[how to remove the symbol from the icons UAC ?]

the only way i would do it, is to search dll or exe file that contains that icon (small shield)

and replace it with blank icon, then icon would still be attached to UAC protected "icons"

but it would be blank/invisible

[additional XP folders]

oh this is nice

thank you for answering

[additional XP folders]

so i made custom nlited XP

but it is too big for CD, ISO gets out as 730 MB

and looking at these 3 folders in XP install

cmpnents

SUPPORT

VALUEADD

they are 50 MB in size, so deleting them would be joy

but how critical/important are they ?

[word and excel viewers 2003]

ok nevermind

workaround is to extract MSI files and use their switches which work correctly

[word and excel viewers 2003]

i tried to have "preinstalled" both MS Word and Excel viewers 2003

in T-13 time when user can install programs with switches

these say that /Q is quiet installer

but they obviously ignore it since i got all dialogs crap and user interaction...

is there any workaround this ?

[Windows 7 ultimate 1.33Gb iso]

reducing ISO size is not that hard

you can untick few options even in vlite and you will get 1.4 GB size of it

think its bigger issue to reduce installed size, you can max it to about 4.5 GB

which to me is still bloat for OS itself

only eXPerience managed to make it 1.5GB with his tiny7

[about unattended install]

oh

thank you, will look into it

[about unattended install]

before ~8 months i made unattended XP install using nLite

but i noticed that when i wanted to repair OS (not format)

the option was not available when booting from CD

is this effect from unattended installs ?

or because i deleted VALUEADD folder and not included on CD (needed space) ?

i add my last session just in case

LAST SESSION.INI

[How can I change system information in Windows XP?]

you can change for some

for WINVER, or System Properties and Desktop Watermark

(won't tell you since its illegal here)

but OS info is resident in almost any system file

so unless you have source code of XP to recompile which you don't

answer is NO

[converting server 2003 to workstation]

i changed in setupreg.hiv everything that needs to convert server 2003 to workstation

("XP pro")

but for some reason even if i replaced setupreg.hiv with new settings

the isntaller ignores it and installs by default server 2003 again

any pointers to why its ignored ?

[explorer/shell toolbar editing]

so basicaly, when user enables address bar in explorer

you get "Address" written

when you enable for toolbars to "show text labels"

you get labels below buttons (back forward views...)

i'd like to remove them - yes i know buttons can be changed to have no txt labels,

BUT i'd like to replace the labels with blank space (don't ask why )

i searched in explorer.exe, iexplore.exe, shell32.dll and mshtml.dll

and i couldn't find anything (or maybe i'm blind?)

any pointers regarding this ?

[sys restore files question]

yeah i do that

but that behaviour of OS is still stupid to me

system won't restore them anyway

nor user can restore them via sys restore

seems more like bug to me than feature as its unusable

[sys restore files question]

i have XP SP3 in my VM

and i noticed that whenever i rename sys file in order to replace it (both in safe mode)

that OS makes backup in _RESTORE folder (C:\System Volume Information\_restore{F1F7736D-517F-4539-9498-EE266889A1A0}\RP5)

but why does it OS do, if no restore point is set for that date when files are renamed/backuped ?

to me it only seems it takes additional space for no reason

[Explorers Button bar reg settings]

not to spam with new thread

is it possible to duplicate toolbar (have 2 of same) or add empty one to explorer ?

[Explorers Button bar reg settings]

ah nice !

didnt thought it can be that simple

thanks

[Explorers Button bar reg settings]

hmm

how about this

when i already change what buttons i want, and how my toolbars are set and all that

do you know which key saves that

since i'd like to improt that key so i can have on custom installs same UI

as the one i customized ?

i tried to import from VM customized key you gave

into my host PC and nothing changed

i killed explorer and re-run, again no changes

[Explorers Button bar reg settings]

when user right clicks on button bar and has dropdown list for

Buttons with text, and without text

does anyone know which registry entries are for that "on the fly" change ?

[Paint Desk version ignored]

[Paint Desk version ignored]

sweet, working now, thanks ^^

[Paint Desk version ignored]

on XP SP3 (+ post SP3 patches)

i have set in registry

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]
"PaintDesktopVersion"=dword:00000001

it simply refuse show it

any particilur reason ?

[hexing win32k and NTOSKRNL]

ok problem resolved

usage of imagecfg did the job

[hexing win32k and NTOSKRNL]

Ponch

those are for desktop watermark, i know ho to do that (but thanks)

i more interested in global version build change, and yes i'm aware some things wouldn't work

[hexing win32k and NTOSKRNL]

don't know how much this goes into "illegal" things for this board

feel free to warn or lock the thread if so

i'm interested in changing XP build number (not the desktop via registry)

so people on some boards said files needed to hexed are win32k.sys and ntoskrnl.exe

but in there i don't find anything related to "2600" (regarding XP build number)

anyone can tell what needs to be edited ?

(maybe im blind)

[system files wrong build number]

hmm never noticed it for previous SP's

still weird thing to brand it like that

[system files wrong build number]

i use XP SP3 + later patches, and noticed that some system files (like explorer)

have changed build number to 6.0.2900.5512

(while CMD ver and winver still shows 5.1.2600)

shouldnt all XP files post SP3 have build of 5.1.26xx.5512 ?

and why did they brand it as 6.0 (vista) ?