Yzöwl

sc.exe is already built in to XP, just type in it and see.

If the security center service is disabled, then there is no benefit in disabling messages which should not come up due to the disabled service. As for the zones settings, they have no bearing on security center. On my machines I set the RecommendedLevels for example to 0x00012000 (High), and the MinLevel to 0x00011000 (Medium), but the CurrentLevel is usually 0x00000000. This is because I manually configure each of the Values to my preferred settings first. Out of the two, I would therefore go for the former rather than the latter.

Try this

Look at SC.EXE, and the create command SC CREATE <SERVICE NAME>

Without using third party software, you can do it each time you shut down Internet Explorer. Start => Control Panel => Internet Options | Advanced <tab> | Security <section> | Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed

Using the SC command in a cmd file you can do it pretty neatly like this: @ECHO OFF SETLOCAL SET NoGo=Alerter Browser CiSvc ClipSrv ERSvc HidServ lanmanserver LmHosts Messenger mnmsrvc NetDDE NetDDEdsdm Netlogon Nla RDSessMgr RemoteAccess RSVP SCardSvr seclogon srservice SSDPSRV SysmonLog upnphost UPS W32Time WebClient WmdmPmSN WmiApSrv wscsvc WZCSVC Xmlprov FOR %%s IN (%NoGo%) DO SC query %%s | FIND /i "RUNNING" IF ERRORLEVEL 0 SC stop %%s ENDLOCAL EXITThis should check if each of the thirty one example services in the space separated list is running and if it is stop it!

It's an undocumented component. I guess MS feels it unthinkable that anyone would see fit to not need this 'feature'

If you just want to remove the items from the list, you will not find them in the registry. Try the following in a cmd file: CMDOW @ /HID @ECHO OFF :: cleaning user SendTo items IF EXIST "%Userprofile%\SendTo\Mail Recipient.MAPIMail" DEL "%Userprofile%\SendTo\Mail Recipient.MAPIMail" IF EXIST "%Userprofile%\SendTo\Desktop (create shortcut).DeskLink" DEL "%Userprofile%\SendTo\Desktop (create shortcut).DeskLink" IF EXIST "%Userprofile%\SendTo\Compressed (zipped) Folder.ZFSendToTarget" DEL "%Userprofile%\SendTo\Compressed (zipped) Folder.ZFSendToTarget" IF EXIST "%Userprofile%\SendTo\My Documents.mydocs" DEL "%Userprofile%\SendTo\My Documents.mydocs" EXIT If on the other hand you wish to remove the SendTo entry completely you could try this in a Reg file [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Send To]

MCT has already told you, all you need to do at any time you need this is right click on the taskbar and choose Show the Desktop (to put em back do it again and choose 'Show Open Windows') The other way, which I find easier, is to use Winkey + D which toggles it in the same way

First of all, just bear in mind that if you apply the keys to 'default user' from Admin account, then this will mean that none of the Admin account will be affected by the changes. To be honest, that's not a bad thing since if the Admin account is used properly, then it shouldn't need the usual 'user tweaks'. Secondly FeTT!, are you saying that the advice I gave in the post you linked to works? or have you indeed found a working solution.

Whilst I agree with the post in general, just one thing to say, nLite...

Tried for too long in The GIMP, went to a PC with Photoshop CS. Opened tif, file, save as, made sure channels was ticked, bmp, 32bit, save, done. Thanks for the offer though SiMoNsAyS

@ SiMoNsAyS Could you try to explain a little better in this case; My logo is currently in 32 bit tif format. It contains a Red Channel, a Blue channel, a Green channel and an Alpha channel. The current background is already transparent and also it uses different coloured glass within the majority of the logo objects. Obviously I still wish to maintain the degree of translucency through this glass. Basically all I want is a copy of my tif but in bmp format Do I copy the four channels to a new layer on a fresh RGB image background, highlight them and fill them with white, or just the alpha channel, or will I need to also use a grey for translucency etc. A good bit of technical information is most definitely lacking on my part, so any help and /or links will be gratefully received. Unfortunately as I am not rich enough to afford to purchase commercial software, I would like to attempt this using The GIMP in Linux.

