- Accessibility, additional settings for web pages
Control Panel → Internet Options → General tab → Accessibility
- Accessibility, enable / disable warnings & notifications
Control Panel → Accessibility Options → General tab
- Accessibility, move Magnifier with focus change in web pages
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Accessibility → Move system caret with focus/selection changes
- Address Bar, Go button
See “Go button”
- Address Bar, history settings
Control Panel → Internet Options → General tab → History section
- Address Bar, search settings
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Search from the Address bar
- Address Bar, show in Explorer
Explorer → View → Toolbars → Address Bar
- Address Bar, show on taskbar
Right-click on empty area of taskbar → Toolbars → Address
- Address Bar, show the full path of current folder
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Display the full path in the address bar
- Address Book, make the default contact list
Control Panel → Internet Options → Programs tab → Contact list
- Address Book, profile assistant (enable/disable)
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Security → Enable Profile Assistant
- Address Book, set default profile for AutoComplete
Control Panel → Internet Options → Content tab → My Profile
- Administrative Tools, show in Start Menu (Classic Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → “Advanced Start menu options” section → Display Administrative Tools
- Administrative Tools, show in Start Menu (XP Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → Advanced tab → “Start menu items” section → System Administrative Tools
- Advanced Power Management, additional settings
Your computer’s BIOS setup; see Appendix B
- Advanced Power Management, effect on Offline files
Explorer → Tools → Synchronize → Setup → On Idle tab → Advanced → Prevent synchronization when my computer is running on battery power
- Advanced Power Management, effect on Scheduled Tasks
Control Panel → Scheduled Tasks → right-click task → Properties → Settings tab → Power Management section
- Advanced Power Management, enable / disable
Control Panel → Power Options → APM tab → Enable Advanced Power Management support
- Alt Key, make it “sticky”
Control Panel → Accessibility Options → Keyboard tab → Use StickyKeys
- Animation, enable / disable selectively
Control Panel → System → Advanced tab → Performance section → Settings → Visual Effects tab → Custom
TweakUI → General
- Animation, fading between web pages
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Enable page transitions
- Animation, show animated GIFs in web pages
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Multimedia → Play animations in web pages
- Animation, smooth scrolling of lists
TweakUI → Explorer → Enable smooth scrolling
- Animation, smooth scrolling of web pages
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Use smooth scrolling
- Applications, ending
Task Manager (taskmgr.exe) → Applications tab
- Applications, ending background processes
Task Manager (taskmgr.exe) → Processes tab
- Applications, prevent from loading
Control Panel → Advanced tab → Performance → Settings → Data Execution Prevention tab
- Applications, list loaded DLLs
System Information (winmsd.exe) → Software Environment → Loaded Modules
- AutoComplete, edit data
Control Panel → Internet Options → Content tab → My Profile
- AutoComplete, enable / disable
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Use inline AutoComplete
- AutoComplete, Profile Assistant (enable/disable)
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Security → Enable Profile Assistant
- AutoComplete, settings
Control Panel → Internet Options → Content tab → AutoComplete
- Autodial
See “Dialing”
- Autoexec.bat, parse at logon
TweakUI → Logon
- Automatic Windows Update settings
Control Panel → System → Automatic Updates tab
- Autoplay
Explorer → right-click CD drive icon → Properties → AutoPlay tab
TweakUI → My Computer → AutoPlay
- Background, create and modify
Paint (mspaint.exe) → save as .bmp in Windows folder
- Background, select and configure
Control Panel → Display → Desktop tab
- Balloon tips (big tooltips that pop up from taskbar notification area)
TweakUI → Taskbar → Enable balloon tips
- Browser, set default
Control Panel → Internet Options → Programs tab → Internet Explorer should check to see whether it is the default browser
- Button color
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Advanced → Item list → choose “3d Objects”
- Calendar, default application
Control Panel → Internet Options → Programs tab → Calendar
- Calling
See “Dialing”
- Cascading Style Sheets
See “Style Sheets”
- CD, autoplay
See “Autoplay”
- CD Burning, folder location
TweakUI → My Computer → Special Folders
- Certificates, check for revocation in Internet Explorer
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Security
- Certificates, Internet Explorer settings for secure sites
Control Panel → Internet Options → Content tab → Certificates section
- Certificates, warn about invalid certificates in Internet Explorer
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Security → Warn about invalid site certificates
- Clock, show on the taskbar
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Taskbar tab → Show the clock
- Code page conversion table
Control Panel → Regional and Language Options → Advanced tab → Code page conversion tables
- Color profiles, associate with device
Right-click on .icm file → Properties → Associate Device tab
- Color profiles, management
Control Panel → Display → Settings tab → Advanced → Color Management tab
- Colors, change for all display elements
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Advanced
- Colors, encrypted and compressed files
TweakUI → Explorer → Colors
- Colors, in web pages
Control Panel → Internet Options → General tab → Colors
- Colors, increase or decrease number of supported colors (color depth)
Control Panel → Display → Settings tab → Color Quality
- Colors, show high contrast screen colors
Control Panel → Accessibility Options → Display tab → Use High Contrast
- Combo boxes, enable / disable animation
Control Panel → System → Advanced tab → Performance section → Settings → Visual Effects tab → Custom
- Command keys, customize
TweakUI → Explorer → Command Keys
- Command Prompt, filename completion
TweakUI → Command Prompt
- Command Prompt, settings
Command Prompt window → Control Menu
- Compressed NTFS files, choose color
TweakUI → Explorer → Colors
- Compressed NTFS files, differentiate with a different color
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color
- Contact list, default
Control Panel → Internet Options → Programs tab → Contact list
- Control Panel, security policies
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → User Configuration → Administrative Templates → Control Panel
- Control Panel, categories (show/hide)
Control Panel → Tools → Options → General tab → Show common tasks in folders → Ok → Switch to Classic View or Switch to Category View
- Control Panel, icons (show/hide)
TweakUI → Control Panel
- Control Panel, show as menu in Start Menu (Classic Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → “Advanced Start menu options” section → Expand Control Panel
- Control Panel, show as menu in Start Menu (XP Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → Advanced tab → “Start menu items” section → Control Panel
- Control Panel, show in My Computer
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Show Control Panel in My Computer
TweakUI → My Computer
- Cookies, change settings (block, allow, prompt)
Control Panel → Internet Options → Privacy tab → Advanced → Override automatic cookie handling
- Cookies, change settings for specific web sites (block, allow, prompt)
Control Panel → Internet Options → Privacy tab → Edit
- Cookies, delete all
Control Panel → Internet Options → General tab → Temporary Internet Files section → Delete Cookies
- Country, choose for dialing preferences
Control Panel → Phone and Modem Options → Dialing Rules tab → select location → Edit → Country/region
- Country, choose for localized information
Control Panel → Regional and Language Options → Regional Options tab → Location section
- Crashes, send reports to Microsoft
Control Panel → System → Advanced tab → Error Reporting
- Critical Update Notification
Control Panel → System → Automatic Updates tab
- Ctrl Key, make it “sticky”
Control Panel → Accessibility Options → Keyboard tab → Use StickyKeys
- Ctrl-Alt-Del window, settings
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → User Configuration → Administrative Templates → System → Ctrl+Alt+Del Options
- Currency, customize display
Control Panel → Regional and Language Options → Regional Options tab → Customize → Currency tab
- Cursor, mouse cursor
See “Mouse Cursor”
- Cursor, text cursor
See “Text Cursor”
- Data Execution Prevention (DEP) (enable/disable)
Control Panel → Advanced tab → Performance → Settings → Data Execution Prevention tab
- Date, customize display
Control Panel → Regional and Language Options → Regional Options tab → Customize → Date tab
- Date, set
Control Panel → Date and Time → Date & Time tab
- Daylight Savings, enable / disable
Control Panel → Date and Time → Time Zone tab
- Desktop, Cleanup Wizard runs every 60 days
Control Panel → Display → Desktop tab → Customize Desktop → General tab → Run Desktop Cleanup every 60 days
- Desktop, color
Control Panel → Display → Desktop tab → Color
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Advanced → Item list → choose “Desktop”
- Desktop, folder, change location
TweakUI → My Computer → Special Folders
- Desktop, icons
See “Icons”
- Desktop, refresh
click on an empty portion of the desktop → press F5
- Desktop, restrict installation of items
Control Panel → Internet Options → Security tab → Custom Level
- Desktop, security policies
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → User Configuration → Administrative Templates → Desktop
- Desktop, show contents without minimizing applications
Right-click on taskbar → Toolbars → Show Desktop
Right-click on taskbar → Toolbars → Show Open Windows (to restore)
Explorer → open Desktop folder
- Desktop, version (show/hide)
TweakUI → General → Show Windows version on desktop
- Desktop, web content (enable/disable)
TweakUI → Explorer → Allow Web content to be added to the desktop
- Desktop, web content, lock
TweakUI → Explorer → Lock Web content
- Desktop, web pages, add / remove / hide
Control Panel → Display → Desktop tab → Customize Desktop → Web tab
- Desktop, web pages, allow moving and resizing
Control Panel → Display → Desktop tab → Customize Desktop → Web tab → Lock desktop items
- Desktop, web pages, automatic download of linked pages
Control Panel → Display → Desktop tab → Customize Desktop → Web tab → select item → Properties → Download tab
- Desktop, web pages, automatic updates
Control Panel → Display → Desktop tab → Customize Desktop → Web tab → select item → Properties → Schedule tab
- Desktop, web pages, automatic updates (enable/disable)
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Enable offline items to be synchronized on a schedule
- Devices
See “Hardware”
- Dialing, area code settings
Control Panel → Phone and Modem Options → Dialing Rules tab → select location → Edit
- Dialing, call waiting
Control Panel → Phone and Modem Options → Dialing Rules tab → select location → Edit → General tab → To disable call waiting...
