Registry Tweaks

You can edit most settings. By editing the registry you can do it.

To open registry editer ( regedit) in Xp

• Click on "start".
• Select "Run "
• Now type "regedit",

To Edit settings of Gtalk

• Navigating to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Google Talk.

The "Google/Google Talk" key has several sub-keys that hold different option values:

Accounts: This one has subkeys for each different account that has logged in on the client. These keys have different values that store the username, password and connection options.

Autoupdate: It Stores the current version information.

Options: This is the most interesting part, where most of the current hacks should be used (keep reading).
Process: Stores the process ID. It is used by Google Talk to detect if it's already running or not.

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Google Talk\Options\show_pin
  If 1, shows a "pin" next to the minimize button that keeps the windows on top of all the other open windows when clicked.
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Google Talk\Options\view_show_taskbutton
  If 0, hides the taskbar button, and leaves the tray icon only, when the window is shown
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Google Talk\Options\away_inactive
  If 1, status will be set as Away after the specified number of minutes.
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Google Talk\Options\away_screensaver
  If 1, status will be set as Away after the specified number of minutes.
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Google Talk\Options\inactive_minutes
  Number of inactive minutes to become away if auto-away is on.