MDGx Windows 2000 Tweaks + Secrets

Windows 2000
Tweaks, Secrets, BUGs + FIXes

I will post here ALL New Windows 2000 ©Tweaks [in chronological order] every time I'll also add them to TIPS2000.TXT or REGISTRY.TXT, both part of my Updated Windows 9x/NTx + DOS 7.xx/8.00 ©Tricks + Secrets Files [W95-11D.EXE], FREEware.

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Contents: [new ©tweaks added at the TOP]

6-28-11 Easter Egg: GOOGLE CHROME + CHROMIUM EASTER EGGS
5-5-10 Win2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/DOS Secret: exFAT
12-30-06 Win3.x/9x/NTx Updated ©Trick: HOSTS FILES, GUIDES + TOOLS
7-3-06 Win9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: REGISTRY INCONSISTENCIES, CURIOSITIES + ODDITIES
12-31-03 Win2000 ©Trick: ENABLE COMPATIBILITY TAB
10-16-02 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/IE Registry ©Trick: SHOW FULL URL
7-2-02 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 ©Trick: THE PLUS! PACKS
7-2-02 Win9x/NTx ©Trick: EXPLORE YOUR ROOTS
6-3-02 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: FIX COPY TO/MOVE TO/SEND TO
6-3-02 WinNT4/2000/XP Registry ©Trick: NO POPUPS ON BOOT
5-23-02 WinNT4/2000/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: GET BACK YOUR CD/DVD
1-29-02 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP ©Trick: NORTON FIREWALL HIDDEN BAR
1-29-02 WinNT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1/2012 Registry ©Trick: TURN OFF NUMLOCK
1-4-02 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/IE Registry ©Trick: KILL IE ABOUT: URLS
1-4-02 Win2000/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR MESSENGER :)
12-12-01 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003/IE Registry ©Trick: FIX TASKBAR BUTTONS
11-7-01 Win3.1x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 Original ©Trick: 3D CONTROLS FOR 3D EFFECTS
8-23-01 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/IE Original ©Trick: MS IE 5.5 SP2 + 6.0 FIX [UPDATED 9-10-2002]
8-21-01 WinNT4/2000/XP Registry ©Trick: AUTOREBOOT
8-9-01 Win2000/XP Registry ©Trick: REMOVE MOUSE SHADOW
7-12-01 Win3.1x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003/IE/NC ©Trick: PROXY AD BLOCKER
7-12-01 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME Registry ©Trick: NETMEETING ADDRESS LIST
6-13-01 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003/IE Registry ©Trick: BROWSING SPEEDUP
6-13-01 Win2000/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: INCREASE DNS CACHE
5-17-01 Win2000 Registry ©Trick: PRIORITIZE PROGRAMS
5-17-01 Win2000 Registry ©Trick: FASTER TELNET
5-17-01 Win2000/XP Registry ©Trick: CHANGE SYSTEM FONT
4-26-01 Win9x/NT/2000/ME/XP Original Registry ©Trick: REG FILES
3-28-01 Win98/2000/ME Registry ©Trick: REMOVE FIND ITEMS
3-15-01 Win9x/2000/ME/IE/OE ©Trick: NEW IE/OE BACKGROUND
2-28-01 Win2000/XP/2003 Updated Registry ©Trick: DISABLE FILE PROTECTION
2-28-01 WinNT4/2000/XP Registry ©Trick: ERROR MODE
2-28-01 Win9x/2000/ME/AIM Registry ©Trick: MORE AIM BUDDIES
1-31-01 Updated Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: CPU PRIORITY (#2) [UPDATED 1-31-2001]
1-31-01 Win3.1x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 Original ©Trick: URL PASSWORD
1-31-01 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/IE Registry ©Trick: NEW IE SEARCH BUTTONS
1-4-01 WinNT4/2000/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: DISABLE LAST NTFS ACCESS
1-4-01 WinNT4/2000/XP ©Trick: SPEEDUP DOS SESSIONS
12-30-00 Win9x/NT/2000/ME ©Trick: UNIVERSAL BATCH CLEANER
12-30-00 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7 ©Trick: LOCK DESKTOP ICONS
11-30-00 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: TWEAK WEB VIEW
11-30-00 WinNT4/2000/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: SPLIT WINDOWS EXPLORER
10-18-00 Win2000/XP Registry ©Trick: OPEN WITH NOTEPAD FIX
9-25-00 Win9x/2000/ME/IE5 ©Trick: DO NOT PERSIST!
9-20-00 Updated Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: BUGGY TWEAKUI 98 [UPDATED 9-20-2000]
9-5-00 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Original Registry ©Trick: REMOVE NETSCAPE AIM
9-5-00 Win9x/2000/ME Netscape ©Trick: NO NETSCAPE AOL AIM
9-5-00 Win9x/2000/ME Netscape ©Trick: NO NETSCAPE EMAIL ADS
8-17-00 Win2000 Registry ©Trick: WEB BASED FTP
8-11-00 Win9x/2000/ME Registry ©Trick: 96-BIT VIDEO RESOLUTION
8-11-00 Easter Egg: MS IE 5/6 EASTER EGG
7-19-00 Win2000/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: UDMA/66 ALL THE WAY
7-13-00 Win2000/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: XDSL/CABLE MODEM SPEEDUP
7-13-00 Win2000/ME/XP Registry ©Trick: GRAB THE FOCUS!
6-8-00 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: BRING BACK ATTRIBUTES COLUMN
5-11-00 WinNT4/2000/XP Registry ©Trick: KEYBOARD + MOUSE BUFFER
5-8-00 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP ©Trick: LOVE(LY) VIRUS FIX