- Dialing, calling card
Control Panel → Phone and Modem Options → Dialing Rules tab → select location → Edit → Calling Card tab
- Dialing, connect to the Internet when needed
Control Panel → Internet Options → Connection tab → Dial whenever / Always dial
- Dialing, connect to the Internet when needed, depending on location
Control Panel → Network Connections → Advanced → Dial-Up Preferences
- Dialing, default Internet connection
Control Panel → Internet Options → Connection tab → select connection → Set Default
- Dialing, disconnect Internet connection when no longer needed
Control Panel → Internet Options → Connection tab → select connection → Settings
- Dialing, operator-assisted dialing
Control Panel → Network Connections → Advanced → Operator-Assisted Dialing
- Digital Camera, add as drive in Explorer (still camera only)
Control Panel → Scanners and Cameras → Add Device
- Disconnect from Internet automatically
Control Panel → Internet Options → Connection tab → select connection → Settings
- Display, force restart after changing resolution or color depth
Control Panel → Display → Settings tab → Advanced → General tab → Compatibility section
- Display, list all possible combinations of resolution and color depth
Control Panel → Display → Settings tab → Advanced → Adapter tab → List All Modes
- Display, refresh rate
Control Panel → Display → Settings tab → Advanced → Monitor tab → Screen refresh rate
- Display, resolution
Control Panel → Display → Settings tab → Screen resolution
- Display, show amount of memory installed on display adapter
Control Panel → Display → Settings tab → Advanced → Adapter tab → Adapter Information section
- Display, size
Control Panel → Display → Settings tab → Screen resolution
- Display, style
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Windows and buttons list
- Display, style, apply to controls in web pages
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Enable visual styles on buttons and controls in web pages
- Display, troubleshooting
Control Panel → Display → Settings tab → Advanced → Troubleshoot tab
- Display, turn off to save power
Control Panel → Power Options → Power Schemes tab → Turn off hard disks
- Document templates, manage
TweakUI → Templates
- Document templates, relocate folder
TweakUI → My Computer → Special Folders
- Documents, history, clear on exit
TweakUI → Explorer → Clear document history on exit
- Documents, history, maintain
TweakUI → Explorer → Maintain document history
- Documents, show on Start Menu (Classic Start Menu only)
TweakUI → Explorer → Show My Documents on classic Start Menu
- Documents, show on Start Menu (XP Start Menu only)
TweakUI → Explorer → Allow Recent Documents on Start Menu
- Double-click required to open icons
Control Panel → Folder Options → General tab → Double-click to open an item
- Download Complete message, enable / disable
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Notify when downloads complete
- Drivers
See “Hardware”
- Drives, show/hide in My Computer
TweakUI → My Computer → Drives
- Drives, warn when low on free space
TweakUI → Taskbar → Warn when low on disk space
- DVD drive, autoplay enable / disable
Explorer → right-click DVD drive icon → Properties → AutoPlay tab
- Effects, display settings
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Effects
- Email icon, show in Start Menu (XP Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → General tab → E-mail
- Email program, default
Control Panel → Internet Options → Programs tab → E-mail
- Encrypted NTFS files, customize color
TweakUI → Explorer → Colors
- Encrypted NTFS files, differentiate with a different color
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color
- Encrypted NTFS files, use with Offline files
Control Panel → Folder Options → Offline Files tab → Encrypt offline files to secure data
- Environment variables
Control Panel → System → Advanced tab → Environment variables
- Error messages, font
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Advanced → Item list → choose “Message Box”
- Error messages, sound
Control Panel → Sounds and Audio Devices → Sounds tab
- Error messages, text color
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Advanced → Item list → choose “Window”
- Error Reporting, advanced settings
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → Computer Configuration → Administrative Templates → System → Error Reporting
- Error Reporting, enable / disable
Control Panel → System → Advanced tab → Error Reporting
- Explorer
See “Windows Explorer”
- Extensions, show/hide filename extensions
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Hide extensions for known file types
- Favorites, hide infrequently used items
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Enable Personalized Favorites Menu
- Favorites, links (show/hide)
TweakUI → Explorer → Show Links on Favorites menu
- Favorites, navigation key
TweakUI → Explorer → Command Keys
- Favorites, relocate folder
TweakUI → My Computer → Special Folders
- Favorites, show in Start Menu (Classic Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → “Advanced Start menu options” section → Display Favorites
- Favorites, show in Start Menu (XP Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → Advanced tab → “Start menu items” section → Favorites menu
- Fax service, install support
Control Panel → Printers and Faxes → File → Set Up Faxing
- File dialogs, options
TweakUI → Common Dialogs
- Files, differentiate encrypted or compressed NTFS files with a different color
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Show encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color
- Files, display size in folder tips
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Display file size information in folder tips
- Files, double-click sensitivity
TweakUI → Mouse
- Files, downloads (enable/disable)
Control Panel → Internet Options → Security tab → Custom Level
- Files, drag-drop (enable/disable)
Control Panel → Internet Options → Security tab → Custom Level
- Files, drag-drop sensitivity
TweakUI → Mouse
- Files, extensions (show/hide)
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Hide extensions for known file types
- Files, filename completion in Command Prompt
TweakUI → Command Prompt
- Files, hidden files (show/hide)
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Hidden files and folders
- Files, Indexing Service
See “Indexing Service”
- Files, system files (show/hide)
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Hide protected operating system files
- Firewall
See “Windows Firewall”
- Focus, prevent applications from stealing
TweakUI → General → Focus
- Folders, cache settings for offline access
Explorer → right-click folder icon → Sharing → Caching
- Folders, close automatically when Favorites or History folder is shown
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Close unused folders in History and Favorites
- Folders, columns in details view
Folder window → View → Details → View → Choose Details
- Folders, display file size in folder tips
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Display file size information in folder tips
- Folders, group similar items
Folder window → View Arrange Icons by → Show in Groups
- Folders, history settings
Control Panel → Internet Options → General tab → History section
- Folders, Indexing Service
See “Indexing Service”
- Folders, open each folder in its own window
Control Panel → Folder Options → General tab → Open each folder in its own window
- Folders, open in separate process
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Launch folder windows in separate process
- Folders, refresh view
Folder window → View → Refresh or press F5
- Folders, remember individual settings
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Remember each folder’s view settings
- Folders, reopen all folder windows that were left open when system was last shut down
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Restore previous folder windows at logon
- Folders, reset default appearance to Windows default
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Reset All Folders
- Folders, reuse folder windows
Control Panel → Folder Options → General tab → Open each folder in the same window
- Folders, reuse folder windows when launching Internet shortcuts
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Reuse windows for launching shortcuts
- Folders, set default appearance
Open any folder and configure it as you wish → Tools → Folder Options → View tab → Apply to All Folders
- Folders, share on network
Explorer → right-click folder icon → Sharing → Share this folder
- Folders, show/hide hidden folders
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Hidden files and folders
- Folders, show background images
Control Panel → System → Advanced tab → Performance section → Settings → Visual Effects tab → Custom
- Folders, show common tasks
Control Panel → System → Advanced tab → Performance section → Settings → Visual Effects tab → Custom
- Folders, show contents of system folders
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Display the contents of system folders
- Folders, show Digital Camera memory as a folder (still camera only)
Control Panel → Scanners and Cameras → Add Device
- Folders, show FTP site as folder in Internet Explorer
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Enable folder view for FTP sites
- Folders, show lines in Explorer tree view
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Display simple folder view in Explorer’s Folders list
- Folders, show the full path in the address bar
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Display the full path in the address bar
- Folders, show the full path in the titlebar
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Display the full path in the title bar
- Fonts, change DPI of all screen fonts
Control Panel → Display → Settings tab → Advanced → General tab → DPI setting list → select “Custom setting”
- Fonts, determine link between font filename and font screen name
Control Panel → Fonts → View → Details
- Fonts, downloads (enable/disable)
Control Panel → Internet Options → Security tab → Custom Level
- Fonts, eliminate duplicates
Control Panel → Fonts → View → List Fonts by Similarity
- Fonts, in web pages
Control Panel → Internet Options → General tab → Fonts
- Fonts, in windows, menus, and icons
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Advanced
- Fonts, install
Control Panel → Fonts → File → Install New Font
- Fonts, repair folder
TweakUI → Repair
- Fonts, size in applications
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Font size
- Fonts, smooth edges (enable/disable)
Control Panel → System → Advanced tab → Performance section → Settings → Visual Effects tab → Custom
- Fonts, smooth edges (settings)
