Windows Customizations

Disable Win+L

Source:

• How can I disable the function (window key + L )
  used to lock the window
  (answers.microsoft.com)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

• create a new DWORD 32-bit value
  named DisableLockWorkstation
• give it one of these values:
• 1 Disable Lock Workstation
• 0 Enable Lock Workstation

Windows Alt-Tab

Get the old Alt-Tab dialog back

1. Open Registry Editor.
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer.
3. Create a DWORD value named AltTabSettings.
4. Set its value data to 1.
5. Restart Windows Explorer or sign out and sign in again to apply the change.

taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
start explorer.exe

Alternative via registry file

1. Save the following as a .reg file.

2. #BUG: find a pygments lexer for reg files

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"AltTabSettings"=dword:00000001

1. Double-click the file to apply the change.

2. Restart Windows Explorer or sign out and sign in again to apply the change.

taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
start explorer.exe