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To each his own. My "minimal tools partition" is "more minimal" than yours. jaclaz

As CoffeeFiend hinted, I masked with sarcasm some IMHO good advice, which (the advice I mean, not the joking remark I made) should be taken SERIOUSLY . Now, the following are facts: there is NO "UNcrackable" software protection based on software[1] there is NOT EVEN ANY "UNcrackable" software protection based on hardware[1] having the app checking from a batch (or any plain-text interpreted language) a date on the internet is VERY EASILY crackable having the app sending a "challenge code" (encrypted) to a given site in order to receive an (encrypted) "authentication code" might seem a better idea, but it is NOT (generally speaking) a very good idea[2] [1] It all depends on how valuable is your software and the amount of time and resources one is willing to dedicate to it's cracking. (ANYTHING created by man can be re-created by another man) [2] Say that you have a (temporary) failure (of *any* kind) of your server, guess WHICH software your customers will decide to throw in the dumpbin as soon as they find out that the software they bought isn't working when they need it? Are you prepared to deal with a few tens/hundreds/thousands/zillions angry customers? Of course if you don't care about your customers' satisfaction with your software, go ahead with your "server" approach. There are companies that make money by selling to other developers a protection tool, software, or hardware, or Internet based (which BTW is regularly cracked, sooner or later, at each release), do you really think you can do something better than that? (and with batch files? ) BTW, if you think so, you are wrong , by definition of CATCH22: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch-22_(logic) If you know how to create a safe protection, you don't ask for help on a forum about it.. If you ask for help on a forum about it you don't know how to create it. MInd you I am not trying to put you down or anything like that , I am simply trying to help you being in contact with reality. jaclaz

Or more probably a "remnant" from an earlier version.... Problem might be finding a signed bus mouse driver ..... ...this one appears like made in Thailand jaclaz

Watch your hyphens! pre-date <> predate I find nothing funny in a bus mouse. They were a giant leap forward over previous experimental models: (they needed a lot of work to feed them, and to clean the mouse pad ) The really early ones were nice, but d@mn heavy : jaclaz

Living with a broken google must be tough... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_mouse http://images.yourdictionary.com/bus-mouse jaclaz

BUT you can re-enable it with a little proggie: http://www.mp3car.com/winnt-based/38179-fix-ctrl-alt-del-with-minlogon.html @submix8c and this tells you why you may want it: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms838653(v=winembedded.5).aspx Another interesting question would be about a non-Commercial user (allowed to use nlite) using a Commercial (and highly priced) XP Embedded. I know very few people that have bought an XP Embedded license for non-Commercial use. (actually noone, I must definitely enlarge the circle of my acquaintenances ) jaclaz

If your "software" (or it's protection method) is written in batch (or any plain text, interpreted language) a five years old, blind-folded and with BOTH arms tied behind his/her back can crack it faster than you can say "Jack": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_(tree) (or "mango" for that matters), let alone "Jack Robinson": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Robinson_(mythical_person) jaclaz

83 is the partition ID for a Linux native, typically Ext2/3/4 FS. You will need to save the MBR, compress it in a .zip file and attach it. A suitable app to save the MBR is hdhacker: http://dimio.altervista.org/eng/index.html you want first sector of the PhysicalDrive. jaclaz

You need to post whatever info you remember on your hard disk when it was functional, like (eaxamples): OS used to partition and format it. (or which non-standard tool) OS currently (before the problem) running/booting from it (if any) Partitions/volumes on it (if more than one) OS you are currently running TESTDISK under. Kind of data you have on it, which actual part of them you really *need* (should a partition recovery be not possible) the MORE data you can provide the higher are the probability to solve the issues faster (if possible). Also I don't need/want images, testdisk has a /log feature, use it and post the resulting log. Be prepared to use other tools besides Winimage, detail what OS(s) can you run on the computer you are currently using to attempt the data recovery. jaclaz

Philosophical considerations set apart, here: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Enhancements/Clocks-Time-Management/Cmdtime.shtml (already invented wheel) Or check the use of W32TM.EXE.... Also, it depends on the accuracy you need/want, since you want "day" resolution you can use also httpget.: http://www.willus.com/archive/ or curl or wget and download a page such as: http://www.time.gov/timezone.cgi?UTC/s/0/ and parse it jaclaz

JFYI, Windows Narrator should be available in XP also: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/reader_overview.mspx?mfr=true Something like this: http://www.snaphow.com/make-windows-welcome-you-with-audio-voice-messages-with-narrator/ should then be possible (like it has been "pumped up" as a 7 feature :whistling:): http://www.clickonf5.org/9210/windows-7-welcome-voice-message-during-logon/ BTW, instead of comparing each value, you can use < and > to select within a range of "hours". jaclaz

