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That's strange... I just downloaded and extracted the files from the other thread...but here they are anyways... Hide Menu Bar Throbber Btw... why the heck can't I just attach the files...? I can attach in the WinXP Forum... just not here...

Hehe... those look awesome! Keep up the good work man!

Bah... AOH*ll... Does the installation of the drivers cause any extra processes to run? Check your startup programs (Start->Run->type msconfig->Startup) to see if anything AOL or BT related shows up (Google can help identify what each entry is). You can disable anything that you don't need starting up (i.e. anything that isn't anti-virus or firewall) if you'd like. Can you uninstall the drivers from Add/Remove Programs and then plug in the modem and have it work? I've found that even after "removing" drivers, sometimes the actual drivers themselves stay behind, and Windows is able to isntall the hardware by itself.

^^ lol @ fly-swatter & sibling You're probably gonna make gamehead200 mad tho with that list...

The flag is actually called the throbber. You can look through here to see if you can find the regtweak for what you want, or if you want a bit more customization, have a look at the registry keys I provided here. They get rid of the menu bar as well as the throbber. Hope this helps!

Hello again...glad to hear you've been doing some digital detective work. A couple of questions: What is the make/model of your modem? Is it a PCI card, or an external modem? Is it a phone modem? or a DSL modem (which isn't really a modem...)? Have you looked through the manufacturer's website regarding issues with their drivers and XP-SP2? I'm not entirely sure (since I've never actually used them), but if it's a PCI card, you might want to look at Bâshrat the Sneaky's driver packs and see if you can slipstream a modem driver into your Windows installation. We'll get to the bottom of this...eventually.

Wow... someone went on a bit of a rant there trying to take apart anything hinting at the fact that XP is a superior OS to 98. I'm not even going to bother with trying to rebuttle everything that was said... but just a few points: 1) The whole topic of memory management - do some reading on how it works in the two OSes before you make statements. Have you ever tried running Matlab, Outlook, Opera, and Visual C++ on a Windows98 machine? I have, and it sucks! Compared to my workstation that runs Win2K (the precursor to XP) 98 is horrible at managing these 4 programs (that are essential to my work). 2) As for the code that I provided... you obviously only looked at the very superficial implications of the code itself. Yes what I wrote does absolutely nothing... but think about the case where someone wrote real code that did something like that... what then? It's very easy to forget to properly manage pointers in C/C++, especially for new programmers. 3) As for spyware/viruses - if you were one of the people who wanted to disrupt the world, what would you target? The NT kernel or the Win9x kernel? End of discussion. 4) As for file systems... why on earth would I look at an empty NTFS partition and an empty FAT32 partition? They're empty!!!! Have another look at a full NTFS and a full FAT32 partition, and also the advantages that come with NTFS. To give a very simple example - At work, I'm working with controlling two DMDs through special video cards - one on a Win2K machine, and the other on a Windows98 machine since it's also got an old camera connected that doesn't have drivers released for NT-based systems. I'm writing the code to control this DMD, and as always in the world of software development, there are bugs that need to be worked out. If I ended up coming across a bug in my program, or my program crashed, I would have to reboot the Windows98 computer to regain control of the DMD. With the Win2K machine, end the process in Task Manger fire it up again, and it's off to the races again. I think that you're one of the few people here who with a properly (key word - properly) configured XP system is still experiencing BSODs. I got one a few months ago, but that was because my hard drive was dying (it crapped out 3 days later). Oh... and "thousands" of fixes? Can you provide a link to a list of them all? That statement throws your credibilty out the window (no pun intended).

I'm wondering if anyone knows what the command is that Windows uses when you go to "Refresh" your wireless network listing. Sometimes, I forget to turn on my wireless card before waking up from hibernation, and going through the menus to refresh the listing (and thus making the computer connect) is a bit of a drag. Thanks in advance!

Ah... I get it now... I could take it off your hands next time I fly out east...

Well first off... your directories seem a little wrong the way you've posted them. You should have an i386 folder (not 1386) and what you have as OEM should be $OEM$. For more info on this, look here.

What kind of firewall are you running right now? With Smoothwall, you'll never need a software firewall or anything else running. That laptop could save you and your family some resources on the rest of your computers...

How do you define the term "power user"? For me, a power user is someone who knows their computer inside and out and relies on their computer for their daily work (not just as a word processor either). Using lots of different programs doesn't constitute being a power user... it's actually somewhat the opposite IMHO. There are only so many useful types of programs that we can use, and many programs that all do the same thing - look at all the different media player software available. There's no point in installing them all and then uninstalling them. Like I said before, if you're curious about various software, test it in a Virtual Machine. This way, you don't need a second computer. And did you even have a look at the link prathapml gave? You can set up a CD/DVD to install Windows and all your favorite programs completely unattended - i.e. put in the CD, come back an hour later, and your computer is completely clean with all your settings in place. It takes a bit of work, but much less than learning Linux (if you're a Windows power user).

