Nija
11-06-2003, 04:49 PM
I get an email about once a week that has little helpful things
here are this weeks:
How to Hide your User Account on the XP Welcome Screen
By default, the account names for all the local user accounts created on your XP computer will be displayed on the Welcome screen when you boot into Windows. If you share the computer with other people, you might not want them to be able to click your account name and try to guess your password. You can keep your account name from appearing in the list of accounts by doing this Registry edit:
Click Start | Run and type regedit to start the Registry Editor.
In the left pane, navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY LOCAL MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList
Right click an empty space in the right pane and select New | DWORD value.
Name the new value exactly the same as your user account.
Double click the new value and set the data value to 0.
Close the Registry Editor and reboot the computer to apply the change.
If you change your mind later and want to "unhide" the account, repeat these steps and set the data value to 1.
How to Change the IE Logo Icon
We recently showed you how to change the title bar on Internet Explorer. Several of you wrote to ask if there is also a way to change the logo (the Microsoft four-part flag in the upper right corner under the Minimize/Maximize/Close buttons). The answer is yes! Here's how:
Before you use either method, you need to use a graphics program to create or resize two bitmap files that will be used for the logo. The pictures should be the same except for the size. Name them whatever you want, for example MyLogo1.bmp and MyLogo2.bmp. The first must be 30x38 pixels and the second must be 22x22 pixels. Now if you have XP Home, do the following:
Click Start | Run and type regedit to open the Registry Editor.
In the left pane, navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY CURRENT USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar
Find or create the following values: BrandBitmap and SmBrandBitmap.
Set the data values to the paths and names of the two bitmap files you created for the logo. For example, if the files are stored in a folder named Graphics on the C: partition, set the value for BrandBitmap to c:\Graphics\MyLogo1.bmp and set the value for SmBrandBitmap to c:\Graphics\MyLogo2.bmp.
If you're using XP Pro, it's even easier. You don't need to edit the Registry; instead do the following:
Click Start | Run and type gpedit.msc. This opens the Local Group Policy editor.
In the left pane, under User Configuration, expand Windows Settings and then expand Internet Explorer Maintenance.
Click Browser User Interface.
In the right pane, double click Custom Logo.
Check the checkbox to Customize the static or animated bitmaps.
Type the path or browse to the logo files that you created previously.
How to Make IE Open Links in a New Window
If you have your browser open to a web site and you click a hyperlink in an email message, by default the new link opens in the browser you have open, taking you away from the page you already had open. If you'd rather have the new link open a new browser window so you can keep the original page in view, there are two ways to do so. One involves editing the Registry, so we'll show you the other, easier (and safer) way:
With Internet Explorer open, click the Tools menu and select Internet Options.
Click the Advanced tab.
In the Settings box, Navigate to the Browsing section.
Uncheck the checkbox labeled Reuse windows for launching shortcuts.
Click the OK button.
Now when you click a link in email or a Word document, it will open in a new window
here are this weeks:
How to Hide your User Account on the XP Welcome Screen
By default, the account names for all the local user accounts created on your XP computer will be displayed on the Welcome screen when you boot into Windows. If you share the computer with other people, you might not want them to be able to click your account name and try to guess your password. You can keep your account name from appearing in the list of accounts by doing this Registry edit:
Click Start | Run and type regedit to start the Registry Editor.
In the left pane, navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY LOCAL MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList
Right click an empty space in the right pane and select New | DWORD value.
Name the new value exactly the same as your user account.
Double click the new value and set the data value to 0.
Close the Registry Editor and reboot the computer to apply the change.
If you change your mind later and want to "unhide" the account, repeat these steps and set the data value to 1.
How to Change the IE Logo Icon
We recently showed you how to change the title bar on Internet Explorer. Several of you wrote to ask if there is also a way to change the logo (the Microsoft four-part flag in the upper right corner under the Minimize/Maximize/Close buttons). The answer is yes! Here's how:
Before you use either method, you need to use a graphics program to create or resize two bitmap files that will be used for the logo. The pictures should be the same except for the size. Name them whatever you want, for example MyLogo1.bmp and MyLogo2.bmp. The first must be 30x38 pixels and the second must be 22x22 pixels. Now if you have XP Home, do the following:
Click Start | Run and type regedit to open the Registry Editor.
In the left pane, navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY CURRENT USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar
Find or create the following values: BrandBitmap and SmBrandBitmap.
Set the data values to the paths and names of the two bitmap files you created for the logo. For example, if the files are stored in a folder named Graphics on the C: partition, set the value for BrandBitmap to c:\Graphics\MyLogo1.bmp and set the value for SmBrandBitmap to c:\Graphics\MyLogo2.bmp.
If you're using XP Pro, it's even easier. You don't need to edit the Registry; instead do the following:
Click Start | Run and type gpedit.msc. This opens the Local Group Policy editor.
In the left pane, under User Configuration, expand Windows Settings and then expand Internet Explorer Maintenance.
Click Browser User Interface.
In the right pane, double click Custom Logo.
Check the checkbox to Customize the static or animated bitmaps.
Type the path or browse to the logo files that you created previously.
How to Make IE Open Links in a New Window
If you have your browser open to a web site and you click a hyperlink in an email message, by default the new link opens in the browser you have open, taking you away from the page you already had open. If you'd rather have the new link open a new browser window so you can keep the original page in view, there are two ways to do so. One involves editing the Registry, so we'll show you the other, easier (and safer) way:
With Internet Explorer open, click the Tools menu and select Internet Options.
Click the Advanced tab.
In the Settings box, Navigate to the Browsing section.
Uncheck the checkbox labeled Reuse windows for launching shortcuts.
Click the OK button.
Now when you click a link in email or a Word document, it will open in a new window