Windows Registry - Nine Simple But Effective Tricks

Although the thought of burying the same elbow in a giant pile of seasoned system settings you goosebumps, we will show you how you can collect a fruitful yield, tinkering in the registry.
You have no idea what this it is? Just imagine that it is the brain of your Windows. But most of all, a huge warehouse, independent, hierarchical database for easy access, which stores all the settings of the system (and also a lot of additional information). Without it, your computer is little more than a modern paperweight. If you happen to muck up the registry before you become a real problem. But knowing the things that you can optimize almost any parameter of Windows.
Below are our favorite tips and tricks related to the registry. Most of the changes to the settings to reboot the system. Only then you can see their effects.
Backup Registry
Before you start playing with the registry, you should definitely make a backup copy of its valuable content. Be warned again âEUR" just to make a mistake in modifying the registry, and maybe you will not even boot to fix his mistake.
In order to easily create a backup duplicate of the register, open the Control Panel, bring up the System applet, and then click the System Protection link in the left part of the window. Now click the Create button and follow the instructions in the wizard to create a new system restore point.
Alternatively, you can run the Registry Editor âEUR" a tool for modifying the settings stored in the registry. Just click the Windows button and type regedit in the search box at the bottom of the Start menu. In the editor window, right-click My Computer and entry point to Export. Type any name for the file and confirm with Save. In this way, copy all the settings into a single, huge file. REG, which if necessary will be able to import.
1.Copy and move commands in Explorer
Enhance Windows Explorer menu with new commands. If you have not managed to convince you to drag and drop items with your mouse, you can efficiently manage your files by clicking the Copy or move the popup menu invoked the right mouse button. When you summon one of these commands, the screen will display a list of drives and folders, which simply select the desired destination for the selected items. Although Windows does not offer this option, you can change this by making changes to the registry.
Run the Registry Editor and jump to the following key: "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT AllFilesystemObjects shellex ContextMenuHandlers". Right-click the subkey "ContextMenuHandlers" and point to New | Key. As the Copy to box, type a name. Then double-click "(Default)" in the right pane of the editor and enter {C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}in the Value data box.
To enable not only copying but also move items from the Explorer menu, follow the same steps, but give the name of the Move to and assign a sequence {C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13} in the data field.
Now when you click a file or folder, right-click the mouse, you can use a new command Copy to Folder or Move to Folder pop-up menu.
2.Disable Aero Snap
The Aero interface is enabled by default, the system draws the window to the edge of the desktop when you move them to the vicinity of one of them. But what to do when you just want a place not far from the edge of the window and you prefer to not change the operating system independently of its size and location? Using the standard Windows tools, you can indeed turn off the Aero interface, but do not do it, if you like his other functions. You can disable the Aero Snap same function by modifying the registry.
Skip to key "HKEY_CURRENT_ USER Control Panel Desktop". Look for the "WindowArrangementActive" in the right pane of the editor. The default is the assigned number 1 Double-click the value and change the aforementioned number one to zero. From now on your windows would not be sticking themselves to the edge of the screen.
3.Faster preview window

Hover over the application icon in the taskbar and wait for a split second. You will see a thumbnail preview of the contents of the window. How cool is that? But do not feel impatient satisfied. They prefer to preview appeared immediately after the point your icon on the taskbar. Fortunately, the Windows registry, you can change the default delay of preview.
After recalling the Registry Editor, navigate to the key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Explorer Advanced". Right-click anywhere in the right pane. Point to New | DWORD Value. Name the new value name "ExtendedUIHoverTime". Then double click it and replace the default values
4.Change your name of Windows
When you install Windows software will ask you for your name and the name of the organization to which you belong. Also asked to enter the name you want to give your system. The problem is that while you can always change the name of the system through the control panel, the name given during the installation you can not change so easily. The same applies to the name of the organization, which may be registered in the previous owner's computer.
To solve the problem, jump in the Registry Editor to the key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software Microsoft Windows NT CurrentVersion". In the right part of the window you will see many different values. Double-click the value named "RegisteredOwner". Now you can change the content according to their needs. Name of the organization is located in the "RegisteredOrganization".
5.Block automatic restart after updating

