Octopuss Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I ran into obscure problem. I am preparing an image and I want Aero to be enabled, but when I boot into audit mode in VM, Aero is not functional and I can't customize the theme, because the virtual graphic card is some sort of generic crap. What shall I do? Basically I want full Aero, but with no sounds and solid desktop background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Aero is disabled in Audit Mode even if you have video drivers installed. You can enable it and create a theme, however this theme will be saved into the Administrator account and you won't see it after sysprep. To use your theme elsewhere, look into creating a ThemePack or even a Theme from scratch:http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/How-to-Make-Your-Own-Theme-Pack-for-Windows-7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopuss Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 Even with copyprofile setting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Even with copyprofile setting?I've never used that setting. I'm not sure how you can disable sounds, but you could specify a desktop background image that is a solid color square. Windows should stretch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwtctwbtgingmtsc Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 (edited) Quote Even with copyprofile setting? The VMWARE graphic card driver is hidden in windows.iso which is located in "H:\VMware Workstation\Windows.ISO". If you are able to extract it some how [it is possible ! I did it !] then integrate the driver into windows 7 offline image. Use this "Theme_Load.vbs" =============== Theme_Load.VBS =========================================================================================== strComputer = "." Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Set objFileSystem = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set Shell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Set WinDir = objFileSystem.GetSpecialFolder(WindowsFolder) currentDIR = Shell.CurrentDirectory objFileSystem.FileExists(WinDIR & "\System32\oobe\info\THEME.theme") then Shell.Run "rundll32.exe Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl desk,@Themes /Action:OpenTheme /File:""%WINDIR%\Resources\Themes\Vagia's G.THEME""" Wscript.Sleep 1600 Shell.Sendkeys "%{F4}" =========================================================================================================================== ===================== Theme_Load.REG ======================================= Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes] "Drop Shadow"="FALSE" "Flat Menus"="FALSE" "SetupVersion"="10" "InstallTheme"="C:\\Windows\\resources\\Themes\\Vagia's G.theme" "InstallVisualStyle"="%ResourceDir%\\themes\\Vagia's G\\Vagia's G.msstyles" =========================================================================== ================ OOBE.CMD =================================== CSCRIPT //NOLOGO %SYSTEMROOT%\SETUP\SCRIPTS\Theme_Load.vbs REGEDIT /S "%SYSTEMROOT%\SETUP\SCRIPTS\Theme_Load.REG" ============================================================== Hopefully it should work just like how it work for me ! AND DO NOT FORGET TO REPLACE PATCHED UXTHEME FILES WITH ORIGINAL FILES ! ELSE YOU ARE JUST GONNA MESS UP ! AND REPLACE Vagia's G with the theme name, Since i use this script for vista i used Vagia's G Edited January 15, 2021 by Tripredacus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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