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If you look around the DirectX section of Microsoft Downloads, you can find what appears to be DirectX 8.1b (note the 'b' at the end). The date for it appears to be newer than the 8.1 installed with XP. Should this be installed or skipped?
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Just finished this, tell me what you think
...I could use a host for this pls, both files are in an 852Kb rar file but tripod won't let me upload them
How did you get the status messages to consist of one line each (instead of two)? Lowering the font size didn't seem to work for me. Also, how come it looks drastically different in general? You've got a nicer looking setup window for instance!
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By the way, what's the difference between 0x00010001 and 0x00010003? AFAIK they are both related to DWORD, and some listings in the HIVE files use 1, and others use 3.
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BTW, for those of you who were keen/interested/confused about all that shooting Messengers and unplugging and saying prayers stuff (
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GAAAAHHHH!!!! THIS explains the "Hide Messenger" setting perfectly!!!
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/989/
A single digit wrong....... LOL!
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Thanks for finding one of 'em for me, Numinous!
Hmmm, I've been looking at the HIVESYS.INF file, and I don't think I can implement all of my tweaks in there, like most of the Service tweaks for instance. If they're not listed properly in the INF in the first place, then I don't want to risk breaking it.
Any further advice?
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It's okay, I'm not getting annoyed or anything - I do apologise if I made everything sound more complicated than it really is.
As for the registry tweaks, I'm currently looking at Numinous' method...
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Actually GM, if you traced back to my previous posts, you'd have noticed that I run HKCU.reg during the GUI setup as well. The command to merge it again in GUIRunOnce was to ensure that it would properly activate my choices.2) Again, I do not do drivers, so I leave those who know to reply. Running HKCU.reg from GuiRunOnce is not very interesting: it is too late to add most Explorer and IE visual preferences, and any modifications would be only valid for the current user, probably the administrator, as opposed to all users.3) You really don't want to be using OE ...Well, I am...
In all it seems that you are making a simple problem more complicated that you need to, thus you run into debugging problems. I have never heard of shoot the mess, or the UnPnP program, but if you are just out to disable windows services, do it from your HKLM reg file: it is much clearer, and it is far from sure that these programs you are using can function correctly from windows when the shell is not active. I am personally rather picky about how a Default user should be configured, and I manage to have it my way, only using the registry, and copying (and deleting) shortcuts. I do everything from CMDLINES.TXT, in this order:Install Windows "Extras" (WMP9, MM2, DX9, .Net, MSJavaVM, MDAC)
Install non silpstreamed hotfixes
Import .reg settings
Delete files
Add files
Add/Disable Users
Ok, but how do you do that second activation of HKCU.reg without using GUIRunOnce? I would still need to use GRO to delete my Drivers folder, I reckon.
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Hey peeps, do you happen to know the registry tweaks for:
- Enabling "Open each folder in its own window"
- Enabling "Rememeber each folder's view settings"?
If you do, holler back here, thanks!
Doesn't anyone happen to know them? Google didn't seem to help me out...
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3) It appears my Hide Messenger setting didn't even work at all! I'm pretty sure I did it right, here's how it was laid out:
;Do not allow Windows/MSN Messenger to start with Outlook Express
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express]
"Hide Messenger"=dword:00000001Sure enough, I check regedit and it's correctly set to 1, but OE doesn't seem to even acknowledge this, and still brings up Windows Messenger every time I go to check my e-mail! Should I insert the setting into HKCU instead?
The key you're looking for is "HKCU\Identities\{your-identity-number}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0\Rules"
You can adapt this method to determine your identity.
Looks neat to me!
But it's weird, I'm sure I remember the Hide Messenger setting (done how I did it) worked perfectly before, making OE not notice Messenger one jot.Can this special OE tweak be performed during the GUI setup, however? Or will I have to try it out afterwards?
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Oh yeah, and Shoot The Messenger didn't appear to disable the Messenger Service during the GUI setup (it was still set to Automatic when I checked afterwards), yet UnPlug 'n' Pray managed to be successful in switching off both SSDP Discovery Service and Universal Plug and Play Device Host. So I took Shoot The Messenger off Installs.cmd but kept UnPnP. Was it just bad timing during the setup?
