Can a registry value be made read only?

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John Doe

I want the mouse wheel to scroll one screen at a time, but Logitech's
SetPoint software persistently resets the registry value
"WheelScrollLines" to something other than "-1". Unfortunately, I need
Logitech software for other mouse functions. Is there some way to mark
a registry value as read only? I suppose fixing the source of the
problem would be a good idea, but that might be beyond my capabilities.
Any other ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks.
 
Apparently the registry key Desktop can be made read only to prevent
set value actions. That appears to be a half decent workaround,
depending on how often desktop registry settings need to be changed.
 
John Doe said:
I want the mouse wheel to scroll one screen at a time, but Logitech's
SetPoint software persistently resets the registry value
"WheelScrollLines" to something other than "-1". Unfortunately, I need
Logitech software for other mouse functions. Is there some way to mark
a registry value as read only? I suppose fixing the source of the
problem would be a good idea, but that might be beyond my capabilities.
Any other ideas would be appreciated.
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Download and install "Tweak UI" a Windows Power Toy for XP here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.mspx
Expand 'Mouse', select 'wheel' and choose your setting.

There is a hack for Vista here:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2114884,00.asp
 
1D10T said:
Download and install "Tweak UI" a Windows Power Toy for XP here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.
mspx
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That's not a power toy... THIS is a power toy.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx
Expand 'Mouse', select 'wheel' and choose your setting.
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I just tried it, unfortunately that is no more persistent than
Control Panel mouse settings.

Again, FWIW. Microsoft's mouse process frequently (like when a
window is activated) changes the mouse scroll setting to one page at
a time "-1" which is correct. But for some strange reason,
Logitech's Setpoint software constantly and immediately reverses
that setting every time it is changed. If you can figure out how to
setup/configure Process Monitor, you can watch that weirdness as it
happens. I see no reason for Logitech to prevent a user from
scrolling one page at a time, it must be lousy programming. Can you
say "outsourcing"? Unfortunately, I need Setpoint for volume control
(that is the main reason I spent $80 on this MX Revolution mouse)
and button settings. I will cope using previously mentioned
workaround.
 
John said:
I want the mouse wheel to scroll one screen at a time, but Logitech's
SetPoint software persistently resets the registry value
"WheelScrollLines" to something other than "-1". Unfortunately, I need
Logitech software for other mouse functions. Is there some way to mark
a registry value as read only? I suppose fixing the source of the
problem would be a good idea, but that might be beyond my
capabilities. Any other ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks.
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Your mouse software is overriding it. Set it in your mouse properties
and it'll stay.
 
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