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Microsoft® Windows® XP Registry Guide
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Jerry Honeycutt
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Advanced
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09/11/2002
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9780735617889
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0-7356-1788-0
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$39.99
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Index
Symbols
$$Rename.txt file, 301
$OEM$$ folder, 301
$OEM$1 folder, 301
$OEM$folder, 301
Numerics
16-bit encoding standard. See Unicode
8-bit character encoding,
limitations of, 15
A
Access Control List (ACL), 61
accessibility options, 394
accessing, SAM key, 424
ACLs, editing, 187, 189
Action group, 284
Active Setup, 427
adding
commands to My Computer shortcut menu, 96
desktop icons, 92
file templates, 103
InfoTips to program classes, 101
keys, 45
keys to Favorites, 39
keys to registry, 244
keys to templates, 232
Profile Wizard to Add Installations And Run Programs page, 351
registry entries, 347
sources to list of trusted sources, 375
special permissions, 191
values, 41, 45, 255
values to registry, 244
values to templates, 232
administrative policies, 149
administrative templates, 149-50, 154
Administrative Templates extension, 149
administrators group, 193
All Programs menu, sorting, 107
All Users folder, 266
Altiris eXpress, 5, 319
analyzing, security configuration, 205
answer files, 361
creating manually, 308
creating with Setup Manager, 306
customizing, 302
importing with Setup Manager, 306
naming, 302
AppEvents subkey, 392
Applets, 432
application compatibility, 5
Application Data folder, 264
Application group, 284
applications
displaying in the Open With dialog box, 387
inventorying, 296
uninstalling, 437
ASCII character encoding, 15
Audit Policy, 198, 216
auditing
analyzing the results of, 218
keys, 198
registry access, 198
the registry, 216
AutoComplete feature, 417
Autoexec.bat, 7
AutoLogon, 372
category settings, 142
Automated System Recovery (ASR), 83
automatic update checkpoints, 67
AutoPlay category, 136
AutoPlay feature, 432
B
backing up
branches, 58
system state data, 76
user settings, 79
Backup Utility, 73
starting, 75
recovery checkpoints, 67
backups
Automated System Recovery, 83
creating, 58-59
hive files as, 59
of keys, creating, 59
REG files, drawbacks to, 58
remote, 58
restoring, 58
strategies for, 75
best practices for roaming user profiles, 272
big-endian, 14
binary notation, 12-13
binary values
data in, 21
searching in, 38
bit masks, 13-14
bits, 234
bitwise math, 14
bookmarks, creating in Regedit, 39
branches
backing up, 58
collapsing, 35
expanding, 35
exporting to hive files, 59
building custom security templates, 204
building disk images, 320
built-in registry client-side extension, 150
C
Calculator, using to convert numbers, 13
canonical verbs, 385
capitalization of subkeys, 36
categories, 157
changing
Office user settings, 350
user information, 116
values, 41
checkpoints, 67, 73
child keys, 17
choosing a predefined security template, 203
class registrations, storage locations, 379
classes, 156
objects created from, 89
cleaning up after Sysprep, 328
clearing history lists, 113
clients for Internet services, 426
clipboard, 44
cloning disk images, 324
Cmdlines.txt, 312
Cmdlines.txt file, 300
collapsing branches, 35
colors, 394
Colors category settings, 127
COM class keys, 388
command keys, subkeys for, 129
command prompt, 405
editing from, 242
settings, 427
Command Prompt category settings, 141
command prompts, opening at folders, 98
command-line alternative, 54
commands, adding to My Computer's shortcut menu, 96
comments, 155
Common Dialogs category settings, 129
comparing
keys in the registry, 246
REG files, 210
registry snapshots, 122
values in the registry, 246
compatible security template, 203
components
exposing additional, 364
in installed components, 360
non-removable, hiding, 365
removing, 361
using answer files to prevent installation of, 361
Conf.adm, 151
Config.sys, 7
configuring
AutoLogon, 372
the contents of the Start menu, 105
