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Haha! I forgot all about this... I updated these files a while back but never updated this thread with new info. Sorry about that! There is the FDV fileset which is only for Windows 2000 and which I encourage people to modify according to their needs. Then, there are the TommyP-created reducers, the HFCLEANUP files (view this link which you've seen before). For Windows 2003, use these files. Download the HFCLEANUP ZIP and use all of them you wish in your HFCLEANUP folder. Also be sure to use SETUPAPI.DL_ and SAKIT.IN_ in the FIX folder. The SAKIT file just cleans junk out of the Registry, but since XP and 2003 have Registries that work very differently from 2000, the performance boost isn't huge. Open up SAKIT and look at it to see what it does for more info. Anyway, that's it in a nutshell. A big thanks to TommyP for creating the reducers. Be sure to read the HFCLEANUP instructions linked above.

I have a few lines of code that I cut and paste into every new version that cause Sarah Brightman to come into the room and give me a lapdance uh I mean sing me a song that HFSLIP is finished. Her airline tickets add up, though, and it usually takes her some time to get to my place, so I don't use this feature too often...

although integrating ie6 is doable, i would advise against it. stick with ie5 and all hotfixes. not to start a browser war but ie shouldn't be used to browse at all anyway, and if you're not using ie, then ie6 has no core functionality over ie5 anyway. i'm going to guess that this is one of the reasons gurgelmeyer hadn't done it for so long, because although some folks ask for it, and he obviously has the technical expertise, the truth of the matter is that folks would be no better off with it (then, of course, there is the whole matter of removing ie completely, but that's something entirely different).

I checked on that... I enabled both. On powerup, the BIOS seems to seek, and on the next bootup, the IDE controller for the CDROM is (automatically) then switched off. Like it looks and decides nope, bothing there. Both CDROMs on both compy's are on the secondary channel. Thanks for having a look at this odd Q. I still suspect some sort of power supply issue I guess.

BTW dont forget a link to the HFSLIP worldmap! http://www.frappr.com/hfslip

ah, it was a typo, that MSHTML. gotta fix that, sorry WINHTML.INF - yes, all of that junk is what you need for CHM files, for real. in other words, IE's pretty much gotta be in there. i dont know, i never used help files much i did need it once for microsoft's developer notes for dotnet framework, oh well, had to use a virtual machine. AU - it installs the old automatic update. i dont even know if that's worhtwhile anymore; i suspect not. anyway i have it commented out in SYSOC.

Ok, I have never seen anything like this in the 10 years that I have been working on PCs. I ordered a new case and Power Supply Unit for an old motherboard. I transferred everything into the new case. I went to power up, and the BIOS saw the hard drives, but not the CDROM. It didn't light up. Bummer, I thought, the drive died. So I plugged in a different drive. On bootup, STILL no CDROM drive (it didn't power up). It was a working pull, so I thought that there must be a problem with the PSU. So I pulled out my multitester and checked voltages -- both 5 and 12 are present on the DC adapter plugs coming from the PSU. So, no problems there, apparently. Ok, probably a coincidence. So I tried a THIRD unit, a brand new CDROM. Nothing. It didn't even light up. I'd list other things, but I don't think they're relevant. For example, I checked to be sure that the IDE cable was correct -- it is. The power cables are plugged in correctly (as keyed) and not forced wrong. Any ideas? Have I somehow been killing every CDROM drive I am trying in some way I don't realize? Here's the twist that confuses me even more. I went to my brother-in-law's place and his PC did the same thing, but the CDROM drive was working. I added a drive, then it stopped working. FWIW, he had the IDE cable in wrong on the drive and right on the mobo, so I fixed that. When I powered up, no CDROM drive. Now, both machines have a PSU with a wattage rating far in excess of what I am drawing. I am using one HDD and one CDROM, and the PSUs in these machines are 300 and 250 watts, respectively. Any ideas?

