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hi. anyone know how HKEY_USERS/.DEFAULT is used, if atall, in pre-configure=ing new Windows2000 user profiles? I'd have thought I could edit [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Environment] "TEMP"="F:\%USERNAME%\WINNT" and it would set each new users' TEMP to that
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When you right-click on the desktop and select New, a list of default templates you can open up are listed. To remove items from that list:
1.Start Regedit 2.Search for the string ShellNew 3.This should bring you to HKey_Classes_Root 4.For the items you want to remove, simply
rename the ShellNew command 5.Renaming is safer that deleting it 6.Continue searching for the items you want to remove 7.You do not need to
reboot for the change to take effect

Registry dumps may be `marked up' to indicate that something is new or to indicate its previous value (regdiff output typically has such
annotations). A key or entry is marked as new by putting (new) after the key name or after the entry's value. Similarly, an entry's old
value is indicated by putting it in parenthesis after the new value.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
ScreenSaveActive ?

NOTE: The Windows 2000 source files location information is stored in the following registry location and can be modified to point to the drive 
letter of a volume that has an I386 flat folder of the installation files or change the SourcePath value in the registry to point to a Universal Naming
Convention (UNC) path instead of a mapped network drive.

The SourcePath value is located in the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup

Example:

If the I386 directory is at C:\I386, the SourcePath value would be C:\.

If the I386 directory is at \\Servera\w2kflat\I386, the SourcePath value would be \\Servera\W2kFiles.

After you restart the computer, WFP and SFC /SCANNOW uses the new source path instead of prompting for the Windows 2000 installation CD-ROM.

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Windows 2000 Desktop Subcommittee - Installation Notes and Suggestions:
http://www.shs.ilstu.edu/windows2000/documents/installation_notes.htm
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disable changing Temporary Internet files settings (p.427)


HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
AppData
Desktop
Local AppData
*Local Settings
My Pictures
Personal

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

Cache (this is IE's)
AppData = %USERPROFILE%\Application Data
Desktop = %USERPROFILE%\Desktop
Local AppData
*Local Settings
My Pictures

try setting Local Settings to F:\local

but how can we set this before a user is created?

can I use %USERNAME% here?

or try setting Local Settings to something else, and temp will follow without needing a UI change

***********have I been forgetting to change the ENVIRONEMTN VARIABLES settings for people?************
and shouldn't that be enough for other apps to pick it up



[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Environment]
TEMP
TMP
QTJAVA

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment\]
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Environment\]
HOME
PATH
TEMP = %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp [REG_EXPAND_SZ]
TMP

I tested this by setting 
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Environment\TEMP = F:\a and 'a''s TEMP didn't change

with configuring in windows, just as with the apps, there's pre-configuring and creating a config and imposing it over the exostong configuration

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XDSL/CABLE MODEM INTERNET SPEEDUP


... As sent courtesy of The Captain:
http://members.fortunecity.com/computingx/

"I have a cable modem, but this also works great with xDSL (ADSL, HDSL or VDSL) modems.
I used the Windows 2000 Registry values below (and then rebooted for the new settings to take effect) to boost my modem throughput performance over the
Internet (TCP/IP).
Previously I was getting approximately 2500 kb/sec using the default Win2000 values. Current/tweaked settings [as shown in Regedit]:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters
"SackOpts"=dword:00000001
"TcpWindowSize"=dword:0005ae4c
"Tcp1323Opts"=dword:00000003
"DefaultTTL"=dword:00000040
"EnablePMTUBHDetect"=dword:00000000
"EnablePMTUDiscovery"=dword:00000001
"GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize"=dword:0005ae4c

To benchmark the modem speed gain I used this online Speed Test."
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BYPASS AUTOLOGON

This Registry tweak works with all Windows NT 4.0, 2000 and XP releases.
If you own the Windows computer, have Administrator privileges, work/play in a single-user/stand-alone environment, and would like to speed up the bootup
process, you can automate the way the OS handles the password dialog box, bypassing the mandatory Ctrl-Alt-Del login prompt.

