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Hi. I want to know how can I set an environment variable with the command line permanently and per user. After some searching, I found the "setx" command, but after a lot of experimentation, I never found something that REALLY works. Let me describe the actual reason I want to do that too - I have IIS7 running and PHP as CGI (I'm thinking of moving to FCGI, but the same problem would persist there anyway, so...) and I want to allow users to have their own php.ini. As by best security practices, PHP already runs in a different application pool with a different identity, and each user/identity already has appropriate rights on. So, in order to allow users to have their own php.ini (whatever they decice, I can still top the crutial things like rights and bandwidth from within IIS), the easiest and most reliable way (in my POV) is to modify the PHPRC environment variable to contain both their folder and the common configuration folder as a latter choise. However, I need to do this automatically upon registration (from PHP), so the best way is with this command. The command that got me close enough was setx /S MM-SERVER /U TEST /P TEST PHPRC D:\Domains\example.comD:\conf "MM-SERVER" is the computer name of my server. Localhost also works (as in "it doesn't give an error"). The credentials are all correct, and the command says it's successful. But when I open up phpinfo(), I still see the old global value of PHPRC, not the per-user one (and yes, I'm sure PHP is running as that user). Any ideas as to what may I have done wrong with the command? Any better one? Any alternative approach that can be realized within PHP? I'd really like not to use ASP(.NET). I love IIS7, but I still don't like ASP(.NET).

You've probably solved that issue already (it's been near 2 months now it seems), but have you tried K-Lite Mega Codec Pack? Also, do you have drivers for your video card? Make sure you install ALL reccomended codecs from the pack (unless you're aware of the exact codec you need).

I think your first hunch may have been right. The video card drivers use different settings for 2D and 3D graphics, so it's very likely the nVidia drivers for 2D are buggy, while your 3D ones are OK. Do you experience any lags with movies? They also use the 2D settings. I have an nVidia video card myself, only its an on board one, and I had a lot of hassles with it at first. In particular, it was never able to detect my screen's maximum resolution. I ignored the issue at the end, as I'm now controlling it remotely anyway. Whatever the case, there's only one good solution: ask nVidia for Windows 2008 drivers. Alternatively, forget about this altogether and get Vista, this time without the eye candy (this alone will cut Vista's memory and CPU footprint in half or more). After all, a server system doesn't need a great video card, and nVidia's drivers are perfected for Vista.