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Windows Registry

To view the resulting policy on a workstation, run rsop.msc.

User profile location

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

Windows XP icons in My Computer

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace]

Administrative network shares

Windows XP:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters]
"AutoShareServer"=dword:00000000

User Logon

Windows XP Do not display the last user name

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
DontDisplayLastUserName (REG_SZ) = 1

Windows 7

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI

MS Outlook PST and OST file size

MS Office 2010 - 14.0; MS Office 2013 - 15.0. Details: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/832925/ru. For 100 GB:

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Outlook\PST]
"MaxLargeFileSize"=dword:00019000
"WarnLargeFileSize"=dword:00018000

For 70 GB:

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Outlook\PST]
"MaxLargeFileSize"=dword:00011800
"WarnLargeFileSize"=dword:00011170

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\PST]
"MaxLargeFileSize"=dword:00011800
"WarnLargeFileSize"=dword:00011170

Allow users to change power settings

Windows XP (untested): grant modification rights to this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Controls Folder\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies