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IF someone actually invested good US$ in this set of courses, paying full list price, he/she might be slightly deluded, as today it is offered at a 94% (ninetyfourpercent) discount : https://deals.inetinteractive.com/sales/learn-to-code-2015-course-bundle but those that payed for this other one might feel even worse offered at 98% (ninetyeightpercent) discount : https://deals.inetinteractive.com/sales/pro-googler-bundle I guess that in a few weeks people might be payed to get them .... jaclaz Note: This is "Funny Farm" and this post does NOT represent in any way an advertisement or an endorsement of *anything*.

And the image could be -say - an animated gif like: or: jaclaz

Is there a difficult part in "maybe" or "possibly" highlighted by the use of the "unsure" emoticon? From experience, MagicAndre1981 (ok, he is not perfect, as he actually likes Vista ) knows very well where his towel is and as well Dencorso is usually far from being paranoid , so I was just trying to see if by chance they were both right at the same time by reviewing and slightly redefining the definition of the adjective used. jaclaz

The "Large" mode is a very peculiar mode, very rarely used (or used only on very few hard disk models or in a very short period of time), in one of the (there were before and there have been after, lately the one with 4096 bytes sector and AF drives) disconnections between hardware manufacturers and Operating Systems changes, there were a few drives that had 16 heads (i.e. the same ones as the infamous 528 Mb limit): http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/bios/sizeMB504-c.html but "went astray" (similar to LBA) with number of cylinders having more than 1024 of them. The "large" translation consists in halving the cylinders and doubling the heads, hence a drive with 2048/16/63, 2048*16*63*512= 1,056,964,608 would become a 1024*32*63*512=1,056,964,608, BUT, it has happened that the issue may remain, i.e. there might be nonetheless a max total number of cylinders: http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/bios/sizeMB1970-c.html http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/bios/sizeGB304-c.html http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/bios/sizeGB305-c.html What it seems (at least it seems reading between the lines of that motherboard manual) is that the LBA access they implemented is anyway a form of CHS , i.e. instead of doing what was normally done at the time, using an ebios translation because the OS could already use the extended int13h BIOS call, they left the "plain" int13h that has a limit in 1024 cylinders: http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/bios/sizeGB8-c.html i..e. they made a "fake" LBA, as LBA in itself, by definition, has a limit in 232-1 sectors, i.e. the "current" known 2.2 Tb limit., it is possible that the system in question in reality is NOT affected by any of the above issues (otherwise SCANDISK would have thrown fits) but that - being an AWARD system, suffers from this (rare) one the date November 1998 cited in the manual seems like just right for this:: http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/bios/sizeGB315-c.html And -strangely enough - it could even make some sense if we are/were to listen to MS when they declared that Windows 95 would not be suitable for disks larger than 32 Gb: http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/bios/sizeGB30-c.html https://web.archive.org/web/20000609233118/http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q246/8/18.ASP In a nutshell, if you have a disk larger than 32 Gb use NT 4.00 or Windows 98 as Windows 95 might have issues. https://web.archive.org/web/20000611135126/http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q243/4/50.ASP @bizzybody Get RPM (Ranish Partition Manager) and check how the disk is seen by it (both in LBA and Large mode) under the actual OS you will be using. Let's see if we can understand if the issue is connected to BIOS, to the Windows 95 or from a combination of the two (I am assuming that you already tested the actual hard disk with it's manufacturer utility and that it passed the tests). It is likely that you will need to either use a frankenOS (mix of 95 and 98) or exclude an area of the hard disk if you use Windows 95. jaclaz

Well, maybe "dangerous" needs to be defined, or there are grades of danger. "very dangerous" = "risking to wake up one morning with the stupid Windows 10 having been forcibly installed overnight" "slightly dangerous"="something that might decide to open a port (or whatever) to transmit data to the good MS guys" "not dangerous but basically unneeded"="something that provides not any enhancement or not any noticeable one" So, possibly: KB3035583 and KB2990214 = "very dangerous" KB3021917 and KB2976978 = "slightly dangerous" KB2952664 and KB3044374 = "not dangerous but basically unneeded" jaclaz

