angadsingh007

do u ppl stay awake for the whole day ? WOW!

So XP is the best

I used nLite a lot.. Its crap... just bcoz it wasted my time and corrupted my i386 folder many times...

Just turned 17... dunno to be sad or happy bout it

Who's dumb enough to use the f****d up installer ?

Im on when the sun comes up and off when the sun comes up the next morning... so 8 minutes sleep

I have a multi-boot with the following: Windows XP-Professional Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SuSe Linux Server 9.0 Enterprise

Dont get offended, but this is a stupid poll I myself am a PHP developer.. I think Invision is the only proper forum application available in the god **** galaxy.. But, phpBB is not bad when it comes to being *FREE*

Matrix 1 - brought in a very rare and thrilling concept never thought of before... everybody appreciated this movie and waited eagerly for the next one... Reloaded was non-sense... just fighting scenes all the time... Matrix Revolutions is the first movie that made my jump out of my chair in the cinema hall .. when i saw it's special fx scenes

Now this is a cool poll... A Man I Am ( a boy actually , but whatsay...)

I dont use the same browser all the time... but yeah .. firefox gets the vote

Best Email client? hmm.. I mostly use my browser (Firefox) for accessing my mails... but what the heck .. voted for Outlook

I use Ares (wonder which network it is on ) and Kazaa. Who cares about P2P anymore....its full of crap and viruses... I use BitTorrent // IRC // Direct Links on Forums for downloading stuff Then newest thing im on to : P2M

I hate longhorn too... But thumbs down for Window ME..... Makeshift Edition

Amazing Nice list thou <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Kinda funny , but a post should include everything

Thanks GreenMachine Here is Version 2 of the code NEW FEATURES: -first uses the reg method and then the file method -includes a settings section -includes the option of failing after trying a definite number of times -allows you to set which file to find @echo off REM =================SETTINGS================== REM ================(Important)================== REM This is the file to search on the CD-ROM Drive REM Eg. - \WIN51, \I386\txtsetup.sif. \CD.txt SET CDFILE=\cd.txt REM This is the maximum number of time to retry before failing REM Note: Set this to -1 if you want to retry infinite times SET /A MAX_RETRIES=5 REM ==============END OF SETTINGS=============== :DETERMINE echo Determing Installation CD-ROM drive REM ============Determing by reg method============= FOR /F "TOKENS=3" %%I IN ('REG QUERY "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" /v "SourcePath" | FINDSTR "SourcePath"') DO SET CDROM=%%~dI IF EXIST %CDROM% GOTO CDROMFOUND REM =========Determing by searching for files/folders======= FOR %%i IN (D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) DO IF EXIST %%i:%CDFILE% SET CDROM=%%i: IF EXIST %CDROM% GOTO CDROMFOUND REM ==========Other Methods====================== REM (include ur own methods with the above IF statement after each one) REM =======Script will reach here if all above fails========== SET /a NUM_OF_RETRIES=%NUM_OF_RETRIES%+1 nircmd infobox "Please insert the installation CD-ROM into the drive to continue (Retry No.:%NUM_OF_RETRIES%)" "Installation CD-ROM Not Found!" REM Tell the script not to try after a fixed number of retries IF %MAX_RETRIES%==-1 GOTO SKIPRETRYCHECK IF %NUM_OF_RETRIES%==%MAX_RETRIES% GOTO NOTFOUND :SKIPRETRYCHECK GOTO DETERMINE REM ============CD-ROM DRIVE FOUND============== :CDROMFOUND echo CD-ROM Drive is %CDROM% GOTO END REM ==========CD-ROM DRIVE NOT FOUND============== :NOTFOUND nircmd infobox "The CD-ROM Drive was not found. (Retry No.:%NUM_OF_RETRIES%)" "The Installation cannot continue" EXIT :END

TOTALLY AWESOME DUDE!!

