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Enabling & disabling the USB port in windows thru the registry.

To disable the get admission to a USB port, in-home windows XP and 2000:

1. Click Start, and then click on Run.

2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click on OK.

3. Locate, after which click the following registry key:

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSet

ServicesUsbStor

4. In the right pane, double-click Start.

5. In the Value information container, kind 4, click on Hexadecimal

(if it isn’t already decided on), and then click OK.

6. Quit Registry Editor.

To re-permit a disabled port:

1. Click Start, after which click Run.

2. In the Open container, kind regedit, after which click OK.

3. Locate, after which click the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSet

ServicesUsbStor

4. In the right pane, double-click Start.

5. In the Value facts field, type three, click Hexadecimal

(if it isn’t already selected), and then click OK.

6. Quit Registry Editor.

However, there can be different methods to skip this trouble; one of the easiest is to spend money on a PS2 USB port converter.

Add Open With to all documents.

You can upload “Open With… ” to the Right-click on the context menu of all documents. This is extraordinary for when you have numerous packages you want to open the identical file sorts with. I use 3 one of a kind textual content editors, so I added it to the “.Txt” key.

1. Open RegEdit

2. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT*Shell

3. Add a brand new Key named “OpenWith” via right-clicking the “Shell” Key and selecting new

4. Set the (Default) to “Op&en With… ”

5. Add a brand new Key named “Command” via right-clicking the “open with” Key and choosing new

6. Set the (Default) to “C:Windowsrundll32.Exe shell32.Dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1”, C: being your Windows drive. You ought to input the “OpenAs_RunDLL %1” precisely in this manner.
Customize the System Tray

You can upload your name or whatever you like that consists of 8 characters or much less. This will replace the AM or PM after the system time. But you may corrupt a few trial licenses of software that you can have downloaded.

1. Open RegEdit

2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelInternational

3. Add new String values, “s1159” and “s2359.”

4. Right-click the brand new value call and regulate. Enter something you like up to eight characters.

If you enter two unique values whilst modifying, you may have the gadget tray show the 2 different values in the AM and PM.

Lock Out Unwanted Users

Want to preserve humans from accessing Windows while the default consumer? If you do no longer have a website, do now not try this.

1. Open RegEdit

2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINENetworkLogon

3. Create a dword price “MustBeValidated”

4. Set the value to 1

This forced login may be bypassed in Safe Mode on Windows 9x

Disable the Outlook Express Splash Screen

You could make Outlook Express load quicker using disabling the splash display:

1. Open RegEdit

2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftOutLook Express

3. Add a string price “NoSplash.”

4. Set the fee statistics to one as a Dword price

Multiple Columns For the Start Menu

To make Windows use multiple Start Menu Columns instead of an unmarried scrolling column, like Windows 9x had, Also in case you are the use of Classic Mode in XP

1. Open RegEdit

2. Go to the key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Explorer Advanced

3. Create a string fee “StartMenuScrollPrograms.”

4. Right-click the brand new string fee and choose to alter

5. Set the value to “FALSE.”

Changing Windows’ Icons

You can change the Icons Windows makes use of for folders, the Start Menu, opened and closed folder within the Explorer, and plenty of greater.

1. Open RegEdit

2. Go to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Explorer Shell Icons

three. Add a string fee for every Icon you desire to alternate.

Example: “3” =”C:WindowsIconsMyIcon.Ico, zero” This will trade the closed folders in the Explorer to “MyIcon.Ico.” Here is an entire listing for each value.

0 = Unknown document kind

1= MSN report types

2= Applications Generic

3= Closed Folder

4= Open Folder

5= 5.25″ Drive

6= three.25″ Drive

7= Removable Drive

8= Hard Drive

9= Network Drive

10= Network Drive Offline

11= CD-ROM Drive

12= RAM Drive

13= Entire Network

14= Network Hub

15= My Computer

16= Printer

17= Network Neighborhood

18= Network Workgroup

19= Start Menu’s Program Folders

20= Start Menu’s Documents

21= Start Menu’s Setting

22= Start Menu’s Find

23= Start Menu’s Help

24= Start Menu’s Run

25= Start Menu’s Suspend

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