Hide The Username On The Start Menu

Use this trick to hide the Username that is usually displayed in theXP start menu (not the Classic Start Menu, where the username isnot displayed).

Navigate to:

HCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

And to:HLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Change the DWORD Value NoUserNameInStartMenu to 1 to hide the username display. The default is 0.

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Disable desktop cleanup wizard

By default the Desktop Cleanup Wizard runs every 60 days to cleanup unused shortcuts and other desktop items. You can change the setting with clicking the properties on start button and navigating thier but you may want to do from registry setting. If so navigate to

HCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\CleanupWiz

Modify the DWORD Value called NoRun to 0, or to 1 to bringback the poor Wizard if you like to begin it again

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Edit The Startup Programs List

Many of the programs that start up at boot time do not show in the Startup folder. If you want to stop more than one application from loading at startup, you will need to go and unmark the preference in each application one by one.It is tedious and time consuming. Following hack can help you do this in one go.

Navigate to the following registry settings

HLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

And to:

HCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

All the programs that load at boot time will be specified under these two keys. Review the applications listed in this list anddelete all the entries you dont want started up at boot time. Next window start or logoff , they will be gone.

In most cases, it is safe to delete all setting in that registry setting but you have to be careful. If you don't know about associated application donot delet it. And don't forget to backup your settings.

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Disabling Drives in My Computer

If you want to prevent any users to access your computer or network shared drives using My Computer then you can hide the all drives for example C:/, D:/ and save your data from any unknown user. But next time you can turn on the display of these drives using registry editor. Now edit the computer registry to turn off the display of drives, but be careful to work with computer registry.

Follow the given steps to hide computer drives:

First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.

Here locate the location to:

HKey_Current_User \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows

\ Current Version \ Policies \ Explorer

Here right click on right side of Registry editor panel and add new DWORD then put its value 3FFFFFF.

Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

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Hide Drives and Partitions

Do you want to hide the drive from your explorer in your computer. But still have the access from the dos and run. then this tweak help you.

Open the Registry Editor by going to Start/Run and typing in "regedit" (without the quotes). Find your way to...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mcft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies

Click on "Explorer".

Double-click the "NoDrives" key in the right column. If you don't find a "NoDrives" registry key, just right-click in the right pane and choose "New/DWORD Value" then name the key "NoDrives".

You'll see a value like "0000 00 00 00 00". This is where the fun starts. The four sets of double zeros (after the "0000") are where you'll enter the values for the drive/partitions. Now, stay with me on this—it's not as complicated as it sounds:

The first column is for drives A-H, the second for I-P, the third for Q-X, and the fourth for Y-Z.

The values for each drive are as follows:

1 - A I Q Y

2 - B J R Z

4 - C K S

8 - D L T

16 - E M U

32 - F N V

64 - G O W

80 - H P X

So, let's say you want to hide drive D. In the first column you would put "08". For drive K you would put "04" in the second column.

But what if you want to hide more than one drive in a column? Simply add the values together: D+E = 8+16 = 24. So in the first column you would put "24".

Still baffled? If you have XP then go get TweakUI and save yourself the math.

Whichever method you use, you can rest easy knowing that the files on that drive or partition are less accessible to other users.

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Clear Unwanted Items From Add And Remove

Clear Unwanted Items From Add And Remove

Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT).

Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Uninstall, and remove any unwanted subkeys under "Uninstall."

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Disable Recent Documents History

If you want to keep privacy that which file you have opened, then you can disable recent documents history.

For this create a new DWORD value under key given below, or modify the existing value if exist, called 'NoRecentDocsHistory' set the value to equal '1' to enable the restriction.

For per user setting

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

For system setting

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

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