nLite Newbie question

[nisses]

I started with English Windows XP Corp and slipstreamed it with English SP3. I used the settings below. I installed from nLited ISO and found that:

- start menu -> properties -> classic start menu -> customize -> use personalized menus checkbox is checked

- display properties -> appearance -> effects -> use the following transition effect for menus and tooltips was grey checked

- screen resolution was not set properly (it was set to 800x600 AFAIR)

Is this supposed to happen when i use the settings presented below?

[Main]
Env = 1.4.9.1 - 2.0.50727.3053.Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Dodatek Service Pack 3
Target = Windows XP Professional SP3 - 5.1.2600.5512 - English (United States)

[Tasks]
Service Pack Integration
Remove Components
Unattended Setup
Tweaks
Create a Bootable ISO
Options

[Components]
;# Applications #
Internet Games
;# Multimedia #
Luna desktop theme
;# Compatibility #
Compat01
Compat02
Compat04
Compat07
Compat09
Compat11
Compat14

[KeepFiles]
msconfig.exe

[RemoveFiles]
clock.avi
yahoo.bmp
swtchbrd.bmp

[Options]
CABMerge
ClassicSetup
BlackSetupBack
DupeFiles
ProfilesDir = "%SystemDrive%\User"
TargetPath = "Sys"
temp_dir = %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp
CleanBiosInfo
AdvTweaks

[Patches]
TcpIp = 256
UsbPoll = 1000

[Services2]

[Tweaks]
Boot and Shutdown-Disable automatic restart on System Failure
Boot and Shutdown-Logon Page-Classic
Boot and Shutdown-Status Messages-Extended
Explorer-Change Windows Explorer folder view-Details
Explorer-Classic Control Panel
Explorer-Display the contents of system folders
Explorer-Launch folder windows in a separate process
Explorer-Show Drive Letters in front of Drive Names
Explorer-Show extensions of known file-types
Explorer-Show hidden files and folders
Explorer-Show Map Network Drives buttons in Explorer bar
Explorer-Show protected operating system files
Explorer-Show the full path in the Address Bar
Explorer-Use small icons in Explorer bar
Internet Explorer-Set Internet Explorer to accept 10 connects at a time
Network-Disable restoring mapped network drives on logon
Performance-Disable paging of kernel and core-os
Performance-Run 16-bit Windows applications in a separate process
Performance-Use Windows classic folders / No Tasks Sidepanel
Privacy-Disable Tracking of most used programs
Privacy-Remove Alexa
Security-Always show Updates under Software
Security-Re-Enable user:pass URLs
Start Menu-Add Administrative Tools menu
Start Menu-Do not use Personalized Menus
Start Menu-Expand Network Connections
Start Menu-Reduce popup delay
Start Menu-Remove Help and Support
Taskbar-Disable Group similar Taskbar buttons
Taskbar-Disable Hide inactive icons
Visual Effects-Active window tracking-Disable
Visual Effects-Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing-Disable
Visual Effects-Combo box animation-Disable
Visual Effects-Cursor shadow-Disable
Visual Effects-Display mouse pointer trails-Disable
Visual Effects-Fade out selection-Disable
Visual Effects-Gradient captions in windows-Disable
Visual Effects-Keyboard shortcut underline-Enable
Visual Effects-Menu animation-Disable
Visual Effects-Menu shadows-Disable
Visual Effects-Menu style-Flat
Visual Effects-Show translucent selection rectangle-Disable
Visual Effects-Show window contents while dragging-Enable
Visual Effects-Slide taskbar buttons-Disable
Visual Effects-Smooth edges of screen fonts-Clear Type
Visual Effects-Smooth-scroll list boxes-Disable
Visual Effects-Tooltip animation-Disable
Visual Effects-Use a background image for each folder type-Disable
Visual Effects-Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop-Enable

[Unattended]
UnattendMode = 0
ComputerType = Automatic
CustomLocales
Resolution = 1280x1024
BitsPerPel = 32 bit (True Color)
Vrefresh = 75 Hz
MaximumDataStorePercentOfDisk = 12
RestorePointLife = 30
DefaultThemesOff
DefaultStartPanelOff
DesktopTheme = Windows Classic|Windows Classic style|Normal
IISInstall = 2
AutoUDay = 5
AutoUHour = 15
DoProgFiles
ProgFilesPath = "\App"

