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purewaveform

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  1. you cannot directly change it from prompt, you need to access a dll to do that, and to do that you need to use VB Script, because you can load the DLL and make changes. http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scrip...d=3201&lngWId=1 is a little dumb script to change your desktop wallpaper to dilbert each day. But it shows you how to make the access that you need. This is the most important line. ChangeWallPaper.vbs Declare Function SystemParametersInfo Lib "user32" Alias "SystemParametersInfoA" (ByVal uAction As Long, ByVal uParam As Long, ByVal lpvParam As Any, ByVal fuWinIni As Long) As Long Call SystemParametersInfo(20, 0, "c:\youBitMapHere.bmp", 1) 'Change the wallpaper. Unload Me ' Exit program And if you really have to do it entirely from prompt, and can use the edit, or anything then just do each line like this ECHO line1 here >> chgwall.vbs ECHO line2 here >> chgwall.vbs ECHO line3 here >> chgwall.vbs chgwall.vbs hope this helps.
  2. you can directly edit the environment vairable PROMPT, open a cmd windows and then play some by doing stuff like set prompt=$P, $T$G I dont remember the exact ansi character to get just the end of the path, but if you play around then you can figure it out. Also just do something liek set prompt=$G Then you get just the basis Then create a pwd.cmd in the %systemroot\system32 directory that is like this @ECHO OFF ECHO %CD% Then if you forgot where you are then just type pwd to get the present working directory.
  3. if it still doing that, then you will just have to type and then apply all the styles at the end. Also if you want them to stand out, just try making then comments instead. That way they REALLY stand out.
  4. I think that we need to be carefull here. SP2 is not evil, it really is trying, kind-of. SP2 really is a big deal, there are all kinds of configuration items that need addressing. We were able to test all the software at my work in about three months. It took us another month to get the patches for the stuff that didnt work, and then we also had to make some changes to some of our code as well. all in all about 5 months. And in the end the managers dont want to move, and have me evulating Linux for the desktops. There are just too many variables. There are also no other options, I want this from SP2, but not This. And in the corporate world you really cant use tools like nLite etc, becuase they violate your corporate agreement with MicroSoft, also if you did, you loose support, (which we pay A LOT for) I think that MS just needs to puch back the date and give us more time, we just got a service pack for 2003, and we need to at least test it a little to make sure that the changes to active directory dont have fits with XP SP2. but well see.
  5. Outlook does the same thing. Rename the file to filename.exe.tmp etc, that way it wont directly think that it is an exe, if it still does check then I have found tht filename.pdf seems to work great.
  6. MHz is correct, you need to test the ram, I would just do it overnight, then you will have lots of test by the time you wake up, BUT, t is also important to test the RAM in another machine. Sometime you get chipsets that just dont like certain registers etc. The memory may work just fine in another computer. Remember it is not just the ram, could be a bad trace on the MB or any number of other reasons. Just test it in another machine as well. Hopefully you can just return the ram, if it is older then put it in your linux machine and use badram. BadRAM modifies the Kernel in a way that it knows what to do. It really isn't a very difficult project, but one that cannot be done in windows without the source code. Microsoft would have to do this, maybe citrix or someone else could but you would still need the source to windows. My guess is that microsoft is under the opinion (which is justified) that if you have a bad stick, just return it. As so much of their business is based on new sales.
  7. have you tried logging back in since you created the seond admin? also right click on "my computer" go to manage, then go to "local users and groups" Then check the users and the groups to make sure everthing is ok.
  8. check the styles. If they have the doc in styles, they act like block elements, and then when you move aroud, you get the block styles. You can just create your own style, then just type and let it format how you want then just highlight what text you want and select the annotate style, and all would be modified. The copy past thing should work. Also could try save as then select document 97 or somehting old before they had "perfected" block elements.
  9. Well if you have been using Access, then probably you already use VB or somtheing of the like. Then VFP is a good choice. If you want to move up then you can just code to ODBC, then let the enduser choose what they want, then if they dont want to pick something then just have it use VFP.
  10. default stylesheet is screwed up!
  11. if you want it to install then instead of letting it boot from cd, have the CD boot into dos, and then run winnt /s:sourcepath /t:tempdrive /u:answer-fileThat way it will copy the files needed to the hard drive, and then install from there. No need for the CD after that.
  12. try giving ivan a password, and see if it solves the problem. net user Ivan ivan /add the rest at a glance looks good.