How does your registry "go bad"? Sure it can fill up with lots of junk entries from poorly written software, but "go bad"? If that's the case then you probably haven't been taking care of your computer security wise. If you look around here a bit, you'll see a couple of threads regarding Linux. Long story short - it's not at all like Windows, and it's probably still not up to par for the common user. Unless you've had a good deal of experience with the command line, it's probably not for you. Have a look around here for suggestions on alternate AV and firewall programs. There are plenty out there that don't write lots of entries into the registry (which is actually a decent tool if you know how to use it). And a good habit of computing is not to install and uninstall lots of programs... that's when problems start happening (in more ways than one). If you want to install a program "just because" do it in a virtual machine in VirtualPC or VMWare.

I'm not sure if a laptop that old would have an ethernet port (or two for that matter) but you might be able to set it up as a SmoothWall firewall. If all else fails, you might be able to find a cheap PCMCIA ethernet card to add that in.

Grattis! Have a nice relaxing birthday!

Ok... this is just a little story of a small project I did today. I figured I'd share a bit of the fun with everyone. About 3 months ago, I bought a Linksys WRT54G router. I wanted it for the 802.11g network and I had heard that it was a little bit more robust than my previous router. After looking around, I found some modified firmware for the WRT54G (Linksys firmware is derived from Linux, and thus under the GPL). I managed to get my hands on the Alchemy firmware from Sveasoft, and I was blown away at the feature set. Lately though, I started to run into some troubles... random disconnects... slow internet, etc etc. After some searching, I found out that the Alchemy firmware caused the router to run quite hot (there's a 200MHz processor in there...). If you look back a bit in the Hardware Hangout, you'll see that I was in the market for a new CPU heatsink and fan. As a result of that purchase, I had an extra fan laying around. I went to the lab at UBC today and added a couple of power wires inside the router that would then connect to my fan (voiding the warranty in the process... ). I also added a switch to the back of the router to turn the fan on and off. The fan is quite loud right now, so I'm probably going to add a resitor to the other connector on the switch (it's a double throw switch) to give the fan a "low" setting". Then, I re-flashed the router with the WifiBox firmware... and boy! what a difference. My internet speeds are back up, I haven't had any strange disconnects or lag so far (it's been running for about 2 hours now), and the air coming out the top vent (where the fan is) is quite cool (which is good). One of the really neat things about the WifiBox firmware is that you have the ability to have the router work as a VPN server - something that you'd probably pay about $200 in the store for. I haven't done very much extensive testing, but it's a feature that I'm definately going to be playing with over the next couple of days. I'll try to post some pictures tomorrow... it's 1:45AM right now, and I've got to get up in a few hours to go to work...

First off... it's a bit rude to bump your own post after less than an hour. We're not all sitting here waiting to help you out... we've also got other things to do during the day. You need to set up Internet Connection Sharing between your two network devices... do some Googleing on how to set it up. There are plenty of good guides out there.

Hehe... I've got a 1.33GHz T-bird in my desktop at home right now... with a massive 92mm fan for the CPU. It never goes above 46C... But to get back on topic... I'd say that 256MB is the minimum for decent functionality. If you want a computer to run really smoothly, go for 512MB, and if you're going to do anything memory intensive, 1GB or more.

WinRAR has the best "feel" for me. 7-zip will give you better compression though. The only downside - the Ultra settings requires 512MB of RAM on your system, otherwise, you'll end up sitting there for about 2 hours to compress a 10MB archive.

The download site seems to be really slow... so I uploaded it to my Physics account. NCAB_204.rar Mirror Enjoy!

My general rule of thumb is as follows: Open up C:\ and highlight the Program Files and Windows directories. Find the total space of these two folders (right-click=>Properties). Add about 3-5 GB to this and make that your system drive. The rest, split it up as you see fit. I always make it a habit of mounting a partition (even a small one) to the "My Documents" location, in the event that something gets buggered in Windows.

Heheh... it's suppose to be a tail... I like it either way.

Hey, Sorry for the late reply... I haven't been near a computer for the past few days... The voltages may or may not show up in SpeedFan correctly. I wouldn't worry too much about it if they're showing up fine in your BIOS. Anyways... the only thing that I can think of is the temperatures. Your computer may be slowing down your CPU since the temperatures are getting too high, which in turn would cause your "lag". Hope you get this sorted out.

Alrighty... for a bit of a change on the desktop machine... I'm an Opera user, but that hair... so long... B) VS: RoyalFour Wallpaper: Firefox Girl (modified) Winamp: MMD3 AveDesk Coolmon (Thanks gamehead200 ) Hope you all like it!