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You see the not-so-trifling advantage of helping a local friend (as opposed ot a remote one)? Free Beer! Happy everything went fine, thanks for reporting and "finalizing" the thread with the procedure that actually worked. jaclaz

As written where? AFAICR the Xeno port to Windows 9x worked (on some hardware). Good. But I believe that once you "Like" a post, you can later "Unlike" it. Why not? Because business of can openers manufacturers may (hypothetically) become at risk ? (though only a few of them remain, I don't think they are registered as "protected species" ) jaclaz

No prob. ... everything is well that ends well ... jaclaz

If you read attentively my previous post, it is not at all related to the whining (and never said that you - specifically - were whining ) it was about the futility of re-doing here the debate about this should be default, no this other should be default, but it used to be this the default, no, it was this other one that was default, I had an OS install that had this as default, no, I had that same OS and it was this other as default, etc. And yes, after the debate, whatever the developer will choose as default, someone will come here and whine. jaclaz

Ow, come on . This senseless debate on whether Aero should be enabled or not when on battery dates back to Windows Vista , it has been talked about and everything (and the contrary of it) has been written about it, several OEM's provided their laptops with specific apps, tens of independent Authors wrote software to fine tune this (or that) aspect of the interface when running on battery and noone ever found a "one-size-fits-all" solution that prevented someone from whining about the default setting (whatever it was). It is about freedom, it is about having options to do what you want with the stupid GUI of the stupid OS, just like themes, just like having Aero enabled or not. The default for AeroGlass is to turn Aero off on battery. <- this is a decision by it's Author, the last character is a "full stop" or "period". This prevents the whining from people that like it disabled on battery, BUT it provokes the whining by those that like it enabled. IF the default setting will be changed to Aero On on battery, we will have all the people wanting it Off whining as well. A simple Registry edit or using the installer by moataz can change this setting in no time. Please read the above as "there is NO issue whatever", you can't prevent everyone from whining there will always be someone unhappy about any decision taken by someone else . jaclaz

Very little E, nothing M, and NO P, though. The device selling for US$ 5 is too similar to an urban legend to not be an urban legend, at first sight. However, as often happens, California came first : http://abcnews.go.com/US/video/car-thieves-tech-gadgets-baffle-police-18891078 It makes a lot more sense: http://jalopnik.com/whats-the-secret-device-thieves-in-california-are-using-471782175 that it is a sort of "RF brute forcing", and not a EMP device: http://hackaday.com/2013/06/09/ask-hackaday-can-you-steal-a-car-with-a-mini-tesla-coil/ Of course it is impossible to reproduce a signal like the original car remote: http://www.today.com/news/police-admit-theyre-stumped-mystery-car-thefts-6C10169993 Or maybe not https://eprint.iacr.org/2010/332.pdf http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2285482/luxury-car-hacking-findings-blocked-by-high-court http://www.cs.ru.nl/~flaviog/publications/Gone_in_360_Seconds_Hijacking_with_Hitag2-USENIX_2012.pdf jaclaz

Also, remember that the Wayback Machine may have cached a lot of contents: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.mdgx.com/ even if a file is not cached, it is sometimes possible to find it googling for it's filename. The ME SP1 Beta 9 should be the latest one on Mdgx site and it appears to be named: https://web.archive.org/web/20140729154329/http://www.mdgx.com/ http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/46581-98-fe-98-se-me-updates-patches-hotfixes/ MESP1.EXE and might (or might not) be found elsewhere on the Internet (or some member that downloaded it in the past may be able to find an archived copy and provide it). Hopefully Mdgx's site will be back soon . jaclaz

Well, then you will have to thank me (and the OP is very welcome to unthank me ). jaclaz

Well, you will need to make a post about the actual meaning of "Run on battery", and noone will actually read that post (just as they won't read any among the zillion post about the Registry battery setting on the Aeroglass threads). What will happen will be that they will instead make a new post whining not only about the Aeroglass not working but also about the "Aero Glass Customizer" having too complex options. jaclaz

Good. What are the names of the .swm files? What is the EXACT Toshiba model? (maybe with this data we can find some related "previous art") Once you have a .wim file, you should be able to open it with 7-zip to inspect it's contents before attempting to apply the image: http://www.7-zip.org/ Possibly 7-zip will also allow to open the .SWM files, but never tried it: http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=53952 jaclaz

I am failing to see what "hackerish" abilities are needed to post on twitter something false, I always thought that was essentially what all people use twitter for. jaclaz

Maybe useful, maybe not. http://reboot.pro/topic/2384-alter-group-universal-ata-driver-for-windows-nt351nt42000xp/ jaclaz

Quite the opposite, the idea of making a Corvette into a monster truck is crazy, but it is so crazy that somehow apparently had some success (and of course a car - or monster truck - to work needs to be "well built". What the good MS guys managed to make (and seemingly insist on) is not a "crazy" or "crazy enough" idea to have any success, it is IMHO plainly "stupid" and evidently failed, the fact that additionally it has quite a few issues it means that besides being "stupid" in theory, see also here: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/158104-service-pack-2-for-w7/ starting around here: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/158104-service-pack-2-for-w7/?p=1015633 it is also badly implemented, and thus "stupid" in practice. jaclaz

