April 2005 - Posts - Deon Spengler

SA Dev rocks, its alive! :-)
Thursday, April 14, 2005 9:02 AM

Well I am glad to see that there where people that was not happy with what I posted a couple of days ago, and this is a good thing. Well I supposed I could have worded it a bit better, but nerveless it achieved the goal that it was suppose to, that is to get people excited about SA Dev again. There where a lot of good things that came from it, there are now more people on the project, there was light put on some issues with the current setup, and plans of how to solve it.

So thanks goes out to all of the people that replied on the previous post and to those of you that are going to help out on the project.

Remember, SA Dev is a great community that will never die

by deon | with no comments

I am disappointed in SA Dev
Tuesday, April 12, 2005 1:05 PM

SA Dev was a very big and active community at a stage, but now it seems as if SA Dev is dead. I am very disappointed, there are allot of developers that say that they are having it very hard at the moment, then there are the ones that says it is so hard to find a job. Now tell me, how are you supposed to get a job or a better your position if you don’t get better exposure or more experience.

There is a brilliant opportunity open to all developers to work long side some of South Africa’s top MVP’s and not one developer responded to Ruari’s post on this site. I don’t wont to hear the excuse from a developer that they are not good enough to work along side MVP’s, or you are afraid what people might think of there code. This is a great opportunity to get your name out there and get recognition for your work. Doing project’s like this can help you a lot in getting a job or bettering your current position.

Here is the link to Ruari’s post http://www.sadeveloper.net/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=57880

by deon | 16 comment(s)

Windows XP reg tweaks
Friday, April 08, 2005 10:46 AM

Here are some reg tweaks for windows will make your life better.

;-------------------------------------------------
;Disable Automatic Restart in the event of a BSOD
;-------------------------------------------------

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl]
"AutoReboot"=dword:00000000

;-----------------------------------
;Disable the Desktop Cleanup Wizard
;-----------------------------------

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\CleanupWiz]
"NoRun"=dword:00000001

;-------------------------
;Disables Error Reporting
;-------------------------

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting]
"DoReport"=dword:00000000

;-----------------------------------
;Disables Windows Tour bubble popup
;-----------------------------------

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour]
"RunCount"=dword:00000000

;---------------------------------
;Disable Imapi CD-Burning Service
;---------------------------------

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ImapiService]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;--------------------------------
;Disable Remote Registry Service
;--------------------------------

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteRegistry]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;-----------------------------
;Disable Windows Time Service
;-----------------------------

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;------------------------------------------------------------------
;This will add "Services" to the right-click menu of "My Computer"
;------------------------------------------------------------------

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\services]
@=hex(2):53,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,00,00
"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\services\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73, 00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,00,6d,00,63,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00, 65,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52, 00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00, 32,00,5c,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,2e,00,6d,00,73, 00,63,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,00,00

;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
;This adds the "Open Command Prompt Here" on the right click menu for folders
;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd]
@="Open Command Prompt Here"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd\command]
@="cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd]
@="Open Command Prompt Here"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd\command]
@="cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\""

;------------------------
;Remove Shared Documents
;------------------------

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\DelegateFolders\{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}]

;--------------------
;No Recent Docs menu
;--------------------

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoRecentDocsMenu"=dword:00000001

;------------------------------
;Allow renaming of Recycle Bin
;------------------------------

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=hex:50,01,00,20
"CallForAttributes"=dword:00000000

;-------------------------
;No Low Disk Space Checks
;-------------------------

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoLowDiskSpaceChecks"=dword:00000001

;----------------------------------------------------
;Max your Internet Explorer's simultaneous downloads
;----------------------------------------------------

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:0000000a
"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:0000000a

;-------------------------------------
;Removes Sign up with Passport Wizard
;-------------------------------------

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Passport]
"RegistrationCompleted"=dword:00000001

;---------------------------------------
;Disables Preview of Movie file formats
;---------------------------------------

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi\ShellEx]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpg\ShellEx]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpe\ShellEx]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpeg\ShellEx]

;-------------
;Copy To Menu
;-------------

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Copy To]
@="{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Move To]
@="{C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Send To]
@="{7BA4C740-9E81-11CF-99D3-00AA004AE837}"

;-------------------------------------------------------------------
;This adds the "Register DLL" on the right click menu for DLL files
;-------------------------------------------------------------------

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\Register DLL]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\Register DLL\command]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\regsvr32.exe %1"

