Registry tweaks
 

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tre...reg/regtwk.asp

Add Your Own "Tip of the Day"
Disable Window Animations
Speed Up the Taskbar
Enable Tab for Filename Completion
Run a Different Screen Saver While Waiting for a Logon
Enable X Window-Style "Auto Raise"
Enable "Snap To Default Button"
Suppress Error Messages During Boot and Logon

Change Low Disk Space Warning Threshold
Use Longer File Extensions
Turn Off CD-ROM AutoRun
Suppress "Last Access" Timestamp on NTFS Volumes

Clear the System Pagefile at Shutdown
Prevent Caching of Logon Credentials
Turn Off "Save Password" Option in Dial-Up Networking
Prevent Users from Changing Network Drive Mappings
Control Who Can See Performance Monitor Data
Control Which Drives Are Visible Throughout the System
Change When the Password Expiration Warning Appears
Allow Members of the Printer Operators Group to Add Printers
Set the Number of Authentication Retries for Dial-Up Connections
Keep Users from Changing Video Resolutions
Set the Authentication Timeout for Dial-Up Connections
Keep Remote Users from Sharing a Mounted CD-ROM or Floppy
Keep Users from Customizing "My Computer"

Automatically Delete Cached User Profiles
Enable Automatic Reboot After a Crash
Record Evidence of a Crash
Enabling Automatic Logon After Boot
Power Off at Shutdown
Force Hung Tasks to End When Logging Off
Set a Time Limit for Shutting Down Tasks
Speed Up System Shutdowns
Automatically Try to Detect Slow Network Connections
Don't Automatically Create 8.3 Names on NTFS Volumes
Disable the Printer Browse Thread
Forcibly Recover a Crashed PDC
Getting the Most from Your Cache
Hiding Servers from Network Computers

Create a Shared Favorites Folder for All Network Users
Automatically Use Dial-Up Networking to Log On
Enable the WINS Proxy Agent
Set the Number of Rings for Answering Incoming Dial-Up Networking Calls
Turn On Logging for Dial-Up Networking
Keep a Dial-Up Networking Connection Up After You Log Out
Set the Dial-Up Networking Automatic Disconnect Timer

Keep the Print Spool Service from Popping Up Dialogs
Change the Print Spool Directory
Stop Print Job Logging In Event Log