To clarify, telnet is the "real thing", just like command line is often the simple, plain way, in which you can usually do more than in a GUI. Most routers/modems for the "end user" have embedded a sort of "web site" that may make use (as opposed to "plain" html), a whole set of technologies (as Trip mentioned CGI, or javascript, etc.) that may (or may not) be compatible with a given browser or with a given browser on a given OS. Given that you have issues in Windows 7 with three different browsers I doubt that it is a specific browser issue and it is more likely that it is a "systemwide" and "OS specific" kind of issue (as an example a particular antivirus or antimalware or the built-in firewall, or some other OS program or setting). Since it would be foolish to attempt installing the IE8 (that is working on your XP) to the Windows 7, what you can try is to use a PORTABLE version of a browser and test this portable version under the two OS. Specifically I would suggest you to ty the good ol' Opera@USB version 1217: http://www.opera-usb.com/operausben.htm as it is small and simple enough and should be able to work on both systems just fine, without altering anything of your installed browsers. Even simpler (as a test) I would also try the OB1 browser, since it is the most basic one you can find, if you see it not working (on the XP OS) it should mean that that Zixel thingy uses one of the non-plain-html technologies: http://offbyone.com/offbyone/ jaclaz

Maybe useful, maybe not http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/125833-multiple-drive-letter-problem/?p=824667 jaclaz

Not "expressly", but should any of you guys need/happen to re-install a new version of 10, could you try doing the install "offline", in order to either confirm or deny this piece of news (news to me at least ): http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/149612-winntsetup-v377/?p=1097757 or - maybe - this only applies to installing through WinntSetup? jaclaz

Which by themselves qualify you as a "real computer expert" (and NOT a "low end computer user" ), JFYI : http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/155361-good-mechanical-pc-keyboard-amigaatari-xl-feeling/?p=989233 Clickity, clickity click.... jaclaz

Define "secure", first thing. Describe your licensing model. Tell us WHY exactly you plan to ditribute it "on a USB stick". Conversely, and as a side note, IF you actually already manged to have your software: most probably you know better than most of us. jaclaz

Belivakov, just to make sure I have understood correctly your post, are you meaning that if someone downloads the Windows 10 .iso and burns it to a DVD or makes a USB stick bootable out of it, and then wants to install it to a PC in a location where there is no Internet connection )or when the connection is temporarily down) it won't install? jaclaz

No, it seems like the 32 bit version will be released allright: http://www.winbeta.org/news/move-tempt-long-standing-users-microsoft-offer-32-bit-version-windows-10 with the usual set of (mindless) 64-bit fans that ask themselves "why?": http://www.tweaktown.com/news/42852/microsofts-windows-10-feature-32-bit-version/index.html jaclaz

Do you mean like in Windows Phone 8.1? http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/how-to/wp8/cortana/find-music-with-cortana jaclaz

OT , but not much , some old UNnews: http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/UnNews:Windows_10_will_include_glasses_and_fake_nose jaclaz

No, you are simply not "modern" enough, that was - most probably - the undeclared policy in October 2014 but things evolve and change (though not always for the better ) evidently the good MS guys have recently amended it to a chaniging it to a new undeclared policy, extending the *ahem* suggestion for this update, intended to "resolve issues in Windows": http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=46434 to everyone. On one hand it is to be appreciated how democratic is this choice, now everyone running 7 or stupid 8/8.1 can be part of the change, not only those in the elite that enrolled in the preview program.... jaclaz

Sure, the Kb and URL is always the same, the "target" changes, see: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_wintp-insider_update/how-kb2990214-was-deployed/8ce1a186-b3a1-45f2-9120-af7e0ece58bb The nice part is that if you get here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=46434 and from it attempt to go here normally looking for some details: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2990214 from (like myself) an Italian IP you land to the Italian page, I guess that all people traveling abroad will get to an often incomprehensible "foreign language" page, a nice added twist to the challenge. BTW the provision to change location/language of the page, unlike in most other sites (where it is at the top right of the page) on this page it is left bottom (at the very bottom of a loooong page) and the caption (in Italian) is "Ciao da Seattle" then "Italia" and then a strange tiny symbol that at first looks seems halfway between a dragon, a butterfly or the symbol for "danger radioactive" but in reality once magnified to 300% appear as a "negative" (i.e. with land white and oceans black) representation of parts of America, Africa and Europe (sorry friends from Eastern Russia and Asia, most probably you do not exist ) inside a white-bordered circle inside a black square. I am attaching a screenshot of it because it is a good nth example of making a symbol that no one will ever be able to understand at a glance (which more or less should be the idea behind replacing text with a symbol). I will also underline how in Italian, at the end of a page, "Ciao da Seattle. Italia" sounds a lot like a farewell/closing message. jaclaz

