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Holy sh*t, this looks great! I tried something as well with .INF files, but this one does a greater job with a nice GUI. Since I don't know how you internally stored your tweaks, maybe you can use my .INF file for a little inspiration? I don't know how flexible your tool is coded, but an option to export to INF instead of REG would make your tool by far the #1 long-term-tweak-tool! Thumbs up! --- Found few minor bugs: - Multimedia --> HKCU button is not selecting the 4th one. - Context menus --> HKLM button is not selecting anything. Suggestion: - Appearance --> Default Desktop Wallpaper --> Add a 'browse' button next to the textfield - All fields --> Make a 'direct link' next to the checkbox, which points you to a URL which explains the tweak, i.e. to a Winguides.com link or to some MS Knowledgebase article. - All fields --> Add 'hover' text to the labels, which describes the tweak. Major suggestion: - Compile to INF file as well. TWEAKS.rar

Just a little question to the heroes who compile all these tweaks into one big .ZIP file: Can you add a version/date to the zipfile? Like: RegTweaks_v2005_05_31.zip, so you know how 'recent' the file is. Thnx!

Firewall: your router, and Windows SP2 built-in firewall. Anti-Virus: PC Cillin Internet Security 2005 Advanced Windows Tuning (software like tweakXP): none, tweak them in your silent install. Download Utilities: none, it's in firefox. if you need one, GetRight will do fine. E-Mail: MS Outlook 2003 Webdesign: Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 Graphics Development: Adobe Photoshop CS Hard-Drive optimization tools (defraggers for example): none Windows error Checking (Like Norton Utilities): none Antything else that comes to mind: TotalCommander as filemanager WhereIsIt for database MSN Desktop search for finding files FlashFXP for FTP some newsgroup/p2p/irc tools not to mention Office, Nero and some dictionairies, if you're building an office computer.

This value is stored in the windows' registry. You can find it at: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders Don't know if it's possible to read out the registry using WPI, but if it is, you'll know where to find that, for 100% non-english compatiblity.

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Comment out the shutdown code, and add 'PAUSE' at the end, so you can check/troubleshoot the error message.

Well, you just have to understand how .INF files are made. After that, it's mad easy to setup. A little bit quoted from the 'Microsoft Windows XP Registry Guide': I used this [strings] part for A LOT of options. So you only have to change the string value, instead of looking at the registry key. Ie. in the AddReg section I have some lines called: [Reg.Settings] ... HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Preferences","MinToTray",0x10001,"%Outlook.MinToTray%" HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main","Disable Script Debugger",0x00000,"%IE.DisableScriptDebugger%" HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Ftp","Use PASV",0x00000,"%IE.FTPPassive%" ... Because they use variables, you have to edit the variable value instead of hard-code the desired value. This can be done at the [strings] section. The [strings] section looks like this: [Strings] ... Outlook.MinToTray = 1 IE.FTPPassive = yes IE.DisableScriptDebugger = Yes ... It's a little bit more work to enter a tweak for the first time, but after that you can change it's value EASIER than with .REG files. Because you don't have to worry for REG_SZ, REG_DWORD values, you can just enter what you want [and besides, I added descriptions for almost all values]

Google: http://www.google.nl/search?q=cache:NKGPwd...02B30309D&hl=nl Want to use Windows 2000 or Windows XP as a kiosk and you want to remove My Computer from the Desktop and Start Menu? Set {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} = 1 in HKCU and HKLM : Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum Name: {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1 remove Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum Name: {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1 remove I bet you have to remove this rule from your regtweak thing:[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NonEnum] "{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000001

OK! My first version of an VERY easy to change TWEAKS.INF. DOWNLOAD HERE How it works It is an INF file, this is way more flexible than .REG files, and easier to maintain. OK, so why all this? Because I want all the tweaks in one file, with an easy option to enable/disable them. What makes it different from all other .INF files, or even all other .REG files? MUCH! I wanted some kind of 'linux-like' setup options. That is: edit a config file, and set the proper flags in order to get a thing working. Since I created variables for most of the options, all you have to do is edit the part below the [strings] line. Saves you enormous amounts of searching WHERE a certain setting is (I probably guess you don't care much anyway), so you can focus on WHAT you can change instead of HOW do I change option X or option Y. It's missing some items! Yeah? I KNOW! But this is the very first version, and don't expect all the regtweaks posted in this thread to be in this file already.