Re: How to modify registry keys using a startup script

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From: Hü©k Hö§hïmötö ! (huckleberryhoshimoto_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 02/13/04


Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 17:08:09 GMT

Which WinXP are you running?
If not WinXP Corp, then I guess won't help much!
http://7mares.terravista.pt/xaliasx/xp.html

"Cueball" <bray@THIScomcastSPAM.net> wrote in message
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> Greetings,
> I own a laptop running XP that ha a wireless card. I have
> found that it doesn't work unless I change a couple of registry
> settings (as per http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=279491, even
> though that article is meant for Win2K). The registry settings are
> changed to the following:
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Pcmcia\Parameters]
> "SoundsEnabled"=dword:00000001
> "IsaIrqRescanComplete"=dword:00000000
> "DisableIsaToPciRouting"=dword:00000000
>
> Now, I have noticed that while two of the settings remain the same at
> startup, one of them (IsaIrqRescanComplete), keeps resetting itself to
> 1 at startup. As of now, as WinXP is initializing, I go into the
> regsitry using RegEdit and change it to the correct value each time.
>
> Two questions:
> (1) Any reason why this key is persistently being reset?
> (2) In lieu of an answer to (1), is there to create a script and place
> it in, say, the StartUp folder, and have it execute at boot-up, so
> won't have to manual change it each time?
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!
> -Mark



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