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Windows' registry is a playground for breaking all sorts of things. Fortunately, we can tweak things too :D

Accessing the registry

1. Click Start
2. Click Run
3. Type regedit
4. Click OK

Shorthand explanations

• HKLM - HKey Local Machine
• HKCU - HKey Current User
• HKCC - HKey Current Config

Adjusting the default Screen Res

1. Launch the registry editor
2. Open HKCC
3. Open System
4. Open CurrentControlSet
5. Open Control
6. Open VIDEO

You'll see some GUIDS at this point and we'll need to check each one.

1. Open the first GUID
2. Open 0000

Examine DefaultSettings.XResolution and DefaultSettings.YResolution and change them to the required X and Y resolutions. Do the same for 0001 if it exists and then proceed to repeat for each GUID.

Reboot and the default screen res will have changed.

Making the On-Screen keyboard appear on logon

1. Open the registry editor
2. Expand the following path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\
3. Double click the key called System
4. In the Value data: box type OSK.exe
5. Ok the dialogue box
6. Close the registry editor and reboot.

Known problems

After the user has logged in, the OSK remains running as the user SYSTEM - this prevents OSK running again as the logged on user.

See also

• Forum post on EduGeek

Changing the logon wallpaper

1. Open the registry editor.
2. Browse to HKEY USERS\ .DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop
3. Change the Wallpaper value to contain the bitmap image you want to display on the logon screen (e.g. c:\mywallpaper.bmp)
4. If you want to repeatedly tile the wallpaper set TileWallPaper to 1
5. If a stretched wallpaper is desired set WallPaperStyle to 2
6. Logoff to see the changes.

See also

• Tip 12 on UpdateXP.com

See Also

• Windows Registry Editor