Ok i used RegShot and take the 1st shot of my reg iediatly after ive installed XP. Then ive personalized my taskbar by : -unchecking "Lock the taskbar"

-checking "show quicklanuch"

-unchecking "hide inactive icons"

-unchecking "Internet" and "email"

Next, ive taken the 2nd shot of my registry with regshot to compare and save the changes into a .reg file. Ok, then ive added the command to my batch :

ECHO.

ECHO. Importing Cosmetics tweak

REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\cosm.reg

And heres my .reg file:

Removed by Alanoll

Edited July 31, 200521 yr by Alanoll

Ooo noo, i see that the reg text is quite long and my bottom lines are not being displayed so i will continue here.

So the thing is that after ive tested it the taskbar has no changes, its the default, so whats wrong?

plss help.

Srry for my eng and for the long reg file.

All instances of [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-299502267-1677128483-1060284298-500

needs to be changed to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER

The SID which is S-1-5-21-299502267-1677128483-1060284298-500

changes each time you install windows.

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=51753

That is Taskbar BTW

jbm

My experience over past couple years shows it may change and does occasionally but I have seen more where SID stayed the same. With some software writing reg entries to HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-xxxx-xxxx for their serial or activation brings up a challenge to add something will compensate for this, so thats what I've done is work up a working solution.

there are i believe 4 SIDs that will never change among systems. However, the User Specific SID of a User Created User should always change. If it didn't, then since the SID is one of the primary ways to generate the EFS key, it would be easy for anyone to generate that key and completely defeat the purpose of the encryption.

Also...

@duhu

Thanks for NOT using CODE tags, and thanks for NOT attaching such a large file. Did you possibly consider that it would just plain be nicer for people to NOT have to scroll down endless lines of text? Did you think that maybe using CODE tags would help to distinguish your code/registry tweaks from your actual message and bring focus to what you were actually trying to ask?

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=51753

That is Taskbar BTW

jbm

My experience over past couple years shows it may change and does occasionally but I have seen more where SID stayed the same. With some software writing reg entries to HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-xxxx-xxxx for their serial or activation brings up a challenge to add something will compensate for this, so thats what I've done is work up a working solution.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

There are "well known SIDs" that never change. But try creating an account,

then find its SID. Delete that account and recreat it. You'll find that the

SID has changed.

there are i believe 4 SIDs that will never change among systems. However, the User Specific SID of a User Created User should always change.

Thats it Alanoll, Specific SID of a User Created User should always change.

It don't allways, I don't use VM and these are the things I've noticed. Those others are here

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\hivelist

but we know who they are by the list in Documents and Settings. HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18, HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-19 and so forth

Edited July 31, 200521 yr by maxXPsoft

Now, in the first way IM REally sorry for the.....ugly post of mine, and in second, thanx for the tip, i will try with to change that to HKEY_..........

I will come back with answers.

Thanx and SRRY

Doohoodogg