Windows Icons

[Darth 2000]

My screen resolution is running at 16bit, all windows icons (desktop & start
menu & inside folders) display ok.
But, when i connect via remote desktop to this machine, all the
abovementioned icons change to 16 colours.
Thise icons are only ones built into XP. for example, my computer, network
places, my docs.
All 3rd party icone display fine using RD.
The RD connection properties show correct resolution (16bit), so i can't
find where this is going wrong.
Anyone able to help?
Thanks.
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Darth 2000 - MCNGP # 00011010

[Carrie Garth]

| "Darth 2000" <hasan_at_uh_dot_com_dot_au> wrote in message
| ...
| My screen resolution is running at 16bit, all windows icons
| (desktop & start menu & inside folders) display ok.
| But, when i connect via remote desktop to this machine, all the
| abovementioned icons change to 16 colours.
| Thise icons are only ones built into XP. for example, my
| computer, network places, my docs.
| All 3rd party icone display fine using RD.
| The RD connection properties show correct resolution (16bit),
| so i can't find where this is going wrong. Anyone able to help?

According the following Resource Kit Chapter information about:
"Bandwidth efficiency: Remote Assistance automatically senses
connection speed and configures settings such as color depth and
voice data rate, depending on the available bandwidth." So if
you are running RD using a bandwidth-constrained connection
(such as dial-up or shared WAN links) perhaps this is the
problem.

Windows XP Professional Resource Kit Documentation
Part VII Appendices | Appendix D Tools for Troubleshooting |
Remote Management Tools: Remote Assistance
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prmb_tol_drft.asp

If not, make certain you are you initiating the Remote Desktop
Connection with a color depth set to "High Color (16 bit)" or
higher. This option can be found on the Display tab of the
Remote Desktop Connection Logon Interface, after clicking the
Options button.

And make certain that the default option to cache bitmaps is
still enabled. Bitmap caching stores frequently-used bitmaps
(for example, the bitmap that is used to display the Start
button) in a file on the client computer. This option can be
found on the Experience tab of the Remote Desktop Connection
Logon Interface, after clicking the Options button.

AFAIK the requirement (as outlined in the following documentation
for Win2000 and Win2003Server) to have 10 megabytes (MB) of free
hard-disk space for bitmap caching still stands for Windows XP
(even though I am unable to find documentation of the fact).

KB321706 - HOW TO: Use the Terminal Services Client Registry
Editor to Modify Client Registry Settings in Windows 2000
Terminal Services
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;321706

Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition | Software Deployment |
Terminal Services | Terminal Server | Concepts | Terminal
Services Client Overview: Bitmap caching
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/enterprise/proddocs/en-us/ts_cli_c_bitmapcache.asp

And the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Article says to
disable Shell enhancements such as Bitmap caching if you do not
have sufficient bandwidth.

KB294745 - The Performance of the Remote Desktop Connection or
the Terminal Services Client Is Affected by Animation
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;294745

You may also want to post in the following Microsoft Newsgroup:
microsoft.public.windowsxp.work_remotely

If you read the newsgroups using the Microsoft Communities Web
Page, here is a link:
http://communities2.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?query=microsoft.public.windowsxp.work _remotely

If you read newsgroups using a NNTP newsreader, such as Outlook
Express, and use the msnews.microsoft.com news server:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.work_remotely

[Darth 2000]

Thanks for the info, but this hasn't fixed the prob.
I noticed that this problem started after I used tweakui to change the
shortcut arrow to a small arrow. though reverting this to the default did
not resolve the issue.


