Issue Reporting for NTLite latest v2.0.0.7455 BETA

[SM03]

Hello nuhi
The newly implemented option 'Use Peek to preview the desktop at the end of the taskbar’ under Settings is incomplete, as you can see here


The is no enable option I notice while modding/customizing the ISO, & just to be confirmed, I kept this option at Default STATE & made the ISO, & install. And as presumed, the option remain OFF


Also, while trying to add my .REG file, am facing this error '[50] This request is not supported'


Here is the link of that REG file

can anyone help/suggest me anything regarding the second error?

 

[garlin]

Also, while trying to add my .REG file, am facing this error '[50] This request is not supported'

Here is the link of that REG file

Replace your current SID (S-1-5-21-1548742351-2606739425-3797962985-1001) with .DEFAULT

When a registry path doesn't exist, most tools won't create the full path for you. This is why you see some .reg files step through creating each subnode before they get to setting a value.

PS: Next time, share this file using attachments instead of on sketchy, popup-infested sharing sites.

 

[SM03]

Replace your current SID (S-1-5-21-1548742351-2606739425-3797962985-1001) with .DEFAULT

When a registry path doesn't exist, most tools won't create the full path for you. This is why you see some .reg files step through creating each subnode before they get to setting a value.

PS: Next time, share this file using attachments instead of on sketchy, popup-infested sharing sites.

Hey garlin thanks, I'll try that, replace S-1-5-21-1548742351-2606739425-3797962985-1001 with .DEFAULT
So, it'll look like this

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FeatureUsage\AppSwitched]

Is this correct? The Dot (.) should be there before DEFAULT or not? Let me know

BTW, what about the other id i.e S-1-5-21-3681046133-3848962815-750052134-1001

In case, you didn't notice, there are two SIDs, so what need to be done in case of multiple SID?

& are these SIDs are specified & fixed for every MS user (account) or is it completely variable in every (windows) installation?

 

[garlin]

Windows creates new GUID's and SID's based on timestamps and random seeding. They are designed to be 96-bit unique, except when you're using an Active Directory setup which preserves them as persistent identifiers. From a normal point of view, there is no way to keep the same SID across different installs.

When a new user is created, registry values from HKEY_USER\.DEFAULT (yes, dot is correct) are copied to that user's SID path. This is done only once, during account setup.

If you find a registry example from someone else, it might have their unique SID. Replace it with .DEFAULT when using it as a template, or replace with your current SID to apply changes to your local account (for testing).

 

[SM03]

Windows creates new GUID's and SID's based on timestamps and random seeding. They are designed to be 96-bit unique, except when you're using an Active Directory setup which preserves them as persistent identifiers. From a normal point of view, there is no way to keep the same SID across different installs.

When a new user is created, registry values from HKEY_USER\.DEFAULT (yes, dot is correct) are copied to that user's SID path. This is done only once, during account setup.

If you find a registry example from someone else, it might have their unique SID. Replace it with .DEFAULT when using it as a template, or replace with your current SID to apply changes to your local account (for testing).

in my case (& system), there are two acc, so there are two SID in the reg file that I've shared, so how can I configure both? by putting that .DEFAULT for both or any other suggestion? I even don't know which SID belongs to mine & which one is others.

 

[Clanger]

there is no way to keep the same SID across different installs.

i have noticed that when harvesting tweaks from secpol.msc.

 

[garlin]

The other user is probably Administrator. From the CMD prompt:

wmic useraccount where name='%username%' get sid
wmic useraccount where name='Administrator' get sid

You really don't need to customize Administrator, because only misguided people run desktops as Administrator

 

[SM03]

The other user is probably Administrator. From the CMD prompt:

wmic useraccount where name='%username%' get sid
wmic useraccount where name='Administrator' get sid

You really don't need to customize Administrator, because only misguided people run desktops as Administrator

ok so I ran those commands in my system & got this


So, it seems that the S-1-5-21-1548742351-2606739425-3797962985-1001 is my SID
&
S-1-5-21-1548742351-2606739425-3797962985-500 is the SID for the (default) Admin account.

Then what about S-1-5-21-1548742351-2606739425-3797962985-1006 SID? I know this SID belongs to the second user in my system, so now the question is, along with mentioning my SID by '.DEFAULT', how do I mention/keep this SID as well into that REG file?

 

[Clanger]

wot i found is that even Administrator has a different sid on every install so i doubt you'll be able to carry a sid over. just use .DEFAULT or hkcu.

 

[SM03]

wot i found is that even Administrator has a different sid on every install so i doubt you'll be able to carry a sid over. just use .DEFAULT or hkcu.

Clanger

So you're basically saying that entering/having more than one SID ( i.e the default one) is not possible /impossible via adding a reg file through NTlite while modding a custom ISO?

 

[Clanger]

it looks like SIDs are randomly generated(on the admin account) when an account is created so you will(?) never get the same sid twice on each install. i cant download your reg file, can you post the reg code here using bbcodes - General code
I only put hklm/hkcr entries into a mounted image, hkcu always go in manually post install.

