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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 DirectX SDK, DirectX Utilities. In addition, the control panel executable has been renamed from directx.cpl to dxcpl.exe; it can be found in both the %DXSDK_DIR%\utilities\bin\x64 and %DXSDK_DIR%\utilities\bin\x86 folders." Edit2: Heh .. may attach them anyway. Here are both the x64 and x32 version. Had to RAR them! dxcpl_aug2006_x32.rar dxcpl_aug2006_x64.rar

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\