[Combo Boxes issue on Windows 7]

Installed certain themes those too downloaded from microsoft

I does'nt use built in Administrator account but my User account have full Administrative rights i.e. no limited user

currently applied these registry tweaks

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Cmdhere]

@="CMD &Prompt Here"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Cmdhere\command]

@="cmd.exe /k cd \"%1\""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control]

"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="100"

;Change MenuShowDelay (Start Menu load speed)

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]

"MenuShowDelay"="10"

;Remove "Shortcut" on shortcuts default hex:18,00,00,00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]

"link"=hex:00,00,00,00

;Disable webservice for searching file-extensions

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system]

"NoInternetOpenWith"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]

"NoInternetOpenWith"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]

"AutoEndTasks"="1"

"HungAppTimeout"="100"

"WaitToKillAppTimeout"="100"

"MenuShowDelay"="10"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse]

"MouseHoverTime"="10"

;Disable IPSEC Services

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\PolicyAgent"]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Smart Card Helper

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SCardSvr]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable RpcSs ShellHWDetection

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\stisvc]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable automatic updates for Windows Media Player

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsMediaPlayer]

"DisableAutoUpdate"=dword:00000001

;Disable windows media player services

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Mcx2Svc]

"Start"=dword:00000004

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ehRecvr]

"Start"=dword:00000004

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ehSched]

"Start"=dword:00000004

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ehstart]

"Start"=dword:00000004

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WMPNetworkSvc]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable windows error reporting service

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WerSvc]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Security Center

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wscsvc]

"Start"=dword:00000004

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Remote Registry Service

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteRegistry]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable secondary logon

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\seclogon]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable protected storage

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtectedStorage]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Windows Search

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WSearch]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Windows Time

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Computer Browser

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Browser]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Tracking of Broken Shortcut Links

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

"NoResolveTrack"=dword:00000001

;Disables Preview of Movie file formats (allowing you to move/rename/delete without errors)

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi\ShellEx]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpg\ShellEx]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpe\ShellEx]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpeg\ShellEx]

;Remove new BMP file

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp\ShellNew]

;Disable the NTFS Last Access Time Stamp

;(speeds up viewing folders in ntfs)

;(00000000 = disabled, 00000001 = enabled)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem]

"NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000000

;Disable kernel paging

;Optimize Core System Performance

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]

"DisablePagingExecutive"=dword:00000001

;Stops the 'Welcome Center' loading (for current user) when Windows starts

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

"WindowsWelcomeCenter"=-

;Show Run

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]

"Start_ShowRun"=dword:00000001

;Remove warning about showing hidden system folders

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\SuperHidden]

"WarningIfNotDefault"=-

;Add register / unregister to the context menu for .ocx files

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ocx]

@="ocxfile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ocxfile]

@="OCX"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ocxfile\Shell\Register\command]

@="regsvr32.exe \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ocxfile\Shell\UnRegister\command]

@="regsvr32.exe /u \"%1\""

;Add register / unregister to the context menu for .dll files

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.dll]

"Content Type"="application/x-msdownload"

@="dllfile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile]

@="Application Extension"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\Shell\Register\command]

@="regsvr32.exe \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\Shell\UnRegister\command]

@="regsvr32.exe /u \"%1\""

;OEM Keys

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OEMInformation]

"Model"="MYPC"

"Manufacturer"="ME"

"Logo"="\\Windows\\System32\\oobe\\info\\Badge.bmp"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background]

"OEMBackground"=dword:00000001

[Combo Boxes issue on Windows 7]

Thanks for the feed back.

Well this is persistent in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Whenever i tried to save a file and choose other file format to Save to from save as dialog box the file format combo box usually closes.

[Combo Boxes issue on Windows 7]

Hi...recently I installed windows 7 Ultimate x86 version,

while working whenever a combo box appears in any application other than windows inbuilt, windows seven tends to close the box as soon as it is opened for selection.

Any help wud be appreciated......!

[Intergrating and downloading Language pack without windows update]

I'was kind of hoping sumthing like this.........

http://www.msfn.org/board/intergrating-and...ks-t139770.html

[Intergrating and downloading Language pack without windows update]

I have the english 32bit version and wants to Integrate hindi Language pack.

Where can I download the hindi language pack without having to do it via the update tool or with windows update either

or is there a way to Intergrate it after the update

Thanks in advance

[Windows Server 2008 R2 Blank Password]

If you are talking about Built in Administrator account then by default password is already blank.

But if you are trying to set a blank password for a new account with administrator rights then leaving a blank field in autounattend.xml will show an error message and will cause the installation to fail.

instead follow this worked for me....!

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Step 1: Insert these Synchronous commands under Path 4 Specialize

net user USERNAMETOINSTALL "" /add

net localgroup Administrators USERNAMETOINSTALL /add

cmd /c net accounts /maxpwage:UNLIMITED

these commands will create a new user with administrator rights with a blank password.

do not leave double quotes they are used to enclose for password field in your case password is blank i.e. ""

Step 2: Create Autologon for newly created account i'll tell you why

xml from my system

<AutoLogon>

<Username>USERNAMETOINSTALL</Username>

<LogonCount>1</LogonCount>

<Enabled>true</Enabled>

</AutoLogon>

As you know to completely automate the OOBE one has supply a Username and Password in the Path 7 OOBE System

so that window can make a new account depending upon the information provided.

There is no way to bypass it AFAIK. and if you leave the field blank or simply remove it from pass 7 OOBe then Windows UI pops up during install and asks for a username and password.

To avoid this a dummy user is created using XML with dummy password so that windows UI does'nt pop up. Windows will carry on the installation as instructed and create a dummy account.

<UserAccounts>

<LocalAccounts>

<LocalAccount wcm:action="add">

<Password>

<Value>dummy</Value>

<PlainText>true</PlainText>

</Password>

<Name>Dummy</Name>

</LocalAccount>

</LocalAccounts>

</UserAccounts>

Off course You dont want a dummy account to show on your logon screen therefore autologon entries for your actual account are made and dummy account is deleted using First logon command line

Step 3: Insert this Synchronous command under Path 7 OOBE System

cmd /c net user Dummy /delete

This command will delete the account created by windows unattended setup leaving only your account with blank password

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This is the actual process which i have tested without any error and is a success for me. If anyone know a better way to do it then please let me know

Thanks in advance