 

[Clanger]

when i said secpol.msc i meant gpedit.msc, oops

 

[SM03]

it looks like SIDs are randomly generated(on the admin account) when an account is created so you will(?) never get the same sid twice on each install. i cant download your reg file, can you post the reg code here using bbcodes - General code
I only put hklm/hkcr entries into a mounted image, hkcu always go in manually post install.

here is the reg file attached
by objective for this particular (HKCU) reg adding to get the pre-applied Windows STORE settings
this


searched the internet for this, didn't find anything, using regshot, while changing these options, I found this reg values & paths are changing

HKEY_USERS\SID\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FeatureUsage\AppSwitched

the only difference is that SID is different from user to user, from system to system, even it is my own acc, the SID is diff in two/different systems.

so, this is what it is, now that I tried to add this with NTLite & got that error, henced posted here, & as garlin advised to put .DEFAULT instead of that SID, I'm thinking what should I do in case of multiple accounts. & also thinking what'd be the final result/implementation if I only put .default

 

[Clanger]

into a mounted image

[HKEY_USERS\.Default\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FeatureUsage\AppSwitched]
"Microsoft.WindowsStore_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App"=dword:00000002

post 1st logon/creation of each new user account

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FeatureUsage\AppSwitched]
"Microsoft.WindowsStore_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App"=dword:00000002

if you put a hkcu file into the tool it should put it in the correct place in the registry which i assume is [HKEY_USERS\.Default\etc/etc,,,,,

how many user accounts will you add. if its a home user for parents and kids then a hkcu(then reboot) is easy. if you are the company tech guy who will add a lot of users then use [HKEY_USERS\.Default\etc/etc,,,,, in the tool, Registry page. i dont know if adding [HKEY_USERS\.Default\etc/etc,,,,, postinstall will work, ive never done that. pinging nuhi

if i am correct there was a tool to change SIDs on xp, sysinternals i think, i did have it but it was beyond my pay grade back then, and SIDs still are because i dont need toknow about them.

 

[nuhi]

SM03, the 'Use Peek to preview the desktop at the end of the taskbar’ tweak by default is Enabled, and then the setting is "DisablePreviewDesktop" which can be set to 1. DisablePreviewDesktop to 0 or removing the setting, is the same, it gets Enabled.
Tested it now live, it works as expected.
However, offline, on an image, it might be different.
Will add explicit Enabled and test it on an image before next version.
Thanks for the heads up.

For the reg, of course the unique user SID cannot be used in next installation of Windows, it's unique each time.
So use HKCU instead, not .Default. NTLite will autoconvert HKCU to Default User hive.
Btw ".Default" info here, it's not default user.

For the Store setting, we talked about that many times over PMs, settings are in binary form and not easily editable nor identical for each change, AppSwitched is just a tracer for ran app, not a setting location.

 

[SM03]

how many user accounts will you add. if its a home user for parents and kids then a hkcu(then reboot) is easy. if you are the company tech guy who will add a lot of users then use [HKEY_USERS\.Default\etc/etc,,,,, in the tool, Registry page. i dont know if adding [HKEY_USERS\.Default\etc/etc,,,,, postinstall will work, ive never done that. pinging nuhi

Am doing this in my home system, two or three users max. I will be adding the reg file with the .default syntax this time & will make the Win ISO & check & revert here.

 

[Clanger]

regarding DEFAULT, ignore me and listen to nuhi

 

[SM03]

SM03, the 'Use Peek to preview the desktop at the end of the taskbar’ tweak by default is Enabled, and then the setting is "DisablePreviewDesktop" which can be set to 1. DisablePreviewDesktop to 0 or removing the setting, is the same, it gets Enabled.
Tested it now live, it works as expected.
However, offline, on an image, it might be different.
Will add explicit Enabled and test it on an image before next version.

I've already tried that it on a fresh offline image & then made a clean installation via that custom modded ISO on a system & told you about the result which was/is not effective, so I guess your result of doing the same will be same as mine & it'd be fixed in next version alongwith adding other suggestions which I've already suggested you Here

SM03,For the reg, of course the unique user SID cannot be used in next installation of Windows, it's unique each time.
So use HKCU instead, not .Default. NTLite will autoconvert HKCU to Default User hive.
Btw ".Default" info here, it's not default user.

For the Store setting, we talked about that many times over PMs, settings are in binary form and not easily editable nor identical for each change, AppSwitched is just a tracer for ran app, not a setting location.

so, you're saying adding the reg value of
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FeatureUsage\AppSwitched

instead

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1548742351-2606739425-3797962985-1001\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FeatureUsage\AppSwitched
or
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FeatureUsage\AppSwitched

won't do anything as per my intention? So, should I use/add any of these (above mentioned) reg values into NTlite & make another ISO or should give up?