System Policies, 178
Windows Desktop Update, 360
Console Registry Tool for Windows, 59
Console Registry Tool for Windows (Reg.exe), 27, 242
console user, 23
console window, 393
Control Panel, 394
category, settings, 138
folders, 89
icons, 89
control sets, 437
controlling regedit, 114
Cookies folder, 264
copying
device driver files, 327
keys to registry, 247
single values, 56
values to registry, 247
creating
backups, 58-59
bookmarks in Regedit, 39
custom administrative templates, 153
INF files from a template, 228
REG files manually, 241
restore points, 68
screenshots, 57
script files, 250
security management console, 202
Windows Installer package files, 257
cursors, 394
Custom Installation Wizard, 346
Custom Maintenance Wizard, 352
custom permissions, deploying, 187
customizing
answer files, 302
default application settings, 348
default settings, 302
the desktop, 133
file associations, 95
folders with desktop.ini, 102
icon images, 92
Internet Explorer, 108
Mini Setup Wizard, 320
My Computer, 134
navigation keys, 128
places bar, 130
Profile Wizard, 335
search URLs, 110
special folders, 88
Sysprep.ini automatically, 328
Sysprep.ini manually, 326
toolbar backgrounds, 110
user settings, 278
Windows XP, 153, 178
Windows XP logon, 376
D
data types
REG_ FULL_RESOURCE_ DESCRIPTOR, 20
REG_BINARY, 19
REG_DWORD, 19
REG_DWORD_BIG_ ENDIAN, 19
REG_DWORD_LITTLE_ ENDIAN, 20
REG_EXPAND_SZ, 20
REG_LINK, 20
REG_MULTI_SZ, 20
REG_NONE, 20
REG_QWORD_ BIG_ ENDIAN, 20
REG_QWORD_LITTLE_ ENDIAN, 20
REG_QWPRD, 20
REG_RESOURCE_LIST, 20
REG_RESOURCE_ REQUIREMENTS_LIST, 21
REG_SZ, 21
Debugging Mode, 81
decimal numbers, editing values as, 42
default
action for REG files, 114
alternatives to, 277
security template, 203
user folders, deploying, 282
user profiles, 276
value, 19
Default User folders, 266, 281
defining strings, 156
deleting
keys, 45
keys from templates, 233
keys from the registry, 246
keys with a REG file, 242
keys, alternatives to, 46
values, 41, 45
values from templates, 233
values from the registry, 246
values, alternatives to, 46
deploying
custom permissions, 187
default user folders, 282
registry-based policies, 175
security templates, 201
security templates on networks, 208
desktop, 433
customizing, 133
Desktop folder, 264
desktop icons, 418
adding, 92
hiding, 94, 434
renaming, 91
desktop settings, 395
desktop themes, not using, 358
desktop.ini, customizing folders with, 102
device drivers
copying files of, 327
signing, 428
Device Manager, 62
devices, 439
dialog box settings, 129
dialog boxes for editing values, 42
Directory Service Restore Mode, 81
disabling
Regedit for some users, 32
System Restore, 73
disasters, recovering from, 79
disk images
building, 320
cloning, 324
preparing for duplication, 323
disk imaging, 315
benefits of, 315
cloning the disk image, 317
drawbacks of, 315
preparing for, 317
displaying super-hidden files, 363
distribution folders, 300
documents, recent, 419
domain GPOs vs. local GPOs, 152
drive letters, hiding, 135
driver signing, 428
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EditFlags, 384
editing
ACLs, 187, 189
a key's settings, 205
local policies, 146
permissions, 188
REG files, 238
values as decimal numbers, 42
editing the registry indirectly vs. directly, 31
elevated privileges, 292, 369
drawbacks to, 370
empty strings, 15
Enable Boot Logging, 81
Enable VGA Mode, 81
enabling remote desktop remotely, 376
environment variables
per-computer, 402
per-user, 402
Event Viewer, 200
events, sounds associated with, 392
expanding branches, 35
Explorer category settings, 125
exporting
branch settings, 58
branches to hive files, 59
keys to REG files, 239, 248
keys to text files, 52
settings to files, 48
settings to REG files, 239
extended verbs, 386
extending shortcut menus, 109
extensions
Group Policy, 149
searching with, 434
F
fast network logon, 274
and user profiles, 274
Favorites, 39-40
Favorites folder, 264
file associations
adding commands to, 379
customizing, 95
severing, 374
storage location, 379
file extensions
keys, 380
subkeys, 381
file formats, exporting branches in, 52
file templates, adding, 103
file types
vs. perceived types, 381
registration, 50
files
device driver, copying, 327
