Guest anon36 Posted October 10, 2008 Posted October 10, 2008 I am a university student and we have to use communal computers. When I log on to any computer, the My Documents folder is there, and it has my files in. But everything else always starts out with some default settings. Anything not stored in My Documents gets deleted when you log off. What I would like to have is a single executable file that customizes Windows (e.g. change to "classic taskbar", change windows and buttons to "Windows classic style", set the background image), changes the Internet Explorer settings to how I like them, and runs several freeware utilities such as PureText and TClockEx. Then every time I log in I could just double-click on this file. Is this possible? Perhaps it is too much to hope for. I found that in the display settings you can save the "theme" as a file. But I can't find any way to customize the taskbar other than doing it manually. I found some freeware automation programs (AutoHotKey, AutoIt, etc.), but these seem very complicated to use. I only have 40 or 50 MB space in My Documents, and obviously I want to keep other files in there too, so it needs to be small. Thanks for any ideas.
Guest Andrew E. Posted October 11, 2008 Posted October 11, 2008 RE: single executable file to customize Windows XP ? Not sure how youre set up with xp however,one can/could save all thier settings on xp,all data (music,WMP settings,etc),by using the xp File Transfer Wizard.You'd one time,open wizard,set as old pc,select data for it to save,save in a new folder you created,once all the data is collected,move folder to a cd. Then at xp start,run the wizard in new pc mode,install cd,youre finished,the settings & data transfer should only take .30-.45 seconds or so...This also can be used as a backup,& this situation will apply to any xp pc you use.... "anon36" wrote: > I am a university student and we have to use communal computers. When > I log on to any computer, the My Documents folder is there, and it has > my files in. But everything else always starts out with some default > settings. Anything not stored in My Documents gets deleted when you > log off. > > What I would like to have is a single executable file that customizes > Windows (e.g. change to "classic taskbar", change windows and buttons > to "Windows classic style", set the background image), changes the > Internet Explorer settings to how I like them, and runs several > freeware utilities such as PureText and TClockEx. Then every time I > log in I could just double-click on this file. > > Is this possible? Perhaps it is too much to hope for. I found that in > the display settings you can save the "theme" as a file. But I can't > find any way to customize the taskbar other than doing it manually. I > found some freeware automation programs (AutoHotKey, AutoIt, etc.), > but these seem very complicated to use. > > I only have 40 or 50 MB space in My Documents, and obviously I want to > keep other files in there too, so it needs to be small. Thanks for any > ideas. >
Guest Bob I Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 Re: single executable file to customize Windows XP ? Yes, AutoIT will do that, and create a small exe file, but you will need to invest your own time, if you expect to reap the reward. anon36 wrote: > I am a university student and we have to use communal computers. When > I log on to any computer, the My Documents folder is there, and it has > my files in. But everything else always starts out with some default > settings. Anything not stored in My Documents gets deleted when you > log off. > > What I would like to have is a single executable file that customizes > Windows (e.g. change to "classic taskbar", change windows and buttons > to "Windows classic style", set the background image), changes the > Internet Explorer settings to how I like them, and runs several > freeware utilities such as PureText and TClockEx. Then every time I > log in I could just double-click on this file. > > Is this possible? Perhaps it is too much to hope for. I found that in > the display settings you can save the "theme" as a file. But I can't > find any way to customize the taskbar other than doing it manually. I > found some freeware automation programs (AutoHotKey, AutoIt, etc.), > but these seem very complicated to use. > > I only have 40 or 50 MB space in My Documents, and obviously I want to > keep other files in there too, so it needs to be small. Thanks for any > ideas.
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