jaclaz

Can you be more specific? Look at the link I posted in reply on the other thread: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...85729&st=15 The general reference for everything MBR/Bootsector related is the Starman's realm: http://thestarman.pcministry.com/ Some info on geometry and bootsectors can be found on my page: http://home.graffiti.net/jaclaz:graffiti.n...B/USBstick.html jaclaz

It is possible that it is a kind of hard disk emulation. There are THREE ways to make bootable .ISO 1) El-Torito or "floppy emulation" mode, where you use a floppy image emulation of either a 1.44 or 2.88 Mb floppy 2) The no-emulation mode, where you use a "special" bootrecord, like Win2K/XP original install 3) The "Hard disk" emulation mode, where you use a hard disk emulation mode I have not have that product, but all reference indicates that everything is in the boot file, see this:http://www.bootcd.us/BartPE_Plugin_Details/326/ It is possible that Acronis uses some undocumented format, the feature to open it has been added to UltraISO just a few weeks ago: http://www.ezbsystems.com/ultraiso/history.htm jaclaz

@All FYI, what I have ALWAYS done since the times of dual booting MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows NT4 is to follow the (good) advice from Gilles Vollant, the author of Winimage and Bootpart, i.e. to always make a SMALL FAT16 Primary partition at the beginning of each drive, this partition can be as small as a few Megabytes, all you need to have in it is: NTLDR NTDETECT.COM BOOT.INI IO.SYS MSDOS.SYS COMMAND.COM AUTOEXEC.BAT CONFIG.SYS and all the DOS utilities one might need. Of course the DOS files can be of the release that better suite you, nowadays 7.1 (Win98) or 8.0 (ME/XP). With today's large hard disks, space taken is not really a problem, so lately I typically make this partition a little less than 1 Gbyte, as to have still a sufficiently efficient FAT16 filesystem and with enough space to install if needed a copy of Win2K or "reduced" XP for emergency purposes. I do that on ALL drives, regardless if they will be first or second hard disks. Then ALL operating systems go into their own Logical Volume inside extended partition, as said installing NT based systems into logical volumes is "normal", as well as any kind of Linux (yes, though a bit tricky Win98 CAN be installed on a Logical partition). On drives that go as 2nd or 3rd, I simply hide the first (and only) Primary partition by setting it's identity in the Partition Table as 16 (Hidden DOS 16-bit FAT >=32M) instead of 06 (DOS 3.31+ 16-bit FAT >=32M). If I have the need to use a hard disk that was set as 2nd or 3rd, as the 1st one, I simply unhide the Primary Partition wgen booted from the other system or from a floppy and it is already bootable to DOS. As said here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...mp;#entry233078 using Logical Volumes is in my opinion also a bit safer. Since I found out about Grub4Dos, that can hide and unhide partitions at boot time and that can boot most operating systems by directly chainloading bootfiles rather than bootsectors, I don't even need any external program ike XFDISK. @Petr FYI, it is also possible to actually BOOT from a logical volume inside Extended partition, if you correct the "hidden sectors" value in first sector (boot record) of the volume. More info here: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...=17144&st=0 Depending on OS, your mileage may vary. jaclaz

Just out of curiosity, WHICH "terms of use", and HOW can you be "pretty sure"? jaclaz

@bledd No, rest assured, nothing personal or against anyone in particular, just expressing my feelings about recent experiences on the forii. (please, do notice the elegance of the Latin form of the plural ) jaclaz

No, it does not, it is a (enhanced) version of FDISK, with a GNU license. @Petr VERY good work , downloading file and bookmarking this and Mdgx link, thanks! I don't understand however the problem about the it is covered by "standard" GNU GPL, of which this should be the interesting part: There is no need to "ask for permission" to anybody, but you MUST cite original author, give the source code of your modifications and keep the "Open source" license. jaclaz

And before anyone says: Here is the reason why it is better to use nul.ext: http://xset.tripod.com/tip5.htm jaclaz

Yep , as Douglas Adams put it: but on the other hand, curiosity is what keeps people alive: and as mr. De La Palice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_de_la_Palice death must found one alive! jaclaz

