Windows Registry Modification

Here are some Windows registries that you can do the modification to get a powerful Windows, specially for Security matters.

All you have to do first, it's DO THE BACKUP !!! Run the regedit.exe and click File menu then EXPORT.
And please remember before you do some modifications, do it with your own risk !

Disable / Enable Windows Wallpaper changing
To prevent other users to change the wallpaper, change the Data value to 0 to Enabled or 1 to Disable at
HKEY_CURRENT_USER,Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop
Value Name : NoChangingWallpaper
Data Type : DWORD Value

Show / Hide Folder Option at Windows Explorer
Note: Some computer viruses cause Folder Option menu at Windows Explorer disabled.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER,Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Value Name : NoFolderOptions
Data Type : DWORD Value
Data : 0 = show, 1 = hide

Show / Hide File menu at Windows Explorer
HKEY_CURRENT_USER,Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Value Name : NoFileMenu
Data type : DWORD Value
Data : 0 = show, 1 = hide

Remove arrow image at Shortcut icon
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\piffile
Value Name : IsShortcut
Data Type : String Value
Delete the value

Show / Hide Taskbar and Start Menu
You can use this if you want to make a kiosk PC or something like that.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER,Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Value Name : NoSetTaskbar
Data Type : DWORD Value
Data : 0 = show, 1 = hide

Show / Hide Shutdown Menu
HKEY_CURRENT_USER,Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
ValueName : NoClose
Data Type : DWORD Value
Data : 0 = show, 1 = hide

Disable / Enable Right Click at desktop
HKEY_CURRENT_USER,Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Value Name : NoViewContextMenu
Data Type : DWORD Value
Data : 0 = Enable, 1 = disable

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Turn off the autorun of removable drive

Flash Drive, USB Drive, External Hard drive an Memory Card are an easy target for computer viruses entry into the computer system in the PC / notebook of us.

The present computer viruses can infect our system just when you plug the external devices. All could be happen because in the Windows Operating System, there is a technology call Autorun, which make possible to computer or system to run all the applications inside the external disk, automatically.


The preventive ways are: you installing the anti virus application and the security application on your PC or Notebook, and always do update the newest updated files as often as you can, and do the virus checking every time you plug the external devices. And also, play safely with your external devices, by not plug into any other unknown computers. But, like I mention above, that virus can infect our system just when you plug you external device, not even you have a chance to scan the device. How to solve that?


You can do turn off the autorun system by doing modification of your computer policy. Here's the step:

1. On Start Menu, chooce Run and type gpedit.msc
2. There are 2 sides (left and right) panels.
3. On Left panel, pointing to tree view menu of Local Computer Policy, Computer Configuration, Administrative Template, System
4. Then, on the right panel, find and right click Turn Off Autoplay and click Properties menu
5. You can set to enable or disable the the Autorun, and even you can select for selected device to turn off.
6. Click OK to finish.
7. Restart your computer

This tips can be done for starting Windows 2000 until Windows 7 version.

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