Apply themes without Winnt.sif

[sintaxasn]

Hi guys,

I'm working on a flexible build process that goes as follows:

Standard WINNT.SIF used to build initial install

T-13 build type selection utility

install custom apps

Sysprep

At that point i'll be taking an image to load on various machines.

My problem however, is I want to be able to use my built type selection tool to set the default theme for all users. I know you can do this at the WINNT.SIF stage, but that doesn't help, as I need to be able to do this at T-13.

Is there regkeys I can set for HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT (for pre-logon) and HKEY_CURRENT USER (default user profile) to use a specific theme? I haven't quite been able to figure these out.

Additionally, is it possible to specify a theme colour at the same time?

Thanks, Dan.

[Tsunami]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager]

Check out DllName and ColorName (note that DllName has to be REG_EXPAND_SZ if you want to use variables like %SystemRoot%).

[mmarable]

Wait a minute!

So, with two simple REG keys I can set the theme on a "per machine" basis?

This is the sort of thing I've been looking for. Currently, I have one disk that uses Compname to set the computer's name based on it's MAC address and runs an individual XPLode config. Now, with this I can set the theme specifically on each machine.

Thanks for the info Tsunami.