Per-User Settings?
For Windows computers with several user accounts -- as I recall, the MA2.6 settings were "global".
I haven't had time to test this with MA3, but I thought I would just ask: are the MA3 settings "individual" per user? Or "global" (per computer)? |
Answering my own questions:
I tested it (on Vista 32), and the MA3 settings are per-user. So, I also tested MA2.6 on the same system, and those settings are per-user too. Sorry for wasting everybody's time. :o |
I actually didn't know whether it would turn out to be per-user or not. I thought each user might have their own Registry, but I wasn't sure.
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It comes down to whether you are poking CURRENT_USER or LOCAL_MACHINE.
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When the "custom logos" feature of the clock is added, can that also be a "per user" thing? Please. |
It would be stored in the same Registry key, so yes.
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Does this mean the key code is stored on a per user basis as well? I'm thinking some will be confused about having to enter the key code more than once.
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Keycodes are written to both CURRENT_USER and LOCAL_MACHINE.
So if the user does not have admin privilege then it will only write it to CURRENT_USER so it will ask for keycodes per user. Screensaver settings are CURRENT_USER only so each user should have their own settings. The Images for the Crystal are save in one area so it is shared with all users. |
Thank you! :)
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MA3's settings is hacked right now to work with MA2.6 keycodes and I haven't look at the source code changes so I don't know how it is setup right now.
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I was requesting that, with MA3, each user be able to have different image(s). That is, different images from other users. That's a "feature request" -- submitted before the feature has been rolled out to the Beta bunch. Of course, if the feature is already there/planned, then this isn't a "feature request" it's a "Thanks". ;) |
A logo picker would remedy this. Then it would be per-user in the Registry, rather than a global scan of the appropriate Program Files folder. And P.S. please make it read PNG out-of-the-box. :)
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Looks like years of Registry and interface programming purgatory for me, instead of bringing the background to life.
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EDGAR -- Help??
:) :) |
JimS,
I am here to help. I am just having problem figuring out which ones you need me to do to complete MA3. Just let me know in Qtask which ones you need me to work on. |
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All we can do is comment on the result (and suggest reasonable characteristics for the result). |
Edgar has been kind enough to help me out, but he has a day job - working on Qtask, Prolific's world-changing management software.
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Clearly, the most important thing is trying to get MA3 released before Windows 7. However, I would hate to see the software structure built so that enhancements (like per-user logos) would be impractical, and/or would not be upward-compatible with MA3.1, etc. By the way - who is going to write the "installation" software? I hope that's not going to be a stumbling block. |
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