Windows Registry Tips

1. Disable Windows Animation

         HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Control Panel \Desktop \WindowMetrics\MinAnimate

            Set this to 1

 2. Full-Color Icons

         
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\desktop\WindowMetrics\Shell Icon BPP Give it a           value of 16

 3.Remove Hidden Shares
      
          HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parame ters\AutoShareServer
    
       HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parame
ters\AutoShareWks
       Both of these REG_DWORD values set to 0 will prevent hidden shares from working

 4. Thumbnail Size

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Th umbnailSize

This DWORD value can be set between 32 and 256. This number represents the size in pixels that the Windows Explorer Thumbnail view will display

5.Change the Name of the Recycle Bin

      HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-
00AA002F954E}\LocalizedString

Changing the text at the end of this value from Recycle Bin to the text of your choice will change the name of the recycle bin.

6. Remove Shutdown from the Start Menu 
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer\NoClose

This String Value set to 1 removes the Shutdown option from the Startmenu. Change it to
0 to allow shutdowns.

7. Disable CD-ROM Autorun
          HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom

               Changing this value to 1 disables the CD-ROM autorun feature

 8. Change the name of My Computer
        HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-
08002B30309D\LocalizedString
(Win2000)

From this value you can change the name of the My Computer icon. The default value is:
@D:\WINNT\system32\shell32.dll,-9216@1033,My Computer
As you can see, the name is the last part after the , and you can change this to whatever you want. A neat trick is to change the My Computer part to %computername% and that will name My Computer the name that your computer has in the Network settings. If you do this it should look like this:
@C:\WINNT\system32\shell32.dll,-9216@1033,%computername%


9.  Remove Desktop Icons 
         HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Eexplor er\Desktop\NameSpace

A lot of programs install themselves and add an icon to the desktop. The problem is, this isn’t just a shortcut that can be deleted. These are permanent links to certain programs/features. In order to delete them, you need to navigate to this registry key and delete any entries you do not want