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Sure , it has a few ways, cannot say which one will be suited to the specific message/window.... jaclaz

And you weren't paying (much) attention : Actually it was the second item that contributed to the formulation of Jaclaz's Laptop Law: yet to be proved wrong.... It was IMNSHO one of the greatest little PC's ever made, don't be fooled by the picture, the real one ran DOS 6.20 or 6.22 and Windows 3.1 (actually Windows for Pen computing): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_Concerto Mine was a 33 Mhz 486 Dx, with 8 Mb of Ram (default was 4 Mb) and if I recall correctly a 120 Mb hard disk and believe me it was fast and smooth. I had Microsoft Word 6 and, much more than that, EXCEL 4.0 (and later 5), and later Borland Quattro (which I had to use for some file format interchange reasons) and - drums rolling - MS Project 1.0! And then MS Access 1.0 which was thrown away in no time and replaced by Borland Paradox for Windows..... It had a floppy, two PCMCIA, serial, parallel and two PS/2 sockets, one for the (detachable) keyboard and one for the (optional) external mouse. I bought it specifically to carry it with me abroad, and I had an external 14.4 K modem/fax and Winfax, I remember that sending or receiving a 1.44 Mb floppy image took around 15 minutes, but I was "connected" and could send and receive faxes! The pen was WAY more functonal than any trackball/trackpad I ever used, and there was really no need of a "real mouse", and also the keyboard though "small" was not at all "bad", being detachable you could (besides using the PC as "pure Pen Tablet") also have a decent distance between the keyboard and the screen, like in: http://criggie.org.nz/laptop/concerto/mvc-268f.jpg At the time Compaq was one among the leaders, if not "the" leader, in providing excellent products, both laptop (mainstream was the Contura) and desktop. The Concerto was a breakthrough in design and usability, and it was most probably abandoned because it was expensive, but also because it was tooo much ahead of it's time. Guys sorry for the OT but the Concerto fully deserved an elegy, may it R.I.P. . jaclaz

What about the good old way of AutoIt or nircmd clicking the "OK"? jaclaz

Before that, it would be nice if you could detail the EXACT steps you took, the EXACT version of Scitech Display Doctor, etc. this way should someone have your same problem he/she will be able to find a suitable complete answer. jaclaz

OT but actually serious matters: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/technology/apple-samsung-case-shows-smartphone-as-lawsuit-magnet.html http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/25/technology/jury-reaches-decision-in-apple-samsung-patent-trial.html?_r=1&hp http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/apple-samsung-face-sales-bans-in-south-korea/2012/08/24/9cb1ac8c-edde-11e1-b0eb-dac6b50187ad_story.html Without entering at all in the discussion about who is right or who is wrong, I like the statement by Samsung : http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/24/tech/mobile/apple-samsung-verdict/?hpt=hp_t3 I am curious to see what will happen when the Surface hits the market: I would call it a brand new usage paradigm, had I not been a (BTW very satisfied) user of .... Edit: corrected the date it was year 1993, I presume that 95% percent of the "intended users target" wasn't even born at the time jaclaz

I guess that the origin, as often is, is Latin: Inter Alia: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/inter+alia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases_(I) so it is very likely that the concept exists at least in all western languages. While I am at it, another Wikipedia (statement alike) opinion jaclaz

So you have less faith in them than I have? I don't really understand the concept, since they already sold a huge numebr of licenses, someone should buy more from them? It would be illogical, exactly because they already sold a big number of licenses, I would rather personally give my money to some new, smaller company that actually needs it, as long as the product is (IMHO) worth the money. I mean I do understand popularity as a consequence of merit, but I fail to see how popularity would constitute merit.... BTW, I told you how I cheap I am, but these guys to celebrate 1 billion download (if I recall correctly the Winzip division makes around 20 Million US$/year) put as prize for the draw: http://www.winzip.com/win/en/prizedraw-rules.htm (besides a number of useless licenses for a previous version of an useless app) a single large screen TV? I know that. Unfortunately it seems like ..... jaclaz