There is something that does not sound "right" or it is however escaping me. The .SWM files are a form of a "divided into several files" .WIM file. A .WIM file is a "Windows IMage" file, that contains an image of a partition. (actually an image of the files inside a partition) Normally when you apply an image of a partition to a partition, the WHOLE contents of the partition are overwritten by the contents of the image. How big in size is the USB stick yoiu have handy? How big are the .SWM files? Can you try making a single .wim out of the various .SWM and apply the .WIM instead? Howto here: http://www.hobwebs.com/windows-issues/recovery-of-toshiba-laptop-using-swm-files/ And yes, do double check (with diskpart or disk manager) which partition gets which drive letter BEFORE attempting applying the .WIM file. jaclaz

Yep , but even in "simpler" setups, like (examples): http://avaxnews.net/wow/Unusual_Monster_Truck.html http://www.trombinoscar.com/monstergarage/corvette1973.html the idea is so crazy that it can even lead to "success", as proved by the existence of radio controlled models: http://www.amazon.com/HI-RIDER-CORVETTE-electric-monster-instruction/dp/B0013KWUG8?tag=rcs08d-20&linkCode=w13&linkID=VCMBMKMUZNTJZTYY&ref_=assoc_res_sw_result_1 The difference between "crazy" and "stupid" is IMHO relevant . jaclaz

Right idea , wrong example , in practice it doesn't seem as bad an idea as in theory : http://www.monsterjam.com/Bios/Trucks/Dragons_Breath/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac4p0km8h6k jaclaz

Not at all , I see no particular raison d'être for this browser limited to my uses of a browser, I am pretty sure that lots of people would not be able to live without features such as: I asked which one you found interesting and you pointed out the built-in video downloader, which is - like everyone else's - a very good reason. but - since I very rarely (if ever) happen to actually download a video, it doesn't apply to me. From the number and kind of features it offers it seems to me like it offers REDUCED security/privacy oriented settings, you know, like: I may change the acronym to YACBBS (Yet Another Chromium Based Browser Spinoff) however : http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/135907-whats-the-deal-with-browsers-recently/page-2#entry1067273 jaclaz

Ow, come on . Mr. Randall C. Kennedy (occasional) connections to reality happen - to say the least - very seldom (his connections with "common sense" are much more rare): . Read these two articles of his: http://betanews.com/2012/09/14/youre-living-in-post-pc-denial/ (that was published on 14/09/2012) and this one: http://betanews.com/2012/09/18/friendly-advice-to-a-fellow-post-pc-traveller/ (right after it, on 18/09/2012) and compare them with this one: http://betanews.com/2012/09/25/so-long-robot-im-ditching-android/ (that was published on 25/09/2012, i.e. not more than eleven days after the first one) jaclaz P.S.: and it is not like he has a record for particular "reliability" or "integrity" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall_C._Kennedy http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/why-we-dont-trust-devil-mountain-software-and-neither-should-you/31024

Please tell me WHICH ones (among the "features" here): http://www.slimjet.com/en/featurelist.php most of which highlighted in "screenshots": http://www.slimjet.com/en/screenshots.php would make you actually want to try it. JALCD <- Just Another Lousy Chrome Derivative jaclaz

Well, first thing: DON'T PANIC (assume the above to be written in large, friendly letters ). There is no reason to believe that any data on the laptop internal hard disk is lost or corrupted, what the (stupid) update did was to simply "botch" the installed OS, but all your data are still there. The standard procedure in these cases is to: recover/backup all the data find a way to fix the botched install Consider how any attempt to #2 without FIRST going through step #1 is very risky, and it is NOT recommended. You will need some external bootable media (such as a USB stick or a CD/DVD) to boot an alternate OS, and you will also additionally need an external mass storage media (let's say a USB hard disk) with enough capacity to hold all your data. Ideally, this external hard disk would have enough capacity to be able to make on it a full disk image. You will also need another PC where to prepare the bootable media. Please avoid the usual nonsense about not having a suitable device or not being able to afford buying a new suitable one, it would simply mean that you attribute no value whatsoever to your data (which you just stated is highly valuable to you). Please post some needed information: How big is the internal disk of the laptop? (or provide EXACT make/model of it) How much is the data (besides the OS and programs on it) approximately? Which kind of devices (USB sticks, USB hard disks, other PC, etc.) do you have available/handy ? jaclaz

Once upon a time - just for the record - it was common practice to read AT LEAST first post on a thread BEFORE posting on it whining that you cannot find something. You know, like: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/170850-aero-glass-for-win81-125/?p=1065879 jaclaz

You mean this?: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/186111/en-us jaclaz

Last time I measured it, roughly, 37.42% better. Expressed in cubic kilometer/foot-candle that would be more or less a 2*(2*pi1/2)2 increase. jaclaz

Don't forget hairdressers and phone sanitizers (and a few more "useless" professions): http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Golgafrinchan_(race) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Places_in_The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#Golgafrincham jaclaz

I can access it fine from here : http://www.glass8.eu/ jaclaz