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blackviper is pretty much recognized as the go to guy for services. Cheers and Regards

This also assumes that your nLited disc is capable of doing a repair install. Often after modification the disc can only be used for a clean install, not a repair install. Cheers and Regards

No, we get it, but you don't seem to. It used to be that CPU progress was measured by steadily increasing speeds, coupled with increases in width (8bit -> 16 -> 32 ->64), enhanced instructions to do more per instruction, etc. Software was ALL, or at least mostly, written as single-tasked so everyone benefited from these improvements and there was both market and demand for these more and more powerful chips therefore profits for the manufacturers. But then physical limitations became a problem. The combined factors of die size and complexity, feature size, and power requirements, along with the resulting heat and reliability issues, put a practical limit on how fast a chip could go and be priced so that people would buy it. As technology advanced to make feature size small enough they found that they could put more and more on the chip doing things in parallel at slower speeds and get more total work out of the chip at a given speed, power, heat, and cost than they could trying to do things faster and faster serially. But the software has to be rewritten to be able to take advantage of it. Sorry. EVERYBODY has had to adapt to that reality, from the home user to the scientific users of supercomputers. Parallel operations are currently the only practical way to get increased performance. From your first post in this thread you seem to understand these physical realities, so I assume this thread is really just a place for you to vent your frustrations at being constrained to using software from a supplier that is either not willing or not able to rewrite their product to take advantage of modern tools. This was a place to post your wishes, though wanting faster AND cooler flies in the face of possibilities as well. You've heard an expression similar to this before I'm sure: Faster, Smaller, Cooler, Cheaper, Less Power - Pick ONE. Market realities limit your options, no matter how legitimate your needs. And of course it makes no sense at all to complain here on this forum that you can't find what you need/want when it doesn't exist and currently can't exist. The only option you really have to go faster with your single-tasked software is super cooling and over clocking. You could probably double your speed by cooling with liquid helium, but this isn't the place to give you much advice about that either. So all we can really say is: "We understand your problem. We're sorry we can't help you. Have a great day!" Cheers and Regards

http://www.onebitzero.com/enable-or-disable-metro-ui-in-windows-8-using-desktop-context-menu-how-to/ Cheers and Regards

Which has been replaced by this - http://siginetsoftware.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?20-Office-Integrator Cheers and Regards

Many Thanks! Cheers and Regards

Thanks for this. I went to your forum to get the DL link for the companion Drivers Installer Assistant and the links did not work for me. Could you reup to MediaFire? Cheers and Regards

I think he meant: 1) system without rloew modified files 2) system with rloew modified files So the rest of his post is pretty much asking for clarification of terms and measurements using a system that does not have rloew modified files in it, if I understood him correctly. Cheers and Regards

