Windows XP system hide tips

In Windows, the hidden feature provided by the operating system can help us hide many files, but this is only a method for hiding files, what should we do if we want to hide some components of the Windows XP operating system? Now let's talk about how to hide more private files in Windows XP.

Hide Desktop

Hiding the desktop with the Registry can prevent others from modifying or deleting the desktop icon.

In the left edit box, click "HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer" and Right-click the blank area to create a "Dword Value ", the name is "nodesktop" (excluding quotation marks). If the value is "1" ("1" indicates that it takes effect, and "0" indicates that it is invalid), it takes effect after restart or logout.

Of course, even if you hide "desktop", other people can still access it. Enter "in" run ". "Press enter to open the drive letter. In addition, enter" "Press ENTER" in "run" to open the drive letter of "Windows.

Hide or restrict the use of hard disks

You can use the group policy to hide or restrict the use of hard disks. The method is as follows:

Log in as a system administrator, go to "start" --> "run", and type "gpedit. msc "to set the group principle, go to "user settings" under "Local Computer principles"> "system management template"> "Windows Components"> "Windows File Manager ", double-click it and find "hide these specified hard drive on my computer" on the right ". Select "do not restrict hard drive" from the list, or directly select "disabled" to disable this setting.

Note: If you use the "online network hard drive" or in the command prompt character window, you can enter the path of the hard drive directory.

Hide quick commands in the Start Menu

You can use the registry to hide the shortcut commands in the Start menu to further protect yourself ".

Hide "close" System

In the left edit box, click "HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer" and Right-click the blank area to create a "Dword Value ", the name is "noclose" and the assigned key value is "1". It takes effect immediately without restarting or logging out.

Hide "logout"

The dot method is the same as above. Then, right-click the blank area in the right edit box to create a new "Dword Value" and name it "nologoff". The assigned key value is "1", which takes effect immediately without restarting or logging out.

Hide "run"

The dot method is the same as above. Then, right-click to create a "Dword Value" in the blank area in the right edit box and name it "norun". The assigned key value is "1", which takes effect immediately without restarting or logging out.

Hide "Search"

The dot method is the same as above. Right-click to create a "Dword Value" in the blank area in the right-side editing box and name it "nofind". The assigned key value is "1", which takes effect immediately without restarting or logging out.

Hide "Settings"

The dot method is the same as above. Then, right-click the blank area in the right edit box to create a new "Dword Value" and name it "nosetfolders". The assigned key value is "1", which takes effect immediately without restarting or logging out. Note: Only "Control Panel" and "Printer" in the settings can be hidden ".

Hide "document"

The dot method is the same as above. Then, right-click to create a "Dword Value" in the blank area in the right-side editing box and name it "norecentdocsmenu". The assigned key value is "1", which takes effect immediately without restarting or logging out.

Hide "favorites"

The dot method is the same as above. Then, right-click the blank area in the right-side editing box to create a new "Dword Value" and name it "nofavoritesmenu". The key value is "1", which takes effect immediately without restarting or logging out.

Hide "background"

In the left edit box, click "HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ system", and right-click the blank area in the right edit box to create a "Dword Value ", the name is "nodispbackgroundpage" and the assigned key value is "1". It takes effect immediately without restarting or logging out.

Hide "Screen Saver"

The dot method is the same as above. Right-click to create a "Dword Value" in the blank area in the right edit box and name it "nodispscrsavpage". The assigned key value is "1", which takes effect immediately without restarting or logging out.

Hide "appearance"

The dot method is the same as above. Right-click to create a "Dword Value" in the blank area in the right-side editing box and name it "nodispappearancepage". The key value is "1", which takes effect immediately without restarting or logging out.

Hide hard drive on my computer

Click Start and enter Regedit in "run" to the path HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer, to add a dword Value "NoDrives", use decimal or the following settings to hide the value of disk A as "1" and that of disk B as "2 ", double the size of drive C to drive B, that is, "4 ",

And so on, for example, "67108863" is hidden ".

Hiding network neighbors

Start Regedit, go to the path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer, add a value named "NoNetHood" DWORD, and set it to "1 ".

Hide the "add or delete programs" button

Method: Start Regedit, add a DWORD Value "NoChooseProgramsPage" to the path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Uninstall, and set it to "1 ".

Hide the logout option in start

Start Regedit, go to the path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer, add a value named "NoLogOff" DWORD, and set it to "1 ".

Hide "my computer" content options

Start Regedit, go to the path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer, add a value named "NoPropertiesMyComputer" DWORD, and set it to "1 ".

Hide icons in Tray

Start Regedit, go to the path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer, add a DWORD Value named "NoTrayItemsDisplay", and set it to "1 ".

Hide all icons on the desktop

Log in as a system administrator, go to "start" --> "run", and type "gpedit. choose msc to set the Group Policy. Under computer management, choose user settings> system management template> desktop ", enable "hide and disable all projects on the desktop.

Hide the user name on the Windows XP Welcome Screen

On the Windows XP welcome screen, all local user names except Administrator are displayed by default. If you want to display the Administrator or other users on the welcome screen, open registry editor ", find [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon \ SpecialAccounts \ UserList], find the key named after Administrator in the right window (if not, you can create it yourself), double-click, the key value is changed from 0 to 1. In this way, the Administrator account can be displayed on the welcome screen. Similarly, you can create a new key named after the user you want to hide, and set the value to 0 to hide it.

Hide the Windows XP desktop icon

In Windows XP, the desktop icon hiding function is added. You only need to click the blank area of the desktop and select the "arrange icon" command in the pop-up context menu, then, in the next cascading menu, deselect the "show desktop icon" command, and the system will automatically hide all desktop icons.