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...or MSSTMake: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=22313 I may be wrong of course, but "injecting into already running" is usually caled "installing". You know, like: jaclaz

Sure it does, if the contents are XML, it should be able to parse them allright. It has NOT a "checking mechanism" for "file extension". Long before computers weren't invented : Obviously Mr. Shakespeare, though a profound connoisseur of human nature could not foresee the degradation of costumes that finally led to the perversion of creating .xml file format. Not that difficult: let's say the file is called "myfile.trx" place the xmlparser.exe, xmlparser.dll and the myfile.trx file in a directory open a command prompt, and navigate to that directory type: xmlparser myfile.trx press [ENTER] open results.tmp in Notepad jaclaz

@Yzöwl The masterpiece is obviously the: SETLOCAL DISABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION CALL SET "_url=%%_url:§21=!%%" jaclaz

... or that not ALL devices involved are properly grounded TOGETHER, these INCLUDE: the "coming from the PSU" black wire the - (minus of the battery) the ground on the adapter the ground on the HD (next to TX and RX) [italian] TUTTO (ALL) vuol dire TUTTO, non ALCUNE parti utilizzate (SOME parts involved) [/italian] jaclaz

I think that in NTFS you don't have that problem at all, since *anyhting* is 4Kb in size (or multiples thereof). You can go a different way. (for testing). There a few "third party formatters" that do give you more "freedom". We have: http://www1.mager.org/mkdosfs/ http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?fat32format.htm and, more recently: http://reboot.pro/14354/ Particularly mkdosfs has a number of "tweakable" settings that could do in your case. jaclaz

Which approach did you use in assembling the things together? Are you using grub4dos? Are you hiding "other" partitions? jaclaz

ONLY seemingly unrelated SPRING EFFECT GRAPHICS! http://reboot.pro/13466/ jaclaz

Autocad is a COMMERCIAL application, priced several hundreds US $. It is DEFINITELY not available for download. What you downloaded is probably WAREZ jaclaz

Well, ... The line (google translated from bulgarian) reads: which means that you read about someone else that says he/she read. (this equates to pinpoint the source as "disney's Dumbo", instead ) Third hand (completely WRONG ) information. Maybe *someone* read about this kind of thingies: http://gsmserver.com/hardware/mmc_clip.php http://www.irda.ru/oborud/SD_MMC_clip.htm and either did not understand about them OR knows MUCH MORE that "the rest of the world" As said before it greatly depends on HOW the password was set and on which platform (you can read the latter as "PHONE"), the card has INHERENTLY a Lock/Unlock feature, and if it has been locked, short of giving it the right password, you can "force erase" it (loosing all data). Read this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=10338091 and the given document: http://www.sdcard.org/developers/tech/sdcard/pls/Simplified_Physical_Layer_Spec.pdf jaclaz

NO, you DID NOT. It's first line says: You FAILED reading the read-me-first BEFORE. READ it NOW : Pay PARTICULAR attention to point #7! While you are at it ALSO READ the FGA's: again, #7 will interest you. jaclaz

Where? Please choose one: Popular mechanics Disney's Cinderella A friend told me Cannot remember Technically, re-formatting does NOT mean "wiping". If ONLY formatting is performed it is likely that data can be recovered. If formatting is done after wiping (as in the case of a "forced access" with no password may do) NO data will be recoverable. But it GREATLY depends on the platform and HOW the password is set. Some SD cards use a file called MMCSTORE, see here: http://www.ehow.com/how_6932377_unlock-micro-sd-card-password.html and here: http://www.mobiletipstricks.com/how-to-unlock-the-password-protected-memory-card-of-your-mobile-phone/ jaclaz

Also, third party and with source: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/DLL/showver.aspx jaclaz

