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"Start Menu and Related Settings"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] 
"NoRecentDocsMenu"=dword:00000001 (Hide Start->Document Menu)
"NoRecentDocsHistory"=dword:00000001 (Prohibits the storage of open documents into the history)
"ClearRecentDocsOnExit"=dword:00000001 (Exit the system automatically clears history, including documents, runs and searches)
"NoFavoritesMenu"=dword:00000001 (Hide Start->Favorites Menu)
"NoSMHelp"=dword:00000001 (Hide Start->Help Menu) (WIN2000/ME/XP)
"NoFind"=dword:00000001 (disable search/search)
"NoRun"=dword:00000001 (disable run, prohibit IE from accessing local resources, unless "desktop" is entered, prohibit WIN2000/XP from creating new tasks through the task manager)
"NoLogOff"=dword:00000001 (disable logout) (WIN9X)
"StartMenuLogOff"=dword:00000001 (Disable Logout) (WIN2000/XP)
"NoClose"=dword:00000001 (disable shutdown system/shutdown computer)
"NoSetFolders"=dword:00000001 (hide the control panel, printer/network connection, WIN2000/XP is only hidden from the Start menu; in addition, the WIN+E shortcut keys are also disabled)
"NoSetTaskbar"=dword:00000001 (Setting the taskbar and the start menu are prohibited)
"NoFolderOptions"=dword:00000001 (Delete folder options from Start->Settings menu and Explorer menu)
"NoWindowsUpdate"=dword:00000001 (delete Windows Update from the Start menu, prohibit upgrading to the Windows Update website)
"NoSetActiveDesktop"=dword:00000001 (Delete the active desktop from the Start->Settings menu) (WIN9X)
"NoActiveDesktop"=dword:00000001 (disable the active desktop, WIN9X/2000 does not appear in the right-click menu and display properties of the desktop)
"NoActiveDesktopChanges"=dword:00000001 (changes of active desktops are prohibited, and no related items appear in the display properties)

"Explorer Settings"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] 
"NoFileMenu"=dword:00000001 (Hide the file menu in Explorer)
"NoNetConnectDisconnect"=dword:00000001 (Usage of Explorer or online neighbor mapping or disconnection of network drives)
"NoWebView"=dword:00000001 (Presistance to view on the web page) (WIN2000/XP)

"Hidden desktop icon"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] 
"Nodesktop"=dword:00000001 (hide all icons of desktop)
"NoNetHood"=dword:00000001 (hidden desktop online neighbor icon)
"NoInternetIcon"=dword:00000001 (hidden desktop Internet Explorer icon)

"Right-click is prohibited"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] 
"NoViewContextMenu"=dword:00000001 (Not using right mouse button on desktop or my computer)
"NoTrayContextMenu"=dword:00000001 (Using the right mouse button in the taskbar is prohibited)
"NoChangeStartMenu"=dword:00000001 (right-click and drag-and-drop are prohibited in the Start menu)

"Printer Settings"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] 
"NoAddPrinter"=dword:00000001 (Print addition is prohibited)
"NoDeletePrinter"=dword:00000001 (Detecting printers is prohibited)
"NoPrinterTabs"=dword:00000001 (Hide the general and detailed information pages in printer properties) (WIN9X)

"Hidden Drive"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] 
"NoDrives" = hex:01,00,00,00 (hidden disk A) /02,00,00,00 (hidden disk B) /04,00,00,00 (hidden disk C) /08,00,00,00 (hidden disk D) /10,00,00,00 (hidden disk E) /20,00,00,00 (hidden disk F) /ff,ff,ff,03 (hidden all)
[Note] If you want to hide multiple drives, add their corresponding values. If you want to hide disk A and disk C, set "05,00,00,00"; if you want to hide disk D, disk E and disk F, set "38,00,00,00", be careful to operate in hexadecimal.

