Some Registry Questions

[grantbey]

A couple of my regedits didn't work, so if anyone can provide some clarity it would be great:

The messenger tweak, disabling autostart, failed to work. Does this tweak only apply to older versions (I'm running 7.5 Live).

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Messenger\Client]
"PreventAutoRun"=dword:00000001

Also changing the wallpaper didn't work. Can this have something to do with a theme pack i installed during setup because the default wallpaper from that theme pack gets installed. Would it help if the regedit is applied after the theme pack is installed? This is the key i used:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\General]
"BackupWallpaper"="c:\\windows\\web\\wallpaper\\Vista.png"
"Wallpaper"="c:\\windows\\web\\wallpaper\\vista.png"

Lastly what is the best way to initiate a system restart at the end of install.cmd? The system runs a few setup processes immediately after install.cmd is finished so is there a way to automate the restart without intefering with these processes? I did try shutdown.exe -r from the command line, even with a delay, but how long should it be? Or should one put a pause command in so that the end user can decide when it's appropriate?

Edited November 24, 2006 by grantbey