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Assuming that submix8c was referencing this: the 5% figure was just a conventional value for illustrative purposes (the real one probably be more near to 6 or 7% ) And for NO apparent reason a repost about a new game (JFYI): jaclaz

SCOOP! The sentence: as it was originally written : jaclaz

No idea, try re.reading this thread starting from: and see if you can find a suitable setting. The referenced MS article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc978664.aspx seems to me clear enough, though I'll have to to re-read it and MarkTheC posts several time to be able to add a tentative to the spreadsheet. jaclaz

I'll do and report, as soon as I am back to the machine I normally work with, thanks . But though - as always - very nice , it is a (much better) workaround. I mean your script still uses "directory" info and not "filename", set aside the OP request, if instead of looking for the created date of the contents of a directory I want to look for the created date of a single file, I need to use the "WHERE Name=" approach. What I am missing (and I want to understand fully) is the right way to escape/quoting everything in the FOR loop. I'll study your approach, if I get it right is: use USEBACKQ enclose the whole set of arguments of WHERE in double quotes enclose the values of each single comparison inside the WHERE in in single quotes escape the commas (besides - as always - the pipe symbol) and see if it works with the filename containing brackets jaclaz

From: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/iso (highlighted the relevant parts) jaclaz

Can you detail which specific data are you trying to extract? jaclaz

But imagine that the "main scope" of the OS is to make more money, wouldn't it then make sense to have it open on the Music Store? jaclaz

Hmmm, really cannot say, but set aside the specific issue, from a "mathematical standpoint" 5 x/y points should be enough to approximate *any* curve of this type (or at least approximate them accurately enough). Maybe you tested "wrong" curves (or you had not the "right tool" to create some). If I can find something to criticize about the mentioned tutorial is that - while it explains very well the theory , it completely lacks a "practical way" to test curves , and provides a "conversion/curve building" method that is needlessly complex. I try (with the attached spreadsheet) to fill this gap (you will need Excel). No instructions, but once chosen your DPI in cell R20, besides changing values in cells P22:Q26 you can grab points in the graphic (the Magenta coloured line) and drag 'em around. Then copy cells B18:B33 to a new. reg file and test the settings. jaclaz mouseaccel.zip

I am not following you . The given article explains exactly HOW to do something. You have to experiment. Then you post the actual table that you generated (and does not feel "right" to you). Then someone may (hopefully) find what is the problem with your data. You will need to post also the various settings you have (like refresh rate, dpi, etc.) OF COURSE you cannot use a 2K or XP driver on 7! jaclaz

Maybe this is what you were looking for: http://www.esreality.com/index.php?a=post&id=1945096 http://www.kotiposti.net/~d636961/WinAccel/tuto/CustomAccel-Tutorial-English.txt http://www.kotiposti.net/~d636961/WinAccel/DefaultCurves.zip Now the "math" is seemingly all there, time to do the experiments. jaclaz

Very good , everything is back to normality : Now that the OP issue is solved, can we go a step ahead (or aside )? The WMIC thingie I posted is seemingly "absurd" (using the "containing folder and "Installdate" ), but I got to it because I had issues with: @ECHO OFF SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION SET TargetDir="%*" SET Targetdir PUSHD CD /D %TargetDir% REM DIR Pause FOR /F "tokens=*" %%A IN ('DIR /A:-D /B %TargetDir%') DO CALL :getCreationDate "%%A" POPD goto :eof :getCreationDate set FILE=%~f1 set FILE="%FILE:\=\\%" FOR /F "skip=1 tokens=*" %%B IN ( '"wmic datafile where (name=%FILE%) get creationdate, name"' ) DO ( SET Line=%%B SET Line=!Line:~6,2!/!Line:~4,2!/!Line:~0,4! !Line:~26! ECHO !LINE! ) goto :eof Namely the batch is "borked" if a name conataining brackets is found. I tried a few alternative things in the FOR loop, including attempting using the usebackq parameter, but could not find any solution. jaclaz

You see , no need to make Coffefiend UNemployed And now, for NO apparent reason, an unneededly complex script using WMIC! @ECHO OFF SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS PUSHD CD /D %1 set "thisfolder=%CD:~2%" for /F "skip=1 tokens=*" %%A in ( '"wmic datafile where (path='%thisfolder:\=\\%\\') get InstallDate, Name"' ) do ( SET Line=%%A CALL :parse_date ) POPD :parse_date SET Y=%Line:~0,4% SET M=%Line:~4,2% SET D=%Line:~6,2% SET Name=%Line:~27% ECHO %D%/%M%/%Y% - %Name% GOTO :EOF jaclaz

