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Trash the bin

Run Regedit and select:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current\Version\explorer\Desktop\NameSpace. Click on each of the string of characters in this folder until you see recyle bin in the right-pane press the del key, and say 'good riddance to bad rubbish'!

 

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Weed out extra from Run menu

Under Regedit, look for the word RUNMRU. Delete the ones you don't want, and rename them so they follow the alphabetic ordder, Close and restart windows.

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Relocate your mailbox

When you create a mailbox in MS exchange for e-mail, you have to specify the folder where you want to send your mail . this cannot be changed in exchange. If you want to change the file name or location:

Start Regedit go to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles.

Go to the profile you want to change and the section that has the file location for your mailbox (.PST files) in the right-panel. make the change to file location or name and restart Exchange.

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Topple the Tips

Rember those 'Tips of the day' that appeared when you first installed windows 95? Well they only consume all of 5 K, and if you don't want them, delete them at : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\Tips.

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Make his Winodws yours

If you inherited the computer from your elder brother and have to be re minded of his ownership every time the application onens, here is how you can teach your 'second-hand' PC to recognis you without re-installing windwos 95.

Run Regedit.exe once the screen opens, you have two options:

1 You can find the registered owner entery. Double-click on registered owner and in the dialog box that apears, change the Name parameter to yours. Viola! Your Win 95 info should sys now "Licensed to YOur Name Here".

2. To other option is to open directories in the regedit window, until you get to

HkeyLocalmachine\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version

Change any of these values

RegisteredOrganizaiton.

RegisteredOwner

and/or Productld to whatever you wish.

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Removing Sound events

Go to Control Panel > sounds,

You cannot delete the events unless you rely on registry for help

to delete the sounds you do not need start regedit. goto

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\APPEVENTS\SCHEMES\APPS.

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Getting Rid Of Schemes

Right click on your desktop and select properties, to open the dislay properties dialog-box. Browse the schemes under the apperarance tab do you really need all of them?

Deleting these will give you additional 54 K on you hard disk. Befote you go ahead and delete them, choose or create at least one scheme and save it. open regedit. go to Hkey_current_user\Control Panel\Apperarance\schemes.

Select every String and Value on the right pane and delete. but take care: do not delete default.

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Opening a file with Notepad

Use this tip to open any file in Notepad (even if the file has no association) with a ritht-click:

Run 'regedit.exe'. Under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, expand *, and create a key called shell. Next, Create a key called Open, and edit the string (default) to say C:\windows\notepad.exe %1.

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Hide the installation files

To change the drive or path where windows 95 will look for its installation files

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Serup\SoursePath.

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Hide all icons form your desktop

Start Regedit. Go to Hkey_current_user\software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.

Right-click on the right-panel and add a new /dword. Name it NoDesktop. Name its value as 1 logoff or re-boot your computer Now all your desktop icons are hidden.

 

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Restrictions sans Poledit

 Poleedit is not the way to restrict actions of users, changes can be made directly to the registry. This way you make an REG file with the specific restrictions and import them all at once

Start Regedit Go To

HKEY_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\CurrentVersion\Policies.

There should already be at least in Explorer key. To this you can add additional keys like system, network and WinOldApp. YOu can then add DWORD values set to 1 in the appropriate keys.

Under the Explorer key you can add: NoDeletePrinter:Disables Deletions of Printers

NoAddPrinter: Disables Additons of Printers

NoRun : Disable Run Command

NoSetFolers: Removes Folders form Setting on Start Menu

NoSEtTaskbar : Removes Taskbar form SEtting on Start Menu

NoFnind Removes the Find Command

NoDrives : Hides all Drives for My Computer

NoNetHood: Hides the Network Neighborhood

NoDesktop : Hides all items on the Desktop

NoClose: Disable Shutdown

NoSaveSetting : Don't save setting on exit

DisableRegistryTools: Disable Registry Editing Tools (Don't fool around with this one!)

NoREcentDocHistory : Removes Recent Document form Start Menu (Requires IE4)

ClearRecentDocsOnExit : Clears the Recent Documents when you Exit

NoInternetIcon: Removes the Internet icon form the Desktop

In the system key you can enter

NoDispCPL : Disable Display Control Panel

NoDispBackgroundPage : Hide Background Page

NoDispScrPage: Hide Screen Saver Page

NoDispApperancePage: Hide Apperarance Page

NoDispSettingPage Hide SEtting Page

NoSecCPL Disable Password Control Panel

NoPwdPage Hide Change Password Page

NoAdminPage: Hide Remote Administration Page.

NoProfilePage: Hide User Pfofile Page

NoDevMrgPage Hide Device Manager Page

NoConfigPage: Hide Hardware Profiles page

NoFileSysPage: Hide File System Buttom

NoVirtMemPage Hide Virtual Memory Button

In the Network key you can enter:

NoNetSetupSecurityPage: Hide

NoNetSetup : Disable the Network Control Panel

NoNetSetupIDPage : Hide Identification Page

NoNetSetupSecurityPage : Hide Access Control Page

NoFileSharingControl : Disable File Sharing Controls

In the WinOldApp key you cna enter

Disable: Disable MS-DOS Prompt

NoRealMode: Disabel Single- Mode MS-DOS.

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