Modify Location Of The Online Support Site

When a user selects ?Help>>Online Support? from the Internet Explorer he  is usually redirected to a Microsoft Web page.what if you know a better site http://reg.googleopedia.com then you can change it.



This tweak allows you to specify an alternate URL. This could be used as a prank hack.

Navigate to:

H L M \ S O F T W A R E \ M i c r o s o f t \ I n t e r n e t

Explorer\Help_Menu_Urls

Create or modify the String Value called Online_Support and set it to http://reg.googleopedia.com or any other URL you wish to redirect the user to. You may need to restart or log out and back on for the change to take effect.

Enable "Internet option"

If you are unable to use Tools>>Internet option then you can manualy enable it. Also if you are a admin you might want to disable the Tools >> Internet Options menu.This comes in handy when you don?t want people messing with settings. Just open regedit(Start>>Run>>Type regedit)



Navigate to:

H C U \ S o f t w a r e \ P o l i c i e s \ M i c r o s o f t \ I n t e r n e t

Explorer\Restrictions



And to:



H L M \ S o f t w a r e \ P o l i c i e s \ M i c r o s o f t \ I n t e r n e t

Explorer\Restrictions



Now all that you need to do is change the value of NoBrowserOptions.set it to ) or 1 based on wheather you want to disable or enable.

Change IE search

i am sure that the reasson you have visited this site is  you are not able to change your search. This is because something(virus) might have disabled it. Use this hack to change IE's search assistant from this to any engine you wish to use.

Navigate to:

HLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search

Change the String Value ?SearchAssistant? to a URL of your choice.

The Sound Of Music

When you start navigating a site in IE or even navigating a folder, it plays click sound you?ve heard so often. If it irritates you, get rid of it. You can play any wav file instead . this is mainly for fun or just to freak your friend. Now once you perform this hack it will play a tune!

Navigate to:
HCU\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Explorer \Navigating\ .current

Create or modify the String Value called (Default) and set it to the full path name of the sound you want to play. Leave it blank play no sounds .
Restart or log off for the change to take effect

Control Internet Explorer?s Error Reporting

This setting allows you to control whether the error reporting tool, which reports browser debugging errors to Microsoft, is active in Internet Explorer .This is very annoying .



Navigate to:

HLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main



Create a new DWORD value called "IEWatsonDisabled" and set it to 1. Create another DWORD value called "IEWatsonEnabled" and set it to 0.



Just restart Internet Explorer for the changes to take effect.

Control the IE Script Debugger

When Internet Explorer detects an error on a page it has the ability to launch a script debugger to diagnose the problem. If you have no use for the script debugger, you could use the ?yes? value below.



Navigate to:

HCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main



Create or modify the String Value called ?Disable Script Debugger? and set it to either ?yes? to disable the debugger or ?no? to enable it.

Just restart Internet Explorer for the change to take effect.

Specify or modify default download directory

As with many programs, you might want to specify a default download directory for Internet Explorer.

Navigate to:

HCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer

Here, create or modify the String Value called DownloadDirectory and set it to the full path name of the directory you want to set, for example, ?D:\Downloads?.

Restart or log off of Windows for the change to take effect.



Here HCU can be replaced by HCM if you want the effect to take place for all users

Disable Automatic updates in Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer 5 and higher have the ability to automatically check for updates. Iyou dont want this to be done for whatever reason then this tweak help you.

Navigate to:

HCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

Create or modify the DWORD value called "NoUpdateCheck " and set it to 1 to disable the update check, or to 0 to enable it.

Just restart Internet Explorer for the change to take effect

Enable/Disable IE Download Notification

This setting is used to enable/disable download completion notification in Internet Explorer. The following can be useful if the checkboxnext to ?Close this dialog box?? is disabled and cannot be manually un-checked.

Navigate to:

HCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

Create or modify the String Value called NotifyDownloadComplete and set it to ?yes? or ?no?, without quotes, according to what you want. Restart for the change to take effect.