[AccessD] Registry tweaks

Hi John,
I actually just keep Reg Tweaks it in my "Code and Tips DB" - which is
really lame compared to what you're doing here. I keep everything in there
now just because otherwise I have to search too many places to find
something that doesn't fit into a category just right. Basically code,
tweaks, bugs, articles, and valuable software (for things that I don't keep
loaded but use for one thing)

Each is broken down into Category, General Area of Application, Description,
Item Details (Code, Article Text, etc), Who and where it came from, The date
I added it, what product it is used in and when it was last modified.

It would be nice to be able to have a Code and Tips DB that was integrated
but still had cool functionality like what you propose.

We had at one time started a CodeDB list, I haven't seen anything on that
list for months so I guess its dead in the water.

In any case, I would definitely contribute any Reg tweaks I have to your DB.

John B.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John W. Colby
> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 11:20 AM
> To: AccessD
> Subject: [AccessD] Registry tweaks
>
>
> Have ya ever... wished you had a place to store all the registry
> tweaks you
> run across?  I have run across so many things where they tell you to go to
> the registry and set / clear / delete some entry.  I can NEVER remember
> where I found the tweak, but I always remember I was supposed to do some
> unnamed thing to make something happen.
>
> It all started with securing IIS.  An article I ran across gives a handful
> of registry tweaks to tighten up security.  Of course I can use
> regedit but
> how blasé
>
> Well I just whipped out a little database to hold the key / value name /
> value and a memo about the registry key, as well as a parent "topic" table
> that lets me organize the entries by a topic of my choosing, complete with
> memo.  At the moment you have to type the registry key / value
> name / value
> in, but once you do you can press a button and the entry is created in the
> registry.  It uses a registry class for anyone interested in how to read /
> write the registry (or doesn't want to write their own) courtesy of a VB
> Techniques article written by Eric Smith on 3/29/2000.  I also use a few
> withevent classes for those of you who want to see how I use Withevents to
> run the basic forms.
>
> I may (probably will) eventually write code to back up an existing key
> before modification, read registry chunks into the table etc.  Not there
> yet.
>
> I think it would be cool to organize a huge "registry tweak"
> database where
> anyone interested gets this database and enters their favorite tweak, then
> donates their tweaks to a pool.  I can take care of merging everyone's
> tweaks into a single database and get the resulting pool up on my
> web site.
>
> Anyone interested?  Anyone know of a public domain db that I can
> get tweaks
> already in a db?
>
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
>
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