EOTB Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 Hi guysI am in the middle of extracting all the registry entries from my Windows XP standard setup. I am performing this by exporting the registry before and after a change and then using a compare program to see what has changed (called Compare IT http://www.grigsoft.com/wincmp3.htm). I wish to be able to set all the entries in to the 'Default User' profile before I login to Windows, which I am sure is not going to be a problem.Using the REG command, I can open the Defaut User's NTUSER.DAT file, make what ever changes I need and close it again. When the user logs in for the first time, all the changes I have made to the 'Default User' profile will be copied over with all the settings I have changed.Now down to the problem! The first entry I have attempted this with is not working - The Explorer Status Bar (not IEs bar)The two entries I have found to change are (in Bold):Before (Status Bar Off)[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShellBrowser]"ITBarLayout"=hex:11,00,00,00,4c,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,24,00,00,00,1b,00,00,00,\ 56,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,20,07,00,00,a0,0f,00,00,05,00,00,00,62,05,00,00,26,\ 00,00,00,02,00,00,00,21,07,00,00,a0,0f,00,00,04,00,00,00,21,01,00,00,a0,0f,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams]"Settings"=hex:08,00,00,00,06,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,e5,25,f1,65,e1,7b,10,48,ba,\ 9d,d2,71,c8,43,2c,e3,04,00,00,00,06,00,00,00,43,00,00,00After (Status Bar On)[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShellBrowser]"ITBarLayout"=hex:11,00,00,00,4c,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,34,00,00,00,1b,00,00,00,\ 56,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,20,07,00,00,a0,0f,00,00,05,00,00,00,62,05,00,00,26,\ 00,00,00,02,00,00,00,21,07,00,00,a0,0f,00,00,04,00,00,00,21,01,00,00,a0,0f,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams]"Settings"=hex:09,00,00,00,06,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,e5,25,f1,65,e1,7b,10,48,ba,\ 9d,d2,71,c8,43,2c,e3,04,00,00,00,05,00,00,00,43,00,00,00The Streams entries do change inconsistently, although it is only those two Hex codes which change, so I am not sure if these changes are anything to do with it. The ITBarLayout changes between 24 (off) and 34 (on) everytime.The things that don't work: (In all cases below, the settings in the registry were changed when logged in as the user I changed)Editing the 'Default User' with the entries (using Reg Load/Unload), creating a user and logging on as it.Changing a users profile logged in as another user (using Reg Load/Unload), and logging on as the user.Changing the registry of the currently logged on userFor all the above, I have also tried logging on/off, rebooting etc between changing the settingsThe things that DO work:Performing a profile copy from System Properties>Advanced>User Profiles Settings.Copying the NTUSER.DAT to another user profile. **This means that is it a setting in the registry HKCU and not a file!**Other PointsI have used a real-time file monitor to check that Windows is not writing any files, but it is only writing settings to the NTUSER.DATDo you guys have any ideas of what else I could try?CheersAdam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neophyte Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Try this link:http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=18540 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denney Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 @neophyte: That only works on SP2 am I right? I to would like to figure this out for SP1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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