Meuchel Computer Services & Office Supplies

Go into the registry and look for the registry key…

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\IEXPLORE.EXE\DefaultIcon

I’ll bet yours looks as mine did and has…

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe,-7.

What it should be is…

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe,-32528

Reboot. Problem solved.

I am running windows Vista Business with Internet Explorer 7.  I did a Google Search for how many tabs can be open at once.  Nothing came up off the top so I decided to do an experiment.  I started opening tabs and got to 150 and it wouldn’t open any more.  So I checked my memory and it seemed to have about 99% full but I had a remote desktop application running.  So I shut that down and was back to 96% full memory.  It still wouldn’t let me open another tab.  So apparently you can only open 150 tabs in IE 7 under Vista.  I even opened another browser to type this blog entry and it worked.

Boot to a PE

Run the following from a command prompt.

d:\tools\imagex /apply d:\dell\image\factory.wim 1 c:

This will factory image the C: Drive

*disclaimer*

This is a registry hack and if used improperly can mess up your stuff.  Meuchel Computer Services is not responsible for misuse

*end disclaimer*

This hack is to minimize Microsoft Outlook to the system tray instead of to the task bar.  It is good for keeping things clean.

Put the following in a notpad document and save as MinToTray.reg make sure to leave off the .txt extention. Then double click to import to registry.  So far this has worked with Office 2003 and 2007 for me.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Preferences]
“TipArray”=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
“SyncDlgPos”=hex:2c,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,\
  ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,0b,01,00,00,d1,00,00,00,f6,02,00,00,11,02,00,00
“AllowCommasInRecip”=dword:00000001
“AfterMove”=dword:00000001
“CloseOrig”=dword:00000001
“LastAged”=dword:0ca6b793
“MinToTray”=dword:00000001

*disclaimer*

This is a registry hack and done improperly can ruin your stuff.  Meuchel Computer Services is not responsible for misuse.

*end disclaimer*

Put the following in a notepad document and save as menuspeed.reg make sure to not have the .txt extention.  Then double click it to add it to the registry.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
“ActiveWndTrkTimeout”=dword:00000000
“AutoEndTasks”=”0″
“CaretWidth”=dword:00000001
“CoolSwitch”=”1″
“CoolSwitchColumns”=”7″
“CoolSwitchRows”=”3″
“CursorBlinkRate”=”530″
“DragFullWindows”=”1″
“DragHeight”=”4″
“DragWidth”=”4″
“FontSmoothing”=”2″
“FontSmoothingType”=dword:00000001
“ForegroundFlashCount”=dword:00000003
“ForegroundLockTimeout”=dword:00030d40
“GridGranularity”=”0″
“HungAppTimeout”=”5000″
“LowPowerActive”=”0″
“LowPowerTimeOut”=”0″
“MenuShowDelay”=”500″
“PaintDesktopVersion”=dword:00000000
“PowerOffActive”=”0″
“PowerOffTimeOut”=”0″
“ScreenSaverIsSecure”=”0″
“ScreenSaveTimeOut”=”600″
“ScreenSaveActive”=”0″
“TileWallpaper”=”0″
“UserPreferencesMask”=hex:98,32,07,80
“WaitToKillAppTimeout”=”20000″
“Wallpaper”=”"
“WallpaperStyle”=”2″
“OriginalWallpaper”=”"
“WheelScrollLines”=”3″
“Pattern Upgrade”=”TRUE”

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics]
“BorderWidth”=”-15″
“CaptionFont”=hex:f3,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,bc,02,00,00,\
  00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,72,00,65,00,62,00,75,00,63,00,68,00,65,00,74,\
  00,20,00,4d,00,53,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
“CaptionHeight”=”-375″
“CaptionWidth”=”-270″
“IconFont”=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,\
  00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
“IconSpacing”=”-1125″
“IconTitleWrap”=”1″
“IconVerticalspacing”=”-1125″
“MenuFont”=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,\
  00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
“MenuHeight”=”-285″
“MenuWidth”=”-270″
“MessageFont”=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,\
  00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
“ScrollHeight”=”-255″
“ScrollWidth”=”-255″
“Shell Icon BPP”=”16″
“SmCaptionFont”=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,bc,02,00,\
  00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
“SmCaptionHeight”=”-255″
“SmCaptionWidth”=”-255″
“StatusFont”=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,\
  00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
“AppliedDPI”=dword:00000060
“Shell Icon Size”=”32″
“MinAnimate”=”1″

This apparently is due to installing Windows Media Player 11 before sysprep.

This resolution is partially from Microsoft’s recommeded work around. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320279