Keynan Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 There're lots of posts in the forum about Visual Effects and performance setting, and I'm a little confused... All I want is to set it to Custom with everything DISABLED except for the last two options ("Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop" and "Use visual styles on windows and buttons")... How do I do it????? 10x, everybodyRan, Israel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<SparTacuS> Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 I too would appreciate some guidance on this - and the other registry tweaks.It is not obvious in the vast number of posts when the best time is, or method, to apply the various types of tweaks.Could one of the folks who know what they are doing give us ten minutes please?Just a simple breakdown such as At T13 - apply any reg tweaks that . . .At T13 - apply any reg tweaks that . . .In RunOnce - apply any reg tweaks that . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeMaC Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 quick guidance monitor your registry!if u're doing this for only 1 computer i'd say the best effective way would be modifying the hive*.inf files... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<SparTacuS> Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 XtremeMaC - thanks for reply. I don't think it's so much getting the tweaks that folks like me struggle with (if we can't monitor and find them, there are thousands posted) - it's more knowing when and how to apply them during an UA to make them work.Yea, I know that trial and error will get us there in the end - but if someone has already worked it out . . .BTW I did look at the posts and info on editing the hives, I even opened up some of the hive files to see if I could handle it. Erm . . . I think I'll pass for the time being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanoll Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 T-12 and T-13 are basically the same. Apply HKCU settings if you want them to take effect for all users, however some don't work such as perhaps VS settings.RunOnce/RunOnceEX/Startup/GUIRunONce - Apply all User specific tweaks. Either place you can apply HKLM settings however.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<SparTacuS> Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 Thanks Alanoll, that was just what I needed. I'll live with doing a few Visual settings post install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceboy Posted June 13, 2004 Share Posted June 13, 2004 You could try creating a self destructing batch file that applies the tweaks the first time you log in as a user. Put the batch file in $Docs\Default User\Start Menu\Programs\Startup. The batch file will be removed from the user's startup folder after execution, but will remain in the Default user account, and executed whenever a new account is created.My batch files looks like this:CLS@echo offcmdow @ /HIDECHO.attrib -R "%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\HKCU.cmd"DEL "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\*.*" /qREGEDIT /S %systemroot%\HKCU2.regDEL "%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\*.cmd"EXITAll additional registry tweaks are in HKCU2.reg, which is in the $$ folder of the CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keynan Posted June 15, 2004 Author Share Posted June 15, 2004 PLEASE relate to my question... You have totally ignored it!!!It's very important!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiMoNsAyS Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 @Keynan here it's what i use:;windows visualfx[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects]"VisualFXSetting"=dword:00000001[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\AnimateMinMax]"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ComboBoxAnimation]"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\CursorShadow]"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\DragFullWindows]"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\DropShadow]"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\FontSmoothing]"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ListBoxSmoothScrolling]"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ListviewAlphaSelect]"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ListviewShadow]"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ListviewWatermark]"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\MenuAnimation]"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\SelectionFade]"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\TaskbarAnimations]"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\Themes][HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\TooltipAnimation]"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\WebView]"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001this reg file must put all your visualfx enabled so you must change to dword:00000000 to disable them. also u must change the key below to yours. the best way it's use regedit to navigate to your keys and export them. finally i must say that this tweaks does NOT work for me. if i go to visualfx properties they are all activated and set like i want but this it's not applied by windows don't know why . after i clic ok in the dialog they are applied. hope i've help u;windows visualfx[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects]"VisualFXSetting"=dword:00000001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceboy Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 PLEASE relate to my question... You have totally ignored it!!!It's very important!!!Like I said, create a self destructing batch file that executes a reg file on first boot. After reboot tweaks should be applied. For the desktop shadows you can add the following tweak to HKCU2.reg (or whatever the name of reg file is you've specified in the batch file):Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00;Configure Advanced Visual Effects[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects]"VisualFXSetting"=dword:00000003;Configure Start Menu/Show Protected OS Files[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]"ListviewShadow"=dword:00000001WIth regards to Visual Styles of Windows/Buttons, that should be applied automatically if you've created a theme file and configured the theme service to start on bootup, as per the following thread:http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=9878 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diabolical82 Posted July 3, 2004 Share Posted July 3, 2004 what does these do?ListviewAlphaSelectListviewWatermarkWebViewI would like to be able to disable the following items below , cuz i dont see any of those options under HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffectsshow shadow under mouseuse background images for each folder typeuse common tasks in foldersThanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diabolical82 Posted July 3, 2004 Share Posted July 3, 2004 Bump.... still waiting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
996 Posted July 3, 2004 Share Posted July 3, 2004 Could someone please have a look at this batch file. The file seems to run just fine but the settings aren't imported.. Any idea why? (and yes, I did get a nights sleep before asking this )@echo ontitle Applying Visual FX Settings...ECHO.attrib -R /S "%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\visualfx.cmd"REGEDIT /S "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\visuals.reg"REM start /wait del "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\*.reg" /qDEL "%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\visualfx.cmd" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted July 3, 2004 Share Posted July 3, 2004 try 1 at a time..ATTRIB command see if it worksthen the REG command& so on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceboy Posted July 3, 2004 Share Posted July 3, 2004 First of all try running the file manually to see if it works as expected.Also, when you installed Windows, did you install to a clean formatted partition, or over the top of an existing Windows Partition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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