Well, it is perfectly possible to also register fonts from a batch by simply adding the necessary REG.EXE commands, *like* in here: http://windowsitpro.com/windows/how-can-i-install-font-command-linebatch-file http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/119612-how-to-install-a-font-via-the-command-line/?p=987846 but actually it makes very little sense to use BOTH a .vbs (particularly if called from batch) OR a complex batch. With an added size of 6144 bytes you can have Fontreg (same as pointed out by bphlpt): http://code.kliu.org/misc/fontreg/ and call it a day. Readme.txt: Still if the question is "How can I install fonts from batch?" jaclaz

There is NO timebomb WHATEVER in Windows 95, 98 or Me. There may be one in some BETA or pre-release versions obviously. In any case if you replace the IO.SYS with a "Final Release" version, apart the changed logo, you will be essentially running the kernel from the "final" version AND NOT the "Beta" one which you wished to run (WHY - the heck - one would nowadays attempt to run that outside a Virtual Machine with a suitable faked date set is another thing). So replacing the IO.SYS it is basically a generic non-solution to a generic non-problem. EACH different, specific BETA or pre-release build of 95, 98 or ME is very likely to need a different, specific patch. I can guess fine that you are talking specifically of the Beta 2 or Build 224 version of Windows 95, but if you had mentioned that your thread would have been more clear, and there would be no better place in the word to ask that question than on the board you mentioned: http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/ jaclaz

Just in case of need, some self-promotion : http://reboot.pro/topic/2362-makebscmd-alpha-release/ http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=24649 jaclaz

And if I may, why has been the wished solution be "confined" to a .vbs (particularly if the idea is to run the VBS script from batch? I mean: @ECHO OFFSETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONSSET MyFontDir=%1IF %1.==. SET MyFontDir=%~dp0FOR /F "tokens=*" %%A in ('DIR /B /S %MyFontDir%') DO (FOR %%B IN (".fon" ".otf" ".pfm" ".ttf") DO (IF "%%~xA"==%%B ECHO COPY %%A %windir%\Fonts))jaclaz

Still, it is the usual, "simplified" shortcut that is mostly FUD . Now 8 (eight) years have passed since Vista (and the adoption of the new, enhanced, security models like UAC DEP, ASR, and what not) and there have been not those catastrophic, selective (i.e. XP only ) security exploits, all the vulnerabilities that have been found and have been patched have traditionally been largely "cross OS" (i.e. the same vulnerability affected indifferently XP, Vista and 7, and now 8/8.1 and were patched for each of them) as they were mostly to be found in "generic" code that was common between these OS's. As always I may be wrong, but IF in any way Windows XP was in practice "not secure anymore" or "less secure" than 7 or 8/8.1, now, one full year after the end of support deadline we would have had between 15% and 25% of all the internet connected PC's compromised one way or the other , and since this has not happened yet the "not secure anymore" or "less secure than" appears like nothing more than an unverified theory or of some wishful thinking. jaclaz

Maybe , but still you'll have to pry out of my dead hands the IBM M keyboard I am writing on, and JFYI http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/155361-good-mechanical-pc-keyboard-amigaatari-xl-feeling/?p=989233 No doubt that IF the good digital guys had continued ... they would .... , but they didn't. The MS guys, like them or not, and very possibly with less superpowers, did manage to make it to (almost) "world domination", whether they actually deserved it is of course up for debate, and "What if ..." games are nice and all, but not particularly productive. Would they be able to worsen so much the OS to the extent that the lead will be taken by the good Apple or by the good Linux guys? And if this happens, will the winner (either Apple or Linux or - say - Google or name yourself someone) have any merit, or will this happen only because of MS suicidal decisions? jaclaz

You can try VBEMP and/or UNIVBE and/or SciTech Display Doctor: http://bearwindows.boot-land.net/ http://bearwindows.boot-land.net/vbe9x.htm ftp://alter.org.ua/incoming/soft/vbe/win9x/vbe9x.htm http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=346 Your mileage may vary, of course. jaclaz

I don' t know , I see it slightly differently, there is no doubt whatsoever about the fact that they are were the true superheroes of the high tech future past, and that they were able, one way or the other, to herd us (or the most of us) in what they saw as the future, the point is that it is not written anywhere that a superhero MUST be sane or good, and that he/she CANNOT turn evil in the future... What if - simply - they are not "emotionally equipped for the job"? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irredeemable#Creation_and_development jaclaz

Good. The "name and company" data should not be a problem, they are a couple Registry entries, you can use a batch fine for that. http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/32/ Or you can use this one: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/owner.htm (which is GUI but keyboard friendly) or you could adapt to suit your needs/wishes any of these: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/55188-change-registered-user-name-and-company/ jaclaz