jaclaz

That says to lock the Registry branch; I can't do that (in Win2k). WHY not? and WHY you posted in: MSFN Forum > Microsoft Software Products > Windows XP > if you are running 2K? BTW, I assumed that you were running XP because you posted in XP (AND you did not specify your running OS, AND you have no OS specified in your profile) but really cannot see what would be the difference in 2K (you will need to use regedit32 instead of regedit, obviously). jaclaz

And why are you posting on an UNrelated thread? jaclaz

You do realize that you did not mention the actual Office version you are running? It may depend on the version. It used to be needed to force with a switch the re-registering of the application, like last paragraph here: http://www.officearticles.com/misc/files_dont_open_when_double-clicked_in_microsoft_office.htm but if everytime an Office app re-registers itself, it will be tough to fix the issue. Here should be the solution you are looking for (NOT exactly the specific one, but it could give you a hint on where/what to look for): http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/pl-PL/tfsadmin/thread/0b3bf5f2-1431-4848-b20d-83e01d663a74 http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2010-customize/how-can-stop-outlook-2010-from-changing-file/f3b746a7-f9ef-4d34-b655-962456f36aaa jaclaz

Hmmm. Last time I talked with ilko_t his crystal ball wasn't anywhere better tuned than mine, and I can see in it nothing wrong in what you did, EXCEPT FAILING to provide MEANINGFUL DATA! Maybe this could help you as a guideline: http://homepages.tesco.net/J.deBoynePollard/FGA/problem-report-standard-litany.html jaclaz

No. All you can do is to put a PAUSE statement with an ECHO one, somethng like: and "move it" inside the batch to the point where you are working on. More generally Syntax is not something you learn by writing a random command and see if it works or gives an error, rather you study the syntax, then try executing the command(s) on command line, then you put them into the batch. jaclaz

You could READ (possibly attentively) this thread AND the links wimb posted? Post contents of your BOOT.INI or, more simply, change it with one like the following: and try the various entries. The error message, is (like commonly happens ) completely deceiving, what your Windows is trying to tell you (and failing miserably at it ) is something like: "I cannot find the \Windows\ directory on the volume you pointed me to through the arcpath in BOOT.INI" jaclaz

Floppy disk drive was not operating properly AFTER. Floppy media (AFAICR) was not damaged. Compare with: http://thestarman.narod.ru/Linux/tomsrtbt.htm It is well possible that it was a coincidence (another black swan ) but most probably attempting to read beyond track 80 somehow "clogged" the head arm in a stuck position (due to the value of the thingy, after attempting some percussive maintenace with no result, I simply threw the floppy drive in the waste bin). jaclaz

Yep, this is a logical explanation. You write something, it stays written, it can be read a decent number of times. "decent" being defined as "a few" or "several" or "many" times. I guess the key for our different experience lies in your sentence: and in these from the given link: http://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/guzis.html As another anecdotal experience I can tell you that when making "extra" formats like the "real" 1722 disks: http://www.serverelements.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=64 I found that "no name" "BULK" floppies behaved "better" than "good brand" pre-formatted ones. And also that "good brand" "oldish" floppy disk drives (the actual hardware) behaved "better" than newish "el-cheapo" ones, and I even had one of the latter "going beserk" after having written tracks 81 and 82 . jaclaz

Something like these?: http://www.techgainer.com/how-to-disable-copy-cut-past-function-in-your-windows/ http://techsalsa.com/disable-file-folder-and-text-from-copy-and-cut/ http://www.tothepc.com/archives/disable-cut-copy-paste-delete-rename-in-windows/ jaclaz

I will repeat myself: I have physically seen myself a line of production for floppies that worked as above stated. I don't think that the manager of the factory rearranged the facility expecially the day I visited it in order to hide some manufacture secret. So, to be more exact, I have reasons (direct experience) to affirm that at least one factory in the world in a period approximately between 1994 and 1995 used the SAME magnetic media on both the 720 and the 1440 diskettes. Apart from the above, that may have been a black swan of some kind , and due to the fact that the period in which I have visited the factory was towards the end of the actual common use of the 720 floppies, and thus some "shortcuts" may have been used by the manufacturer, please read this: http://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/guzis.html As you can see, the results in real life are controversial, and we have both a statement like: http://mdfs.net/Docs/Comp/Disk/Densities And one like: http://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/guzis.html My personal experience is actually similar with the last quoted statement but I guess that there is also a factor connected to the actual hardware (floppy disk drive maker/model). jaclaz

