Windows 2000 Tips |
| Stack Overflow Problems | The Windows 2000 Character Map |
| Identify Your Video Card | Hide Network Neighborhood Icon |
| Tweak UI | Helpful Tips |
| Tweak UI for Windows 95 Only | Windows 98 Keyboard Shortcut Keys |
| Tweak UI for Windows 98 Only | Backup Windows 95, 98, NT and Windows 2000 without problems |
| Tweak UI for Windows NT 4.0 Only | |
| Tweak UI (latest version) for Windows 95, 98, ME, Windows NT and Windows 2000 | |
| Problem with Tweak UI 2000 Released in March 2000 |
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