I just want to say that there is nothing such as black or white, it's just shades of grey. And sometimes your eyes can't even see if one grey tone is lighter than another. There are methods to try to play it safer and test (with also shades of greys accuracy) that one color is lighter than another. At the end you have a likely, a founded opinion, but never a statement. You see, again we basically agree: http://reboot.pro/15878/ Naaah, I have a lot of faith, but I tend to keep it separate from statemnts (and also from facts). On some unrelated news, apparently the good guys at Corel are not telling the truth (or maybe they have a lot of faith): http://www.winzip.com/win/en/empopp.htm or possibly Winrar is not a ZIp utility Surely, the expected target in mid-september of 1 billion (as in 1,000,000,000) downloads: http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/winzipr-to-hit-one-billion-downloads-1693830.htm http://www.winzip.com/win/en/giveaway-landing.htm is impressive, though since probably even downloads don't exist, I doubt they can reach anyway the popularity of Winrar, as certified by google hits. Wait does google (and it's results) exist? Actually I have no particular position, and rest assured that when I talk or write ) to myself I tend to undestand myself. Because everything said by everybody can't be certain, thus statements hardly exists. As I do with wikipedia, assume its implicit subjectivity and get going. It seems to work. Interesting. Though I still fail how can WIkipedia actually exist (since it is made mainly of statements). Maybe there are existing statements (the ones in Wikipedia) and non-existing ones (all the rest). I'll have to think a bit about the implications of this approach. And I cannot even put my new footwear on : jaclaz

All available references seem like suggesting that Scitech Display Doctor worked with the game allright. Try it, here: http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/http://www.scitechsoft.com/ftp/sdd/* BTW, it is possible that you need to try the older version 53. Don't forget this: http://wayback.archive.org/web/20080515000000*/http://www.scitechsoft.com/ftp/sdd/regcodes.txt jaclaz

That's good, again we basically agree. Cnet downloads: http://download.cnet.com/windows/file-compression/ Winzip seems like being more popular than Winrar, what gives? Look, I could not understand the sense of your sentences, which I now understand were meant as simple negation: You see, I wasn't sure about something, I asked about it and you clarified the meaning. We won't become friends through this process, let alone change our respective opinions, but at least we are communicating . Hmmm. If that line doesn't exist, how can I open my mind by reading it and understanding how statements don't exist? It looks like a nice Catch 22. I would have liked to make a few more statements, like: and besides: but now it seems pointless... jaclaz

I have the feelng that what is needed is a suitable VESA driver. Here are some: http://web.archive.org/web/20080509121123/http://www.elys.com/software/vesa/ If I were you I would try the Scitech Display Doctor and/or the UNIVBE. Some references here: http://reboot.pro/3572/ http://reboot.pro/2325/ I suspect that a lot of tries need to be made within the .cfg .... BTW it seems like virtualbox also supports VESA drivers, in case you may want to try the portable version: http://www.vbox.me/ jaclaz

"gzip" About 154,000,000 results BUt what do you expect from pigeons? http://www.google.com/onceuponatime/technology/pigeonrank.html Some more meaningless metrics: www.winrar.com http://www.alexa.com/search?q=www.winrar.com&r=site_screener&p=bigtop Alexa Traffic Rank: 237,224 Traffic Rank in US: 182,306 Sites Linking In: 428 www.winzip.com http://www.alexa.com/search?q=www.winzip.com&r=site_screener&p=bigtop Alexa Traffic Rank: 4,317 Traffic Rank in US: 2,481 Sites Linking In: 22,726 www.7-zip.org http://www.alexa.com/search?q=www.7-zip.org&r=site_screener&p=bigtop Alexa Traffic Rank: 12,040 Traffic Rank in US: 10,078 Sites Linking In: 21,138 www.gzip.org http://www.alexa.com/search?q=www.gzip.org%2F+&r=site_screener&p=bigtop Alexa Traffic Rank: 109,516 Traffic Rank in US: 90,913 Sites Linking In: 2,033 I am not sure to get the double negation Opinions are free . Statements should be IMHO however backed up by some substantial data. jaclaz

How exactly google is a proof of popularity of Winrar (or of any other program)? I mean how exactly did you probed Winrar popularity through google? (with which search terms, with which options, etc.) Be aware that count results might represent a meaningless metric: http://web.archive.org/web/20110628184253/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/google-result-counts-are-a-meaningless-metric.html jaclaz

But you should have some sound data in order to state it.... that's a nuance in language communication. I read "the most popular actually" as a statement, and not as an assumption. Similarly, if I write 7-zip, usually it is because I mean 7-zip. If I wanted to write "a file manager" or " a file archiver" or "a popular file archiver", I would have most probably wrote that . I try my best to be as accurate as I can and try to avoid misunderstandings but evidently my attempts are not good enough to prevent free interpretation/assumptions. To me: still means plainly: which seems to me like the accepted and acceptable meaning of the expression "among other(s)": http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-cobuild/among%20other(s) "tools" seem to me like a non-specific enough name that means generically "tools" and not particularly "file archivers" or "tools inherently similar in nature and usage paradigm to 7-zip". You have to take into account also that English is not my mother tongue and more generally I was writing a post on a technical board and not writing a novel. jaclaz

