JasonGW

personally the only reason I've ever pirated anything was just to try it out and see if it meets my needs. If it does, I buy it. The once exception I can name is Photoshop, which I needed while in school, and it was much to expensive to afford even in the student edition. However, I never made a nickel off anything I produced with those copies. I can see lots of reasons why people pirate this, that or the other thing, but there's NO excuse for selling pirated goods. Jason

Yeah I'm playing with that right now, hopefully it will work out. Ideally I'd prefer *not* to install a client component, but if I gotta, I gotta. Jason

I see you're not too familiar about networks so U might not even know if it is possible. Anyway, U connect different networks with different IP ranges(subnets) ex. Network 1: 10.0.0.1-10.0.0.255 Network 2: 10.0.1.1-10.0.1.255 Network 3: 10.0.2.1-10.0.2.255 Network 4: In my case ADSL, is where U also set DNS for Internet sharing to work on CLIENT computers. I believe U get the picture. The problem is connecting all these networks together, so they all have Filesharing and Internet sharing. And here comes Winroute, which does precisely that. I've read on multiple sites that an option BRIDGE CONNECTION is in effect for this kind of network but I'm not sure if that is true... So if any1 have any else ideas please let me know. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't think you understod my post, anyway what I was aiming at is that you CAN'T use 2 NICs on the same network with the same IP range, but since you want to cacth on the terminology, let me rephrase it. NO IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO USE 2 NICS ON THE SAME NETWORK SEGMENT WITHIN THE SAME IP RANGE! (if this look like I'm shouting, yes I am) Hope you got it better this time. Anyway, stupid idea, having 3 PCs on 3 different ip rangs just because you hate switches ... maybe you should just start playing with some other less complicated toys <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You're mistaken. Ever heard of NIC Teaming? Jason

Oh, I know that That's what I'm looking for, some recommendations on software that I can use to accomplish the above goals. I probably can't get my supervisor to spend the $3000+ on ISA server, though. We only have about 80 users on the network with only 30 of those actually needing internet access, so ISA isn't really justified. thanks! Jason

I've been evaluating software and methods, but haven't really found a way to do precisely what I want to do. We've currently got a Linux box in place that does our proxying (Squid) but it's overly complicated and isn't doing the best job. I want, ideally, to come up with a Windows solution for my firewall box. In a nutshell, here is what I want: 1. By default, ALL users are prevented from accessing the internet 2. Only members of the Active Directory group "InternetBrowsing" are permitted to browse 3. Sites with objectionable content are blocked unilaterally 4. HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and FTPS clients should be able to connect where appropriate 5. More limited users should have predefined sites they can visit but NO blanket access Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks! Jason EDIT: I KNOW Active Directory doesn't have these capabilities out of the box, and that's not what I'm after. What I want is a software that can do the above functions and can use the Active Directory user database to keep track of appropriate permissions for individual users.

I've got the previous model, which does 720p and 1080i, and both look and work *great*. I love my 61" Battlefield 2 and World of Warcraft sessions Jason

I just recently got a new nForce4 board (A8N-SLI Deluxe Edition) and so far I have to say that it's a piece of s***. I've yet to work out all the bugs, but I get constant data corruption problems even on the latest and greatest BIOS. I'm going to rebuild *again* tonight, this time with XP x64 edition, but so far, anyway, I'm NOT impressed with nForce4. Jason

I've searched for every combination of "Remove OS check VBS" I can think of and nothing comes up. Do you have a link? Thanks! Jason

Don't extract it, you don't need the MSI. Here's how mine is setup (I use WPI, but this line would also work in RunOnceEx.CMD or at the command line (you'd obviously omit the path details). %systemdrive%\install\optional\KerioFW\Keriofirewall.exe /S /V\"/qn REBOOT=Suppress\" No problems at all. Jason