You could of just left it in the new thread and responded: "Yes" The information in your response would have been at the same level of information in the question. @DosCode, I still would be interested in seeing your COMPLETE solution, since you say you have one, including reading the link you provided, downloading the pages, finding the pdf file names and links, downloading the pdf files if you hadn't already in an earlier step, then moving and renaming the pdf files as you wished and getting rid of any extra stuff downloaded that you no longer needed. I'm always interested in learning new CMD script tricks and I've learned they can come from unlikely sources. So, will you share? As to your "get text from pdf document using script?" question, you will obviously need to be a lot more descriptive. As I tried to explain earlier, there is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to learn how to do a task using CMD script if that is what you really want to do. And we are happy to explain how to do specific tasks. But if you will lay out your complete task you are trying to accomplish we can help guide you in how to break up the task into manageable pieces. If you don't want an alternate solution, fine. Just ignore any that are offered, AFTER politely thanking the provider EACH TIME, not just expecting one single "thanks to all posters" to cover things. If you only want conformation that you are on the right track as to the way you have broken the task down, then we will try to refrain from giving you the complete solution at once and only answer the specific questions you ask and only give you examples and not working code so that you can learn on your own, as you seem to want to do. The problem is that when jaclaz tried to do that very thing, you complained that his code didn't work when you clicked on it. And when others offered solutions they were either ignored, brushed off because they weren't using CMD script, or complained to because they didn't give the output you wanted (even though you didn't explain what that was ahead of time). Most people who come here looking for help want to accomplish a given task. Some want a complete turnkey solution so that they don't have to do the work themselves, and some of those don't care how it works, just that it works. And that is sad. Hopefully they at least say thanks, and most do. Apparently you are more interested in learning how rather than the speed of getting to the solution, and that is admirable. But if that is the case, you will need to: Layout the complete task Provide the type of input data you will be dealing with Describe the output you wish - exactly - and sometimes even say why Describe the steps you want to learn how to do in order to get from input to output Then for each step you want to learn how to do, provide the code you have attempted to write and we will try to help you with it. But if we tell you that you could get from input to output using different steps than what you have chosen, please at least listen to us. We'll try not to suggest (too often) using a different scripting language, but we might know a better path to take to get from A to B. Anyone who has ever been a true student knows that that if they really want to learn they will have to listen, and yes question what they are told, and do a whole lot more work than the teacher. I ask you - if you "have many bad habits and in my country we say "You cannot learn an old dog dancing!"." - then why did you come here if not to learn something? I'm afraid that most of us have our own habits including how we want to teach someone how to do something. If our methods and yours don't get along for any reason, then you are encouraged to go elsewhere and find someone who can better meet your needs. We won't try to change you if you don't try and change us. Cheers and Regards

Could this be at all OS related? I tried GSM's first script exactly. I also got only "mytest1=" sent to mytest.txt, but I got echoed to the screen. Then, on a hunch, I changed the "x=x" to "x+x", ie I changed the equals sign to a plus sign, and reran the script. I didn't get anything echoed to the screen and in mytest.txt I now had: So it's not just the number. The character before the number effects things as well. If it was just the =0 that acted "funny" I was going to suggest it was interpreting it as octal somehow, but now I'm confused again. No matter how long CMD script has been around I'm still learning quirks that is has. Cheers and Regards

From what I remember about the differences between vbscript and Javascript I think the solutions would be very similar, correct? So how about it CoffeFiend? You want to show a complete PowerShell solution? And jaclaz, would you mind showing a complete CMD script solution for comparison? Cheers and Regards

This seems to be the issue he was having. Cheers and Regards

So if the "problem" is exactly the same on both XP and Win7, then is it really a problem, or is it just the way it works? And why is it a problem that the new settings don't go into effect until after a reboot? This wouldn't be the only setting for which that is true. Cheers and Regards

If the junction is acting correctly, it's not a mirror, it's two different paths to the exact same place. There is only one set of data. I wonder what the OP thought he would see? "Normal" Windows Explorer type apps can't even tell that it is a junction, which is why they work and why the resulting drive space measurements will be off. To make sure it's working as it should requires a program that can tell the difference between a junction, or reparse point, and the real directory. You can try using the "Junction" sysinternals tool - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768. You can find other appropriate tools using Google. Cheers and Regards

I would be interested in seeing a complete solution in PowerShell and one in CMD script, the OP's original effort, with or without using external apps such as wget - Start with nothing downloaded, you have the link as provided earlier - http://www.slv.dk/Dokumenter/dsweb/View/Collection-357 - and you end up with the PDF files stored locally and named correctly. That is the overall goal, isn't it? I think it would be very interesting and instructive to be able to compare the various solutions to the vbscript solution already provided. I don't know anything about PowerShell, so that would be a real learning experience for me. It would help me figure out which part does what. For that matter, if anyone wants to volunteer a solution in any other programming language, even better. That would definitely fit in with the theme of this section of the board. Cheers and Regards

I can't confirm it, but why be concerned? Why are you "praying that it's just a digitally altered photo"? Especially since it's essentially just part of the label. I think it's clever, assuming it's true, that they snuck it by the QA, marketing, and legal people. Cheers and Regards

But the question remains - Why? Was my assumption correct? And since the outbound ports are assigned dynamically, it doesn't seem you are going to be successful. Do you have a backup plan? Cheers and Regards