No, certainly not! I'll still be roaming the board. I do anticipate: - less work on the 2k fileset, because it's very mature and close to perfect as it can get - less work on my version of the HFSLIP documentation; I'll be retaining the reduction files and info - using windows less personally as i learn something else So I'll definitely see you all around!

this is great. not to slander myself <laughs> but... finally a much needed overhaul; my documentation was so patchworked i didn't really know where to begin glad i can 'clean up' and trim my site down now... though it's touched on, the way you have things, it is my bet that people are going to e-mail you asking 'where does xxx go? how about yyy?' you might want to have a sample graphic illustrating this (no need to keep it updated, but something to give people an idea).

Link added -- thanks!

Oh yeah a POLL baby! I like polls. Heh. Lobster chowder, redhead with a little white, Windows and Kubuntu.

Well, I wish I'd saved my notes. Users of my fileset have it removed. I don't know what files are involved tho, sorry probably everything with *fax* in the LAYOUT file, and the fax INF installer in sysoc, is it? Anyway when you install just edit the garbage out of faxsetup.inf. That should do it. you DO reinstall every weekend, right?

POSIX appeared in Win2k and not XP/2k3. So, to answer your question in a specific way, only my fileset cleans the registry (EXTENSIVELY). the reducers do not clean the registry. In XP and 2k3, that doesn't really matter much (I won't get into why) but in Win2k, it significantly speeds things up becasue of the way win2k loads the registry entirely into memory. In 2k3, the reducers combined with a file I wrote cleans the registry quite a bit, but since 2k3 doesn't load the whole thing anyway, it's not so crucial for performance.

I do!! I simply prefer incremental listings by date. I also prefer key lime pie, better operating systems than windows, delightful music (old or new), and complex plotlines.

HAHAHAHA!!! As usual, TommyP isn't kidding... Oh wow, but this gave me a laugh. Looks like their approach toward security is a bit improved -- take a peek at the 'lockdown zones' and ActiveX settings now. I cannot believe all of the new CLSIDs. 'Bloat' is a bit of an understatement; have a look at the [Product.Add.Reg]. Well, it's obviously a security improvement over IE6, so I can't condemn anyone for wanting to use it. Right now it's packaged like a hotfix; I can't imagine that it will stay that way. So I would guess any work Tomcat76/TommyP does to acommodate this binary would have to be changed at a later date -- I cannot imagine that M$ would release IE7 final as a hotfix (would they?)

does anyone have a full list of hotfix numbers for all WGA updates? i want to make myself a WGA 'no thanks, i already have them all' INF "installer".

I want to add that as soon as I unpack the compy enough to set up the external hard drive I saved it on, I have a new reduction set of files to upload. Just in time for that beta of SP2 for 2003 I've been reading so much about lately.

dirt, this isn't the forum for application specific questions such as these (yahoo messenger). i had oleg's phone number somewhere, i can give him a call i suppose... he's a consultant and it's VERY strange that he's just disappeared...