I've tried to use the original script posted in this thread, following the syntax and making a few customizations. The goal of the customizations is to create start menu folders that mirror the category names of my WPI installs (that works fine) and then organize the folders and files created by installers into those category folders (which doesn't work at all). Here is my script. Any ideas why this won't work? Thanks in advance! Jason set AUStart=%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs set UserStart=%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs set UserQL=%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch set AUDesk=%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop set UserDesk=%UserProfile%\Desktop REM :: Make New Folders :: MD "%AUStart%\Art Software" MD "%AUStart%\Gaming Utilities" MD "%AUStart%\Internet" MD "%AUStart%\Media Editing & Ripping" MD "%AUStart%\Media Playback" MD "%AUStart%\Security" MD "%AUStart%\Utilities" REM :: Move/Copy Folders :: REM :: ART SOFTWARE :: MOVE "%AUStart%\@icon Sushi\" "%AUStart%\Art Software\Icon Sushi\" MOVE "%AUStart%\Inkscape\" "%AUStart%\Art Software\Inkscape\" MOVE "%UserStart%\Blender Foundation\" "%AUStart%\Art Software\Blender3D\" REM :: GAMING UTILITIES :: REM :: INTERNET :: MOVE "%AUStart%\Mozilla Firefox" "%AUStart%\Internet\Firefox" MOVE "%AUStart%\Flashpeak BlazeFTP\" "%AUStart%\Internet\BlazeFTP" MOVE "%AUStart%\FileZilla\" "%AUStart%\Internet\FileZilla FTP" REM :: MEDIA PLAYBACK :: MOVE "%AUStart%\Media Portal\" "%AUStart%\Media Playback\Media Portal\" MOVE "%UserStart%\Winamp\" "%AUStart%\Media Playback\Winamp\" MOVE "%UserStart%\DBPowerAmp\" "%AUStart%\Media Playback\DBPowerAmp Player\" REM :: MEDIA EDITING & RIPPING :: MOVE "%AUStart%\D.I.K.O\" "%AUStart%\Media Editing & Ripping\DIKO\" MOVE "%AUStart%\DVD Shrink\" "%AUStart%\Media Editing & Ripping\DVD Shrink\" MOVE "%AUStart%\CDBurnerXP 3\" "%AUStart%\Media Editing & Ripping\CDBurnerXP\" MOVE "%AUStart%\Nero\" "%AUStart%\Media Editing & Ripping\Nero\" MOVE "%UserStart%\DBPowerAmp Music Converter\" "%AUStart%\Media Editing & Ripping\DBPowerAmp Music Converter\" MOVE "%UserStart%\DVD Decrypter\" "%AUStart%\Media Editing & Ripping\DVD Decrypter\" REM :: SECURITY :: MOVE "%AUStart%\Spybot - Search & Destroy\" "%AUStart%\Security\Spybot\" MOVE "%AUStart%\Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE Personal\" "%AUStart%\Security\Ad-Aware\" MOVE "%AUStart%\SpywareBlaster\" "%AUStart%\Security\SpywareBlaster\" MOVE "%AUStart%\Sygate Personal Firewall\" "%AUStart%\Security\Sygate Firewall\" MOVE "%AUStart%\Zone Labs\" "%AUStart%\Security\ZoneAlarm Firewall\" MOVE "%UserStart%\Kerio\" "%AUStart%\Security\Kerio Firewall\" REM :: UTILITIES :: COPY "%AUStart%\Administrative Tools\*.*" "%AUStart%\Utilities\Administrative Tools\" MOVE "%AUStart%\Accessories\System Tools\*" "%AUStart%\Utilities\System Tools\" MOVE "%AUStart%\Desktop Sidebar\" "%AUStart%\Utilities\Desktop Sidebar\" MOVE "%UserStart%\RivaTuner v2.0 RC 15.6\" "%AUStart%\Utilities\RivaTuner\" MOVE "%UserStart%\7-Zip\" "%AUStart%\Utilities\7-Zip\" MOVE "%UserStart%\XPize\" "%AUStart%\Utilities\XPize\" REM :: Move/Copy Shortcuts :: REM :: ART SOFTWARE SHORTCUTS :: REM MOVE /Y "%AUStart%\Adobe ImageReady CS.lnk" "%AUStart%\Art Software\" REM MOVE /Y "%AUStart%\Adobe Help Center.lnk" "%AUStart%\Art Software\" REM MOVE /Y "%AUStart%\Adobe Bridge.lnk" "%AUStart%\Art Software\" REM MOVE /Y "%AUStart%\Paint.Net.lnk" "%AUStart%\Art Software\" REM :: GAMING UTILITIES SHORTCUTS :: REM :: INTERNET SHORTCUTS :: MOVE /Y "%UserStart%\Internet Explorer.lnk" "%AUStart%\Internet\Internet Explorer.lnk" REM :: MEDIA EDITING & RIPPING SHORTCUTS :: REM MOVE /Y "%AUStart%\Audacity.lnk" "%AUStart%\Media Editing & Ripping\" REM :: MEDIA PLAYBACK SHORTCUTS :: REM MOVE /Y "%UserStart%\Windows Media Player.lnk" "%AUStart%\Media Playback\" REM :: SECURITY SHORTCUTS :: REM :: UTILITIES SHORTCUTS :: MOVE /Y "%AUStart%\Adobe Reader 7.0.2.lnk" "%AUStart%\Utilities\Adobe Reader 7.0.2.lnk" REM :: Cleanup Desktop Icons :: DEL "%AUDesk%\*.*" DEL "%UserDesk%\*.*" DEL "%systemroot%\*.bmp" DEL "%systemroot%\system32\dllcache\*.*" DEL "%systemroot%\system32\*.scr" DEL "%AUStart%\Set Program Access and Defaults.lnk" DEL "%AUStart%\Windows Catalog.lnk" REGEDIT /S "%systemdrive%\install\regtweaks.reg"

True, you can often get much *better* results. While pixels are better for photos, vector is better for cartoony things like icons. When I'm doing cartoony artwork I *much* prefer to work in Illustrator than Photoshop, and the vector/raster (pixel) difference is why. Jason

