Archive for August 20, 2009

Registry Hacks 1

Posted: August 20, 2009 in Registry Hacks, Tricks
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Display legal notice on startup:

Wanna tell your friends about the do’s and dont’s in your computer when they login in your absence. Well you can do it pretty easily by displaying a legal notice at system start up.
REGEDIT
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system]
“legalnoticecaption”=”enter your notice caption”
“legalnoticetext”=”enter your legal notice text”

Enabling Task Manager if it is Disable

Posted: August 20, 2009 in Registry, System Information, System Tricks, Tricks
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Step no. 1

1. Go to Start -> Run -> Write regedit and press on Enter button.

2. Navigate to the following registry keys and verity that following settings set to default:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
“DisableTaskMgr”=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\LocalUser\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
“DisableTaskMgr”=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system\]
“DisableTaskMgr”=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
“DisableCAD”=dword:000000003. Reboot the computer.
Step no. 2
1. Go to Start – Run -> Write Gpedit.msc and press on Enter button.

2. Navigate to User Configuration – Administrative Templates -> System – Ctrl+Alt+Del Option

3. In the right side of the screen verity that Remove Task Manager option set to Disable or Not Configured.

4. Close Gpedit.msc

5. Go to Start – Run -> Write gpupdate /force and press on Enter button.

Block USB in Windows XP SP2

Posted: August 20, 2009 in System Modifications, Tricks, Windows XP
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Systems by default will allow USB storage devices to connect without problems. This allows an easy pathway for a user to download or upload large files from the system. In some environments, this is helpful; other times it can be a security nightmare.

Here’s the registry key to turn it off.

(If you don’t know registry, don’t mess with this stuff.)

If you don’t have this key, you might need to create it.

    Location:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\
    CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies

    Setting name:
    WriteProtect

    Dword values:
    0 (is the default and allows USB devices to connect)
    1 (prevents USB devices from connecting)

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