I wouldn't ordinarily just post a Slashdot link, but this is one worth a read: http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/0...41&from=rss And yes, I know that this is a "maybe" scenario. But here's why WGA Shutoff bugs me. I am not a pirate. So, I shouldn't have anything to fear, right? Wrong. I have licenses for Windows. 2000 and 2003. I HFSLIP and nLite and reinstall all the time. Not a major issue for Windows 2000, because it doesn't require registration, but when WGA is installed, it says the copy is pirated. So it would be a victim of the shutdown scheme. Same for 2003. You only get so many installs of 2003 or XP. I have friends who have XP licenses. If I HFSLIP, nLite, and reinstall, their key becomes invalid due to having been used too many times. We all knew this would eventually happen, but I guess we didn't complain loudly enough. Now, my buddy just entrusted his laptop to me for reinstalling XP since it was riddled with malware. This was just a reinstall, no HFSLIP, no nLite, etc. They key was bad. Microsoft says "call [the laptop] manufacturer." Fair enough. A call to the manufacturer got us a "it was valid when we sold it to you. It's not our problem now." Nice. WTF am I supposed to do? Where does that leave me, and all of my clients who have valid licenses and clean XP installs? Or 2000 installs? My 2003 is heavily nLited, I did it way back before TP issued his reduction files. This means no more updates. No SP2 for 2003 unless I slipstream and hope that the reg key will work. No guarantee of that, though, because it's on it's second install. And I am aware that there is a file to keep the reg data when you upgrade hardware. That's one machine. I have more than one machine 'out there' that I re-did for someone. Now I have to firewall off the Microsoft domain, shut off autoupdates, and explain to several clients that yes, you are legally entitled to use Windows, but have a seat, because it's going to take me 30 minutes to explain why Microsoft doesn't recognize you as an authorized user since Windows has been re-installed. Yes, I know there will be ways 'around' this, which I do not talk about here at MSFN, but think about what this means if you work in IT. All those machines you set up and the explanations you're going to owe just mean more work, more support costs. You cannot simply reinstall. You've have to pull malware off of PC's manually -- yeah, right, we're talking a five-fold increase in time. Install Linux instead? 98% of users only want a web browser and Word. Sure, there are Windows-only things like VMWare and Adobe CS, but if you're using those, then you don't need guys like us in this forum to reinstall Windows for you, you're probably very knowledgeable. Making the change to Linux on a n00b's PC -- it's too much for them, they want the stupid little utilities their friends have. They want "in" on all of that garbage Windows has. AOL Instant Messenger. WMV video clips (I just HAVE to download that funny new video and now I CAN'T!! Linux SUCKS!). Anyway, had to blow off some steam... thanks for reading guys and gals Interestingly, here are some of the WGA problems people are having... From Microsoft's OWN SITE. http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/ShowFo...2&SiteID=25

hey, COM and DTC are left in with my fileset, so yeah -- it's a reducer. also, as a sub for picture viewer, use irfanview.

allrightie, i read the initial post a few times just to be sure i had everything. i want to ask this: why not build a high-end pc and run Win Server 2003 on it, then install Red Hat on an old PC and install Scalix? apologies if i missed something, but i am not seeing why the original poster needs to have the mail server running on the same pc that's also acting as a fileserver / running his accounting software. perhaps one day ms will tie their sql product with exchange, which is IIRC JET based right now, but that doesn't look like it's going to happen any time soon. in terms of staffing this free scalix solution would require some linux knowhow, but i'm sorta working from the whole 'it's free (as in cost) software' angle here.

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Tomcat76, trust me when I say that 2003's self defense mechanism is a weird one. I swear I got file missing errors that changed all the time. TommyP's set manages to go without severe errors. I truly think that for me and Tom, this was a learning experience. One that took me forever crafting an INF and took him countless hours burning up his SATA's in search of a slimmed-down 2003 that ultimately leaves both of us unsatisfied with it mainly because it's an incredible resource hog. REALLY GREAT ADVICE. All M$ will EVER force on us are broken promises and delayed pieces of garbage that they charge us a fortune for. Remember, they rush product out without thinking about US, the IT crowd. They rush product to drive revenue because they are thinking they're going to impress shareholders. Start learning now, guys... mark my words, the tide will turn, slowly, but it will, and Windows will always be around, but Linux will spread. I last used Red Hat in 1997 and it made me just... Laugh. A GUI that showed installed media, but you click on it, only to discover the OS didn't auto-mount any of those volumes! Things have come a long way... Has Windows? (Rhetorical question, we know it's only gotten a LOT worse). I am using Kubuntu right now. Posting in Konqueror. It's faster and (how else can I say it simply?) It just doesn't suck as much.

'kay thx man fdv, who is still packing for his move...

Uhhh... Where on my site do I link to it? Sorry... I am spacing right now...