The Windows Update is one of the best tools which comes with your system. On the other hand, however, is sometimes annoying, because very often download new updates and automatically installs them. Problematic, though excellent in terms of security of the system is that after completion of all installation procedure sometimes forces a reboot. If you miss an appropriate message (eg during intensive work or an exciting game with his friends), the current session is unexpectedly interrupted, rather than stored data (even the fruits of labor, or the level of the game) will be lost.
Fortunately, you can prohibit the system automatically reboots. To this end, Registry Editor, locate the key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software Policies Microsoft Windows". Right-click the subkey "Windows" and point to New | Key pop-up menu. As a name, type Windows Update. Now repeat this step, creating a subkey named AU within the key "Windows Update". Now the key should have the following structure "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software Policies Microsoft Windows WindowsUpdate AU".
Then select the key "AU", then right-click an open space in the right pane. Point to New | DWORD Value. Name the new value name "NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers". Then double-click it, and change the default to zero in the first data on the number.
6.Blue screen on demand
What is it? Have you actually going to crash your Windows 7 and recall the famous message on a blue background? Depending on your needs you may want to use a harmless joke, a funny trick during a meeting with friends or a great way to simulate a computer crash if you want to postpone the assigned task. Anyway, after applying the methods described below will pretend suspension system when you hold down the [Ctrl] key and press the key twice [Scroll Lock].
To make this possible, bring the registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE System CurrentControlSet Services kbdhid Parameters" (provided that you are using a USB keyboard). Right-click in the right pane of the editor and point to New | DWORD Value. Give it the name "CrashOnCtrlScroll". Double-click the value that you created and replace zero data field on the first Then insert the helmet and..
7.Hide unused control panel applets

Do not you think that the Panel gathers many functions that will probably never go? The last time I updated the settings in Credential Manager? And when the applet Phone and Modem? And when Windows CardSpace? Unfortunately, the control panel does not work like Windows Explorer, which are free to move, and delete items. Once again, you can ask for help in the register.
Go to the key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Policies Explorer". If the key within the "Policies" key is missing child "Explorer", you simply create with the command Edit | New | Key. Being within the subkey "Explorer", right-click in the right pane of the editor, select New | DWORD value, and create a value named "DisallowCpl". Double-click the new value and replace the default to zero which appear in the Value data to 1
Next, right-click the key "Explorer" and create a new subkey named "DisallowCpl". Highlight the new key and once more, right-click in the right pane of the Registry Editor. This time you use the referenced menu, right-click to create new string value. Depending on the number of icons in the Control Panel, you want to hide, you have to create a series of string values âEUR
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8.Hide search box on the web
When you click twice the file that does not belong to types registered in Windows [http://www.software4uu.com], such as Windows XP, the time appears on the annoying window with a proposal on the internet look for the appropriate program to open this kind of file. Has anyone ever used this feature? We certainly do not and we are pleased that the registry is a simple trick that allows you to once and for all get rid of the annoying message. Instead, it appears in the above situation, the window of your application, which you can try to open a secret file.
Go to the registry to the key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Policies Explorer". Right-click in the right pane, point to New | DWORD Value. In the Name field, type the NoInternetOpenWith. Finally, double-click it and enter 1 in the Value data box.
9.Repayment computer trick to people who shares your PC!
Do you use your computer with friends or relatives? If so, you may want to politely tell them how to handle your equipment every time you start up the system. Or maybe you want to play another trick PC users, who gives him the creeps? A small registry trick conjures up a message that must be closed before you can log on to the system.
Skip the Registry Editor to the key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Policies System". Double-click the value "LegalNoticeCaption". Now type your message header. Then double-click "LegalNoticeText" and enter the text message you want to share with system sharers.