exporting settings to, 48
exporting to hive files, 52
exporting to REG files, 52
formats, exporting branches in, 52
hive, 52
hive, as backups, 59
hive, loading vs. exporting, 53
importing to registry, 49
opening with Open With dialog box, 381
OPS, saving settings to, 345
package, Windows Installer, creating, 257
REG, as backups, drawbacks to, 58
REG, from older versions of Windows, 51
REG, restoring, 58
super hidden, 69
super-hiden, displaying, 363
text, 52
text, exporting keys to, 52
version 5 REG, 50
Files And Settings Transfer Wizard, 284
Files And Settings Wizard, 62
filtering, 220
finding Tweak UI settings, 122
First Icon category settings, 134
Focus category settings, 122
focusing the search, 40
Folder Redirection, 271
simulating, 183
folders
customizing with desktop.ini, 102
default, 281
default, deploying, 282
opening commands prompts at, 98
for places bar, 130
profile, 264-65
redirecting, 271
roaming, 271
special, 86
special profiles, 266
formatting key and value names, 254
frequently used programs list, shortening, 107
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globally unique identifiers. See GUIDs
GPOs
domain, 152
local, 152
subfolders, 152
Group policy, 352
administrative templates, 149
improvements in, 176, 181
vs. System policy, 177
Group Policy editor, 153
Group Policy object (GPO), 146
Group Policy Update Tool (Gpupdate.exe), 181
Grouping category settings, 131
Guidgen.exe, using to create GUIDs, 11
GUIDs, 11
format, 11
mapping to components, 427
H
hacking System Restore, 72
hardware devices, 439
hardware profiles, 439
hexadecimal notation, 12
converting to binary notation, 13
most vs. least significant number, 14
hiding
desktop icons, 94, 434
drive letters, 135
My Computer icons, 434
non-removable components, 365
shortcuts, 359
Windows Media Player shortcut, 358
highly secure security templates, 203
history lists, 113
removing, 280
hive file extensions
.alt, 28
.log, 28
.sav, 28
None, 28
hive files, 28, 36, 52
as backups, 59
exporting branches to, 59
loading, 249
loading vs. importing, 53
loading/unloading, 59
restoring to keys, 249
saving keys to, 248
unloading, 249
Hivecls.inf, 302
Hivedef.inf, 302
Hivesft.inf, 302
Hivesys.inf, 302
HKCC, 27
HKCR settings, 26
HKCU settings, SessionInformation, 403
HKCU subkeys
AppEvents, 24, 392
Classes, 404
Command Processor, 405
Console, 24, 393
Control Panel, 24, 394
Desktop, 394-95
Environment, 24, 402
EventLabels, 392
Identities, 24
Keyboard Layout, 25, 402
Microsoft, 406
Mouse, 394, 401
Network, 25, 403
Policies, 413
Printers, 25, 403
Schemes, 392
Software, 25, 404
Volitile Environment, 25
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, 16
HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG, 16
HKEY_CURRENT_USER, 16
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, 16
HKEY_USERS, 16
HKLM subkeys
CLASSES, 425
Clients, 426
CurrentControlSet, 437
DESCRIPTION, 423
DEVICEMAP, 423
HARDWARE, 25, 422
Microsoft, 427
Policies, 425
SAM, 25, 424
SECURITY, 25, 425
SOFTWARE, 25, 421, 425
SYSTEM, 26, 437
Hover category settings, 124
I
i386 folder, 300
icon images, customizing, 92
icons
default, 383
Outlook Express, preventing appearance of, 356
importing
answer files, 306
files to the registry, 49
REG files, 248
REG files to a different version of Windows, 51
registry entries to a transform, 348
incremental searching, 38
INF files
creating from a template, 228
installing, 227
searching for, 364
using strings in, 236
vs. writing scripts, 251
InfoTips, adding to program classes, 101
inheritance
configuring, 192
permisions, 189
INI files, 7
initial system checkpoints, 67
installation checkpoints, 67
installing INF files, 227
Internet Connection Wizard, 406
Internet group, 284
Internet services, client programs, 426
Intres.adm, 151
J
just-in-time setup, 356
K
key pane, 16, 33
branches in, 34
organization of, 34
Keyboard Pro, 128
keyboard settings, 395
keyboard shortcuts, 35-36
keys, 16
adding, 45
adding to Favorites, 39
adding to registry, 244
adding to templates, 232
auditing, 198
backups of, 59
child, 17
COM class, 388
command, subkeys for, 129
comparing in the registry, 246
copying to registry, 247
deleting, 45
