Page 1/3 of common Registry Changes

Start Menu and related settings
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer]
"Norecentdocsmenu" = DWORD: 00000001 (hide Start> Document menu)
"Norecentdocshistory" = DWORD: 00000001 (disable storing opened documents in History)
"Clearrecentdocsonexit" = DWORD: 00000001 (records are automatically cleared from the exit system, including documents, operations, and searches)
"Nofavoritesmenu" = DWORD: 00000001 (hide Start> favorites menu)
"Nosmhelp" = DWORD: 00000001 (hide Start> help menu) (Win2000/ME/XP)
"Nofind" = DWORD: 00000001 (Search/search disabled)
"Norun" = DWORD: 00000001 (disable running, prohibit ie from accessing local resources, unless you enter "desktop", prohibit Win2000/XP from creating new tasks through the Task Manager)
"Nologoff" = DWORD: 00000001 (disable logout) (Win9x)
"Startmenulogoff" = DWORD: 00000001 (disable logout) (Win2000/XP)
"Noclose" = DWORD: 00000001 (disable system shutdown/computer shutdown)
"Nosetfolders" = DWORD: 00000001 (hide control panel, printer/network connection, Win2000/XP only hide from Start Menu; Also disable win + e shortcut)
"Nosettaskbar" = DWORD: 00000001 (do not set the taskbar and start menu)
"Nofolderoptions" = DWORD: 00000001 (delete folder options from the Start Menu> Settings menu and resource manager menu)
"Nowindowsupdate" = DWORD: 00000001 (delete Windows Update from the Start menu and Disable Windows Update Website upgrade)
"Nosetactivedesktop" = DWORD: 00000001 (delete the Active Desktop from the Start Menu> Settings menu) (Win9x)
"Noactivedesktop" = DWORD: 00000001 (disable the Active Desktop. Win9x/2000 does not display related items in the right-click menu or display attribute on the desktop)
"Noactivedesktopchanges" = DWORD: 00000001 (do not change the Active Desktop. No items are displayed in the display attribute)

Resource Manager settings
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer]
"Nofilemenu" = DWORD: 00000001 (hide the File menu in Explorer)
"Nonetconnectdisconnect" = DWORD: 00000001 (resource manager or network neighbor ing or disconnecting network drive is prohibited)
"Nowebview" = DWORD: 00000001 (do not view by webpage) (Win2000/XP)

Hide desktop icons
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer]
"Nodesktop" = DWORD: 00000001 (hide all the icons on the desktop)
"Nonethood" = DWORD: 00000001 (hide the desktop network neighbor icon)
"Nointerneticon" = DWORD: 00000001 (hide the desktop Internet Explorer icon)

Right-click prohibited
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer]
"Noviewcontextmenu" = DWORD: 00000001 (do not right-click the desktop or my computer)
"Notraycontextmenu" = DWORD: 00000001 (right-click not allowed in the taskbar)
"Nochangestartmenu" = DWORD: 00000001 (do not right-click the Start Menu or drag and drop it)

Printer settings
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer]
"Noaddprinter" = DWORD: 00000001 (do not add a printer)
"Nodeleteprinter" = DWORD: 00000001 (Disable printer deletion)
"Noprintertabs" = DWORD: 00000001 (hide general and details pages in Printer properties) (Win9x)

Hide drive
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer]
"Nodrives" = HEX:, (hide disk A)/, (hide disk B)/, (hide disk C)/, (hide disk D)/, (hide disk D) /, (hide e disk)/20, 00, (hide F disk)/FF, 03 (hide all)
[Note] To Hide multiple drives, add the corresponding values. To Hide drive a and drive C, set ",". To Hide drive D, set disk E and disk F to ", 00,". Pay attention to hexadecimal calculation.

enable/disable automatic operation of a CD
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER/software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/policies/expolrer]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun" = HEX:, 00, (Win98)/, (WINXP) (Auto allowed)
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun" = HEX: B5, 00 (Auto canceled)
[NOTE 1] The auto-play CD function cannot be disabled in Win9x. To disable auto-play of a CD independently, you can make the following changes in the registry:
[hkey_classes_root \ audiocd \ shell]
[operation] deletes the "play" string in the "default" value ".
[NOTE 2] to completely disable the auto-run Function Under Win9x, you can disable "auto-insert notification" in the property settings of the optical drive of the Device Manager ", that is, the inserted and popped-up discs are not automatically refreshed in windows. You can also modify this setting in the registry:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Enum \ SCSI \ \ MF & Ch...]
"autoinsertnotification" = HEX: 00
for Win2000/XP, perform the following settings to achieve the same functions:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Services \ CDROM]
"autorun" = DWORD: 00000000

