some ideas, also a minor bug is the "start" button tool tip is displayed when cancel is shown. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ;Disable Changing of Themes + Sounds [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoThemesTab"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization] "NoChangingSoundScheme"=dword:00000001 ;Remove ' - Shortcut' Suffix from shortcuts [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "link"=hex:00,00,00,00 ;Turn off Start Menu balloon tips [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoSMBalloonTip"=dword:00000001 ;Show all hidden devices in device manager [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment] "DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES"=1 ;Disable file association web-service - Bypassing "Browse web for program" to open unknown extension. ;"Open With..." becomes default [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] "NoInternetOpenWith"=dword:00000001 ;NTFS, Disable 8.3 names and Last Access (speeds up disk access) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem] "NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation"=dword:00000001 "NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] ;Don't prompt that you are on low disk space: "NoLowDiskSpaceChecks"=dword:00000001 ;Disable Automatic Network Shortcut Resolution: "LinkResolveIgnoreLinkInfo"=dword:00000001 ;Disable Comprehensive Search for Broken Shortcuts: "NoResolveSearch"=dword:00000001 ;Disable Tracking of Broken Shortcut Links: "NoResolveTrack"=dword:00000001 ;Faster Shutdown [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control] "WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="10000" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] ;Automatically End Task of Hung application: "AutoEndTasks"="1" ;Specify the Response Time for Hung Applications: "HungAppTimeout"="3000" ;Makes the menu opening faster: "MenuShowDelay"="8" ;Specify the time to wait before ending task of hung application: "WaitToKillAppTimeout"="8000" ;Taskbar hover time [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse] "MouseHoverTime"="25" ;Speed up shell response [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "MenuShowDelay"="200" [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-19\Control Panel\Desktop] "MenuShowDelay"="200" [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20\Control Panel\Desktop] "MenuShowDelay"="200" ; ;Context Menus ; ;Unlock 15 max items for certain operations context menus [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "MultipleInvokePromptMinimum"=dword:00000016 ;Register .DLL files through context menus [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.dll] @="dllfile" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\Shell\Register dll\command] @="regsvr32.exe \"%1\"" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\Shell\UnRegister dll\command] @="regsvr32.exe /u \"%1\"" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ocx] @="ocxfile" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ocxfile\Shell\Register ocx\command] @="regsvr32.exe \"%1\"" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ocxfile\Shell\UnRegister ocx\command] @="regsvr32.exe /u \"%1\"" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ax] @="axfile" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\axfile\Shell\Register ax\command] @="regsvr32.exe \"%1\"" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\axfile\Shell\UnRegister ax\command] @="regsvr32.exe /u \"%1\"" ;Add "Device Manager" to the right click menu of "Computer" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Devices] @=hex(2):44,00,65,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,20,00,4d,00,61,00,6e,00,61,00,67,\ 00,65,00,72,00,00,00 "SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Devices\command] @=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,\ 00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,00,6d,00,63,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,\ 65,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,\ 00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,\ 32,00,5c,00,64,00,65,00,76,00,6d,00,67,00,6d,00,74,00,2e,00,6d,00,73,00,63,\ 00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,00,00 ;Add "Edit Registry" to the right click menu of "Computer" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Edit Registry] @="Regedit" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Edit Registry\command] @="regedit.exe" ;Add "Services" to the right click menu of "Computer" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\services] @=hex(2):53,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,00,00 "SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\services\command] @=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73, 00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,00,6d,00,63,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00, 65,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52, 00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00, 32,00,5c,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,2e,00,6d,00,73, 00,63,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,00,00 ;Add "MSCONFIG" to the right click menu of "Computer" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\msconfig] @="MSCONFIG" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\msconfig\command] @="msconfig.exe" ;Add new CMD file to right click>new [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cmd\ShellNew] "NullFile"="" ; ;Other ; ;Disable Default Hidden Shares - This keeps Windows from creating the Admin$, C$, etc. shares ;(which are security holes) automatically on start-up. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\parameters] "AutoShareWks"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters] "AutoShareServer"=dword:00000000 ;Enable search system folders in Search [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Search\Preferences] "SystemFolders"=dword:00000001 ;Disable kernel paging [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management] "DisablePagingExecutive"=dword:00000001 ;Increase Network Throughput [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanManWorkstation\Parameters] "MaxCmds"=dword:00000064 "MaxThreads"=dword:00000064 "MaxCollectionCount"=dword:00000064 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\AFD\Parameters] "BufferMultiplier"=dword:00000400 ;Do not save encrypted pages to disk [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings] "DisableCachingOfSSLPages"=dword:00000001 ;Use SSL 2.0 (Checked) + SSL 3.0 (Checked) + TSL 1.0 (unchecked) [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings] "SecureProtocols"=dword:00000028 ;Check for server certificate revocation [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings] "CertificateRevocation"=dword:00000000 ;Stop caching negative responses [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters] "MaxNegativeCacheTtl"=dword:00000000 ;Force keep positive entries in DNS Cache for only 4 hours instead of the default 24 hours [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters] "MaxCacheTtl"=dword:00003840 ;Max connections for IE8 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings] "MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:00000009 "MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000009 ;IE8 - Show friendly HTTP error messages [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main] "Friendly http errors"="no" ;Opens 16-bit apps in a separate memory space [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WOW] "DefaultSeparateVDM"="Yes" ;MarkC Mouse fix [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse] "MouseSensitivity"="10" "SmoothMouseXCurve"=hex:\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 70,3D,0A,00,00,00,00,00,\ E0,7A,14,00,00,00,00,00,\ 50,B8,1E,00,00,00,00,00,\ C0,F5,28,00,00,00,00,00 "SmoothMouseYCurve"=hex:\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,38,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,70,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,A8,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,E0,00,00,00,00,00 [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Mouse] "MouseSpeed"="0" "MouseThreshold1"="0" "MouseThreshold2"="0" ;Clean up reycyle bin context menus [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\shell\CSC PowerClean] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\shell\Open CCleaner...] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\shell\Run CCleaner] ;MMCS Network Fix [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Multimedia\SystemProfile] "NetworkThrottlingIndex"=dword:FFFFFFFF ;MMCS Disable Depndancy [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\AudioSrv] "DependOnService"=hex(7):41,00,75,00,64,00,69,00,6f,00,45,00,6e,00,64,00,70,00,\ 6f,00,69,00,6e,00,74,00,42,00,75,00,69,00,6c,00,64,00,65,00,72,00,00,00,52,\ 00,70,00,63,00,53,00,73,00,00,00,00,00 ;Persistant folder views [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell] "FolderType"="NotSpecified"