deleting from templates, 233
deleting from the registry, 246
deleting with a REG file, 242
deleting, alternatives to, 46
editing settings, 205
exporting to REG files, 239, 248
file extension, 380
linked, 18
names, formatting, 254
names, searching, 37
naming rules, 16
navigation, customizing, 128
owning, 198
parent, 17
program class, 382
removing, 255
renaming, 46
restoring hive files to, 249
Run, 114
RunOnce, 114
saving to hive files, 248
setting permissions for, 61
specialized, 387
vs. subkeys, 17
keywords, 158
actionlist, 161
checkbox, 165-66
combobox, 166, 168
dropdownlist, 168, 170
for edittext, 170
explain, 160
keyname, 158
listbox, 171, 173
numeric, 173-74
part, 162
policy, 158
suggestions, 166
text, 175
valuename, 158, 161
valueoff, 161
valueon, 161
L
language settings, 394
Last Known Good Configuration, 81
Latin-1 character encoding, 15
limitations of Sysprep, 318
linked keys, 18
links, 421
listbox options, 171
lists, history, 113
little-endian, 14
loading
hive files, 59, 249
templates in local GPOs, 175
local GPOs
vs. domain GPOs, 152
loading templates in, 175
local policies, editing, 146
local registry-based policies, more resources for, 185
Local Security Authority (LSA), 8
Local Settings folder, 264
local user profiles, 268
local user, 394
LocalService folder, 266
Log On To Windows dialog box, bypassing, 85
logging on automatically, 115
logging on automatically after installation, 312
Logon category settings, 141
M
Mail group, 284
managing
roaming user profiles, 272
security, 424
settings, 61
System Restore, 71
Windows Installer with policies, 289
mandatory user profiles, 268-69
manual checkpoints, 67
mapped network drives, 403
mapping default permissions, 192
menu extensions for Internet Explorer, 109
menu order, 418
merge algorithm, 275, 379
merging REG files into the registry without prompting, 115
Microsoft Internet Explorer, 406, 429
customizing, 108
Administration Kit, 108
category settings, 139
menu extensions, 109
Microsoft Office, 410
Microsoft Windows XP
administrative templates, best practices for use in Windows 2000, 177
customizing, 153, 178
improvements in Regedit, 34
levels of access in, 192
logon, customizing, 376
policy templates, compatiblity with Windows 2000, 176
version information, 430
Microsoft Word 2002
creating answer files with, 309
as registry management tool, 27
using to compare REG files, 210, 213
Mini-Setup Wizard, 320
modifying security configuration, 207
monitoring the registry, 218
Mouse category settings, 123
mouse pointers, 394
MS-DOS command prompt, 141
settings for, 393
Msicuu, 296
Msizap, 294
Msizap.exe, 66
My Computer
customizing, 134
icons, 418
icons, hiding, 434
shortcut menu, adding commands to, 96
My Documents folder, 264
My Network Places folder, 435
N
Name column in value pane, 36
names, keys/values, formatting, 254
NameSpace subkeys, 93
naming
answer files, 302
new values, 45
rules, 16, 18
narrowing search focus, 37
navigation keys, customizing, 128
NetHood folder, 264
networks, deploying security templates on, 208
NetworkService folder, 266
newsreaders, using Outlook Express as, 358
No Terminal Server user SID security template, 204
Notepad, creating answer files with, 308
null characters, 15
O
objects, creating classes from, 89
OEM distribution folder, 300
Office XP Resource Kit, 334, 352
Open With dialog box
displaying applications in, 387
opening files with, 381
opening
command prompts at folders, 98
files with Open With dialog box, 381
Recovery Console from the list of operating systems when the computer boots, 81
Recovery Console from the Windows XP CD, 81
OPS files, saving settings to, 345
Outlook Express
icon, hiding, 357
using as a newsreader client only, 358
owning keys, 198
P
package files, Windows Installer, creating, 257
parent keys, 17
partial matches, searching for, 37
paths to program files, 432
PE Explorer, 92
perceived types
subkeys, 388
vs. file types, 381
per-computer settings, 23, 63
permissions, 188
custom, deploying, 187
default, mapping, 192
editing, 188
inheriting, 189
in registry, default, 194
restoring original, 189
setting, 188
setting for keys, 61
special, adding, 191
personalizing the Start menu, 104
per-user settings, 23, 63, 79
