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Windows Registry Hacks

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"

Tighter Window Metrics (Titlebar/Window Borders)

window_metrics.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics]
"BorderWidth"="-45"
"CaptionHeight"="-255"
"CaptionWidth"="-420"
"IconTitleWrap"="1"
"MenuHeight"="-285"
"MenuWidth"="-285"
"ScrollHeight"="-255"
"ScrollWidth"="-255"
"Shell Icon Size"="32"
"SmCaptionHeight"="-255"
"SmCaptionWidth"="-330"
"PaddedBorderWidth"="0"
"AppliedDPI"=dword:00000060
"IconSpacing"="-1125"
"IconVerticalSpacing"="-1125"
"MinAnimate"="0"

Windows 8 Dark Titlebars

  1. download win8_style.zip
  2. Run UxStyle_sep23_x86_x64.exe
  3. 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"

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

Window 10 Tuning

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

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

Enable Verbose Login Messages

verbose_login.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"VerboseStatus"=dword:00000001

Tighter Window Metrics (Titlebar/Window Borders)

window_metrics.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics]
"BorderWidth"="-45"
"CaptionHeight"="-255"
"CaptionWidth"="-420"
"IconTitleWrap"="1"
"MenuHeight"="-285"
"MenuWidth"="-285"
"ScrollHeight"="-255"
"ScrollWidth"="-255"
"Shell Icon Size"="32"
"SmCaptionHeight"="-255"
"SmCaptionWidth"="-330"
"PaddedBorderWidth"="0"
"AppliedDPI"=dword:00000060
"IconSpacing"="-1125"
"IconVerticalSpacing"="-1125"
"MinAnimate"="0"
windows/registry_hacks.txt · Last modified: 2015/11/24 11:19 by tschulz