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Effects → Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts
- Fonts, uninstall
Control Panel → Fonts → delete a font file to uninstall it
- Fonts, view & compare
Control Panel → Fonts → double-click any font
- FTP, server restrictions
Control Panel → Network Connections → right-click connection → Properties → Advanced tab → Settings → Services tab
- FTP, show as folder in Internet Explorer
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Enable folder view for FTP sites
- FTP, use passive mode
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Use Passive FTP
- Go button, show in Address Bar
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Show Go button in Address Bar
Right-click on empty portion of address bar → Go Button
- Hang up Internet Connection automatically
Control Panel → Internet Options → Connection tab → select connection → Settings
- Hard Disk, cache settings for offline access
Explorer → right-click drive icon → Sharing → Caching
- Hard Disk, check for errors
Explorer → right-click drive icon → Properties → Tools tab → Check Now
- Hard Disk, clean up
Explorer → right-click drive icon → Properties → General tab → Disk Cleanup
- Hard Disk, compress drive
Explorer → right-click drive icon → Properties → Compress drive to save disk space
- Hard Disk, convert to dynamic disk
Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc) → View → Top → Disk List → right-click on drive in top pane → Convert to Dynamic Disk
- Hard Disk, defragment
Explorer → right-click drive icon → Properties → Tools tab → Defragment Now
- Hard Disk, enable / disable write caching
Device Manager → right-click drive → Properties → Policies tab → Enable write caching on the disk
- Hard Disk, Indexing Service
See “Indexing Service”
- Hard Disk, list volumes
Device Manager → right-click drive → Properties → Volumes tab → Populate
- Hard Disk, quota management
Explorer → right-click folder icon → Properties → Quota tab
- Hard Disk, quota security policies
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → Computer Configuration → Administrative Templates → System → Disk Quotas
- Hard Disk, share on network
Explorer → right-click drive icon → Sharing → Share this folder
- Hard Disk, turn off to save power
Control Panel → Power Options → Power Schemes tab → Turn off monitor
- Hardware, change the driver for a device
Device Manager → right-click on device → Properties → Driver tab → Update Driver
- Hardware, driver information for a device
Device Manager → right-click on device → Properties → Driver tab → Driver Details
- Hardware, driver signing options
Control Panel → System → Hardware tab → Driver Signing
- Hardware, enable / disable
Device Manager → right-click on device → Properties → General tab → Device usage
- Hardware, install
Control Panel → Add Hardware
- Hardware, IRQ Steering settings
Device Manager → Computer → right-click sole entry → Properties → IRQ Steering tab
- Hardware, list devices
System Information (winmsd.exe) → Components
- Hardware, list drivers
System Information (winmsd.exe) → Software Environment
- Hardware, list resources used
System Information (winmsd.exe) → Hardware Resources
- Hardware, places to look for drivers
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → User Configuration → Administrative Templates → System
- Hardware, profile settings
Control Panel → System → Hardware tab → Hardware Profiles
- Hardware, resources in use by a device
Device Manager → right-click on device → Properties → Resources tab
- Hardware, security policies
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → Computer Configuration → Windows Settings → Security Settings → Local Policies → Security Options
- Hardware, show all installed devices
Device Manager
- Hardware, uninstall
Device Manager → right-click on device → Uninstall
- Hardware, Universal Plug and Play support
Control Panel → Network Connections → Advanced → Optional Networking Components → Networking Services
- Help, pop-up help windows
See “Tooltips”
- Help, show in Start Menu (XP Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → Advanced tab → “Start menu items” section → Help and Support
TweakUI → Explorer → Allow Help on Start Menu
- Hibernation, enable / disable
Control Panel → Power Options → Hibernate tab → Enable hibernation
- Hidden files and folders, show/hide
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Hidden files and folders
- Hourglass, change icon
Control Panel → Mouse → Pointers tab
- HTML editor, default
Control Panel → Internet Options → Programs tab → HTML Editor
- Icons, desktop icons (show/hide)
Control Panel → Display → Desktop tab → Customize Desktop
TweakUI → Desktop
- Icons, highlight color & font
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Advanced → Item list → choose “Selected Items”
- Icons, repair
TweakUI → Repair
- Icons, show shadows under icon captions
Control Panel → System → Advanced tab → Performance section → Settings → Visual Effects tab → Custom
- Icons, show translucent selection rectangle when highlighting multiple icons
Control Panel → System → Advanced tab → Performance section → Settings → Visual Effects tab → Custom
- Icons, single-click or double-click
Control Panel → Folder Options → General tab → Click items as follows
- Icons, size on desktop and in folders
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Effects → Use large icons
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Advanced → Item list → choose “Icon”
- Icons, spacing on desktop and in folders
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Advanced → Item list → choose “Icon Spacing (Horizontal)” or “Icon Spacing (Vertical)”
- Icons, underline captions
Control Panel → Folder Options → General tab → Click items as follows
- Images, show as thumbnails in Explorer
Explorer → View → Thumbnails
- Images, show in web pages
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Multimedia → Show pictures
- Images, show placeholders in web pages (if pictures are disabled in web pages)
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Multimedia → Show image download placeholders
- Indexing Service, enable / disable for individual drives
Explorer → right-click drive icon → Properties → General tab → Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching
- Insertion Point, change
Control Panel → Mouse → Pointers tab → choose “Text Select” from “Customize” list
- Install On Demand, enable / disable
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Enable Install On Demand
- Internet Call, default application
Control Panel → Internet Options → Programs tab → Internet Call
- Internet Connection, set up
Control Panel → Internet Options → Connection tab → Setup
- Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
Control Panel → Windows Firewall → Advanced tab → Network Connection Settings → select connection → Settings → ICMP tab
Control Panel → Windows Firewall → Advanced tab → ICMP → Settings
- Internet Explorer, abbreviate link addresses in status bar
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Show friendly URLs
- Internet Explorer, ActiveX settings
Control Panel → Internet Options → Security tab → Custom Level
- Internet Explorer, additional security policies
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → Computer Configuration → Administrative Templates → Windows Components → Internet Explorer
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → User Configuration → Administrative Templates → Windows Components → Internet Explorer
- Internet Explorer, animated GIFs (enable/disable)
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Multimedia → Play animations in web pages
- Internet Explorer, AutoComplete settings
See “AutoComplete”
- Internet Explorer, automatically check for updates
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Automatically check for Internet Explorer updates
- Internet Explorer, automatically download linked pages for desktop web pages
Control Panel → Display → Desktop tab → Customize Desktop → Web tab → select item → Properties → Download tab
- Internet Explorer, automatically update desktop web pages
Control Panel → Display → Desktop tab → Customize Desktop → Web tab → select item → Properties → Schedule tab
- Internet Explorer, buttons & controls, use display settings
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Enable visual styles on buttons and controls in web pages
- Internet Explorer, cache settings
Control Panel → Internet Options → General tab → Temporary Internet Files section → Settings
- Internet Explorer, cache settings for encrypted pages
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Security → Do not save encrypted pages to disk
- Internet Explorer, cache, clear automatically when browser is closed
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Security → Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed
- Internet Explorer, certificates for secure sites
See “Certificates”
- Internet Explorer, check to see if it is the default browser
Control Panel → Internet Options → Programs tab → Internet Explorer should check to see whether it is the default browser
- Internet Explorer, colors & fonts
Control Panel → Internet Options → General tab
- Internet Explorer, cookies
See “Cookies”
- Internet Explorer, default home page
Control Panel → Internet Options → General tab → Home page
- Internet Explorer, desktop icon
Control Panel → Display → Desktop tab → Customize Desktop
- Internet Explorer, disable compositing effects when using Terminal Server
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Force offscreen compositing even under Terminal Server
- Internet Explorer, download-complete notification
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Notify when downloads complete
- Internet Explorer, enable / disable HTTP 1.1
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → HTTP 1.1 settings
- Internet Explorer, enable / disable moving or resizing web page items on desktop
Control Panel → Display → Desktop tab → Customize Desktop → Web tab → Lock desktop items
- Internet Explorer, enlarge picture boxes to accommodate “ALT” captions (if pictures are disabled in web pages)
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Accessibility → Always expand ALT text for images
- Internet Explorer, explain server error messages
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Show friendly HTTP error messages
- Internet Explorer, fading animation when moving from one web page to another
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Enable page transitions
- Internet Explorer, Go button
See “Go button”
- Internet Explorer, hand icon (change)
Control Panel → Mouse → Pointers tab → choose “Link Select” from “Customize” list
- Internet Explorer, hide infrequently used Favorites
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Enable Personalized Favorites Menu
- Internet Explorer, History settings