[NetAdapter1]
connname = ""
macaddress = ""
ipaddress = "192.168.0.1"
subnetmask = "255.255.255.0"
defaultgateway = ""
dnsserver1 = ""
dnsserver2 = ""
winsserver = ""
netbiossetting = "0"
ipxnetworknumber = "00000000"
ipxnetworkframetype = "0xFF"

[NetAdapter2]
connname = ""
macaddress = ""
ipaddress = "192.168.0.2"
subnetmask = "255.255.255.0"
defaultgateway = ""
dnsserver1 = ""
dnsserver2 = ""
winsserver = ""
netbiossetting = "0"
ipxnetworknumber = "00000000"
ipxnetworkframetype = "0xFF"

[GuiRunOnce]

[Drivers]

[Hotfixes]

Edited July 25, 2009 by nisses

[Kelsenellenelvian]

screen resolution was not set properly (it was set to 800x600 AFAIR)

Lemme guess this was a VMWare installation, huh?

See XP doesn't have the drivers for vmware video so it won't display the res you asked.

Either that or the same situation with your currernt video card.

[Guest]

If you mean this...

The setting being grayed out and checked.

It's not doing anything. The setting has already been applied. You can run a registry comparison program, uncheck it and you will see it makes no changes.

[nisses]

screen resolution was not set properly (it was set to 800x600 AFAIR)

Lemme guess this was a VMWare installation, huh?

See XP doesn't have the drivers for vmware video so it won't display the res you asked.

Either that or the same situation with your currernt video card.

It was not VMWare but i belive it might have been because I have mobo integrated GeForce6150SE/nForce430.

OK. Let's say one is solved. Two more to go.

Edited July 26, 2009 by nisses

[nisses]

If you mean this...

The setting being grayed out and checked.

It's not doing anything. The setting has already been applied. You can run a registry comparison program, uncheck it and you will see it makes no changes.

Yup, this one. Actually it did make a difference - start menu had the "fade effect" working. It stopped after I unchecked this checkbox. Any ideas?

And what about personalized menus?

[nisses]

Also the gradient captions are still on. Should they? The 4th bit is set to 0.

Anyone can explain why 28th and 8th bits of UserPreferencesMask are set to 1?

My UserPreferencesMask is 90 32 03 80.

[Guest]

Yup, this one. Actually it did make a difference - start menu had the "fade effect" working. It stopped after I unchecked this checkbox. Any ideas?

And what about personalized menus?

Was yours grayed out like mine? This image show the distinction...

Don't know why personalized menus isn't being applied. You can expand i386\nlite.in_ with 7-Zip and look around for where the tweaks are applied (believe they are near the bottom). See if there is an entry for IntelliMenus and if it's set to 0.

[nisses]

One more thing that did not work is tcp limit.

I run lvlLord Patcher 2.23d and it is telling me the limit is 10 connections.

Any ideas?

[Sp0iLedBrAt]

Go to this site and download their tool; I think it is the same one used in nLite. It will tell you exactly how many connections you have made (I see you set it to 256) and allow you to change that number. I don't know what went wrong with that setting. Maybe it's this one : Internet Explorer-Set Internet Explorer to accept 10 connects at a time.

[johnhc]

Sp0iLedBrAt, just for grins I DLed and ran the Half-open limit fix 4.1. I got an error message saying I have an unsupported version of tcpip.sys. Perhaps this is because I have used nLite to patch the limit already? Enjoy, John.

[Sp0iLedBrAt]

Hi johnhc, I'm not sure why, but certainly not because it has already been modified. Just for the sake of your post I downloaded it and ran it; it showed that I had 100 open connections (10 is default, previously modified with nLite). I increased them to 101 and no problem. From what I could read in the change log, it supports operating systems up to Vista SP2, both 32 and 64-bit, so...

Maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to compare the tcpip.sys file version against your last TCP/IP update from MS, just to be on the safe side.

[johnhc]

Sp0iLedBrAt, I sent an e-mail to Dmitry. I then tried TCP-Z. It reports my upped limit to 200 correctly. Enjoy, John.