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Close Stalled Programs Faster

Posted by: Helen on: March 11, 2006

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
AutoEndTasks – change ‘Value data’ to 1 for no prompts before closing the program
HungAppTimeout – change to, ie 3000, default 5000 milliseconds
WaitToKillAppTimeout – change to, ie 10000, default 20000 milliseconds (20 secs)
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
WaitToKillServiceTimeout – change ‘Value data’ to, ie 10000, default 20000 millisecs

Start Menu Overdrive

Posted by: Helen on: March 11, 2006

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
MenuShowDelay
change to 0 (default 400 milliseconds)

Enable regedit

Posted by: Helen on: March 1, 2006

You may also see the following error while launching Registry Editor
Registry Editing has been disabled by your administrator

If your system is in a Network, you may need to contact the Network Administrator to relax this restriction (if needed). For standalone PCs, try the following and remove the registry editing restrictions:
1. Click Start, Run and type [...]

Enable Task Manager

Posted by: Helen on: March 1, 2006

Symptom
When you try to open Task Manager, the following error may occur:
Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator
This error is caused by restrictions placed in Registry. DisableTaskMgr value is set to 1. To enable Task Manager, try any of these methods:
Resolution
Method 1
Click Start, Run and type this command exactly as given below: (better [...]


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