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Windows Registry Hacks

Disable New User Animation (Windows 8)

newuser_animation.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"EnableFirstLogonAnimation"=dword:00000000

RDP Load Balance

loadbalance_8.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Multiuser]
"EnableUserLoadBalance"=dword:00000001
"MaxConnectionCount"=dword:00000008

Windows 8 Border Width

  1. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics
  2. edit PaddedBorderWidth (0: no padding, -60: wide padding)
win8_border.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics]
"PaddedBorderWidth"="-20"

Windows 8 Dark Titlebars

  1. download windows8_dark_titlebar.zip
  2. download win8_style.zip
  3. Run UxStyle_sep23_x86_x64.exe
  4. copy Default Style* to Windows\Resources\Theme

Change Location of User Profiles

Store profiles on D:\Users

2nd_hd_users.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList]
"Default"="D:\Users"

Windows 8 Disable Lock Screen

Disable the lock screen without Group Policy

disablelockscreen.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization]
"NoLockScreen"=dword:00000001

Remove Old Group Policy Settings

removepolicy.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
 
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]

Autologon for Windows Vista,7,8,10

autologon.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"AutoAdminLogon"="1"
"DefaultUserName"="USERNAME"
"DefaultPassword"="PASSWORD"
"DefaultDomainName"="DOMAIN/COMPUTERNAME"

Windows Teak Utility

Winaero Tweaker

windows/registry_hacks.1446232873.txt.gz · Last modified: 2015/10/30 14:21 by tschulz

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