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Well, I tested out my ISO in Virtual PC, and here's the sort of results I received:
1) When it tries to install the WMP8 Hotfix, it brings up a small error box complaining that it couldn't find "C:\Documents" (I presume it means "Documents and Settings"), and after clicking OK, went straight to the next hotfix listed instead. Checking "Add/Remove Programs" afterwards showed that it was the only hotfix not to get installed. I'm not sure why a fix for Media Player would need the "Documents and Settings" folder, or at least a certain directory structure inside it, for it to install and operate. I take it Windows didn't get round to creating D&S, or that certain structure, around the time. So I've removed the hotfix from my Installs.cmd. All other hotfixes installed dandy.
2) Since no-one provided an answer to my Drivers question, I decided to try and use GUIRunOnce to run a simple command that would delete itself in the end. It's called "After.cmd" and it goes out like this:
@ECHO OFF
RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\Drivers
REGEDIT /S HKCU.reg
DEL After.cmd
EXITThis file is placed in $$, meaning it of course ends up in my Windows directory. I don't even notice it at all, since it operates swiftly behind the big "Welcome" screen. It didn't activate the HKCU.reg file for some reason though, by the looks of my settings. Maybe I've mis-typed something?
3) It appears my Hide Messenger setting didn't even work at all!
I'm pretty sure I did it right, here's how it was laid out:;Do not allow Windows/MSN Messenger to start with Outlook Express
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express]
"Hide Messenger"=dword:00000001Sure enough, I check regedit and it's correctly set to 1, but OE doesn't seem to even acknowledge this, and still brings up Windows Messenger every time I go to check my e-mail! Should I insert the setting into HKCU instead?
That's pretty much what I can remember off the top of my head at the moment, any helpful comments would be greatly appreciated, merci!
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Hey peeps, do you happen to know the registry tweaks for:
- Enabling "Open each folder in its own window"
- Enabling "Rememeber each folder's view settings"?
If you do, holler back here, thanks!
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@GM: That install line for PSKill wasn't intentional, I simply forgot to change it to fit with the others! Sorry for the confusion.
I have changed it to this:
COPY ".\TOOLS\pskill.exe" "%systemroot%\"
In the $$ folder is a couple of theme files, sorted out like this:
[CDROOT]
-$OEM$
--$$
---Resources
----Themes
-----Marz' Black Look.Theme
-----Marz' White Look.ThemeIn case you were wonderin'.
So, I can keep the Drivers folder where it is. But what if I want my unattended XP to automatically delete the Drivers folder (and any/all folders inside it) after it's finished with everything else? This could be done with ease in the GUIRunOnce method, but I'm not quite sure how to carry it out carefully through the cmdlines.txt method. I don't know at which point XP installs the NVidia drivers, so I don't want to end up wiping the directory out before Windows has had a chance to get to work on the files there. Any ideas?
Oh, and one more thing - where on this bizarre planet did you get that WMP9+MM2 combo exe from?
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Okay, I've built my Installs.cmd file. I kinda based it on your design GM, as you may notice here:
@ECHO OFF
TITLE Post Install Setup
:: ---------- Update MS Components
ECHO Updating Microsoft JavaVM.
START "MS JavaVM" /WAIT ".\MsJavaVM_3810.exe" /Q:A /R:N
:: ---------- Install important Hotfixes
ECHO Installing Q330994: April 2003, Cumulative Patch for Outlook Express 6 SP1.
START "Q330994" /WAIT ".\HOTFIXES\q330994.exe" /Q:A /R:N
ECHO Installing Q815411: Help Algorithm Update for atypically large Heap Requests.
START "Q815411" /WAIT ".\HOTFIXES\Q815411_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe" /Q /M /Z
ECHO Installing Q819696: Unchecked Buffer in DirectX could enable Sys. Compromise.
START "Q819696" /WAIT ".\HOTFIXES\Q819696_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe" /Q /M /Z
ECHO Installing KB817787: Flaw in WMP Skins D/Ling Could Allow Code Execution.
START "KB817787" /WAIT ".\HOTFIXES\WindowsMedia8-KB817787-x86-ENU.exe" /Q:A /R:N
ECHO Installing KB820291: New "Set Program Access and Defaults" Start Menu icon.
START "KB820291" /WAIT ".\HOTFIXES\WindowsXP-KB820291-x86-ENU.exe" /Q /M /Z
:: ---------- Install the PSKill tool
ECHO Installing PSKill utility.
COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\Tools\pskill.exe" "%systemroot%\"
:: ---------- Disable a few services
ECHO Disabling Messenger Service with Shoot The Messenger.
