Open regedit.exe through the start menu search or run box and navigate to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
On the right-hand pane create a new 32-bit DWORD value with these properties:
- Name: NoCDBurning
- Value: 1
You’ll have to logout and back in to see the changes. To remove, just delete the key or change the value to 0.
Just open up regedit.exe through the start menu search box and navigate to the following key (create if it doesn’t exist)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Create a 32-bit DWORD value called NoWinKeys and set the value to 1. You’ll need to log on and back off for the changes to take effect.
If you have a computer with pre-installed Windows Vista, most likely you’ll notice the manufacturer’s support information when you look in the system properties window. If you’d like to customize this information or use a picture of your own in this space, you can do so easily.
Right-click on Computer and choose Properties or use the Win+Break key combination to bring up the System properties screen.
To edit the information in this screen, you’ll need to open up your registry editor and navigate down to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OEMInformation
You can modify the following fields and put any values you’d like into them, with the exception of the Logo key, which you probably shouldn’t change.
- Manufacturer
- SupportHours
- SupportPhone
- SupportURL
- Logo
The last important step is to either create or modify a bitmap file stored at the location specified in the Logo key, usually set to:
C:\Windows\System32\oemlogo.bmp
For best results, you’ll want to use a small logo file, preferably somewhere around 100×100 height/width. Also note that copying the file to that folder will require administrative permissions.
If you never uses any applications in the system tray, you might be interested to turn it off entirely.
Note that you could also use this in reverse… if your system tray is disabled and you don’t know why, you should check this registry key.
Open up regedit.exe through the start menu search or run box, and then navigate down to the following key (Create if it doesn’t exist):
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.
Create a new 32-bit DWORD value in the right hand pane with these values:
- Name: NoTrayItemsDisplay
- Value: 1
You will have to logoff and back on for this to take effect. To remove the hack, just delete the key, or change the value to 0.Note that disabling the system tray doesn’t actually prevent system tray apps from running, it just hides them. You should still disable any applications that aren’t needed.Note that the same registry key may exist in more than one location, so if you are trying to reverse this hack, you should search the registry for NoTrayItemsDisplay.
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