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The most important tool available for Vista registry tweaking is the Registry Editor (regedit.exe), which allows you to view and manually edit the contents of Windows Registry. The window of the Registry Editor is divided into two pans of which the left side contains a tree with keys that are represented as folders. The right side shows the values contained in currently selected specific key. There are several tweaks that you can perform using the Registry Editor. Among them, some of the important Vista registry tweaks are:
Appearance tweaks
- To remove the annoying ToolTips that appears whenever you mouse over something:
- Open the Registry Editor by typing regedit in the Run option of the Start Menu.
- Select HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Explorer > Advanced.
- Set ShowInfoTip = dword:00000000
- Exit from regedit and reboot your system
- To get rid of arrows present in shortcuts:
- Open regedit and select HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT > lnkfile
- Rename isShortcut available in the right pan to AriochlsShortcut
- Exit regedit and reboot your system
- To change the delay on menus:
- Open regedit and select HKEY_ CURRENT_USER > Control Panel > Desktop
- Set the value of MenuShowDelay to specify the time you need the menus to be popped up
- Exit regedit and reboot your system
Security tweaks
To tweak the User Account Control (UAC):
- Open regedit and select HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Policies
- Set the value of PromptOnSecureDesktop to 0, which disables the desktop security to provide easy UAC
- Exit regedit and reboot your system
User Tweaks
To change the registered owner:
- Open regedit and select HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion
- Right click RegisteredOwner and select Modify
- Enter the correct owner
- Exit regedit and reboot your system.
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