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Once again, the data rate does not mean jack. Take a look at the access times, thats what really matters.

The data rate does'nt mean jack diddly in this case. Take a look at the access speeds, and I/Ops.

If you find a theme/visual style which is like that or make your own, it is possible.

There are many such devices like the rocket drive which allow you to use normal SDRAM as a hard drive per say, but they are extremely expensive, and you better make sure as hell your power never fails or else you will loose all the data on the ramdisk device. If you have the money and an ABS though, then by all means go ahead. Don't install the OS or anything else on the ramdisk though, put the page file on the ramdisk. http://www.cenatek.com/product_rocketdrive.cfm ^^^ If you have the money, that is the best ramdisk device that you can buy. You can only have a max of 4GB of space, but thats more then enough for the page file, and possibly a slimmed down version of XP. Although like I said, I would not put the OS or anything else on it because of the data loss issue. Putting the page file on it would be the smartest choice. (and why would'nt you? Having a page file with that kind of access speed would be f***ing kick a**.)

http://www.sharewareconnection.com/titles/flash-to-mpeg.htm

http://www.tgtsoft.com/ for styleXP. http://themexp.org/ for themes/visual styles/backgrounds/logons/boot screens/icons/cursors.

Just because I said kaspersky doesn't mean I use AVG. As far as 100% legal free virus scan goes, AVG is probally the best choice. I have never had any problems with it, and it keeps my system clean. When I usually get e-mails my service through yahoo usually removes virus's (they use norton) but sometimes a few slip through, and my AVG detects it then, and automatically cleans the e-mail. For e-mail protection AVG free is really great, and for everything else it does a great job, but if you have the money I would go with kaspersky, if you want something free go with AVG.

Have you tried simply running things through the command line? (if they are stupid kiddy script virus's you may be able to easily bypass them by using the command prompt) If not, then all I can suggest is re-install windows (its ALWAYS a good time to re-install windows!), and then immediatly get AVG free.

Yep, and its ALWAYS a good time to re-install windows.

Your answer may be here - http://unattended.msfn.org/beginner/hotfix/svcpack.htm. You could just modify the SP2 setup file to include selected hotfixes. Edit - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechn...y/hfdeploy.mspx There you go.

I'm not really sure, I know for a fact there is a way though. Because if you can slipstream Windows with a service pack, and a bunch of other updates, then it must be possible to slipstream a service pack with some updates.

Kaspersky. No questions asked. It has been proven that it detects virus's better then any other virus scan out there. And if you choose Norton or Mcafee, well I laugh at you. Not only are they the same exact engine, but they just don't work good, and they are memory hogs.

You dont need to restart your machine after every update. Only updates listed on microsoft's site that specifically say that they MUST be the only updates installed you need to do that with. So that means you only need to restart after installing a service pack. Most other updates can be installed all on the same session. So basically what you just did was a more complicated way to solve your problem.

Well I think if he would have a pirated version of Windows it should be fairly simple to find the update he needs from a 3rd party site, would it not? (assuming he is'nt a lame-o person that just leeches.)

It's always time to re-install windows. Always. And next time I would suggest getting some form of basic virus protection, AVG Free is a good choice.

It is best if you take an original XP CD (meaning that it is a windows install CD without SP1 or SP2 on it) and then slipstream SP2 into it. That way you won't have to fuss around with that junk.

If you google around for it, you probally will find it somewhere, although I can't say if the update will work or not if you get it from a 3rd party site.

Simply download all the updates off of microsoft's download site that every machine is missing, burn them on a CD, and install them. Or just load them up off the network.

While in internet explorer - Tools -> Internet Options -> Security Tab -> Click on the restricted sites icon thingy -> Sites... Button -> Add the site This method works OK, but isnt as good as those 3rd party apps (or doing it the hardware way by blocking the sites from your router/firewall)

Also note - When I try to go in with the command prompt and type in things like netsh firewall, to try to manually disable the firewall that way, it says it can't be found. So what exactly was removed when nLite removed it, and what do I do to add it back now?

Well, basically when I created my install of windows XP I did not want the windows firewall junk to be installed with windows - BUT now that I have created a local network on my computer the service which does this is like combined with the firewall service, so I cant manually disable the firewall service, and I cant just disable the firewall using the firewall GUI in windows because I dont have it installed. So the question is - How can I install the windows firewall GUI now?

Well I have a dell OEM CD for XP, just like the original release of retail XP, and it worked. I hope that was usefull

If you want to format a hard drive that does not have any windows OS files or windows page files on it, then right click on my computer - Manage - Disk Management. Right click on the partition/drive and click format. If you want to do a total re-format then just stick in the cd, reboot, select cd as boot device, and just go through the normal windows installation steps, and you will then come to the formatting/partitioning screen. You can then do whatever you want there.

What you could do is simply use a normal audio recording program that takes in the audio from a line in from your sound card or whatnot, and then as the recording source, set it as "What You Hear". That option is with most Creative sound cards in the surround mixer program, and there is also an option like that somewhere in the windows sound options.

Ive allready formatted my HD and done the partitioning, so if you want, you can close this thread.