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OT, but not much, here is the tool I use daily, as I simply cannot remember computer names, IP addresses or whatever: http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/ (not tested on VISTA , but said to be working there too ) jaclaz

@Maximus Decim You might be interested in this: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=99220&hl= am alternative "Universal" USB driver Direct link to my post with translation of original article: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?...ic=2411&hl= jaclaz

Happy you are back to "work"! In my "bootsector renaming" script there is a re-usable (clever? ) routine that checks the attribute status of BOOT.INI, whatever it is, does the needed changes and re-applies the same attributes. jaclaz

Just for the record, this can be of interest: http://grubletrang.com/SoftwareList.aspx http://grubletrang.com/Software.aspx?app=PowerPrompt Be VERY aware of the Disclaimer! jaclaz

I posted a rough English translation of the main part of the article here: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=2411 Good find, Molecule! jaclaz

OT, but not much , you might find this useful: http://www.softcircuits.com/sw_apps.htm jaclaz

If I may, it should be rather obvious that a site like www.wintricks.it is not Spanish or Portuguese, but rather Italian. jaclaz

Installing from USB is not so straightforward, how to do it has been found only recently (stilll experimental) and I doubt it will be much faster, however here is the thread where you can find tutorials on how to do it with XP i386, NOT x64, maybe you can use that as a base to develop a method for x64: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=61384 Links to tutorials: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...1384&st=128 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...1384&st=154 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...1384&st=178 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...1384&st=199 jaclaz

Yes, the "wba.dbl" backup: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/Win...Activation.html but still you have to backup it for and restore it for every single machine, and it does not work in a number of cases see this detailed article: http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm jaclaz

Have a look at this comparison to have an idea how size of files and/or filesystem can affect performance: http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=2549 jaclaz

Hmmm, to be a little picky , it's you that are in the need for the converter, NOT them. jaclaz

Well, there are hundreds of pages on the net and in literature about this topic, it is not as easy as it may seem. It also depends whether we are talking about printed or on-screen text. Usually, sans-serif fonts are more readable on-screen, while serif fonts tend to be more readable in smaller size and printed. Here is a couple interesting reports: http://www.wilsonweb.com/wmt6/html-email-fonts.htm http://www.webaim.org/techniques/fonts/ From which Verdana "wins" hands down in sans-serif and Georgia "wins" in serif category. jaclaz

RLL stands for something like Resource (or Runtime) dynamic Link Library, the file format is the same as .DLL, I have seen some of these files in other installs too, a reference is here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/a...26(SQL.80).aspx jaclaz

Yes, and hopefully your solution will help some other users! Good work! if you could post your autoit script, it would even be better. jaclaz

fatman01, a problem I find sometimes happens in communicating on technical boards is when people asks for a solution providing themselves HOW the solution (which they cannot find by themselves) should be, thus discarding any other solution proposed without bothering to evaluate it. Should you have cared to check the link I posted, you would have seen what actually the program can do. Basically it does: 1) Take an image 2) Make a copy of it saving it to %Wystemdir%\Mywallpaper.bmp, superimposing to it the data specified in it's .INI file 3) Set this image as wallpaper between other things, it has a %CURRENT% variable, so that it can perform the above on the image CURRENTLY set as wallpaper. You can just instruct the users to run it when they change their wallpaper or set it to AUTORUN, and at next reboot the text will be superimposed on the user chosen image, rather obviously, being the text of a "static" nature re-superimposing the same text on the image doesn't cause any problem. The also FREEWARE BGinfo suggested by FAT64 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysintern...ous/BgInfo.mspx uses a similar approach, with even more features. Maybe not the solution you wanted, but still better than nothing. There are of course other solutions, you can use another small "autorun" program to draw a "transparent" window with the text, using a program like this : SAMURIZE: http://www.samurize.com/ http://lifehacker.com/software/plain-text/...ktop-213280.php but as i see it, it seems like a "long shot" for some small, simple "static" text. There may be more similar simple programs, I guess that if you google a bit you should be able to find one. jaclaz

No prob, mate. Though of course the "real" credit has to go to Nuhi and RyanVM for their great work. jaclaz

Unless of course you have a recent "normal" motherboard, on which the piezoelectric speaker is soldered to it. jaclaz

Read here: http://forum.winimage.com/viewtopic.php?t=143 though related to another "two floppy" app, the proocedure should be the same or very similar. jaclaz

I may add to the good advice above, my "ten points" one: http://www.msfn.org/board/Vista_single_CD_t97813.html jaclaz

To be more accurate, that "editorial" does not bash nlite, it bashes "nlite users" and the whole concept of trying to make Windows work as it should amd how we want to, by removing unused or unwanted parts, or by creating custom systems, by booting from USB (said to be impossible by the good MS guys) and whatever not officially supported, so it indirectly bashes also users of (from memory, sorry if I miss anyone): Fred de Vorck's Win2K pages and Tommy's HFSLIP Winbuilder project MicrowinX 98 lite and XPlite (Commercial) practically everything ever written by Mdgx Blackviper'r Registry pages BartPE, XPE, REATOGO and UBCD4WIN Dietmar's and all the other people work on USB booting .... and, by extension, all the work of ReactOS, Tinykrnl, SAMBA... So, in a nutshell, all the fun we had in the last few years. This guy is not bashing nlite, it is trying to demolish us and one of our primary source of entertainment! jaclaz

Hmmm, do you think I could sue PC World Magazine? #2 and #3 are suspiciously similar to 2) and 1) here : http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...=10344&st=9 and two wears in advance! jaclaz

Inspired by one of cdob's hints, I made a small batch file to (maybe) solve the NTLDR/SETUPLDR.BIN renaming problem. Here: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=2362 jaclaz

I'm really sorry to have caused you such an inconvenience, I'll try my best not to repeat this error, which may have potentially surprised a large number of people, to which I extend my apologies. Hey, wait, why didn't you say so right after my first post? I am surprised you were so late, so I guess it's a 1-1 tie. Yep, and what if it does not and, by any chance, a conflict between drivers arise? There is the concrete possibility to have a hard disk that does not boot on EITHER system. The recommended way is to always have an IMAGE of the hard disk, should anything go the wrong way, you re-IMAGE the drive and start anew, otherwise NEVER attempt booting a HD with XP on it on another machine. jaclaz

Hmm, I may be wrong, but don't think it is possible. The "Windows Version on Desktop Information" it's a "Registry trick": http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/539/ that enables the printing on the desktop of part of the contents of ANOTHER Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion Changing values in the latter is NOT suggested, as it might create incompatibilities with programs that check current version and expect to find "good" data in there. Since your information is "static" why you don't simply edit the background image superimposing the text in a "paint" program? Or use a "wallpaper" program, this FREEWARE one should be just what you need: http://mystuff.clarke.co.nz/MyStuff/wallpaper.asp jaclaz

Well, nlite should take care of that, unless you have deleted or cannot locate the files downloaded, in which case you'll have to make a list of the files you have and re-download them. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/884786/en-us Did you actually read the guide for nlite? It is right there (near the bottom of the page): http://www.nliteos.com/guide/part1.html However, there is no NEED for the repair install to work to have ALL updates current, the only strongly suggested ones are having same SP level, and then let Windows Update do it's work, read this should it not start working after the Repair: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555615/en-us Obviously, if we are talking of the "other" CD, the UNATTENDED one, the more updates are on the CD the best it is, a VERY convenient method is this one (RyanVM's update pack): http://www.ryanvm.net/msfn/ http://www.ryanvm.net/msfn/updatepack.html jaclaz