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#89935 - 2002-11-28 10:53 AM HowTo SetScreenRes()
MightyR1 MightyR1 MM club member Registered: 1999-09-09 Posts: 1264 Loc: The Netherlands	There's a UDF to get the screenres: http://www.kixtart.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=12;t=000035 Q: How to set it with WMI??? _________________________ Greetz, Patrick Rutten - We'll either find a way or make one... - Knowledge is power; knowing how to find it is more powerful... - Problems don't exist; they are challenges...
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#89936 - 2002-11-28 11:29 AM Re: HowTo SetScreenRes()
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	I may just need to overwrite that. real screen res code: code: For each $Item in GetObject("winmgmts:\\" + $strComputer + "\root\cimv2").ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_DesktopMonitor",,48) "ScreenHeight: " + $item.ScreenHeight ? "ScreenWidth: " + $item.ScreenWidth ? Next just wrote that, not yet on the setting though as have that link thing going on there... _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#89937 - 2002-11-28 11:43 AM Re: HowTo SetScreenRes()
MightyR1 MightyR1 MM club member Registered: 1999-09-09 Posts: 1264 Loc: The Netherlands	OK, but this is GET, I want to SET... _________________________ Greetz, Patrick Rutten - We'll either find a way or make one... - Knowledge is power; knowing how to find it is more powerful... - Problems don't exist; they are challenges...
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#89938 - 2002-11-29 12:27 AM Re: HowTo SetScreenRes()
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	it just seems impossible with wmi, sorry. couldn't find anything for vbscript or wsh either... am I blind? _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#89939 - 2002-11-29 12:58 AM Re: HowTo SetScreenRes()
MightyR1 MightyR1 MM club member Registered: 1999-09-09 Posts: 1264 Loc: The Netherlands	Found a freeware util which can do it from the commandline... SetRes --> http://www.iansharpe.com/ _________________________ Greetz, Patrick Rutten - We'll either find a way or make one... - Knowledge is power; knowing how to find it is more powerful... - Problems don't exist; they are challenges...
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#89940 - 2002-11-28 01:02 PM Re: HowTo SetScreenRes()
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	actually, it should be ok to do with WMI but as that shit is not documented.¨ trying with technet enum codes and some from kixomatic and I can't get the methods exposed _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#89941 - 2002-11-28 01:42 PM Re: HowTo SetScreenRes()
MightyR1 MightyR1 MM club member Registered: 1999-09-09 Posts: 1264 Loc: The Netherlands	Found there is an api call which can do the trick: STFW for user32.dll and changedisplaysettingsa Problem is how to script an api call... _________________________ Greetz, Patrick Rutten - We'll either find a way or make one... - Knowledge is power; knowing how to find it is more powerful... - Problems don't exist; they are challenges...
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#89942 - 2002-11-28 01:43 PM Re: HowTo SetScreenRes()
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	easy, where is the reference? _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#89943 - 2002-11-28 01:46 PM Re: HowTo SetScreenRes()
MightyR1 MightyR1 MM club member Registered: 1999-09-09 Posts: 1264 Loc: The Netherlands	http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/gdi/devcons_7gz7.asp _________________________ Greetz, Patrick Rutten - We'll either find a way or make one... - Knowledge is power; knowing how to find it is more powerful... - Problems don't exist; they are challenges...
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#89944 - 2002-11-28 02:18 PM Re: HowTo SetScreenRes()
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	that is bad... it wants pointers to structures as input... _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#89945 - 2002-11-28 05:00 PM Re: HowTo SetScreenRes()
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	does it need to be on the fly? I changed some things in reg and restarted system and voila, this is not easy to read anymore. nice. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#89946 - 2002-11-29 12:18 AM Re: HowTo SetScreenRes()
MightyR1 MightyR1 MM club member Registered: 1999-09-09 Posts: 1264 Loc: The Netherlands	No need for underfly but your reg, does it have HKLM?? If so the problem for non-admins I guess... _________________________ Greetz, Patrick Rutten - We'll either find a way or make one... - Knowledge is power; knowing how to find it is more powerful... - Problems don't exist; they are challenges...
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#89947 - 2002-11-29 07:28 AM Re: HowTo SetScreenRes()
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	well, can normal user change the screen anyway? _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#89948 - 2002-11-29 07:44 AM Re: HowTo SetScreenRes()
MightyR1 MightyR1 MM club member Registered: 1999-09-09 Posts: 1264 Loc: The Netherlands	With SetRes they can... _________________________ Greetz, Patrick Rutten - We'll either find a way or make one... - Knowledge is power; knowing how to find it is more powerful... - Problems don't exist; they are challenges...
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#89949 - 2002-11-30 12:23 AM Re: HowTo SetScreenRes()
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	no way. even the api's I've checked does not have personality override. nor any file that affects this. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#89950 - 2002-11-29 01:57 PM Re: HowTo SetScreenRes()
MightyR1 MightyR1 MM club member Registered: 1999-09-09 Posts: 1264 Loc: The Netherlands	Must explain, Control Panel isn't disabled in policy, only hidden.... Therefore I think they (normal users) are able to set the resolution... _________________________ Greetz, Patrick Rutten - We'll either find a way or make one... - Knowledge is power; knowing how to find it is more powerful... - Problems don't exist; they are challenges...
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#89951 - 2002-11-29 02:46 PM Re: HowTo SetScreenRes()
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	it does not matter what control panel has. doesn't simply using those functions crack down to registry write? have you tried with normal user account? _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#89952 - 2002-11-29 03:12 PM Re: HowTo SetScreenRes()
MightyR1 MightyR1 MM club member Registered: 1999-09-09 Posts: 1264 Loc: The Netherlands	Yes and successfull _________________________ Greetz, Patrick Rutten - We'll either find a way or make one... - Knowledge is power; knowing how to find it is more powerful... - Problems don't exist; they are challenges...
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