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Includes Hardware
Information, Operating System
Information and Process Manager. These features can show
detailed system information; show detailed
information of running processes and threads.
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Show All Hidden Devices in Device
ManagerDevices that are installed but are not
currently connected to the computer
(such as a USB device or "ghosted"
devices) are not normally displayed in
Device Manager. This tweak causes all
devices to be shown.
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Enable PC Speaker Beeping on Errors
If you get annoyed by the beeps and
noises coming from your PC speaker but
can't find a way to turn it off, then
use this tip to disable it.
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Disable CD/DVD BurningThis
restriction is used to disable the use
of the inbuilt CD/DVD recording
functions of Windows.
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Disable Low Disk Space Notification
This setting controls whether you
receive a "Low Disk Space" warning when
free disk space reaches less than 200
megabytes.
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Disable the Windows KeyThis
tweak disables the Windows key that is
found between the Ctrl and Alt keys on a
Windows enhanced keyboard.
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Enable Active Windows Tracking
This tweak allows you to bring running
programs to the foreground just by
moving you mouse of the application
window. This is similar to the X-Mouse
feature found on UNIX operating systems.
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Enable Beep on Printer Errors
When this setting is enabled the machine
will beep every few seconds when a
remote job error occurs on a print
server.
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Enable Print Job Notification Messages
By default Windows notifies a user with
a popup message that their print job has
been completed on the printer. This
setting controls that behavior.
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Enable Auto Complete ModeThis setting controls whether the
automatic text completion
(AutoComplete) feature of Windows
Explorer appends the suggested text
to the words as you are typing as
well as showing a drop-down list of
available values.
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Internet Explorer Source Viewer
By default when you use the View
Source feature of Internet Explorer
it launches Windows notepad as the
text editor. This tweak lets you
choose which editor to use.
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Show Friendly HTTP Error Messages
By default Internet Explorer
will show a friendly version of any
HTTP errors it receives, for example
Error 404 Page Moved. This tweak
controls that functionality allowing
it to be enabled or disabled.
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Internet Explorer Window Title
This setting allows you to customize
Internet Explorer by using your own
window title. For example you could
rename IE to 'My Browser' or
anything else you like!
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Disable Internet Explorer Automatic
Proxy CachingWhen you
configure Internet Explorer to use
automatic proxy configuration it
caches the returned information. If
a proxy server fails you may
therefore get an error message even
though others are available. With
this setting you can disable caching
to ensure the browser always checks
for the latest proxy information.
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Internet Explorer FTP Mode
Internet Explorer has the ability to
display FTP sites as if they were
local folders. This tweak controls
which mode IE uses for FTP.
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Use Classic Search in Internet
ExplorerThis tweak allows
you to disable the new Search
Assistant and use the traditional
search interface in Internet
Explorer.
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Search Assistant in Internet
ExplorerThis tweak allows
you to specify an alternate search
assistant page, such as Google, in
Internet Explorer.
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Disable File Download in Internet
ExplorerThis setting allows
you to restrict the ability to
download files using Internet
Explorer.
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Disable the Ability to Customize
ToolbarsBy right clicking
on a toolbar you are usually given
the option to Customize, which
allows you to change which functions
are available from the toolbar. This
tweak allows you to disable that
function.
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Disable the Outlook Express Splash Screen
Sick of seeing the Outlook Express
splash screen every time you open the
program? This settings will allow you to
remove it.
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Outlook Express Window TitleThis
setting allows you to customize Windows
Mail by using your own window title. For
example you could rename Outlook Express to
'My Mail Reader' or anything else you
like!
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Enable the Network Adapter Onboard
ProcessorIf your network
adapter has an onboard processor,
designed to offload network processing
from the system CPU, it is disabled by
default. This setting allows you to
enable it and increase the processing
speed of your system.
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Remove the Hand Icon for Shared
ResourcesNormally when you
share a local resource on the network a
hand icon is placed under the item to
show it is shared. With this tweak you
can remove the icon.
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Disable Dynamic Domain Name Updates
Windows support Dynamic Domain Name
System (DDNS) updates and is enabled by
default. This setting allows you to
control whether network adapters should
send updates.
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Speed-up Browsing Remote Computers
When you browse a Windows 95, 98 or Me
machine from a Windows XP computer extra
time is taken to determine if any
scheduled tasks or printers are enabled
on the destination computer.
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Disable Search for Network Folders and
PrintersThis setting controls
whether Windows should automatically
attempt to locate available file shares
and printers by crawling the local
network.
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Windows Server ServiceThis
setting can be used to manually optimize
the Windows server functionality. By
selecting the appropriate value you can
optimize the service for memory usage,
network throughput or a balance of both.