START "Shoot the Messenger" /WAIT ".\TOOLS\ShootTheMessenger.exe" disable
ECHO Disabling Universal Plug and Play with UnPlug n' Pray.
START "UnPlug n' Pray" /WAIT ".\TOOLS\UnPnP.exe" disable
:: ---------- Adjust the registry
ECHO Importing Registry Files.
START "" /WAIT REGEDIT /S "HKLM.reg"
START "" /WAIT REGEDIT /S "HKCR.reg"
START "" /WAIT REGEDIT /S "HKCU.reg"
ECHO Importing metapad 3.5 Filters.
START "" /WAIT REGEDIT /S "Filters.reg"
EXITThis consists of most of the stuff you saw in my adjust and hotfixes cmds. Plus I took your registry division idea and divided my RegTweaks.reg into seperate reggies consisting of certain types of settings judging by their names.
Where do I need to store the files though? Inside $OEM$? Inside $OEM$/$1? And what about my NVIDIA drivers? My winnt.sif is set to "Drivers\Nvidia4523", so I assume I would need to keep $1 still right? And the stuff in $$ as well?
I'm not installing .NET Framework 1.1 since I don't feel I absolutely need it as of this time. Do I need it however to do all that user creating bizziness at the end, or can I simply create my account through the Windows First-Time Setup as normal? As of now I'm the sole user of the computer I'm using and so needn't worry about creating multiple users.
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you might want to remove your windows key.
Gadzooks! Knew I forgot something.
Hope some positive answers can come forward soon, thankies.
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Thought I'd ask, guys - since my scripts aren't that bloated and all (
), should I use just the cmdlines.txt method?Here are what my scripts happen to resemble:
winnt.sif
;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
AutoPartition=0
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall="Yes"
[Unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=Yes
TargetPath=\WINDOWS
Repartition=No
UnattendSwitch="no"
WaitForReboot="No"
DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\NVidia4523"
[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword=*
EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=85
OemSkipWelcome=1
[UserData]
ProductKey=
FullName="Marz of Zenogias"
OrgName="Zenogias Gunshot Glitter Gathering"
ComputerName=marz-tjza1ttk
[Display]
BitsPerPel=32
Xresolution=1024
YResolution=768
Vrefresh=85
[TapiLocation]
CountryCode=44
Dialing=Tone
AreaCode=01895
[RegionalSettings]
LanguageGroup=7,8,10,9,1
Language=00000809
[GuiRunOnce]
Command0=%systemdrive%\Install\adjust.cmd
Command1=%systemdrive%\Install\hotfixes.cmd
[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=HOME
[Shell]
CustomDefaultThemeFile="%WinDir%\Resources\Themes\Marz' White Look.theme"
DefaultStartPanelOff=Yes
[Components]
accessopt=off
chat=off
autoupdate=off
IEAccess=off
OEAccess=off
fax=off
[Branding]
BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes
[URL]
Home_Page=about:blank
[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yesadjust.cmd
CLS
@echo off
ECHO.
ECHO Over the next few minutes you will see automated installations
ECHO of various sofware applications, windows updates, and registry
ECHO hacks being implemented. The computer will restart automatically
ECHO once the whole process has finished!
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO -- Disabling Messenger Service with Shoot The Messenger...
start %systemdrive%\install\Tools\ShootTheMessenger disable
ECHO.
ECHO -- Disabling Universal Plug and Play with UnPlug n' Pray...
start %systemdrive%\install\Tools\UnPnP disable
ECHO.
ECHO -- Copying Tools...
COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\Tools\deluser.exe" "%systemroot%\"
COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\Tools\UPTIME.exe" "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\%username%"
ECHO.
ECHO -- Copying PSKill utility...
COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\Tools\pskill.exe" "%systemroot%\"
ECHO.
ECHO -- Applying Metapad 3.5 Filters...
REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\filters.reg
ECHO.
ECHO -- Applying Registry Tweaks...
REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\RegTweaks.reg
ECHO.
ECHO -- Deleting Temp Drivers Folder...
RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\Drivers
ECHO.
EXIThotfixes.cmd
CLS
@echo off
ECHO.
ECHO -- Installing Windows Update Hotfixes
ECHO.
ECHO Installing Q330994: April 2003, Cumulative Patch for Outlook Express 6 SP1...
