Visual Effects

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Greetings,

Does anyone know how to adjust Visual Effects through the registry? I have
tried the following reg setting
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\VisualFXSetting
and although it changes the checkbox, no settings are applied even after a
reboot. I'm hoping to be able to force all computers in my Domain not to use
Visual Effects and if I knew how to enforce it in the registry then I could
either export a reg file and merge it through a script or maybe create an
..adm template.

Thanks in advance!
--
Network Engineer
MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+

 

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Rich,

Settings of this sort need to be done by a program (which calls an API).
Steven Liu [MSFT] confirms that this setting cannot be deployed using the
Group Policy:

http://groups.google.co.in/group/microsoft.public.win2000.group_policy/msg/57165fb95e346948?dmode=source&hl=en

If you're a programmer, these two links might help.

SystemParametersInfo:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/systemparametersinfo.asp

The Old New Thing : Using SystemParametersInfo to access user interface
settings:
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/03/09/390706.aspx

May be you can ask one of your friends to compile a program using VB, that
uses an API call and applies the visual effects changes instantly.

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Ramesh Srinivasan
MS-MVP, Windows Shell

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com

"Rich Holmes" <RichHolmes@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3E004DE0-46C5-4CA1-B233-DED0E0C66422@microsoft.com...
> Greetings,
>
> Does anyone know how to adjust Visual Effects through the registry? I have
> tried the following reg setting
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\VisualFXSetting
> and although it changes the checkbox, no settings are applied even after a
> reboot. I'm hoping to be able to force all computers in my Domain not to
> use
> Visual Effects and if I knew how to enforce it in the registry then I
> could
> either export a reg file and merge it through a script or maybe create an
> .adm template.
>
> Thanks in advance!
> --
> Network Engineer
> MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+

 

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Thanks man! Great Response.


--
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MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Rich,
>
> Settings of this sort need to be done by a program (which calls an API).
> Steven Liu [MSFT] confirms that this setting cannot be deployed using the
> Group Policy:
>
> http://groups.google.co.in/group/microsoft.public.win2000.group_policy/msg/57165fb95e346948?dmode=source&hl=en
>
> If you're a programmer, these two links might help.
>
> SystemParametersInfo:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/systemparametersinfo.asp
>
> The Old New Thing : Using SystemParametersInfo to access user interface
> settings:
> http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/03/09/390706.aspx
>
> May be you can ask one of your friends to compile a program using VB, that
> uses an API call and applies the visual effects changes instantly.
>
> --
> Ramesh Srinivasan
> MS-MVP, Windows Shell
>
> Windows XP Troubleshooting
> http://www.winhelponline.com
>
> "Rich Holmes" <RichHolmes@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3E004DE0-46C5-4CA1-B233-DED0E0C66422@microsoft.com...
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Does anyone know how to adjust Visual Effects through the registry? I have
> > tried the following reg setting
> > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\VisualFXSetting
> > and although it changes the checkbox, no settings are applied even after a
> > reboot. I'm hoping to be able to force all computers in my Domain not to
> > use
> > Visual Effects and if I knew how to enforce it in the registry then I
> > could
> > either export a reg file and merge it through a script or maybe create an
> > .adm template.
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> > --
> > Network Engineer
> > MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+
>
>

 

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Very welcome Rich.

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Windows Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com

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"Rich Holmes" <RichHolmes@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:13F2FFB5-8C84-49FA-A99D-636FF2A8E617@microsoft.com...
> Thanks man! Great Response.
>
>
> --
> Network Engineer
> MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+
>
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>
>> Rich,
>>
>> Settings of this sort need to be done by a program (which calls an API).
>> Steven Liu [MSFT] confirms that this setting cannot be deployed using the
>> Group Policy:
>>
>> http://groups.google.co.in/group/microsoft.public.win2000.group_policy/msg/57165fb95e346948?dmode=source&hl=en
>>
>> If you're a programmer, these two links might help.
>>
>> SystemParametersInfo:
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/systemparametersinfo.asp
>>
>> The Old New Thing : Using SystemParametersInfo to access user interface
>> settings:
>> http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/03/09/390706.aspx
>>
>> May be you can ask one of your friends to compile a program using VB,
>> that
>> uses an API call and applies the visual effects changes instantly.
>>
>> --
>> Ramesh Srinivasan
>> MS-MVP, Windows Shell
>>
>> Windows XP Troubleshooting
>> http://www.winhelponline.com
>>
>> "Rich Holmes" <RichHolmes@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:3E004DE0-46C5-4CA1-B233-DED0E0C66422@microsoft.com...
>> > Greetings,
>> >
>> > Does anyone know how to adjust Visual Effects through the registry? I
>> > have
>> > tried the following reg setting
>> > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\VisualFXSetting
>> > and although it changes the checkbox, no settings are applied even
>> > after a
>> > reboot. I'm hoping to be able to force all computers in my Domain not
>> > to
>> > use
>> > Visual Effects and if I knew how to enforce it in the registry then I
>> > could
>> > either export a reg file and merge it through a script or maybe create
>> > an
>> > .adm template.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance!
>> > --
>> > Network Engineer
>> > MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+
>>
>>