Registry Tweaks For Windows Xp - Part 2

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Registry Tweaks for Windows XP - part 2

 

How to change Drive's icon

1- Click Start Menu > Select Run > Type regedit and then press OK to run Windows Registry Editor.

2- Go to following address: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons

3- Create a New STRING and name it "DriveIcons".

4- Create a new STRING inside DriveIcons and name it as your Drive, for example D. (HKEY_...\DriveIcons\D)

5- Create a new STRING inside"D" and name it as DefaultIcon, for example ( HKEY_...\DriveIcons\D\DefaultIcon ). And finally change Default to your desire Icon address, for example : c:\Icons\MyIcon.Ico

 

To change Registered Organization and Owner of Windows

1- Run Windows Registry Editor.

2- Go to following address: HKEY-LOCAL-MACHIN\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

3- To change Registered Organization, in the right side, double click on the RegisteredOrganization key and change Value data to your Organization name.

4- To change Registered Owner, in the right side, double click on the RegisteredOwner key and change Value data to your name.

 

To change Windows default directories (My Documents , Desktop , Favorites , Start Menu)

1- Run Windows Registry Editor

2- Go to following address: Shell Folders HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explore\User

3- Select directories (for example My Documents) and change My Documents address to new address.

 

To remove Username field in Dial-up Networking dialog box

1- Run Windows Registry Editor

2- Go to following address: HKEY_Local_Machine\System\Currentcontealset\Services\Rasman\Parameters

3- Create a new String Value and name it as DisableSavePassword and give it value of 1.

 

To remove shot down button from Start Menu

1- Run Windows Registry Editor

2- Go to following address: HKEY-CURRENT-USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorr

3- Find a DWORD named NoClose, if there isn't create one) and give it value of 1.

 

NOTE: incorrectly editing Windows Registry may damages your system registry entries, before editing create a restore point.