CAUTION: This will affect system security, leaving your computer unprotected!
Start by BACKING UP your Registry files!

Then run Regedit and go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

In the right hand pane look for the "AutoAdminLogon", "AutoLogonCount" {DWORD [REG_DWORD] Value}, "DefaultDomainName", "DefaultUserName" and
"DefaultPassword" String [REG_SZ] Values.
Highlight "AutoAdminLogon" -> right-click on it -> select Modify -> change its value to 1 -> click OK.
Highlight "AutoLogonCount" -> right-click on it -> select Modify -> check the Decimal box -> change its value to 4294967295 (maximum allowed) -> click OK.
This is MANDATORY to be able to take advantage of the auto login feature more than once. [4294967295 times should be plenty. :)]
Now highlight "DefaultUserName" -> right-click on it -> select Modify -> change the text to match your UserName (default is "Administrator" if you haven't
changed it) -> click OK.
Repeat same steps for "DefaultPassword". [Choose your Password wisely! :)]
If you are not logging into or do not have a (Network) Domain account, you can leave the "DefaultDomainName" String Value empty, or delete it altogether.
If any of these Strings do not exist, you need to create them: right-click on an empty spot in the Regedit right hand pane -> select New -> String or DWORD
Value -> assign it one of the names above -> press Enter -> right-click on it -> type in the appropriate text string (as described above) -> click OK ->
restart Windows when done.

If you are unwilling to "mess" with your Registry, you can also achieve this by using one of these Registry tweaking tools:

   1. ALL WinNT4/2000/XP users: log on as Administrator -> click Start -> Run... -> type (case insensitive):

      control userpasswords2

      Hit Enter or click OK -> make sure there is NO check mark beside Users -> enter the User Name and Password you wish -> click Apply/OK/Yes until all
following dialog boxes are closed -> restart Windows.

   2. ALL WinNT4/2000/XP users: get Xteq X-Setup, the best Registry and System tweaker ever created [freeware for personal use].
      Install X-Setup -> start the main UI -> Network -> Auto Login -> Windows NT/2K/XP -> General + Settings plug-ins -> enable/fill in all appropriate
Auto login boxes -> Apply changes -> close X-Setup -> restart Windows.

   3. WinNT4/2000 users ONLY: get the MS TweakUI Power Toy for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME + MS IE 4/5/6 [110 KB, free, unsupported].
      Run the executable you downloaded from URL above -> right-click on TweakUI.inf in Windows Explorer -> select Install -> open Control Panel -> select
TweakUI -> click the Logon tab -> check the "Log on automatically at system startup" box -> type a User Name and a Password -> click OK/Apply -> close
TweakUI -> restart Windows.

   4. WinXP users ONLY: get the MS TweakUI Power Toy for Windows XP + MS IE 6 [564 KB, free, unsupported].
      Install TweakUI by running the executable you downloaded from URL above -> run TweakUI -> scroll down to the Logon section -> set the default User
Name and Password you want to use -> click OK/Apply -> close TweakUI -> restart Windows.

Optionally, if you need to log on into a NetWare Domain/Network, go to (using Regedit):

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Novell\NWGINA\Login

In the right hand pane look for the "NetWareAutoAdminLogon", "DefaultNetWareUserName" and "DefaultNetWarePassword" String Values.
Repeat the same operations above for these entries: type 1 in the "NetWareAutoAdminLogon" box, and respectively your NetWare UserName and Password. Restart
Windows when done.

BEWARE that all these Password strings are kept in the Registry as plain text: unencrypted! Therefore anybody with access to your computer, who knows how
to change the Registry [this includes you now :)], CAN alter/delete them at will!

UPDATE: "There is another way to accomplish the same task without modifying the Registry: Start menu -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Users and Passwords.
Here you will find the "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer" option. When this is checked the user must enter a user name and
password every time to access the computer. If unchecked the user will be required to enter a user name and password only once after which the computer
will use this as the default and automatically log on for you."
[Thank you Al Miguez!]

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