jaclaz

I don't get it. How about using some google ? Like, you know, Nvidia 8400 drivers "server 2003": http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f19/solved-window-server-2003-a-386187.html Seriously most XP drivers (32 bit) will work fine on Server 2003 (32 bit). A number of "free" tools on the other hand may check the OS and refuse to run on a "business" OS or run "badly". I believe that Malware bytes runs on it, though the OS is not supported, and possibly there are issues with specific hardware. jaclaz

While you are at it, you could experiment with Offline Sysprep (which uses sysprep anyway but allow for much more "flexibility"): http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showforum=43 jaclaz

The 32 bit versions - from my experience are very, very similar, and not in any way "distinctly different". I would go further, saying that they are IMHO exactly the same OS artificially differentiated, though of course Server 2003, also because was released later has more than a few improvements. And, while we are at it, they are also very, very similar to Windows 2000. (with a number of added bells and whistles, and a few nice improvements), they are both "Whistler". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP#As_.22Whistler.22 A number of programs, that are senselessly hardcoded for 5.1 won't work, of course, and as well depending on hardware there may be more difficultues in finding Win 2003 drivers. However the OP might be interested in this : http://www.msfn.org/win2k3/ jaclaz

jaclaz also said how it worked for him on Firefox (I checked and version is 27.0, since I don't use it often, please read as "almost never", cannot say if it is a good or "recent enough" version). jaclaz

All 4 (four) of them . jaclaz

Hmmm , I wonder where exactly you found that link and quote . jaclaz

Maybe you only need to kill and restart Explorer: http://superuser.com/questions/94679/notification-area-volume-icon-is-stuck-off See also: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19085-system-icons-enable-disable.html this talks of logging off and on again as alternative to rebooting. jaclaz

Nice new plan :. It strangely *somehow* reminds me of the SETI project : http://www.seti.org/node/647 the idea of listening for meaningful signals to prove the existence of Microsoftial intelligence in Seattle is intriguing . jaclaz

It works fine in Firefox from here and also in Chrome (but not in my beloved Opera, whereit is stuck on the initial Windows XP loading bar and never makes it to the desktop). The BSOD is seemingly part of the "intro". jaclaz

And WHEN this will happen, IF it will happen, we might be able to talk about it. What we could discuss at length - right now - is which adjective among hypothetical, speculative and conjectural: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/24417/what-is-the-difference-between-speculative-hypothetical-and-conjectural is more suitable on this nth thread about the (unknown) future of XP updates (or complete lack of them). JFYI, I am personally tagging these threads under otiose http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/otiose jaclaz

I believe there are several reasons why you get an ID 1004 So you did exactly and only what is listed here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc775148(v=ws.10).aspx with no success/change in the error you get? And you already double-checked these: http://blogs.technet.com/b/terminalserverlicensing/archive/2008/09/02/common-issues-with-terminal-server-licensing-in-w2k-w2k3.aspx Right? What I personally would do as a test would be to setup a machine with a "plain" Windows 2000 (i.e. a client corresponding to the server), in a lan subset with just the Windows 2000 Terminal server in it and see if the issue remains, if yes, it is likely to be a mis-configuration of the server, if not the issue might be on the clients side. jaclaz

A symlink or a hardlink? I presume you want to make a hardlink to the dosbox.exe inside one of the paths already inside the PATH variable? But this would be possible (as well as symbolic links) only on a NTFS volume. See: http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/ln/ln.html But you can use a "normal" .lnk file on *any* filesystem, if I recall correctly. jaclaz

My understanding is very similar to yours, though I suspect that the OP is slipping (and indirectly bringing down you with him ) on a chocolate-covered banana , just in case: http://homepage.ntlworld.com./jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/put-down-the-chocolate-covered-banana.html I may be (rare, but it can happen ), but I did not actually state anything, I simply reported a source "as is". Just for the record here: http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/3209f9b8-842e-43a8-a36a-575226b6e8ed there is this text: which may also be "wrong", but it is possibly a hint that the referenced page is actually "right" And, JFYI: http://sqlblog.com/blogs/aaron_bertrand/archive/2011/03/13/ot-windows-activation-en-masse.aspx jaclaz

In Windows (and DOS) we have a variable called PATH: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PATH_(variable) http://www.robvanderwoude.com/path.php jaclaz

To expand on Yzöwl's question, according to this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa394520(v=vs.85).aspx the win32_WindowsProductActivation class is non-existing on non-XP/2003. jaclaz

The EU Court (ECJ) has ruled that communication data retention is a severe form of menace to privacy and is not fully justified by security reasons. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26935096 and that related directives need to be amended. See: http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2014-04/cp140054en.pdf I don't want to cite the whole text f the press release to no make the post too long, but do read the whole .pdf. A little step, but seemingly in the right direction. jaclaz