Well, you could have bettered it nonetheless, like: jaclaz

Good. (though I would add a "<Extend>False</Extend>" to 1st partition, as a placeholder as it won't do any harm or - to be coherent - remove the "<Extend>False</Extend>" from 2nd partition) jaclaz

Not really. We don't know HOW exactly NATO has setup his system . He may have done the RIGHT thing (or at least the one I do ) which is to have ALWAYS, on *any* OS booted the SAME lettering scheme (any given dirve ALWAYS gets SAME given drive letter). (i.e. when he boots his second instance of XP the drive is D:\ or if you prefer D:\ is the Boot drive - along the WRONG MS terminology - see http://www.multibooters.co.uk/system.html ) OR he may have done what kids multi-booting usually do , install the second instance after having hidden the first one, and have a same drive getting a different drive letter according to the currently booted OS. Compare with (among others): http://reboot.pro/8052/ jaclaz

For NO apparent reason , something actually new, "The Leap": http://reboot.pro/16922/ http://leapmotion.com/ at least you won't have all those ugly dirty fingerprints on your touchscreen.... jaclaz

Yep, but I would guess that you cannot EXTEND BOTH partition 2 and 3.... What happens with : In this case I guess that the "<Size>1000</Size>" is unneeded.. jaclaz

For the record: http://www.itlisting.org/5-windows/9a87b563686a2140.aspx Would that work in 9x through LMHOSTS/whatever? BTW the linked to Win2K thingy seems like being taken from this: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb726981.aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb726981.aspx#EHAA jaclaz

Which SIZE is that partiion? jaclaz

Are you really sure he is a friend? Seriously, UBCD4WIN has a dedicated Forum, chances are that you will find a "higher density" of UBCD4WIN experts there : http://ubcd4win.com/forum/index.php?act=idx The Eric Phelps article you mentioned is about BartPE. BartPE is the "generic" result of running Bart's PE builder. UBCD4WIN is a "specialized" and "pre-configured" set that also uses Bart's PE builder as "building engine". If you want to create "your own" customized BartPE, then the reference is instead the 911CD Forum: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php? jaclaz

If I may, this looks more like logical: C: [C_XP_PRO_1] D: [D_XP_PRO_2] E: [E_Documents] F: [F_Videos] and, actually for NO apparent reason , a nice related thingy: http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/trench/11597.html and some variations of the idea (both cool and uncool): http://www.sevenforums.com/customization/17838-show-drive-letter-drive-icon.html http://rubenerd.com/scrabble-drive-icons/ http://www.pauahtun.org/DesktopIcons/DriveLetter.html and (should it be needed) remember that Explorer can use somethig different from actual Label of the drive: http://www.tweaklibrary.com/Display/Files-and-Folders/40/Changing-Drive-Labels-in-Explorer/11102/ I guess that disk management (and the chkdsk) use the Label value and not the Explorer Registry one, so you can have a Label of C_drive, D_drive, etc. BUT an Explorer name XP PRO, Documents, etc. jaclaz

Well, you READ my reply to it, there are only two possible cases (after all you are not disagreeing ) jaclaz

Sure, this is a possibly preoccupying issue, but the real issues are: WHY hasn't Yzöwl posted a better batch snippet than mine? but, much more than that: WHERE THE HECK is gunsmokingman? Why hasn't he yet posted a vbs snippet for this? jaclaz

It's not that easy, but the "theory of operation" is not particularly complex, some parsing is needed, biut it shouldn't be that bad. I don't want to hijack (too much) this thread, I will PM you some data. jaclaz

That's good , as it means that we can play a bit on the "still unknown" . As I see it there are two possibilities,either the Enterprise and "end user" versions will be VERY similar (and this would be logical and consequent with the trend I attempted to highlight: "same size fits all") or the Enterprise and "end user" versions will be VERY UNlike (and this could mean either a return to the duality between DOS and NT of the past or to the need of "different training" for personnel, that will have in the office a "different" OS - actually just the interface to it - from what they are used to and familiar with at home) In both cases it sounds to me like a no-win/no-win situation for the actual customers, no matter if "Corporate" or "Home" . jaclaz