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Top Rated "Registry Tips" Tips

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1) Block Write Access To Run and RunOnce Registry Entries.: Date - Oct 01, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Miscellaneous; Blocking write access to Run and RunOnce registry entries for malware or other unwanted programs running in the system.
2) Changing the Remote Desktop Port: Date - Jun 19, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; Changing the listening and connecting port for Windows Remote Desktop Connection.
3) Disable Mapped Drive Reconnect Warning: Date - May 10, 2011; Rating - 5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; Stop the annoying error message about unavailable mapped network drives or shares.
4) Disable OS/2 and/or Posix subsystems: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Disable - Hide
5) How to run your own application when Windows Starts?: Date - Sep 17, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Customization; This article explains a registry entry which you can use to run your application instead of Windows default Shell (Explorer.exe).
6) Impose Network Connection Restrictions: Date - Jun 06, 2011; Rating - 5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; Control access to LAN, RAS and other network connection settings.
7) Speed opening folders with large numbers of AVI files: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
8) Search for All File Types: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.9; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
9) XP registry values to tune EFS caching: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.7; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
10) Shutdown workstation without logging on: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.6; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
11) Restrict Access to the Windows Update Feature: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.6; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
12) Simplified EFS: Date - Jul 05, 2006; Rating - 4.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to encrypt files easily from Windows Explorer.
13) Setting Default Email Client Per User in XP: Date - Sep 09, 2009; Rating - 4.5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Customization; Individually change each user's default email client.
14) W2K / XP / .NET enable verbose event messages: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
15) Windows NT/2000/XP Cascading Menus: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
16) Installing MSI Packages with Elevated Privileges: Date - Jan 18, 2006; Rating - 4.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Want to right-click on a .msi file and select Run As? Here's how!
17) Make Outlook minimize to system tray rather than task bar: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
18) Prevent logon screensaver from launching: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
19) Registry Settings for the Start Menu in Windows XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous; Policy:Disable the new simple Start Menu
Policy:Remove pinned programs list from the Start menu
Policy:Remove frequent programs list from the Start Menu
Policy:Remove More Programs list from the Start menu
Policy:Remove common program groups from Start Menu
Policy:Gray unavailable Windows Installer programs Start Menu shortcuts
Policy:Disable and remove links to Windows Update
Policy:Remove user folders from the Start Menu
Policy:Prohibit user from changing user folder paths
Policy:Remove My Documents folder from the Start Menu
Policy:Prohibit user from changing My Documents path
Policy:Remove Recent Documents item from Start Menu
Policy:Maximum number of recent documents
Policy:Clear history of recent documents on exit
Policy:Remove Favorites item from Start Menu
Policy:Remove My Computer from the Start Menu
Policy:Remove Network Connections from the Start Menu
Policy:Remove Network Places from the Star
20) Remove Shared Documents folders from My Computer System Folder: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
21) Disable Windows XP's Built In Zip support: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Disable - Hide
22) Enable / Disable Task Manager in Windows XP Home / Pro: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Disable - Hide
23) Disable Low Disk Space Notification in Windows XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Disable - Hide
24) Clear system page file at shutdown: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
25) Automatic Logon: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
26) Remove My Computer from the Desktop and Start Menu: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
27) Get Rid Of Those Balloons!: Date - Dec 06, 2005; Rating - 4.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Command shell; Balloon tips can be annoying if they keep appearing--here's how to eliminate them.
28) Registry hack to disable System Restore option from XP start menu and control panel: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
29) Personalize Internet Explorer's Title: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - IE
30) Disabling the RunAs Command: Date - Mar 22, 2005; Rating - 4.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; To enhance security you can prevent users from using the RunAs command.