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  1. Yeah, I had the same problem - you need to format the partition first using 3rd party software, then reboot and retry the install. LH won't format it for you. I've actually installed 5048 on a second (8gb) disk in a virtual machine running XP RME, as setup seemed to hang doing a single os install (on vmware 5). It's installed fine, and the vmware tools went on without a hitch. ;)

  2. I wondered this too, but

    1) I don't like codec packs (too troublesome!)

    2) 51 pages is a little too much to trawl though for such a small piece of info!

    So, why not access gspot through "Open With"? Just browse to gspot.exe and select it. You can even pre-set what files gspot appears for using this proggie here - http://www.baxbex.com/ox2.html. - and it's free for home use. Hope this helps!

  3. It's amazing how bull headed some people are.  Not you guys posting here but the survey people, it's almost 1:1 ratio of those that will upgrade and those who won't.

    If your hardware isn't ready for Longhorn I fully understand, but considering Longhorn's only real requirement is a video card that supports DX7, unless you're running a 486, your PC supports Longhorn.

    If everybody really lived under the "I won't use that new thing-a-ma-bob" mentality, they'd still be using Win 3.11

    The only real one to lose out is late adopters as us early adopters have a leg up on you.

    So, what you're saying is, that even though I have an OS that does all I need and want it to, I should fork out £250+ for Longhorn the day it ships? Hmmm. Following that logic through, should I sell my car and buy a new one every time a new model appears? Of course not.

    I'll upgrade to LH at some point no doubt, but not straight away, not just because it's there. Which is the more bull headed? Waiting until there's a need to upgrade, or rushing out to buy it just because it's new?

    The only ones to lose out will be the early adopters, who'll still be acting as unpaid bug-testers. Me? I'll wait til it's stable, and then decide.

  4. If anyone is into UK rap/hip-hop, like The Streets, or that sorta thing, I'd recommend checking out the above mentioned GLC (Also known - being Welsh - as The Beastie Boyos :rolleyes: ). I'd have to say that due to the language used, and the subject matter, they're really not suitable for under 18's. But, if you're over that age, have a good sense of humour, and like a bit o' hip-hop, check them out.

    Radio 1 has (occasionally) been playing their single "Guns Don't Kill People, Rappers Do", and there's another single out soon, "Half Man Half Machine" which will appeal especially to anyone 30 or over.

    You knows it makes sense :)

    GLC Website

    (mp3s are available on the site)

  5. Be careful with Fedora Core 2 - under certain circumstances, the installer (Anaconda) makes changes to the hard drive geometry which can lead to Windows XP - in a dual boot, same drive scenario - NOT BOOTING. No data is lost, but it can be rather arsey to sort out.

    Have a look at this at redhat.com, and this at oreillynet.com, before diving straight in.

    If you pass the HDD parameters to the installer then Anaconda won't make any changes, so you should be ok, but IMHO I'd go for FC1 - stable, dual boots nicely, and a good all round linux desktop.

  6. Well appparently now, if you try to install SP2 with a pirated key, Microsoft will send a team to your house who will come in and hide your car keys, spit in your yoghurt, laugh at your families photographs, scuff your wooden floors, mis-match every pair of socks you own, and remove all soft furnishings and replace them with splinter-covered orange crates.

    Well, thats what I've heard.... :)

  7. Tracing route to xperties.net [63.247.87.146]over a maximum of 30 hops:

      1  *        *        *  Request timed out.

      2 545 ms 452 ms 113 ms  man-dam3-b-fa10.inet.ntl.com [62.255.123.209]

      3 114 ms    84 ms    83 ms  mant-t2core-b-pos44.inet.ntl.com [213.104.242.15

    3]

      4 570 ms 155 ms    91 ms  man-bb-b-so-210-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.184.61]

      5 166 ms 651 ms 219 ms  win-bb-a-so-300-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.138]

      6 100 ms    89 ms    88 ms  gfd-bb-b-so-500-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.172.130]

      7 100 ms    92 ms 164 ms  tele-ic-2-so-100-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.74]

      8 388 ms 104 ms    97 ms  cr02.ldn01.pccwbtn.net [195.66.224.167]

      9  2594 ms  1038 ms  3050 ms  pos5-3.cr02.atl01.pccwbtn.net [63.216.0.26]

    10  1269 ms 500 ms 193 ms  gnax.ge3-0.5.cr02.atl01.pccwbtn.net [63.216.31.1

    58]

    11 189 ms 182 ms 177 ms  209.51.131.25

    12 191 ms 447 ms 993 ms  65.254.48.2

    13 357 ms 646 ms 189 ms  63.247.87.146

    Trace complete.

    :)

  8. Not sure if its the same with SP2 installs of v5 update, but after installation of v5 on an SP1a machine its a right bugger to get rid of. To uninstall that, the only way is apparently to search for all 'wuau' files in the system folder dated 3/9/2004 or later & remove them - (about 4 or 5 of them). You may have to stop the Windows Update service to remove the engine.

    Then find wuweb.dll, wups.dll, wuapi.dll & wucltui.dll & remove these as

    well. Problem is, windows then tends to forget your installation history for hotfixes, even though if you click through to installation history it shows them all applied!

    If you can't get rid of it any other way, it may be worth it. :)

  9. Well, I've got a P1 box running 98SE as a winamp player downstairs, but technically the oldest os I use on a (ok, semi-) regular basis is ZX Basic on my faithful old Sinclair Spectrum (48k, of course :rolleyes: ) And for anyone who remembers them, the reason is 3fold - 1) the feel of that keyboard, with its easy to see commands printed on, 2) one of my all time fave games, iD and 3) pure nostalgia. And of course for the fact that when it crashes, a flick of the switch and it resets in about 2 seconds. Beat that, microsoft :)

  10. Hi, just wondering if anyone can tell me why I can't get windows 95 to install under VMWare 4.0.2, VirtualPC 5.2 or VirtualPC2004 beta? Every time I try, it gets to the setup page, attempts to copy the files needed for install across to the virtual hard drive and then throws up an error about my having disk compression software or similar running. :) Can someone please give me a shove in the right direction?

    (BTW, in case anyone was wondering, now it's a M$ product, the "Linux" option under Guest OS in VirtualPC has gone, to join the all-encompassing 'other'...)

  11. We've disabled it for now, server loads were getting high yesterday causing errors when posting a message, we're still trying to pinpoint the problem, but its been running fine today  :rolleyes:

    Is that what just caused this...?

    Mail Error!

    SMTP protocol failure!

    Host: localhost

    Return Code: 501

    Return Msg: 501 RCPT must have an address operand

    Invision Power Board Error:

    Check your SMTP settings from the admin control panel

    (this was at 00:22GMT 19.10.03)

    the post appeared ok when I checked back - it just gave me a bit of a fright, that's all.... :)

  12. Yep, iTunes is finally here for Windows 2000 and XP (no support for 9x at the moment - dunno if there will be). I just like the tag line on the site - "Introducing iTunes for Windows. The best Windows app ever." (Considering the number of complaints about it buggering up under Windows 2000, that may be a little premature...) I quite like it - give it a go at the Apple website

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