"Allow/cancel the automatic operation function of the CD"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Policies/Expolrer] 
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=hex:95,00,00,00(Win98)/91,00,00,00(WinXP) (automatically allowed)
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=hex:b5,00,00,00 (cancel the automatic)
[Note 1] This setting of WIN9X cannot turn off the automatic playback of CDs. If you want to prohibit automatic playback of CDs separately, you can make the following modifications in the registry:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AudioCD\shell] 
[Operation] Delete the string "play" in the "default" value.
[Note 2] If you want to completely turn off the automatic operation function under WIN9X, you can disable "Auto Insert Announcement" in the attribute settings of the device manager optical drive, that is, Windows will not automatically refresh if the insertion and ejection CDs are added. This setting can also be modified in the registry:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\SCSI\<optical drive model ID>\MF&CH...]
"AutoInsertNotification"=hex:00 
WIN2000/XP can be set as follows to achieve the same function:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom] 
"Autorun"=dword:00000000 

"Detailed explanation of the automatic playback function"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Policies/Expolrer] 
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun" specifies that automatic playback is prohibited by device type. 1: Unknown type, 4: Removable disk, 8: Hard disk, 10: Network drive, 20: Optical drive, 40: RAM drive, 80: Unknown type, FF: All types. To prohibit automatic playback of a certain type, use the corresponding values ​​directly. To prohibit several types, use the values ​​added to their numerical values, such as 95=1+4+10+80, 91=1+10+80, b5=1+4+10+20+80.
"NoDriveAutoRun" specifies that automatic playback is prohibited by drive letter. For related settings, you can refer to the NoDrives value, the maximum value is hex:ff,ff,ff,03, and all disks are prohibited from automatically playing.

"Using Traditional User Interface (Shell Shell)"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] 
"ClassicShell"=dword:00000001 
[Function] WIN9X/2000: Close the toolbar function of the taskbar; delete the "Press Web Page" option in the view menu from the Explorer; close the "Windows Desktop Update" in the "Folder Options"; cancel the favorites (WIN9X); there is more "Login" in the "Close Windows" dialog box.
WINXP: Disable Active Desktop and Web Views; users cannot configure the system to open projects by clicking.

"Prohibit Windows Shortcut Keys"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] 
"NoWinKeys"=dword:00000001 
[Note] This setting disables Windows shortcut keys such as WIN+E, WIN+D, WIN+F, WIN+R.

"Don't save certain settings when exiting"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] 
"NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000001 
[Note] This setting makes it possible for the system to exit the position and size of the open window and the position of the toolbar in the taskbar, but still saves the desktop icon position, start menu sorting and other settings.

"Run only licensed Windows applications"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] 
"RestrictRun"=dword:00000001 (Stop running all programs)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\RestrictRun] 
[Operation] Create a new string value, the name can be arbitrary, the string value is an application that can be run, and it is guaranteed to be included in the list.

"Unable to use the Registry Editor"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] 
"DisableRegistryTools"=dword:00000001 

"Disable Display/Password Control Panel"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] 
"NoDispCPL"=dword:00000001 (display)
"NoSecCPL"=dword:00000001 (password) (WIN9X)

"Hide pages in display attributes"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] 
"NoDispBackgroundPage"=dword:00000001 (WIN9X/2000: Background / WINXP: Desktop)
"NoDispScrSavPage"=dword:00000001 (screen saver)
"NoDispAppearancePage"=dword:00000001 (WIN9X/2000: Appearance / WINXP: Appearance, Theme)
"NoDispSettingsPage"=dword:00000001 (WIN9X: Effect, web, settings/WIN2000/XP: settings)

"Pages in Hide Password Attributes" (WIN9X)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] 
"NoPwdPage"=dword:00000001 (change password)
"NoProfilePage"=dword:00000001 (user configuration file, and user control panel is disabled at the same time)
"NoAdminPage"=dword:00000001 (remote management)
[Note] To display "Remote Management", you must first install "File Sharing on Microsoft Network and Printer".

"Hidden Pages in System Properties" (WIN9X)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] 
"NoDevMgrPage"=dword:00000001 (device manager)
"NoConfigPage"=dword:00000001 (hardware configuration file)
"NoFileSysPage"=dword:00000001 (file system)
"NoVirtMemPage"=dword:00000001 (virtual memory)

"Network Settings"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Network] 
"NoNetSetup"=dword:00000001 (Disable the network control panel) (WIN9X)
"NoNetSetupIDPage"=dword:00000001 (Hide the identity page in the network) (WIN9X)
"NoNetSetupSecurityPage"=dword:00000001 (Hide access control page in the network) (WIN9X)
"NoEntireNetwork"=dword:00000001 (the entire network does not appear in the online neighbors)
"NoWorkgroupContents"=dword:00000001 (Workgroup content does not appear in online neighbors) (WIN9X)
"NoFileSharingControl"=dword:00000001 (Sharing menu for folders is prohibited) (WIN9X)
"NoPrintSharingControl"=dword:00000001 (Printer's shared menu is prohibited) (WIN9X)