Phoenix ImageCast, 319
places bar, 130
policies
administrative, 149
computer configuration, 147
local, 146
location in registry, 152
location in the file system, 152
managing settings with, 61
managing Windows Installer with, 289
vs. preferences, 146
registry-based, 149
registry-based, deploying, 175
registry-based, extending, 153
registry-based, states, 151
repairing, 153
software, 430, 436
system, 352
System Restore, 71
user configuration, 147
policy tattoos, removing, 367
power options, 395
Power Users group, 193
PowerQuest DeployCenter, 319
precedence of settings, 421
preferences vs. policies, 146
preventing
appearance of Outlook Express icons, 356
installation of components with answer files, 361
just-in-time setup, 356
local registry access, 200
Regedit from automatically importing REG files, 115
printer settings, 403
PrintHood folder, 264
printing the registry, 46
privileged installation, 292
privileges, elevated, 369
profile folders, 264
profile hive, 262
Profile Wizard, 334
adding to the Add Installations And Run Programs page, 351
command-line options, 334
customizing, 335
settings in, 335
ProfileList key, relationship to user profile folders, 261
program classes
adding InfoTips to, 101
behavior, controlling, 384
keys, 382
special, 383
values, 382
program files, paths to, 432
programs
removing from registry, 64
running, 436
running at startup, 114
Q
querying registry values, 256
R
recent documents, 419
Recent folder, 264
recovering from disasters, 79
Recovery Console, 81
commands, 82
opening from the list of operating systems when the computer boots, 81
opening from the Windows XP CD, 81
re-creating values, 61
redirecting special folders, 86, 135
REG files
comparing, 210
comparing with Reg.exe, 215
comparing with WinDiff, 210
comparing with Word 2002, 213
creating manually, 241
default action for, 114
deleting keys with, 242
editing, 238
exporting keys to, 239, 248
exporting settings to, 239
file formats of, 238
importing, 248
from older versions of Windows, 51
sample of, 238
setting values with, 238
special characters in, 242
value formats in, 241
values in, 38
Reg.exe
command-line syntax, 244
comparing REG files with, 215
writing scripts with, 242
REG_BINARY values, 398
REG_DWORD values, 72
Regedit
controlling, 114
creating bookmarks in, 39
disabling for some users, 32
Favorites, 39
improvements in Windows XP, 34
in older versions of Windows, 31
preventing from automatically importing REG files, 115
preventing users from running, 32
printer output appearance, 47
saving settings, 34
registry, 3
access, auditing, 198
adding keys and values, 244
auditing, 216
comparing keys and values, 246
copying keys and values, 247
default permissions in, 194
deleting keys and values, 246
entries, adding/removing, 347
entries, importing to a transform, 348
history, 7
importing files to, 49
merging REG files into without prompting, 115
monitoring, 218
preventing local access to, 200
printing, 46
removing programs from, 64
restricting remote access to, 200
searching, 36
security, managing, 5
settings, repairing, 288
size of, 30
tattooing, 148
Registry Editor, 27. See also Regedit
registry keys, auditing, 217
registry management tools
Console Registry Tool for Windows (Reg.exe), 27
Microsoft Word 2002, 27
Registry Editor, 27
WinDiff, 27
Registry Monitor, 122
registry snapshots, comparing, 122
registry-based policies, 149
deploying, 175
extending, 153
setting, 151
states, 151
Regmon, 219
request types and data, 220
RegSnap, 211
RegView, 211
reinstalling devices, 62
remote backups, 58
Remote Desktop, enabling remotely, 376
removing
components, 361
keys and values, 255
policy tattoos, 367
programs from the registry, 64
registry entries, 347
Windows Installer data, 294, 296
renaming
desktop icons, 91
keys, 46
values, 41, 46, 57
repairing
broken policies, 153
registry settings, 288
resorting the sort order, 107
restore operation checkpoints, 67
restore points, 66
creating, 68
restoring
backup files, 58
checkpoints with scripts, 73
original application settings, 64
original permissions, 189
REG files, 58
system state data, 78
restoring hive files to keys, 249
restricting remote registry access, 200