If you are referring to the "boot install from USB", as said: I won't do it all by myself, besides the reasons expressed in the referenced post because: 1) Generally speaking, I tend to be really lazy if not adequately stimulated and supported 2) From experience coming from previously written tutorials I tend to be either extremely verbose, boring to death people who already have a good knowledge of the working of Operating Systems, or too much concise, assuming as obvious and thus omitting intermediate steps, creating "blanks" that a newbie won't be able to fill in by himself If you are referring to the "boot XP from USB stick", the matter is not yet enough consolidated, some new ideas come out of that thread on a daily or weekly base and though there are in this moment several tutorials, check this: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...181&st=1988 noone yet has proven to be the "universal" solution one would expect Besides, I lack at the moment the time to perform alone such a task, being involved in several other projects, that have a higher priority in my mental schedule, like the evolution of Grub4dos and Openbuilder and this one: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...view=getnewpost and [sTART RANT] I have lately found that the amount of "leechers" between members, both here and on the 911CD forum is increasing or however so it is the lack of appropriate reports and feedback from people. On a project like this where most of the "tricky" part is supporting and testing on different hardware, reports and feedback, besides (possibly constructive) criticism, is essential. [/END RANT] jaclaz

With all due respect to Petr and all others, the topic has already been "talked to death" in the threads I referenced in my previous post, in which you can find links to the MS knowledge article for DOS lettering: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/51978/en-us that remains the same also for DOS 7.1 (Win98) The idea of having multiple primary partitions did not even "touch" the minds of MS programmers at the time, and this is why the original fdisk won't allow the making of any primary partitions besides first one. Starting from NT, the possibility of having multiple primary partitions was taken into account, and lettering works as detailed here: http://www.jsifaq.com:80/SF/Tips/Tip.aspx?id=0288 http://www.dewassoc.com/support/win2000/driveletters.htm Due to the different way letters are assigned, the possibility of creating a "tower of babel" in drive lettering when dual-booting between DOS/WIN98 and NT/2K/XP is concrete if you have multiple primary partitions with filesystems recognized by DOS/WIN98. Finally, with XP there is also this possible (though not really common) problem: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;307079 I completely fail to see the reason of the need of having TWO extended partitions on the same disk, and thus increasing the complexity of the problem. Can someone explain WHY one should want such a setup? jaclaz

No prob, Jeremy, it happens from time to time to all people. jaclaz

Just for the record, there are a number of apps that allow starting apps and processes with the System account, here are a couple: http://grubletrang.com/Software.aspx?app=PowerPrompt http://p-nand-q.com/download/supershell.html now http://p-nand-q.com/gtools/grootshell.html jaclaz

There are a few old threads related to the matter, referenced in my post here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...mp;#entry463153 jaclaz

No it does make sense, unfortunately only partially. You will have to go on a trial one-by-one basis, as some programs are already almost "portable" i.e. they do not need external .dlls or other files but those inside their install drectory and they either do not require Registry entries or they are able to create them, if missing, when the program is run. For all the other ones, you will need to re-install the apps IN THE SAME place they are already installed under Win9x, but from XP (i.e. overwriting the actual files but making the install routine also create the correct dependencies, links and Registry entries on the "other" OS). Even this approach that works 100% if done with two identical or however "similar" OS's ( as an example XP and Win2K) could cause in some rather rare case some problem, if the files needed for Win9x (DOS based) are different from those for XP (NT based). This can be however sometimes resolved by installing the problematic application under one of the OS, making a copy of the folder in which it is installed, re-install it under the other OS and add to this folder the files coming from the previously copied folder that are not already in the newly installed one. Of course this method will not work if the app uses two different files with the same name under the two different OS's. Potentially you could also have some problems with apps that "autoupdate" themselves form the net, because the updated files will be those for the OS that is booted when the update takes place. An (almost completely random, and not backed up by evidence ) estimate would be, as I see it, as follows: 30% of apps, (mostly OpenSource or Freeware) are portable or nearly portable 50% of apps, (mostly COMMERCIAL software) will need the double install in the same place 20% of apps, (again, mostly COMMERCIAL software and expecially antivirii) will need the double install on different places jaclaz

Since you are "new" to the field, and thus have no previous habits/personal preferences, you could have a look at these: http://winner.windowsdream.com/ http://ping.windowsdream.com/ However using GHOST , and the methods used by your predecessor and the one you proposed are both "standard de facto" in the IT world. A good start point for GHOST is here: http://ghost.radified.com/ jaclaz

Best option in my view is to first salvage data, this can easily be made with an adpter cable from 2,5" to 3,5" hd, mounting the drive in any other desktop PC, something like this: http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod...asterid=811539/ or, given the now lowering costs of external USB boxes, something like this: http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_attrib.php/page_id=351 Only once data is safe one can think of satrting repair or reformatting. jaclaz

FYI, the El-Torito Cd-Rom standard is not even used on normal XP setup CD's that use the no-emulation mode. It is perfectly possible, see this thread and links therein: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=81788 the proposed deal is still valid Yes, it has been done, search for posts by Sfiorito in this board and on the MP3CAR one: http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=70 most of the info is there. Also, for your interest it has also been done with normal full XP (NOT BartPE, which is what every other search for XP bootable from USB will give you as results): http://home.graffiti.net/jaclaz:graffiti.n...SB/USBfaqs.html http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...c=14181&hl= jaclaz