5-4-00 WinNT4/2000/XP Registry ©Trick: BYPASS AUTOLOGON
4-28-00 WinNT4/2000/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: DOS NAME COMPLETION
4-28-00 Win2000/XP/2003 ©Trick: SPONTANEOUS REBOOT FIX
3-16-00 Win9x/2000 Registry ©Trick: DHCP VULNERABILITY FIX
3-8-00 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003/IE Registry ©Trick: IE CONTENT ADVISOR PASSWORD FIX
1-5-00 Easter Egg: JAVASCRIPT BROWSER RESIZER EASTER EGG
12-29-99 Easter Egg: OSR2/NT/98/2000/ME/XP OPENGL EASTER EGG
12-22-99 OSR2/98/2000/ME/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1/2012 Registry ©Trick: DELETE REGISTRY KEY/VALUE
12-9-99 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/IE ©Trick: DELETE MS IE UNINSTALL
12-2-99 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME Registry ©Trick: FREE DVD PLAYER
10-28-99 Win3.1x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP Netscape ©Trick: CUSTOM NETSCAPE THROBBER
10-14-99 Win9x/NT4/ME/2000/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: ALWAYS UNLOAD DLLS
10-14-99 Win9x/2000/ME/XP Registry ©Trick: TOOLTIP OFF
9-15-99 Win3.1x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 Original ©Trick: 3.1X/9X/2000/NT/ME/XP/2003 MULTIBOOT SWAP FILE
8-11-99 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003/IE Registry ©Trick: HTTP SERVER REQUESTS
7-27-99 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Original Registry ©Trick: HIDE YOUR DRIVES!
7-27-99 Win3.xx/9x/NT/2000/ME ©Trick: BLUE (OR ANY OTHER COLOR) SCREEN OF DEATH
6-17-99 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME ©Trick: MULTIPLE FILE SEARCH
5-4-99 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/IE Original Registry ©Trick: BROWSER CACHE IN MEMORY
5-4-99 Win9x/NT/2000/ME/XP Original Registry ©Trick: THE REGISTRY
5-4-99 Win9x/NT/2000/ME/XP Original Registry ©Trick: REGISTRY STRUCTURE
5-4-99 Win9x/NT/2000/ME/XP Original Registry ©Trick: REGISTRY EDITING RULES
5-4-99 Win9x/NT/2000/ME/XP Original Registry ©Trick: REGISTRY LINKS
4-15-99 Easter Egg: ANOTHER MS IE EASTER EGG
3-30-99 Win9x/ME/NT4/2000/XP/IE Registry ©Trick: BRANDED MS IE
3-30-99 Easter Egg: OUTLOOK EXPRESS EASTER EGG
3-24-99 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7 Registry ©Trick: FORCED EXIT
3-24-99 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7 Registry ©Trick: END TASK TIMEOUT
12-25-98 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Original Registry ©Trick: ACTIVE WINDOW TRACKING
12-7-98 Win98/2000/ME/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: REGISTERED USER?
11-25-98 Win3.1x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/DOS ©Trick: MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE MADE EASY
11-10-98 Win3.1x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 ©Trick: EXTRA ASCII CHARACTERS
11-4-98 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003/IE Registry ©Trick: RENAME MS IE TITLE
10-27-98 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1/2012/10/IE Registry ©Trick: SYSTEM RESTRICTIONS
8-5-98 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Original ©Trick: NEW FOLDER ICON
8-5-98 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Original ©Trick: NEW DRIVE ICON
7-1-98 Win9x/2000/ME/XP/2003 ©Trick: QUICK FIX ENGINEERING
6-24-98 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/IE Registry ©Trick: IE AUTOSCAN
6-24-98 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Registry ©Trick: HIGH COLOR ICONS WITHOUT PLUS!
4-29-98 Easter Egg: SOLITAIRE EASTER EGG
4-29-98 Easter Egg: MINESWEEPER EASTER EGGS + CHEATS
4-29-98 Easter Egg: HEARTS EASTER EGG
4-8-98 Easter Egg: 3D TEXT EASTER EGGS
4-8-98 Easter Egg: FREECELL EASTER EGGS + CHEATS
2-25-98 Easter Egg: IE 4.0X EASTER EGG
10-17-97 Updated Win9x/NTx ©Trick: WINKEY SHORTCUTS
10-9-97 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Original ©Trick: ANYTHING GOES
10-5-97 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1/2012/10/2016/2019 Registry ©Trick: MENUSHOWDELAY
9-27-97 Win9x/NTx/IE ©Trick: KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
9-16-97 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 ©Trick: SYSTEM FOLDERS
9-16-97 Win3.1x/9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Original Registry ©Trick: BLINK... NOT!
8-16-97 Win3.1x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003/DOS6 Original ©Trick: FIND FAST
8-8-96 Win9x/NTx Registry ©Trick: ANIMATED WINDOWS
6-12-96 Win3.1x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 ©Trick: NOTEPAD DATE/TIME STAMP
4-11-96 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 ©Trick: SUPPORT INFORMATION
11-11-95 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1/2012/10/2016/2019 Registry ©Trick: DITCH THOSE ARROWS!
11-11-95 Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/8.1/2012/10/2016/2019 Registry ©Trick: CHANGE ARROWS
9-4-95 Win3.x/9x/NT/ME/2000/XP/2003 ©Trick: HELP!

