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Try some of these and report back if you found something useful. If none of them will do the job, then just search for it.

Uhm, ok. Even though I don't quite get why. I don't get it either. I was afraid it would be something very obvious that I just because of tiredness couldn't figure out right now.

Uhm, ok. Even though I don't quite get why.

I like the intro/theme song for many animated series and movies, particularly from Disney. Some examples are: Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Duck Tales and Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers. Just search for the name or a part of it and you will probably find what you are looking for. They are often available in many different languages which sometimes makes the songs even better, and it's fun to compare the different versions.

No single program will do all that for you automatically, since all files are different in their own way there is no all-in-one utility that will set everything the way you want. You should develop a habit of organizing files directly when you get/make them! But that's not saying you have to do it all manually, which would indeed take quite a while. Using a combination of programs will make it a lot easier for you. Mp3tag as mara- mentioned is a great program (probably the best one) to do most of the things you want, try it. Other programs you may find helpful are programs to: -Find and remove duplicates. -Rename multiple files/folders easily, for example Rename Master. -Play the files and be able to change tags and filenames directly inside the player, it can be done with for example Quintessential Media Player. Categorizing the files will be a bit more difficult if they aren't already tagged with genre, but there may be a program for that too. Even if you use all of those programs you will still have to change the settings manually and make sure they do what you want. Otherwise you may end up with files organized/tagged/named even worse than before. It will take time, but doing a little once in a while will make it easier. I've got 11000+ files of music and very few of them have incorrect/missing/awkward looking names/tags. I've used only Quintessential Media Player and Rename Master combined with Windows Explorer to do it, Mp3tag would have made things even easier.

Very nice rig, must've been really expensive and most likely quite loud too? I would've selected another mouse; such as the G5 V2, Lachesis or Habu. Just two HDD:s at a total of only 300 GB, but maybe you also have a file server at hand? Vista x64 is probably a great choice for that machine, but XP x64 will also work very well.

I agree with PassingBy, you don't need a new system, just to do some maintenance and maybe a few cheap upgrades. A brand new system is more or less a waste of money for you. Do all of what PassingBy said. Getting a new harddrive, some more RAM, a PCI soundcard and doing a reinstall will make your system feel just like new without costing you a small fortune. You can find RAM sticks and a sound card on eBay or similar sites, it's recommended you buy a brand new harddrive and not a used one. If you buy a brand new system you should seriously consider switching to XP (or even Vista), it will save you some trouble with drivers and compatibility. You can always use a virtual machine or DOS-emulator if you need to run some old programs. There are great tools for fixing problems with XP, no need for old DOS anymore (but you can still type commands and script stuff if you want to).

The HDD sizes are way too small for modern systems, ok maybe not for 98-based systems.

Use the powercfg command to set the energy options. Check out the threads on registry tweaks to find some more useful info. Here's a thread on disabling "Offline Files". This tool may also be useful to you.

I used to use VMware, but it just keeps growing and adds more services and other annoying stuff with each new version. Many people consider VPC not to be quite as good as VMware or VirtualBox. There are some old threads on the subject, search and you may find some interesting info.

I have four 256 MB drives: 1xTwinMOS, 2xLexar, 1x”noname” The “noname” one I got for free less than two weeks ago at a local event, the other three I’ve had for a few years, I think I bought the first one back in 2002. I have hardly used any of them at all; I either mail the stuff or put it on a DVD-RAM/DVD-RW. I will probably use those for BIOS flashing when I get a new comp (there are no more updates for my current one). Larger drives are too expensive compared to portable HDD:s, buying a 8+GB drive is therefore just not cost efficient. If you’re buying a flash drive, go for at least 1GB, but 2-4GB is preferred depending on your needs and the prices. Check the transfer speed of the drives before buying, they can vary considerably (some drives have 20+ MB/s, while others have like 3-8 MB/s).

It's in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall Most programs put their uninstall info in there.

New regtweaks just doesn't appear very often anymore. There is a limit to what you can do/tweak with a particular software and with these it's getting close to that. Sure there are some more, minor and 3rd party program tweaks, that can be added but there probably isn't anything major left. People just don't feel the need to try finding any more tweaks, also many people have moved on to Vista. If the actual tweak file hasn't been updated, the one who updates it is maybe more interested in other things.Is there anything special you would like to be done, either a tweak you need or you just want the file to be updated?

P4C 3.4@3.6, it was a major upgrade from the 2.8B (@3.0) I had before, when I bought it a year ago to prolong the inevitable...

@aromo: You can put it in the $OEM$-folders for example, read the MSFN Unattended Guide.