Control Panel → Internet Options → General tab → History section
- Internet Explorer, icon, change
Control Panel → Display → Desktop tab → Customize Desktop → General tab → select icon → Change Icon
- Internet Explorer, icon, show on desktop
Control Panel → Display → Desktop tab → Customize Desktop → General tab → Internet Explorer
- Internet Explorer, image placeholders (if pictures are disabled in web pages)
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Multimedia → Show image download placeholders
- Internet Explorer, Image Toolbar (enable/disable)
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Multimedia → Enable Image Toolbar
- Internet Explorer, Java
See “Java”
- Internet Explorer, Link underline
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Underline links
- Internet Explorer, list additional settings
System Information (winmsd.exe) → Internet Settings → Internet Explorer
- Internet Explorer, Media Bar content
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Multimedia → Don’t display online media content in the media bar
- Internet Explorer, navigation keys
TweakUI → Explorer → Command Keys
- Internet Explorer, plug-ins (enable/disable)
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Enable third-party browser extensions
- Internet Explorer, print background colors and images when printing web pages
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Printings → Print background colors and images
- Internet Explorer, profile assistant (enable/disable)
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Security → Enable Profile Assistant
- Internet Explorer, restrict certain sites
Control Panel → Internet Options → Content tab → Content Advisor section
- Internet Explorer, reuse folder windows when launching shortcuts
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Reuse windows for launching shortcuts
- Internet Explorer, save form data
Control Panel → Internet Options → Content tab → AutoComplete
- Internet Explorer, saved web pages, link to image folder
TweakUI → Explorer → Manipulate connected files as a unit
- Internet Explorer, saved web pages, link to image folder
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Managing pairs of Web pages and folders
- Internet Explorer, script debugging
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Disable script debugging
- Internet Explorer, script error notification
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Display a notification about every script error
- Internet Explorer, search, choose prefixes
TweakUI → Internet Explorer → Search
- Internet Explorer, search, from the Address Bar
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Search from the Address bar
- Internet Explorer, search, use classic
TweakUI → Explorer → Use Classic Search in Internet Explorer
- Internet Explorer, show web page on desktop
Control Panel → Display → Desktop tab → Customize Desktop → Web tab
- Internet Explorer, shrink large images to fit browser window
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Multimedia → Enable Automatic Image Resizing
- Internet Explorer, smooth scrolling
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Use smooth scrolling
- Internet Explorer, sounds (enable/disable)
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Multimedia → Play sounds in web pages
- Internet Explorer, SSL settings
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Security
- Internet Explorer, status bar shows abbreviated link addresses
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Show friendly URLs
- Internet Explorer, toolbar background
TweakUI → Internet Explorer
- Internet Explorer, underline links
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Underline links
- Internet Explorer, use passive mode in FTP
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Use Passive FTP
- Internet Explorer, video clips (enable/disable)
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Multimedia → Play videos in web pages
- Internet Explorer, view source, choose program
TweakUI → Internet Explorer → View Source
- Internet Explorer, warning for redirected form submission
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Security → Warn if forms submittal is being redirected
- Internet Explorer, warnings, enable / disable
Control Panel → Internet Options → Security tab → Custom Level
- Internet icon, show in Start Menu (XP Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → General tab → Internet
- Internet Shortcuts, use same folder window or Explorer window to open web page
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Reuse windows for launching shortcuts
- Java, compile applets before running using the JIT (Just In Time) compiler
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Microsoft VM → JIT compiler for virtual machine enabled
- Java, console
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Microsoft VM → Java console enabled
- Java, logging
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Microsoft VM → Java logging enabled
- Java, security settings
Control Panel → Internet Options → Security tab → Custom Level
- Joystick settings
Control Panel → Game Controllers
- Keyboard shortcuts, hide until Alt key is pressed
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Effects → Hide underlined letters for keyboard navigation until I press the Alt key
- Keyboard shortcuts, show in menus and windows
Control Panel → Accessibility Options → Keyboard tab → Show extra keyboard help in programs
- Keyboard, choose international layout
Control Panel → Regional and Language Options → Language tab → Details
- Keyboard, enable alternative device
Control Panel → Accessibility Options → General tab → Use Serial Keys
- Keyboard, ignore brief or repeated keystrokes
Control Panel → Accessibility Options → Keyboard tab → Use FilterKeys
- Keyboard, specify type
Control Panel → Keyboard → Hardware tab → Properties → Driver tab → Update Driver → Install from a list of specific location → Next → Don’t search → Next
- Keyboard, speed (repeat rate and delay)
Control Panel → Keyboard → Speed tab → Character repeat section
- Keyboard, Windows logo key combinations (enable/disable)
TweakUI → Explorer → Enable Windows+X hotkeys
- Language settings in web pages
Control Panel → Internet Options → General tab → Languages
- Language, settings for non-Unicode applications
Control Panel → Regional and Language Options → Advanced tab → Language for non-Unicode programs
- Language, settings for text entry
Control Panel → Regional and Language Options → Language tab → Details
- Language, use more than one
Control Panel → Regional and Language Options → Language tab → Details → Settings tab → Add
- Listboxes, enable / disable animation
Control Panel → System → Advanced tab → Performance section → Settings → Visual Effects tab → Custom
- Log off, show in Ctrl-Alt-Del window
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → User Configuration → Administrative Templates → System → Ctrl+Alt+Del Options
- Log off, show in Start Menu (Classic Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → “Advanced Start menu options” section → Display Log Off
TweakUI → Explorer → Allow Logoff on Start Menu
- Log on, automatic log on
TweakUI → Logon
- Log on, parse Autoexec.bat
TweakUI → Logon
- Log on, scripts policies
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → Computer Configuration → Administrative Templates → System → Scripts
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → User Configuration → Administrative Templates → System → Scripts
- Log on, security policies
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → Computer Configuration → Windows Settings → Security Settings → Local Policies → Security Options
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → Computer Configuration → Administrative Templates → System → Logon
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → User Configuration → Administrative Templates → System → Logon
- Log on, use Welcome screen
Control Panel → User Accounts → Change the way users log on or off → Use the Welcome screen
- Magnifier, move with focus change in web pages
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Accessibility → Move system caret with focus/selection changes
- Mail Server, restrictions
Control Panel → Network Connections → right-click connection → Properties → Advanced tab → Settings → Services tab
- Memory, priorities
Control Panel → System → Advanced tab → Performance section → Settings → Advanced tab → Memory usage section
- Memory, show amount of memory installed on display adapter
Control Panel → Display → Settings tab → Advanced → Adapter tab → Adapter Information section
- Memory, show amount of system memory installed
Control Panel → System → General tab
- Memory, virtual memory
See “Virtual Memory”
- Menus, animation (enable/disable)
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Effects → Use the following transition effect for menus and tooltips
Control Panel → System → Advanced tab → Performance section → Settings → Visual Effects tab → Custom
TweakUI → General → Enable menu animation
- Menus, fading (enable/disable)
TweakUI → General → Enable menu fading
- Menus, fonts & colors
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Advanced → Item list → choose “Menu”
- Menus, highlight color & font
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Advanced → Item list → choose “Selected Items”
- Menus, shadows (enable/disable)
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Effects → Show shadows under menus
- Menus, size
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Advanced → Item list → choose “Menu”
- Menus, speed
TweakUI → Mouse
- Menus, underlined keyboard shortcuts (show/hide)
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Effects → Hide underlined letters for keyboard navigation until I press the Alt key
- Message boxes, font
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Advanced → Item list → choose “Message Box”
- Message boxes, sound
Control Panel → Sounds and Audio Devices → Sounds tab
- Message boxes, text color
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Advanced → Item list → choose “Window”
- Modems, settings
Control Panel → Phone and Modem Options → Modems tab
- Mouse, auto-raise windows
TweakUI → Mouse → X-Mouse
- Mouse, control with keyboard
Control Panel → Accessibility Options → Mouse tab
- Mouse, detect accidental double-clicks
TweakUI → Explorer → Detect accidental double-clicks
- Mouse, double-click speed
Control Panel → Mouse → Buttons tab → Double-click speed section
- Mouse, double-click sensitivity
TweakUI → Mouse
- Mouse, drag-drop sensitivity
TweakUI → Mouse
- Mouse, drag without holding down buttons
Control Panel → Mouse → Buttons tab → ClickLock section
- Mouse, enable alternative device
Control Panel → Accessibility Options → General tab → Use Serial Keys