The "§" is just a "never or very rarely used" character I have on my italian keyboard, it's ALT+0167 You can use any other character that is "never" used that you have handy, like "#" or "Ø" or a string that you know is not in the address. As an example you could do (since in the example we have only %2f and %3a: and later: SET myaddress=%myaddress:mickey_mousea=:% SET myaddress=%myaddress:minnief=/% Whenever the command parser finds a "%" followed by a number, like "%2", "%3" since that is the way to designate parameters in batch, it automatically sustitutes them with the value of the corresponding parameter. %0 is the actual command that started the batch %1 to %9 are the first nine parameters passed to it when invoked. So if you do not pass these parameters when the batch finds: "http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2f8%2f4%2fA%2f84A35BF1-DAFE-4AE8-82AF-AD2AE20B6B14%2fdirectx_Jun2010_redist.exe" it will nicely "expand" it to: "httpaffdownload.microsoft.comfdownloadf8f4fAf84A35BF1-DAFE-4AE8-82AF-AD2AE20B6B14fdirectx_Jun2010_redist.exe" i.e. will replace any occurrence of %2 and of %3 with the values of the corresponding parameter (which is "null"). by calling a sub-routine giving it the (fake) parameters, we replace effectively %2 and %3 with the values of the respective parameter, i.e. §2 and §3. Then we replace §2f with / and §3a with : . jaclaz

That's not "different". For *any* reason *something* changed the link. Those are "common" characters "translated". %3a=:= ASCII 58 Dec %2f=/= ASCII 47 Dec etc. Managing % signs in batch is tricky, but in this case it can be done nonetheless, by using a subroutine. You can use Variable text substitution allright, example: CALL :my_sub §1 §2 §3 §4 §5 §6 §7 §8 §9 GOTO :EOF :my_sub SET myaddress="http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2f8%2f4%2fA%2f84A35BF1-DAFE-4AE8-82AF-AD2AE20B6B14%2fdirectx_Jun2010_redist.exe" SET myaddress=%myaddress:§3a=:% SET myaddress=%myaddress:§2f=/% SET myaddress GOTO :EOF See if something like the above fits in your script/for your use. jaclaz EDIT: beware of trailing spaces added by the board!

Well, it depends on the OS you are running, if anyhting like 2K and later you can use the %DATE% variable allright. Some reference: http://www.robvanderwoude.com/datetime.php http://www.robvanderwoude.com/datetimentbasics.php http://www.robvanderwoude.com/datetiment.php The problem is usually with regional settings/international standards, but if you only use on a given system or on more systems with the same country settings, it is quite easy to manage it.. jaclaz

There is a pre-made batch, here: http://www.robvanderwoude.com/files/readini_nt.txt to parse .ini files (very similar if not identical to .inf/.sif files) that can possibly be adapted to your uses. Read also these: http://reboot.pro/3960/ Also, there is a tool, fedit.exe , here: that has the "once" switch that may come useful. The "prepare.cmd" here contains some examples of the use of fedit: jaclaz

@allen2 I don't know either, I just provided what IMHO is the simplest solution that fulfills the OP requirements and works with the examples posted. It is not meant in any way as a competition of the type "my batch is better than yours", it's simply a way to exchange ideas. @tomasz86 Try with: @ECHO OFF FOR /F %%A IN ('dir /b .\TEMP2\*.ver') DO ( FOR /F "skip=1 tokens=*" %%B IN (.\TEMP2\%%A) DO ( ECHO .\TEMP2\%%A -- %%B ECHO %%B >>.\TEMP2\update.txt ) ) ECHO [SourceFileInfo] >.\HFMER\UPDATE\update.ver SORT .\TEMP2\update.txt >>.\HFMER\UPDATE\update.ver DEL .\TEMP2\update.txt ECHO. MORE .\HFMER\UPDATE\update.ver Or use %~dp0: @ECHO OFF FOR /F %%A IN ('dir /b %~dp0*.ver') DO ( FOR /F "skip=1 tokens=*" %%B IN (%~dp0%%A) DO ( ECHO .%~dp0%%A -- %%B ECHO %%B >>%~dp0update.txt ) ) ECHO [SourceFileInfo] >%~dp0HFMER\UPDATE\update.ver SORT .\TEMP2\update.txt >>%~dp0HFMER\UPDATE\update.ver DEL %~dp0TEMP2\update.txt ECHO. MORE %~dp0HFMER\UPDATE\update.ver If I get it right what you need/want. %0 is the actual command line invoked i.e. the name of the batch or parameter 0 (zero). %~dp0 is the same variable expanded to only drive and path (with a trailing backslash) jaclaz