Are you sure you have enough power to start all drives? The problem may be that some of the drives just won't start and thereby causing errors or missing drives! I've experienced that with a RAID1 array where the array sometimes was reported as degraded at boot. Getting a powerful and high-end PSU is essential when using lots of components and/or many HDD:s, that may be a solution to you entire problem! It may indeed be a bit risky playing around too much when you already have some RAID array(s?) set up. I cannot guarantee that updating the BIOS won't reset the RAID array too, it may very well do. Having many RAID (primarily 0) arrays on a mainboard which is also used for experimentation is probably not a good idea. I currently don't have the components to try any of the things you want to do, so I cannot test it. I can only suggest you to keep trying different things; re-read the manual, read more on RAID configuration, go through the ASUS site for that product (and/or contact their support), browse/search these forums. Try to use less text when asking questions in for example forums, many people just skip the thread when they see it. One should not have to re-read your post in detail to figure out what you want and what your problem really is. You should rather write a short summary or list of the important things: -A list of your computer specs: Mainboard, CPU, RAM, Graphics, OS, PSU and whatever else that may be of importance. -I have: ## xxxGB, ## xxxGB and ## xxxGB HDD:s (including type and maybe model) ## in RAIDX and ## in RAIDY, A as my current boot device -What you want to do (short description) -What's the problem(s) -When/how did the problem(s) occur -What you have tried that didn't work -If it's relevant to the subject you may add some background story (short) Those things I say above are not meant to be negative or offending, I'm just trying to help you. Report back here when you find a solution to you problem, it may help others in the same situation (and I want to know)!

I searched Google for "asus crosshair" and the third link sent me directly to the Asus product site for that particular board, selecting "Download" in the menu to the left will reveal a list of all categories available. Your board has two different SATA controllers, both supporting RAID. Check your manual to see which SATA ports are controlled by each controller. You may have the drives hooked up to the other one (not nVidia) and therefore you won't see the drives until supplying the correct driver. These are the drivers you need: Silicon Image nVIDIA (Slow download speeds and the second one is 45 MB.) Open them and copy the contents of the folder named "32bit" or similar to an USB pen drive, a portable HDD or whatever. Point to this one when you can select drivers in the Vista setup. As I said in my last post, don't put lots of important data on a RAID0 array. This is optional and requires you to reconfigure the BIOS afterwards, but can be useful for improved SATA compatibility: 1. Download this file and unzip it to the root of an USB pen drive or a floppy. 2. Reboot and hit Alt+F2 or something like that to get to the EZ BIOS flash utility, put "0804.bin" (without quotes) in the box and follow the instructions to flash the BIOS.

Office update...

Welcome to MSFN! That was a long post with lots of text making it difficult to know what you want to do. How many drives do you have and how do you want to set them up? If you write a short list it will be easier to figure out what you want. You should not keep massive amounts of data on a RAID0 array, use RAID10 instead! You should not have to reinstall very often, if you experience slowdowns it may be because of incorrect drivers, settings, malware or you simply need to defrag. Do you add drivers for the SATA-controller during OS installation? The installation DVD might provide basic drivers to see the drive, but you need to install the correct ones. Make sure the BIOS-settings for SATA-mode (SATA, RAID, IDE) are correct for what you want to do. Read the mainboard manual and the BIOS guide. Flashing the BIOS probably won't hurt, but maybe it doesn't do much for your problem.

@Andromeda43: You can probably also just schedule it to run at logon by using "Scheduled tasks".

Here is my script to remove all of those folders, the .log files and the hotfixes uninstall info: attrib -r -h -s -a /S /D "%systemroot%\$*" attrib -r -h -s -a /S /D "%systemroot%\$hf_mig$\K*" FOR /D %%K IN (%systemroot%\$hf_mig$\K*) DO ( reg delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\%%~nxK" /f & ( DEL /f /q "%systemroot%\%%~nxK.log" )) FOR /D %%$ IN (%systemroot%\$*) DO rmdir /s /q "%%$"

400W should be more than enough, unless it's a cheap no-name PSU (but it may work if that's the case too). If it worked well with your previous, not to old computer, chances are it will work with the new stuff too.

Hyperthreading is old stuff, replaced entirely by dual core. Try searching for it... It doesn't do much for gaming performance (unless the game has support for it), but regular multitasking is noticeably quicker when using HT compared to non-HT.

As arablizzard2413 said, why do you want to dual boot DOS and Vista? If you want real DOS you could install it in a virtual machine. About Vista SP1: It has a number of fixes and improvements, many people wouldn't even consider upgrading to Vista until the first SP is out. It's expected that most problems with the initial release of the OS will be fixed with the SP. Don't you know how to search? Simply search for: Vista SP1

Read this guide on tweaking COD 2 and make sure you've got the latest version of the game (=fully patched). Also make sure you have the latest drivers for your hardware, graphics card in particular. As jmjm003 said, tell us your computer specs and we may be able to help you better.