- Mouse, hide when typing
Control Panel → Mouse → Pointer Options tab → Hide pointer while typing
- Mouse, hot-tracking effects
TweakUI → General → Enable mouse hot tracking effects
- Mouse, hot-tracking effects color
TweakUI → Explorer → Colors
- Mouse, hover sensitivity
TweakUI → Mouse → Hover
- Mouse, left-handed use
Control Panel → Mouse → Buttons tab → Switch primary and secondary buttons
- Mouse, move to default button when window is opened
Control Panel → Mouse → Pointer Options tab → Automatically move pointer to the default button in a dialog box
- Mouse, pointer
Control Panel → Mouse → Pointers tab
- Mouse, precise control enhancement
Control Panel → Mouse → Pointer Options tab → Enhance pointer precision
- Mouse, sensitivity
TweakUI → Mouse
- Mouse, shadow
Control Panel → Mouse → Pointers tab → Enable pointer shadow
TweakUI → General → Enable cursor shadow
- Mouse, show location with animated circles when Ctrl is pressed
Control Panel → Mouse → Pointer Options tab → Show location of pointer when I press the Ctrl key
- Mouse, specify type
Control Panel → Mouse → Hardware tab → Properties → Driver tab → Update Driver → Install from a list of specific location → Next → Don’t search → Next
- Mouse, speed
Control Panel → Mouse → Pointer Options tab → Motion section
- Mouse, switch left and right buttons
Control Panel → Mouse → Buttons tab → Switch primary and secondary buttons
- Mouse, trails
Control Panel → Mouse → Pointer Options tab → Display pointer trails
- Mouse, wheel, use for scrolling
TweakUI → Mouse → Wheel
- My Computer, change icon
Control Panel → Display → Desktop tab → Customize Desktop → General tab → select icon → Change Icon
- My Computer, show Control Panel
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Show Control Panel in My Computer
- My Computer, show first on desktop
TweakUI → Desktop → First Icon
- My Computer, show icon on desktop
Control Panel → Display → Desktop tab → Customize Desktop → General tab → My Computer
- My Computer, show in Start Menu (XP Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → Advanced tab → “Start menu items” section → My Computer
- My Documents, change icon
Control Panel → Display → Desktop tab → Customize Desktop → General tab → select icon → Change Icon
- My Documents, clear recently opened documents from Start Menu (Classic Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → Clear
- My Documents, clear recently opened documents from Start Menu (XP Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → Advanced tab → Clear List
- My Documents, folder location
TweakUI → My Computer → Special Folders
- My Documents, show as menu in Start Menu (XP Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → Advanced tab → “Start menu items” section → Expand My Documents
- My Documents, show first on desktop
TweakUI → Desktop → First Icon
- My Documents, show icon on desktop
Control Panel → Display → Desktop tab → Customize Desktop → General tab → My Documents
- My Documents, show in Start Menu (Classic Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → “Advanced Start menu options” section → My Documents
- My Documents, show recently opened on Start Menu (XP Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → Advanced tab → “Recent documents” section
- My Music, repair folder
TweakUI → Repair
- My Music, show as menu Start Menu (XP Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → Advanced tab → “Start menu items” section → My Music
- My Network Places, history (enable/disable)
TweakUI → Explorer → Maintain network history
- My Network Places, icon, change
Control Panel → Display → Desktop tab → Customize Desktop → General tab → select icon → Change Icon
- My Network Places, icon, show on desktop
Control Panel → Display → Desktop tab → Customize Desktop → General tab → My Network Places
- My Network Places, show in Start Menu (XP Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → Advanced tab → “Start menu items” section → My Network Places
- My Network Places, View workgroup computers in common task pane (show/hide)
TweakUI → Explorer → Show “View workgroup computers” in Net Places
- My Pictures, folder location
TweakUI → My Computer → Special Folders
- My Pictures, repair folder
TweakUI → Repair
- My Pictures, show as menu in Start Menu (Classic Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → “Advanced Start menu options” section → Expand My Pictures
- My Pictures, show in Start Menu (Classic Start Menu only)
TweakUI → Explorer → Show My Pictures on classic Start Menu
- My Pictures, show in Start Menu (XP Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → Advanced tab → “Start menu items” section → My Pictures
- My Videos, repair folder
TweakUI → Repair
- Navigation keys on special keyboards, customize
TweakUI → Explorer → Command Keys
- NetMeeting, make the default for Internet Calls
Control Panel → Internet Options → Programs tab → Internet Call
- Network, add new connection
Control Panel → Network Connections → New Connection Wizard
- Network, advanced adapter settings
Device Manager → right-click adapter → Properties → Advanced tab
- Network, Authentication
Control Panel → Network Connections → right-click connection → Properties → Authentication tab
- Network, bindings
Control Panel → Network Connections → Advanced → Advanced Settings → Adapters and Bindings tab
Control Panel → Network Connections → right-click connection → Properties → General tab → turn on or off listed protocols and services
- Network, bridge two connections
Control Panel → Network Connections → select two connections → Advanced → Network Bridge
- Network, computer description
Control Panel → System → Computer Name tab
- Network, computer name
Control Panel → System → Computer Name tab → Change
- Network, connect to shared printer
Control Panel → Printers and Faxes → Add Printer → Next → A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer
- Network, connection status
Control Panel → Network Connections → double-click connection → General tab
- Network, disconnect mapped network drive
Explorer → Tools → Disconnect Network Drive
- Network, DNS settings
Control Panel → Network Connections → right-click connection → Properties → General tab → Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) → Properties → Advanced → DNS tab
- Network, enable / disable
Control Panel → Network Connections → right-click connection → Enable or Disable
- Network, Firewall
See “Internet Connection Firewall”
- Network, include in Files or Folders search
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Automatically search for network folders and printers
- Network, install a network protocol or service
Control Panel → Network Connections → right-click connection → Properties → General tab → Install
- Network, IP address and other connection information
Control Panel → Network Connections → double-click connection → Support tab
- Network, join a Windows NT domain
Control Panel → System → Computer Name tab → Change
- Network, map network drive
Explorer → Tools → Map Network Drive
- Network, preliminary setup
Control Panel → Network Connections → Network Setup Wizard
- Network, priorities
Control Panel → Network Connections → Advanced → Advanced Settings → Provider Order tab
- Network, protocol, enable or disable for a connection
Control Panel → Network Connections → right-click connection → Properties → General tab → check or uncheck entries in list
- Network, security policies
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → Computer Configuration → Windows Settings → Security Settings → Local Policies → Security Options
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → Computer Configuration → Administrative Templates → Network
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → User Configuration → Administrative Templates → Network
- Network, set IP address
Control Panel → Network Connections → right-click connection → Properties → General tab → Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) → Properties → Use the following IP address
- Network, set multiple IP addresses
Control Panel → Network Connections → right-click connection → Properties → General tab → Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) → Properties → Advanced → IP Settings tab
- Network, share printer
Control Panel → Printers and Faxes → right-click printer → Sharing → Shared as
- Network, show icon in taskbar notification areawhen connected
Control Panel → Network Connections → right-click connection → Properties → General tab → Show icon in notification area when connected
- Network, SNMP components (install / uninstall)
Control Panel → Network Connections → Advanced → Optional Networking Components → Management and Monitoring Tools
- Network, TCP/IP filtering
Control Panel → Network Connections → right-click connection → Properties → General tab → Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) → Properties → Advanced → Options tab → TCP/IP filtering → Properties
- Network, TCP/IP settings
Control Panel → Network Connections → right-click connection → Properties → General tab → Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) → Properties
- Network, uninstall a protocol or service
Control Panel → Network Connections → right-click connection → Properties → General tab → Uninstall
- Network, WINS settings
Control Panel → Network Connections → right-click connection → Properties → General tab → Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) → Properties → Advanced → WINS tab
- Network Connections, automatically dial
Control Panel → Internet Options → Connection tab
- Network Connections, security policies
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → User Configuration → Administrative Templates → Network → Network Connections
- Network Connections, show as menu in Start Menu (Classic Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → “Advanced Start menu options” section → Expand Network Connections
- Network Connections, show in Start Menu (Classic Start Menu only)
TweakUI → Explorer → Show Network Connections on classic Start Menu
- Network Connections, show in Start Menu (XP Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → Advanced tab → “Start menu items” section → Network Connections
- Newsgroup reader, default
Control Panel → Internet Options → Programs tab → Newsgroups
- Notification Area
See “Taskbar Notification Area”
- Numbers, customize display
Control Panel → Regional and Language Options → Regional Options tab → Customize → Numbers tab
- ODBC data sources, restrict access
Control Panel → Internet Options → Security tab → Custom Level
- Offline Files, action to take when network connection is lost
Control Panel → Folder Options → Offline Files tab → Advanced
- Offline Files, automatic synchronization
Explorer → Tools → Synchronize → Setup → Logon/Lofoff tab → Automatically synchronize the selected items...
