jrzycrim

After some more testing, I found out some values to use with FFlags and Sort: Auto Arrange off, Align to Grid off: "FFlags"=dword:00000220 Auto Arrange on: "FFlags"=dword:00000221 Auto Arrange off - align to Grid On: "FFlags"=dword:00000224 Auto Arange on, Align to Grid on: "FFlags"=dword:00000225 Hide Desktop Icons: "FFlags"=dword:00001220 Sort by name: "Sort"=dword:00000000 Sort by size: "Sort"=dword:00000001 Sort by type: "Sort"=dword:00000002 Sort by Modified: "Sort"=dword:00000003 For example, if you wanted to enable auto arrange and sort by type: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\Desktop] "FFlags"=dword:00000221 "Sort"=dword:00000002

Auto Arrange is stored in [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\Desktop] Example: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\Desktop] "FFlags"=dword:00000225 I narrowed it down to the FFlags Value. I didn't test this with an unattended install. Here's what I did as far as testing: I checked Auto Arrange, logged off and logged back on. I exported the key. I then turned Auto Arrange back off, logged out and logged back in again. I then killed explorer from Task Manager, launched a command prompt, then imported the reg file. When I launched Explorer, my Icons were arranged and auto arrange was enabled in the context menu. I went through this process three times just to make sure. I'd recommend postitioning your icons the way you want, log out and log back in to insure those settings are written to the registry. Then export the entire key. During the unattended installation, import it before first logon.

If you have a retail XP CD, not an OEM recovery disk, you can use the recovery console to delete that file: Just follow these instructions at this site: http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/wxprcons.htm Once you log onto the Recovery console, navigate to where that file is and delete it.

As far as your shutdown problem goes, I'm not sure there is a registy tweak that can fix this. See: http://www.windowsxpatoz.com/cgi-bin/perfo...2&id=1036282433 You might try using regshot or a similar program to track a registry change after following the instructions at the above site.

I've never tried to do an unattended install this way but looking at your original post, the error you received was, "The specified setup script file (C:\winnt.txt) is inaccesible or invalid. It seems it's looking for a .txt file. Try making a copy of your winnt.sif and renaming it to winnt.txt, keeping both winnt.sif and winnt.txt in your I386 directory. Who knows, maybe that will work.

If you uninstalled Windows (not sure what that means exactly) and then re-installed, the registry entries for your 3rd party applications are gone.

This thread has a couple of links that may be of some help: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...22windows+98%22

Bootvis is definitely the problem. A few months ago I noticed my hard drive space was being filled. I finally traced it to that file and disabled bootvis tracing.

Didn't know that could be done but here is a fix for Removing Common Tasks from the desktop: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00021400-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\shellex\ExtShellFolderViews\{5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}] "PersistMoniker"=hex(2):66,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,3a,00,2f,00,2f,00,25,00,75,00,\ 73,00,65,00,72,00,61,00,70,00,70,00,64,00,61,00,74,00,61,00,25,00,5c,00,4d,\ 00,69,00,63,00,72,00,6f,00,73,00,6f,00,66,00,74,00,5c,00,49,00,6e,00,74,00,\ 65,00,72,00,6e,00,65,00,74,00,20,00,45,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,\ 00,72,00,5c,00,44,00,65,00,73,00,6b,00,74,00,6f,00,70,00,2e,00,68,00,74,00,\ 74,00,00,00 Copy and paste this into a text file, save it as a .reg file. Double click the file to merge it into the registry. Log off Windows or restart.

Those should be [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\...] or [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\...]. I'm not sure which, could be either. No such Hive as HKEY_CURRENT_MACHINE.

He could try removing it to see if that helps. It's not really needed. It's for the plain text filter when searching for text from within a file. Any filetypes that you want included in the search need this handler. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...KB;EN-US;309173 If you do a google search for "{5e941d80-bf96-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}" you'll find a lot of info on it.

That tweak is known to cause problems like that. I don't use it anymore. http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/movetocontext.htm

Is the CD-ROM on your compaq an older drive? I know some older CD-ROM drives have trouble reading CD-RW media.

Yep, I got those 5. I notice one is a Cumlative update for OE. Time to modify some things.

Cool, thanks for the additional info. My favorite is the command value.

I don't really know where the context handler for that would be. I don't have Media Player as the default player for any file type but I still get that option as well. If the folder is customized for Music file types, then you will get that option. If you customize it for something other than music files, it should go away. Right click on the folder, select properties and go to the customize tab.

Not sure about that. Is there anything in the [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.m3u\] key that might be causing this? I bet you already checked there... Also, you might try going to Folder Options> File types and see if Play with Media Player entry is present for .m3u.

From any windows explorer window, select Tools > Folder options, go to the view tab, make sure that 'Restore previous windows folders at logon' is unchecked.

LOL! read this first before u talk further.... textActually, the security flaw is a problem in XP. Mozilla programmers just took the steps necessary with the update to prevent that particular exploit. And besides, no program is 100% bug free.

That's a good idea but It doesn't work for me. I'm not sure how to accomplish that. I definitely want to research it. // Okay. This is what you have to do. Create a New Registry file. At the top, put: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 Name it and place the file in %systemroot%\Shellnew\ Delete the Nullfile value. Ad this: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.reg\ShellNew] "FileName"="filename.reg" It will use the file you placed in ShellNew as a template. Even better, IMHO, is this: Instead of using the FileName value, you can use the Command Value. Example: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.reg\ShellNew] "Command"="\"%programfiles%\\Crimson Editor\\cedt.exe\" \"%systemroot%\\shellnew\\Registry.reg\"" Now when I select New > Registry Entries, Crimson Editor, my editor of choice, is launched with the Reg template loaded. You can use any editor you like and the template can be stored anywhere that is convenient. Make sure you delete any other values like nullfile or filename when adding this new value. For more info, see: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default....ing/context.asp

Right click on any text file, select 'Open with...', Find edit plus in the list of programs offered. If it's not listed, then click browse and navigate to where edit plus resides. Make sure that 'Always use the selected program...' is checked. Click ok. That should make Edit Plus the default program for text files.

Up until now, when I wanted to create a new .CMD file or .REG file, I've created a new text file and then rename it to *.cmd or *.reg. However, you get that annoying prompt which informs you that if you change the file name extension, the file may become unusable. Failing to find a way to disable that prompt, I've opted for a work-around. These entries will add Windows NT Command Script and Registration Entries to the New context menu. [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cmd] @="cmdfile" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cmd\PersistentHandler] @="{5e941d80-bf96-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cmd\ShellNew] "NullFile"="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.reg\ShellNew] "NullFile"="" Not earth shattering but I decided to offer it anyway.

It should be there by default. Here's the full .txt key: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt] @="txtfile" "PerceivedType"="text" "Content Type"="text/plain" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\PersistentHandler] @="{5e941d80-bf96-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\ShellNew] "NullFile"=""

By default, XP has many more unnecessary services running then 2000. Plus the XP themes service will use extra resources. If you want to keep using themes then you should still be able to do a decent job of optimizing XP. Refer to this for optmizations you can perform on XP: http://www.tweakhound.com/xp/xptweaks/supertweaks1.htm Also, refer to Black Vipers Service Configuration Guide. There are many unnecessary services you can disable to free up resources. http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm I'm sure you find a lot of other tips and tweaks via web searches.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...b;en-us;q293907