Wow, that was odd. Anyway, so I am about to try it with music ENABLED. I'm not quite sure why I would *want* music here, but...OK. Seems like a feature that doesn't really belong in this application, to me Jason

And how were we supposed to know this was mentioned in the bottom of a thread that had not even a hint of this issue in the title? Also, the thread you point to still doesn't have a resolution. I understand where you're coming from, but there's no reason to be pushy, bubber Jason

OK, so I've setup and configured WPI in $OEM$\$1\Install\Auto\WPI\. The \auto\ folder contains items I install automatically with RunOnceEx.Cmd (7zip, acrobat, the basics) and then I call WPI with the last line of RunOnceEx.CMD. WPI loads and looks great. I select the button to install all the software, and it checks the boxes just fine. When I click "Begin Install", however, what I get is an error. JAVASCRIPT ERROR REPORT: Message: Object doesn't support this property or method. File://c:\install\auto\wpi\wpi.hta. File: Main.js Line: 138 I am using WPI 4.2 as of this morning. I call all my files from %systemdrive%\install\optional\<Appname>\<AppInstallerExecutable.exe, and WPI is, of course, called from %systemdrive%\install\auto\WPI\WPI.CMD. I didn't get this error a few days ago when trying version 3.61, and the only thing I've done since then is add my apps and change the wallpaper.jpg in the glossy theme. Any help would be ducky! Jason

ouch . I've heard that it is extremely difficult to uninstall longhorn transformation packs, and just impossible to do it cleanly (restore windows to the state before the transformation pack was installed). Has anyone ever tried uninstalling one of windosx's transformation packs? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I dunno, I just did it yesterday and it went fine for me. Installed FlyaKite OSX after that, then uninstalled it later on, no issues. Jason

That's because not many actually *have* PSP's The thing's too friggin' expensive for a portable. I'm enjoying that DS continues to outsell it. During the first couple of weeks of Nintendogs' release in Japan, DS outsold PSP and PS2 *Combined*. Sony may make a few dents in Nintendo's ownership of the portable market, but there is *very* little chance PSP will reign the way Gameboy has. Jason

I'd go for battlefield 2 for PC if you're looking for a good FPS. Hell, even BF1942 beats anything you'll find on a console, especially PS2. Jason

I've got an Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe, but I haven't used the SLI. My 6800GT is so **** fast with every game I play that I can't justify any reason to get another card for SLI However, when prices drop and I can snag another 6800GT for around $130 or so, and the drivers support has matured, I'll probably get one. No hurries though Jason

copy over your config.js file from the wpiscripts folder and that should do it m8 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thank you, that worked like a charm! Jason

How do I move my settings (just my list of programs to install, I like the default interface the way it is) from 3.61? Thanks! Jason

This will work, unless somebody have folders named "Microsoft blah-blah etc." in "Program Files" already (i.e some other Microsoft products installed). In that case "Progra~1\Micros~1" will point to some other place, and this installation will fail... with error 101. /offtopic on Is anybody experimented with MsAS command line switches? I have found -LaunchMode N (where N is a number), as well as known switches -scan -withui -withreultui, but but I haven't figured out -schedule yet. /offtopic off <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If they have other stuff with the name Microsoft, they will have 8.3 names sequentially in alphabetical order. Even with Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Publisher and Microsoft Antispyware installed, antispyware will *still* be micros~1, unless Microsoft Activesync is installed first. In any case, resolution is simple: Install MS Antispyware BEFORE you install those other apps. Setting the install to kick off earlier in the RunOnceEx.cmd is a 30 second job. Jason

REG ADD %KEY%\085 /VE /D "Microsoft AntiSpyware" /f REG ADD %KEY%\085 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\MSAS\MSASInstall.exe /S /v/qn" /f REG ADD %KEY%\085 /V 2 /D "%systemdrive%\Progra~1\Micros~1\gcasDtServ.exe /regserver" /f Put that in your RunOnceEx.cmd file Jason <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't tend to quote myself, but this, my friend, works perfectly for me *every* time. I have the absolute newest, truest, bluest version of MSAS and the same setup that worked 6 months ago works fine today. Jason

No offense, but you're insane Jason

Oh, you're not kidding, either. My GF got asked to leave the nintendogs booth because she played it too long, LOL She got in line over and over and over...got quite a few of those little cute plush giveaway dogs, though, hehe o_O

If those are your two choices, go with the gameboy. The nGage is a piece of junk. You should have seen their E3 booth: Big, FILLED with stations for gaming, and pretty much the crickets were chirping everywhere. The only reason we stopped there at all was because they had a big bench to sit on. If you can spend a bit more, go with the Nintendo DS. Right now it's the best portable on the market, with the PSP trailing by a long way, in large part due to its overpriced status and its lame game lineup. Not to mention the fact that UMD movies are $30 a pop, WAY overpriced given that they come with *none* of the extras of their DVD brethren at a third to a half the price. Jason