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Yeah, nLite works great but that's not the question here. There is very little documentation on which components to remove, however I remember reading some threads on the subject a while ago. The MSFN forums are the best source of info, you'll just have to find it... Just don't expect it to be easy to create a nice and fully working nLited XP install that suits you perfect (including app installs and tweaks). Quite some skills, experience and hard work is necessary. LOTS of testing, in VMWare or VirtualPC, is required to find a configuration that works well. You may find one that works for the moment, but after a while when you get some new hardware or some new prog then problems might appear. Remove only the components you know for sure you don't use, keep the ones you don't know. You can tick the compatibility options to protect a few ones from removal. Someone else probably has a fresh and working Last Session.ini for you, my current one needs some more work and is quite old. Good luck!

Does it work if you run the original batch-file (=not converted to exe) from a cd? If it does, then something's gone wrong with the conversion or maybe the file needs to be able to write to the directory where it resides (temporarily?). If you would post the file people could probably help you.

Transport Tycoon Syndicate Warcraft 2 Worms Death Rally Big Red Racing C&C-series Dune 2 Sim City 2000 Lemmings Liero Molez Doom I cannot remember more at the moment...

Nice and well organized collection. I had all of these already, but it might help others. These ones are included more than once in the same file: Explorer view settings NoDriveTypeAutoRun MaxConnectionsPerServer HungAppTimeout and WaitToKillAppTimeout are set too low, consider setting them higher than 1000 (1 sec). Progs might quit accidentally while busy working.

You're welcome, I'm glad to help!

Sorry to say, but unfortunately I don't have such code. I am no webmaster, I only have some basic knowledge in that area. However, I found some links to point you in the right direction. This site might give you some ideas on keywords to search for: http://www.epic.org/privacy/cookies/flash.html These sites have lots of info on creating web content, you might find what you're looking for there: http://www.actionscripts.org/tutorials.shtml http://www.w3schools.com/ http://www.thescripts.com/

It can be done using registry scripts, but to permanently disable acceleration you need to modify a system file (win32k.sys). To do that you can use a patch (accelfix.exe). But it cannot be run unattended (no switches), meaning that you have to patch the file on a working system, "makecab" it and replace the file in I386. Replace xx in the attached file with a number 1-20 to set the mouse speed/sens. You can check your current sens in the registry after setting it in the cpl gui. MouseAccelFix.reg

Do you mean after the user has logged in (with username and password) or when the user just visits the site? Cookies or similar might work for the second case?

Test the monitor with another pc and/or the pc with another monitor if possible. It's most likely the monitor, but graphics cards/chips also fail sometimes. If the problems remain it's time to say godbye to the old one and get a new, preferably a high quality TFT. Older TFT's had problems with fast games, but those problems are no more with most modern monitors. And yes, you do need to recycle the old one properly.

That's old stuff, has already been mentioned in some posts. Search and you will find more info on the subject...

Just make sure you read that guide thoroughly. And decide which customizations you want (you might want to keep certain parts of Windows the way it is?).

Check out the main XPize-site.

/t REG_SZ is not nessecary when using REG_SZ. You could use %systemroot% instead of %windir%. You cannot use a .jpg-file directly as wallpaper, it has to be a .bmp. Paths/keys with spaces need to be within quotes (" "). REG ADD "HKCR\Control Panel\Desktop" /v Wallpaper /d "%SYSTEMROOT%\Web\Wallpaper\aqua1024.bmp" /f

Many programs (media players in particular) like to set associations and reset them if changed. Try changing the association-settings (un-associate) within the programs (for example Winamp or WMP). Always select advanced installation (not standard or simple) when installing new software, it will probably let you set the associations at that point.

Not often enough (my main system that is)... Usually a few times a year. I like to have a clean and fresh system, but I just hate reinstalling! I think I once used the same installation (XP) for almost 1,5 years without reinstalling, I didn't have a single spyware/malware/virus (since I know what I do). The system was as fresh (almost) and clean as the day it was installed. I reinstall when I feel like it's been quite a while since last time or when some program/driver/whatever has screwed something up badly (which happens sometimes, but not very often). Even though I use my own very customized (constantly improved and updated) unattended installation, there are lots of progs and drivers that I for various reasons don't want to add to the DVD. For testing installations I use VMWare and I sometimes use real hardware too, but not very often my main system.

@LLXX: I've never heard of BURNP6, but I'll try it someday.

Try opening the case, maybe it's only a matter of overheating! Try downloading the Ultimate Boot CD. There are a number of tools available on that CD... Run some testing and/or benchmark tools for a few hours to test stability. Install and run MBM to check the temperatures from within Windows. Install and run Prime95 to torture test your CPU/Memory/MB (in Windows, combine with MBM to check temperatures under load).

@que va je faire: You don't have to use all of the driverpacks, just use the ones that support your hardware. The packs are updated more or less regularly (when a few new drivers have been released). Have you read through the entire MSFN Unattended Guide? And more specifically the part about drivers.

Most of your drivers are probably included in BTS:s DriverPacks. Check out that site... It's a lot easier to use those packs than to try adding the drivers manually on your own. The topic title is named incorrectly, read the Forum rules before posting.

@JoeMSFN: Backing up a HD to another HD is a way of spreading the risk. It's cheaper, faster and easier to manage than large numbers of DVD:s. HD-DVD and/or Blue-Ray will probably be viable solutions in the future, but it will most likely take a while until the prices have come down to more acceptable levels. A RAID solution (both drives connected and running all the time) is more sensitive to failure caused by other hardware (PSU, MB etc), compared to using an extra HD which is offline most of the time and connected only when doing backups. Do occasional backups of important data to DVD even if using an extra HD or RAID, since HD:s are more likely to fail (or data get corrupted). Data on DVD:s are "solid" and cannot be deleted, corrupted or affected by ESD, unless of course they are physically damaged/worn or aged.

I totally agree with the others on getting one more HDD. The difference in price between HDD:s is quite small nowadays, it's often better to buy a larger drive in order to be more future proof. You could get a drive of the same size (preferably the same make/model) as the one you already have and use some disk cloning software (there are free ones) to simply mirror the disk on a regular basis. It will spare you of some manual file copying and thereby simplifying the whole backup procedure.

Go to your local library, there you will probably find a few books to give you some basic knowledge.

If you look at an image on a website and it fills your screen, then it will look ok as wallpaper. If the image is a lot smaller it will look pixelated because it will have to be zoomed in to fit the screen. 800x600 is a minimum in your case, but higher is recommended. Take a look at deviantART for lots of nice images.

Connect the cable to one of the second router's LAN-ports and not to the WAN-port. But as 5eraph said, you can (but you don't have to) use a switch instead (they are often a bit cheaper).

I agree with others that wiping the drive and reinstalling Windows is the best solution. The wipe-tools mentioned use only one-pass overwrite with zeros (which is probably enough). If you want total and non-recoverable data erase you can use: CBL Data Shredder It's free and only requires a simple registration. The program can overwrite the data up to 35 times (!), which is overkill even for most government agencies (drives containing top-secret data must be physically destroyed).