- Offline Files, automatic synchronization on idle
Explorer → Tools → Synchronize → Setup → On Idle tab → Advanced
- Offline Files, compatibility with computers running on batteries
Explorer → Tools → Synchronize → Setup → On Idle tab → Advanced → Prevent synchronization when my computer is running on battery power
- Offline Files, enable scheduling of desktop web page updates
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Enable offline items to be synchronized on a schedule
- Offline Files, security policies
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → User Configuration → Administrative Templates → Network → Offline Files
- Offline Files, settings
Control Panel → Folder Options → Offline Files tab
Explorer → Tools → Synchronize → Setup
- Offline Files, synchronize
Explorer → Tools → Synchronize
- Outlook Express, make the default
Control Panel → Internet Options → Programs tab → E-mail or Newsgroups
- Outlook Express, repair unread mail count
TweakUI → Repair
- Parental Control of web sites
Control Panel → Internet Options → Content tab → Content Advisor section
- Passwords, automatic logon
Control Panel → Internet Options → Security tab → Custom Level → User Authentication
- Passwords, change
Control Panel → User Accounts → select an account → Change my password
- Passwords, expiration
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → Computer Configuration → Windows Settings → Security Settings → Account Policies → Password Policy
- Passwords, prevent forgotten passwords
Control Panel → User Accounts → select an account → Related Tasks section → Prevent a forgotten password
- Passwords, require for exiting screensaver
Control Panel → Display → Screen Saver tab → On resume, password protect
- Passwords, require for resuming from standby mode
Control Panel → Power Options → Advanced tab → Prompt for password when computer resumes from standby
- Passwords, saving in web pages
Control Panel → Internet Options → Content tab → AutoComplete
- Passwords, security policies
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → Computer Configuration → Windows Settings → Security Settings → Account Policies → Password Policy
- Passwords, show “Change Password” in Ctrl-Alt-Del window
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → User Configuration → Administrative Templates → System → Ctrl+Alt+Del Options
- Path, show full path in folder windows
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Display the full path in the title bar / Display the full path in the address bar
- Personalized menus, Favorites
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Enable Personalized Favorites Menu
- Pictures
See “Images”
- Places bar, customize
TweakUI → Common Dialogs
- Pointer
See “Mouse”
- Pop-up help windows
See “Tooltips”
- Power Management
See “Advanced Power Management”
- Print Server settings
Control Panel → Printers and Faxes → File → Server Properties
- Printers, advanced settings
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → Computer Configuration → Administrative Templates → Printers
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → User Configuration → Administrative Templates → Printers
- Printers, cancel printing of all documents
Control Panel → Printers and Faxes → right-click printer → Cancel All Documents
- Printers, cancel printing of one document
Control Panel → Printers and Faxes → double-click printer → right-click document → Cancel
- Printers, change settings for a single application
Open application → File → Print or Printer Setup
- Printers, change settings for all applications
Control Panel → Printers and Faxes → right-click printer → Properties
- Printers, connect to a printer on your network
Control Panel → Printers and Faxes → Add Printer → Next → A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer
- Printers, install
Control Panel → Printers and Faxes → Add Printer
- Printers, pause printing
Control Panel → Printers and Faxes → right-click printer → Pause Printing
- Printers, print background colors and images when printing web pages
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Printings → Print background colors and images
- Printers, set default printer
Control Panel → Printers and Faxes → right-click printer → Set as Default Printer
- Printers, share with other computers on network
Control Panel → Printers and Faxes → right-click printer → Sharing → Shared as
- Printers, show as menu in Start Menu (Classic Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → “Advanced Start menu options” section → Expand Printers
- Printers, show in Start Menu (XP Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → Advanced tab → “Start menu items” section → Printers and Faxes
- Printers, uninstall
Control Panel → Printers and Faxes → right-click printer → Delete
- Printers, view status
Control Panel → Printers and Faxes → double-click printer
- Processor, priorities
Control Panel → System → Advanced tab → Performance section → Settings → Advanced tab → Processor scheduling section
- Processor, show details
Control Panel → System → General tab
- Profile Assistant, enable / disable
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Security → Enable Profile Assistant
- Proxy settings
Control Panel → Internet Options → Connection tab → LAN Settings
- Quick Launch toolbar, show on Taskbar
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Taskbar tab → Show Quick Launch
Right-click on taskbar → Toolbars → Quick Launch
- Recent Documents
See “Documents”
- Recycle Bin, desktop icon
Control Panel → Display → Desktop tab → Customize Desktop
- Registered User, view
Control Panel → System → General tab
- Registry Editor, repair
TweakUI → Repair
- Remote Assistance, allow invitations to be sent
Control Panel → System → Remote tab → Remote Assistance tab
- Remote Desktop, enable incoming connections
Control Panel → System → Remote tab → Remote Desktop tab
- Report crashes to Microsoft
Control Panel → System → Advanced tab → Error Reporting
- Run, show in Start Menu (Classic Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → “Advanced Start menu options” section → Display Run
- Run, show in Start Menu (XP Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → Advanced tab → “Start menu items” section → Run Command
- Scheduled Tasks, add a task
Control Panel → Scheduled Tasks → Add Scheduled Task
- Scheduled Tasks, choose user for a single task
Control Panel → Scheduled Tasks → right-click task → Properties → Task tab → Run as
- Scheduled Tasks, choose user for AT service
Control Panel → Scheduled Tasks → Advanced → AT Service Account
- Scheduled Tasks, compatibility with computers running on batteries
Control Panel → Scheduled Tasks → right-click task → Properties → Settings tab → Power Management section
- Scheduled Tasks, delete a task
Control Panel → Scheduled Tasks → right-click task → Delete
- Scheduled Tasks, delete completed tasks automatically
Control Panel → Scheduled Tasks → right-click task → Properties → Settings tab → Delete the task if it is not scheduled to run again
- Scheduled Tasks, enable / disable
Control Panel → Scheduled Tasks → Advanced → Stop Using Task Scheduler or Start Using Task Scheduler
- Scheduled Tasks, enable / disable a single task
Control Panel → Scheduled Tasks → right-click task → Properties → Task tab → Enabled
- Scheduled Tasks, log
Control Panel → Scheduled Tasks → Advanced → View Log
- Scheduled Tasks, missed task notification
Control Panel → Scheduled Tasks → Advanced → Notify Me of Missed Tasks
- Scheduled Tasks, pause
Control Panel → Scheduled Tasks → Advanced → Pause Task Scheduler
- Scheduled Tasks, perform only if computer is idle
Control Panel → Scheduled Tasks → right-click task → Properties → Settings tab → Idle Time section
- Scheduled Tasks, repeat settings for a single task
Control Panel → Scheduled Tasks → right-click task → Properties → Schedule tab → Advanced
- Scheduled Tasks, schedule settings for a single task
Control Panel → Scheduled Tasks → right-click task → Properties → Schedule tab
- Scheduled Tasks, security policies
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → Computer Configuration → Administrative Templates → Windows Components → Task Scheduler
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → User Configuration → Administrative Templates → Windows Components → Task Scheduler
- Scheduled Tasks, stop hung tasks
Control Panel → Scheduled Tasks → right-click task → Properties → Settings tab → Stop the task if it runs for...
