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hmmm, posting a WORKING link might help: Your link: Correct link: jaclaz

Good work, Markymoo. Just for the record Wingrub development is on hold, the GRUB4DOS version it has is corresponding to 0.91, whilst GRUB4DOS is up 0.4.1 - corresponding to 0.97 (stable) and and 0.4.2pre is just out: http://sarovar.org/projects/grub4dos/ You can use allright the Wingrub to make the menu.lst, but it is better if you use the latest grub4dos as the actual bootloader. You do not actually need to INSTALL it. You can format the key under NT/2K/XP/2003 (so that the bootrecord invokes NTLDR), then you copy to the stick: menu.lst (it can be either in ROOT, /boot/, /boot/grub/) NTLDR GRLDR and you add a boot.ini file with this entry (at least): C:\GRLDR="Start GRUB" If you format the key as a (win9x) DOS disk (so that bootrecord invokes io.sys/msdos.sys/command.com) you add to the stick: menu.lst (it can be either in ROOT, /boot/, /boot/grub/) GRUB.EXE and (optionally) you add to your autoexec.bat the line: GRUB.EXE (or you can input it on comand prompt, only when you need to shift partitions) @Markymoo Where did you get that splashimage? jaclaz

Read here: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=14292 Unless you can change the Removable/Fixed bit via the manufacturer utility or the Hitachi Microdrive Filter, you will be limited to one partition under 2K/Xp. @LLXX USB STICKS controllers usually default as "Removable" (but with the right utility can be set as "Fixed") USB DRIVES controllers ALWAYS default as "Fixed" The above has NOTHING to do with BIOS, it's the Windows driver that questions directly the hardware. jaclaz

Hint: does the word "proxy" mean anything to you? jaclaz

Well, megaupload download work as follow: 1) in the top right of the page when you access it there is a countdown to wait xx seconds 2) when the timeout expires a window appears OVER the same area 3) this window has a X button on top right corner 4) knowing that conventionally clicking on a X button means to close a window..... 5) you might want to try clicking on that button and looking what is UNDER that window jaclaz

The simplest thing you can do is using a DOS (win9x one) boot disk and use the FDISK for FREEDOS. it is easily scriptable: http://www.23cc.com/free-fdisk/index.htm If you simply want to delete partition entries, there are quite a bunch of programs capable of wiping out or overwriting the MBR, under DOS or Linux. As an example, I sometimes use this ones: http://ms-sys.sourceforge.net/ with a --mbrzero option http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/mbrtool.htm Or you can use MBRwizard: http://mbrwizard.tripod.com/ with a switch of /Wipe=1 or /Wipe=2 (which is scriptable too) jaclaz

No, please, DO NOT do that! (desks are so expensive nowadays) jaclaz

Yes, sure, that's all the point about BOOT CD's. jaclaz

Just to keep things together, a small howto to boot from BartPE (CD) to install XP has been posted here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=68252 adapting it to USB drive/key (a BIG one, ) should not be a problem. jaclaz

As mentioned here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=33964 actually having the system on LOGICAL VOLUMES inside an EXTENDED PARTITION is, generally speaking, safer than having it on PRIMARY. Drive lettering (and the way DOS/Windows does it) is one of the worse headaches: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=67395 (and given links) jaclaz

@Yurek3 If you change the line ECHO [boot loader] >> %inifile% to ECHO [boot loader] > %inifile% (taking out a > ) you can remove the line del /F /Q %systemdrive%\boot.ini from your batch. jaclaz

Have a try with this: http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/ jaclaz

Ohhh, I see. So we are talking of the DOS floppy diskette that XP can make. Then there is no easy way out, the three extensions used are: .COM .EXE .BAT (the solution LLXX works, but has it's negative consequences) but a file with a different extension "could" work, see this: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=35284 (it applies to "real" MS-DOS, not the one that XP creates, which is a "derivative of the DOS part of ME, I believe, but trying won't do any harm) jaclaz

Let see if we can put it straight. 1) there is NO DOS in XP 2) there is the Command Prompt (that is NOT DOS) 3) the Command prompt can be generated by two DIFFERENT COMMAND INTERPRETERS 4) The main (default) one is cmd.exe that has MORE features 5) To mantain a better compatibility with DOS programs, there is also the command.com that has LESS features, i.e. only 8.3 filenames, etc. Read here: http://www.ss64.com/nt/cmd.html Now the so-called "executable program" file extensions are usually: .bat .cmd .com .exe .vbs plus a few more: http://antivirus.about.com/od/securitytips/a/fileextview.htm Windows "decides" that a file is executable by it's extension. Executable extensions are held in the Registry, nothing prohibits you to ADD an .abc file extension in the Registry, complete howto: http://filext.com/info/showthread.php?t=12 and an useful (FREEWARE) program: http://www.angelfire.com/biz/rhaminisys/fileasoc.html jaclaz

I have a Direcway satellite connection and the only problem is the FEE, that is much higher than a corresponding DSL one (and the speed is lower). The Direcway uses a sort of router, so no problem in setting it up, 100% compatible with existing network. jaclaz

You do not install an Operating System "AS" either client or server. You simply install it. Then you configure its networking, here is the best site I ever found that has all tutorials you will ever need: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/ jaclaz

No prob, I will: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=70122 jaclaz