;-----------------------------------------------------------------
;Makes a right click option for unknown files (Open with notepad)
;-----------------------------------------------------------------

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell]
@="\"notepad.exe %1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\open]
@="Open With Notepad"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\open\command]
@="notepad.exe %1"

;--------------
;GDI+ Tool fix
;--------------

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\GdiDetectionTool]
"GDITool"=dword:00000001

;-------------------------------------------
;Disable windows built in zip functionality
;-------------------------------------------

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip\CompressedFolder]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CompressedFolder]

;-------------------------------
;Remove WMP Right Click Options
;-------------------------------

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F1B9284F-E9DC-4e68-9D7E-42362A59F0FD}]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{8DD448E6-C188-4aed-AF92-44956194EB1F}]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CE3FB1D1-02AE-4a5f-A6E9-D9F1B4073E6C}]

;-----------------------------------------------------------------------
;Gets rid of anoying popup for running files you download from internet
;-----------------------------------------------------------------------

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download]
"CheckExeSignatures"="no"
"RunInvalidSignatures"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments]
"SaveZoneInformation"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations]
"LowRiskFileTypes"=".zip;.rar;.nfo;.txt;.exe;.bat;.com;.cmd;.reg;.msi;.htm;.html;.gif;.bmp;.jpg;.avi;.mpg;.mpeg;.mov;.mp3;.m3u;.wav;"

;-----------------------------------------------
;Adds Device Manager right click of MY Computer
;-----------------------------------------------

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\DevMgr]
@="Device Manager"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\DevMgr\command]
@="mmc.exe C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\devmgmt.msc"

;---------------------
;Removes Language Bar
;---------------------

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{540D8A8B-1C3F-4E32-8132-530F6A502090}]
@="Language bar"
"MenuTextPUI"="@%SystemRoot%\System32\msutb.dll,-325"

;-----------------------------
;Opens nfo files with Notepad
;-----------------------------

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.nfo]
"Application"="NOTEPAD.EXE"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.nfo\OpenWithList]
"a"="Explorer.exe"
"MRUList"="ba"
"b"="NOTEPAD.EXE"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.nfo\OpenWithProgids]
"MSInfo.Document"=hex(0):

;--------------------------------------------------------
;Removes Briefcase, and Rich-Text-Document from New Menu
;--------------------------------------------------------

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bfc\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rtf\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wav\ShellNew]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip\CompressedFolder\ShellNew]

;------------------
;Register FlashGet
;------------------

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JetCar\JetCar\General]
"RegName"="slain@deviance.dev"
"RegPass"="YOUR SERIAL"
"RegDisp"="slain"

;--------------
;Register Nero
;--------------

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ahead\Nero - Burning Rom\Info]
"User"="Slain"
"Company"="Deviance"
"Serial6"="YOUR SERIAL"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ahead\Plug-ins\Nero Digital Universal\Info]
"Serial6"="YOUR SERIAL"

by deon | 4 comment(s)

How to slipstream SP1 for .Net 1.1
Thursday, April 07, 2005 7:35 PM

Hey all, have you ever wanted the .Net Framework, SP1 and the ASP Patch all in one package. Here are the steps you can follow to use Windows Installer command line tool to create an installable package that includes the .NET Framework, Service Pack 1 and the ASP patch.

1.) Download the .NET Framework 1.1

2.) Extract the contents of the .NET Framework to a folder - you can do this by
running dotnetfx.exe /t:c:\temp /c

3.) Download the .NET Framework 1.1 SP1

4.) Extract the service pack MSP package to a folder by running
NDP1.1sp1-KB867460-X86.exe /Xp:c:\temp\sp1.msp

5.) Download the ASP Patch to SP1

6.) Extract the ASP Patch MSP package to a folder by running
NDP1.1sp1-KB886903-X86.exe /Xp:c:\temp\asp.msp.

7.) Run msiexec.exe /a c:\temp\netfx.msi TARGETDIR=c:\temp\netfx

8.) Run msiexec /p c:\temp\sp1.msp /a c:\temp\netfx\netfx.msi

9.) Run msiexec /p c:\temp\asp.msp /a c:\temp\netfx\netfx.msi

You have now created a new netfx.msi, in c:\temp\netfx. You can now run your setup from this folder or you could take all of the contents of c:\temp\netfx, and compress it into a SFX archive. In the SFX archive options set the extraction to silent and run netfx.msi /qb after extraction.

Enjoy.

by deon | 7 comment(s)

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