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I've been waiting for years for a reformed virus programmer to create an "anti-body" virus. It would propagate itself around the world, getting into all systems and killing off malicious virii - maybe evolving to counter new ones.

There is - but it's a complete pain. 1. Create an admin point and slipstream the SP. 2. Using the admin kit create an MST file for the different installs - one for word, one for outlook etc. 3. Install a CLEAN Windows XP system in VMWare or VirtualPC. 4. Transfer Your Admin Point + MSTs + OfficeShrink Program (From Buckeye - see UA Applications forum) to your Virtual Machine. 5. Now run the Office Shrink using your first MST to create your first mini-package. 6. Transfer the package to your main machine - it's ready to use - unless you want to compress it with RAR or 7Zip. 7. (This is where it gets painful). You've got to start over again at step 3 (fresh XP install to do the same again for each MST. This is important, OfficeShrink will only work on a CLEAN install. You could alleiviate the process a little by taking a Ghost image of the Virtual system after step 3 but before step 4 - this is how I did it, but it still took a full days work. The biggest drawback to doing this is that, due to the way that OfficeShrink works, your installs will only work properly on machines with exactly the same Windows installation as your Virtual setup (it works by checking your system and only including files that you don't already have).

Is there a good reason for you to use an app to apply your theme? Why not just set it in your winnt.sif file? [Shell] CustomDefaultThemeFile = "%WinDir%\Resources\Themes\MyTheme.theme"

Before you do too much work, maybe check out the 911 Rescue CD Builder 911CD It easily ties together most of the popular boot apps - You provide the apps, it's NOT warez - but is well documented and simple to do.

Sounds like either your docs or Office application/s (or both) are installed/saved on the network rather than on your laptop. Have a word with you netadmin - either your docs are being saved to a network "user area" or Office runs via Terminal Services.

@Martin Don't get me wrong, I use BartPE myself and love it! I wasn't having a down on Bart's work. I was just pointing out that we have to be very careful about the content of MSFN so as not to draw undue attention from Uncle Bill. BTW I think you will find that a significant majority of those building PE discs and discussing them in the forum are actually using/discusing BartPE discs.

It would perhaps do better as a sub-forum of the Windows PE Forum. As an aside, MS have recently been making quiet threatening comments about Bart's work (again) so I am not sure how wise it would be for MSFN to make it so "visible". From the BartPE website: In the Technet Webcast about Windows PE a Microsoft Program Manager (not calling any names) says: "BartPE is an unlicensed version of WinPE and of Windows XP. Something to we really encourage people to stay away from because it is actually an improperly licensed version of Windows".

I think that this is an excellent suggestion for all sections - not just the "member contributed". Downside is that it would need volunteers to write the stickies.

Just one or two tips for easy to use software: For filtering & effects (will also do capture) Virtual Dub - it's freeware Homepage To encode it has to be TMPEGEnc Plus - there is a usable free version Homepage To Author - set up your episodes, menus, intro, outros etc the easiest one to get good looking results is the Pegasys DVD Author reccomended by dnrc. As long as your disc is not tight on space you don't even have to mess about cutting of your intros etc - you just set the entry point for the episode after the intro. Homepage As for covers and menu pics, how about PSP? BTW - if you are designing your menu screen for TV you have to remember the "safe zone" that shows on your PC monitor but NOT on your TV - you could use this template videosafe.zip

Basically, I was wondering if I could get 2 Bluetooth headsets - the earpiece types to talk to each other but WITHOUT phones or other hardware. Why? Well I thought they might work as helmet to helmet intercoms for the motorbike. My thinking was - when a BT device is switched on it searches for another device and creates a "locked" local network connection, why should that not be another headset? So, is anyone rich enough to have 2 of these things to try?

A "Stupid Question" often brings a stupid answer but . . . Are your home/car CD's MP3 capable?

See if this helps; Run ( "autoit-v3-setup.exe" ) - Executes the given *.exe, if not in same director you need to give full path ;Welcome Screen WinWaitActive( $Title_1 , "Welcome") - Waits for screen with title "$Title_1" to get focus ($Title_1 is variable set earlier in script) Window contains "Welcome" as text Send ("{ENTER}") - sends equivalent of "enter" keypress to window ;License Screen WinWaitActive( $Title_1 , "License") - Waits for screen with title "$Title_1" to get focus ($Title_1 is variable set earlier in script) Window contains "License" as text Send ("{ENTER}") - sends equivalent of "enter" keypress to window ;Install Path WinWaitActive( $Title_1 , "Choose") - Waits for screen with title "$Title_1" to get focus ($Title_1 is variable set earlier in script) Window contains "Choose" as text Send (@homedrive & "\xp\util\AutoIt\") - sends input to window for install path. @homedrive is a Windows System Variable that refers to the drive where Windows is installed. Send ("{ENTER}") - sends equivalent of "enter" keypress to window ;Finish WinWaitActive( $Title_1 , "Completing") - Waits for screen with title "$Title_1" to get focus ($Title_1 is variable set earlier in script) Window contains "Completing" as text Send ("{SPACE}") - sends equivalent of "spacebar" keypress to window Send ("{ENTER}") - sends equivalent of "enter" keypress to window

