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How to Edit the Windows Registry - compfixing - 01-07-2013
Hi guys,
After a week of playing around with windows registry. I've discovered some very cool tricks that I assume some of you might love to try.
What's Windows Registry?
The Windows Registry is a hierarchical database that stores configuration settings and options on Microsoft Windows operating systems. It contains settings for low-level operating system components as well as the applications running on the platform. The kernel, device drivers, services, SAM, user interface and third party applications all make use of the registry. The registry also provides a means to access counters for profiling system performance.
-wikipedia
How to open Windows Registry?
Start>Run>Regedit
Now you see this:
-Computer
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
HKEY_USERS
HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG
Shutdown PC Faster
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control.
Click on the "Control" Folder.
Select "WaitToKillServiceTimeout"
Right click on it and select Modify.
Set it a value lower than 2000 (Mine is set to 200).
Display Message On Windows Startup
If you would like to display a message or any other message in a
pop-up window when windows starts read below:
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/WindowsNT/
CurrentVersion/Winlogon.
Modify the key “legalnoticecaption” with what you want to name the window.
Modify the key “legalnoticetext” with what you want the window to say.
Restart.
Launch Multiple Yahoo Messenger App
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/SOFTWARE/YAHOO/Pager/Test(Right click Test>New>DWORD (32-bit) value. Rename it "Plural" Click on it, and put 1 in Value Data.
Warning: Editing the registry can be very dangerous, and can cause permanent damage to your system, if you don't know what you are doing.