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Why does the firewall b***h now then and didnt it do so before with version 1 and sp1? The firewall has always been present in Windows XP... even in the Home edition... It's automatically turned on now.

Here's one more: CD-Burning: CDBurnerXP Pro (free)

Is it possible to slipstream HighMAT?

So far, nLite seems to be the best solution to reduce Win XP setup.(On this forum anyways )

Any more "portable" way? (2 systems, 1 cd, more than about 8 configurations or so, sort of time dependent)

Did you apply any startup tweaks that SP2 may overide?

perhaps some sort of "tweak" that went wrong?

is there a more "pemanent" solution for cd's and stuff or will that setting be "lasting"?

Can you intergrate this using the new driver integrate thing in nLite?

Found a good compiled XVid player. Also supports other formats: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/XVid.htm BTW, free-codecs.com is a good codec source (obviously)

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@alanoll: further digging proved that xvid seems to be able to handle divx stuff

1) hack file 2) apply reg patch. If it was the cd, the oem folder is the best place IMO. sorry for long delay and bad grammar in this post resulting from a need to hurry.

Uh oh, just went on a vacation and a band from a nearby town was blasting at full volume.

Advanced Micro Devices' top-end desktop processors are faster than Intel's for most applications, according to benchmarks from ZDNet Germany's labs. In a test, Intel's Pentium 4 560 running at 3.6GHz and the 3.4GHz Pentium 4 550 failed to outperform alternatives from AMD. The Pentiums, both with the new Prescott core and 1MB of onboard Level 2 cache, were pitted against the Athlon 64 3800+ running at 2.4GHz and the 2.2GHz 3500+. The benchmarks indicated that the Athlon 64 has an advantage in office and Internet applications, and with 3D games, said Kai Schmerer, the senior editor who conducted the tests for ZDNet Germany, which is part of CNET Networks. But AMD's processors did not come out on top in all tests. "The Pentium 4 scored with optimized software--particularly 3D and video rendering," Schmerer said. "The multitasking tests also show an advantage for Intel's Pentium 4." In Winstone benchmark tests, which measure performance in business and content creation tasks such as converting video files or delivering a PowerPoint presentation, the AMD chips were 10 percent to 16 percent faster than the Intel ones. But with multitasking switched on to take advantage of Intel's hyperthreading technology, the Intel chips took up the lead by 9 percent. Read the full benchmark review here. Overall, the test results tended to favor AMD's chips for mainstream applications. That's a potential challenge for Intel, given that the AMD parts are cheaper and cooler. The 3800+ chip consumes 91 watts of power at idle, rising to 172 watts under a full load. That compares with 155 watts at idle and 258 watts under a full load for the Pentium 4 560. The lower power consumption of the AMD parts arises from their lower clock frequency, as well as from AMD's use of silicon-on-insulator technology. AMD's 64-bit chips also support the NX (No Execute) feature, which safeguards them from certain virus attacks. Intel has announced that the Pentium 4 is to support the NX feature later this year. ------------- Source: http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103_2-5322290.html

a more generic one that works for both XP Home and Pro: tskill iexplore.exe

Here's mine, they're all free: Firewall: ZoneAlarm Anti-Virus: Avast! Antivirus Advanced Windows Tuning (software like tweakXP): X-Setup Pro Download Utilities: LeechGet E-Mail: Thunderbird Webdesign: Notepad Graphics Development: N/A (not yet anyways ) Hard-Drive optimization tools (defraggers for example): various stuff from sysinternals.com Windows error Checking (Like Norton Utilities): N/A Anything else that comes to mind: Browser: Avant Browser or Firefox Compression Program: ZipGenius (handles a lot of formats) File Splitting: Cutter (included with ZipGenius) FTP: SmartFTP Unattended XP Setup creation: nLite Font management: Protaxies BestFonts Hex editor: Hex Workshop Spyware & Adware: "Spybot Search & Destroy", SpywareBlaster, and "MRU Blaster" PDF Creator: CutePDF Registry Editor: RegAlyzer Office Suite: OpenOffice Game Creation: Game Maker MISC: Download Site: SnapFiles.com Software Recommendation: Fileoftheday.com (mostly shareware )

but the Mozilla package is rather large. Is there a way to get the setup.exe without downloading the whole pacakge?

change this to a yes: OemPreinstall=No

For my purposes, I only need to run FF install at the second reboot (after guirunonce). I know I need to use RunOnce, but is too lazy - you didn't hear that - to get the code myself. TIA

Actually, I believe the original code was by jrzycrim

the one you're using (k-lite) seems pretty comprehensive in terms of different codecs; I'll do a little searching tomorrow. EDIT: found this: http://www.divxity.com/ It's supposed to be a video player with DivX support built-in but can also handle other formats. EDIT2: More digging and I realized that this still needs the codec ; but this is still a good video player.

I read in the main MSFN news that M$ was still using its tiny collection of "bad" keys from SP1 to "better protect users"

No I mean the two "Windows XP Professional"s - M$ would think that 5 of these would be easy to figure out

harddrive? I think 8k or something.