No, we will need to agree to disagree . Meritocracy is based on merit. <- it has a positive connotation, merit is intended as a positive attribute, it means that you have outstanding capabilities, knowledge, intelligence, will, etc., and that you used them for the benefit of the community which in turn gives you this status or recognition. Merit cannot be bought, you either manage to do the positive things that lead to gain it or you don't. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritocracy Something based on money cannot be "merit", it is a corrupted form of democracy, and usually leads to what is called oligarchy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligarchy or, even worse, to a plutocracy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutocracy The apparent "model" of the voting system as represented on the Indiegogo page is a mixed status, where something is "pushed" through either a high number of "free" (free in the sense of gratis) votes (and as such is a form of democracy with an accent on populism) or through buying these votes (which is clearly derived from plutocracy). The "free" votes (again free in the sense of gratis) that people with merit may cast have not any greater weight than that of the common citizen, thus merit is not measured, nor evaluated. In my perverted mind the priorities and planning (let alone the management) of any project should be done through a form of aristocracy (in the original sense): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristocracy where one reaches the aristocrat status through merits (not by birth or wealth). On the other hand, ReactOS has always been fully Open Source, and there is nothing in the fund raising campaign hinting that this status will change. jaclaz

Generally speaking, there must be a "reason" for using compression. To me it may have made sense in times where the unit cost of storage was higher or in some particular (rare) case where you have "too much" processing power and "too slow" I/O storage subsystem (USB 2.x may be one of these cases). But, for obvious reasons, if the scope is "backup" having non compressed and contiguous files is IMHO an advantage (for recovery purposes), it makes much more sense to use a file compressor (like zip, 7-zip or the like) possibly one capable of making "solid" archives and with parity/recovery records. Also, you did not specify which kind of files are those "largish" files, if they are (say) audio or video, the compression would not even produce very sensible size reduction (as the data is already compressed). The issue with fragmentation with NTFS compression is known: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS#File_compression the 64/60 effect can create "havoc" Just for the record, and since you talked of extremely small files, the real limit (usually stated vaguely as "around 900 bytes" or "1500 bytes or smaller") for files to be stored in the $MFT has been analyzed here: http://www.forensicfocus.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=10403/ jaclaz

Well, a good practice is a "good practice". In the case of deciding to have not a PXE server (not a WinAoE, nor a iScsi one) in the network it becomes "only possible practice". jaclaz

If I may (as this is actually my professional field ) the relevant point is a bit different. Common building codes require a given ratio between area of a room and area of windowed openings in it (to allow the sun light to enter and to favour changing the air in it). Usually (but of course not everywhere) the ratios are between 1:12 to 1:8, that is if you have a room of 20 sqm (roughly 216 sqf) there must be windows totaling at least 1.67 to 2.5 sqm (roughly 18 to 27 sqf). Additionally modern codes tend to allow only units where natural "cross-ventilation" is possible (i.e. at least two windows exist on two different sides of the building) or otherwise prescribe an adequate ventilation provision. The above are, more than anything else, "common sense" rules to have the place where you live "salubrious". jaclaz

Yep , but all the "combined" reports (including the failure to perform a "Long" test) lead to believe that the disk is having issues, I personally would not EVEN THINK of using it as "System" drive, further use is suggested possibly ONLY as a secondary or tertiary backup. jaclaz

Typo? Standard cluster size in NTFS is 4 Kb. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/140365/en-us jaclaz

I am not sure to understand. The screenshot on the left is seemingly about the "Short" test (and this was passed, good ). What about the "Long" test (which is BTW evidently more complete/thorough)? jaclaz

Part of that assumption is that anyone eligible to vote can cast a vote that has the same weight of anyone else's vote. The moment someone (by paying money) can cast a vote that counts 5x that of anyone else, it is anyway not "democracy" (or "community") anymore. And the whole concept of "popularity" is somehow derived from the worst deviations of it, like the "likes" on Facebook or the "views" on Youtube. Also, if you think a bit abut it, the whole idea of "Open Source" and "Collaborative programming" is that people contributes with their time and knowledge to the development or the testing of the software. We could make a poll to see how many of our members on MSFN would be willing to pay a US$ 300 entry ticket for the privilege of being allowed to spend an enormous amount of their time in the Beta testing. What makes IMHO a lot of sense (among the proposed offers) is the one about the "dedicated" embedded/POS system: But there are (still IMHO) two big show-stoppers: there is no actual record/proof/anything about the capabilities of existing ReactOS, let alone about it being in any way "secure" the US$ 100,000 are maybe a tadbit too much for a little new (let's call it start-up) company entering the field of POS/Embedded systems[1]jaclaz [1] Any already "established" company will use an already established industry standard, right or wrong as this approach might be

Booting Linux to boot a BartPE from the network makes no sense, you can boot the BartPE locally instead of the Linux (though you can use the Linux to download *something* from the network, store it in a RAM area and then boot the *whatever* is in this RAM area). We were talking of installing a NT based OS. As said, the procedure in this case would be to make (which is BTW "good" practice) a "local" copy of the install files (still if we are talking of NT/2K/XP/2003, later systems may differ). A minimal PE can access a "network drive" just fine, and a tool like WINNTSETUP: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/149612-winntsetup-v33-v34-beta-1/ should work fine using as "source" a network drive. jaclaz