"Carrie Garth" > wrote in message
...
> | "Darth 2000" <hasan_at_uh_dot_com_dot_au> wrote in message
> | ...
> | My screen resolution is running at 16bit, all windows icons
> | (desktop & start menu & inside folders) display ok.
> | But, when i connect via remote desktop to this machine, all the
> | abovementioned icons change to 16 colours.
> | Thise icons are only ones built into XP. for example, my
> | computer, network places, my docs.
> | All 3rd party icone display fine using RD.
> | The RD connection properties show correct resolution (16bit),
> | so i can't find where this is going wrong. Anyone able to help?
>
> According the following Resource Kit Chapter information about:
> "Bandwidth efficiency: Remote Assistance automatically senses
> connection speed and configures settings such as color depth and
> voice data rate, depending on the available bandwidth." So if
> you are running RD using a bandwidth-constrained connection
> (such as dial-up or shared WAN links) perhaps this is the
> problem.
>
> Windows XP Professional Resource Kit Documentation
> Part VII Appendices | Appendix D Tools for Troubleshooting |
> Remote Management Tools: Remote Assistance
>
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prmb_tol_drft.asp
>
> If not, make certain you are you initiating the Remote Desktop
> Connection with a color depth set to "High Color (16 bit)" or
> higher. This option can be found on the Display tab of the
> Remote Desktop Connection Logon Interface, after clicking the
> Options button.
>
> And make certain that the default option to cache bitmaps is
> still enabled. Bitmap caching stores frequently-used bitmaps
> (for example, the bitmap that is used to display the Start
> button) in a file on the client computer. This option can be
> found on the Experience tab of the Remote Desktop Connection
> Logon Interface, after clicking the Options button.
>
> AFAIK the requirement (as outlined in the following documentation
> for Win2000 and Win2003Server) to have 10 megabytes (MB) of free
> hard-disk space for bitmap caching still stands for Windows XP
> (even though I am unable to find documentation of the fact).
>
> KB321706 - HOW TO: Use the Terminal Services Client Registry
> Editor to Modify Client Registry Settings in Windows 2000
> Terminal Services
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;321706
>
> Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition | Software Deployment |
> Terminal Services | Terminal Server | Concepts | Terminal
> Services Client Overview: Bitmap caching
>
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/enterprise/proddocs/en-us/ts_cli_c_bitmapcache.asp
>
> And the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Article says to
> disable Shell enhancements such as Bitmap caching if you do not
> have sufficient bandwidth.
>
> KB294745 - The Performance of the Remote Desktop Connection or
> the Terminal Services Client Is Affected by Animation
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;294745
>
> You may also want to post in the following Microsoft Newsgroup:
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.work_remotely
>
> If you read the newsgroups using the Microsoft Communities Web
> Page, here is a link:
>
http://communities2.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?query=microsoft.public.windowsxp.work _remotely
>
> If you read newsgroups using a NNTP newsreader, such as Outlook
> Express, and use the msnews.microsoft.com news server:
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.work_remotely
>
>
>

[Carrie Garth]

||| "Darth 2000" <hasan_at_uh_dot_com_dot_au> wrote in message
|||
||| Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 1:14 AM
||| My screen resolution is running at 16bit, all windows icons
||| (desktop & start menu & inside folders) display ok.
||| But, when i connect via remote desktop to this machine, all
||| the abovementioned icons change to 16 colours. Thise icons
||| are only ones built into XP. for example, my computer,
||| network places, my docs. All 3rd party icone display fine
||| using RD. The RD connection properties show correct
||| resolution (16bit), so i can't find where this is going
||| wrong. Anyone able to help?

|| "Carrie Garth" > wrote in message
||
|| Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 5:00 AM
|| <SNIPPED>

| "Darth 2000" <hasan_at_uh_dot_com_dot_au> wrote in message
|
| Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 12:06 AM
| Thanks for the info, but this hasn't fixed the prob. I noticed
| that this problem started after I used tweakui to change the
| shortcut arrow to a small arrow. though reverting this to the
| default did not resolve the issue.

HmmmTweakUI.... Not a utility I use but I downloaded it,
installed it on the machine I use for testing purposes, fired up
Regmon (a utility used to capture registry changes), Applied the
TweakUI "Shortcut overlay: Light arrow" tweak and boy did Regmon
capture a lot of changes!

Anyway, Googling reveals that you may be able to solve this
problem by using the Registry Editor (regedit.exe) to editing the
following registry value. The value is changed by TweakUI when
you Apply the Shortcut overlay: Light arrow" tweak. However,
when you "revert" the tweak by choosing "Shortcut overlay: Arrow"
TweakUI fails to change the value back to the previous (default)
value (of 16).

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\desktop\WindowMetrics]
"Shell Icon BPP"="16"

Note: Changing or deleting registry entries can cause you to have
to reinstall the whole operating system. Before you run the
Registry Editor I recommend that you understand how to backup,
edit and restore the registry. In particular, I suggest that
you read the KB Article section titled "Export Registry Keys" and
then, before you edit the registry, export the keys that you plan
to edit. For more information see the following Microsoft
Knowledge Base Article and/or Registry FAQ.

KB322756 - HOW TO: Back Up, Edit, and Restore the Registry in
Windows XP and Windows Server
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;322756

Windows Registry Guide - Windows Registry FAQ
http://www.winguides.com/article.php?id=1&guide=registry