Problem, All the XP machines in my domain are rubbish. they are years old and feel sluggish. I have done all the basics and although it has helped, There is always room for improvement.

Problem: How can I disable visual effects accross the domain with SCCM (for targeted & reportable processes)?

Solution: Its a few parts but this is the key parts..

  1. Gather required registry settings
  2. Create REG file
  3. Create software distribution package
  4. Create Program, use “regedit.exe /s REGFILE” as the path
  5. SCCM Prog

Once deployed to a targeted group, you can just sit back and admire the work of SCCM, or you could use PSTOOLS (psexec) and do it that way.. cheaper for sure :)

here is the required REG to disable visual effects in Windows XP Pro

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects]
“VisualFXSetting”=dword:00000002

UPDATE: Remember to SPELL correctly regiedit is wrong haha