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Hi all I was wondering if there was a way to have scripts run before a windows 98 system is shut down. The Idea is to delete temp files, delete intenet tempory files, cookies etc, start a registry check program, start the scandisk and when finished, run the disk defragmenter if any files in a partition were modifyed since last boot up. I have seen batch scripts executed on computers at collage and thought I could do all this. Could someone please help me here? thanks in addvance!!!

Ever heard of the command:DIR /A ? And index.dat contains personal info for yor own sake.... you can clear it from IE's options interface. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Dont say things that you have not even tested. I can guess why you and other mods and admins are trying to make Microslop look good by trying to say that nothing is wrong with Microslop/windows, But at the end of the day you don't have any evedenace to say I am wrong.

Which pretty much sums it up. If it is, why does files & folders suddenly appear when it is deleted?, and when I do delete it the folder layout stays the same.

I am curious as to how you tested it, were you only looking at pure words, or were you looking at the binary as well? also was it only Microsoft packets you were looking at? I am considering using Binary Browser to see what is being stored/sent. I have not heard about Microsoft transmiting the data once gathered into a couple of files, but like everything there is always a first time. Netscape was one of the first that was found to contain spyware, and I don't know if they still are spyware. The reasons for having spyware in programs that are free are obvious, so they can get some money back in another form by selling personal info to advertisers. But if Microsoft is transmiting it that no one has found it could be for one of two reasons, or both: 1) Extra money (greedy) 2) Government reasons If you decide to question that, why does Microsoft have so many holes that people keep finding? Why even the most sofisitcated sites which obvously have the most secure web servers still get hacked? Of course some people would say that they feel more comfortable that the police and law enforcement have the capiblity to listen in on any electronic conversation, but it is against every citisens consitutional rights to have surveillance on them. In fact you would feel like a terrorist if you knew someone was watching everything you do. and there is no garrentee that the extra power that the government has given themselves, be abused. I tested it out and I did find exactly what he said. I am using Windows 98 and at the time of looking I had Internet explorer 5. I typed in: C:\>CD WINDOWS<ENTER> C:\WINDOWS>CD TEMPOR~1<ENTER> If you do a DIR (shows you the contents of the directory you are currently in) like this: C:\WINDOWS\TEMPOR~1\>DIR<enter> You would find there is nothing listed, however if you then type in c:\WINDOWS\TEMPOR~1\>CD CONTENT.IE5<enter> You are now in a folder that DOS says doesn't exist. if you do a DIR here like this: c:\WINDOWS\TEMPOR~1\CONTENT.IE5\>DIR<enter> You get a listing with index.dat in it. I then typed in: c:\WINDOWS\TEMPOR~1\CONTENT.IE5\>EDIT INDEX.DAT<enter> I was able to find things like my email address, URLs I had visited, my default website, etc. Now that I am using IE 6, I did the work around that it said in the attachment to delete desktop.ini, and the file I had deleted in dos (index.dat) is back there again (recreated thanks to microsoft). I opened it up and it has logged the sites I have just now visited, and has loged what I had justed searched in google. Edit: I used the find utillity to find desktop.ini by going start->Find->Files or folders. Then entered desktop.ini in named text box and set "look in" combo box to "My computer". I then deleted all that was found (which will be back there when I reboot).

Fixed the problem. It was because I had the password encripted

Hi all I am having a problem with trying to get the XP setup to set the computer up without having to type the pass word in. I have got the tick box in the Setup manager set to auto log in ticked, but is ignoring this. Thanks in advance

If you leave out the answers in the sif file, it will ask you during setup, however you would be waiting 15 to 30 minutes in between questions. I do have a simialar question myself, Where I work they want me to create 3 different cds of the same OS. all that is diferent is the network settings and password, or it is a standalone pc. I hear that you could have it come up with a multi boot menu, and from there, choose if it is a networked pc or the standalone pc, but my question is would I be able to change the sif file (or change which one is executed) depending on what was choosen?

I have found an artical on the internet about Personal information about what you have been doing since you have formated your computer. here is an extract of the attachment: I think this is about Windows 98, but I think Windows XP has it too. I posted this in another forum and they have said it is all true. Makes you wonder. I am planing to incorperate the changes it tells you to do in an unattended installation, for both win 98 and XP. if anyone has suggestions please post them thanks. PS to the mods: I did not know what forum to post this in as it covers all microsoft products, so please forgive me for posting in the wrong section. _ebook____the_information_microsoft_hides_on_your_computer.zip

I would not bother with it, it is purely there for the benifit of microsoft and not yours, therefore you would waste CD space adding it on when you could add something else. The current product activation is full of holes because there are many people that have the same product key and if someone pirates it, microsoft finds out and stops all updates for windows XP with that CD key. this means that they disadvantage good users as well as the bad ones by doing it like this. A lot more people and businesses would be affected by this new additional hoop everyone would have to jump through.

Hi all I am new here, and I am going to be around for a while now. Glad I found this forum

Hi all I am having a problem with navigating the Unattended XP CD guide found at http://unattended.msfn.org/ The problem is that when I hold my mouse over the navigation buttons along the top, the drop down is covered by the advertisement underneath. OS: Windows 98 Browser: Internet Explorer 5