- Screen
See “Display”
- Screensaver settings
Control Panel → Display → Screen Saver tab
- Scrollbars, color
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Advanced → Item list → choose “3d Objects”
- Scrollbars, size
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Advanced → Item list → choose “Scrollbar”
- Search, Address Bar
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Search from the Address bar
- Search, classic search in Explorer
TweakUI → Explorer → Use Classic Search in Explorer
- Search, customize navigation key
TweakUI → Explorer → Command Keys
- Search, include network folders and printers
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Automatically search for network folders and printers
- Send To, folder location
TweakUI → My Computer → Special Folders
- Services, allow only essential services
Control Panel → Advanced tab → Performance → Settings → Data Execution Prevention tab
- Setup, location of setup files
TweakUI → My Computer → Special Folders → Installation Path
- Shared folders, include in searches
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Automatically search for network folders and printers
- Shared folders, make accessible to all users
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Use simple file sharing
(Turn this off to further restrict access to shared resources.)
- Shift Key, make it “sticky”
Control Panel → Accessibility Options → Keyboard tab → Use StickyKeys
- Shortcuts, overlay icon
TweakUI → Explorer → Shortcut
- Shortcuts, show “Shortcut to” prefix
TweakUI → Explorer → Prefix “Shortcut to” on new shortcuts
- Single-click required to open icons
Control Panel → Folder Options → General tab → Single-click to open an item
- Software, install or uninstall
Control Panel → Add or Remove Programs
- Software, install or uninstall (network components)
Control Panel → Network Connections → Advanced → Optional Networking Components
- Software, installation security policies
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → Computer Configuration → Administrative Templates → Windows Components → Windows Installer
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → User Configuration → Administrative Templates → Windows Components → Windows Installer
- Sounds, beep on errors
TweakUI → General → Beep on errors
- Sounds, default audio devices for playback, recording, and MIDI
Control Panel → Sounds and Audio Devices → Audio tab
- Sounds, disable unwanted audio devices
Control Panel → Sounds and Audio Devices → Audio tab → Use only default devices
- Sounds, events that trigger sounds
Control Panel → Sounds and Audio Devices → Sounds tab
- Sounds, list devices
Control Panel → Sounds and Audio Devices → Hardware tab
- Sounds, mute all
Control Panel → Sounds and Audio Devices → Volume tab → Mute
- Sounds, navigation keys on special keyboards
TweakUI → Explorer → Command Keys
- Sounds, play in web pages
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Multimedia → Play sounds in web pages
- Sounds, play sounds when Caps Lock, Num Lock, or Scroll Lock is pressed
Control Panel → Accessibility Options → Keyboard tab → Use ToggleKeys
- Sounds, show visual notification
Control Panel → Accessibility Options → Sound tab
- Sounds, speaker, enable/disable PC speaker
TweakUI → General → Beep on errors
- Sounds, speaker orientation
Control Panel → Sounds and Audio Devices → Volume tab → Speaker settings section → Advanced → Speakers tab
- Sounds, speaker troubleshooting
Control Panel → Sounds and Audio Devices → Volume tab → Speaker settings section → Advanced → Performance tab
- Sounds, speaker volume
Control Panel → Sounds and Audio Devices → Volume tab → Speaker settings section → Speaker Volume
- Sounds, surround-sound setup
Control Panel → Sounds and Audio Devices → Volume tab → Speaker settings section → Advanced → Speakers tab
- Sounds, volume
Control Panel → Sounds and Audio Devices → Volume tab
- Sounds, volume from keyboard
TweakUI → Explorer → Command Keys
- Speech, recording voice
See “Voice”
- Speech, select preferred audio device
Control Panel → Speech → Text to Speech tab → Audio Output
- Speech, speed
Control Panel → Speech → Text to Speech tab → Voice speed section
- Speech, voice selection
Control Panel → Speech → Text to Speech tab → Voice selection section
- Speech, volume
Volume Control (sndvol32.exe) → adjust master or “Wave” controls
- Start Menu, button look and feel
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Windows and buttons list
- Start Menu, clear list of recently opened applications
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → General tab → Clear List
- Start Menu, enable dragging and dropping (Classic Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → “Advanced Start menu options” section → Enable Dragging and Dropping
- Start Menu, enable dragging and dropping (XP Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → Advanced tab → “Start menu items” section → Enable Dragging and Dropping
- Start Menu, folder location
TweakUI → My Computer → Special Folders
- Start Menu, Frequently Used Programs, ban items from list
TweakUI → Taskbar → XP Start Menu
- Start Menu, hide infrequently accessed applications (Classic Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → “Advanced Start menu options” section → Use Personalized Menus
- Start Menu, highlight newly installed programs (XP Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → Advanced tab → Highlight newly installed programs
- Start Menu, look and feel
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → “Start menu” or “Classic Start menu”
- Start Menu, number of recently opened applications to show (XP Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → General tab → “Programs” section
- Start Menu, open menus when hovering with mouse (XP Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → Advanced tab → Open submenus when I pause on them with my mouse
- Start Menu, size of icons (Classic Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → Advanced tab → “Start menu items” section → Show Small Icons in Start Menu
- Start Menu, size of icons (XP Start Menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → General tab → “Select an icon size for programs” section
- Startup, folder location
TweakUI → My Computer → Special Folders
- Startup, log
Control Panel → System → Advanced tab → Startup and Recovery section → Settings → System failure section
- Startup, multiboot menu settings
Control Panel → System → Advanced tab → Startup and Recovery section → Settings → System startup section
- Startup, sound
See “Sounds”
- Status Bar, show in Explorer
Explorer → View → Status Bar
- Style sheets, impose a single style sheet for all web pages
Control Panel → Internet Options → General tab → Accessibility → Format documents using my style sheet
- Style, apply to controls in web pages
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Enable visual styles on buttons and controls in web pages
- Style, enable / disable all styles
Control Panel → System → Advanced tab → Performance section → Settings → Visual Effects tab → Custom
- Style, visual style of windows and buttons
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Windows and buttons list
- Swapfile, size and location
See “Virtual Memory”
- Synchronize
See “Offline Files”
- System Restore, disk space usage
Control Panel → System → System Restore tab → Disk space usage section
- System Restore, enable / disable
Control Panel → System → System Restore tab → Turn off System Restore
- System Restore, policies
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → Computer Configuration → Administrative Templates → System → System Restore
- System Restore, status
Control Panel → System → System Restore tab → Status section
- Task, show extra task pane in folder windows
Control Panel → Folder Options → General tab → Tasks section
- Task Manager, show in Ctrl-Alt-Del window
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → User Configuration → Administrative Templates → System → Ctrl+Alt+Del Options
- Task Scheduler
See “Scheduled Tasks”
- Taskbar, flash buttons
TweakUI → General → Focus
- Taskbar, group buttons by application
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Taskbar tab → Group similar taskbar buttons
- Taskbar, group buttons by application (customize)
TweakUI → Taskbar → Grouping
- Taskbar, hide when not in use
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Taskbar tab → Auto-hide the taskbar
- Taskbar, keep on top of other windows
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Taskbar tab → Keep the taskbar on top of other windows
- Taskbar, move to a different screen location
Click on an empty portion of the taskbar and drag
- Taskbar, prevent moving and resizing
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Taskbar tab → Lock the taskbar
Right-click on taskbar → Toolbars → Lock the taskbar
- Taskbar, resize
Drag the border of the taskbar to make it larger or smaller
- Taskbar, sliding button animation (enable/disable)
Control Panel → System → Advanced tab → Performance section → Settings → Visual Effects tab → Custom
- Taskbar, style
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Windows and buttons list
- Taskbar Notification Area, hide infrequently accessed applications
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Taskbar tab → Hide inactive icons
- Taskbar Notification Area, network icon
Control Panel → Network Connections → right-click connection → Properties → General tab → Show icon in notification area when connected
- Taskbar Notification Area, power icon
Control Panel → Power Options → Advanced tab → Always show icon on the taskbar
- Taskbar Notification Area, volume control (yellow speaker)
Control Panel → Sounds and Audio Devices → Volume tab → Place volume icon in the taskbar
- Telephony settings
Control Panel → Phone and Modem Options → Advanced tab
- Telnet Server, restrictions
Control Panel → Network Connections → right-click connection → Properties → Advanced tab → Settings → Services tab
- Temporary Internet Files, clear automatically when browser is closed
