Tihiy

Why would one launch WLL under Windows? And oh, reading \msdos.sys (\winboot.ini) is a nice idea.

So you're saying it's hanging when searching for winbootdir variable? That's the first time i've heard of it. It may happen randomly? With specific DOS settings? Weird code

Would USB load ok if you don't use wll? Are you sure it is freezing on usb loading? Does animation stop when it happens? Your logo is marvellous, however, i think progress bar should be changed to look more elegant for this logo. Or logo should be enlarged.

Aha, got it now. In newest version, wll won't load non-256 color bitmaps, just FYI. Looking forward for your logo! When/if you finish it, post full color version too, please!

What do you want to say? It was working some time ago for you, but now is not? Was working with other version? Other DOS settings? Other logo? Does svgacom work? Old wll?

So did you find this? Really lame, since program for this was in thread you originally asked.

WLL updated <--?? Yeah, after 2 years of inactivity, i've updated it. If it will work okay with video cards it can work with, i'll include it into RP8. Otherwise, it dies. - Fixed behavior when \logo.sys is not found or not appropriate; - Improved timer hook to fix problems with reentrability, race conditons and unhooking. WLL.zip

Then you can't say 95%. progrstep=8 progrmax=progrstart+8*13 progrbegin=progrstart-8*3 progrend=progrmax+8*3 = progrstep=8 progrmax=progrstart+progrstep*13 progrbegin=progrstart-progrstep*3 progrend=progrmax+progrstep*3 Do you get it now? I'm absolutely uninterested in this project unless it will fix bugs for me Latest available source i've recovered from marxo is attached. WLLupdated.zip

rename taskmgr.exe?

Just 5 topics lower: http://www.msfn.org/board/Generic-display-...rs-t109548.html

Well, i'm also unable to reproduce it on ME shell. I'm not really sure if i'd seen it on 9x boxes.

Yeah sure... waste 20+ MB of memory just to fix that damned thing lol. I must include it into UberSkin/RP8 then.

Oh hi. See search box above? http://www.msfn.org/board/LameSkin-Themes-t97889.html http://www.msfn.org/board/Blacksnow-Lameskin-t108902.html http://www.msfn.org/board/ThemePack-lamesk...es-t106842.html

OK. Although i got a lot of popups about higher file versions (and not every file i should keep; for example cdvfs.vxd which we discussed to replace).

Hm. You can install UberSkin which provides Lock Taskbar functionality... But does this bugs you so much?

Oh, instead of 1MB of Paint you have 10MB of Paint.NET and 400MB of .NET Frameworks? Perfect reasoning.

Ok, so i got my fresh 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Client_en-us-FRMCFRE_EN_DVD.iso and of course the first thing to do was vLiteing! First, i've tried Ultimate version with my previous preset (all [+winsxs] removed except Aero, nForce storage controller and... Paint, lol ) There were some some errors: And resulting image weren't booting with 'cannot load volmgrx.sys' error. So, to be safe, i've excluded Storage Controllers and Dynamic Volume Manager and went with Home Premium. Same 'registry' error, but now everything was installed properly! Oh, and Vista still a slow a**. But we have some hope So be aware. Exclude those components for now. .... And now some shocking news (to me, at least): Windows Update and Remove programs are working even with winsxs removed! (I dunno, maybe they were working for someone after integrating some updates - but not for me... or may be registry error is the culprit??) The driver for VMWare audio was found and installed. Some sizes for comparsion: - Windows folder: 1,24GB - WinSxs folder: 151MB (8,060 files, 336 folders)

May i suggest more extremal cutting? - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\COMPONENTS contains tons of sensitive information which is nice to be removed - .NET frameworks - More boot.wim cleanup (there are tons of system/install files not needed for clean install) - Along minor surgery: CardSpace, Digital Locker, Windows Update / BITS / other services, Windows Anytime Upgrade, Guided help, XWizards? - Get rid of TrustedInstaller at all?

Yeah, i've managed to compile it without troubles.

Try formatting it using fixed tools: http://www.msfn.org/board/Corrected-FDISK-FORMAT-t85573.html or other tools, from FreeDOS or other partition managers. FreeDOS format: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/...ormat-0.91v.zip

Disable Active Desktop (use normal background picture)

There's one way to boot 9x from NTFS: grub loader for DOS. It provides emulated hard disk or floppy drive image to boot from via int 13h, from FAT or NTFS. Then, in theory, some Windows 9x NTFS driver will load itself and disable int 13h hook. And on shutdown, it will write updated registry back into image. However, with existing tools, it is a hard and unreliable solution.

Drop RP7?

OMG I've never seen so much reshack in my life. But remember that quality and quantity are different things.

Wait, if it loads before GUI, then perform a Logged boot via F8 and check \bootlog.txt (\bootlog.prv) after unsuccessful booting.