Save settings on closing up Windows session

Here below is a small tip on how to save automatically your settings when exiting a Windows session.
System requirements: Windows 2000 to older versions

These settings concern mainly those made on desktop, start menu, task bar and control panel.

For the professional versions

Open the group policy editor

Under Vista, type gpedit.msc in the search bar in the Start menu and press the ENTER key.
Under XP, go to the Start Menu> Run> type gpedit.msc and press the ENTER key.
Go to User Configuration> Administrative Templates> desktop.

On the right side of the window, double-click

Don't save settings at exit

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Choose the option:

not configured

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COnfirm and close window.

For Home edition

Under Windows Xp just modify the registry.
Make a backup of the registry database if necessary.
Open the Registry Editor
Select the key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Modify DWORD NoSaveSettings Value (if it does not exist, create this by going to the Edit menu/ New DWORD value):

Put it to 1 to disable record settings beforel eaving Windows.
Put it to 0 to activate the record settings leaving Windows.