Registry Tweaks

Tweaks are small, inofficial setting patches that can be set up through the registry only. This page describes tweaks used in applications by Safer-Networking Ltd. only.

Usage

To create such a tweak, create a registry value in the following location:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Safer Networking Limited\Tweaks\Application.exe\

Replace Application.exe with the name of the executable it should affect, no paths used. Or, if you want the tweak to apply globally to all our products, simply use this path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Safer Networking Limited\Tweaks\

Available Tweaks

CreateHostsBackup

Set this to 0 to not create backup copies of the hosts file when using the immunization or fixing scan results in there.

CreateHostsBackup : REG_DWORD = 00000000 (does not create backups)
CreateHostsBackup : REG_DWORD = 00000001 (default if not set)

Available in Spybot - Search & Destroy and separate immunization demo.

DisableHintOfTheDay

Use this tweak to hide the new-to-1.6 Hint of the Day in the results list.

DisableHintOfTheDay : REG_DWORD = 00000000 (default if not set)
DisableHintOfTheDay : REG_DWORD = 00000001 (hides HotD)

Available in Spybot - Search & Destroy.

FloppyVolumeInformation

Set this to the value representation of a drive (A: is 0, B: s 1, C: is 2, ...) to set where optimization lookups by using drive properties is used. Since querying this could cause a floppy seek, this is by default 2.

FloppyVolumeInformation : REG_DWORD = 00000000 (starts with drive A:)
FloppyVolumeInformation : REG_DWORD = 00000001 (starts with drive B:)
FloppyVolumeInformation : REG_DWORD = 00000002 (starts with drive C:, defaulf if not set)
... continue numbers for letters in alphabetical order.

Available in Spybot - Search & Destroy and RunAlyzer.

HostsBlockIP

Hosts file immunization by default uses 127.0.0.1 to block domains. Use a REG_SZ here to define another value (some people prefer 0.0.0.0).

HostsBlockIP : REG_SZ = 127.0.0.1 (default if not set)
HostsBlockIP : REG_SZ = 0.0.0.0   (common other choice)
... or any other IP you prefer.

Available in Spybot - Search & Destroy and separate immunization demo.

ImmunizeHostsOn2000

Immunizing the hosts file on Windows 2000 can make trouble if the DNS Client service is running. Therefore, Spybot-S&D usually does not offer this immunization under these circumstances (unless it is already immunized, in which case it needs to be shown to be able to be undone). Set this to 1 to override this protectional behaviour.

ImmunizeHostsOn2000 : REG_DWORD = 00000000 (default if not set)
ImmunizeHostsOn2000 : REG_DWORD = 00000001 (immunized hosts on W2k even in worst case scenario)

Available in Spybot - Search & Destroy and separate immunization demo.

ImmunizeSystemAccounts

System accounts never use browsers unless the system is misconfigured; set this to 1 to show them in immunization anyway.

ImmunizeSystemAccounts : REG_DWORD = 00000000 (default if not set)
ImmunizeSystemAccounts : REG_DWORD = 00000001 (also immunizes system accounts)

Available in Spybot - Search & Destroy and separate immunization demo.

SkipAdminWarnings

Spybot-S&D tests whether the user has admin privileges (available on XP and Vista, mostly on the later regarding elevation), and otherwise warns on fixing and some of the tools. Set this to 1 to skip this warning.

SkipAdminWarnings : REG_DWORD = 00000000 (default if not set)
SkipAdminWarnings : REG_DWORD = 00000001 (skips warnings)

Available in Spybot - Search & Destroy.

TempFolderCleanDelay

Sets up the waiting time for the new-to-1.6 option to offer to clean the Temp folders before continuing. After this has timed out, the default action will be chosen.

TempFolderCleanDelay : REG_DWORD = 0000000E (15 seconds are default if not set otherwhise)
... use any amount of seconds you want here.

Available in Spybot - Search & Destroy.

TempFolderCleanMinimum

Changes the minimum number of files the temp folder needs to contain before cleaning is offered (since some files are always in use, there has to be some limit to not annoy the user every time).

TempFolderCleanMinimum : REG_DWORD = 00000064 (100 files minimum are the default)
... use any amount of files you want as the lower minimum here.

Available in Spybot - Search & Destroy.