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That's the one... thanks gamehead200.

It is possible to avoid re-activating your Windows by copying a file from your hard drive to your UACD. I can't remember which file it is, but do a search and you'll find what you want.

Do you want to hide the icons from the desktop? Download TweakUI from Mircosoft and you'll be able to do that.

I'd suggest not replacing the actual NTOSKRNL.EXE file, and using StarDock's BootSkin instead. If anything goes wrong with the BootSkin, you'll still always be able to get into Safe Mode to reapply the default boot screen.

I spent a good 20 minutes at the site you linked, and while digging though the many pages of vulnerabilities, I found that many of them were irrelevant, since they referred to old versions of Opera. It's not very scientific or intelligent to refer to old data. And yes, let's head over to Secunia... and find how many unpatched security flaws? Zero. Yes, there were 5 flaws found (3 moderately critical, 2 Less critical), but all of them have been patched by version 8.01. IE has 30% of it's 82 security advisories unpatched (14% extremely critical), and Firefox 1.x has 32% of its 19 unpatched (0% extremely critical, 14% highly critical). What are you showing by pointing out the flaws in Opera 7? Everyone who bought a licence to Opera 7 got a free upgrade to Opera 8, so the number of users still on Opera 7 is pretty much nil. I don't really like being called a zealot (read more on zealotry), since I actually do take the time to read about security advisories and the problems with operating systems and browsers. I'll agree with you that there are many people who simply say that one is better than the other without giving justification. Also... next time you post a lot of information, it helps the rest of us if you split it up into paragraphs. One big long paragraph makes it look like a rant and most people will just skim over it (I read the whole thing though).

I'm just wondering about the announcement that was posted today by xper regarding affiliates in signatures. I'm guessing that this includes the Opera affiliate program (get 250 unique referrals - get a free license of Opera). Am I right? Does this also mean that we should remove any images linking to software? (For example, the GetFirefox links) I'm just wondering why this decision was made. The Opera affiliate program is a way for me to get a free licence for a great piece of software, and I know that I get a couple of hits per day from the link in my signature. If we cannot have affilitates in our signatures, would it be allowed to start a thread between members to help raise our affiliate counts? Thanks in advance!

Well... if you want our help, you have to explain what you want a little bit more clearly. As for your question, I think what you want is a way to install programs automatically so that if you need to re-install Windows, your programs will be there as well. You don't integrate the installers into the I386 directory of the Windows CD, but instead, follow the guide on the Unattended CD webpage (link at top of the site). There are instructions on how to install programs automatically for you after you're done installing Windows.

Nope... I haven't renamed it or anything... it's just downloaded and awaiting shrinkage.

It seems like it's the right thumb for me all the time. I'm right handed too.

Hehe... I a lot of people like summer the best because of the "view". I guess you've never seen a really pretty girl wearing a tight-fitting ski suit rushing past you on the hill...

Umm... look at the link you provided... The latest date there is 2005-02-13 (more than 4 months ago), and it doesn't affect Opera 8... The next one is dated 2004-11-24, and also doesn't affect Opera 8. The only security issue that I've ever heard of with Opera was a URL spoofing issue that actually affected all browsers, and that problem was fixed in Opera 8.01. So I've "educated" myself a little bit, and haven't put my foot in my mouth... As for the "Firefox & spyware" discussion... if Firefox is "immune" to spyware, then how come SpywareBlaster 3.4 still has updates and entries for Mozilla based browsers?

Well, I finally got a chance to try this app out... but when I try to run it, I get the error (in a bright red, I might add... ) ERROR: Nero Package 1 was not found in this directory. The minimum version is Nero-6.6.0.12.exe or higher. Press any key to continue . . . The Nero-6.6.0.14.exe file is located in that directory. I've edited the .cmd file as instructed, but that shouldn't have anything to do with this (I don't think). I'm running an administrator account, and I've tried running NCAB.exe in compatibility mode for Win95 and Win98. Any ideas?

Umm... other... Ferrari, Porsche, Maserati, Lamborghini...

Nice... very very funny...

You might be able to find the video card for under $50, but the rest of the setup will cost you more, since the technology is newer.

AGP is better than PCI. PCI-E is better than AGP though... but that's probably out of your price range.

You can use nLite to set up the Unattended portion of your XP install. But for a first step and the purpose of knowing what's going on, follow the Unattended guide and make the answer file yourself. It's not that hard and should only take you 20 mins. It seems to me like you're looking for an "easy way out" for Unattended installs... this isn't quite how things work, especially for the first time. There are some people who have been working on their Unattended installs for years and have kept on improving upon them and adding to them. They all started with the basics however...

Yes, what k0spect8 said is correct, but you can automate this task by putting the WPA.dbl file in the $OEM$\$$\System32 folder of your install CD. That will have the file there on first boot, and activation will never bother you again!

Like I said, it's the file path to where the program can be found. You have some options as to where to put the software itself. The most basic option is in a folder such as $OEM$\$1\Installs\(Software name)\. As for where to put the RunOnceEx.cmd file, read here. Actually read it. All the information is there. Creating a UACD for the first time is not an easy task for most people. I'm pretty computer-savvy, but it still took me a couple of tries to get everything working properly. Take your time and read everything carefully. If you get stuck, read it again (we'll now if you haven't ). Then Google to see if your problem has come up before. Then come back here and ask for more help. As for testing your CD, it's best to run the ISO in either VMWare or VirtualPC. That way, you won't be wasting CDRs and you'll know that in the end your CD will work.

DVD Shrink is still a great piece of software... I don't really know what more I would want from it. For burning DVDs with data, Nero does the job well. For backing up my DVDs, DVD Shrink is the way to go.

Well... first off this should probably be in the Unattended section of the forum. If a mod sees this, please move it. As for the question, the basic idea is that the files that are located in the $OEM$ folders on your CD (read up on them in the guide) are copied over to the harddrive during the first stages of the Windows install. (I'll start with batch files since that's the easiest place to start learning about UACDs) From there, you set up the cmdlines.txt file to run your batch file. Have a look at the examples page for a good start on the basics of setting up the necessary files. The program path that is described in the RunOnceEx creator refers to the location where the program can be found. For example, if you set up your $OEM$ folders as follows: $OEM$\$1\Installs\Installer.exe Then your batch file would run a command as follows start /wait %systemdrive%\Installs\Installer.exe /switch The start command starts the installation of the program, and the /wait switch tells the batch file to wait until the installer is finished before moving onto the next command. If you are unfamiliar with writing batch files, try practicing some basic stuff first, such as copying or renaming files, or running several programs in sequence (i.e. run MSPaint, then Word, then IE). Hope this helps!

Read the Unattended guide. The RunOnceEx.cmd creator program will simply create the .cmd file that will then install your progams. You still have to set up the CD as normal.

Yup... "best" depends on what you want to do.

You still get treated like one until you are about 25 though... so get used to it <{POST_SNAPBACK}> lol... so true...

Have you tried setting this with TweakUI from Microsoft?