Resultant Set of Policy (RsoP), 181
Resultant Set of Policy Report, 183
roaming user profiles, 268-69
coexistence with earlier versions of Windows, 283
configuring multiple accounts for, 271
managing, 272
vs. mandatory user profiles, 269
using, 270
root keys, 16
HKCC, 16
HKCR, 16
HKCU, 16, 391
HKLM, 16
HKU, 16
rooting Windows Explorer at a folder, 99
running
programs, 436
programs at startup, 114
script files, 253
Tweak UI, 119
S
Safe Mode, 80
Safe Mode With Command Prompt, 80
Safe Mode With Networking, 80
SAM key, access to, 424
saving
keys to hive files, 248
settings in Regedit, 34
Scheduled Tasks, 371
screen colors, 394
screen elements, sizes of, 399
screen savers, 395
screenshots, creating, 57
script files, 250, 253
Script Host, 250
scripting
methods of, 226
System Restore, 73
Tweak UI customizations, 119
scripts
restoring checkpoints with, 73
vs. INF files, 251
writing with Reg.exe, 242
Search Assistant, 113, 412
search settings, 139
search URLs, 408
customizing, 110
values in, 111
searching, 412
in binary values, 38
focus of, 40
incrementally, 38
for INF files, 364
key names, 37
with narrow focus, 37
partial matches, 37
with Regedit, 37
the registry, 36
with software tools, 41
string data, 37
techniques of, 40
value names, 37
secondary logon, 23, 370
secondary user, 23
secure security templates, 203
security
managing, 424
registry, 187
registry, managing, 5
Security Account Manager (SAM), 424
security configuration, 205, 207
Security Configuration And Analysis, 5, 206
Security Identifiers. See SIDs
security management console, creating, 202
security settings, trusted sources, 412
security templates, 61
custom, building, 204
deploying, 201
deploying on a network, 208
predefined, 203
SendTo folder, 265
services, settings, 440
setting
permissions, 188
permissions for keys, 61
registry-based policies, 151
settings
application, restoring original, 64
Autologon, 142
AutoPlay, 136
branch, exporting, 58
capturing, 344
colors, 127
command prompt, 141, 393, 427
Control Panel, 138, 394
default application, customizing, 348
default, customizing, 302
deploying, 345
desktop, 395
dialog box, 129
exporting to files, 48, 239
finding in Tweak UI, 122
first icon, 134
focus, 122
grouping, 131
hover, 124
Internet Explorer, 125, 139, 429
key, editing, 205
keyboard, 395, 402
language, 402
language and regional, 394
logon, 141
managing with policies, 61
managing, 61
mouse, 123
Office user, changing, 350
per-computer, 23, 63, 421
per-user, 23, 391
power, 395
precedence of, 346, 421
printer, 403
in Profile Wizard, 335
repairing, 288
restoring from another computer, 66
saving in Regedit, 34
saving to an OPS file, 345
screen saver, 395
search, 139
service, 440
shortcut, 127
software, 404
Start menu, 105, 132, 435
Sysprep, mapping, 329
taskbar, 131
templates, 138
thumbnails, 128
Tweak UI, 120
user, backing up, 79
user, deploying, 310
view source, 141
wheel, 124
Windows Installer, secure, 293
X-Mouse, 125
Setup Information files, 227
Setup Manager, 301, 306
installing, 306
pages of, 306
Setupcl.exe, 318
severing file associations, 374
shadow copy, 74
shell folders, 89
ShellNew subkey, 382
Shortcut category settings, 127
shortcut menus
extending, 109
in Microsoft Internet Explorer, 407
shortcuts, hiding, 357-59
shortening the frequently used programs list, 107
SID_Classes, 23
SIDs, 8, 23
examples of, 9
generating, 8
size of screen elements, 399
snapshots registry, comparing, 122
software
policies, 430, 436
settings, 404
tools for searching, 41
versions of, 414
Software Restriction Policies, 366
sort order, re-sorting, 107
sorting the All Programs menu, 107
sounds associated with events, 392
source lists, updating, 297
sources, adding to list of trusted sources, 375
special characters, 242
special folders, 86
customizing, 88
redirecting, 86, 135
special object classes, 89
special user profiles, 266
Start Menu
configuring the contents of, 105
folder, 265
personalizing, 104
settings, 105, 132, 435
starting Backup Utility, 75
startup, running programs at, 114
storing
values as binary, 21
window position and size, 115
string data, searching, 37
strings, 155
defining, 156
using in INF files, 236
subcategories, in AutoPlay category, 136