See here: http://www.simplecarver.com/exchange/articles/article-9.html You will need to attempt to manually carve the SD card. In this particular case Recuva may have not done a proper recovery because the file was fragmented, being biggish. jaclaz

All in all the above seem to total up to THREE facts. (though the latter is more like a truism or a tautology ) Yes, when someone writes a file, it stays written . jaclaz

May I dare to ask WHY? I mean do you have more than 2^32 internal network addresses? Or do you need/want SLAAC (whatever it is useful for)? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6#Stateless_address_autoconfiguration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6_address#Stateless_address_autoconfiguration jaclaz

What do you mean "I formatted"? You should PARTITION and format the the USB disk, and possibly use RMPREPUSB to do it (as it has some additional tricks that may help with some motherboards). Read on the site mentioned in the post just above yours. jaclaz

I beg to differ. This is NOT "fixing" it is "replacing" one of the MAIN macro assemblies. it nicely equates to "it is NOT fixable, buy a new PC".... It could be an as trifling issue as a bad solder around the power jack or the "power fuse": http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2007/07/16/satellite-m35x-fixing-power-connector/ or an unknown failed component (that in most cases, even if you can pinpoint which one is the culprit you won't find easily a replacement for) . jaclaz

It seems like being particularly complex to setup the boot priorities on that motherboard. Can you report EXACTLY what you have set in SEVERAL pages of the BIOS: STANDARD CMOS page (reference Fig. 2/page 7 of manual) what happens when you select in it IDE CHANNEL 0 Master what happens when you select in it IDE CHANNEL 0 Slave Boot Seq & Floppy Setup (reference page 10 of manual) what happens when you select in it Removable Device Priority what happens when you select in it Hard disk Boot Priority what happens when you select in it CDROM Boot Priority The sub-pages of Hard disk Boot Priority and CDROM Boot Priority are "strange", since you have only one IDE channel you don't have in theory a Primary master /Primary slave AND a Secondary Master/Secondary slave, unless the IDE is intended to be the "Master" (or the Slave) channel and the SATA is intended to be the Slave (or the Master) channel Also how are set the options in IDE function Setup? (page 18 of manual) jaclaz

Let's stay in trouble shooting the issue at hand. Are you sure you set the jumpers appropriately on BOTH devices? Did you check the mentioned colour code? Leave the HD connected, but disable the HD in BIOS. What happens? The error you are having seems like the CD/DVD is "jumped over" in boot sequence and the attempt to boot is done anyway from the HD. Some BIOSes allow to press a "Hot key" during boot allowing to change on the fly boot order. Does your motherboard have this feature? Can you confirm this is the manual for your MB? http://www.biostar.com.tw/upload/Manual/N61PB-M2S_090918_B.zip jaclaz

Opera is waaaay faster than cooking potatoes. This is a FACT. Proven by this nice video : http://mashable.com/2010/05/28/opera-speed-test/ And now, for NO apparent reason and SUDDENLY: jaclaz

And you would be right! All those Msohtml tags could grab you at the ankles and drag you with them in the abysses of perverse abomination ..... This one is a single sheet workbook created from scratch with just "Hello, world!" in A1: <html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=ProgId content=Excel.Sheet> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Excel 10"> <link rel=File-List href="hallo_file/filelist.xml"> <link rel=Edit-Time-Data href="hallo_file/editdata.mso"> <link rel=OLE-Object-Data href="hallo_file/oledata.mso"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Author>jaclaz</o:Author> <o:LastAuthor>jaclaz</o:LastAuthor> <o:Created>2011-10-04T15:57:36Z</o:Created> <o:LastSaved>2011-10-04T15:58:28Z</o:LastSaved> <o:Version>10.2625</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:DownloadComponents/> <o:LocationOfComponents HRef="file:///E:\"/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!--table {mso-displayed-decimal-separator:"\,"; mso-displayed-thousand-separator:"\.";} @page {margin:.98in .79in .98in .79in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in;} tr {mso-height-source:auto;} col {mso-width-source:auto;} br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;} .style0 {mso-number-format:General; text-align:general; vertical-align:bottom; white-space:nowrap; mso-rotate:0; mso-background-source:auto; mso-pattern:auto; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-charset:0; border:none; mso-protection:locked visible; mso-style-name:Normale; mso-style-id:0;} td {mso-style-parent:style0; padding-top:1px; padding-right:1px; padding-left:1px; mso-ignore:padding; color:windowtext; font-size:10.0pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none; font-family:Arial; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-charset:0; mso-number-format:General; text-align:general; vertical-align:bottom; border:none; mso-background-source:auto; mso-pattern:auto; mso-protection:locked visible; white-space:nowrap; mso-rotate:0;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <x:ExcelWorkbook> <x:ExcelWorksheets> <x:ExcelWorksheet> <x:Name>Sheet1</x:Name> <x:WorksheetOptions> <x:Selected/> <x:Panes> <x:Pane> <x:Number>3</x:Number> <x:ActiveRow>1</x:ActiveRow> </x:Pane> </x:Panes> <x:ProtectContents>False</x:ProtectContents> <x:ProtectObjects>False</x:ProtectObjects> <x:ProtectScenarios>False</x:ProtectScenarios> </x:WorksheetOptions> </x:ExcelWorksheet> </x:ExcelWorksheets> <x:WindowHeight>12015</x:WindowHeight> <x:WindowWidth>21915</x:WindowWidth> <x:WindowTopX>0</x:WindowTopX> <x:WindowTopY>105</x:WindowTopY> <x:ProtectStructure>False</x:ProtectStructure> <x:ProtectWindows>False</x:ProtectWindows> </x:ExcelWorkbook> </xml><![endif]--> </head> <body link=blue vlink=purple> <table x:str border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=77 style='border-collapse: collapse;table-layout:fixed;width:58pt'> <col width=77 style='mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:2816;width:58pt'> <tr height=17 style='height:12.75pt'> <td height=17 width=77 style='height:12.75pt;width:58pt'>Hello, world!</td> </tr> <![if supportMisalignedColumns]> <tr height=0 style='display:none'> <td width=77 style='width:58pt'></td> </tr> <![endif]> </table> </body> </html> jaclaz

