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Windows Registry Tweaks: NT/2000/XP.

"Registry tips for: Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP"

For those that like to delve deeper into Windows, our growing selection of registry tweaks will help you take control.

Each registry tweak gives step-by-step instructions on how to perform the task as well as instructions on how to restore the registry setting to its default value.

Remove "Send To" from Windows Explorer
Remove the Send To option from the right-click menu of Windows Explorer.

Delete recent documents on Windows shutdown
Delete the contents of the Documents menu when Windows is shut down or the user logs off.

Reclaim memory by unloading unused DLL files
Stop Windows from caching DLL files in memory after a program has been closed.

Speed up Windows Start menu delay
Reduce the time the menus on the Windows Start menu take to be shown.

Increase number of network redirector buffers
Increase network performance - increase the number of buffers Windows uses.

Speed up Windows shutdown time - Part 1
Reduce the time that Windows will wait for a program to end on its own before closing it when shutting down.

Speed up Windows shutdown time - Part 2
Reduce the time that Windows will wait for a running service to end on its own before closing it when shutting down.

Speed up Windows shutdown time - Part 3
Get Windows to automatically close programs that have become non-responsive when shutting down.

Disable right-click on Desktop and Windows Explorer
Remove the right-click menu from both the Desktop and Windows Explorer.

Hide hard drives in "My Computer" and Windows Explorer
Prevent selected hard drives from being listed in My Computer and Windows Explorer.

Disable Balloon Tips in Windows XP
Stop Windows XP from displaying Balloon Tips in the taskbar notification area.

Delete Run option on Windows Start menu
Remove the Run option from the Windows Start menu.

Create or remove a Windows pre-login message
Create your own Windows pre-login message or remove one that already exists.

Hide the Windows Control Panel
Prevent access to the Windows Control Panel by hiding it from the Windows 2000 and Windows XP Start menu, My Computer and Windows Explorer.

Prevent the addition of new printers
Stop a user from adding new printers to Windows.

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Make a backup of the Registry:

Before you make any changes to the Registry make sure to backup the Windows Registry.

Using RegEdit to edit the Registry:

Learn everything you need to know about how to use RegEdit to edit the Windows Registry.