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Windows Wizard: Dual-Boot Windows 2000 + XP
SmallVoid: Windows + DOS Tips + Tweaks
WinT: Windows 98/2000/ME/XP Modifications
LittleWhiteDog: How To Change Windows 2000 Boot Logo
Daniel: Making Windows 2000 run on only 32MB RAM
NT Compatible: NT/2000/XP/2003 Info
ActiveWin: Windows 2000 Tips + Tricks
Tech Spot: Tweaking Your System Startup + Booting
Tech Spot: Windows OS Tweak Guides
Tweak3D: Win2000 Tweak Guides
JSI Inc: NT/2000/XP/2003 Registry Hacks
Daniel Petri: IE/2000/XP/2003 Tips + Tricks
Sysinternals: BOOT.INI Options Reference
Shell Shocked: Deconstructing the Shell
WinPortal: Win2000 Community
Andrej: Uninstall Windows 2000
Burke: Windows Information and Links
Burke: Windows 2000 Information and Links
SS64: Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7 Command Line Index
Rob: Windows 2000 SP4 Commands
OSNN: Understanding Virtual Memory
Windows 2000 FAQ: NT/2000/XP FAQs
Rhebus Networks: Windows 2000/XP Technical Advice
DAG Konsult: Windows NT4, 2000 + XP Tips & Tricks
PC Magazine: Windows 98/2000/ME/XP: 68 Tips & Tricks
Microsoft: Windows 2000/XP/2003 File Cache Performance and Tuning
Microsoft: Glossary of Windows 2000/XP/2003 Services
Microsoft: Windows 2000 DOS Prompt Commands
Microsoft: Windows 2000

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