In my experience Cable Select is the most troublesome setting one can use (the idea is good , but the implementation has been so "full of fantasy" that rarely you can find three pieces - HD/CD/MB - that have the "same opinion" on how to understand the "standard"). There are TWO types of PATA cables, 40 wires and 80 wires. (you can have both as "round" or "ribbon") The "old" 40 wires are NOT coded. The "new" 80 wires ones ARE coded. DO NOT use 40 Wires cables unless it is a very old hard disk (which the 7200.7 should be NOT). See here: http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/confCable80-c.html The advice is to use these settings are: HD Master CD/DVD slave HD connected to the BLACK end connector DVD connected to the GRAY connector (middle one) Motheboard connected to the BLUE end connector jaclaz

Lots of them. Let's simplify. Forget about Windows 7 and about the SATA HD. Let's remain in the XP and PATA realm, OK? Questions: Is the DVD PATA or SATA? HOW exactly are the PATA HD and DVD connected to the board? Which Board is it? HOW EXACTLY did you set boot options in BIOS? Can the PATA HD be wiped/re-initialized (losing all and every data curently on it? WHICH kind of PATA cable are you using? WHICH EXACT hard disk drive is it (make/model/size)? HOW are jumpers (if any) set on both the HD and on the DVD? jaclaz

I'll be grumpier. A number of people miss the right approach when asking a question. The wrong approaches are always the same ones and are typically covered by these three FGA's: http://homepages.tesco.net/J.deBoynePollard/FGA/questions-with-yes-or-no-answers.html http://homepage.ntlworld.com./jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/problem-report-standard-litany.html http://homepage.ntlworld.com./jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/put-down-the-chocolate-covered-banana.html Besides the first one that is IMHO just for fun , #2 and #3 are important, when people: provide an exact description of the "background" of the problem and of the environment around show willingness to follow advice (as opposed to wanting to have the exact advice they think it is needed - which often is simply making it more complex than needed) it is much easier to help them. To the above you add the "sloth effect" , sometimes a new peep comes on the board and seems like expecting that someone on the Forum can by sheer magic, and in a handful of posts, provide and transfer without any effort all the knowledge it has taken years to build up (and hundreds of pages read, and countless experiments and what not), and they additionally get upset when the helping member tells them to read the (F...) manual or some web pages. Personally I see it not as a good thing when an answer to a problem (unless it is a simple, common one) does not - besides contributing to solve the reported problem/issue - also invite the asking member to get curious, to learn more and to understand fully the issue and find himself which solution is more suitable. The good ol' issue about teaching someone to fish...., more here: jaclaz

For the record, and to be picky , cmd.exe is NOT a "dos prompt". It is the Windows command interpreter or windows Command console. jaclaz

You don't need/want CDshell. But of course it is FREE. (for non-commercial use) You can get it from here: http://web.archive.org/web/20100915190831/http://www.cdshell.org/ (site is no more thanks to the Wayback Machine you can still have it) You want to get grub4dos from here (and NOWHERE else), get always latest: http://code.google.com/p/grub4dos-chenall/downloads/list OR get the last "current" (missing a number of features you DO NOT need anyway): DO NOT use any other earlier version of grub4dos than the above listed. jaclaz