Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Reghacks for W8 annoyances

To get rid of the first-time-logon animation.

-----------DisableFirstLogonAnimation.reg----------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"EnableFirstLogonAnimation"=dword:0

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To get rid of “Do you really want to run this file” warnings….

--------------------DisableOpenFileWarnings.reg--------------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations]
“LowRiskFileTypes”=”.exe;.bat;.reg;.vbs;”

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References:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/4c1d26e0-5d2e-487e-ab5a-7ded6d03b30c/how-to-completely-disable-the-first-logon-animation?forum=w8itprogeneral

http://www.howtogeek.com/167579/how-to-make-your-own-windows-registry-hacks/

http://www.windowsreference.com/windows-7/how-to-disable-open-file-security-warning-in-windows-7/

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