With all due respect, could you actually boot from the stick? The Mojopac installer simply creates on the stick a tree of directories, including a "Program Files" one, a "WINDOWS" one, a "Documents and Settings" one and a "temp" one, then puts on the root of it an executable, called "start.exe" and an autorun.inf with this contents: [autorun] action=Run MojoPac icon=.\progra~1\ringth~1\bin\RingOS.ico open=.\Start.exe label=MojoPac here is a dir /S /B of the structure created: W:\Program Files\Common Files W:\Program Files\INTERNET EXPLORER W:\Program Files\temp.txt W:\Program Files\Windows Media Player W:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared W:\Program Files\Common Files\ODBC W:\Program Files\Common Files\system W:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\DAO W:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\dasetup W:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\DAO\dao360.dll W:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\dasetup\advpack.dll W:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\dasetup\dasetup.exe W:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\dasetup\dasetup.inf W:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\dasetup\dasetup.ini W:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\dasetup\dasetupr.dll W:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\dasetup\rspfiles.inf W:\Program Files\Common Files\ODBC\Data Sources W:\Program Files\Common Files\system\msmapi W:\Program Files\Common Files\system\OLE DB W:\Program Files\INTERNET EXPLORER\MUI W:\Program Files\INTERNET EXPLORER\MUI\0409 W:\Program Files\RingThree\bin W:\Program Files\RingThree\Config W:\Program Files\RingThree\hives W:\Program Files\RingThree\Stage W:\Program Files\RingThree\thirdparties W:\Program Files\RingThree\bin\MojoPac.chm W:\Program Files\RingThree\bin\MojoPac.url W:\Program Files\RingThree\bin\Preconfig.exe W:\Program Files\RingThree\bin\PVM.sys W:\Program Files\RingThree\bin\Reconfig.exe W:\Program Files\RingThree\bin\RingOS.ico W:\Program Files\RingThree\bin\ringthree.ini W:\Program Files\RingThree\bin\RingThreeMainWin32.exe W:\Program Files\RingThree\bin\RingThreeSynchronizer.exe W:\Program Files\RingThree\bin\SafeRestore.exe W:\Program Files\RingThree\bin\SendError.exe W:\Program Files\RingThree\Config\FileBlockedTable.txt W:\Program Files\RingThree\Config\FileExceptionTable.txt W:\Program Files\RingThree\Config\FileExceptionTable_orig.txt W:\Program Files\RingThree\Config\FileInclusionTable.txt W:\Program Files\RingThree\Config\FileInclusionTable_orig.txt W:\Program Files\RingThree\Config\FileUnBlockedTable.txt W:\Program Files\RingThree\Config\KernelObjectTable.txt W:\Program Files\RingThree\Config\LastKnownGood W:\Program Files\RingThree\Config\r3root.bin W:\Program Files\RingThree\Config\RegBlockedTable.txt W:\Program Files\RingThree\Config\RegExceptionTable.txt W:\Program Files\RingThree\Config\RegExceptionTable_orig.txt W:\Program Files\RingThree\Config\RegInclusionTable.txt W:\Program Files\RingThree\Config\RegInclusionTable_orig.txt W:\Program 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W:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\drivers\etc\networks W:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\drivers\etc\protocol W:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\drivers\etc\services W:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MUI\0409 W:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WBEM\REPOSITORY W:\WINDOWS\web\wallpaper W:\WINDOWS\web\wallpaper\mojopac_wallpaper.jpg W:\WINDOWS\WINSXS\MANIFESTS W:\Documents and Settings\All Users W:\Documents and Settings\temp.txt W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Network W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\User Account Pictures W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Connections W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Downloader W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Connections\Pbk W:\Documents and 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Tools W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Games W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Windows Messenger.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Calculator.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Communications W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Entertainment W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Paint.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\System Tools W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\WordPad.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Communications\HyperTerminal.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Entertainment\Sound Recorder.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Entertainment\Volume Control.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\System Tools\Character Map.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools\Component Services.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools\Computer Management.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools\Data Sources (ODBC).lnk W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools\Event Viewer.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools\Local Security Policy.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools\Performance.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools\Services.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Games\Freecell.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Games\Hearts.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Games\Internet Backgammon.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Games\Internet Checkers.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Games\Internet Hearts.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Games\Internet Reversi.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Games\Internet Spades.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Games\Minesweeper.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Games\Pinball.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Games\Solitaire.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Games\Spider Solitaire.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Application Data W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Cookies W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Desktop W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Local Settings W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\SendTo W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Start Menu W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Templates W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Application Data\Microsoft W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\brndlog.txt W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Cookies\index.dat W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Desktop\MojoPac MustRead.txt W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Desktop\MojoPac Release Notes.txt W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Desktop\xfire_installer.exe W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Local Settings\Application Data W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Local Settings\History W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\mojopac_wallpaper.jpg W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Local Settings\History\History.IE5 W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Local Settings\History\History.IE5\index.dat W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\index.dat W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\SendTo\Compressed (zipped) Folder.ZFSendToTarget W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\SendTo\Desktop (create shortcut).DeskLink W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\SendTo\Mail Recipient.MAPIMail W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Start Menu\Programs W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Start Menu\Programs\Remote Assistance.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Start Menu\Programs\Startup W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Accessibility W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Command Prompt.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Notepad.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Program Compatibility Wizard.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Synchronize.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Tour Windows XP.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Windows Explorer.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Accessibility\Magnifier.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Accessibility\Narrator.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Accessibility\On-Screen Keyboard.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Accessibility\Utility Manager.lnk W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Templates\amipro.sam W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Templates\excel.xls W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Templates\excel4.xls W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Templates\lotus.wk4 W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Templates\powerpnt.ppt W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Templates\presenta.shw W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Templates\quattro.wb2 W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Templates\sndrec.wav W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Templates\winword.doc W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Templates\winword2.doc W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Templates\wordpfct.wpd W:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Templates\wordpfct.wpg W:\temp When you insert the stick into an XP computer, the autorun.inf invokes "start.exe" that calls some dependent program (in the RingThree subdir) and opens a full screen window, replicating a windows desktop. There are nice features to copy to the stick files, syncronize contents with desktop, add shortcuts to apps installed, and many more, generally conveying the "feeling" to be working from an Operating System that remains the same when taken to another PC. As said in the linked thread on the 911CD forum the whole bunch is a NICE and CLEVER (in my view) app, that helps a lot non-techies to have a portable system, you may not agree with my definition of "SHELL" or "VIRTUAL DESKTOP", but definitely it is NOT an Operating System. jaclaz

