Mike_Wilson

I knocked this together in an hr, just basic at the moment, the interface is s*** but will be worked on Some screens below: Image1 Image2 Image3

I was thinking of creating a program which contained all registry tweaks, would be a nice interface with checkboxes for the user to select the tweaks and then compile the reg file at the end. I was wondering if you think this could be useful or not bother, wouldnt want to create a program no one would use. I like to have the opinion of the people I set off im mike btw the guy who created the original unattended site which I gave to aaron. anyways any ideas etc shot em in here plz. mike

ye i played with it and managed to rename the process but it is only renamed in taskmanager and I see what you mean looks like your unable to do what I want under NT

I got it working but both the program and svrany.exe run in the process list under SYSTEM so its pretty pointless

I tryed using svrany and it didnt seem to work using the NT method, it wouldnt start got half way along and stopped. Is running an app as a service just like running it normally but it doesnt get shown as a process?

yes there is a way to do it with RegisterServiceProcess API but this only works on 9x as you stated and the following error on NT based: Cant find Dll entry point. My friend is testing a process scanner to check what programs are running and he said if anything is run it will be picked up, I said if the process is hidden then it wont be found by his scanner which is what im trying to do. I got some code which will hide the process and rename them to different process names such as explorer etc, I have being trying to change this so it will hide an external exe, Ive attached it if anyone wants a look. thx for any help mike icanhide.zip

I wondered if there was anyway to create a program that will hide a process, I have an .exe I didnt create so its compiled and I wondered if there was any way to hide the .exe from the process list so it cant be monitored? Anyway to hide a external .exe from process list? thx for any help mike

Silent Install /s switch i.e. = setup.exe /s Register Import this into registry Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SlySoft\AnyDVD\Key] "Key"= Kill Process After Install pskill anydvd.exe Remove From Windows Startup Import this into registry Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] "AnyDVD"="-"

Wondered if anyone had a tweak for reg or anything that would set the start menu to the non-classic style. My cd sets classic theme but I dont want the classic start menu I want the one with the user name at top when opened. thx Mike

Not sure about this but I suppose you can record the updated dll versions and dates from inside the archive and then when you have installed xp with the slipstreamed files search for them and check if they are the updated versions. I suppose this is one way to check if there the updated files or not.

your asking it to go to two places, it is getting confused with "%SystemDrive% & %SystemRoot% .

try ;Put my computer, my network places, my documents on the desktop [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel] "{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000 "{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}"=dword:00000000 "{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000 "{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000 ;Sorts My Computer Above My Documents [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}] "SortOrderIndex"=dword:00000054 or if you only want to set it on your account use ;Put my computer my network places my documents on the desktop [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel] "{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000 "{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}"=dword:00000000 "{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000 "{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000 ;Sorts My Computer Above My Documents [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}] "SortOrderIndex"=dword:00000054 should work

To delete items from the startmenu there are two ways one in which to delete a shortcut on its own and the second being a sub folder with shortcuts in it. Single Shortcut Example is deleting the Windows Movie Maker shortcut in the start menu DEL "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Windows Movie Maker.lnk" Shortcut in Folder (wanting to delete whole folder) Example is deleting the K-Lite Codec folder from my start menu after I have silently installed it. RD /S /Q "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\K-Lite Codec Pack"

that looks fine maybe just a problem with the file try making a new one

There small and are no size why would you want to delete them, not assif they take up any space

The default for xp is bliss which is located in C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper along with the other default wallpapers. You can set a reg key in your unattended so it sets your wallpaper. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "Wallpaper"="C:\\WINDOWS\\web\\wallpaper\\Bliss.bmp" "WallpaperStyle"="2" Change the line "Wallpaper"="C:\\WINDOWS\\web\\wallpaper\\Bliss.bmp" to the path of your wallpaper Stretched wallpaper style is "WallpaperStyle"="2" Tiled wallpaper style is "WallpaperStyle"="1" IF YOU WANT TO SET THIS WALLPAPER ONLY ON YOUR ACCOUNT USE THE KEY "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" OTHERWISE USING "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" WILL SET THE WALLPAPER ON ALL ACCOUNTS hope this helps Mike

hey Aaron I see you got it all my stuff up and running, Ive actually being working on some more stuff with my new xp corp cd, probably shoot some new stuff along to you soon . unattended = lazy hehe