@gunsmokingman Thanks man

lets cut short on talking and talk on shortcuts :::::::::::::GENERAL SHORTCUTS ::::::::::::::::: CTRL+C Copy. CTRL+X Cut. CTRL+V Paste. CTRL+Z Undo. DELETE Delete. SHIFT+DELETE Delete selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin. CTRL while dragging an item Copy selected item. CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item Create shortcut to selected item. F2 Rename selected item. CTRL+RIGHT ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word. CTRL+LEFT ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word. CTRL+DOWN ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph. CTRL+UP ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph. CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys Highlight a block of text. SHIFT with any of the arrow keys Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text within a document. CTRL+A Select all. F3 Search for a file or folder. ALT+ENTER View properties for the selected item. ALT+F4 Close the active item, or quit the active program. ALT+Enter Displays the properties of the selected object. ALT+SPACEBAR Opens the shortcut menu for the active window. CTRL+F4 Close the active document in programs that allow you to have multiple documents open simultaneously. ALT+TAB Switch between open items. ALT+ESC Cycle through items in the order they were opened. F6 Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop. F4 Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer. SHIFT+F10 Display the shortcut menu for the selected item. ALT+SPACEBAR Display the System menu for the active window. CTRL+ESC Display the Start menu. ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name Display the corresponding menu. Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu Carry out the corresponding command. F10 Activate the menu bar in the active program. RIGHT ARROW Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu. LEFT ARROW Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu. F5 Refresh the active window. BACKSPACE View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer. ESC Cancel the current task. SHIFT when you insert a CD into the CD-ROM drive Prevent the :::::::::::::::DIALOG BOX SHORTCUTS:::::::::::::::::: Press To CTRL+TAB Move forward through tabs. CTRL+SHIFT+TAB Move backward through tabs. TAB Move forward through options. SHIFT+TAB Move backward through options. ALT+Underlined letter Carry out the corresponding command or select the corresponding option. ENTER Carry out the command for the active option or button. SPACEBAR Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box. Arrow keys Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons. F1 Display Help. F4 Display the items in the active list. BACKSPACE Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box. ::::::::::::::::::WIN KEY SHORTCUTS::::::::::::::::::::::::: WINKEY Display or hide the Start menu. WINKEY +BREAK Display the System Properties dialog box. WINKEY +D Show the desktop. WINKEY +M Minimize all windows. WINKEY +Shift+M Restores minimized windows. WINKEY +E Open My Computer. WINKEY +F Search for a file or folder. CTRL+ WINKEY +F Search for computers. WINKEY +F1 Display Windows Help. WINKEY + L Lock your computer if you are connected to a network domain, or switch users if you are not connected to a network domain. WINKEY +R Open the Run dialog box. MENUKEY Display the shortcut menu for the selected item. WINKEY +U Open Utility Manager. ::::::::::::::ACCESSIBILITY SHORTCUTS::::::::::::::::::::::: Right SHIFT for eight seconds Switch FilterKeys on and off. Left ALT +left SHIFT +PRINT SCREEN Switch High Contrast on and off. Left ALT +left SHIFT +NUM LOCK Switch MouseKeys on and off. SHIFT five times Switch StickyKeys on and off. NUM LOCK for five seconds Switch ToggleKeys on and off. WINKEY +U Open Utility Manager ::::::::::::::WINDOWS EXPLORER SHORTCUTS:::::::::::::::::::: END Display the bottom of the active window. HOME Display the top of the active window. NUM LOCK+ASTERISK on numeric keypad (*) Display all subfolders under the selected folder. NUM LOCK+PLUS SIGN on numeric keypad (+) Display the contents of the selected folder. NUM LOCK+MINUS SIGN on numeric keypad (-) Collapse the selected folder. LEFT ARROW Collapse current selection if it's expanded, or select parent folder. RIGHT ARROW Display current selection if it's collapsed, or select first subfolder.

@Alanoll EVERYTHING is onsite. We can just improve things. And yes, its just the pop-up to insert the CD. it keeps alive in the parent script if u use the "CALL" command. it dies after script execution what the heck? --- call it again @RyanVM ya sure... look for any file u want... or look for the i386 folder even. if u want perfect matching of the cd... make the batch script test for the md5 hash of any file...

512/256

attached my wpi's screenshot

@echo off :DETERMINE echo Determing Installation CD-ROM drive FOR %%i IN (D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) DO IF EXIST %%i:\CD.txt SET CDROM=%%i: IF EXIST %CDROM% GOTO CDROMFOUND nircmd infobox "Please insert the installation CD-ROM into the drive to continue" "Installation CD-ROM Not Found!" GOTO DETERMINE :CDROMFOUND echo CD-ROM Drive is %CDROM% This script determines the CD-ROM drive and puts the value into the environment variable - %CDROM%. Usage: Just use the "CALL <script>" command to use and u'll get the %CDROM% variable set. Make sure u have a "cd.txt" file in ur cd's root. (or put any other file and rename here ) Use the above script if u are performing a CD-based post-installation from WPI or Batch scripts .... Cool Feature : Displays a message to the user if the required CD-ROM is not loaded into the drive ... again and again... until it is inserted Requirements: nircmd ( get it here - NirCMD Homepagehere I just got some free time and wanted to start posting on msfn so i posted this Flames // suggestions // comments welcome

Thats it ! Nothing else in it.

Hi all. I have made a timeline of my unattended setup of xp pro sp2. I've calculated the "actual" time required for each setup job, since the setup time left status doesn't seem to be accurate. This file excel file also includes info on when exactly are the unattended setup triggers called (eg.- cmdlines.txt, svcpack.inf, detached program, etc) This is for n00bs who are confused about what is happening when .... Please Don't take the "Actual Time" to be the same for ur setups since it totally depends on the speed of the machine (do i have to mention this too ), but you can estimate/analyze the time required for each phase of setup from this data. timeline.rar