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i have been using opera 7.5 for a long time now, and haven't really had any problems. i increase the memory cache upon each install and it helps a bunch. also some of the skins are ok. i have tried using mozilla but do not like the way the windows pop up & go away. there are still some things that opera has problems w/ like the javascripts but there is alway IE if i need it which isn't very much. i have recently started using firefox as well, i would recommended it too.

glawster is right, it is coming from somewhere else. it doesn't bother me cause i just rename it, but it doesn't rename the folders. the only way to do that, that i know of is to create a new acct and remove the owner one but that is just two much work to begin w/.

i created an icon i want to use for branding my startmenu. i have provided a screenshot, i looked but could not find the post that told how big the icon had to be. i was hoping someone either knew the link to the post or the icon size i need.

step 3 is creating the winnt.sif. u can help create it using the program out the xpsp1 deployment tools. as an example i have provided mine: ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition = 0 MsDosInitiated = "0" UnattendedInstall = "Yes" [Unattended] UnattendMode = FullUnattended OemSkipEula = Yes OemPreinstall = YES TargetPath = \WINDOWS UnattendSwitch = "Yes" WaitForReboot = "No" OemPnPDriversPath = "Drivers\000_8230e;Drivers\001_Network;Drivers\002_Modem;Drivers\003_Printer" DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore Win9xUpgrade = No NtUpgrade = No DUDisable = No [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword = * EncryptedAdminPassword = NO OEMSkipRegional = 1 TimeZone = 20 OemSkipWelcome = 1 [UserData] ProductKey = Product Key goes here!! FullName = "Your name can go here!!" OrgName = "Home" ComputerName = Computer name goes here [TapiLocation] CountryCode = 1 Dialing = Tone [FavoritesEx] Title1 = "My Yahoo!.url" URL1 = "http://my.yahoo.com" Title2 = "Hotmail.url" URL2 = "http://www.hotmail.com" Title3 = "Pogo.url" URL3 = "http://www.pogo.com" Title4 = "Yahoo! Fantasy Sports.url" URL4 = "http://fantasysports.yahoo.com" Title5 = "Sportline.com.url" URL5 = "http://www.sportsline.com/" Title6 = "MSFN" URL6 = "http://www.msfn.org/" Title7 = "Downloads.com.url" URL7 = "http://www.downloads.com" Title8 = "Winxpnews.com.url" URL8 = "http://www.winxpnews.com" Title9 = "Spurs" URL9 = "http://www.nba.com/spurs/" Title10 = "McAfee" URL10 = "http://us.mcafee.com/" Title11 = "SimCity" URL10 = "http://simcity.ea.com/" [Branding] BrandIEUsingUnattended = Yes [URL] Home_Page = http://www.yahoo.com [Proxy] Proxy_Enable = 0 Use_Same_Proxy = 1 [Identification] JoinWorkgroup = WORKGROUP [Display] Xresolution = 1024 Yresolution = 768 [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents = Yes [Components] msnexplr = off minesweeper = off zonegames = off freecell = off hearts = off spider = off [SystemRestore] CheckpointCalendarFrequency = 2 CheckpointSessionFrequency = 8 MaximumDataStorePercentOfDisk = 18 RestorePointLife = 8 [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 Language=00000409 there is a help file in the deployment tools that will give u an idea of what can be added or removed at will.

i suggest u just start fresh. that could cause too many problems. i sure wouldn't try it.

what are the specs on it?

i am getting ready to mod out an old laptop i have sitting around, i wanted to upgrade the system board in it, maybe up to @ least a 1ghz processor. however i have checked out pricewatch.com and some other computer parts sites and really haven't been able to find anything @ all for the motherboard. i have the harddrive, battery, & cdrom drive but the motherboard is holding up the project. once i get it i can get the ram. so my question, does anybody know where i can look to find laptop motherboard? does not really matter what type it is.

kinda defeats the purpose of deleting the recycle bin. now say u have some stuff inside the recycle bin and then delete it, i suppose that comes back too? i wouldn't think so.

actually i did not even notice but i will change it, thanks!!!!! could the recycle bin items be deleted by simply doing recycle bin\*.*?

yeah just use the del to deleted some items & rd to remove directories. i have posted some code that i use for mine. this is my entire reboot.cmd. cmdow @ /HIDnet user aspnet /deleteshutdown.exe -r -f -t 90 -c "Windows XP will now restart in 1 minute..."MD "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Misc"MD "%systemdrive%\Downloads\"RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\install\DEL "%systemroot%\Blue Lace 16.bmp"DEL "%systemroot%\Coffee Bean.bmp"DEL "%systemroot%\FeatherTexture.bmp"DEL "%systemroot%\Gone Fishing.bmp"DEL "%systemroot%\Greenstone.bmp"DEL "%systemroot%\Prairie Wind.bmp"DEL "%systemroot%\Rhododendron.bmp"DEL "%systemroot%\River Sumida.bmp"DEL "%systemroot%\Santa Fe Stucco.bmp"DEL "%systemroot%\Soap Bubbles.bmp"DEL "%systemroot%\Zapotec.bmp"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Crystal.jpg"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Friend.jpg"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Home.jpg"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Moon flower.jpg"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Peace.jpg"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Power.jpg"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Ripple.jpg"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Vortec space.jpg"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Ascent.jpg"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Autumn.jpg"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Tulips.jpg"DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\Wind.jpg"EXIT

check out my post here. this should help a little bit. click here!!!

it should be put all back into one, but i always check it out to see what people are working on, even though i don't post anything.

never thought of that but will look into it. has anyone even attempted it?

now that is what i am talking about. beats having to tote along a laptop. who makes it?

would it be worth trying to copy the NTUSER.DAT over or set it up to be auto copied over.

i was looking @ that but i haven't used it @ all, so i was not sure whether or not that would work for what i want to do. thanks......

wasn't to for sure what they were called, but now i know for sure. would it be plausable for someone to make one for their own radio or just leave it to the experts. i say that cause i have a friend that has all his mp3s on his laptop and he just plays them from it. a lot of extra just to take the laptop w/ u to listen to mp3s.

just got to thinking as i was getting ready to travel for the weekend. exactly what would it take to put some kind of os in a car radio? u know like those ones w/ the bars the going up & down that person has to plunk down $300 for. or maybe someone has done this already. i am sure someone has. we all spend lots of time in our cars, maybe this is an area that microsoft should explore............let me know what u think.

how to make my own shell32.dll or whatever u what to call it. i tried doing some searches on msfn forum site & on microsofts site but nothing. what i want to do is to create my own .dll where i have my own icons in it that would just be added to my unattened cd, then if i wanted to change icons i would direct it to my new dll. or would it be easier just to copy winxp shell32 and remove everthing i don't need. all i want is to have the icons in it.

i haven't had any problems w/ the windows messenger. might try adding a line to task kill it. or maybe try redownloading and getting the .msi again.

here is what i have for the runonceex REG ADD %KEY%\002 /VE /D "Windows Journal Viewer 1.5" /f REG ADD %KEY%\002 /V 1 /D "%cdrom%\install\Journal\JV15.msi /qb" /f

currently doing the temp thing......if it counts....

MSFN........my 2nd home..........hahahahahahaha.....

let me get this right, after installing the win2k unattended, u then install the sp4 update? is that correct.

how many apps r u installing? i was running @ 800x600 and the box would go off the screen so i changed the display to 1024x768. and it was fine. i was installing a total of 27 items. if ur video & monitor would support i would recommend a higher video setting. but if unable to do that u might think about a 2 boot install.