[Missing widescreen resolution on WinXP]

You have to set up the ATI control center to display all resolutions (the panoramic ones too)

or try to force the resolution in display manager tab of ATI CC (the Force... button on bottom)

[Open With]

You don't have the appropriate application for that kind of file

(I.E. for .RAR files you need winrar or winzip or similar, for .XLS you need ms Excel)

It depends on the file you are trying to open.

Each file type needs a different application.

[thunderbird customizeing]

Mozilla Developer center

Direct Link to Themes Development

They refer mostly to firefox but you can easily figure out the differences between FF and TB themes (if they exists at all)

[Need suggestions for video software]

there are also other freeware tools that are quicker and smaller:

- JoinAVI

- JoinMPEG

- JoinASF

I know that you have to use different program for each movie sequence but with those utils you don't have to reencode the movie unless they use different codecs for each segment but usually if you're talking about movie sequences like movie01.avi, movieXX.avi dloaded from the same site you don't need to.

[[Question]Can i use an ASP file as a desktop background.]

Yes, Load it on a webserver and make that page your desktop.. similar to the way you set like say google.com as your desktop.. just call the url.. BUT.. it has to be on a webserver and you have to call it via a url

Well, even better, install a personal web server with ASP support and handle the ASP page in it but remember to limit the HTTP access to localhost only

[[Question] Power Option Setting]

@Zxian

I may be wrong but i read some article like this: http://www.storagereview.com/guide2000/ref...specCycles.html

I think you're talking about the Retract Cycle that raise the magnetics reader component from the disk surface to prevent scratch due to contact when the HD is powered off (the old MsDos "PARK" command)

but the number of time between failures is high enough to prevent that damage if you set the power off time reasonably (1 or 2 hours for nightly HD suspend is good enough for me).

IMHO it's more dangerous the continuous HD spin off.

[auto-copying (via batch) of rar files from dvd to hdd]

I think you should be right... the same reason DVD video .VOB files are splitted to 1 GB files ... I guess so, but not sure.

If anyone knows red/blue/white/yellow book specs could give us a better answer...

[WUD Version 2 Feature Requests]

To jcarle

Here's what's missing IMO:

• Detect the already installed updates
  
• Updates Install command: a button near the download one or via menu to provide multiple installs at a time or, at least, an option to customize filenames with items order #, upd. date and so on. It helps when you need to install updates from scratch (i.e. after a win reinstall)
  
• Option to store the descriptions of updates as filename.txt or a global descript.ion file and if possible, the packages needed by the update (and the deprecated too). KBxxxxx didn't say much
  

I also want to ask you if I can try to develop my own client (with the features above) using your ULs. Obviously I'll credit your work and link to your ULs web page.

I'll understand if you'll consider this as a theft as the idea is yours so feel free to say no

... and btw I don't know if I'll have the time to make it

BTW, great job and good idea... keep on going with it.