  13. i think you are looking for http://www.apache-asp.org/ have fun!
  14. by bad master key, i should have wrote bad root master key, that way you dont always have the messages, do you want to accept this key. try disabling the avg and anti spyware and see if there is a diffrence. Also open task manager, and go to a site that slows down on https, and see if the browers pegs the prcessor or something.
  15. Go get the IEAK, it will allow you to cutomize IE and then bind it as the program. as for the security policies, yes you can make it so that that user only has one program to run. You cannot directly block the start bar, but you can make it so the only thing on the bar is IE, remember that you need to disable all shortcuts as well. like WIN-E, or WIN-R etc. From the registry you can edit all that. Just remember that you need to password protect the bios, disable boot from anything but hd, and actually DISABLE the administrator account. I wouldnt even put cdroms or floppies in them. Also make IE a service you can use srvany to do that, then if someone tries to close it it will reopen, also xyntservice can check status of app and rerun if closed.
  16. if you really want to test that it works on a system with no OS, then boot to knoppix and use one of the utils to manually change the MBR to 1010.... then it will act just like a hd with notheing on it!! By, the way, dont do that unless you REALLY know what you are doing. BUT, I have done this and the install stilll works.
  17. so your good? Just want to make sure you dont need more help. Also here is the technet http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechn...33b1eccee0.mspx Have fun!
  18. you probably missed a key, or a config file something. I would re-install windows, then, installrite from http://www.epsilonsquared.com/ then run installrite, and make a snapshot, then install and configure the iutil, then run installrite again, and find what you have missed. by just looking at all the changed reg entries, and or files.
  19. Well, the AutoPartition=0, and the FileSystem=*, mean that you will have to do somehting. AutoPartition=1 is what you need to do it auto. Dumb, but the key should have 25 chars, you can manually add your sata drivers to the i386 directory, here is how, http://unattended.msfn.org/intermediate/drivers/raid.htm then itshould work. Also, what version of XP, etc, also there are tools to check your key.
  20. post the file, also check DisableAdminAccountOnDomainJoin, there were some changes, but I think that you will actually find more documentation about the problem by looking at the 2003, than the 2k, XP has been updated, pretty much.
  21. The swap file information is correct, you want to avoid fragmentation. If you defrag the second drive, and then move the file, it should come in basically defraged. Also there are third party tools that can defrag that, so I personally wouldnt worry about it. As for uninstalling, and reinstalling. Good, glad you wernt trying to move. but after you have everything moved, then I would still run a search in the registry for c:\*** whatever so that you make sure the uninstall actually caught ererything. As for the reinstall, this really isnt the right thread for it, and besides if we start that debate then this thread will never end. but for me personally, I just find that my machine runs better. I just like to clean it out, My work machine get a good cleanout every year. And my home computer every couple of months. (my kids LOVE shareware!!). But, if your computer is running smooth enough, "dont fix something that isnt broken."
  22. you dont have to, just have php capture the output from running that command. you can use http://us2.php.net/shell_exec to capture the output from that command. Then just drop it in a <pre> and your are set. BUT remember this is not server side. this has to be run from the CLIENT. Pointer1 showed about all you can get from the server. the rest has to be run from the client. If you want, you could always write an applet, or activex control, that could query the registry, that way you could get all the information that you wanted.
  23. it allows you to run some commands on the server, instead of the client, for example if you live in NY and the server is in LA, javascript client side reads, 5:00 and javascript run on the server reads 2:00. there are also commands that can target server specific information. Server Side JavaScript or as netscape called is LiveScript has basically been replaced with perl, php. But more specifically what do you want to know?
  24. From the original post it sounds like you want "share" share the quesiton, hense the "on all" statment. I think that firewall might be the wrong term. A little router, like a linksys, or a netgear, wont set you back much and the NAT capabilities are good enough for 99% of what you will do. The reason you need firewall on each machine is so that in case machine 1 get a virus etc through email then it wont spread. I vote for the hardware, most just drop in and you are good to go. Also dont get a HUB!!!! Get a switch.
  25. also on a linksys router, you can go into the "UPnP Forwarding" which should give you the option to set and external port, that maps to some internal port on the smae subnet, diffrent ip. This should solve the problem, and you wont have to change any settings on RDP on any of the local machines, then you just need to remember that port blank maps to machine blank, but you would have to remember that even if you used diffrent ports on the local machines.
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