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Great stuff! I'm just curious - where did you learn to write your shell extensions? Also, have you looked into adding toolbar items? I'd love to have a Hide/Show Hidden items button on my toolbar, since I like to keep my right-click menu nice and clean. Thanks!

The idea of a sticky might be good for places to find the software. However, the ways of making a good looking desktop changes from person to person. Some people use different programs to do the same thing, and having guides for everything would just be tedious (most of it is actually pretty self explanitory). A good place to start would be in the threads themselves. People often say what programs they use for certain items on their desktops. Once you've got the name of the app, Google is your best friend.

@m16si - Look at jpless' post. Unless the older drive is terribly old (like 8-9 years) your system should run just fine. If you want to avoid the possiblity of your new drive running slower than it could, simply connect the old hard drive to your secondary IDE channel (you'll be sharing with your optical drive now probably) and the new drive on the primary IDE channel.

Thanks for the update!

Don't want to or can't?

There are too many choices to make an actual poll, so just say what your fav colour/colours is/are. For me.... black... and dark blue... and dark green... pretty much anything dark.

One of my friends does... addictively. He's got a character that's at lvl 120 or so... good thing he doesn't have school to worry about now.

You need to learn how to make separate sentences... most of that last paragraph is just jibberish to me. Open up MSN - sign in. Go to the Options page. You'll find all the settings you want there (startup, auto-login, etc). Most programs have an Options page... this is usually the first place to check.

That's just bizarre...

Eep... that sucks. I'm still confused on one part though - you said that there's still money left in his account after you had recieved your refund? How does that work exactly?

Just enable file sharing on your computers. Make sure both computers are on the same workgroup, and set up file sharing on one. In Network places, you should be able to see the other computer (as long as the Computer Browser, Server, and Workstation services are running) and then browse through the files. (It's a little more complicated than that sometimes, but that's the general idea)

And you can't replace the battery? Most CMOS batteries are commonly available (they're just watch batteries or the like), and usually sell for ~$5. Here's a program that I just Googled up... haven't tried it though. Link

You could try running the program in Compatibility Mode. Find the executable file, right click, and select Properties. Under the Compatibility tab, put a check mark beside where it says Run this program in compatibility mode for: and select Windows 95 or 98 from the drop down list. See if that solves your problem.

Have you even looked through the options in MSN Messenger? It's not that hard to find... Writing in full sentences makes it a bit easier for us to understand what you're trying to say as well...

Just a note... in future, edit your previous posts instead of making a new one. How do you have Rainlendar set to start? You should simply be able to install the program to a directory (like C:\Program Files\Rainlendar\) and then create a shortcut to the Rainlendar.exe file in your startup folder.

Haha....pwned... Good one!

Yeah, once a month should do it for manual scans. Did you also have a look at hibernation? A properly configured computer shouldn't need to shutdown/restart for a good long while.

Source (CNN) At least no one was killed...

Hehe... A voyager fan! Welcome to MSFN!

Rainlendar - free, simple, and lots of great skins.

Well... I figured I might as well post my laptop again. Clean Dirty VS - Cyrix (WB) Wall - Wind (can't remember where I got it - ask if you want) Apps - AveDesk 1.3 Beta (no you can't have it... yet) 18 processes on startup with AV, firewall, and all the good looks!!!

What kind of hard drive is it? I know that Seagate has diagnostic tools to test their hard drives, and I'm guessing that other manufacturers have similar programs/ISOs. Check the manufacturer's website for such programs and let us know how things go.

I've got 80GB in my laptop, and a 40GB external drive for it (for backups). I've got 200+40GB in my desktop. Stuff I've got - music (~20GB), movies (backups of my DVDs), installs, VMWare machines (about 20GB or so on my desktop), pictures (about 3GB), all my school stuff (about 1.5GB), and other random stuff. Oh... and another 5GB or so for nLite and the CD images created by it. The most important stuff is with my on my laptop, and a backup kept on my 40GB external and another copy on my desktop.

Thanks for the reply prathapml. Nice to have that cleared up.

I'll have to check this out... looks very promising.