Adam Williams wrote:
have you put that regedit4 data into a file and ran it with regedit /s
time.reg in their login script?
yudi shiddiq wrote:
Hello everybody...
I need help about logon script, this time i want to change time
format from 12 format to 24 format on pc client.
I'm using samba 3.0.20 on PDC and the client is mostly win xp but we
have pc with os win ME too.
I change from logon.exe that i put on every user directory which has
script like this
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International]
"iTime"="1"
"sTimeFormat"="HH:mm:ss "
But when i try to login the time format doesn't change it still in 12
format, i've tried many times but still the same.
Is there any clue...
I'm sorry if there is any mistake on my english.:)
Thx
Oooo yay a registry question. A few things to keep in mind, starting
with the most obvious (some, I realize, you may already know...but I'm
gonna paint with a wide brush).
1. The _CURRENT_USER hive of the registry is just that, per user.
Changes to one user will not effect others.
But when i try to login the time format doesn't change
If you set the script ONLY for your users and then YOU login with your
own account that does not have the script, then it makes sense that your
time would not change.
2. You do not need to leave these changes in the logon script. Once the
change is actually made for each user, it should stick. Once it is
working you can leave it there for a few weeks (until everyone has
logged in) and then remove it.
3. You can modify "[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\International]"
with your preferred settings, and all NEW users will inherit them in
their HKCU.
4. Some settings in various versions of Windows are VERY hard to change
via scripts. For example in WinXP, changing whether the Start menu
hides, is locked, has quick launch, and etc is rather difficult. The
reason is that Windows XP reads the settings into explorer.exe from the
user's HKCU before your logon script can work, and writes them back at
logoff; rendering scripts useless. (not to mention that all of those
settings are globbed into one long binary string (50 characters or so)
representing all of the settings).
I just tested the time settings on my Win XP Pro system and manual
changes seem to be retained, and the time format did change when I
logged back on...just be aware that Windows may be working against you
(depending on the version and what you are trying to change, etc).
5. You can mount a user's HKCU as a subkey of HKLM even when they are
logged off. Open HKLM and go to File-> load hive. Choose the user's
ntuser.dat file (usually C:\documents and settings\USERNAME\ntuser.dat).
This can be invaluable for investingating things or for changing
settings like the ones I described in #4. (In fact, deciphering the long
binary string for the start menu settings and writing a program to
enumerate all the users, mount their ntuser.dat, and make the change
when they are not logged in is the only way I've seen #4 done.)
Other than that, try what others have suggested here. Make sure the time
format is actually changing when you merge the .reg manually or manually
edit the registry. Also note that there is the command line REG command
that can be used to work with individual keys, should your command line
merge method never work.
HTH
-Mark
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