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    Aero Glass ThemeAtlas

    in Aero Glass For Windows 8+

    Posted · Edited by Octopuss

    On 1/19/2017 at 6:18 AM, xemnes said:

    ive modified a theme atlas i have downloaded from here (most credit goes to him):

    http://www.deviantart.com/art/Theme-Atlas-Collection-for-Windows-10-14393-658193357

    this is as close as i have been able to get windows 10 look like windows 7, the rounded corners and the buttons are pixel crisp with no blurriness. only exception is some windows that dont use a border radius and modernframe.

    im also using this windows 7 theme to skin the ui elements, using the atlas ive modified over the top.

    Aero 7 Themes for Win10 Final

    s7xtCIE.jpgm

    win7atlas.zip

    Will this work with the current Windows 10 version?

     

    edit: What is the difference between Aero7 and Aero 7 Clear?

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    aero glass for version 1803

    in Aero Glass For Windows 8+

    Posted

    On 8/9/2018 at 7:33 AM, AdamW said:

    Haha, sorry, I've never made a tutorial video.  Let me just repost sbkw1983's directions (which were clear), but substitute in my new link and a few other clarifications that helped me:
     


    Again, this method originally came from sbkw1983's post here, so he deserves the thanks.  I just updated it for the new update (based on info from NoelC here).  So please visit their posts and put thanks/likes.

    This doesn't work at all :(

    When I click on retry, it just reappears again. I don't know what to do.

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    How to change/add/remove keyboards from command line?

    in Windows 10

    Posted

    I have just found out that the method I've used in Win7 doesn't work anymore.
    I would basically write some xml file, and then do control intl.cpl,, /f:"xxx.xml"

    It doesn't work in Windows 10 at all. I am trying to get rid of generic czech keyboard (0405:00000405), because I had set the qwerty (0405:00010405) in the answer file during the installation.
    I also tried adding a random new keyboard using the same method and it didn't work either, so I presume something changed since the old days.

    Does anyone have any idea how to do this in 10?

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    Partitions are not being created

    in Unattended Windows 10 Installation

    Posted · Edited by Octopuss

    I have a brand new VM, meaning the virtual disk is completely clean.

    I have (I believe) properly written answer file, but no partitions are being created.

    Could anyone figure out why?

    This is the relevant part of WindowsPE pass:

      

    	        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <DiskConfiguration>
                <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
                <Disk wcm:action="add">
                    <DiskID>0</DiskID>
                    <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
                    <CreatePartitions>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>1</Order>
                            <Type>Primary</Type>
                            <Size>100</Size>
                        </CreatePartition>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>2</Order>
                            <Type>Primary</Type>
                            <Extend>true</Extend>
                        </CreatePartition>
                    </CreatePartitions>
                    <ModifyPartitions>
                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>1</Order>
                            <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
                            <Active>true</Active>
                            <Format>NTFS</Format>
                            <Label>Boot</Label>
                        </ModifyPartition>
                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Order>2</Order>
                            <PartitionID>2</PartitionID>
                            <Format>NTFS</Format>
                            <Letter>C</Letter>
                            <Label>Windows</Label>
                        </ModifyPartition>
                    </ModifyPartitions>
                </Disk>
            </DiskConfiguration>
            <ImageInstall>
                <OSImage>
                    <InstallFrom>
                        <MetaData wcm:action="add">
                            <Key>/IMAGE/INDEX</Key>
                            <Value>2</Value>
                        </MetaData>
                    </InstallFrom>
                    <!--<InstallTo>
                        <DiskID>0</DiskID>
                        <PartitionID>2</PartitionID>
                    </InstallTo>-->
                </OSImage>
            </ImageInstall>
            <UserData>
                <ProductKey>
                    <Key>xxx</Key>
                </ProductKey>
                <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
            </UserData>
        </component>

    I had to comment one part of the imageinstall because there are no partitions at this point due to some obscure problem.

     

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    Windows 10 - Deeper Impressions

    in Windows 10

    Posted · Edited by Octopuss

    A year or so has passed, and I decided to give the OS another (quick) shot. Doesn't seem like anything changed. What I can get to with 2-3 clicks in Windows 7 I most often can't even FIND in Windows 10. The new settings is a pure mess. Like even after two hours (I really was determined to figure it all out this time and didn't wipe it from the drive within 10 minutes) I haven't figured out how to get to pagefile settings. OR how the hell do I put "This Computer" to the desktop. That shortcut is not even in the Start menu anywhere. Those are two of the more painful things so far.
    Basically, I am unable to use the stupid system, because some of the most basic things I take for granted are simply not there, and/or are buried/obscured under tons of garbage I cannot get through.

    Despite my strong disgust with the OS, every time I install it again I try to approach it with open mind, thinking "It's not THAT difficult. It's just Windows. I've been using it for 22 years. It must make sense somehow." - but NO. It just doesn't.

    last edit: I eventually got borderline physically sick from the ***** flat design, and after 1) seeing the Calculator app and 2) starting the new Internet Explorer, where I had no idea what was part of the page and what was part of the toolbar, I shut the VM off in pure disgust. No thank you. Keep this crap, Microsoft. I'll keep using Windows 7 for as long as humanely possible.

    I really tried this time. Didn't work. And I lost three hours of my life.

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    Integrating monthly rollups not working?

    in Unattended Windows 7/Server 2008R2

    Posted · Edited by Octopuss

    I have integrated some basic updates into my image, namely the huge convenience rollup (and whatever it requires), and then the other monthly ones, but for some weird reason one of them isn't recognized and is still being offered by Windows Update. Specifically, it's the other large one, both november (KB3197868) and december (KB3197868) version.

    Does anyone have any idea why is that?

     

    The full list of updates I have integrated is (march updated)

    Windows6.1-KB3020369-x64.msu
    windows6.1-KB3125574-v4-x64.msu
    Windows6.1-KB3172605-x64.msu
    Windows6.1-KB3179573-x64.msu
    windows6.1-KB3185278-x64.msu
    Windows6.1-KB3212646-x64.msu

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    Trouble with some services

    in Unattended Windows 7/Server 2008R2

    Posted

    I'm trying to force W7 to install with Search, Prefetch and Superfetch completely disabled, so that no indexes are created, and no files ever appear in \ProgramData\Microsoft\Search and \Windows\Prefetch.

    I apply this to the registry of the mounted image:

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM_System\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters]
    "EnableSuperfetch"=dword:00000000
    "EnablePrefetcher"=dword:00000000
    "EnableBootTrace"=dword:00000000,

    and in setupcomplete.cmd I have

    sc config wsearch start= disabled
    rd %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Search\Data
    sc config sysmain start= disabled

    and yet, the Windows Search service, even though it's disabled, is running after the system boots up for the first time, and the above mentioned folders are ripe with files.

    I don't know what's going on. Can anyone help me?

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