NIM Posted September 18, 2006 Posted September 18, 2006 Here you can find a list of some useful registry tweaks in Vista..;Desktop: Font Smoothing to ClearType[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]"FontSmoothing"="2";Desktop: Disable Windows Sidebar[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Windows\Sidebar]"TurnOffSidebar"=dword:00000001;Desktop: Remove Shortcuts[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile]"IsShortcut"=-;Explorer: Disable Thumbnail Cache[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]"DisableThumbnailCache"=dword:00000001;Explorer: Show Menubar[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]"AlwaysShowClassicMenu"=dword:00000001;Internet Explorer: Disable Tabbed Browsing[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing]"Enabled"=dword:00000000;Internet Explorer: Disable Update Check[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]"NoUpdateCheck"=dword:00000000;Internet Explorer: Change startpage[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]"Start Page"="http://www.google.de/";Internet Explorer: Disable 'Download finished'-Popup [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]"NotifyDownloadComplete"="no";Internet Explorer: Enable Smooth Scrolling[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]"SmoothScroll"=dword:00000001;Internet Explorer: Disable 'Script debugger'[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]"Disable Script Debugger"="yes";Internet Explorer: Disable Statusbar[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]"Show_StatusBar"="yes";Recycle Bin: Skip the Recycle Bin Confirmation Message[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]"ShellState"=hex:24,00,00,00,37,a8,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\01,00,00,00,0d,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00;Startmenu: Display AdminTools in Startmenu[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]"StartMenuAdminTools"="YES";System: Disable Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM)[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WMDRM]"DisableOnline"=dword:00000001;System: Disable SQMClient 'Programm zur Verbesserung der Benutzerfreundlichkeit'[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\SQMClient\Windows]"CEIPEnable"=dword:00000000;System: Modify Programs Location Folder[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion]"ProgramFilesDir"="C:\Program Files";System: Disable User Account Protection (UAP)[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]"EnableLUA"=dword:00000000;System: To login as Administrator[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList]"Administrator"=dword:00000001;System: Disable Windows Error Reporting[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting]"Disabled"=dword:00000001;System: Disable 'New Hardware was found'-Popup[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall\Settings]"DisableBalloonTips"=dword:00000001;Windows Mail: Disable Windows Mail Splash Screen[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail]"NoSplash"=dword:00000001;Windows Mail: Disable Access to Windows Mail[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Mail]"ManualLaunchAllowed"=dword:00000000;WindowsMediaPlayer: Disable Auto-Updates[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsMediaPlayer]"DisableAutoUpdate"=dword:00000001;WindowsMediaPlayer: Disable Automatic Codec Download[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsMediaPlayer]"PreventCodecDownload"=dword:00000001 Quote
Tarun Posted October 8, 2006 Posted October 8, 2006 You should remove the part where it disables error reporting. Services should never be disabled. Quote
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