Registry Edits

Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\ Internet Settings. To increase the number of simultaneous connections that are allowed to 10, follow these steps: On the Edit menu, click Add Value , and then add the following registry values: "MaxConnectionsPer1_ 0Server"=Dword:0000000a "MaxConnectionsPer Server"=Dword:0000000a.

Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ System\CurrentControlSet\ Services\LanmanServer\ Parameters In the right pane, find Autodisconnect and change the time accordingly.

Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\Microsoft\ Internet Explorer\Main. Value Name: Use Custom Search URL, Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value), Value Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled). Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called 'Use Custom Search URL' and edit the value according to the settings below. Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.

Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\Microsoft\ Internet Explorer\Main. In the right pane, change the value of the string, "WindowTitle".

Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\Microsoft\ Internet Explorer In the right pane, double click on the Download Directory value. Enter the path to the folder you want as your download location. Next, right click on the Internet Explorer subkey and select Permissions. Then click the Advanced button on the Security tab. In turn, Highlight Administrators, your user account and System. For each one, click the Edit button. In the Deny column, put the check mark in Set Value. Then click OK. Repeat for each of the remaining user accounts. Once done, click the Apply button on the Advanced Security Settings dialog. This removes the "permissions" for anything or anyone to write to the Download Directory value. It also prevents changes to any of the other values listed directly under the Internet Explorer sub-key, so you may wind up preventing something else from being changed as well. Unfortunately, its not possible to remove permissions from individual values.

Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Console. In the right pane find FullScreen and modify the value to 1. Then go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\Microsoft\ InternetExplorer\Main. In the right pane find FullScreen and modify the value to yes. Exit/Reboot.

Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\Microsoft\ Internet Explorer\ Main] Value Name: Disable Script Debugger Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value) Value Data: yes or no. Create a new string value, or modify the existing value, named "Disable Script Debugger" and set it to either "yes" to disable the debugger or "no" to enable it. Restart Internet Explorer for the change to take effect.

Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ Software\Microsoft\ Internet Explorer\ Main. Value Name: IEWatsonDisabled, IEWatsonEnabled, Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value). Create a new DWORD value called "IEWatsonDisabled" and set it to "1". Create another DWORD value called "IEWatsonEnabled" and set it to "0". Restart Internet Explorer for the changes to take effect.

Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Outlook Express, Value Name: No Modify Accts, Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value), Value Data: (1 = enable restriction). Create new DWORD value called "No Modify Accts" and set it to "1" to enable the restriction or "0" to allow users to modify accounts. Restart Outlook Express for the change to take effect..

Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Internet Explorer\Main. Value Name: Search Bar, Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value), Value Data: Search URL. Create a new String value, or modify the existing value, called 'Search Bar' and edit the value according to the settings below. Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect. Note: This tweak can also be applied on a per-user basis under the [HKEY_CURRENT_USER] hive.

Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Ole. Value Name: EnableRemoteConnect, Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value), Value Data: "Y" = enable automatic connections, "N" = disabled. Create a new String value, or modify the existing value, called 'EnableRemoteConnect' and edit the value according to the settings below. Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.

Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ Winlogon. Value Name: RasDisable, Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value), Value Data: (0 = restriction disabled, 1 = restriction enabled). Create a new String value, or modify the existing value, called 'RasDisable' and edit the value according to the settings below. Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.

Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\ Internet Settings Value Name: EnableAutodial Data Type: REG_BINARY (Binary Value) Value Data: (00 00 00 00 = disabled, 01 00 00 00 = enabled) Create a new binary value named "EnableAutodial", and set the new value to equal "01 00 00 00" to enable autodial or "00 00 00 00" to disable it. Note: This restriction can be used either on a user by user basis by adding it to HKEY_CURRENT_USER or on a computer wide basis by adding it to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Outlook Express. Value Name: Hide Messenger, Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value), Value Data: (2 = remove messenger). Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called 'Hide Messenger' and set the value to 2.

Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\AutoComplete Value Name: Append Completion Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value) Value Data: yes or no Create a new string value, or modify the existing value, named "Append Completion" and set it to "yes" to append the suggested text as you are typing or "no" to only show a drop-down list. Restart Windows for the change to take effect.

Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Internet Explorer\ Search Value Name: SearchAssistant Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value) Value Data: Search URL Create a new String value, or modify the existing value, called 'SearchAssistant' and edit the value according to the settings above. Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect. Note: To use the Google search assistant page enter "http://www.google.com/ie" as the URL.

Go to Start/Run/Regedit For a single user: Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\Microsoft\ Windows\Current Version\ UnreadMail Right click on the UnreadMail and click on New then DWORD. Name it MessageExpiryDays Give it a value of 0 For all users: Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ Software\Microsoft\ Windows\Current Version\ UnreadMail Right click on the UnreadMail and click on New then DWORD. Name it MessageExpiryDays Give it a value of 0

It does seem that Internet Explorer really wants you to use AutoComplete. On a system with AutoComplete turned off, it will prompt you from time to time, asking to turn it on again. A Registry tweak will prevent IE's "helpful" reminders. First, close all IE windows. Launch REGEDIT from the Start menu's Run dialog. Navigate to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\Policies\ Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ Control Panel. Note that this key may not be present in its entirety. You may need to create the Internet Explorer and Control Panel subkeys. In the right-hand pane, look for a DWORD value named FormSuggest it will probably not be present. In that case, right-click in the right-hand pane and choose New | DWORD Value from the pop-up menu. Name the new value FormSuggest. Whether you found it or created it, double-click this value and set its data to 1. That should terminate the annoying reminder.