The Control Panel subkey in the registry tutorial

The Control Panel subkey in the registry is where many of the Control Panel applets store settings and defaults. The number of sections may vary depending on installed components.Things that affect the number of sections include special mouse support, screen savers, and installed optional components. There may be some differences between a Windows Server and a Windows workstation installation. This subkey also includes data stored in the win.ini and system.ini files on Windows 3.x and earlier.

Increase Domain Refresh Interval

Windows refreshes the domain list whenever the workstation is unlocked, providing that the workstation has been locked for more than 120 seconds. (A user can lock their workstation by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete.) On many networks, refreshing the domain list can result in a significant delay before the user regains control of their system.

Tips to get Missing Folder Options Item From Tools or View Menu

Sometimes you find that your system menu item called Folder Options under the Tools menu is missing in  My Computer or in  Windows Explorer and you want to get it back but you dont know how to . Here  are some tips you can try to get it back.

Cleaning Recent Docs Menu and the RUN MRU

You can easily remove recent Documents Menu and RUN MRU by doing little bit with registry through this tip.

Pop up a message banner each time Windows Boots

This is a interesting tip for windows users.If you want to display a pop up banner message just when a user is going to log on.You should follow the following steps:

Tip to Change Your Processor Name

This is a very cool registry tip.You can show computer as PC PENTIUM 5 OR any name you want

Tip to Disable Low Disk Space Message

In windows when your system drives have shortage of space the following messages appear but by this tip you can disable these annoying messages to display

Tip to Disable Media Player Update Message

This tip to will help to disables the prompt message  of  Media Player updation that appears infront on a regular basis.

Tip to Stop Messenger from Running In Outlook Express

This is one of the tip to stop Windows Messenger from running in  Outlook Express.

Adding an Application to the Right Click on Every Folder-Tip

Here is how to add any application to the Context Menu when you right click on any Folder. This way you do not have to always go to the Start Menu. When you right click on any folder, you can have access to that application, the same as using Sent To.

Tip to Change Outlook Mailbox Location

To change the location of your mailbox for Exchange:
1. Open RegEdit
2. Go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ Microsoft\Windows Messaging Subsystem\ Profiles 

Tip to Remove Items from NEW Context Menu

When you right-click on the desktop and select New, or use the File Menu item in the Explore and select New a list of default templates you can open up are listed. 

To remove items from that list:
1. Open RegEdit
2. Do a Search for the string ShellNew in the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT Hive
3. Delete the ShellNew command key for the items you want to remove.

Tip to clear all windows history files with a single click

This tip will help you to manage the all types of user history in windows operating system. This is a built-in feature of all windows keeps track the user's history, for example the websites you have visited, the documents you have opened and the keywords or files for which you've searched. However this tip is very useful for you, if you are sharing your computer with others or you do not want that the other persons know about your last visited documents history. You can clear these kinds of user's history with a single click on desktop icon named Cleanmru.reg. There is no need to clear each history file one by one. This trick will work in nearly all of the windows versions like windows 2000, XP and 2003.

Tip for Protection on system files

To enable protection on system files such as the KnownDLLs list, add the  following value;

1. Open RegEdit
2. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\ Control\ SessionManager
3. Create the a Dword value and name it "ProtectionMode "
4. Set the Value to1

Trick To Set Multiple Columns For the Start Menu

To make Windows use multiple Start Menu Columns instead of a single scrolling column, like Windows 9x had, Also if you are using Classic Mode in XP

Tip to Sett the Recycle Bin to Always Delete

The Recycle Bin is the special folders of windows on the hard disk to store deleted files and folders. These files or folders can be restored from the Recycle Bin to their original location if required for use. But you can set the Recycle Bin setting that the files and folders are deleted from hard disk are not placed in the Recycle Bin. So with the help of windows registry editor you can set the Recycle Bin to always delete items.

Tip for Creating a Default File Opener

If you have a un-registered file type and want to view it instead of having to select Open With. Use Explorer's Right-click and add your program to the right-click options by:
1. Open RegEdit 

Tip To Backup / Restore the Registry

To Backup/Restore the Windows Registry: Windows 9x

1. If you are in MSDOS, at the C:\Windows prompt type
2. Attrib -s -r -h C:\Windows\System.dat (press Enter)
3. Attrib -s -r -h C:\Windows\User.dat (press Enter)

Changing the MaxMTU for faster Downloads

There are four Internet settings that can be configured, you can get greater throughput (faster Internet downloads) by modifying a few settings.
They are the MaxMTU, MaxMSS and DefaultRcvWindow, and DefaultTTL

1.Open RegEdit 

Tip for Disabling Password Caching

To disable password caching, which allows for the single Network login and eliminates the secondary Windows logon screen. Either use the same password or:

1. Open RegEdit
2. Go to the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE \Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Policies\ Network
3. Add a Dword value "DisablePwdCaching" and set the value to 1