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WwTIPPYwW

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  1. this is a relevant thread....like 10 years ago. NTFS offers much more improvements over FAT32 to make this debate nonexistant.

    You can use tools to convert to NTFS w/o formating.

    You can use tools to read NTFS partitions.

    This used to be a lot more complicated years ago.

    Before doing anything - BACKUP you vital data!

  2. NEVERMIND - I just saw that you tried this....

    try this - it has customizable variables too

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinte...s/bb897557.aspx

    BgInfo v4.14

    By Bryce Cogswell

    Published: August 8, 2008

    Introduction

    How many times have you walked up to a system in your office and needed to click through several diagnostic windows to remind yourself of important aspects of its configuration, such as its name, IP address, or operating system version If you manage multiple computers you probably need BGInfo. It automatically displays relevant information about a Windows computer on the desktop's background, such as the computer name, IP address, service pack version, and more. You can edit any field as well as the font and background colors, and can place it in your startup folder so that it runs every boot, or even configure it to display as the background for the logon screen.

    Because BGInfo simply writes a new desktop bitmap and exits you don't have to worry about it consuming system resources or interfering with other applications. BgInfo works on Windows 2000 SP4 Rollup 1 or above.

  3. I customized my install of XP, moving the documents and settings folder and the program files folder to the D drive - they never were installed/created on C.

    Despite this, I ran into a few issues along the way. Even Microsoft couldn't handle it. Microsoft Money 2007 failed to install with the drives/folders configured this way.

    My AV program (AVast) didn't seem to like it either.

    Poorly written programs/viruses look for C: - better programs look for %systemdrive% or similar variables.

    My two cents.

  4. no switches are required if you make your installer silent w/in InstallRite.

    Just call the EXE as you would normally - with no switches.

    I used it for many programs. Others might be better. Some programs are best with the built in installers.

    InstallRite merely copies all the changes made. So it takes the options you picked when you created it. So, if you want to do none default things, InstallRite will mirror them.

    Or use the wildcard options when you create your installer.

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