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Of course Boom Boom and Ugga Ugga are repetitive personalities, of course. jaclaz

OT (that means On Topic, judging the generic offtopicness of the present topic) this reminds me of the clearest explanation of binary I ever found: jaclaz

Oww, come on: and let's instead start of course - talking of locomotives - of course: jaclaz

... and they did it in C#/.NET This would probably need to be updated: http://www.toodarkpark.org/computers/humor/shoot-self-in-foot.html unless of course they will sue themselves too. jaclaz

MInd you that not necessarily it is a rip-off (i.e. there are many very good guys in the field) only, it is a matter that can be easily turned into a rip-off. IF the issue is actually a failed head AND head replacement (and possibly pre-amp) is needed AND replacement is carried properly, £480 (included the cost of the donor drive, I haven't understood if also the cost of the new disk needed to hold the recovered data is included in it ) is IMHO an "average" price, in US dollars you can expect anything between 500 and 1200. jaclaz

Are you trying to invent a new kind of Schroedinger's cat, which is BOTH inside and outside the bag? jaclaz

Only to let you know (though it won't help) the 10 (or 11 or 12, it may vary) clicks and then spin down should mean more or less: the disk PCB and the contents of the ROM/Flash on it are fine it loads an initial part (form the flash) fine then attempts to read *something* from the reserved area on the actual platters then tries again a few times finally gives up and spins down Loosely this can be caused by two different issues: a failed head - (please read as extremely expensive recovery in a clean room[1]) or one or more failed sectors on the actual plater surface. If the latter, a PC-3000 (or similar specialized hardware) can AFAICU "inject" a replacement piece of code "good enough" to allow the disk to spin up and recover the files [2} (very possibly only partially). jaclaz [1] When you read "clean room", in - say - 99.00% of cases you should translate it as "common laminar flow bench" [2] In a not so little number of cases this much simpler recovery will be anyway billed as "clean room recovery"

Shameless plug (actually a half-plug ) but check if PassPass has been updated to cover your OS (I am not sure if Update 1 has changed the involved .dll ): http://rmprepusb.blogspot.it/2013/06/passpass-for-e2b-now-available.html http://reboot.pro/topic/18588-passpass-bypass-the-password/ http://www.sherlock.reboot.pro/passpass-bypass-the-password/ jaclaz

Well, to be fair, the netmarket share monitors OS's that are used to browse the Internet, it is entirely possibly that there are vast numbers of installed OS's NOT used to browse the 'net, so almost *anything* that is used on Servers is not (including all "Server Editions of Windows and a large number of Linux installs) and as well a vast number of "non-browsing" installed OS's are possible and are not in any way part of the "survey": http://www.netmarketshare.com/faq.aspx#Methodology So, speaking of Linux as "self-important OS", we will need to fork between "Desktop Linux uses" and "Non-Desktop Linux uses". By the same token, for all we know it is possible that Server 2012 R2, possibly in the "Server core edition" (please read with the good things, but without the N.C.I. ) is selling fine. jaclaz

Did you "obfuscate" this: {193a1820-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-be817523f6aa} and it is in reality: {193a1820-d9ac-4997-8c55-be817523f6aa} ? jaclaz

Yeah, sure , from "insignificant" all the way up to "irrelevant" is a clear (though a tadbit late, I may say) success of this often unjustly neglected OS. Back to topic, i.e. the given link: http://betanews.com/2014/07/01/windows-8-x-goes-into-reverse-gear-loses-market-share-as-both-windows-7-and-xp-show-growth/ I will need some opinion from mother tongue English speaking people to understand if the "which is crazy" is referred to the decision of not jumping on the (also sinking BTW) "new OS" or to the "new OS" itself. jaclaz

OT This is what I never managed to get some accurate test results about. Possibly these files are not needed at all (i.e. BOOTMGR+boot\BCD+winload.exe can load a XP fine) Like: http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9602 http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/139807-difference-in-winloadexe- Sanbarrow forum is not working, here is through Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20110106042923/http://sanbarrow.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1695 jaclaz

