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Darq:
Here's a link to explain all the services. Maybe this can help weed out any others. http://majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=12
Bill Mote:
--- Quote from: Darq on October 21, 2006, 10:35:02 am ---Here's a link to explain all the services. Maybe this can help weed out any others. http://majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=12
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There are a *lot* of sites around the net that can provide assistance with which services should/should-not be running. Thank you for providing a link. It was important to note, and I did not, that I'm running Windows XP w/SP1 and not SP2. That's why there may appear to be services missing from my manual/stopped list. I'm pretty sure I have ~10 Windows Services running. Arguably those are the only necessary services (as things are running as expected.) I'll post the services I left on automatic/running. That may be more useful than a list of services I stopped.
Thanks for the reply!
dot
Bill Mote:
Some more registry files ...
DisableBalloonTips:
--- Code: ---Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"EnableBalloonTips"=dword:00000000
--- End code ---
DisableStatusMessages:
--- Code: ---Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system]
"DisableStatusMessages"=dword:00000001
--- End code ---
HideLoginBackground:
--- Code: ---Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Colors]
"Background"="0 0 0"
--- End code ---
ReplaceShell:
--- Code: ---Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\IniFileMapping\system.ini\boot]
"Shell"="USR:Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Winlogon"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"Shell"="c:\\MAMEwah\\mamewah.exe"
--- End code ---
Obviously, you need to set the correct path to your Front End. Here's a continuation of the steps:
--- Code: ---27. Ran system file setup from MameWAH site.
28. Turn off "Users must enter a username and password to use this computer" by doing Start->Run->control userpasswords2 and unchecking the option box.
29. Copied MAME folder to D-drive.
30. Change SYS to USR to replace shell. .REG file stored on D.
31. Add Shell entry for current_user. .REG file stored on D.
--- End code ---
dot
Bill Mote:
--- Code: ---32. I googled "1 pixel mouse cursor mame" and downloaded pix.cur from a site into c:\windows\cursors.
33. Applied change to registry to replace default arror with 1 pixel cursor
--- End code ---
ReplaceArrowWith1PIXCursor:
--- Code: ---Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Cursors]
"Arrow"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,59,00,53,00,54,00,45,00,4d,00,52,00,4f,00,4f,00,54,\
00,25,00,5c,00,43,00,75,00,72,00,73,00,6f,00,72,00,73,00,5c,00,70,00,69,00,\
78,00,2e,00,63,00,75,00,72,00,00,00
--- End code ---
dot
jfh2112:
--- Quote from: dot on October 21, 2006, 07:53:01 am ---Final OS cleanup:
--- Code: ---REGEDIT4
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs]
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU]
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RecentDocs]
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32\LastVisitedMRU]
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Search Assistant\ACMru]
--- End code ---
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I take it that adding the dash in front of the keys deletes them? That's handy. <making notes>