unattended "turning 2003 to desktop" ?

[Sesshoumaru]

i recently started working on a windows 2003 server web edition.

using nlite and other stuff i know, i made modifications to it, but there are still some that a don't know how to do, to be unattended that is

here is the list, if someone knows how to do it (.reg files, etc) i'll apreciate it.

1)disable IE enhanced security

2)disable shutdown event tracker.htm

3)Enable Graphics Hardware Acceleration

4)Enable DirectX

5)Enabling Sound Acceleration (the direct x part, i know how to start the windows sound service)

thanx in advance

[Sesshoumaru]

is this ok here, or should i post this on windows 2000/nt/2003 forum ?

[Sesshoumaru]

i couln't stay idle, so y researched myself.

4 and 5 where:

4)Enable DirectX

5)Enabling Sound Acceleration (direct X)

it seems that slipstreaming sp1 enables those

1)disable IE enhanced security

;disable IE enhanced security

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\OC Manager\Subcomponents]
"iehardenuser"=dword:00000000
"iehardenadmin"=dword:00000000

2)disable shutdown event tracker

;Disable Shutdown Event Tracker
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability]
"ShutdownReasonOn"=dword:00000000
"ShutdownReasonUI"=dword:00000000

6) audio service

;enable windows audio
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\AudioSrv\Start]
"Start"=dword:00000002
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\AudioSrv\Start]
"Start"=dword:00000002
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\AudioSrv\Start]
"Start"=dword:00000002

i think 6 and 2 MUST work with no problems, 1 i don't know, i'll test them in a few moments (have to reinstall ).

3)Enable Graphics Hardware Acceleration

this IS a problem, because it involves strings that wont be the same each time i install

they are:

;graphic acceleration
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Video\{EA5D8CCB-EC6D-4D01-9C79-660EE8AADDD1}\0000]
"Acceleration.Level"=dword:00000000
"strCurWinDevices"=hex:01,00,00,00
"PrimaryDevMask"=hex:01,00,00,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{EA5D8CCB-EC6D-4D01-9C79-660EE8AADDD1}\0000]
"Acceleration.Level"=dword:00000000
"strCurWinDevices"=hex:01,00,00,00
"PrimaryDevMask"=hex:01,00,00,00
; MATROX PCI
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Video\{BE7533AE-83A3-445E-BAAC-20A713CBC727}\0000]
"Acceleration.Level"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{BE7533AE-83A3-445E-BAAC-20A713CBC727}\0000]
"Acceleration.Level"=dword:00000000

is there a way or a soft to make changes to all keys/strings under "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\" ?

[bober]

thanks for the reg files. a 2003 desktop is my next project. hopefully someone will add to your files.

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[Sesshoumaru]

remeber that they are still untesded, until i rebuild my .iso.

any idea of a soft tha can automatically modify the acceleration part ?

or is there a way to use wild cards or something with regedit ?

[SiMoNsAyS]

3)Enable Graphics Hardware Acceleration

this IS a problem, because it involves strings that wont be the same each time i install

just to clarify 1 thing, they're exactly the same on every install, it really depends on your video hardware. for example mine (gigabyte 9600 pro) is "{A9707A3D-0C3C-4214-AEE3-A771F23C7CB6}".

for what i know, at the moment, there is no way to apply video aceleration to all the devices...

i've seen you've missing some (these are from my particular reg file)...

;directx acceleration
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Direct3D\Drivers]
"SoftwareOnly"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DirectDraw]
"EmulationOnly"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DirectDraw]
"DisableAGPSupport"=dword:00000000

;acceleration level for audio
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\Current\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0004&SUBSYS_10071102&REV_04\4&3B1D9AB8&0&3840\DirectSound\Mixer Defaults]
"Acceleration"=dword:00000000

this last depends on your hardware too.

;Start Themes Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Themes]
"Start"=dword:00000002

;Disable Manage Server Roles screen
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Setup\Welcome]
"srvwiz"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Setup\Welcome]
"srvwiz"=dword:00000001

;optimize memory for programs
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"LargeSystemCache"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\PriorityControl]
"Win32PrioritySeparation"=dword:00000026

[Sesshoumaru]

i might have missed some for acceleration (video), because i used regsnap, and i thought those where the only changes.

the server manage thing is completely rmeoved by nlite, ans aaudio acceleration seemed to be on by default.

i'll try em how i left them in my post, and if it doesn't work, i'll try addyng yours.

PD: can it be posible that each instalation you make, has a diferent code, IF, you use a diferent driver ?

[Sesshoumaru]

i reinstalled and the "thin that i said would change" for video, WAS diferent for both cards

i hink i'll have to manually do that every time

[bober]

if the video card is the only thing has to be fixed manually, that won't be too bad.

[Sesshoumaru]

yeah, what a pity thoi

[GrofLuigi]

Yeah, resurrecting old thread and all that... But:

What are the possible values for "Acceleration" and/or "Acceleration.level" ?

Let's say on a Server 2003 SP2 (but also on other OSs). Searching for "acceleration" in HKLM gives many different values present (0Xffffffff, 0X0, 0X4, 0Xf) at different places. Note that sound control panel, display control panel and dxdiag have been run and hardware acceleration bumped up to the max in every place possible in the gui.

Search gives many different opinions (mostly copy/paste).

GL