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Disable DHCP Router Discovery
The ICMP Router Discovery Protocol (IRDP)
comes enabled by default for Windows
clients using DHCP. This can be a
security issue because by spoofing
IRDP Router Advertisements, an
attacker can remotely add default
route entries on a remote system.
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Enable Dead Gateway Detection
This setting specifies whether
Windows should automatically detect
and use an alternate gateway in the
event of transmitting a segment
several times without receiving a
response.
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Load Balance Network Adapters
If you have two or more network
cards in your system this setting
allows you to distribute the number
of connections, or sessions among
the adapters according to a
randomizing algorithm.
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LMHOSTS Lookup Options
The LMHOSTS file is used within
Windows networking to specify domain
resolution and lookup information.
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Disable Automatic Modem Connections at
StartupIf remote connections
are enabled in Windows, the system may
try to initiate an Internet connection
at Windows startup or at the start of
many applications. This setting disables
that behaviour.
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Enable IP Packet ForwardingBy
default, TCP/IP forwarding is not
enabled in Windows, this setting can be
used to enable TCP/IP forwarding for all
network connections that are installed
and used by the computer.
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Disable Task Manager
This
setting controls the ability for users
to start Task Manager and view
processes, running applications and make
changes to the priority or state of the
individual processes.
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Disable Registry Editing ToolsThis restriction disables the ability to
interactively run the standard Microsoft
registry editing tools. This setting
will disable all standard Microsoft
registry editing tools.
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Force
the Use of Active Desktop
The user is normally given the
option of disabling Active Desktop
through the display properties. This
tweak removes the ability to disable
Active Desktop.
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Restrict Changes to Active Desktop
SettingsThis tweak allows you
to have Active Desktop enabled,
but to restrict any changes to the
settings.
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Disable Control Panel
This setting allows you to restrict
user access to the Control Panel options
and settings.
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Deny Access to the Display Settings
This option disables the display
settings control panel icon, and stops
users from accessing any display
settings.
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Disable Folder Options Menu
This
tweak allows you to hide the Folder
Options function from the folder Tools
menu. Allowing you to restrict access to
numerous advanced folder features.
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Hide All Items on the DesktopEnabling this options hides all the
items and programs on the Windows
desktop.
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This restriction prevents users from
using Computer or Explorer to access the
content of selected drives. Also, they
cannot use Run, Map Network Drive, or
the Dir command to view the directories
on these drives.
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Restrict Applications Users Can RunWindows gives the ability to restrict
the applications that can be run by
users on a workstation.
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Require Users to Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete
Before LogonThis setting
controls whether users are required to
press Ctrl + Alt + Delete as a security
precaution before logging into the
system.
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Legal Notice Dialog Box Before Logon
Use these fields to create a dialog box
that will be presented to any user
before logging onto the system. This is
useful where you are required by law to
warn people that it is illegal to
attempt to logon without being an
authorized user.
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Disable Web Printing
This restriction enables and
disables server support for Internet
printing. Internet printing lets you
display printers on Web pages so they
can be viewed, managed, and used across
the Internet or an intranet.
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Hide Computer from the Browser List
If you have a secure server or
workstation you wish to hide from the
general browser list, then enable this
setting.
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Empty
Temporary Internet Files on Exit
This setting controls whether
Internet Explorer should delete all of
the temporary Internet files stored
during the session when the browser is
closed.
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Disable User TrackingThis
setting stops Windows from recording
user tracking information including
which applications a user runs and which
files and documents are being accessed.
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Time Limit for Remote Access
AuthenticationA time limit can
be enforced on the period available to
logon via remote access before the
connection is terminated.
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Remote Access Client Account LockoutYou can use the remote access account
lockout feature to specify how many
times a remote access authentication has
to fail against a valid user account
before the user is denied access. Use
this tweak to set the number of failed
logins before the account is locked-out
and the time before the lockout is
reset.
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Remove Run from the Start Menu
Removes the ability to launch
commands or processes from the Start
menu by removing the Run option.
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Disable Drag-and-Drop on the Start
MenuThis restriction
prevents users from modifying the
Start menu by dragging and dropping
items.
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Remove My Computer from the Desktop
and Start Menu
This
restriction removes My Computer from
the desktop and Start menu.
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Remove Recent Documents from the
Start MenuThis setting can
be used to remove the recent
Documents folder from the Start
Menu.
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Disable Group Policy Objects
This parameter controls whether Windows
should automatically reboot after a
system failure or if the blue crash
screen should be displayed.
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Reboot Windows After a CrashThis setting controls
the storage of authentication
credentials and .NET passwords on the
local system.
By disabling this feature, passwords
will not be stored.
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Set Notepad to use Word Wrap
This setting controls whether
text is wrapped onto the next line
when the screen in full in Notepad.