Automatic playback function details
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER/software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/policies/expolrer]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun" indicates that automatic playback is disabled by device type. 1: unknown type, 4: Removable disk, 8: hard disk, 10: network drive, 20: Optical Drive, 40: RAM drive, 80: unknown type, FF: All types. If you want to disable automatic playback of a certain type, use the corresponding values directly. If you want to disable multiple types, use the values of these numeric values, for example, 95 = 1 + 4 + 10 + 80, 91 = 1 + 10 + 80, B5 = 1 + 4 + 10 + 20 + 80.
"Nodriveautorun" indicates that automatic playback is disabled by drive letter. For more information about the settings, see nodrives. The maximum value is HEX: FF, FF, ff, and 03. Disable automatic playback on all disks.

Use traditional user interface (shell)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer]
"Classicshell" = DWORD: 00000001
[Function] Win9x/2000: Disable the toolbar function of the taskbar; Delete the "by webpage" option from the Resource Manager menu; Disable "Windows desktop Update" in "Folder Options "; cancel the favorites (Win9x) in the Start Menu. In the "close windows" dialog box, "logout" is added ".
WINXP: Disable Active Desktop and Web View. You cannot configure the system to open a project by clicking.

Disable Windows shortcut keys
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer]
"Nowinkeys" = DWORD: 00000001
[Note] windows shortcuts such as win + e, win + D, win + F, and win + R are disabled in this setting.

Do not save some settings when exiting

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer]
"Nosavesettings" = DWORD: 00000001
[Note] This setting does not save the location and size of the window opened when the system exits. It also saves the location of the toolbar in the taskbar, but also saves settings such as the desktop icon location and Start Menu sorting.

Only run licensed Windows ApplicationsProgram"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer]
"Restrictrun" = DWORD: 00000001 (prohibit all programs from running)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer \ restrictrun]
[Operation] Create a new string value with an arbitrary name. The string value is an application that can run. Ensure that "regedit.exe" is included in the list.

Forbidden use registration table editor regedit.exe
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ System]
"Disableregistrytools" = DWORD: 00000001

Disable display/password control panel
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ System]
"Nodispcpl" = DWORD: 00000001 (displayed)
"Noseccpl" = DWORD: 00000001 (password) (Win9x)

Hide pages in Display Properties
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ System]
"Nodispbackgroundpage" = DWORD: 00000001 (Win9x/2000: Background/WINXP: desktop)
"Nodispscrsavpage" = DWORD: 00000001 (screen saver)
"Nodispappearancepage" = DWORD: 00000001 (Win9x/2000: Appearance/WINXP: appearance, topic)
"Nodispsettingspage" = DWORD: 00000001 (Win9x: effect, web, set/Win2000/XP: Set)

Hide pages in password attributes (Win9x)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ System]
"Nopwdpage" = DWORD: 00000001 (Change Password)
"Noprofilepage" = DWORD: 00000001 (user configuration file and user control panel disabled)
"Noadminpage" = DWORD: 00000001 (Remote Management)
[Note] to display "Remote Management", you must first install "file sharing with printer on Microsoft Network ".

Hide pages in System Properties (Win9x)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ System]
"Nodevmgrpage" = DWORD: 00000001 (Device Manager)
"Noconfigpage" = DWORD: 00000001 (hardware configuration file)
"Nofilesyspage" = DWORD: 00000001 (File System)
"Notesmempage" = DWORD: 00000001 (Virtual Memory)

Network Settings
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Network]
"nonetsetup" = DWORD: 00000001 (disable network control panel) (Win9x)
"nonetsetupidpage" = DWORD: 00000001 (hide the identification page in the Network) (Win9x)
"nonetsetupsecuritypage" = DWORD: 00000001 (hide the access control page in the Network) (Win9x)
"noentirenetwork" = DWORD: 00000001 (the entire network is not displayed in the network neighbor)
"noworkgroupcontents" = DWORD: 00000001 (working group content is not displayed in network neighbors) (Win9x)
"nofilesharingcontrol" = DWORD: 00000001 (Folder sharing menu prohibited) (Win9x)
"noprintsharingcontrol" = DWORD: 00000001 (share menu of printer prohibited) (Win9x)

