So, if you want make your computer be more secure you can hide it when you leave your computer and show it again if you use the computer.

And if you edit it through Registry Editor, I think that’s not a efficient way. But if you want do to that just look here to get the trick. But if you want make it easier just write several script line but after write it you’ll get a shorter way to hide/show it.

1. Open Notepad with click Start -> Run and then type notepad in box.
   
2. And type this script in notepad:
   

Dim otakatik
ShowHideRun()
Sub ShowHideRun()
Set otakatik=WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
describe="Type 0 or 1 : " & VbCrLf &_
"[0] -> Show Run Menu." & VbCrLf &_
"[1] -> Hide Run Menu."

question=InputBox(describe, "Manage Run Menu",0)

otakatik.RegWrite "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion" &_
"\Policies\Explorer\NoRun",question,"REG_DWORD"

If question=1 Then
MsgBox "Run menu has hidden.",VbInformation, "Hide"
Else
If question=0 Then
Msgbox "Run menu has shown",VbInformation, "Show"
otakatik.RegDelete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion" &_
"\Policies\Explorer\NoRun"
Else
Msgbox "Input 0 or 1 only !",VbInformation, "Wrong Input"
ShowHideRun()
End If
End If
End Sub

3. Save it with click File -> Save As menu and then give it file name: managerun.vbs (you may change it with your favorite name and don’t forget to change Save as type combo to All Files), choose your favorite folder then click OK button.
   
4. Open the folder where the managerun.vbs was put.
   
5. Double click the file, and Manage Run Menu window will opened.
   
6. Give it value 0 to show your Run menu.
   
   
7. Or give it value 1 to hide it.
   
8. Restart your computer and try to click Start menu, if you was hid it so, Run menu will hid.
   
9. And if you try to press Windows key + R to force open Run menu, you’ll get a noticed message box.
   
10. To show it again, just open your script and give it value 0.

(article no:0093)

The default icon for bmp files are like this picture.

And here is the way:

1. Open Registry Editor by click Start -> Run menu (or press Windows + R keys), enter regedit in box and then press Enter key.
   
2. Drive to this registry path: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ Paint.Picture \ DefaultIcon.
   
   
3. The default value for Default value in DefaultIcon key is shimgvw.dll,1.
   
4. We need to modify Default value by double click Default value, replace the original value
   
   to %1 and then click OK button.
   
5. Then you’ll get this appearance on DefaultIcon key.
   
6. Close Registry Editor and restart your computer.
7. Now, try to open your folder where contains bmp files, if you can see their icon that represent its icon, it means you did these steps right.
   

To back to the original configuration, just give Default value to shimgvw.dll,1.
(Article no: 0056)

And here is the way:

1. Open Registry Editor first by click Start -> Run menu, enter regedit in box and then press Enter key.
   
2. Navigates to this registry path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Advanced.
   
3. Find PersisBrowser value on right panel.
   
4. PersistBrowser value has standard value 0, to force Windows save your opened window, modify its value to 1 by double click it, and replace the original value with 1.
   
5. Close Registry Editor, and then restart your computer.
6. After Windows is boot-up, you’ll look your last opened window is opening by Windows now.

To make it back to original setting, just modify PersistBrowsers data to 0.
(Article no: 0141)

You can see the Log Off button on Start menu.

And here are the steps:

1. Open Registry Editor first by click Start -> Run menu, enter regedit in box and then press Enter key.
   
2. After Registry Editor is opened,
   
   navigates to path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer.
   
3. Create a DWORD value in Explorer key, by right click on Explorer key or on right panel empty space, and then choose New -> DWORD value menu.
   
4. Replace the original value with StartMenuLogOff value.
   
5. Double click StartMenuLogOff value; replace the original data (0)
   
   to (1).
   
6. And the value data has been changed.
   
7. Close Registry Editor and then restart your computer.
8. After the computer is restarted, try to look the Start Menu and your Log Off button has been hidden.
   

To bring it back, just remove StartMenuLogOff value or give it value data 0.

For example I have three accounts on my Welcome Screen. They are Administrator, Farrel, and Listi. And I want to hide Listi account from Welcome Screen.

Here are the steps:

1. To play with registry, open Registry Editor first by click Start -> Run menu, enter regedit in box and then press Enter.
   
2. In Registry Editor,
   
   navigate to this path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon \ SpecialAccounts \ UserList.
   
3. On right panel, you’ll see the list that contains all accounts which hidden from Welcome Screen. To hide an account, create a new DWORD value by right click on empty space, click New -> DWORD value menu
   
   and replace the value with your account name (in my case, I wrote Listi)
   
4. Now, you have a new entry with your account name on registry.
   
5. Try to restart your computer, and look on your Welcome Screen, if you did all steps correctly, your ‘secret’ account has been hidden.

(article no: 0060)

To backup Windows Registry, just click Start -> Run menu, type regedit /e your_drive:\your_folder\reg_backup_name.reg and then press Enter. For example I want to backup it to Drive C, folder: Data and I want to give it name: edi.reg, just enter in box: regedit /e c:\data\edi.reg then press Enter. That’s it!

As my experience, the file size is about 80-90 MB per backup file. And because there is no progress bar shown, just be patience to wait it for 5-10 minutes. And how do to restore it? Just double click it and click Yes in confirmation message box.

2. In Registry Editor, drive to HKEY_CURRENT_USER | Software | Microsoft | Windows | CurrentVersion | Policies | Explorer path.

3. In that path, find key: HideClock if you don’t find it. To create HideClock key, right click on right panel, choose New – DWORD value menu and then change the new value name to HideClock. Then change its value to 1 by double click it and then in Value data: box to 1 and then click OK button.

then your Registry Editor will be like picture below.

4. Restart your computer and then look at your systray. Your clock is gone.

You can’t reactivate clock through taskbar properties because its radio check is disabled.
To show it again, just change the HideClock value to 0 or delete that key.
(article no:0119)

And if you want to add the Date Created information, follow these steps:
1. Open the Registry Editor via Start – Run dialog and then type regedit in textbox and then press Enter.

2. Pointing to path registry: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT | SystemFileAssociations | image, look at three picture below to get visual.

3. OK, now look at right panel and find the Infotip key.

4. Double click on it and add the value ;Create string, click OK button.

5. And you will get the result like picture at below.

6. Close your Registry Editor and retry to hover your mouse on image file, and if your do it right, so your will see the result like below this.

(article no:0075)

2. After Registry Editor has opened,

point your cursor to registry path : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE | SOFTWARE | Microsoft | Windows | CurrentVersion | Explorer.

3. Find the AlwaysUnloadDLL key, if you can’t find it just create it by right click on empty space on right panel Registry Editor and the click New – DWORD value.

4. Type AlwaysUnloadDLL for new key and then press ENTER key.

5. Double click on AlwaysUnloadDLL to change its value.

6. After Edit DWORD value window appear

replace the original value 0 with 1 and then click OK button.

7. The value of AlwaysUnloadDLL key will change.

8. Close your Registry Editor and then restart your computer.

9. Your memory can breathe again now.

10. To restore the original state / setting just replace value 1 to 0 for AlwaysUnloadDLL key or delete it.
(article no:0059)