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\q330994.exe /Q:A /R:N
ECHO.
ECHO Installing Q815411: Help Algorithm Update for atypically large Heap Requests...
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q815411_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe /Q /M /Z
ECHO.
ECHO Installing Q819696: Unchecked Buffer in DirectX could enable Sys. Compromise...
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q819696_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe /Q /M /Z
ECHO.
ECHO Installing KB817787: Flaw in WMP Skins D/Ling Could Allow Code Execution...
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\WindowsMedia8-KB817787-x86-ENU.exe /Q:A /R:N
ECHO.
ECHO Installing KB820291: New "Set Program Access and Defaults" Start Menu icon...
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\WindowsXP-KB820291-x86-ENU.exe /Q /M /Z
ECHO.
ECHO -- Restarting the PC in 1 minute...
shutdown.exe -r -t 60 -f -c "Windows XP will now restart in 1 minute, this will give enough time for the shortcuts to update and for the shell to fully load before its ready to restart!"
ECHO.
ECHO -- Deleting Temp Installation Files...
RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\install
ECHO.
EXITRegTweaks.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
;This will add "Services" to the right-click menu of "My Computer"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\services]
@=hex(2):53,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,00,00
"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\services\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73, 00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,00,6d,00,63,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00, 65,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52, 00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00, 32,00,5c,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,2e,00,6d,00,73, 00,63,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,00,00
;This adds the "Open Command Window Here" on the right-click menu for drives and folders
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd]
@="Open Command Window Here"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd\command]
@="cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd]
@="Open Command Window Here"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd\command]
@="cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\""
;This gets rid of the annoying IE icon in Windows Explorer
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShellBrowser]
"ITBarLayout"=hex:0c,00,00,00,4c,00,00,00,74,00,00,00,1a,00,00,00,10,00,00,00,\
17,00,00,00,05,00,00,00,6a,00,00,00,26,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,e0,00,00,00,56,\
00,00,00,02,00,00,00,29,00,00,00,57,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,a8,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,04,00,00,00,09,00,00,00,55,01,00,00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\Explorer]
"ITBarLayout"=hex:0c,00,00,00,4c,00,00,00,74,00,00,00,1a,00,00,00,13,00,00,00,\
33,00,00,00,05,00,00,00,6a,00,00,00,26,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,e1,00,00,00,df,\
01,00,00,04,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,bd,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,20,00,00,00,8d,01,\
00,00,03,00,00,00,09,00,00,00,b8,00,00,00
;Some various Explorer settings
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"Hidden"=dword:00000001
"ShowCompColor"=dword:00000001
"HideFileExt"=dword:00000000
"DontPrettyPath"=dword:00000000
"ShowInfoTip"=dword:00000001
"HideIcons"=dword:00000000
"MapNetDrvBtn"=dword:00000000
"Filter"=dword:00000000
"SuperHidden"=dword:00000001
"ShowSuperHidden"=dword:00000001
"SeparateProcess"=dword:00000000
"IntelliMenus"=dword:00000000
"ListviewAlphaSelect"=dword:00000001
"ListviewShadow"=dword:00000001
"ListviewWatermark"=dword:00000000
"TaskbarAnimations"=dword:00000000
"StartMenuInit"=dword:00000002
"Start_LargeMFUIcons"=dword:00000000
"Start_MinMFU"=dword:00000000
"Start_ShowControlPanel"=dword:00000001
"Start_EnableDragDrop"=dword:00000001
"StartMenuFavorites"=dword:00000000
"Start_ShowHelp"=dword:00000000
"Start_ShowMyComputer"=dword:00000000
"Start_ShowMyDocs"=dword:00000000
"Start_ShowMyMusic"=dword:00000000
"Start_ShowMyPics"=dword:00000000
"Start_ShowPrinters"=dword:00000000
"Start_ShowRun"=dword:00000001
"Start_ScrollPrograms"=dword:00000000
"Start_ShowSearch"=dword:00000001
"Start_ShowRecentDocs"=dword:00000000
"Start_AutoCascade"=dword:00000000
"Start_NotifyNewApps"=dword:00000000
"Start_AdminToolsRoot"=dword:00000000
"StartMenuAdminTools"=dword:00000000
"TaskbarSizeMove"=dword:00000001
"TaskbarGlomming"=dword:00000000
"NoNetCrawling"=dword:00000001
"FolderContentsInfoTip"=dword:00000001
"FriendlyTree"=dword:00000000
"WebView"=dword:00000000
"WebViewBarricade"=dword:00000001
"DisableThumbnailCache"=dword:00000001
"ClassicViewState"=dword:00000001
"PersistBrowsers"=dword:00000000
"CascadeControlPanel"="YES"
"CascadeNetworkConnections"="YES"
"StartButtonBalloonTip"=dword:00000002
"Start_ShowNetConn"=dword:00000001
;Alters some Internet Explorer settings
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"ShowGoButton"="no"
"NotifyDownloadComplete"="no"
"Use FormSuggest"="yes"