Yzöwl might not have tested the VB script, but I did of course, once, and my access has not been blocked. So there was no consequences to my "fault". Sorry to disappoint you. Don't worry, I'm not going to download more from the site, there is no need. And it is wrong to overload anyone's server for any reason. You also downloaded the PDF files from the site at least once, with wget I believe you said, otherwise you wouldn't be needing to rename them. It is too bad you didn't test CoffeeFiend's script, you would have a backup plan and you might have learned something. I look forward to seeing your completed, working script. I will be happy to learn any new tricks you're willing to share, in any programming language. I'm just sorry you don't seem to have the same attitude. Cheers and Regards

Thank you. Cheers and Regards

So now we just need to hear from the OP and find out exactly what his concerns really were and why. Cheers and Regards

DosCode - No offense was meant, and I'm a CMD script fan. I've written CMD scripts that are almost 3000 lines long. There are definitely cases, IMO, where CMD script is faster and more flexible than other options. There's a reason that it has existed since before Windows up to the present day. It can be very powerful. I encourage you to pursue learning how to accomplish what you want using CMD script. But I would also STRONGLY suggest you at least try CoffeeFiend's script at least once, using the instructions I listed in my last post. CoffeeFiend accomplished in that one post everything you have asked for in every post you have made here since you became a member. Everything. CoffeeFiend and I don't need to continue on. That is all you need. If nothing else you can have it as a backup approach. The post is appropriate to leave in this thread. This section deals with all types of scripting, not just CMD script, and that script deals directly with what you wanted to accomplish as an end goal. Others who read this thread might be interested in alternative approaches, as I was. You don't have to listen to our advice. But the threads here are for the benefit of all readers, not just you. Our two posts do not distract from your overall goal as much as your posts which have been scattered over multiple threads and have yet to come up with a working solution. You have been asking about bits and pieces for a week now, and we didn't even know what your overall goal was until 18 hours ago. Now that jaclaz, our CMD script wizard, has stepped in, I'm sure he can help you come up with a script that can meet your needs, and I wish you well. But that does not make alternatives less valid. Cheers and Regards

CoffeeFiend - That is Marvelous! It certainly does get the job done! I copied your script above and saved it as "GetPdf.vbs". I put the file in an otherwise empty folder named "Temp", I opened a command box in that folder and ran the file with the command: cscript getpdf.vbs and waited. The file ran silently. When the command completed and I got a command prompt back, I refreshed the contents of "Temp" in Windows Explorer and all the pdf files that the OP was looking for were in the folder and named correctly! The files opened correctly in Foxit Reader, my pdf reader of choice. Absolutely no problems at all. No extra files, nothing to rename, no extra external apps were required that weren't already part of Windows 7, all looked great! Now that I know it WORKS, I've just got to do some reading so I can understand WHY it works and HOW I need to modify it to meet future needs. I hate to ask for more after you've put this together, but to save time blindly using Google, would you mind pointing me to a few links where I can read about the key parts of your script? Maybe The Scripting Guys address something similar? Many Thanks! Cheers and Regards

Yep, the first post as it is currently revised will not work. Need to change && to || - again. LOL Cheers and Regards

Thank you for the explanation. I assumed since he was talking about blocking outgoing ftp, if I understood him correctly, that he was concerned for some reason that a nefarious rogue program could get on his system and "call home" or something via ftp, hence the attempts to block the appropriate ports. But I could have totally misunderstood his concerns. Cheers and Regards

CoffeeFiend, even if the OP wants to do it his way - which is perfectly fine, I would love to see an example as you have described. I can think of other possible situations where knowing how to do this would be handy. I know CMD and wget, can make do with vbscript or jscript, and can muddle through Regular Expressions. But I'm not familiar with ServerXMLHTTP and I'm always willing to learn new things. I personally learn best with a couple of examples I can edit and model, along with links to reference documents where I can look things up. If you don't want to post an example here, since the OP has no interest in it, would you mind sending it to me via PM? I'd be much obliged. If you do decide to post it here, who knows? Maybe the OP will see the error of his ways and see that it's not as difficult as he imagines. Cheers and Regards