[What PDF reader do u use?]

PDF XChange gets my vote

[Visual C redists]

i've noticed that 2005 has some... issues...

MS offers 3 versions to download

redist 2005

redist 2005 SP1

and redist 2005 SP1 update

but they seem to clash? with each other, the newer removes older

while in 2008 case, both 2008 and SP1 co-exists

bit odd

[Visual C redists]

I'd like to add to my nlited installation Visual C++ redist's

is it enough to just add 2005 SP1 and 2008 SP1

or ALL 2005, 2005 SP1, 2005 SP1 ATL security update, 2008, 2008 SP1 ?

[Question about .NET framework]

some people say that 1.1 and 4 are enough since supposedly 4 covers CLR2

this true or all 1,2,3,4 are a must ?

[Why this Diehard Win2K user finally switched to WinXP]

has anoyne tried using ReactOS lately ?

I personaly hate where vista and anything above went

seeing only XP/srv2003 being last good OS-es come from MS

I consider jump to ReactOS when XP's loses its support and by then I hope they will release the "everyday use" version

[Constant high CPU usage]

it could be some malware

if your scanners can't find anything my recomendation would be repair (not format) of OS

then again thats only my opinion

usualy explorer.exe takes high resource if something of 3rd party

is hooked to it and using it

[how to "register" .net]

problem is I can't regshot since .net I wish to "give" to XP

would be from Longhorn build 3718

and I think its early .net version differs from final ones

[how to "register" .net]

and copying just folders won't do anything at all ?

I mean, sometime when an app requires dll and user downloads it and puts it into same

folder it will work...

[how to "register" .net]

bare with me in this situation

if i didn't install .net (1.1 or 2, no matter), but just copied folders from \Windows\ directory

(assembly, Microsoft.NET and WinSxS) from another installed XP that had .net installed

what needs to be done, to "register" that components so windows can see them and use them ?

and do i need to export/import some reg entries ?

[How to change this (Please Wait) screen?]

could be ntkrnlpa.exe as its identical to boot screen

[decision for slipstream?]

ok then

thanks

[decision for slipstream?]

yes i know the last SP is enough

i was just worried as in past, i came across discussions (on net)

that some people consider it is safer to do slipstream of SP3 ontop of XPSP2

rather than ontop of XP RTM

dunno was it some security issue paranoia or did they had valid reasons

so i asked here if it makes no difference or is there something init

[decision for slipstream?]

sorry for sucky title

i am just curious is it ok to slipstream XP's SP3 over XP SP0/RTM source

or is it "wiser" to do it over XP SP2

or it doesn't make any difference ?

[some weird errors]

thanks

[some weird errors]

is this something serious ?

will i have problems connecting to internet or LAN (i only test it in vmware)?

or i can ignore this ?

[some weird errors]

in event viewer i have some weird events happening

i slipstreamed XP RTM (SP0) and SP3 and added all hotfixes till this month

this is what i am getting

anyone have idea what it means ?

[[Release] FFDShow Add-on 09Feb2014 Rev.4530]

yea i have that already

thanks for reply

[[Release] FFDShow Add-on 09Feb2014 Rev.4530]

got a question

does FFDshow works in combination with XP's default WinMediaPlayer 9

or integrating it just with that player is useless ?

[how to remove the symbol from the icons UAC ?]

the only way i would do it, is to search dll or exe file that contains that icon (small shield)

and replace it with blank icon, then icon would still be attached to UAC protected "icons"

but it would be blank/invisible

[additional XP folders]

oh this is nice

thank you for answering

[additional XP folders]

so i made custom nlited XP

but it is too big for CD, ISO gets out as 730 MB

and looking at these 3 folders in XP install

cmpnents

SUPPORT

VALUEADD

they are 50 MB in size, so deleting them would be joy

but how critical/important are they ?

[word and excel viewers 2003]

ok nevermind

workaround is to extract MSI files and use their switches which work correctly

[word and excel viewers 2003]

i tried to have "preinstalled" both MS Word and Excel viewers 2003

in T-13 time when user can install programs with switches

these say that /Q is quiet installer

but they obviously ignore it since i got all dialogs crap and user interaction...

is there any workaround this ?

[Windows 7 ultimate 1.33Gb iso]

reducing ISO size is not that hard

you can untick few options even in vlite and you will get 1.4 GB size of it

think its bigger issue to reduce installed size, you can max it to about 4.5 GB

which to me is still bloat for OS itself

only eXPerience managed to make it 1.5GB with his tiny7

[about unattended install]

oh

thank you, will look into it