Yes, this means that we basically agree. No , I never suggested "a file archiver", and not even 7-zip , I simply stated how 7-zip was capable to do the specific task (easily) and that it was not the only program in the world capable of doing that, without specifying any "category" to which either 7-zip or the other tools capable of performing the task belong or should belong to. You assumed that 7-zip is "a file archiver" (which is not, or not only, being also a file manager and actually sporting this in it's windows title): and then further assumed that the "file archiver" WinRar, being "most popular" could do the same task. As said, you made a wrong guess, it happens to everyone, not a problem as I see it , and as soon as you actually asked for clarifications cdob promptly provided them. BTW, I didn't know that Winrar was the "most popular" file archiver, have you got some data about this? jaclaz

Naah, every children WAS able to do those squares in Paint, from now on a child will need to use Fresh Paint : jaclaz

I guess that the first programmer that publishes a program called: please_let_me_have_back_the_desktop_and_stuff_smartscreen_up_steve_ballmers_you_know_what.exe will have quite a number of downloads and installations as it could be a good way to deliver the message.... from the "base" to the "top" (you know, the peeps that say they are listening BUT do another thing instead) The usage of underscores and the lack of the apostrophe is to make sure that there is no issue with names containing spaces/special characters, though I cannot guarantee that Smartscreen (or IIS 7.5 ) can manage properly a name longer than 32 characters . jaclaz

I may be old fashioned (actually I am so) but the sheer fact that they needed to explain how: and additionally they had to post the image with the detailed explanation: seems to me enough to hypotize that the "intended audience" is 5 years old (concepts such as "logo, symbol and text" are usually very clear in 6/7 years old). BTW, the Segoe font is seemingly not even "original": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segoe and definitely it is "not new" (though not as "ancient" as the symbol). It is strange how they didn't suggest the readers of the page to sit down: jaclaz

I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Reading: I would say that there are three possibilities: TRY using the mentioned 7-zip ASK which other tools can do the same (should the reader not already know such a suitable tool) ASSUME that WinRar or Winzip, since they are "WAY more popular, used, known, and famous (thus likely to be used)" would do the same Still 66.66% probabilities of doing the "right thing" . You are not lucky. On the other hand another approach: would have been likely to raise protests either on the "rude attitude" or by anyone knowing that several other tools capable of doing the same exist. I guess one can never find a way to make all people happy . Sure , so it is reading and interacting with people, some are more capable than others at it. Well, noone (if not you) talked about Winrar, since you were able to suppose that Winrar would do the same as 7-zip, you made a wrong guess, that's all. And again it all depends on personal opinions, I personally find 7-zip so convenient that I also use it as dual pane file manager, but never said that it is "very convenient" or "more convenient" than WInrar, Winzip or *any* other "WAY more popular, used, known, and famous (thus likely to be used)" app. I simply stated that it was convenient to do the specific task of extracting the El-Torito floppy emulation image from the .iso. Additionally I never stated that "if something is free and deliver good results then it must be used", I stated how (evidently) free apps are freely available. Yeah, I am working on them, should I need some help in learning about them I will ask you some. jaclaz

Tools capable of opening .iso files, typically .iso editors, like Isobuster, MagicIso, PowerIso, or programs dealing with filesystem images such as Winimage, etc., most of them Commercial/Shareware. 7-zip is free (as in free beer and also as in freedom) so everyone can have it, which is a good reason to choose it as a suggested app. Though it doesn't support creation of .rar files it is a very good archiver with some interesting additional capabilities as it can open most .iso's (including the file used as boot sector, be it a an El-Torito floppy or a no-emulation bootsector) and also most .ima's and .img's). As a side note (and shameless plug ) there is also my - as usual - half-@§§ed batch that uses ISOINFO (cdrtools) and DSFO (DSFOK tools) that should do : http://reboot.pro/12406/ jaclaz

...and overlooked this one : jaclaz

Well, this is not fair. In case of need you may consult the BCDW homepage: http://bootcd.narod.ru/index_e.htm BCDW is a project abandoned since a few years and the above page is not updated anyway to latest release (which is 2.01, whilst the page is still at 1.50z). There used to be a mirror with latest version here: http://www.wolfgang-brinkmann.de/downloads_e.html but it has been removed, so you can get it, thanks to paraglider: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=19412 from here: www.paraglidernc.com/temp/bcdw201a.rar or here: More generally, now that you are focused on UBC4WIN it is more likely that you find people familiar with it on the UBCD4WIN forum: http://ubcd4win.com/forum/index.php?act=idx or, since UBCD4WIN is BartPE based, on the official Bart's PEbuilder Support Forum, here: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?act=idx jaclaz

dissuflously: jaclaz

Well, I am grateful to Sun for not having sued me/us for the use of letter J. Triprdacus, CharlottThHarlot and JorgA and xpcially Frdldingu ar smingly lucky guys sinc MS lt thm still use that lttr....

Heck , I thought we were going together like peas and carrots ...: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109830/quotes?qt=qt0373739 jaclaz