You may want to read (to get some ideas/suggestions) these (AND given links in them): The described approach has always worked (though it is a PITA ). Here is a relatively recent thread with a lot of the gory details: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=24161&hl= jaclaz

You can try using nircmd: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html but it probably won't work. The "real" solution (provided that when in a window the app "behaves") would be to set the actual Windows to "full screen". There isn't AFAIK/AFAICR a freeware solution, but since I presume you can spend a few bucks, you may find these handy: http://www.uwe-sieber.de/dosfon_e.html They are a set of characters that are the "right size" to allow extending a console windows to "full screen". Cannot say if there will be problem with the "local alphabet letters" you mentioned. jaclaz

A "pure" DSL line should be at a much lower voltage, something around 5 V , but without a DSL modem connected, this may drop to something like or 3 Volts. (it greatlòy depends on the actual standard used and on the actual hardware is on the "other side" of the DSL line. The "non connected side" will anyway be at 0 V. jaclaz

If you get the message you posted you do have *somewhere* a NTLDR+NTDETECT.COM+BOOT.INI. The contents of BOOT.INI are needed to understand if there has been *somehow* a "shift" in partition numbering (and consequently in ARCPATH). The message could also be related to drivers (that you have installed in the VM) that are (obviously) not capable of reading/accessing the disk on the "real" machine, but that should have produced a BSOD 0x0000007b. You might need to re-generalize the image or however check the Registry to see if the "right"drivers are installed and/or if the /MountedDevices key has remnants referring to an old disk signature or different LBA start of the partition. Also it is possible that besides partition order also (still *somehow*) disk order has been changed. jaclaz

Sure you can, with no actual perceivable difference in reliability. This is what all the users of midi keyboards (with 720 Kb floppy disk drives) have been doing in the last, say, 10 years: format the 1440 disk as 720 Kb in a PC floppy disk drive (covering second hole with tape) usethem on the keyboard There is no actual difference in the internals of a floppy disk (at least between the 720 and the 1440) and I know for sure that for at least a short period around 1994/1995 ONLY 1440 floppies were produced and they were "packed" into either a "single hole" plastic case (720 Kb) or in a "two hole" one (1440 Kb). jaclaz

You mean serial port+proper TTL adapter, I hope? jaclaz

I haven't even checked the posted code, but there is a trick to embed diskpart commands inside a batch, check this thread here: jaclaz

Yep but users (you ) may provide a link to the EXACT page where they found the cited info. The info seemingly comes from here: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/organization/twomonitors.aspx and is accomapnied by a screenshot of the actual windows you should have before you, where a button labeled "Identify" should be present. The button is also (barely) visible in screenshot posted on the mentioned page. (there are actually TWO buttns on the top right, one "Detect" and one "Identify") in the context seem to me clear enough. So, what is the problem? jaclaz

Yes, but we have to test if it works with RAID Highpoint whatever (or have you the same kind of card?) Thanks , but be aware that this may sound as an "argumentum ad verecundiam" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority jaclaz

But was that test with a CD (media) in the drive? Also try using "my" version: at least when testing manually, this would work (normally, NOT necessarily in your case) also with a non-bootable CD in the CD drive. jaclaz

Well, no there might be a misunderstanding. The whole sequence you have to tell grub4dos can be (like Ponch originally posted): cdrom --init map --hook chainloader (cd0) rootnoverify (cd0) boot or the slightly different I posted: cdrom --init map --hook roor (cd0) chainloader boot When you boot you need to input EACH of the above lines (pressing [ENTER] at each one), maybe this is what the misunderstanding was about. You don't need to re-do the cdrom --init in the SAME " seesion" but you need to re-do it if you reboot. Once the sequence works, as Ponch originally suggested, you put it in a menu.lst entry and you just choose that entry at boot time. jaclaz

Yep , but the point is WHY cables should be as straight as possible. :whistling: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=21827&st=23 jaclaz

But won't my old HDD still technically be the D drive? That will mess up all my settings and installed programs, as they are set up for drive C. Not necessarily. Besides using grub4dos for exchanging disks (which should be enough in itself) you may want to try using Letter assigner: jaclaz

No need to. If while you are fiddling with them someone calls, you would learn about the 100 V + ring voltage, only the hard way . jaclaz

I would be curious to know what a program called "keygen.exe" , when used in conjunction with the Stardock ObjectDock installer, is supposed to do. jaclaz