;Adds search keywords to Internet Explorer (in this order: Microsoft Knowledge Base, Altavista, Google, MSN, FileMirrors)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\MSKB]
@="http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=%s"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\AV]
@="http://www.altavista.com/sites/search/web?q=%s"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\GGL]
@="http://www.google.com/search?q=%s"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\MSN]
@="http://search.msn.com/results.asp?q=%s"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\FM]
@="http://www.filemirrors.com/search.src?file=%s"
;Prevents Internet Explorer windows from being reused
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"AllowWindowReuse"=dword:00000000
;Max your Internet Explorer's simultaneous downloads to 32 (default was 2)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:00000020
"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000020
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000020
"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:00000020
;Broadband Tweak for Windows 2000/XP/2003 (makes it act faster)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]
"GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize"=dword:0003ebc0
"TcpWindowSize"=dword:0003ebc0
"Tcp1323Opts"=dword:00000001
"DefaultTTL"=dword:00000040
"EnablePMTUDiscovery"=dword:00000001
"EnablePMTUBHDetect"=dword:00000000
"SackOpts"=dword:00000001
"TcpMaxDupAcks"=dword:00000002
"MTU"=dword:000005dc
;Increase the Icon Cache Size to 16384
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"Max Cached Icons"="16384"
;Increase the Folder Cache Size to 7000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell]
"BagMRU Size"=dword:00001b58
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam]
"BagMRU Size"=dword:00001b58
;Change the Start Menu load speed to a faster setting
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"MenuShowDelay"="2"
;RAM usage tweaks
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"DisablePagingExecutive"=dword:00000001
"LargeSystemCache"=dword:00000001
"IoPageLockLimit"=dword:1bf00000
"SecondLevelDataCache"=dword:00000100
;AMD Processor Fix
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"LargePageMinimum"=dword:ffffffff
;Prefetcher tweak (faster booting)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters]
"EnablePrefetcher"=dword:00000003
;System Pages memory tweaked to 256Mb
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"SystemPages"=dword:00040000
;Disable Automatic Restart in the event of a BSOD
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl]
"AutoReboot"=dword:00000000
;Disable the Desktop Cleanup Wizard
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\CleanupWiz]
"NoRun"=dword:00000001
;Disables Error Reporting, but notifies when errors occur
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting]
"DoReport"=dword:00000000
;Disable Imapi CD-Burning COM Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ImapiService]
"Start"=dword:00000004
;Disable Indexing Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\CiSvc]
"Start"=dword:00000004
;Set IPSEC Services Service to Manual
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\PolicyAgent]
"Start"=dword:00000003
;Disable MS Software Shadow Copy Provider Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SwPrv]
"Start"=dword:00000004
;Disable Volume Shadow Copy Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VSS]
"Start"=dword:00000004
;Disable NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\mnmsrvc]
"Start"=dword:00000004
;Disable Nvidia Driver Helper Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NVSvc]
"Start"=dword:00000004
;Disable Portable Media Serial Number Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WmdmPmSp]
"Start"=dword:00000004
;Set Protected Storage Service to Manual
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtectedStorage]
"Start"=dword:00000003
;Disable Remote Registry Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteRegistry]
"Start"=dword:00000004
;Disable Smart Card Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SCardSvr]
"Start"=dword:00000004
;Disable Smart Card Helper Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SCardDrv]
"Start"=dword:00000004
;Set Task Scheduler Service to Manual
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Schedule]
"Start"=dword:00000003
;Disable Windows Time Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time]
"Start"=dword:00000004
;Speed up browsing remote computers
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}]
;Speed up NTFS
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem]
"Win31FileSystem"=dword:00000000
"Win95TruncatedExtensions"=dword:00000001
"NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000001
;Speed up shutdown process (Part 1)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"HungAppTimeout"="5000"
"WaitToKillAppTimeout"="4000"
;Speed up shutdown process (Part 2)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control]
"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="2000"
;Disable System Restore
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore]
"DisableSR"=dword:00000001
;Allow renaming of Recycle Bin
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=hex:50,01,00,20
"CallForAttributes"=dword:00000000
;This will allow you to autologin.
