2 questions (SysRestore, KB scrolling)

A couple of questions:

1) I do a lot of DLing, file re-arranging, installations, tweaking, reg hacking, etc., & manually set a lot of "Restore Points ". My problem is that the points which are set automatically every day or 2 if I don't set 1 myself are nothing but annoying clutter & a waste of space. Is there any way to turn off these auto-creations while keeping SysRestore otherwise fully functional??

2) My mouse scroll wheel function occasionally goes glitchy & I prefer to use the keyboard's scroll keys when it does. My problem is that I want it to scroll single lines, but it's currently scrolling ~6. Any way to change this??

 

Interesting SR question and while I don't have a pat answer, based on This article, it looks like you could lengthen RPGlobalInterval so you'd at least only get the automatic (daily) restore point at more widely spaced intervals than every 24 hours. More information Here but neither article sets the maximum allowed value for the registry key so if you can't dig out that data, you'll have to play around some.

You might also want to take a look Here for details on how to supress/control the auto-creation of a RP when ever you use an unsigned driver.

Kbd 'scroll keys' - if you mean the usual arrow keys, I wasn't aware they ever did more than a line at a time. Does changing the scroll values for the mouse have any effect?

 

Thanx, Newt:

I love playing in the registry & modifying "RPGlobalInterval" looks like an ideal solution (lots of new tweaks to look over too - cool!). The 2nd link was also informative, as it further revealed the depths of my computer ignorance - it left me absolutely clueless!

Re: the scroll/arrow keys - I've tried that to no effect. (& I think you're right about scrolling 1 line @ a time - as far as I can recall, my machine used to do that. Sure wish it still did!)

 

How can I change the mouse's wheel scroll rate? Perhaps a peek into your registry needs to be done. (Vendor specific settings may also be in the registry somewhere but this would be "Mouse Brand Specific ")

By default, wheel mice move up or down three lines for each notch you roll on the mouse wheel. While you can adjust this setting within the software that came with your mouse, you'll typically be able to choose between the following settings: 3 Lines, 6 Lines, Screen, and None.

If you have one of the larger monitors and are using a high resolution setting, you'll probably find that you'll want to use a setting other than these. You can fine-tune how far your mouse scrolls with each one-notch rotation by editing the following Registry value:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WheelScrollLines
(mine is set currently to a value of 3)

You can set the WheelScrollLines to a value from 0 to 4294967294. A value of 0 disables scrolling altogether, and 4294967294 configures your mouse to scroll one page with each one-notch rotation.

NOTE: Some commercial mouse vendors provide their own set of mouse-tweaking programs. See if your mouse maker has such features. Also some problems are vendor specific. Your mouse may have a known problem in this area which requires a studyup specific to your brand.

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If I push the scroll button on my mouse (push down or click it once), I get a click lock scroll symbol. This allows me to auto smooth scroll. I can control the speed by using the keypad arrow keys. The more I press the down arrow key the faster the scroll. To reverse or stop I can press the up arrow key an equal number.

Alternative: the speed of scrolling is controlled by my mouse. Once I click on the scroll key, speed is controlled by moving my mouse either up or down. Side scroll is used in similar manner.

The above amounts pretty to the same effect of when you leftclick grab and hold the scroll icon portion of your scrollbar on the right right. Then manually drag that scrollbar. You have full control of lines and speed. (Or just using the keyboard arrowkeys).

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I just keep digging a deeper hole for myself.. . When I first resonded to this I got "sucked in" or "focused on" the "line scroll amount ". I totally blanked on the part where you mentioned you where looking for a keyboard control tweak for those times when your mouse was fussy. Please feel free to disreguard most of my imput as you will proably find it useless for your purposes. I am, however, leaving it here in tact as others may find it useful in someway. Now I think I'll go back to bed as obviously I need a couple more hours of sleep to remove a few more of those braincell cobwebs....

 

Hello -User-,

Disabling the Task Schedular service will disable auto RP's altogether.

Along with XP's auto defrag.

Regards - Charles

 

Thanx for the further responses but, altho it was informative & it was an interesting key, the scrolling info's really not applicable to the question (I sure know what you mean about those "braincell cobwebs ", tho - I'm heavily afflicted with them right now myself) & my SysRestore question has been totally answered. Modifying the "RPGlobalInterval" really is my ideal solution. I generally don't mind the InstallationPoints, & an AutoPoint once in a while is probably a good thing - enough little things can add up. I've tried disabling TaskScheduler before but didn't like the overall results. And the tweak is already working. Thanx anyway.
-(Still hoping for an answer to the scrolling problem)-

 

Fixed my mouse scrolling problem by removing "Indexing Service" in "Add or Remove Programs ". Guess it really is a major resource hog even tho I had it set on manual & never caught it running! Still could use some help w/the keyboard scroll thing but it's no longer that important (& SysRestore's working great). Thanx again for the input.

 

LOL, -User-, I just tried my arrow/scroll keys on this topic and dang me if it didn't move a few lines every key press. Go figure. But it appears to be the same number as the mouse wheel does and when I open a post or a document, the arrow key only does a line at a time as I had expected.

Since the two seem sorta/kinda/sometimes tied together, you might want to try new mouse drivers. You could have some sort of a system glitch.

From a start=>run line

Code:

sfc /scannow

might also be worth a try. It has been known to fix a variety of strange happenings.

Good on ya for turning off that indexing abomination. That is one 'feature' that Microsoft never has seemed to get right. It was bad when it could only be used as part of Microsoft Office (FINDFAST) and has not seemed to improve by being added to the basic OS. Much pain for little-to-no apparent gain.