There is no hope about that. Maybe those willing to take part in the flame war could just read this elder thread: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=37402 (all 45 pages of it) or just go directly to my post here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=37402&st=411 This 9x vs. NT war is one of the most recurring topics.... jaclaz

How to convert a (multiple) space separated text into Tab delimited (with WORD). 1) paste the columnar text in an empty Word Document 2) Start the search/replace function 2) In the search field input 2 (two) spaces 3) in the replace field input ^t (the character t preceded by ^ means a TAB) 4) run the replace until no more occurrences of the two spaces is found 5) now input in the search field ^t^t (it means two conscutive TABs) 6) leave the replace field as is 7) run the replace until no more occurrences of double TABs are found 8) if the number of spaces between the columns was ODD, there can still be occurrences of either TAB followed by a single space or of a single space followed by a TAB, to "clean them re-run the replace function once with [space]^t and once with ^t[space] in the search field 9) copy the now tab-delimited text 10) paste it to the "final" word document At this point you can (as you wish) set the TABs or select the data and convert it to a table using the TXT->Table function, specifying that the separator is a TAB If you enable seeing "hidden characters" in the WORD document (where a space is shown as a dot and a tab is shown as a right handed arrow) will help you visually analize the proceedings. Just for the record, the apparent "misalignment" you experienced is due to the fact that NOTEPAD uses a FIXED font, whilst WORD usally defaults to Times New Roman which is a PROPORTIONAL font, i.e. a font where a letter like W takes as much as THREE times the space for a letter I. jaclaz

Command line usage help for WMIC.EXE: http://www.ss64.com/nt/wmic.html jaclaz

I knew that! Now I can better understand some of your points of view. You see, I started messing with a computer back in 1981 and my first computer was a Sinclair ZX80: http://www.bostonpda.org/zx80/zx80_hardware.htm (you actually had to ASSEMBLE it!) Second one was the ZX81: http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=263 (it came pre-assembled, and I even jad the 32 Kbytes RAM expansion board! When the PC came out, it even had FLOPPY DISKS! (360 Kb), I built myself an XT with a 5 Mb Hard disk... When NT 3.1 came out, I was jumping for joy! Probably that's why I am less critic than you are on some elder OS, I have actually seen the progress as it was made, always having the most recent OS on the market, whilst you started with an elder OS, after having seen what other better ones could do. No, the ORIGNAL Windows 95 was not, as said the very first release was on a bunch of floppies, by the way with the "stupid" 1680 K format, then came the CD you remember with the boot floppy, then with latest releases, ÷ 1997 (OEM Service Release version 2.0, 2.1 or 2.5, cannot remember) there was a bootable CD allright: from here: http://www.dewassoc.com/support/index.html (click on Windows95, then on Installing Windows 95) jaclaz

You can try with this one (FREEWARE) for a start: http://www.lansweeper.com/ls/default.aspx http://www.lansweeper.com/ls/faq.aspx jaclaz

@daemonforce I am just curious, please do not take this as an offence, but reading your posts here and 911CD Forum, I got the impression that in your opinion: 1.DOS is crap! 2.BartPE is crap! 3.Win9x is crap! Now it seems also like: 4.Linux is crap! 5.ReactOs is crap! 6.Windows 2k is crap! fortunately, at least XP and WinPE appear not to be crap! I would be interested in something more substantial than: as a reason to say that something is crap. As a side note, you must have your calendar a bit "out of date". NT 4.00 was released in 1996 http://www.microsoft.com/windows/WinHistoryDesktop.mspx Win2k end of 1999/2000 The el-torito standard dates back to 1995: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Torito_(CD-ROM_standard) EVERY board since 1997 has el-torito compatible BIOS, at least in "mode 1" i.e. floppy image. First release of Windows 95 was sold as either 26 or 28 HD floppies or bootable CD using this standard. EVERY board since late 1999 has BOTH el-torito "Mode 1" AND "Mode 2" i.e. "no emulation". This was a requirement for the "Windows Logo Program" for Me and 2k, so every manufacturer quickly HAD to update the BIOS if not already compatible. http://www.dewassoc.com/kbase/legacy.htm#BIOS MOST later boards have all THREE modes, including "Mode 3" i.e. hard disk emulation. Reference: http://bochs.sourceforge.net/doc/docbook/user/bios-tips.html jaclaz

I am lost at this point.... Let see if I understand what you should have: a.) A computer that I call "local", whose name is "XXXXXX" with IP address 10.2.7.x a.1) A user account with Administrator rights in this "local" computer ("XXXXXX") called Marian whose login is "Marian" and whose password is "Yourpass" b.) A computer that I call "remote", whose name is "ERINI" with IP address 10.2.7.2 b.1) A user account with Administrator rights in this "remote" computer ("ERINI") called Marian whose login is "Marian" and whose password is "Yourpass" If you don't have the above situation, please post the corresponding information. jaclaz

I would suggest WALKING to the remote computer, log in as Administrator (or as a user with Administartive rights), create an account as "Mariam...", give to it Administrator rights, reboot computer, test if the user "Mariam..." can locally access the drive then WALK BACK to your machine and try again the connection. Once you have done this succesfully, you can try limiting the rights of the "Mariam..." user on both machines until you have left just enough needed rights. jaclaz