What is Win2k-UU? With UURollup? Then say it. You integrated (not slipstreamed I believe) the SATA textmode driver HOW? To WHAT? HOW you created the \cmdcons? jaclaz

Surely not (or not necessarily), but still it is a sign of progress, once the good MS guys (and their shills) will have completely reached the acceptance stage, they will be able to do something - if not better - different or "new". After almost three years insisting on beating this poor dead horse it will be anyway a change. Whether it will be a change for the better time will tell, but at least there is the possibility - pardon me the pun - of a new start (menu) . jaclaz

Maybe because you need some 1337 speech, you spell it d@mn. jaclaz

nuhi, you have all the rights in the world (plus one) to get some revenue from your work <- there is NO doubt about this, and this would be actually (only too) "fair". Still "real world" is a lot of things , among them interesting, wonderful, etc. but the ONLY thing it surely is not is "fair" . What I posted is what I believe is the situation, as objective as I can see it, of course any decision in "marketing" or "licensing scheme" are entirely up to you. Being one that counts things in "bytes" (sometimes even in "bits" ) you won't find easily someone more convinced than me that "less is better" and that "less bytes to be transferred" mean less time to transfer them, no matter the speed of the hardware. But still, when you jolt down a business plan you have to count (big) numbers, not (increasingly more rare) rightful attitudes . The nlite software (or a new version of it to more or less the same use, on more recent OSes) has a very "narrow" target (as "intended usage") and - I believe - an even narrower one when it comes to "target willing to pay", IMHO you have to consider this when planning. @-X- As long as you are looking for a (partial) filename, you can use NTFS $MFT search fine (no, it won't use resources as it won' t index *anything*), currently SwiftSearch is among the ones I recommend, see: http://reboot.pro/topic/18855-windows-file-search-utility-that-is-fast/ http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/158744-ntfs-file-lister-using-mft/ jaclaz

I guess we might need to temper *somewhere else* http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/172160-why-does-win-87-suck-so-much/ adding something like "it is vital to disable one of the most prominent features of Windows 8/8.1 in order to use instead of it (which sucks) a third party tool that actually works" jaclaz

My personal view of the "market" is the following. The "normal" first time usage for nlite (home user) is: try making a build removing everything install won't work as expected (wrongly, in the sense that what was expected was not correspondent to the choices made) try another build removing something less build won't work as expected (wrongly, as above) come here whining about re-adding something that is missing in the install be advised to re-build without removing this and without removing that try another build removing something less build won't work as expected (wrongly, as above) loop to #8 until install works as expected (either because choices were chosen correctly or expectations have "lowered") Then there is a fork, a number of users (let's call them, just for the sake of distinguishing them from the rest, "average") will then never use it again until a new install is needed AND - for whatever reason - the original build was lost (otherwise they won't run it again, ever), whilst the rest of the people will use it several times, and again, and again. These latter category can also be divided in sub-categories: the "kids" (just wanting to have some fun)the "tweakers" more or less the same people that hang around MSFN and similar boards (also wanting to have some fun, while learning new, strange things)Than there is the, vaster than what may seem, category of "wannabe IT" (those that have used nlite - notwithstanding it's license - in a commercial environment, like small repair shops or "casual IT's"), these are another category that used nlite over and over (and over). Then the real "business IT's" that have been prevented from using nlite till now (though they had interest in it) and that resolved to test it at home or however "privately". To sum up: "average" <- will use nlite once and never again in several years, until a new version of Windows comes out, they might be OK to pay some (small) one time license fee linked to the OS version"kids" <- will use nlite all the times they see fit but will use a cracked version"tweakers" <- will either use nlite all the times they see fit AND pay for a reasonable license fee (but won't likely renew it at each and every new MS OS, unless it is a very, very low fee) OR they will lose interest altogether in the tool"casual IT's" these are the same that used nlite for years in violation of it's license, they will probably use the same "cracked" version as the "kids" or however they are not going to pay proportionately to the use they will do of the tool"business IT's" <- they might be - if interested - willing to pay adequate amount of money for licenses, even year subscription for the license to the program AND for support for it.Consider how nlite has been in early times something IMHO, if not *needed*, at least *advisable* but nowadays it has (IMHO) lost a lot of momentum for a number of reasons. The "switch" between NT 4.00 and 2K was a 5x (from 150 Mb to around 700 Mb on disk) in times where disks were 2.1 Gb or 4.3 Gb The "switch" between 2K and XP was (very near in time to the above) a 2.5 x (from 700 Mb to 1.8 Gb) in times where disks were what? 20 Gb. The "switch" between XP and Vista never happened The "switch" between XP and 7 was a 10x (from 1.8 Gb to 18 Gb or so) in times where disks were 500 Gb and more The "switch" between 7 and 8 will be a 1.2x (from 18 Gb to 24 Gb or so) in times where disks are 1000 Gb and more and even SSD's are 256 Gb or so jaclaz

