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spitf1r3

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  1. I need to restrict access to wireless access points so that users shouldn't be able to connect to wireless ad-hoc network.

    I also want to disable auto-connecting to unknown, unsecured networks.

    I figured out , that in "properties" of my wireless card, after clicking "Advanced" in "Wireless networks" tab, I can disable these options, but I need a way to do this automatically via registry/group policy editor. How can I do this?

  2. And a fast way because after SP2 there are like 90 updates for windows.... no way download all updates one-by-one.

    Well,, it took me less than an hour to download all 90+ hotfixes and that’s on a slow DSL connection. There are several hotfix lists that help greatly with the download process by providing direct links to the MS KB entries – you are just two/three clicks away from starting each download. Many of the hotfixes are so small their downloads are completed almost instantly. Try:

    http://users.telenet.be/tc76/winup/_winxpsp2.html

    http://www.msfn.org/board/Windows-XP-all-t74840.html

    and last choice

    http://www.ryanvm.net/msfn/updatepack.html

    The upside for going to all the trouble of downloading the hotfixes is that you are no longer dependent on “updatepacks” that seem to keep dragging on and on (any bets that 2.2.1 won’t be out of beta before the official SP3 is released?).

    As far as the .exe files that remain in windows/software distribution/downloads maybe they are the same as the kb files and in that case could be integrated using HFSLIP (don't know about nLite - I only use nLite to do driver intergeneration and to slim down the iso).

    Phred

    Get Windows Upate Downloader It's automatic, ant you won't need to download one-by-one.

  3. I've been reading about that a while ago, on a blog from someone from M$ and he wrote Server 2008 is able to run (as far as I remember) on a computer with 58 Megs, but Vista would need few megabytes more than 2008, he wrote.

    BUT he also said, that both Vista and 2008's installer need much more memory.

    ------EDIT-----

    As far as i recall, the installer needs about 370 MB, though it complains, it needs 512 (it won't complain until you have less than 370).

    But how much it really needs I don't know xD

  4. 1. WMA isn't much better than mp3.

    2. Most portable music players don't support WMA PRO (especially, when they've bit resolution bigger than 16 bit, and sampling frequency bigger than 48000hz)

    3. You won't gain any quality, by converting to 24bit from CD (which is 16bit)

    4. Same thing about sampling frequency (CD is 44000hz), converting to more than this won't help too

    So...remember Bigger doesn't mean better.

    MP3 is not that bad, especially, when you use good MP3 encoder (I recommend LAME), use Variable BitRate, and use good quality presets.

    In WMA you don't have to choose between quality and speed, in MP3 encoders you have choice between speed and quality, so it depends more on switches you use than on bitrate...

    I can make an MP3 with average bitrate about 160 which sounds better than 224 kbps MP3.

    But if you really want to use WMA, the best choice would be 2-pass encoding.

    Some commercial software (like DBpowerAmp) can do this.

    However, if ultimate quality and not size is the objective, then ripping cd's to wav is the best option.

    If you want real high quality choose a lossless format like WavPack, or there is one real good lossy format called Musepack.

    BTW guys, I thing, the best choice to talk and READ about that would be HydrogenAudio forum...

  5. He's not prompted to install those CABs; they're installed automatically without user interaction and then rechecked every time you visit WU/MU. I guess he's just paranoid about having all the ActiveX controls he needs already slipstreamed. :lol: No need for that though if it's installed automatically.

    After slipstreaming newest cabs MU still prompted me to install something...think I try once more.

    And BTW, I AM a little bit paranoid about updates;D

    I reinstall my XP quite often, and I want to have everything installed;)

  6. whenever I logon, I get a message similar to "4 files were reloaded and will take effect on the next restart". Two questions here: first, why am I getting this message, and second, which 4 files have been changed? Is there a log I can check somewhere?

    It happens, because system reloads the original files, with non-XPized resources, and XPize updates it with it's resources.

    Lastly, I have installed XPize on my user account. When my wife logs in, nothing has changed? How can the effect take place especially when she doesn't have administrative privileges?

    I don't understand the question...

    Do you mean that tresources are replaced, or the message isn't appearing?

  7. Some of those applications require Windows XP + .Net Framework 2.0 or later so I don't think that it is very smart to include them...

    I mean, it'd be great to include them, but they should be disabled by default;)

    BTW Vistapack already contain some 3rd party software, so why not include this...?

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