jaclaz

Yep , the 4.60 vs. 4.71.2 is another issue that is long-standing (and that originated the ForceASPI set of sctipts), AFAICR it depends a lot on the combo of OS/Motherboard/SCSI card AND software in use. I will confess that I do have *somewhere* an oooold SCSI Plextor CD drive (one of the earliest models, 1x or 2x, that use a caddy/cartridge for the CD) on a NT 4.00 machine with an Adaptec SCSI 29xx card which I use - maybe once every year or every two years - to recover contents of CD's that more modern drives simply cannot read and that particular setup - if I recall correctly - uses ASPI 4.60, though I rarely use it for music CD's/with EAC. Anyway modern releases of EAC should need not an ASPI layer and use SPTI, though actual behaviour needs to be tested on the spoecific machine/setup. Keep us informed on the results of the test with the Starburn drivers ... jaclaz

No (AFAICT/AFAICR). You need to use grub4dos (or similar) that maps the image to a floppy at BIOS level. I don't understand, however, you have a problem, for which a solution has been already been found (and tested/verified), why not trying it before speculating on alternatives? IF what was suggested (which - I repeat - has been already tested and verified by hundreds or thousands of users) doesn't work in your case THEN it will be time to look for alternatives. If you ned assistance/help to implement the grub4dos loppy mapping, just ask. jaclaz

ASPI has been historically not supported by MS (and delegated to Adaptec) and SPTI was used: https://web.archive.org/web/20140203072159/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/182542/en-us Adaptec is no more, and a quick search on the site www.adaptec.com resolves to: https://www.microsemi.com/ which gives no results for ASPI, but something can be found on https://storage.microsemi.com/ https://storage.microsemi.com/en-us/speed/software_pc/aspi/aspi_471a2_exe.php (I believe it is the latest ASPI version from Adaptec ) So, it is years that the FrogASPI exists, it is a mapping of ASPI commands to SPTI ones, at least on 32 bit systems it worked just fine, but in your case I would try to use the Starburn drivers (that have been tested on Windows 10 x64, at least in a VM, with success), see: http://wp.xin.at/archives/829 jaclaz

Not really . On its page on tetris wiki (which I referred earlier for possible alternatives): https://tetris.wiki/Tetris_(Microsoft_Entertainment_Pack_for_Windows) More info and some screenshots here: http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Wiki/index.php?title=Tetris_(Windows) Interestingly enough, it seemingly bears the logo of "Bogus Software": https://web.archive.org/web/20110415064416/http://www.download-central.ws:80/Win16/Tetris/Windows/ And it is seemingly also known as Wintris: https://everything2.com/title/Wintris but licensing/sub-licensing apart the game is definitely written by Dave Edson: https://books.google.it/books?id=O5j5DAAAQBAJ&pg=PT62&lpg=PT62&dq=tetris+"dave+edson"+microsoft&source=bl&ots=MWD8s938S6&sig=ACfU3U1R63e9xC48wsQdNw_vsmefmzz0yg&hl=it&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiSg6Gw2rnjAhUEyqQKHXBmA6oQ6AEwDXoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=tetris "dave edson" microsoft&f=false http://www.kraigbrockschmidt.com/mystic-microsoft-05/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-edson-89991620/ jaclaz

The best way to use a F6 floppy (without a floppy drive) is using grub4dos to mount it (its image) virtually, this is what I suggest you for the next boards: or even easier, use winsetupfromUSB: Since you have the XP already installed, yes, you can change its mode, it is not easy, not for the faint of heartm byt you surely can do it with a bit of patience: http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?444831-HOWTO-enable-AHCI-mode-after-installing-Windows jaclaz

Ok, the easiest is - strangely enough - the most complex one If you have an USB stick available, the best option is making it boot a grub4dos, then add *any* Win9x/ME floppy image and boot to it. Can you make the USB boot FreeDOS? Or what OS are you running "normally"? If *any* Windows NT, use (it is the easiest) RMPREPUSB: https://www.rmprepusb.com/tutorials/grub4dos#TOC-Part-1---Making-a-bootable-USB-pen- Then you can boot the floppy image *like*; http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/files/map.htm#image jaclaz P.S.: there has been in the past a mess with FreeDOS SYS, maybe you have the "wrong" version, see here: http://reboot.pro/topic/15123-freedos-bootsectors/ or try getting the actual one here: http://www.fdos.org/kernel/sys/

A .reg file is a simple .txt file, you can open it in - say - Notepad just fine. All changes go to: The Disable Shim adds values *like*: The Enable Shim deletes the same values *like*: See: http://www.zeda.nl/index.php/en/remove-keys-using-reg-files jaclaz

To be picky (as I am BTW) the FreeDOS MBR expects - just like the DOS one - an active partition, whilst the FreeDOS PBR (or bootsector) of the active partition will expect the KERNEL,SYS instead of the IO.SYS BUT you can still use the FreeDOS SYS command with the /OEM:W9x switch, http://help.fdos.org/en/hhstndrd/base/sys.htm jaclaz

I don't know, personally I can accept just fine the notion that the good MS guys are (again, not everywhere but in spots) a bunch of evil bastards. jaclaz