;Replace InsertName value with the Username you want to autologin with.
;Replace InsertPassword value with the password corresponding to the Username specified.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"DefaultUserName"="Marz"
"DefaultPassword"=""
"AutoAdminLogon"="1"
;Won't check if you are low on diskspace or pop-up a balloon telling you.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoLowDiskSpaceChecks"=dword:00000001
;Removes the Recent Documents section from the start menu.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoRecentDocsMenu"=dword:00000001
;Do Not Receive Media Player Licences
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences]
"SilentAcquisition"=hex:00
;Disable Media Player identification through Internet sites
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences]
"SendUserGUID"=hex:00
;Disable automatic codec downloads
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences]
"UpgradeCodecPrompt"=hex:00
;Do not allow Windows/MSN Messenger to start with Outlook Express
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express]
"Hide Messenger"=dword:00000001
;Disable 'Hide Inactive Icons'
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"EnableAutoTray"=dword:00000000
;Sorts My Computer on top of My Documents on the desktop
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}]
"SortOrderIndex"=dword:00000054
;Enable ClearType for ALL Users
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]
"FontSmoothing"="2"
"FontSmoothingType"=dword:00000002
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"FontSmoothing"="2"
"FontSmoothingType"=dword:00000002
;Do not allow the CD to autorun
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom]
"AutoRun"=dword:00000000
;Do not cache failed DNS lookups
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters]
"CacheHashTableBucketSize"=dword:00000001
"CacheHashTableSize"=dword:00000180
"MaxCacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000fa00
"MaxSOACacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000012d0 -
Ok. Is this a more recommended app-installing approach than the GUIRunOnce/activate-after-creating-and-starting-new-account method?
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None of the posts I read regarding it seem to make everything perfectly clear. Is there a simple guide I could follow somewhere for advice?
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How exactly do I change my cache size in XP? I don't feel very familiar to this practice.
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"SecondLevelDataCache"=dword:00000100
I use an AMD Athlon XP 2000+ with 512Mb RAM. Do the tweaks need to be altered or left as they are?
"SecondLevelDataCache"=dword:00000100
With most computers now having L2 caches larger than that it pays to take the time to change the setting to correspond to the size of the cache memory installed.
100 = 256KB
200 = 512KB
Ok, how do I find out how big my cache memory is (whether I have 256Kb or 512kb)?
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Do you happen to mean this thread by any chance?
http://board.MSFN.org/index.php?showtopic=8970&hl=
Thing is, I have no recollection of learning anything regarding the whole "cmdlines.txt" thing whatsoever. Meaning I'm somewhat lost already. Is there an easy-to-follow guide that explains all I need to know about this file?
(BTW, I have since modified my RegTweaks.reg to correct the whole Broadband Tweak part (it's not laid out correctly at all), just thought I'd let you know that.
And also my apologies for the confusion with the winnt.sif/autoaccount thingy.)0 -
2mb per 512 mb
*wonders how one can work that out on a calculator*
Excuse me if I sound like I'm really thick as sh*t.
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And another thing, are you sure that the following tweaks are fully compatible with ALL computers?
;RAM usage tweaks
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"DisablePagingExecutive"=dword:00000001
"LargeSystemCache"=dword:00000001
"IoPageLockLimit"=dword:1bf00000
"SecondLevelDataCache"=dword:00000100
;AMD Processor Fix
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"LargePageMinimum"=dword:ffffffffI use an AMD Athlon XP 2000+ with 512Mb RAM. Do the tweaks need to be altered or left as they are?
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Are There Any Hotfixes That I Could Leave Out, Cos
in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003
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I share a broadband connection with my sister (who has her own comp), and in the location of my sis's machine is what looks like a hardware firewall and a router. I believe this firewall device has been responsible for successfully protecting us from the Blaster worm without having to install that patch at any point.
Are there any hotfixes which might not be worth installing if my firewall can usually protect us from any dodgy bits? The IE Cumulative patch, for example?