Teach you the Windows XP registry common settings skills

1, keep the desktop settings unchanged each time you start: we can modify the registry to protect our desktop settings, no matter what The changes will be restored as soon as the desktop is restarted. The steps are as follows: Open the Registry Editor, find the HKEY_CURRENT_USERS\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Polices\\Explorer subkey branch, find NoSaveSettings under it, its type is REG_SZ, and change its key value to “0”, Or directly delete the key value item and restart the system to make the settings take effect.

2, modify the Windows XP login background pattern: in the face of a long-lasting monotonous login pattern, you may be tired for a long time, we can replace it with the registry Like the pattern, the steps are as follows: open the registry editor, find the HKEY_USERS\\.DEFAULT\\Control Panel\\Desktop subkey branch, double-click wallpaper, type the path of the image you selected, such as: c:\\Documents and Settings\\My Documents \\My Pictures\\mypic.bmp, click “OK”, then find Tilewallpaper, double-click it and enter the key value “1”, restart the system to see the effect.

3, modify the background color when logging in: If you want to modify the background color when you log in, you can follow the steps below: Open the registry editor and find HKEY_USERS\\.DEFAULT\\ Control Panel\\Colors subkey branch, double-click the Background key name under the subkey branch, and the “Edit String” dialog box appears. Enter the key value representing the color in the “Value Data” text box (such as black The RGB value is 000, the white RGB value is 255 255 255, the system default value is 58 110 165), click the <;OK” button to restart the system.

4, any custom button color: Although Windows XP itself has a variety of window display schemes, but users want to define the color of a certain part, such as changing the color of the button from black to Blue or red, then you need to modify the registry, the steps are as follows: open the registry editor, find the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Control Panel\\Colors subkey branch, double click on the Bottontext under it, and open its key in the dialog box that opens Change the value to the value you want to color, such as red 25500, click the “OK” button, and restart the system to see the effect, the text color on the button will turn red, you can also Modify the button's width and height and background parameters.

5, prohibit the operation of Dr. Watson: Dr. Watson is the built-in system maintenance tool, it will display when the program fails to load or crash, we can cancel through the registry It, the steps are as follows: open the registry editor, find the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\AeDebug subkey branch, double-click the Auto key name under it, and change its "Value data" to 0. Finally press F5 to refresh the settings to take effect.

6, speed up the window display speed: we can modify the registry to change the window from the taskbar pop-up, and minimize the action of the regression taskbar, the steps are as follows: open the registry editor Find the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Control Panel\\Desktop\\WindowMetrics subkey branch, and find the MinAniMate key in the right window. Its type is REG_SZ. By default, the value of this value is 1, indicating that the animation displayed in the window is opened, and it is changed. If it is 0, the animation is disabled. Next, select the “Logout” command from the Start menu to activate the changes you just made.

7, remove the "update" option: For most users, Windows XP Windows Update function does not seem to have much effect, we can remove it, the steps are as follows: Open the Registry Editor, find the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software \\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer subkey branch, and select the "New" option under the "Edit" menu to create a new value of type REG_DWORD with the name NoCommonGroups, double-click the newly created NoCommonGroups subkey, enter the key value “1” in the “edit string” text box, then click the <;OK" button and restart the system.

8. Set startup information or add warning information: If you want to display some customized information when you start Windows XP, you can follow these steps: Open the registry editor To find the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE_SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Winlogon subkey branch, double-click the LegalNoticeCaption name under it, open the “edit string” window, and enter the information dialog in the "Value data” text box The title of the box, such as "Hello, welcome to use this machine", and then double-click LegalNoticeText, enter the warning message you want to display in the "Edit String" window that appears, such as “ Please do not modify this at will. Level settings, thank you! & rdquo;, click the "OK" button, restart to see the modified effect