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Do you think you could post a screenshot? A picture is worth a thousand words.

I think there's something else going on here... I've never noticed a change in the amount of free space on my system drive when transferring files to/from CD/DVDs or other digital devices (cameras, digital camcorders, USB keys). You're saying that each time that files are transferred, the free space on your system drive drops? If you go to transfer another 6-7 GB of video, the free space drops again? The pagefile is like backup RAM if you will. If your system runs out of RAM to use, it will write unused memory to the pagefile. There shouldn't be any connection between it and your transferring of files.

Tried it out last night... it is pretty nice.

Nah... I've just gotta get 5 of my friends to sign up to MSFN just to vote for me...

Can't say that nothing will be missed... it's always possible. The big 3 will catch 99.999999999999999999% of all spyware that you'd typically encounter.

Not a clue man... Oh if only Windows had the power of grep...

There... let's see if my signature littered all over this board will do anything to help me out...

If it has MSIs, then shouldn't standard Windows Insatller switches work? /qb /qn

Huh... Didn't see that one. But then again, I don't visit the Win98 forums very much... Thanks for the link.

It's been much more than a week... what's going on SiMoNsAyS?

Did you try searching "Office 2003 CD"? I got tons of hits there... Search harder!!!

Office 12 is in Beta. If you were a member of MSDN, then you'd be able to ask on the proper forums for that. No warez talk here...

I made a guide for exactly that problem using Acronis True Image. I'm sure that you should be able to follow the instructions with Ghost as well, but the general idea is the same. How to create a CD/DVD based image of your hard drive with Acronis True Image As for the file size splitting - I'm not sure how Ghost stores its archive file headers. In Acronis, they're in the very last spanned archive. (That's why you take the last image archive and put it on the "first" CD/DVD). If you end up with two 4GB files and a 300MB file, you can probably put the small one along with another image file. The 4GB is there because of the file size limitations of DVDs. EDIT - Oh... and use RyanVM packs in the future instead of AutoPatcher. It's much simpler.

This should be in the programming section - not General Discussion... As for your question, try running start /? in the command line to see if you get your answer.

Have you done the usual troubleshooting procedures? (i.e. run sfc /scannow) The problem doesn't happen with any other apps that use those fonts either? I'm assuming that you're using the latest Acrobat - 7.05.

glib? Not quite... I'll repeat myself once: Think about the typical scenario. Most computers do not have two hard drives. 99% of the computers that you find in retail stores or workstations at offices have 1 hard drive. Given that scenario, there is no advantage to having the pagefile on a separate partition (it's detrimental actually). If you have two or more hard drives on separate IDE channels, then you can get a benefit. However, I'd like to see some benchmarks to prove that FAT16 is the way to go, and also the whole 4KB clusters or larger bit as well. I've heard this around quite a bit, but never actually seen anyone back it up. Every site that you look at for NTFS vs. FAT gives the same general answer - NTFS is better than FAT. The only case where it wouldnt' hold is for smaller drives (<500MB).

That's what I use VMware for... Yes, you do need to update the definitions every now and then. But that's what CD-RW's are for. I think that comparing UBCD to Ghost/Acronis is kinda silly actually. They're for completely different purposes. The problem with using Ghost to un-install programs is that you may loose any settings or new programs that you do want. Don't get me wrong - I use Acronis True Image myself and I've got a 3.5GB image on my hard drive just for that out-of-the-blue case where hell freezes over. UBCD is useful because it's system independent. I keep a copy with me at all times (updated monthly) for those cases where people tell me that they've got a problem. Pop in the CD, run the programs, and boom - at least 99% clean system (usually). Everyone has their own methods. I just think that a backup solution shouldn't be used to solve malware problems. It's like using a hammer to put in a screw. It'll work, but it's not what the hammer was meant for.

It's just like saying that if you have to restore from Ghost routinely then something's wrong with your PC. The UBCD is a backup recovery method. It's very useful to clean off systems that are infected with spyware, since you don't run into the problem of files being loaded from the hard drive.

Static pagefile - yes. Own partition - no. I went off on a little bit of a rant about it here. For the most part, the performance gains you'll get from manually setting the pagefile aren't really all that noticable to the average user, but for those of us who use memory hungry apps (VMware, Photoshop, 7-zip, etc), it can help. I use hibernation all the time, and I haven't noticed any slowdowns from my computer as a result of it... Any reason for what you said?

Yup... 512KB L2 cache wins over 166MHz (something you can probably get back from overclocking - maybe). It's just that the higher clocked CPU has 1 step higher multiplier than the other one.

That program is a godsend for me... I've got it on the workstations for my student society... makes my life as comp admin a lot easier...

Scroll to the top of the page and click on the link that says - Unattended CD/DVD Guide It's got all the answers you ever need.

We've all seen this window before... the really big and ugly volume control window. Guess what?!?!?! You can make it prettier!!! Simply press Ctrl+S to get this: Neat, eh? Alternatively, you can run the following command: sndvol32.exe /s If you want the mini-mini window that shows up when you single-click on the volume icon in the task bar, run: sndvol32.exe /t (To exit from that, simply click anywhere else outside of the window) If you want to access the recording volumes, simply use the /r switch: sndvol32.exe /r sndvol32.exe /s /r Enjoy!

Any MSStyles will do just fine. XPize patches the uxtheme.dll to accept non-Microsoft theme files, so you won't have any problems using alternate themes.

Hehe... interesting topic. I used to use nLite a lot, but then I realized that there were things that I would need that I thought I didn't, so a re-install was in order. After about 3 or 4 times of that, it got a little bit annoying (this was my work computer). The thing with projects such as nLite, MicroWinX, or your registry removal files is that you are changing the fundamentals of the operating system you're using. Windows 2000 and XP have a feature set that other software and hardware developers consider when writing their drivers and software. If you remove components of the OS, you run the risk of breaking the compatbility. Yes, you can set most of the settings/options you want on install, but that requires a lot of testing and time. I remember the very first time I tried to set up a UA CD manually... took me **** near a week to get it working properly. Then add regtweaks, UA installs, personal settings, etc etc etc. For me, I'd like to have my computer "just work", perhaps a little bit slower, rather than find out something doesn't work, then spend the next 5-6 hours reinstalling all my software and applying the settings I need. Don't get me wrong. I think that these projects should continue for those who use them and are interesting. I am in no way bashing fdv, gdogg, or Nuhi. I just think that everyone should realize that these projects are not for everyone. I can't stand it when I see someone suggests nLite to a person who doesn't even know what a UA install is. You're just going to end up causing that person more grief in the end, and they'll get the "Windows sucks" attitude even more.