Cool - by the way, just realized there is a mitsake in my syntax. Should just be:
Reg query hku etc... (no slash) Jonathan L. Raper, MCSE Sent from my Windows Mobile ® enabled Smartphone, WHICH WILL LIKELY SOON BE REPLACED BY A DROID. Please excuse brevity & any misspellings. ________________________________ From: joseph palmieri <jpalm...@yahoo.com> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 3:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Subject: RE: 24 hour time format thanks...I will test and post the results next week --- On Fri, 5/7/10, Raper, Jonathan - Eagle <jra...@eaglemds.com> wrote: From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle <jra...@eaglemds.com> Subject: RE: 24 hour time format To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Date: Friday, May 7, 2010, 3:16 PM Admittedly, after thinking about it, there is indeed a faster, more elegant way to do this, which I've included further down. However, after doing some testing of my own, I don't see why my basic concept of what I described wouldn't work. In the process, I discovered a second key that would need to be changed in order for the time to display as desired in the system tray. I was able to export the entire HKEY_USERS Hive into a reg file on one machine in a matter of seconds - maybe 2 minutes, tops, for a system that has more than 40 unique local user accounts. (Admittedly, just as I imagined, the file is rather large - 150 Megs, roughly). I was able to do a very basic FIND/REPLACE ALL from within notepad for "iTime"="0" and change it to "iTime"="1", which is what is required to change the format from 12 hour to 24 hour format. Also, you would need to FIND/REPLACE "sTimeFormat"="h:mm:ss tt" with "sTimeFormat"="HH:mm:ss". Now I would CERTAINLY NOT recommend re-importing the entire hive after doing what I just described. However, a more robust text editor and/or some scripting could modify the reg file in order to get the desired result. Anyway, as I mentioned, there is a faster, more elegant solution, and here it is: **************************************************************** DISCLAIMER: I HIGHLY RECOMMEND FULLY TSETING THIS FIRST, as YMMV. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU HOSE YOUR SYSTEM. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. **************************************************************** Open a command prompt on the target machine. Type: reg /query HKU >sidlist.txt This will generate a text file containing a list of every sid in the registry: ! REG.EXE VERSION 3.0 HKEY_USERS HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-19 HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-19_Classes HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20 HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20_Classes HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-839522115-688789844-1708537768-1006 HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-839522115-688789844-1708537768-1006_Classes HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18 Eliminate the sids that end in _Classes, and then format the file to look like this and save as .reg: *FILE BEGIN* Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\International] "iTime"="1" "sTimeFormat"="HH:mm:ss" [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-19\Control Panel\International] "iTime"="1" "sTimeFormat"="HH:mm:ss" [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20\Control Panel\International] "iTime"="1" "sTimeFormat"="HH:mm:ss" [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-839522115-688789844-1708537768-1006\Control Panel\International] "iTime"="1" "sTimeFormat"="HH:mm:ss" [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Control Panel\International] "iTime"="1" "sTimeFormat"="HH:mm:ss" *FILE END* Once saved, import the registry file, and log off. Log back on, and see what the time looks like. I think you'll be pleased. Hope this helps. Cheers! Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.com<http://us.mc510.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jra...@eaglemds.com> www.eaglemds.com -----Original Message----- From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com<http://us.mc510.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=br...@briandesmond.com>] Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 11:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: 24 hour time format No that's not going to work well at all. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com<http://us.mc510.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=br...@briandesmond.com> c - 312.731.3132 -----Original Message----- From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com<http://us.mc510.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jra...@eaglemds.com>] Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 8:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: 24 hour time format Hmmmm....just a thought. Export the entire HK_USERS hive (can you export an entire hive?) to a reg file. (I know, I know, it will be big, but hear me out). Find/replace in the reg file with txt editor, then upload the file back... Jonathan L. Raper, MCSE Sent from my Windows Mobile ® enabled Smartphone, WHICH WILL LIKELY SOON BE REPLACED BY A DROID. Please excuse brevity & any misspellings. ________________________________ From: joseph palmieri <jpalm...@yahoo.com<http://us.mc510.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jpalm...@yahoo.com>> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 6:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com<http://us.mc510.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>> Subject: Re: 24 hour time format not looking forward to that --- On Thu, 5/6/10, Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com<http://us.mc510.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=kurt.b...@gmail.com>> wrote: From: Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com<http://us.mc510.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=kurt.b...@gmail.com>> Subject: Re: 24 hour time format To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com<http://us.mc510.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>> Date: Thursday, May 6, 2010, 5:49 PM Looks like you have to do that for each user - I tried it for the default user, logged in with an account that hadn't logged in before, and got the normal defaults, not the ones I set up. Kurt On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 14:04, Raper, Jonathan - Eagle <jra...@eaglemds.com<http://us.mc510.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jra...@eaglemds.com></mc/compose?to=jra...@eaglemds.com<http://us.mc510.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jra...@eaglemds.com>>> wrote: > > You could edit the registry. > > > > http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/registry2/jsi-tip-0311-regional-se > ttings-in-the-registry-.aspx > > > > I presume HKEY_USERS would have a user preference for the way time is > displayed, so you would likely have to go into each user's SID under > HKEY_USERS. > > Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE > Technology Coordinator > Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA > jra...@eaglemds.com<http://us.mc510.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jra...@eaglemds.com></mc/compose?to=jra...@eaglemds.com<http://us.mc510.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jra...@eaglemds.com>> > www.eaglemds.com > > ________________________________ > > From: joseph palmieri > [mailto:jpalm...@yahoo.com<http://us.mc510.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jpalm...@yahoo.com></mc/compose?to=jpalm...@yahoo.com<http://us.mc510.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jpalm...@yahoo.com>>] > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 4:56 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: 24 hour time format > > > > tried that no luck...only works if a new account is created on the box > all current account reflect 12 hour format > > --- On Thu, 5/6/10, Brian Desmond > <br...@briandesmond.com<http://us.mc510.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=br...@briandesmond.com></mc/compose?to=br...@briandesmond.com<http://us.mc510.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=br...@briandesmond.com>>> > wrote: > > From: Brian Desmond > <br...@briandesmond.com<http://us.mc510.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=br...@briandesmond.com></mc/compose?to=br...@briandesmond.com<http://us.mc510.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=br...@briandesmond.com>>> > Subject: RE: 24 hour time format > To: "NT System Admin Issues" > <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com<http://us.mc510.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com></mc/compose?to=ntsysad...@lyris > .sunbelt-software.com>> > Date: Thursday, May 6, 2010, 4:34 PM > > You'd want to tweak the regional settings for the box. > > > > Thanks, > > Brian Desmond > > br...@briandesmond.com<http://us.mc510.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=br...@briandesmond.com></mc/compose?to=br...@briandesmond.com<http://us.mc510.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=br...@briandesmond.com>> > > > > c - 312.731.3132 > > > > From: joseph palmieri > [mailto:jpalm...@yahoo.com<http://us.mc510.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jpalm...@yahoo.com></mc/compose?to=jpalm...@yahoo.com<http://us.mc510.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jpalm...@yahoo.com>>] > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 3:26 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: 24 hour time format > > > > Can anyone provide assistance in setting up Windows XP workstations so > that all users who login receive the time in 24 hour format? 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