Different question, different answer, see this and links therein: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=81788 jaclaz

@LLXX No, if you use the EWF filter, it wont wear out soon. @Ctrl-X That is NOT XP, it's BartPE! @Jeremy FYI, a much LESS interesting "first impression" on Mojopac here: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=18617 jaclaz

No, it is PERFECTLY possible, and YES, you definitely need EWF if you plan to install on a Flash based device, but once you have it set, there is no problem. Moreover newish Flash memories have better wear leveling techniques, see my posts here for links: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...4684&st=17# http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...4684&st=25# The other possibility is using INSTEAD of XP a BartPE solution, booting it to RAM, of course size of the boot image has to be as little as possible, depending on the amount of RAM you have. There is a "mixed mode" solution, using a minimal BartPE booted from RAM and either SDI or RAW disk images, search on the 911CD forum for posts by Sanbarrow and by Pavel, that will probably in the future "backported" to Dietmar's "Boot XP from USB" project above referenced: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=14181 jaclaz

Yes, it is perfectly possible. It all depends on what Operating System(s) do you want to put on it, and if it is to be used with just a single machine (or a number of identical or similar machines) or if it is intended to be a portable one-size-fits-all solution. There are a number of threads here and on the 911 CD forum about this, some are related to USB sticks, but since USB sticks and USB hard disks are BOTH "block devices" the differences in setup are minimal. Personally I use Grub4dos as a bootmanager, as it is compatible with practically ALL Operating Systems but if you do not need this great flexibility, you can use "normal" NTLDR. Start reading from these: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...c=18045&hl= http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...c=18031&hl= http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=69211&hl= http://home.graffiti.net/jaclaz:graffiti.n...B/USBstick.html and links therein. You might also find my FAQ's interesting: http://home.graffiti.net/jaclaz:graffiti.n...SB/USBfaqs.html and the (everyday more outdated) howto here: http://home.graffiti.net/jaclaz:graffiti.n...B/USBstick.html jaclaz

Interesting point. Would it be possible to rebuild it with only the needed VXDs (and put the other VXDs that normally aren't in it) and decrease bootup time even further? Yes, step-by-step instructions are in the link in my previous post: http://www.helpwithwindows.com/techfiles/vmm32.html Though I cannot say if it will "shave" anything off boot time. jaclaz

There are some common misconceptions about VMM32.VXD, you might want to read this article: http://www.helpwithwindows.com/techfiles/vmm32.html It debunks common "non-sense" issues and tells you how you can (IF needed) re-build VMM32.VXD. jaclaz

First result in google for "watermark micosoft word": http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211324/en-us jaclaz