1)Download AutoIt from HERE and install. 2)Use Editor of your choice (Notepad will do) to check out the script - you may have to customise it slightly for source directories etc. 3) Compile the script into an exe using AutoIt's compile utility - the exe is standalone, the PC running it does NOT need AutiIt. It's now ready to use.

Thanx Yzöwl, that'll be it then. BTW, is that a new section in the Guide, I've not seen it before?

Does anyone know of any restrictions or problems with large bootable ISO's? For several months now my UA's have hovered around 900-1000Mb. They work pretty seamlesy and without glitches. However, over the last few days I have been trying to add a lot more - nothing fancy, just large RAR SFX'x that push the size up to around 2Gb. Now I cannot get a working ISO. They always fail, usually just after the billboard comes up @ T39. (Nothing else has changed. XP files and directory structure are untouched from the working ISO's) BTW - Testing in VPC.

Thanx MHz, Just installed/tried on my test rig - seems like it could be v.useful.

The above will create a self-extracting RAR file (say VPC.EXE - you choose what to call it) that will silently unpack to the temp directory, and then install silently - no user interaction or dialogs at all. You don't need any switches, whatever install method you use (XPlode, RunOnceExe, Batch etc, etc) just call the *.exe. However, since VPC installs services and system level stuff I've never tried to install it before first logon, if you find that this does work ok at T12 let me know.

Terrapin FTP[url="http://www.tpin.com/"]Get It Here[/url] A friend wanted this client and I could find no other way to silence it.

I install both MS VPC 2004 and its Service pack the same way. RAR up your install files for the original app. SFX it into an exe with the following comment; ;The comment below contains SFX script commands Path=c:\VPC\ Silent=1 Overwrite=1 Setup=msiexec /i "C:\VPC\Microsoft Virtual PC 2004.msi" /qn pidkey=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx allusers=2 username="YOUR NAME" organization="YOUR ORG" installdir=d:\Coding\VirtualPC2004 This will silently unpack to c:\VPC and install. You then need to remove C:\VPC - I use a cmd file as I could't get WinRAR to do it (I also could not get the install to work by unpacking to the "Temp" directory hence this method). You then have MSVPC installed - If you want to install the SP do exactly the same but you MUST use EXACTLY the same comment file. Note: you need to insert your own PID-without hyphens, username, organisation name and install directory (where you want it to go!) I did try doing this using 7zip but it just would not work - go figure. I believe it is related to the temp dir problem. Strangely (or perhaps not for MS) the RAR file for the app comes to around 15M and the SP 25M !!!

Streamed - online radio and such (Check out www.bbc.co.uk), real player content etc. Basically Stepvoice will have a go at recording anything passing through your PC - usually successfully.

Last time that I got that screen it was down to a corrupted ntoskrnl.exe file - replaced it with an unhacked original an I was good to go. Other than that I dunno - maybe other dodgy files could cause the same. The giveaway for me was the point that I got this screen - immediately that XP tried to initialise the boot screen.

I use StepVoice Recorder (mainly cos it will capture streamed content from the net. It's small, easy to use and does not need installing. The latest version is not free but you can download an older freeware version. Stepvoice Homepage.

Sometimes people reduce/optimise the size of their PPT's by "flattening" the text onto the background. What this means is that the whole slide - pictures, text etc - become one single picture. If this is what you have then you can only edit the slides with a graphics app' (Paintshop Pro, The Gimp, Photoshop etc).

Chill guys, it's only the old problem of terminology. @julie - the reason that the "silly presumption" was made is that there is really no such thing as "Corporate Edition". It is only usually refered to in that way by the W*rez groups - in Microsoft's words it is "Volume Licence" released to large companies to use in networks etc, so "normal" users wouls not have access to it. To answer your original question. The easiest check is to R.Click on "My Computer" and click Properties. You should see something like the following.