subfolders of GPO, 152
subkeys
capitalization of, 36
for command keys, 129
.default, 23
file extension, 381
vs. keys, 17
NameSpace, 93
program class, 382
super-hidden files, 69
Symantec Ghost, 74, 319
syntax
for actionlist keyword, 161
for categories, 157
for checkbox, 165
for combobox keyword, 167
for dropdownlist keyword, 169
for edittext keyword, 170
for gpresult, 181
for gpupdate, 182
for listbox, 172
for numeric, 173
for part keyword, 162
for text, 175
for valueword keyword, 159
Sysprep, 62, 318, 429
building your own, 322
cleaning up after, 328
customizing automatically, 328
customizing manually, 326
limitations of, 318
mapping settings of, 329
registry settings, 329
system checkpoints, 67
System Policies, configuring, 178
System Policy vs. Group Policy, 177
System Policy Editor, 178
System Restore, 55, 66
disabling, 73
hacking, 72
managing, 71
policies in, 71
scripting, 73
system root security template, 204
system state data, 76, 78
System.adm, 150
T
Taskbar category settings, 131
tattooing the registry, 148
techniques for searching, 40
templates
adding keys and values, 232
administrative, 149, 154
creating custom, 153
creating INF files with, 228
deleting keys and values, 233
linking sections together, 231
locating in local GPOs, 175-76
sections, 231
security, deploying, 201
setting/clearing bits, 234
Templates category settings, 138
Templates folder, 265
text files, 52
Thumbnails category settings, 128
toolbars, customizing backgrounds, 110
transforms
caching, 292
importing registry entries to, 348
trusted sources, 375
Tweak UI, 119
finding settings, 122
running, 119
scripting customizations, 119
Settings list, 120
where to download, 119
Type column in value pane, 36
type number of values, 21
U
Unicode, 15
uninstalling applications, 437
unloading hive files, 59, 249
unsigned device driver checkpoints, 67
updating values, 255
user information, changing, 116
user locale, 394
user profiles
advantages of, 262
cleaning, 279
default, 276
default, alternatives to, 277
and fast network logon, 274
folder, relationship to ProfileList key, 261
getting, 268
improvements to, 267
local, 268
location of, 260
mandatory, 268
migrating to Windows XP, 284
profile folders, 264-65
profile hives, 262
roaming, 268-72, 283
special profiles, 266
user settings, customizing, 278
user shell folders, 435
User State Migration Tool (USMT), 62, 285
users, 23
Users group, 193
V
value names, searching, 37
value pane, 16, 33
Name column, 36
organization of, 36
Type column, 36
values, 18
adding, 41, 45
adding to registry, 244
adding to templates, 232
adding/updating, 255
changing, 41
command, 103
comparing in the registry, 246
copying to registry, 247
data, 18, 103
default, 19
deleting, 41, 45
deleting, alternatives to, 46
deleting from templates, 233
deleting from the registry, 246
editing as decimal numbers, 42
FileName, 103
name, 18
names, formatting, 254
naming rules, 18
new, naming, 45
Nullfile, 103
program class, 382
querying, 245
re-creating, 61
in REG files, 38
registry, querying, 256
removing, 255
renaming, 41, 46, 57
in search URLs, 111
setting with REG files, 238
single, copying, 56
storing as binary, 21
type, 18
type indicators, 36
type number of, 21
in Winlogon, 116
verbs, 385-86
version information, Windows XP, 430
versions of software, 414
View Source category settings, 141
W
Wheel category settings, 124
WinDiff, 27, 122, 210
using, 212
window position and size, storing, 115
Windows Components Wizard, 363
Windows Desktop Update, configuring, 360
Windows Explorer, 415, 432
ComDlg32, 418
OpenSaveMRU, 418
rooting at a folder, 99
RunMRU, 419
user shell folders, 419
Windows Installer, 287
data, removing, 294
locking down, 293
managing with policies, 289
package files, creating, 257
secure settings in, 293
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), 73
Windows Media Player, hiding shortcut, 358
Windows Messenger, 409
preventing from running, 104
Windows Scripting Host (WSH), 73
Windows Update Catalog, 319
Winlogon, values in, 116
Winternals Software Administrator's Pak, 79
Wmplayer.adm, 151
X
X-Mouse category settings, 125
Last Updated: September 10, 2002
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