@allen2 You don't actually *need* grep or any other "third party" program for such a simple task. You can use either FIND /V "[" to exclude the line(s) containing square brackets or or use a FOR /F with a SKIP=1 (if that line is always the first one), or use FIND or FINDSTR to only get lines containing commas. This could do: @ECHO OFF IF EXIST result.txt DEL result.txt FOR /F %%A IN ('dir /b *.txt') DO ( FOR /F "skip=1 tokens=*" %%B IN (%%A) DO ( ECHO %%A -- %%B ECHO %%B >>lines.txt ) ) ECHO [SourceFileInfo] >result.txt SORT lines.txt >>result.txt DEL lines.txt ECHO. MORE result.txt jaclaz

Sorry, but I completely fail to see the point. If you have a sore throat or a flu, normally you DO NOT set your left ankle in a plaster cast for 1 month. This is because casting your left ankle is a solution/cure for a broken left ankle and NOT for the sore throat. Not really a problem of the "cure" in itself, but rather of applying the cure to a different disease. Whomever you took those drives to is DOUBTLY a "good" recovery company, drives with sticked heads can normally be recovered by doing a transplant or manually freeing the heads, and at least part of the data can usually be recovered. Of course this is not "normal" data recovery and has very high costs, but normally it is doable. If you have nothing to loose (and I mean NOTHING), in a very few cases "percussive maintenance" can free a stuck head, only don't think it will work, chances are very, very, and I mean VERY low. If you think of it just like playing the lottery, you may win: http://forum.hddguru.com/failed-amateur-diy-repair-seagate-barracuda-7200-t15326.html jaclaz

If you get to a text menu that allows you to choose between Vista and XP probably you have that kind of setup. If you installed XP first, then Vista , then you have that kind of setup. If you cannot remember HOW you installed the thingy, you may want to read on the given site, it also contains nice graphical explanation of the "normal" dual boot... jaclaz

Knowing which EXACT BSOD (STOP ERROR number) you get would greatly help.... jaclaz

As I see it, easiest would be (I presume that your current dual boot uses Vista BOOTMGR), as described and detailed here: http://www.multibooters.co.uk/multiboot.html So: Boot to XP run bootsect.exe /NT52 on the drive delete all Vista files (in the Vista partition) rename (in the boot partition) the BOOTMGR to BOOTMGR.OLD and the \boot\BCD to \boot\BCD.OLD re-boot (verify that XP boots allright) At this point you have a "normal" XP with an additional empty partition. Install 7 normally. jaclaz

In my experience, 98 in 32 Mb is not going to work "right" (in the sense that it will be SLOW). A 95 will work allright. Most probably a good compromise will be a "Mindows" or "98-lite" (i.e. 95 base+additional 98). This will pose serious licensing questions as you theoretically need TWO licenses, one for the 95 and one for the 98. Some info about making a "98 lite" can be found here: http://reboot.pro/forum/53/ http://www.winimize.com/ jaclaz

The same reason why any parent shouldn't have more than 64,000 children? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/303969/en-us More interesting KB's : http://www.jazzkeyboard.com/jilly/funny-microsoft-q-articles-from-the-technet-support-knowledge-base/ jaclaz

Something to try (of course TOTALLY at YOUR risk ): http://revosleep.realspooky.de/ jaclaz