Stuffing keyboard buffer? jaclaz

Sure, it is for Windows 3.0, some 7 versions before 10 . jaclaz

I know this is not what you asked, but do you really want ro modify that specific version of Tetris? I mean, if you want to play Tetris, maybe - just maybe - there is a working version of it, it is like the most copied/cloned/remade/reprogrammed/ported game EVER, only as an example: https://tetris.wiki/Fan_games jaclaz

Good, you are already gone through denial and anger ... you'll soon get over it jaclaz

Hmmm. Surprisingly they actually start the crap that they included. Maybe - after all - they are still (not everywhere, but in spots) good at writing software. jaclaz

Well, the news are that the good MS guys are sneakingly introducing telemetry to Windows 7 via a security update : https://www.ghacks.net/2019/07/11/did-microsoft-just-drop-the-telemetry-bomb-on-windows-7-users-without-telling-anyone/ while the good google guys were busy listening to conversations : https://techerati.com/news-hub/google-admits-listening-to-some-smart-speaker-recordings/ jaclaz

I ALREADY posted a link to it: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5174-change-computer-name-windows-10-a.html anyway: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/rename-computer?view=powershell-6 Example: Rename-Computer -NewName "Server044" -Restart jaclaz

Hmmm. Have you tried via wmic? https://www.windows-commandline.com/change-computer-name-command-line/ it still works (should) on Windows 10, where you have also the Powershell method available: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5174-change-computer-name-windows-10-a.html Otherwise, if you really-really want to do it from the PE, try the Offline Registry Editor http://reboot.pro/topic/11212-offline-registry-library/ http://reboot.pro/topic/11312-offline-registry/ http://reboot.pro/topic/18527-offlinereg/ jaclaz

Good. Only for the record the idea is "generic", a USB bridge uses (obviously) the USB protocol to communicate, and a number of factors (including the actual protocol, the drivers used, the actual OS features, the specific USB bridge chipset AND firmware and also *whatnot* ) may make a particular command either to NOT "pass through" or to "pass through" but in a slighly modified way (which may lead - you can never know - to either "nothing" or to a "destructive" result). As an example, a number of "mass production tools" for USB sticks require the use of a specific, dedicated driver (which doesn't work as a "normal" USB mass storage driver) to access some settings in the controller of the stick. As well some of the USB "direct" hard disks (i.e. with the USB bridge/interface directly on the hard disk PCB) cannot be in some cases analyzed/fully accessed/reset via that and you need to "pin out" the SATA connection (when possible): https://blog.acelaboratory.com/if-you-are-planning-to-work-usb-external-hard-drives.html https://blog.acelaboratory.com/pc-3000-hdd-how-to-solder-a-sata-adapter-to-the-usb-western-digital-drive.html https://blog.acelaboratory.com/soldering-of-sata-connector-to-samsung-spinpoint-usb-pcb.html So, again generally speaking, don't, just don't fiddle with this kind of stuff via USB if you have a more direct SATA access. jaclaz

@Trip Read here first thing: https://www.micron.com/about/blog/2017/march/how-to-securely-erase-micron-sata-ssds Depending on the model, PSID wipe could be available. Anway, you need the Micron Storage Executive Software, any *generic* tool either won't do anything or - in the case of hdparm - may (accidentally) damage the thingies. And don't, just don't attempt *anything* through a USB bridge, if the thingy (as it likely has) has a SATA connection you MUST connect it directly via SATA. jaclaz

Yep, but It still doesn't clarify enough (of course IMHO). User Aspire89 posted (somehow) that it (the browser) worked, but maybe not the extensions but the Chrome 54 and not the 74, or something like that: https://msfn.org/board/topic/149233-kernelex-for-win2000/?do=findComment&comment=1167056 the user is not writing directly in English so some info may have been lost in translation. You posted seemingly that the 54 extensions don't work and also the 74 ones don't, but the browser itself (let alone the etensions) is confirmed being working or not? jaclaz

I see. Racism/classism on OS used to access a web page. But I am not sure to understand your further report, does it work on Win2K (adding chrome_elf.dll) or it does it not? jaclaz

On the homepage: https://browser.qq.com/ last is seemingly still 9.7/Chome 53. Maybe that is a non-public release. jaclaz

Only for the record, once (when we were poor) calendars were stored and re-used Years repeat themselves, see: https://www.whencanireusethiscalendar.com/ https://www.whencanireusethiscalendar.com/moreinfo/ and: https://garyc.me/calendars/ So, you can set 2013 for 2019 (but 2020 wll be tricky ) jaclaz

And, still on the same topic (slightly Off Topic, I know), just in case, should anyone spot an XP in a surgery room, before starting bad mouthing the NHS (or similar) consider how there may be reasons why it is there: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/975883-windows-10-automatic-updates-during-hospital-operation/ jaclaz

You mean like it happens normally to 99.99999% of people with a PC having an exhausted battery when they change it with a new one? The issue pointertovoid raised is about two different PC's, where the battery was replaced with a new one BUT that lost date in a week or however when only a small amount of time passed since the replacement. It could be also some sort of planned obsolescence taken to the extreme or a bad batch of new batteries, but I don't think they both came from the same source and probably the two batteries are not even the same brand. jaclaz