Yzöwl

How come one of their FAQs isn't Do you sell or give away my name, address, personal information and /or email to anyone at all?

Also [GuiUnattended] AutoLogon=Yes AutoLogonCount=2 OEMSkipRegional=1

Can you not simply make your modifications to HKEY_CURRENT_USER (HKCU) <Edit> If you have used a registry monitoring program, and your resultant reg file has many references to something similar to HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1215551440-2146636555-83645543-500, that is the SID number which as you say, is not standard (i.e. changes for every user and install) All you need to do is a search and replace routine in your editor and replace all occurrences of that with HKEY_CURRENT_USER </Edit>

Just an updated version for Bootable ISO version only There were a couple of niggles etc, I had with the last one, so I changed it slightly. INSTRUCTIONS ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ INSTALLATION ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ 1. Right-click on BootISO.inf and choose Install from the Menu 2. You can delete the unzipped files, as they aren't required! HOW TO USE ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ 1. Right-click on your unattended source folder, (E:\UXPCD Pro) 2. Select MakeBootISO from the context menu which has appeared. WHAT HAPPENS ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ All hidden and read only attributes within your source are removed, Next a search is made for any thumbs.db files, if found they will be removed too. Your ISO is then built using the usual switches and the optimize switch is added. The resulting ISO will have the same name as the source folder, it will also have the same label. The created ISO will be found in the parent folder of the installation source. RULES ¯¯¯¯¯ 1. The source folder can contain spaces in the folder name. 2. The source folder path does not need to be at root level. 3. If not at root level, it's path must not contain spaces. UNINSTALL ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ 1. Go to Add or Remove Programs in the Windows Control Panel 2. Highlight the Bootable ISO Right Click Extension entry 3. Click Change/Remove. NOTES ¯¯¯¯¯ This is an updated version of what has gone before, it is a simple CDIMAGE extension for frequent /addicted unattenders, to save time. I am not going to start adding features to it, on request. - YzöwlHope it helps out some of you newer guys, if nothing else BootISO.zip

So you're running before you can walk then! If you started at the Beginners section on the very first item in the drop down list is Step 1 - Creating a Local Source

I would think so, yes! After all the sif file is asking for a Directory and you're giving it a Drive Just use ProgramFilesDir = "D:\Program Files" CommonProgramFilesDir = "D:\Program Files\Common Files"and stop complicating it!

Using the technique as mentioned in my last post, I have produced a .reg file for Folder Options in Windows Explorer. The zipped up and attached file has been fully commented with instructions. I hope it goes some way towards helping! exploreg.zip

Most of the keys you are after will be found here [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]There are hundreds of values to be found under these keys, therefore your best bet would be to run a registry monitoring program on a test machine, make the changes you 'normally' make, then check the results from the monitoring and export those keys. once you have the resultant reg file, you can either learn to create an unattended CD complete with the registry changes or simply run the reg file after installation. All the information you require for performing these tasks is readilly available using a search of this site.

Registry manipulation. I am not going to start listing them, they are all available through both MSFN and Google searches. Also, there is nothing wrong with including 'important' things, but those should be for reasons of security etc. Giving everyone the Quick launch bar is not one of them, it is a personal preference, not included as default in the OS and should not be forced upon people.

Just download Nircmd, put nircmd.exe into 'system32' directory and use this command nircmd.exe monitor off

No the reg keys would be ;Disable Desktop Cleanup Wizard [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\CleanupWiz] "NoRun"=dword:00000001but it doesn't matter anyhow because that's what I gave you in REG.EXE format already.

Try this Start => Run Type or Copy /Paste this REG ADD HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\CleanupWiz /v NoRun /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f OK

The reg file entries haven't all been verified, but all you need is this [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\msconfig\command] @="msconfig.exe" although due to you having tried others methods you will need to add this above the line I've just given you in order to remove the incorrect value first [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\msconfig]

No you haven't! You need to start at the beginning in 'beginners mode' and then move to the more advanced stuff when you know what you want and understand more. As a jump start Go Here!

That particular tweak is already in the tweaks file, in that it doesn't use /S, just "msconfig.exe"

At the request of glent, due to time restrictions, I have a new version of his updated tweaks file. It contains the fixes as reported to him following the release of v1.8. No entries have been added! This is a temporary solution until glent can find more time, and as such is updated to v1.8b only. As a side note, If the reporter of this could let me know to what they refer, it may be possible to implement on the next update. line 2583 & 2605: "Hide Messenger" exists twice Registry_Tweaks.zip

I know there is an obvious language problem here, but that key will not be there by default, it will need to be created.

I'm not sure if it will be the same in Swedish language, but the English version would be this in a reg file: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoRecentDocsMenu"=dword:00000001

not an answer to your question, but you should run more than 'just IE'. At the very least an advanced text editor for users to paste notes etc. into.

@ MAVERICKS CHOICE Here is an inf that'll do it for you, either right click => install on existing system, add to your UA in the usual manner, or use the info as you see fit [Version] Signature = $Windows NT$ [DefaultInstall] UpdateInis = InetLink [InetLink] setup.ini, progman.groups,, ""group0="%16400%\""" setup.ini, group0,,"""Internet Options"",""%11%\inetcpl.cpl"",""%11%\inetcpl.cpl"",27,,""%16400%"""

Yes, they can, I've just tested it on 98se, the icon and control panel applet works fine, nice find kelsenellenelvian.

Okay, after reading the instructions, i found 'Files used to select icons must be 32-bit files', so that is now sorted. The question now is does the program convert my 32bit 32x32 icon, for use in 9x systems or is the prog even compatible with non XP CPL applets.

There's always this too! ;disable firewall [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\StandardProfile] "EnableFirewall"=dword:00000000

Quick question about CPL File Maker, I have given it a try and have only one problem. The icon I am using is an ico file containing several versions of the same icon from 8bit 16x16 through to 32bit 48x48, but in the Control Panel it seems to show the lowest quality one. Do you know of a way for the best quality one to be shown, either by input into the program, pre-creation or by post editing the cpi Thanks

You can also extract many, but not all of them with some common compression utilities.