wats the best windows registry hax u have seen?

ive got some l337 ones, like one that i cant even remember the code whicht forces you from trying to login...you know, (win98se) you boot, go to login...but hit cancel and go to the default user. well this turns that off and boots the person out when they hit cancel. the next puts a warning up. i personaly have it saying "access denied". anyway they are fun.

http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/22/ theres a link for the "legal niotice" popup...fun stuff

WOOT!! a post i know something about!! when i reinstall windows 98 i do the following steps as part of the install

- Trim the file types on the "New" menu
** Find the file extension you want removed in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ and remove the ShellNew key
### To remove .zip from the list you delete "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip\ShellNew"
!!!! If you rename the key instead of removing it you might be able to undo it, but I haven't
tried that to confirm it.

- Remove Favorites From Start Menu
** Add a DWORD value named NoFavoritesMenu with a value of 1 to the key at
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer
!!!! To undo it just change it's value to 0. I have heard that some computers may already have it made and set to 0 as the
default. In that case just change the value.

- Remove Log Off User From Start Menu
** Add a DWORD value named NoLogOff with a value of 1 to the key at
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer
!!!! To undo it just change it's value to 0.

- "Control Pannel" available from Start
** Right Click on the Start Menu, select Open and make a new folder called (without quotes)
"Control Panel.21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
!!!! This is supposed to take effect immediately, but apparently it sometimes waits for reboot.

- Rename available in "Recycle Bin" (renamed GIGO Drive)
** HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder\Attributes
first bit from 40 to 50, reverse to remove it again

- removed "Add to .RAR" and "Edit with HexEdit" from all files and directories' context menu
** find and remove the relevant key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

- "My Computer" opens explorer.exe instead of folder view
** make HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Open\Command and change "default" to
explorer.exe

- any extension without an associated app defaults to Notepad
** create HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\Shell\Notepad\Command and change "default" to "notepad.exe %1"
!!!! whatever you name the key before Command is what will show up in the context menu.
ie// if you made HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\Shell\Open Me\Command then right click on a file, the
option "Open Me" will be there.
!!!! One problem I have with this is that what you add will always be the first thing on the
context menu list, though not always the default.

- Hide the Internet Explorer icon on the desktop (named "The Internet" on some computers)
** go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer
make a DWORD vlaue named NoInternetIcon with a value of 1 to get rid of the IE icon

- Remove the "Shortcut to:" prefix
** Create a new BINARY value named Link with a value of 00 00 00 00 in
HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\Explorer
!!!! Once done this will clear all instances of "Shortcut to:" and your computer will no longer
add it when selecting "Create Shortcut"


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OTHER WIN98 TWEAKS

- Renamed "Recycle Bin" to "GIGO Drive" [["Garbage In, Garbage Out"... but you knew that ]]
** once rename is enabled (see above registry hack) change name like any other file/folder
!!!! Later renamed it again to "Incinerator" to go with the case's planned dragon theme

- Renamed the Start Button
** Copy the file EXPLORER.EXE from your Windows directory to a temporary working directory. Using a hex editor (like UltraEdit-32), open the copy of EXPLORER.EXE. Search for 53 00 74 00 61 00 72 00 74, which are the letters in the
word "Start," separated by null characters (#00). It's a good idea to search and replace all occurances of Start in
the file, as just editing this one doesn't seem to do it. You can replace any of the five characters, but do not
change the null characters. Although you can't use a word longer than five characters, you can have shorter words by
including spaces (#32) for the remaining places. Save the changes, and exit to DOS. Backup the original file, and then
replace it with your modified version. When you restart Windows, the change should take effect.

- Change the Start Button icon:
** Copy the file USER.EXE from your Windows\System directory to a temporary working directory. Using an icon editor that can read executables (like Microangelo), open the copy of USER.EXE. The Start Menu uses the flag logo, the very first
icon in this file. What you need to be aware of, is that there are several versions of this icon in the file, each a
different size. Depending on what font size you have your Start Menu font configured (Control Panel -> Display
Properties -> Appearance), the actual icon may be the 16x16 or the 22x22 variations. Your best bet is to edit them
all, and save your changes when you're finished. Next, exit to DOS, backup the original file, and then replace it with
your modified version. When you restart Windows, the change should take effect.

- Complete custom Icon set, all folders, etc
** Use Microangelo to modify a copy of shell32.dll then exit to dos mode and replace the one in c:\windows\syatem with the one you made

like, wow.

you must be crazy. anyway they are fun to do heh.

LOL.. if nothing else, you have to try the one that i listed that maked "my computer' open explorer instead of the standard window.. damned cool...