mwiner

Here are my WMP9 tweaks. really only the HKLM entry works because I have WMP9 installed after the HKCU tweak and it must reset the "AcceptedPrivacyStatement"=dword:00000001" to 0. I have fixed it with a custom ADM in AD. ;--------------------------- ;Windows Media Player Tweaks ;--------------------------- ; Acceptance of EULA for no UI [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences] "AcceptedEULA"=dword:00000001 ; Acceptance of Privacy Statement for no UI [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences] "AcceptedPrivacyStatement"=dword:00000001

I was wondering how I can disable the login/logoff sounds for my XP machines. I am hoping to do it via group policies. But I can't find any information on how I can do this. Thanks! -Matt

Got it!!!! I'm stupid. in the KEYNAME line I have a back slash at the beginning. Not supposed to be there KEYNAME "\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences"

I was just wondering if somebody could look at this ADM file. I cannot seem to find anything wrong with it but when I import it in, enable the policy, and click ok it still says it is Not Configured. Thanks! CLASS USER CATEGORY !!AdditionalSettings CATEGORY !!WMP_PARAMS KEYNAME "\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences" POLICY !!SET_NOPRIVACY EXPLAIN !!NOPRIVACY_HELP PART !!partname NUMERIC MIN 0 MAX 1 DEFAULT 1 VALUENAME "AcceptedPrivacyStatement" END PART END POLICY END CATEGORY END CATEGORY [strings] AdditionalSettings="Additional Settings" WMP_PARAMS="Media Player 9" SET_NOPRIVACY="Disable Privacy prompt for Windows Media Player 9" NOPRIVACY_HELP="Windows Media Player 9 will prompt the user on initial execution for acceptance of the Privacy Agreement as well as default application settings. \n\n0 Will Disable the prompt." Partname="Set Value to "

oh Well then is there a way to do what I am trying to do? I am going Thanks!

What I have seen is when Windows install is complete I then log in as the local Admin. At this point is when I install my WMP9. So I have a feeling that it is overwritting the setting I set in the registry. Well so I figure that as the local admin this tweak may not work. Which of course it doesn't. So as local admin when I launch WMP9 it prompts for the Privacy statement. This is expected. Then I figure since everything is all set in the .Default then the next user the logs in will pull the correct info from .Default. Well I was wrong there. Eventhough I have entries in .Default the local administrator and any new users are prompted for the privacy statement.

am I at least on the right track? Is my logic correct?

this is what I have in my runonceex REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "Adobe Reader 6" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\Applications\AdobeReader6\AdbeRdr60_enu_full.exe -p\"-s /v\"/qn\"\"" /f REG ADD %KEY%\010 /VE /D "Adobe Reader 6.0.2 Update" /f REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\Applications\AdobeReader6\Acro-Reader_6.0.2_Update.exe /s /v/qb" /f

I think I really want to strangle WMP9. I am doing an unattended installation of WinXP SP1. In my RunOnceEx.cmd I have these lines for WMP9. REG ADD %KEY%\030 /VE /D "Windows Media Player 9" /f REG ADD %KEY%\030 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\applications\mp9\MPSetupXP.EXE /Q:A /R:N /C:"""setup_wm.exe /SetWMPAsDefault /Q:A /R:N"""" /f I also have my cmdlines.txt running my regtweaks.reg which has: ;--------------------------- ;Windows Media Player Tweaks ;--------------------------- ; Acceptance of EULA for no UI [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences] "AcceptedEULA"=dword:00000001 ; Acceptance of Privacy Statement for no UI [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences] "AcceptedPrivacyStatement"=dword:00000001 It is my understand that at T-12 that any registry entries that are run for HKCU are put in the default user registry. Well with the above lines the user should be able to run WMP9 and not be promted for anything at all. It does not work. The EULA is gone but the privacy statement is still prompting. When I look in my registry the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences\AcceptedPrivacyStatement is set to 0 But If I look in HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences\AcceptedPrivacyStatement it is set to 1 So the registry is working at T-12 but it is not being transfered to HKCU. So I am a bit lost here. Thanks!

I have been using kixtart for a while now and I love it. It is way more powerful. Our company started using it for logon scripts because we needed something that could check group membership, etc. Very powerful tool. For simple program execution I still use batch files but when I need to process data, message boxes, AD group membership, I use kixtart. In kix you can tell the script to shell out and run something directly at a command prompt such as a batch file. -Matt

I am trying to make sure that the stupid bliss background does not haunt us I don't want the teletubbies to come over the hill and attack me. However I have tried to get at it from the root of the problem and just renaming bliss.jp_ in my XPCD\i386 folder. Well when I do that and install WinXP it is very screwd up. It seems that Windows XP forgets that IE is installed. The IE shortcut on the desktop doesn't work. And when IE is called from another application IE doesn't load. I have made many coasters this way.

I am trying to install the latest ICA client. Version 8.0. But I guess Citrix got rid of their ica32.msi files and have gone to only exe files. I have extracted the exe files but I can't get the setup to be silent. I simply want default settings and the client name to be %computername% In the manual it says to extract the contents of the exe, install the application, copy the ini files to the folder and repackage it with a third party app. Well what the crap happened to ica32.msi /q ? simple, easy and it WORKED! None of this repacking crap. Sorry I am venting. Thanks! -Matt