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I'd never take Linux disks like this. A good linux hacker could easily pre-install a rootkit on the distribution.

I just put together a new Athlon system as follows and was experiencing extreme lag in games also: ASUS A8N-SLI AMD Athlon X2 3800+ nVidia GeForce 7800GT I had the same lag problem with both the 32 and the 64 bit versions of XP. To make a very long story short, turns out the problem was the dual CPU cores. Counter-Strike(all versions) and many other games just couldn't handle the 2 CPU's and would freak out. To solve the problem I have to set the game to run on a Single CPU! I start the game, then I immediately alt-tab back to my desktop (so the game is still running in the background). Then I start task manager look in the processes tab for the games running process. I right-click the process and select Set Affinity. I then un-check one of the CPU's and then close task manager. After setting the game to only one CPU, I alt-tab back into the game and everything is great. The only problem is that I have to do this every single time I start the online game. It's a pain in the a**... but it solves the problem.

DNS suffix is not the name of a server, it's... well... the suffix. For example, if you ping your machine with the following command: ping mypc.mycompany.com Your machine name is "mypc", your DNS suffix is mycompany.com

You got the username and password backwards. /user:username password If your password has any spaces or percent signs or other special characters, you cant put it in the command line - it confuses the command line parser. Make a command script like this: rem Make sure P Drive does not exist net use P: /D rem Delete any secure channel connections net use \\Desktop1\IPC$ /D rem Map the drive net use P: \\Desktop1\MyShare /user:MyUser MyPassword

try /passive instead of /quiet. Then you may not want the counter.

http://www.msfn.org/win2k3/uxtheme.htm

I had this problem too. I couldn't find a way around it either. In the end I had to make the passwords simpler.

I guess the fat lady sings.

It's Talk Like A Pirate Day damnit. Not talk like a script kiddie day!

SET SUBDIR=%~dp0 ECHO %SUBDIR%

Forget it cyber, he just isnt smart enough. He's definitely not as smart as you. And you're just barely smart enough to understand what you know.

What does GreenMachine do while he's away? I'd like to think that he was busy partying on a yacht (a big boat). With a bunch of bitches (women of birthing age). But, he probably wasn't. I suspect his neglect is due to computerized gaming.

Now you die for His sins!

LOL. Maybe now she can buy some shoes.

Unless you have a Volume License Plan with Microsoft, this ain't going to happen. Not legally anyhow. So do yourself a favor. Goto the office supply store and get a box of manilla envelopes. Put one Windows and one Office CDROM and CDKey(s) into each envelope and keep it with the PC. This is by far the best way to handle licensing issues in your situation. It's a lot of work up front, but when your done, your done. The other nice thing is when someone buys something like Visio, you just throw the media and license in the envelope after your done installing.

Don't forget to encrypt your CDKey too. Here's the batch file I made to do mine. ENC_CDKEY.CMD @ECHO OFF TITLE WindowsXP SP2 WINNT.SIF CDKey Encrypt COLOR 74 MODE CON COLS=60 LINES=30 CLS ECHO [Last Edited on 03-29-2005] ECHO *** Defining Variables SET WORKDIR=%CD% SET CDKEY=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX SET DAYS=60 REM MAX DAYS = 60 - MUST HAVE NON 0 VALUE ECHO. ECHO This will refresh the encrypted CDKey on the ECHO WINNT.SIF file used in the setup of Windows. ECHO. ECHO Note: This script must be run under WinXP. ECHO (press any key to continue) PAUSE>NUL ECHO *** Reality Check if not exist "%WORKDIR%\WINNT.SIF" goto ERR1 if not exist "%WORKDIR%\CDROOT\I386\WINNT32.EXE" goto ERR2 ECHO - passed ECHO *** Clearing Log File IF EXIST "%WINDIR%\WINNT32.LOG" DEL "%WINDIR%\WINNT32.LOG" ECHO *** Updating ProductKey entry in ECHO %WORKDIR%\WINNT.SIF with Volume License Key ECHO The encrypted key will be valid for *%DAYS%* days. "%WORKDIR%\CDROOT\I386\WINNT32.EXE" /ENCRYPT:"%CDKEY%:%DAYS%" /UNATTEND:"%WORKDIR%\WINNT.SIF" ECHO. ECHO *** Complete! ECHO The results of this operation shown below: TYPE "%WINDIR%\WINNT32.LOG" PAUSE goto END :ERR1 ECHO !!! ERROR !!! ECHO %WORKDIR%\WINNT.SIF was not found. ECHO Please make sure this file is in the same ECHO directory as this script before executing. PAUSE goto END :ERR2 ECHO !!! ERROR !!! ECHO %WORKDIR%\CDROOT\I386\WINNT32.EXE was not found. ECHO Please check your directory structure. PAUSE goto END :END ECHO *** End of script

You're supposed to run setup /a BEFORE you slipstream the hotfixes. Hotfixes will only slipstream into "Administrative Installation Points".

The MX1000 is crap for gaming. Absolute crap. I threw mine away in disgust. Now my MX518 mouse (which I love) has a bad cord. Before you fanboys start lying to everyone, here's proof that the MX1000 is crap. Look how it handles tracking compared to the older MX700 mouse. MX700 Mouse MX1000 Mouse

On another note, Thanks MioKawaii for the inf files. They really are very clean. I will try the one for Winimage... after I edit out the ProToolz crap from the Start Menu/Programs directory: [AddLink] setup.ini, progman.groups,, ""group1="%16395%\Programs\ProToolz\""" (shivers) Oh and you definitely want to associate Winimage with ISO files too. It comes in very handy.

Arrrgh!!! This thread gives me a headache! Also, then I try to copy and paste from those CODEBOX windows into Notepad, I loose all the carrage returns.

I miss Gosh. He/she was one of the most advanced Windows experts I'd ever seen. A really amazing pool of knowledge. He/she knew his/her s***. Come back to us Gosh!!!! We don't care what gender you are!!!

The first thing you do after you install Windows... Install the Intel INF Driver Then reboot and install the other hardware, but the INF is first. It's best to "slipstream" in the INF driver into a UACD first.

Arrrgh! Why does Nero keep dumbing down their interfaces! It seems like every version is getting more and more "pretty" while making thing like specifing the boot cdrom image file harder to figure out. I hope to hell they made a way to specify the CDROM creation defaults, like "No Multisession" and "Joliet". Nero needs to realize, they didn't get popular because they were pretty.

Nice Gurgelmeyer... Hurry up with this You're going to save me like 5 years of work. Can you save me reading 50 pages of posts and just give me a quick run-down on how USP5 is supposed to be "integrated" into my Win2K Source? Am I supposed to just copy and overwrite?

Your screwed. Well... maybe not. If you have physical access to the server you can try accessing the share directory via the system account. Use the "at" command to schedule a command prompt (cmd.exe) to run interactivly. When the scheduled event pops up the command prompt window, see if you can access the forbidden directories.