Richard Smith - All Comments

re: Useful Registry Changes During Build Creation/Image Deployment

bluelace — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 05:19:32 GMT

why would roguekiller identify HKCU hide desktop icons to be a problem in the scan to be deleted?

re: Windows Vista Deployment Planning - Part 3

dmg194563@gmail.com — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:11:44 GMT

HELLO I HAVE WINDOWS VISTA HOME EDDITION HOW MANY REGISTRY N WHICH ONE NEED B N MY LAPTOP

re: powercfg - Useful if you know the GUIDS!

Scoox — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:05:07 GMT

I still don't get it. Isn't life hard enough as it is? So what's the point in using a GUIDS instead of just a human-readable string such as "Balanced"?? I mean, it's the kind of thing I would expect not to have to research.

Microsoft are the WORST at providing simple means for backing up system settings so that they can be easily restored later should the user need to re-install the OS. I was just trying to back up my power settings, and learnt that they are buried in the Registry under a key named "381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e". For a multimillion company such as Microsoft, it's hard to believe that this is the best they can come up with.

re: powercfg - Useful if you know the GUIDS!

Alex — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:42:52 GMT

Tested under Windows 7, here is a command to retrieve the GUID of a given profile (in this example "High Performance"):

FOR /F "tokens=4 delims= " %%i IN ('POWERCFG -LIST ^| FIND "(High performance)"') DO POWERCFG -SetActive %%i

re: Computer Name Selection in ZTI Deployments

jtanton — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:23:48 GMT

Wondering if you could post the script to colllect the Assets serial number and adds it to the isLaptop, isDesktop, isServer (L, D, S) values. I liked the idea of using the database to also store the location based on gateway values. This makes a nice recommendation for a computer name TLLAAAAAA (Type, Location, Asset SN).

re: powercfg - Useful if you know the GUIDS!

Arping — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 02:49:14 GMT

what do you mean by "also needed to show up on Power Menus..."

re: Computer Name Selection in ZTI Deployments

derekbowen — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:24:15 GMT

I am strggling to find a script that works to set the name in SCCM 2008 R2.

I have found 2... one just fails... the other seems to run at the beginning but does not follow though.

I would have though MSN would have made this a basic feature of OS Deployment like it was in the old RIS days when you could select custome and type in a name.

re: GUI Interface for USMT

Simon Jarvis — Thu, 21 May 2009 07:23:00 GMT

I am testing out a USMT GUI XML template editor for evaluation purposes only to gauge what requirements are need to provide a suitable GUI interface into editing and creating new XML templates for use with the USMT command line utility version 3 from Microsoft.

Visit my website http://simonjarvis.customer.netspace.net.au/ to download a test copy for the next 30 days and send me some feedback.

Testing expires on the 21st June 2009.

Please send me some feedback

re: General Purpose CustomSettings.ini

adriaanc — Tue, 12 May 2009 06:54:24 GMT

If you choose to add a pc to the domain. and you still use the costomsetting.ini to install some features and need to use auto logon. i found that our AUP is in the way and stop and wait to for the Ok button to be clicked how can i get around this.

Tools Rule! (Alex de Jong) + Windows 7 live demo op 22 januari.

IT-professional Community Blog — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:37:34 GMT

Iedereen kent ze wel, de tools van Sysinternals . Mark Russinovich is echter niet de enige Microsofter