Settings Header Banner Disabling

[the-j0k3r]

I literally had this work once, until Windows was patched recently the header came back again and wont be disabled hidden anymore.

Commands ran on admin powershell

.\ViveTool.exe addconfig 18299130 1
.\ViveTool.exe addconfig 31950543 1

ViveTool Query all after reboot.

> .\vivetool.exe queryconfig all
ViVeTool v0.2.1 - Vibranium feature configuration tool

[0x011738FA / 18299130]
Group: 4
EnabledState: Disabled (1)
EnabledStateOptions: 1
Variant: 0
VariantPayloadKind: 0
VariantPayload: 0

[0x016B553E / 23811390]
Group: 0
EnabledState: Enabled (2)
EnabledStateOptions: 0
Variant: 0
VariantPayloadKind: 0
VariantPayload: 0

[0x01A4258C / 27534732]
Group: 0
EnabledState: Disabled (1)
EnabledStateOptions: 0
Variant: 0
VariantPayloadKind: 0
VariantPayload: 0

[0x01E786CF / 31950543]
Group: 4
EnabledState: Disabled (1)
EnabledStateOptions: 1
Variant: 0
VariantPayloadKind: 0
VariantPayload: 0

Its shows 18299130 and 31950543 as disabled but the header is still visible

[the-j0k3r]

Ah should have read #21

Microsoft, Oh Microsoft.

[the-j0k3r]

Worth noting that under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FeatureManagement\Overrides\4

neither of the configs added as above are listed.

[alwaysaheadofMS]

It just happened on my main computer. I uninstalled the optional update KB5011543 and the ads on the settings banner is gone again. It's an optional update so it won't automatically reinstall. I am on Win 10 Ver 21H2 build 19044.1387.

[the-j0k3r]

KB5011543 is some gimmick https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/march-22-2022-kb5011543-os-builds-19042-1620-19043-1620-and-19044-1620-preview-4fe2d1c0-720f-47fe-9523-75339bc107a1

Search Highlights. Seriously?

In any case I dont have that update installed.

as above Im on 20H2 19042.1586

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/march-8-2022-kb5011487-os-builds-19042-1586-19043-1586-and-19044-1586-8297eadb-3b8b-4ca5-9083-ca41a91c1c56

Which is before that update, but good to know I will not install that crap either.

[thebookisclosed]

Worth noting that under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FeatureManagement\Overrides\4

neither of the configs added as above are listed.

Features stored in registry have IDs deliberately obfuscated, thank Microsoft. You can see the algorithm in ViVe's source.

[the-j0k3r]

Obfuscated is one thing, not showing up at all... didnt know they could do that.... see my screenshot above.

[thebookisclosed]

Obfuscated is one thing, not showing up at all... didnt know they could do that.... see my screenshot above.

There are 4 overrides visible in your queryconfig all output. There are 4 overrides in the registry screenshot. I don't see anything missing. The IDs are obfuscated using this algorithm: https://github.com/thebookisclosed/ViVe/blob/master/ViVe/RtlDataHelpers.cs#L92

[the-j0k3r]

Yea the numbers dont match with vivetools output at all comparing to screenshot.