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The converter is part of MS Office. You need to go to control panel, Add Remove Programs, click on Microsoft Office. Then, select to add or remove components. Go through the options and you should see one for Converters and Filters. There should be an option for Word 6.0 documents. Also, you don't need Office converter. Open WordPad from Windows XP. It can open .wri files. Then just copy and paste into Word and save as .doc instead of .wri.

Tools --> Options --> Maintenance --> Clean Up now --> Compact. You can also change your store folder. I always do that. When I have to reinstall, I simply change it back to my custom store folder from the default and all you messages will be there.

I just upgraded my memory from 1 Gb + 512 Mb to 1 Gb + 1 Gb. When it was 1 Gb + 512 Gb, both were PC2-4200 and 533 mHz, CAS 4; both were single-channel. Now, I have 1 Gb that's PC2-4200, 533 mHz and 1 Gb PC2-5300, 533 mHz. When I turn on computer, during POST, it says PC2-4300, dual channel interleaved. So, the questions are 1) Why does it say PC2-4300 when neither one is PC2-4300? It did this even when both were PC2-4200 and it does it now that one is actually PC2-5300. 2) Why does it say dual channel when my memory is single channel. 3) What does it mean when it says interleaved? When I had 1.5 Gb, it said something different (I can't remember than term) but now it changed to interleaved. PC Specs: Mobo: ASUS P5GDC-V Memory: 2 X 1 GB (different brands)

I mean, using setup from DVD (which load winpe in disguise). This setup allows you to format your drives the way you want and pick the version of vista you want to install... all of that is not necessary if you already installed and captured your image. If you captured your image, why go through all those screens when you can APPLY your captured image using imagex. Again, it may be possible and may work, but I'm thinking, maybe setup recognizes the prebuilt install.wim from the one you capture and name install.wim.

I had the exact same idea, but haven't got around to trying it. However, it doesn't make sense to do that because... * It's easier to apply back your captured image using imagex than go through the setup process to apply your captured image. *Moreover, the whole setup deal is to install from scratch and you can customize it and format the partitions, etc. You don't need to do all that if you're going to apply your captured image and your partitions are already setup.

Most likely, since you installed Windows XP first and then installed Vista, Vista's boot manager is on XP partition. Which means if you delete XP partition, then you won't be able to boot Vista unless you do a repair. So, using a partition manager, you can delete XP partition, merge Vista and old XP partitition, then use Vista DVD to repair the boot loader.

Where did you hear of this? This is first time I'm hearing of it. Please link to where you saw it referenced.

Try this site for slipstreaming office 2003: slipstream office 2003 sp2. It works for me.

I have tried Thinstall IE7 on Windows 2000 and it does not work. I may be doing something wrong - I don't know. (What does it mean when people say "Bump"?)

I know that. But what I'm saying is suppose in Folder X, you have Folders Y and Z and files A, B, C, D. Then status bar should show the total size of A, B, C, and D like in XP. Forget folders Y and Z. In Vista, you have to select A, B, C, and D to show their total size in status bar.

I also have 9880. I just pointed Vista to my XP drivers and everything works fine. Even the mixer works. The first time I installed drivers and ran the mixer, then closed it, Vista asked me if the program ran okay. I told it that it did.

Also, let me mention that when you download Grub, there's a sample menu.lst file that gives you examples of how to boot various OS's like Mandrake...

Or try this solution here which is more versatile in my opinion: Dual booting with Grub.

Of course it will work without WinXP. Grub is not for dual booting just Vista and XP. It's for booting anything that is supported by Grub. That means you can boot whatever from floppy, whatever from CD, OS's supported by Grub (win98, xp, vista, etc). So, you don't have to install XP. As long as Wubi Ubuntu is supported, you can boot it with Grub (without Vista or XP). I'm unfamiliar with the syntax for booting it so you'll have to research to find out what syntax goes in your menu.lst file.

Head over to Office addintools.com for a program that makes Office 2007 look like Office 2003. It only adds a tab called "Menu" that shows the familiar 2003 look. The rest of the Office 2007 tabs are still there. So, you have the best of both worlds. It's costs $$ though. It's the price you pay for a downgrade!

@FireGeier - do you know the answer to above? Please let me and everyone know. Thanks.

How many files it has depends on what programs you wish to virtualize. If you choose just word, powerpoint, and excel, then you'll end up with 4 - offdiag.exe being the 4th since it's always installed.

I'm not sure what kind of a compressed CD image you are working with but in order to slipstream, you must extract the files to a temp location, then slipstream, then compress your files again if you need to. So, if your compressed image is of the type ISZ (compressed ISO), then extract it to a temp location then apply the slipstream.

You're right, he wasn't adding one. But you can't change the icon, can you? So rather than show 'em how to change just an icon, I gave 'em the whole spill.

We know! Have you tried it? How do you create a new file type of your own? You can't. It only shows the extensions that are already present and you can change the program that is called.

Here's how I do it for UltraISO. UltraISO has an installer, but I made it into a portable application so I don't have to reinstall it. I use my own icon for the ISO file types, just like what you are trying to accomplish. Here is my registry code with explanations after semicolons: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ;This links the extension .iso with UltraISO files [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.iso] @="UltraISO" ;This tells the OS that .iso files are UltraISO files ;The @="xxx" above must match [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xxx] here [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\UltraISO] @="UltraISO File" ;This is the custom icon for my ISO files. It's in hex because it's an expandable type. ;What you need to do is import this key, edit the key to point to your icon, then export back to save it again. ;Reason I use expandable is because I can define the variable %portapps% to any path such as e:\portable apps ;This way, if I choose to change the location of portable apps, then all I have to do is modify the variable. [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\UltraISO\DefaultIcon] @=hex(2):22,00,25,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,72,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,\ 00,25,00,5c,00,52,00,65,00,73,00,6f,00,75,00,72,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,5c,00,\ 49,00,63,00,6f,00,6e,00,73,00,5c,00,49,00,53,00,4f,00,2e,00,69,00,63,00,6f,\ 00,22,00,00,00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\UltraISO\shell] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\UltraISO\shell\open] @="&Open" ;Again, this is expandable for the same reason as the icon path. [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\UltraISO\shell\open\command] @=hex(2):22,00,25,00,70,00,6f,00,72,00,74,00,61,00,70,00,70,00,73,00,25,00,5c,\ 00,55,00,6c,00,74,00,72,00,61,00,49,00,53,00,4f,00,5c,00,55,00,6c,00,74,00,\ 72,00,61,00,49,00,53,00,4f,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,25,\ 00,31,00,22,00,00,00 ;And the rest of your registry code goes here. This is the basic for creating your own file types.

Is there a reason why you can't simply slipstream the service pack and install that way? This avoids having to chain install.

I assume you're talking about the fileformatconverters.exe. It's not really a patch. It allows Office 2003 to save and open XML documents. If you type fileformatconverters.exe /help, it tells you to use the /quiet switch to silently install it. Try it and see if it works.

I hear you. For some reason, MS doesn't want you to do that anymore. I have changed icons by modifying the registry. Although it's a pain, it works after reboot. There's no tweakui for vista yet that will let you rebuild your icon cache.

I don't understand why MS limits their software to certain OS's. I see no reason why you shouldn't be able to install IE7 on Win2000. So, I was curious if anyone as been able to install it on a Windows 2000 machine through some workabound.