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Thanks Soulin I will try it myself and post the results, one thing you could help me with is the best place to write me own values or does it matter ? I was thinking of using HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / _MY SOFTWARE / {string values} winzip office AVG What do you think ???

Sorry I really need to check my typing When an application is installed silently, I would like to write a registry value to say it was installed. Then at a later date I would like to have the ability to scan a registry for all of the values that I flag as installed. So I could get an output like Winzip = 1 installed OfficeXP = 0 not installed AVG = 1 installed Hope this explains better

If I were to write vales to the registry to let me know what applications a users had how could I read the values back via a batch script ? This is really bugging me… Thanks any help

thanks Stuntgp2000 will take a look

I was hoping I could use some 3rd party utility to do this. I might look at doing it from liux. thanks soulin

Can this be run on a XP machine ?

Over the weekend I was trying to find out a bit more about booting a pc from a LAN using the NIC. After some searching I have came up against a brick wall. The concept seems pretty easy although the software for it alludes me ! Does anyone know of any tools that I can use to try this out ?

TESTDISK can recover from these situations. hail hail

http://sophos.com/ this is a pretty good one also

Thanks Dman, that is an option although I would prefer to use the zip folder DLL to do this job. hail hail

Hi derekgreer Thanks for the post. I have searched high and low for this and came up blank. I have a solution for it at the moment with third party tools but I would still like to be able to do this with an out the box XP. Back to the search engine ! Hail Hail

Try recovermyfiles. i thik this shows you a preview of what it can recover before you need to purchase it. hail hail

Yes there are many tools do to this for you. I have never came across a freeware title, so a quick google should get you started. hail hail

good find Mazarul, I always fouonnd geexbox a little trickky to get working. hail hail

I don’t mean to be unhelpful but use the search. Remember to set the date so it picks up all posts. These topics have been covered before. Rename admin account http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...hl=rename+admin Adding users http://unattended.msfn.org/ Here are two I found I am sure you can get the rest, with a search. Hail hail

If you look here http://unattended.msfn.org/ it has a good base for you to start on. Also a quick search will produce many results for your problems. hail hail

are you using relativee or full unc links hail hail

XPero - I think this version is great. can it make toast in the morning ? that would be good. But if that fails how about the ablity to change themes once it is installed on a standard installation. hail hail

Not an answer to your question, but have you maybe thought about using a FTP server. there are lots of good free software packages that would be ideal for home use. hail hail

bullet: Yeah, they are pretty secure they sit on a netware box in a secure room. I mean it would just no be right for the plumbers to be intimate with each other !

Zxian: I take your points, but what I mean by the phone numbers example is that having the convenience of all your numbers in one portable place makes people lazy in general. And to me lazy equals bad. Although I know your not lazy as you can do long division like me ! anyway almost the weekend can we not talk about drinking and woman now hail hail

Bullet Keeping records and outsourcing business processes is two completely different things. Do you think a guy that has a staff of three plumbers for example should hire a personnel manager? I worked for a couple of large American companies (EDS and AON) both of whom out source services like these. It’s done everyday. I get my bank to manage my money for me and I check my statement ever month. It’s the same principal. Also as for a pipe dream. That’s the way my company works. Whats the point of buying a new dell with xp and office for £800 when it is used only for word processing and excel editing? It’s the way it works for many. Hail hail

matrix0978, need to disagree not everyone. maybe in large cities yes, but not everyone. and is it better ? do you prefer having a mountain of music to listen to instead of a few recomendations from your friends ? hail hail

Is technology ruining the world? Does technology improve your live, is it better to go to work in the morning listening to your mp3 player and purchasing your train ticket via SMS. Or was it better when you actually spoke to people. Are people more connected now or have they just got easy access but are further apart. I used to know all my friends home telephone numbers. Now that I have my mobile I only know a few. I also have much numbers in my mobile that I never use or very occasionally. Does this make things better? What does everyone think? Ps…. This was brought on by a post that someone said there PC was as important as there bed.

Just came across this topic and read the 1st couple of pages. So Ii thought I would throw my tupence worth in. As any person that works with computers knows you find solution that bridge’s a problem. Win 98 as far as my experience goes is still used by many companies. Remember that there are a lot of places with 20 or fewer staff. Win98 is a good option for these places as all they want to do is use word and excel. Email maybe, internet probably not. These technologies still do not have much benefit from my experience as most work is done by phone and catalogue for these small countries. Internet searching and email communications still has to be more wide spread although the introduction of affordable SDSL In my country should help speed things up. Most small companies also outsource things like accounts and the pay system so there is no need for a secure in house personnel system. My company, while a mixed environment of OSX, win98 and winxp, ohh and 1 laptop with 2000 still has a use for 98. Cost is everything for the small guy. And while I am a fan and use XP myself, cannot justify it for all machines that are only used for editing, creating and printing word documents. Personally for non power users I would stick with 98 in a business environment. Although I would seriously consider moving to a Linux system in the future with open office. And for friends and family this should be an option to be considered. Remember not everyone wants to be able to play half life 2 with Dolby surround sound while downloading the latest Kings of Leon album over there 2mb net connection to there ipod… But for me there is no way but xp. • Why I still use Windows 98/98SE over Windows XP o Business reasons, not my chooice • My system specs o Various from 6 years old to one I bought about a month ago • Have you ever tried Windows XP or do you just hate it so much you won't? o Yes I like to try as many systems as I can and still use BEOS for some things Maybe this would suit everyone. And now, the end is near; And so I face the final curtain. My friend, I’ll say it clear, I’ll state my case, of which I’m certain. I’ve lived a life that’s full. I’ve traveled each and ev’ry highway; And more, much more than this, I did it my way.