Yep, the point here is (after having ruled out a possible "generic" hardware issue) if the "conflict" you have experimentally found with the stupid Insyde BIOS is limited to the installation (as is/was the case of Qemu) or if it prevents (after having somehow "hacked" a 2K install on it) the running of the OS. jaclaz

Sure , an AC outlet (grounded) has three contacts (everywhere) live/neutral/ground. Since the 70's (at least in Italy) grounding is compulsory on ALL sockets. The plugs may have two (ungrounded) or three (grounded) pins, and the plug is compatible to both. Of course only Class 2 (double insulation) devices can have a two pin plug, as well as lighting appliances. But often an issue may be not the grounding (in the sense of a third cable, yellow/green along the standard, connected to the plug and the use of a three contact plug) but the grounding in the sense of how well the grounding wires are connected to actual ground, it's not rare the case of a bad ground or of oxidized contacts/loose bolts/etc. making the ground partially or totally ineffective. About AC, not only there is the 120 vs 240 V difference, but in the US electricity is @60 Hz while in EU it is @50Hz, which is a further issue for anything containing an electric motor, i.e. even if you use a transformer to make the voltage correct, an EU motor will run roughly 20% faster in the US and viceversa a US motor will ruin roughly 20% slower in EU. jaclaz

Do you have available a Windows XP source for doing a test install? This would rule out the hardware as possible source of the issue and would give us a fair view of which drivers are used in it. jaclaz

As I see it the issue is not about the malware and the few millions subscribers/customers of No-Ip that suffered the black out, but a lot about MS self-appointing as Internet Police (actually Internet Vigilante) and to a Federal Judge actually authorizing that. A couple related articles: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140701/07252927743/dangerous-ruling-judge-lets-microsoft-seize-redirect-no-ip-domains-without-notice.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140701/15030927747/microsoft-insists-that-no-ip-outage-was-due-to-technical-error-rather-than-gross-abuse-legal-process.shtml Set apart the point about how good actually is the "good cause to believe" it is unprecedented I believe that a judicial order of such potentially devastating consequences has been granted "filed under seal" and with a bond of only US$ 200,000. The peeps at No-Ip had however a nice comment : http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9249509/Microsoft_admits_technical_error_in_IP_takeover_but_No_IP_still_down jaclaz

Hey jaclaz, let me get this right, are you saying (with a sad face) you would rather have a free solution of a lesser quality than a full-time dedicated product, which requires compensation on my end? Actually I am saying NOTHING at all (in the sense of nada, zero, zilch) if not that I was surprised by this announcement and that I will need (and I believe a few more people will) some time to put together a thought upon comment. jaclaz

You might need to allow for a few day to let people recover from the SHOCK of the announcement. jaclaz

My bad , I read this: as: While you meant: jaclaz