Although it can be configured by
using the Edit menu in Notepad, this
tweak allows you to change the
word-wrap feature through the
registry.
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Use Smooth Scrolling in Telnet
This tweak enables the smooth
scrolling function in Windows
Telnet.
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Quick Edit the Command Prompt
Quick Edit allows you to easily
cut and paste text in the command
prompt window using the mouse. The
ability to use the Edit menu options
is still possible.
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Command Completion
Command completion allows you to
type a portion of a file name, and
then have the system complete the
rest by pressing the specified key.
This is similar to the UNIX shell
command completion feature. when you
type the first part of a filename
then press the specified key,
Windows will complete the filename
for you. Pressing the key multiple
times will scroll through all the
options.
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Restrict Task Creation
These settings allow you to
restrict the creation of items in
Task Scheduler.
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Disable Manual Task Control
This restriction disables the
ability for users to manually start
and stop scheduled tasks. Tasks will
continue to run automatically as
configured.
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Disable Windows Installer Rollback
This
restriction stops Windows Installer
from recording the original state of
the system and sequence of changes
it makes during installations. This
restriction is designed to reduce
the amount of temporary disk space
required to install programs. Once
this setting is applied, Windows
Installer cannot restore the
computer to its original state if
the installation does not complete.
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This restriction allows you to
prevent users from adding and
removing software applications with
Windows Installer.
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Disable Image PreviewWhen
you open an image file in Windows XP
the default action is to "Preview"
it using the Windows Picture and Fax
Viewer. This tweak can be used to
disable the Preview image option.
This will only remove Preview for
image formats that are associated
with an alternate viewer. File types
that are associated with Windows
Picture and Fax Viewer will still
show the Preview option.
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Show Encrypted/Compressed Files in
an Alternate ColorThis
setting controls whether
encrypted/compressed files and
folders are shown in explorer using
a different color to make them
easily distinguishable.
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Display the Contents of Moving
WindowsWhen enabled, this
setting will cause Windows to
display the current contents of a
window while it is being dragged
around the screen instead of just
displaying the window outline.
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Menu Show DelayWindows
normally delays menus before they
are displayed. For regular users
this delay can become annoying, with
this setting you to change the delay
time or remove it altogether.
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Wrap Icon TitlesThis
setting controls whether the icon
titles should be word wrapped over
multiple lines or shown in one
longer line.
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Are your icons too small? Or too
big? This setting will let you
resize them to suit your desktop
preference.
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Personal OEM Information
Includes
Manufacturer, Model, Support Information
and Logo.
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Operation System and Installation
Information
Includes
Product ID, Installed Path, Registered
Owner, Registered Organization,
Installation Name, Installation Company,
Build Number and Version.
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Disable the Ability to Right Click on
the DesktopThis tweak removes
the context menu that would normally
appear when the user right clicks on the
desktop or in the Explorer right results
pane.
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Desktop Icon Visibility
This tweak allows you to control
which icons are visible on your desktop.
By modifying the desktop namespace you
can add and remove special icons
including My Computer, Inbox and Recycle
Bin.
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Disable the Recycle Bin
This setting is used to disable the
use of the recycle bin and
permanently remove all deleted items
instead. This enables the same
functionality as holding the Shift
key while deleting items.
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Default Disk UtilitiesThese
settings control the default tools
used for Windows disk management
including Backup, Defrag and
Cleanup. Changing these values will
alter the programs used when you
right-click a disk in Computer and
select Properties > Tools. If you
set the value to an invalid path or
filename Windows will show an error
when you attempt to launch the tool.
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Disable Tracking of Broken Shortcut
LinksThe NTFS File System
in Windows XP automatically
attempts to locate broken shortcut
destinations by searching all paths
that are associated with it. This
setting can be used to disable that
feature.
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Show Super Hidden File Extensions
Even when you have configured
Windows to display all file
extensions, there are still some
which remain hidden. This allows
potentially dangerous files to be
masked as safe files, fooling the
user into executing them. This tweak
helps expose those file extensions.
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Show Options on Logon Dialog Box
This setting controls whether
the options to enter a domain or to
log on using a dial-up connection
are shown on the Windows logon box.
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Automatic Logon to Windows XP
Windows includes a feature that
allows you to configure the computer
to automatically logon to the
network, bypassing the Winlogon
dialog box. You can bypass this
function by holding down the SHIFT
key during the boot or logoff
process.
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Remove "All Programs" Button from
the Start MenuThis
restriction is used to remove the
"All Programs" button which displays
a list of all the installed
applications. This setting only
applies to the Windows Start Menu,
not the Classic Start Menu.
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View Enhanced Start Menu Folders
These settings allow you to
customize which items are shown on
the Windows enhanced Start Menu.
These settings will not effect the
Start Menu in Classic mode.
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