How about posting some transparent only bmps for us to paste our own logo into and save. Here's my lowly attempt: 180 pixels x 114 pixels Bit Depth = 8 95 dpi x 95 dpi 256 colours It works fine, but I would appreciate somthing of better quality... <Edit>Thought I'd add the colours info</Edit> oemlogo.zip

Since the recent forum change over, I have noticed that HTML coding is being added to some code fragments, for an example try this. As you will be aware, this could have nasty consequences if pasted in the registry.

@ selyb - there is a problem with the formatting on some of your code, it is something I have noticed since the recent site change over. If people copy and paste it, it very likely will f**k em up. For now I would suggest removing the \ & nbsp; from each of the relevant lines in your regs. This will put all the data on one line instead of splitting the code along several lines

It just needs applying at T12 (cmdlines.txt) e.g. [COMMANDS] "REGEDIT32.EXE /S services.reg"

Or this example using the SC command in a batch file

@ puntoMX I didn't say a page file was required by all programs. With the information the author had provided, I was stating a fact, which happened to be the same conclusion as yours. I would not have repeated your advice if it weren't for the information provided by Jeremy. @Jeremy Please don't quote my message unnecessarily a simple @ Yzöwl would have done. You're advising people incorrectly, read up on the pagefile and how it's used in XP.

A paging file is most definitely required!

As bart of borg stated already you have two options 1. put your apps in D:\XPCD\Software\foldername\filename.ext /switches 2. change start.cmd lines similar to this start "" /w %SystemDrive%\install\Software\foldername\filename.ext /switches

remember that! Yes, but read the message first!, now read it again, and tell me if it mentions spaces in the folder path!

Apologies to all who got the last inf, there was an error, as noted by coucou post above, please uninstall it from add/remove programs, and redownload or edit it yourself. the inf edit is this: HKCR,Folder\shell.........<snip>.......... & for /f %%%q in (""%1"") do start """" /w ""%1\%%%~nq_List.txt""" Just add the red bits! You can of course just edit the file for next usage or redownload it, and for now make the change directly in the registry key %COMSPEC% /c dir "%1" /-p /b /s /a:-d /o:n > "%1"_List.txt && move /y %1_List.txt "%1" & for /f %%q in ("%1") do start "" /w "%1\%%~nq_List.txt" Once again, just add the red bits! I have updated the previous attachment to suit...I told you I was guessing...

maybe just a lucky guesser!

Perhaps, it's because you haven't named your adapters, for example, [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=No [NetOptionalComponents] Snmp=Off Lpdsvc=Off Simptcp=Off [NetAdapters] Adapter1=params.Adapter1 Adapter2=params.Adapter2 [params.Adapter1] InfID="PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0066&SUBSYS_10001695&REV_A1\3&13C0B0C5&0&20" ConnectionName="NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller" [params.Adapter2] InfID="PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8139&SUBSYS_90011695&REV_10\4&3B1D9AB8&0&5840" ConnectionName="Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC" [NetClients] MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient [NetServices] MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER [NetProtocols] MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP [params.MS_TCPIP] DNS=No UseDomainNameDevolution=No EnableLMHosts=No AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1, params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter2 [params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1] SpecificTo=Adapter1 DHCP=Yes DisableDynamicUpdate=Yes DNSServerSearchOrder=***.***.*.* EnableAdapterDomainNameRegistration=No WINS=No NetBIOSOptions=2 [params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter2] SpecificTo=Adapter2 DHCP=No DisableDynamicUpdate=Yes DNSServerSearchOrder=***.***.*.* EnableAdapterDomainNameRegistration=No DefaultGateway=***.***.*.* IPAddress=***.***.*.* SubnetMask=***.***.***.* WINS=No NetBIOSOptions=2