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:thumbup SWEETNESS! :thumbup

I read somewhere that Longhorn server will feature the possibility to edit Power options via GPO. It's incredible that it hasn't been done before. :| Anyway - the EZ GPO Tool mentioned above works very nicely, but you need to download the whole package including a little .msi. We're using this in our company, and we're totally satisfied. A new beta was just released too, but I only use stable releases.

Yikes! Thanks man! *having a looksie*

Yeah ... that would be of some interest for me too - although I won't use it! Thanks for the tip Bâshrat the Sneaky.

@Spacesurfer: Hmmm .. pretty good! Same method... @JuMz: Hehe .. you linked to this thread.

It's on the SITE!

This neat little thing HERE often helps! Hint: RegTweak!

Well done jcarle!! My personal favorite (next to WUD of course ) is Compression Bin. These little utils are [b][u]highly[/b][/u] appreciated!

Uhm .. okay .. the august ___2006___ version? Wait a sec. I just found out. It's in the Utilities\bin\x86\ folder when you unpack the SDK, and it's called dxcpl.exe. This means we can't add it via System32 anymore I guess. Tried to unarchive it, but it's a stand-alone executable it seems. Pity! Edit: Found this from Microsoft: "DirectX Control Panel Removed from the Microsoft Control Panel Beginning with the August 2006 SDK, the DirectX® Control Panel has been removed from the Microsoft® Control Panel. You can now find the DirectX Control Panel in the Start menu under All Programs, Microsoft

I can't find the August 2006 version of directx.cpl in the August 2006 SDK. Anyone?

3_ I think it was, but I use the files uncompressed so I haven't tested it.

Yes. NLite did exactly this with the SATA driver for HP laptop, except the iastor.sys is compressed as iastor.sy_. The _x here... iastor.sys = 1,,,,,,_x,4,1 ... means the file is UNcompressed!

Tou can regtweak all of this. Here's the one for not grouping similar icons (this is a system-wide setting): ; --- - - Don't group similar taskbar buttons [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "TaskbarGlomming"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "TaskbarGlomming"=dword:00000000

You can also install THIS patch from Microsoft. It will let your Virtual Machine use the real machine's network connection.

You should use themes ... See: http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/76/ and the correct folder you put your wallpapers in is: $OEM$\$$\web\wallpaper\