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Security → Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed
- Temporary Internet Files, policy regarding encrypted pages
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Security → Do not save encrypted pages to disk
- Temporary Internet Files, settings
Control Panel → Internet Options → General tab → Temporary Internet Files section → Settings
- Terminal Server, disable compositing effects in Internet Explorer
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Force offscreen compositing even under Terminal Server
- Terminal Server, security policies
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → Computer Configuration → Administrative Templates → Windows Components → Terminal Services
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → User Configuration → Administrative Templates → Windows Components → Terminal Services
- Text Cursor, blink rate
Control Panel → Keyboard → Speed tab → Cursor blink rate
- Text Cursor, blink rate & size
Control Panel → Accessibility Options → Display tab → Cursor Options section
- Text Cursor, change mouse “I-beam” cursor
Control Panel → Mouse → Pointers tab → choose “Text Select” from “Customize” list
- Themes
Control Panel → Display → Themes tab
- Thumbnails, cache (enable/disable)
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Do not cache thumbnails
- Thumbnails, image quality
TweakUI → Explorer → Thumbnails
- Thumbnails, show in Explorer
Explorer → View → Thumbnails
- Thumbnails, size
TweakUI → Explorer → Thumbnails
- Time, customize display
Control Panel → Regional and Language Options → Regional Options tab → Customize → Time tab
- Time, set
Control Panel → Date and Time → Date & Time tab
- Time, synchronize with Internet time server automatically
Control Panel → Date and Time → Internet Time tab
- Time, time service policies
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → Computer Configuration → Administrative Templates → System → Windows Time Service
- Time, time zone
Control Panel → Date and Time → Time Zone tab
- Titlebar, font, color, and size
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Advanced → Item list → choose “Active Title Bar” or “Inactive Title Bar”
- Titlebar, size only
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Advanced → Item list → choose “Caption Buttons”
- Toolbar, size and font for floating toolbar captions
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Advanced → Item list → choose “Palette Title”
- Tooltips, animation
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Effects → Use the following transition effect for menus and tooltips
TweakUI → General → Enable tooltip animation
- Tooltips, animation (enable/disable)
Control Panel → System → Advanced tab → Performance section → Settings → Visual Effects tab → Custom
- Tooltips, enable / disable (desktop, taskbar, and Explorer only)
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items
- Tooltips, fade (enable/disable)
TweakUI → General → Enable tooltip fade
- Tooltips, font & color
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Advanced → Item list → choose “ToolTip”
- Tooltips, big “balloon” tooltips that pop up from taskbar notification area
See “Balloon tips”
- Transition effects, enable / disable
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Effects → Use the following transition effect for menus and tooltips
- Tray
See “Taskbar Notification Area”
- Uninstall Hardware
Control Panel → Add Hardware
- Uninstall Software
Control Panel → Add or Remove Programs
- Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) settings
Control Panel → Power Options → UPS tab
- User names in web pages, saving
Control Panel → Internet Options → Content tab → AutoComplete
- Users, add new user account
Control Panel → User Accounts → Create a new account
- Users, allow fast switching between users
Control Panel → User Accounts → Change the way users log on or off → Use Fast User Switching
- Users, multiple profiles for each user account
Control Panel → System → Advanced tab → User Profiles section → Settings
- Users, passwords
See “Passwords”
- Users, registered user
See “Registered User”
- Users, security policies
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → Computer Configuration → Windows Settings → Security Settings → Local Policies → User Rights Assignment
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → Computer Configuration → Administrative Templates → System → User Profiles
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → User Configuration → Administrative Templates → System → User Profiles
- Users, security policies for groups
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → Computer Configuration → Administrative Templates → System → Group Policy
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → User Configuration → Administrative Templates → System → Group Policy
- Video, play in web pages
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Multimedia → Play videos in web pages
- Virtual memory, settings
Control Panel → System → Advanced tab → Performance section → Settings → Advanced tab → Change
- Voice, calibrate volume settings
Control Panel → Sounds and Audio Devices → Voice tab → Test hardware
- Voice, playback and recording volume
Control Panel → Sounds and Audio Devices → Voice tab
- Voice, speech synthesis
See “Speech”
- Volume
See “Sounds”
- Wallpaper
See “Background”
- Warnings in web pages, enable / disable
Control Panel → Internet Options → Security tab → Custom Level
- Web pages
See “Internet Explorer”
- Web pages, set default browser
Control Panel → Internet Options → Programs tab → Internet Explorer should check to see whether it is the default browser
- Web pages, set default editor
Control Panel → Internet Options → Programs tab → HTML Editor
- Web Server, restrictions
Control Panel → Network Connections → right-click connection → Properties → Advanced tab → Settings → Services tab
- Welcome screen, enable / disable
Control Panel → User Accounts → Change the way users log on or off → Use the Welcome screen
- Windows, background of MDI (multiple document interface) windows
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Advanced → Item list → choose “Application Background”
- Windows, background of non-MDI windows
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Advanced → Item list → choose “Window”
- Windows, cascade all open application windows
Right-click on taskbar → Cascade Windows
- Windows, closing crashed applications
Task Manager (taskmgr.exe) → Applications tab
- Windows, closing hidden applications
Task Manager (taskmgr.exe) → Processes tab
- Windows, color of borders
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Advanced → Item list → choose “3d Objects”
- Windows, minimize all open application windows
Windows Logo Key + D
- Windows, minimize/maximize animation
TweakUI → General → Enable window animation
- Windows, show outline or full window when dragging
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Effects → Show window contents while dragging
- Windows, tile all open application windows
Right-click on taskbar → Tile Windows Horizontally or Tile Windows Vertically
- Windows, titlebar font, color, and size
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Advanced → Item list → choose “Active Title Bar” or “Inactive Title Bar”
- Windows Explorer, access digital-camera memory as a drive (still camera only)
Control Panel → Scanners and Cameras → Add Device
- Windows Explorer, additional security policies
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → User Configuration → Administrative Templates → Windows Components → Windows Explorer
- Windows Explorer, columns in details view
Explorer → View → Details → View → Choose Details
- Windows Explorer, group similar items
Explorer → View Arrange Icons by → Show in Groups
- Windows Explorer, refresh view
Explorer → View → Refresh or press F5
- Windows Explorer, reuse window when launching Internet shortcuts
Control Panel → Internet Options → Advanced tag → Browsing → Reuse windows for launching shortcuts
- Windows Explorer, search
See “Search”
- Windows Explorer, show lines in tree view (Folders Explorer bar)
Control Panel → Folder Options → View tab → Display simple folder view in Explorer’s Folders list
- Windows Explorer, show Status Bar
Explorer → View → Status Bar
- Windows Explorer, toolbar, background
TweakUI → Internet Explorer
- Windows Explorer, toolbar, customize
Explorer → View → Toolbars → Customize
- Windows Explorer, toolbar, icon size
Explorer → View → Toolbars → Customize → Icon options
- Windows Explorer, toolbar, prevent being moved
Explorer → View → Toolbars → Lock the Toolbars
- Windows Explorer, toolbar, text captions
Explorer → View → Toolbars → Customize → Text options
- Windows File Protection, advanced settings
Group Policy (gpedit.msc) → Computer Configuration → Administrative Templates → System → Windows File Protection
- Windows Firewall, allow Internet server services
Control Panel → Windows Firewall → Advanced tab → Network Connection Settings → select connection → Settings
- Windows Firewall, allow programs to run
Control Panel → Windows Firewall → Exceptions tab
- Windows Firewall, enable / disable
Control Panel → Windows Firewall
Control Panel → Network Connections → right-click connection → Properties → Advanced tab → Settings
- Windows Firewall, Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
See “Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)”
- Windows Firewall, logging
Control Panel → Windows Firewall → Advanced tab → Security Logging → Settings
- Windows Media Player, change as default for CDs
TweakUI → My Computer → AutoPlay
- Windows Registered User information
Control Panel → System → General tab
- Windows Update
Internet Explorer → Tools → Windows Update
- Windows Update, automatic updating
Control Panel → System → Automatic Updates tab
- Windows version
Control Panel → System → General tab
- Windows XP Style for screen elements
Control Panel → Display → Appearance tab → Windows and buttons listbox