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@Gdogg If you read the entire thread, you would have known that GE is secure enough to go without a firewall, especially since the packet filtering places a heavy burden upon the processor and increases your ping in games. Explorer is a bad choice as a shell, locking up frequently and riddled with bugs and security issues. The infamous Run/RunOnce registry key depends on Explorer. Without it, half of the malware you see today wouldn't run after a restart. And if you want me to get offensive, then maybe I should consider attacking your project . @badsleeper No need for that. The command prompt contains a "start" command that is equivalent to Run. There is also a little entry in the registry which enables you to alias your commands. For example, say you wanted to run "C:\Program Files\Games\game.exe" and you aliased the command as "game". To run it, just type in "start game" in the command prompt and the game will start. The other advantage to this is that you can also set program priority with the start command.

@Gdogg Dunno what you're saying, but your questions (read: arguments) are becoming unintelligible. I enjoy answering your questions, but you really can't say much to something like this: There's really no facts in that, especially since you have little knowledge of what's going on with my project .

Now we're getting theoretical...Only a small (very small) minority would ever play games on a monitor that huge. You would also have to move the monitor back a couple of feet to take in the whole image.

I was under the impression that command Prompt and DOS were different ? Hehe Windows hasn't shipped with DOS since the 98/ME days.

@Suryad Yup ! There is indeed some rivalry, which is why I'm keeping mum about my creation process. @Kalo I realize that everyone's dying for my work, but I've already set my mind to not do a Microsoft and release unfinished work. Also the procedures I must go through before releasing a public build can be VERY lengthy, up to weeks, so I have to thoroughly test everything to make sure I don't need to rebuild anything. @Gdogg I'm telling ya, the registry can still be slimmed down! But if you don't believe me, can't wait until you see my finished work . And is there a reason why you don't want to test it anymore ?

http://www.intermute.com/cwshredder/learn_...cwshredder.html Makes me want to obtain it even more ! Is there some way to save the drive-by download file onto my computer?

Lol but I need the actual executable .

I know you guys might think I'm paranoid asking this question, but can anyone send me the latest version of CoolWebSearch to test? I want to see how the software works and *hopefully* manage to immunize my project from infection .

Or you sign up for bink.nu.

How much power do I really need? I was reading an FX-60 review and the total system power usage for even a Pentium XE was barely above 300 under load! http://www.techreport.com/reviews/2006q1/f...e/index.x?pg=15

@3-R4Z0R I'm not sure if it's because it might be 16-bit or not, but progman.exe doesn't work on GE. @Gdogg Trust me, getting Windows to work without lsass.exe will prove to be a challenge for you . And I'm not sure what you mean with your first question, but if you're asking if I can shutdown/restart my computer without a GUI, I would say yes. Also confused about the top down and bottom up thingy. Aren't you the one working top down since you're nLiting Windows? I know for a fact that I'm working from the bottom up. I'm sticking with the command-line interface because most gamers will just need a simple program to launch their game and they'll be sastified. Unfortunately, I have no plans to make it noob-friendly...there's really no way to make it simpler than it already is . Not sure who's the actual underdog here, but I believe both of us thinks we're more knowledgeable, but here's a hint for Gdogg...Explorer relies on the CLSID key in the registry, which takes up an enormous amount of space. And a correction to your "hint", cleaning Windows Registry after the initial install will still lose size, but deleting even a hundred entries or so is so insignificant to the millions of other entries, that the files will stay the same. Only if you make a very drastic change, such as deleting CLSID, will you notice a change. There's proof that there's much more to learn about Windows, Gdogg .

I heard rumors that the someone fried their computer with a faulty molex connector, not overclocking .

You're assuming that by using Firefox you're safe, which isn't necessarily the case. As you can see at http://secunia.com/product/4227/#advisories Firefox has it share of vulnerabilities, some of which may lead to arbitrary code execution. Internet Explorer isn't a prerequisite for spyware, but only a vehicle for delivery. If someone managed to load a spyware executable using a flaw in Firefox, or just by deceiving the end-user with a seemingly innocent file, then spyware will still be installed. Viruses in many ways work the same way as spyware, except the code's purpose is to damage your computer in some way. So that concludes my ranting . And if you wanted to know, my project is 99.9% malware-free if the user is knowledgeable enough. One more thing to help you...you might want to look back at my old project (Mindows) for some clues on what to expect with this project. And if you think just deleting files and testing it to see if it works is all you need to do, you might want to know that I removed LSASS from my install .

@Gdogg My project will support all users, if they're knowledgeable enough . Yes, that does mean scanner, printer, etc. support. Once I'm done adding in all of the features, I'll trim down the install, which will most likely result in a smaller OS than yours. Also my registry will be smaller, since every piece of junk code is eliminated. And you might get all the users when you release Beta 3, but that's because you'll be releasing it first. By the way, then I'll get to check if your claims about a virus/spyware-free OS is true. @Sofer Don't mind gdogg arguing with me . It encourages me to outdo his project, which ultimately results in a better OS for the community.

@Atomizer I think by saying runtimes, you mean libraries? Because that is exactly what I was previously saying. By including them with the program, there is no need for any registry stuff, nor the rest of the bloat.

Can't really beat 2 x WD Raptors in RAID 0 can you ?

.NET 2.0 is the only thing you need. Some programs might have a file like *.exe.config, and if it doesn't, then make one with the main executable replacing the asterick. Then paste it the following content: <?xml version ="1.0"?> <configuration> <startup> <supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727" /> </startup> </configuration> @amenx It is possible to find only the libraries that the program in question needs, then placing those files and the core .NET files such as mscoree.dll and mscorlib.dll (not full list) into the same directory as the program. I did that with MS Graphing Calculator and the libraries and required DLL's only took up an extra 10MB, much better than the 200MB or so of unneeded libraries.

Would you guys want slightly faster program loading or less memory used? By slightly faster, I mean around a couple of millisecond to two seconds.

Ohh ooh! Can I do it!?! I wanna sabotage your work .

@Fr33m4n There will be Steam support; we don't want Gdogg to have all the users . @gdogg Two 74GB Raptors in RAID 0 . @dedogs I think your idea is great! Will try my best to implement it in.

Any 6200 will beat the 5200. The GeForce 5 family is considered one of Nvidia's worst GFX family, so I wouldn't recommend buying it. Also 5200 performs similar to a GeForce 2, so if you really want one...

And no clear viewing window!?!

Need something that's better than Powerpoint, and not as cluttered. No OpenOffice or a little-known brand please. Thanks.

It would be suicidal to not include RAID 0 support, especially with my new 74GB Raptors . I can't say if it will improve your 3DMark score, since 3DMark benchmarks your graphics card primarily, and nothing about the OS affects that besides the driver. What you will notice are lower pings, faster game loading, faster startup, less memory usage, and an easier to maintain OS, so don't expect miracles with this OS. You can tweak Windows as much as you want, but if you want a higher score in 3D benchmarks, the only thing that will help is improving/overclocking the hardware itself.

Thanks for your help Mr. Snub. I've identified at least one of the problems, that being the NIC not binding TCP/IP correctly. Will test to see if this works as soon as possible .