Active desktop settings
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ activedesktop] (HKLM)
"Nohtmlwallpaper" = DWORD: 00000001 (only bitmap wallpaper is allowed)
"Nochangingwallpaper" = DWORD: 00000001 (do not modify the wallpaper, but still use ACDSee)
"Noaddingcomponents" = DWORD: 00000001 (do not add any desktop items)
"Nodeletingcomponents" = DWORD: 00000001 (do not delete any desktop items)
"Noclosedragdropbands" = DWORD: 00000001 (do not close or drag and drop all toolbar) (Win9x)
"Nomovingbands" = DWORD: 00000001 (do not change the size of all toolbar) (Win9x)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer]
"Noclosedragdropbands" = DWORD: 00000001 (do not close or drag and drop all toolbar) (Win2000/XP)
"Nomovingbands" = DWORD: 00000001 (do not change the size of all toolbar) (Win2000/XP)

Disable MS-DoS
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ winoldapp]
"Disabled" = DWORD: 00000001 (do not use MS-DOS and other DOS Programs in Windows) (Win9x)
"Norealmode" = DWORD: 00000001 (disable restarting your computer and switching to MS-DOS mode) (Win9x) (HKLM)

password and sharing settings (Win9x)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Network]
"disablepwdcaching" = DWORD: 00000001 (Disable password cache)
[note] You cannot change the password in the Password attribute of the control panel. you can log on to the console using any password or without a password.
"minpwdlen" = DWORD: 0000000x (0 ≤ x ≤ 8) (set the minimum Windows Password Length)
"alphanumpwds" = DWORD: 00000001 (make the Windows Password a number and a letter)
"hidesharepwds" = DWORD: 00000000 (show the Shared Password instead of the * number)
[note] creating this key value will change the Windows default settings. Even if you delete this key value, the shared password will be displayed unless you set this value to 1.
"nofilesharing" = DWORD: 00000001 (File Sharing prohibited)
[note] After this value is set, if sharing is not set before, it cannot be set again, if you have already set share, you cannot share folders.

Windows System Information
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion] (Win2000/ XP)
"registeredowner" = "AB" (registered name)
"registeredorganization" = "AB" (registered organization)
"productid" = "AB" (product ID)
"productkey" = "AB" (Windows Installation serial number)
"version" = "AB" (Windows version, appears in "about... "Page) (Win9x)
" systemroot "=" C: \ Windows "(Windows system folder)
" programfilesdir "=" C: \ Program Files "(Program Folder)
" commonfilesdir "=" C: \ Program Files \ common files "(Common folder)

programs that run automatically upon startup
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ runonce] (run only once)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ runservices]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Run]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ runonce] (run only once) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer \ Run] (Win2000/XP)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer \ Run] (Win2000/XP)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Windows] (Win2000/XP)
"LOAD" = "AB"
"run" = "AB"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon] (wi N2000/XP)
"userinit" = "AB"
[NOTE 1] for the above "LOAD", "Run" and "userinit ", to run multiple programs, add "," in the middle.
[NOTE 2] The program in run runs only after Windows initialization, while the program in runservice starts running when the operating system is started, that is to say, the program in runservices runs before the program in run.

Windows installation information
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ setup]
"Sourcepath" = "AB" (Windows installation path)
"Lastdrive" = "Z" (available system drive letter) (Win9x)
"Installation sources" = (system program installation path history) (Win2000/XP)
"Drivercachepath" = (driver cache path) (Win2000/XP)

Registered program directories and files
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ app paths]
[NOTE 1] When you delete a defined directory in the resource manager, the system will prompt: "This change will affect some registered programs ".
[NOTE 2] HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Classes \ in Win2000/ME/XP \. XXX \ openwithlist and HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ fileexts \. the program names of XXX \ openwithlist are defined in the preceding primary key.

Software Uninstall Information
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Uninstall]
[Note] Some programs listed in "Uninstall" are not displayed in the "Add/delete programs" Control Panel because the "displayname" string is not used, however, you can still find the "quietuninstallstring" string, copy the content of its value, and paste it in the "run" dialog box to uninstall it.