Numinous

saves editing the registry this is for permanent settings may be old news to you but i highly recommended it ..has the potential for you to find settings you wouldnt know about otherwise and theyre all in one lump instead of a bloated directory structure.. nice ..ever found a registry hack you never knew about?? ..and i dont mean someone elses post.. id say its much easier than searching around blindly for a setting or scouring the net.. sorry devil but i gotta say 'more fool you' ..no more 'hmmm i wonder if it works' or 'oh poo it didnt work' ..this is 100%

no worries ..havent had a chance to hack my own yet

ok so not exactly a thing of the past but heres how it breaks down.. windows xp uses four inf files in the i386 distribution folder to create the registry's hive files when you install the operating system. you should be able to customize them easily. here's the four inf files: hivecls.inf -- creates the settings in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes (HKCR) hivedef.inf -- creates the settings in HKU\.DEFAULT -- also creates the settings for the default user profile hivesft.inf -- creates the settings in HKLM\SOFTWARE hivesys.inf -- creates the settings in HKLM\SYSTEM you can change any of the windows xp default settings by changing the setting in these hive files. if you want to deploy a per−user hack, change those values in hivedef.inf. this is in lieu of creating a default user profile for windows xp. if you want to change file associations, change them in the file hivecls.inf -------------- fed up with backing up my documents or favorites folders before a reinstall?? edit :: see this post http://board.MSFN.org/index.php?showtopic=...=10entry64339 hack heaven baby

oh i see .. mustv been confused by the topic title .. i take it back good job i saw a humongous cmd script and thought wtf is this guy doing

i suppose theres no prize for the shortest my thinking is if you got a massive cmd script your going the wrong way.. reg tweaks in hive files, hotfixes in cmdlines.txt and a few third party apps in a cmd

there isnt one.. i read it in a book search the hivedef.inf for the U_SHELL_FOLDERS_APPDATA variable and just add your new paths to the variables under it heres a hint for the power policy always on look in hivedef.inf at the [strings] section at the end POWERPOLICIES_3_NAME="Always On" and so change the line HKCU,"Control Panel\PowerCfg",CurrentPowerPolicy,0x00000002,"0" to HKCU,"Control Panel\PowerCfg",CurrentPowerPolicy,0x00000002,"3" .................... HKCU,"Control Panel\Desktop","ScreenSaveActive",0x00000002,"1" i suppose you could change the value to "0" ..just a guess not tested but im guessing they work

too easy using the hive files ..should only need a reg file for tweaking third party apps now

another tip is to redirect special folders like my documents and favorites to permanent folders on a seperate drive or partition.. saves backing up before reinstall

found the info ..heres how it breaks down windows xp doesn't invent its settings out of thin air. it uses four inf files in the i386 distribution folder to create the registry's hive files when you install the operating system. you should be able to customize them easily. here are those four inf files: hivecls.inf -- creates the settings in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes (HKCR) hivedef.inf -- creates the settings in HKU\.DEFAULT -- also creates the settings for the default user profile hivesft.inf -- creates the settings in HKLM\SOFTWARE hivesys.inf -- creates the settings in HKLM\SYSTEM you can change any of the windows xp default settings by changing the setting in the hive files listed. for example, if you want to deploy a per−user hack, change those values in the file hivedef.inf. this is in lieu of creating a default user profile for windows xp. if you want to change file associations for every computer in the organization, change them in the file hivecls.inf hack heaven baby

im wondering if a lot of these reg hacks can be incorporated directly into the HIVE*.INF files in the I386 folder

heres one for anyone unlucky enough to have a microsoft keyboard with an annoying f-lock key.. thisll reverse functionality so you dont have to press f-lock before using f keys [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout] "Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,19,00,00,00,3b,00,3b,e0,3c,00,08,e0,\ 3d,00,07,e0,3e,00,3e,e0,3f,00,3f,e0,40,00,40,e0,41,00,41,e0,42,00,42,e0,43,\ 00,43,e0,44,00,23,e0,57,00,57,e0,58,00,58,e0,3b,e0,3b,00,08,e0,3c,00,07,e0,\ 3d,00,3e,e0,3e,00,3f,e0,3f,00,40,e0,40,00,41,e0,41,00,42,e0,42,00,43,e0,43,\ 00,23,e0,44,00,57,e0,57,00,58,e0,58,00,00,00,00,00

theres a ton of reg keys to disable services .. messenger and upnp

a pack of 90min cds 10 for £10 at pc world .. or an overburn, bit touch n go though.. can only get a few mins on overburn ..not sure what that converts to in mb's :/ ..just curious.. was it save to remove the lang folder?? driver.cab seems a bit bloated

all images i use reboot the machine when im finished.. have you tried removing the exit command at the end of the script.. if you can get back to the cdsh console you can use the restart command.. may help.. theres a ton of info in the cdshell forum i gave in my last message

im sure you can rar twice for more compression.. you need to add all files and dirs into an uncompressed rar then add that into another rar using full compression.. worth a try, proly only talking a few kb though

ill have to have a shop around.. desperately need a higher capacity backup device are blanks expensive.. im sure a friend was paying around $5 per blank found this cdshell forum.. http://www.911cd.net/forums/ ..just scroll down to the boot scriptor and cdshell section.. cant believe i missed it

try reading the inf in notepad

heres my speed tweaked bcds with added arrow support (and atlf4 fix included) bcds105csm+.zip have fun dvd-rw you lucky person.. i feel oldschool now ..heres me swapping cds like floppys

ill add the left and right keys in

found it search the script for atlf4 and change it to altf4 ..notice the alt and atl.. easy mistake to make hope you used a cdrw

just spotted reanimatolog himself in here .. maybe he can answer ill have a poke around, im guessing it wouldnt be too hard to add these keys into the script.. personally ive done away with the up down and select keys and load the whole thing up as one image for speed .. id rather just use a key combination or f key

suppose you could use hidden sessions .. not exactly sure how its done but you can create multiple iso's and join them using a copy ??.iso + ??.iso to ??.iso command.. like i say im not clued up on the subject saying that im not sure microsofts super strict EULA allows two copies of windows on the same cd

your right.. took me a while to work out

sure i read somewhere that cmdlines.txt is microsofts recommended way to install multiple hotfixes.. personally, i only slipstream kb824146 so i dont have to unplug my ethernet to stop the dreaded blaster variants getting in before xp installs complete

oops sorry devil.. didnt mean to step on yer shoes ..being the devil i suppose you read my mind before i thought it ..my genius is still intact tried and tested on a fresh install.. works lovely