Finding EPM-Relevant Windows End-User Registry Keys

This is a follow-up to my previous post, Desktop Registry File

9 times out of 10, whenever we implement a new on-premises Oracle EPM / Hyperion system, we receive complaints about intermittent browser or SmartView lock-ups.  This can happen when we're hitting Oracle's EPM Cloud instances, too.

Any EPM consultant worth their salt knows the root cause: missing or incorrect Windows Registry keys on the end-user's workstation.

I always find it tedious having to crawl through the regedit tool to find the various keys to see how they're set.  How about a simple script that does the checking for you?

@echo off
REM EPMClientRegCheck.bat
REM
REM This simply script displays the values of the Windows Registry key entries
REM relevant to browser and SmartView timeouts, and SmartView flickering.
REM
REM  Written 07/12/2017 by Dave Shay (Datavail)
REM Modified MM/DD/YYYY by Your Name - Briefly list changes

echo ------------------------
echo KeepAliveTimeout should be set to dword:2bf20
echo Here is the current value:
reg query "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings" /v KeepAliveTimeout

echo ------------------------
echo ServerInfoTimeout should be set to dword:2bf20
echo Here is the current value:
reg query "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings" /v ServerInfoTimeout

echo ------------------------
echo ReceiveTimeout should be set to dword:75300
echo Here is the current value:
reg query "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings" /v ReceiveTimeout

echo ------------------------
echo DisableWindowTransitionsOnAddinTaskPanes should be set to dword:1
echo Here is the current value:
reg query HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common\Toolbars /v DisableWindowTransitionsOnAddinTaskPanes

echo ------------------------
echo DisableAnimations should be set to dword:1
echo Here is the current value:
reg query HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common\Graphics /v DisableAnimations

echo All done checking!
pause

Double-click the .bat file and you'll see something like this:

------------------------
KeepAliveTimeout should be set to dword:2bf20
Here is the current value:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
    KeepAliveTimeout    REG_DWORD    0x2bf20

------------------------
ServerInfoTimeout should be set to dword:2bf20
Here is the current value:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
    ServerInfoTimeout    REG_DWORD    0x2bf20

------------------------
ReceiveTimeout should be set to dword:75300
Here is the current value:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
    ReceiveTimeout    REG_DWORD    0x75300

------------------------
DisableWindowTransitionsOnAddinTaskPanes should be set to dword:1
Here is the current value:


ERROR: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value.
------------------------
DisableAnimations should be set to dword:1
Here is the current value:
ERROR: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value.
All done checking!
Press any key to continue . . .

Here we see two ERROR messages advising us of missing keys. (These keys in particular are the ones that prevent SmartView graphic flickering issues in Office 2013)

Easy and simple.  I like that!