"Active Desktop Settings"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop](HKLM) 
"NoHTMLWallPaper"=dword:00000001 (only bitmap wallpaper is allowed)
"NoChangingWallpaper"=dword:00000001 (Wallpaper modification is prohibited, but it can still be modified with ACDSee)
"NoAddingComponents"=dword:00000001 (no addition of any desktop items is prohibited)
"NoDeletingComponents"=dword:00000001 (Delivery of any desktop items)
"NoCloseDragDropBands"=dword:00000001 (Disable closing and dragging and dropping all toolbars) (WIN9X)
"NoMovingBands"=dword:00000001 (change the size of all toolbars is prohibited) (WIN9X)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] 
"NoCloseDragDropBands"=dword:00000001 (Disable closing and dragging and dropping all toolbars) (WIN2000/XP)
"NoMovingBands"=dword:00000001 (change the size of all toolbars is prohibited) (WIN2000/XP)

"Disable MS-DOS"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\WinOldApp] 
"Disabled"=dword:00000001 (Using MS-DOS mode and other DOS programs under Windows) (WIN9X)
"NoRealMode"=dword:00000001 (Prohibit restarting the computer and switching to MS-DOS mode) (WIN9X) (HKLM)

"Password and Sharing Settings" (WIN9X)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Network] 
"DisablePwdCaching"=dword:00000001 (disable password cache)
[Note] Settings cannot be changed in the password properties of the control panel. Users can log in with any password or without a password when logging in.
"MinPwdLen"=dword:0000000x (0≤x≤8) (set the minimum length of Windows password)
"AlphanumPwds"=dword:00000001 (make the Windows password be numerals and letters)
"HideSharePwds"=dword:00000000 (showing the shared password, not the * number)
[Note] Creating this key value will change the Windows default settings. Even if this key value is deleted, the shared password will be displayed unless this value is set to 1.
"NoFileSharing"=dword:00000001 (File Sharing is prohibited)
[Note] After setting this value, if the sharing has not been set before, it is not allowed to be set again. If the sharing has been set before, the folder cannot be shared.

"Windows System Information"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion] 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion](WIN2000/XP) 
"RegisteredOwner"="ab" (registered name)
"RegisteredOrganization"="ab" (registered organization)
"ProductId"="ab" (Product ID)
"ProductKey"="ab" (serial number for Windows installation)
"Version"="ab" (Windows version, appears on the "About..." page) (WIN9X)
"SystemRoot"="C:\\WINDOWS" (Windows system folder)
"ProgramFilesDir"="C:\\Program Files" (Program folder)
"CommonFilesDir"="C:\\Program Files\\Common Files" (General folder)

"Programs that are automatically run by startup"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce] (Only run once)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices] 
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] 
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce] (Only run once)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\Run](WIN2000/XP) 
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run](WIN2000/XP) 
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows](WIN2000/XP) 
"load"="ab" 
"run"="ab" 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon](WIN2000/XP) 
"Userinit"="ab" 
[Note 1] For the "load", "run" and "Userinit" above, if you want to specify to run multiple programs, add "," in the middle.
[Note 2] The program in Run is run only after WINDOWS is initialized, while the program in RunService starts running when the operating system starts, which means that the program in RunServices runs before the program in Run.


"Windows Installation Information"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup] 
"SourcePath"="ab" (Windows installation path)
"lastdrive"="z" (system drive letters available) (WIN9X)
"Installation Sources"=(History of system program installation path) (WIN2000/XP)
"DriverCachePath"=(driver cache path) (WIN2000/XP)

"Registered Program Directory and Files"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths] 
[Note 1] When deleting the defined directory in the Explorer, the system will prompt: "This change will affect some registered programs."
[Note 2] The program names of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.xxx\OpenWithList and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.xxx\OpenWithList in WIN2000/ME/XP are all defined in the primary key above.

"Software Uninstall Information"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall] 
[Note] Some programs listed in "Uninstall" are not displayed in the "Add/Remove Programs" control panel because the "DisplayName" string is not used, but the "QuietUninstallString" string can still be found, and the uninstall is performed by copying the contents of its value and pasting it in the "Run" dialog box.
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