GrofLuigi

I've seen that. Not enough power delivered to the front connector(s). Nothing is broken, just the way it is. Continue plugging it in the back, and maybe try with short extender cable. GL

First, you need to select the task Create a bootable ISO here (at the start of working with nLite): That should lead you to this screen after the end of processing: You notice the Make ISO button? It will ask you for a file name and path of the ISO file to be created. (These images are from the official guide, which is a bit dated. Now there are are many more options there. GL

It's Sound Controllers in nLite. I would expect VirtualBox to emulate some known hardware (known to XP). Otherwise you should go hunting for the driver from its hardware ID, just like on real machine. Or maybe it's an additional download like VM tools or something (not likely). The desktop icon background - you apply it correctly (Visual Effects-Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop-Enable) but I've seen XP not respecting some tweaks (I guess it registers its dlls after the tweaks are applied, something like that). Here are some things you could try to make it work (for both regular and nLited XP): - you need to set the background first - it should be .bmp, not .jpg - remove all web items from desktop - untick, hit apply, then tick, then apply again on the checkmark in my computer>properties>advanced>visual effects - use drop shadows... - try changing the desktop background color (what you would see if there was no wallpaper) - XP seems to decide on its own on the colour of icon text (sometimes appears with outline on the text) - that's another problem, but maybe related? - (although I think it's not likely) it has something to do with removal of "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer" - now it misses some routines for working with graphics? Edit: I compared it with your Last Session 1.5 (where you say it worked) - yes, that's the difference ("Windows Picture and Fax Viewer"). And in 1.5 you don't have "Visual Effects-Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop-Enable". Guess this is a case of trying too hard? GL

I just had to... WinUAE's screenshot didn't come out right, but who cares... And BTW I can't remember what half of the programs are (and those are only prefs) GL

Oh yeah... softload a Kickstart 1.3 on 2.0 machine... I miss that feature on today's BIOS's. GL

03GrandAmGT, in theory yes, but any self-respecting game (read: good games ) employed a custom loader (on the bootsector or otherwise). And since he received supposedly working diskettes... I'm afraid something's wrong there - let's hope it's just the diskettes. GL Edit: Now I've seen Martin's reply... I don't remember such a thing. If a game worked from diskettes, it would work on any model I've tried it on (many A500's, A1200, some A2000's (older models of those were problematic, granted)).

yellowsnow4free, I also took a look at your last session.ini and I can't see any showstopper, except maybe for: - Application Layer Gateway (it's a pair with Windows Firewall - one doesn't make much sense without the other; whatever you do to one (taking it out or leaving it in ), do it to the other one). - A second network adapter is set up (I'm not sure if Nlite did it automatically). The very least you could do (for troubleshooting purposes) is to 'redo' your network connection inside the installed Windows (uninstall and reinstall the network card driver if necessary). - Related to that, another thing would be to check your VirtualBox drivers and/or connection to the host OS - maybe there's something wrong there? - And not related to that, but I wouldn't take out Application compatibility patch (just in case) and File System Filter Manager (only if you install later a program that needs it - antivirus, firewall, Process Monitor...) GL

The game disks should be bootable. The Kickstart (ROM) disk was needed only for very early A1000 models. GL *Edit (clarification): I'm pretty sure the Kickstart is onboard (in a chip) on ALL A500 models.

As the time goes by, I'm less and less convinced that dnsapi.dll 'override' has any 'sneaky' intent - it doesn't phone home by itself. I think it's just a part of the 'security overhaul' that XP SP2 was (and maybe an avenue that was abandoned or just 'half-explored'?). Mmmm... sublime GL

Dnsapi.dll. (the xt guy was quicker ) GL

Unblock it through your firewall. It's designed that way, to listen/communicate through TCPIP. GL

Still a fan of yours. And the forum code is doing the censoring, not me. GL

Definitions of Terms Used When Describing Fonts (I hope it will come out right). Wheee, I got to answer jaclaz a question! GL

Same, Opera 10.10. GL

I don't know for sure, I was generalizing from my experience with 4500>5400 (similar to yours). But I still think there would be improvement. On the other hand, nothing can stop you to try with (or dream of) SSD... GL

OK, basic troubleshooting: does it work in non-nLited (full) Windows installation? What does Event Log (or any other log) say? GL

Hi jeihsin1 and welcome! I would suspect one or more of the following (in order of suspiciousness): Sound Controllers Portable Audio Old CDPlayer and Sound Recorder (the systray icon) Application compatibility patch Multifunctional (not very likely) Command-line tools (not likely) GL

@fdv, I don't think that is the issue here. I can speak only for myself, but the clicking happens even in DOS. Somewhere in the links I posted (or maybe when I was Googeling ) it was said that newer HDDs (maybe only 2,5 inch ones?) come with this value (minutes until spindown) greatly reduced by default, as opposed to earlier generations. So it's a 'feature' of the HDD firmware, or, rather, its default values. Otherwise, it could be solved by setting the power scheme to "Always On". GL

Forget it. I speak from experience, I have a friend who still uses his old BX based desktop and it's barely bearable to work on (it has PCI slots and IDE connectors, but it's overall very slow - although very robust too.) About the only useful upgrade would be RAM (if you can find it, which is very hard; the speed is not so important as is the quantity). Then you could try something with Ram disc maybe... And maybe a faster RPM HDD if you can find it/if it's compatible. This could be the most painless upgrade if there are no problems like weird connectors or something else nonstandard - pop old one out, pop new one in. The speedup from higher RPM is noticeable, but may be diminished by (I think) ATA 33 speed of that thing (but still slightly better). But you probably knew this already. Now about USB: forget anything storage connected to it. I've got my fair share of gray hairs waiting to copy modestly big files on USB 1.X... speeds of 900 kb/s (pardon my ignorance of the exact units, but it was slooooow). That was with USB sticks and HDDs. Anything you connect to it won't get much faster than that. About the second port: often those devices shown in Device Manager are connected to nothing... I've got seven of them in my computer right now - and the only two USB ports are connected to one controller. Makes me wanna cry or smash something. :angrym: What I want to say is, it might be possible to find/solder a header/connector, but either very advanced knowledge of electronics is needed or if you can find someone who did it already... Also forget about serial. It's many times slower than that too (I remember doing an overnight transfer of several megabytes through a null modem cable, and I think you can't get much faster than that). <- My memory might be failing on this, but I think there's not much hope with serial in any case. CPU upgrade: I think it's not worth it. Maybe, if you're absolutely sure that the crossflash BIOS will work (which rarely does). Even a DVD drive would be tough for this computer to handle. GL

Maybe it's this? (Disable Fast Logon Optimization). GL

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Here are my experiences. QuietHDD works best for me. GL

Yes, you can do that, if Universal Extractor reports success, you should be good. (Sometimes it fails, depending on how the exe was compiled). Exes aren't normal drivers, infs (and their accompanied files) are; those exes are packaged installers (InstallShield) for your "convenience". Exes in your image look like those to me. GL

Welcome. Yeah, select only that driver in text mode. In layman's terms, text mode is the first stage of Windows setup, when all you see on screen is text (graphics hasn't been initalized yet). So textmode drivers are drivers needed for this stage (as you witnessed, Windows will give up without them). Usually only the hard disk controller driver is needed. PnP (Plug and Play) drivers are 'normal' drivers that you usually install when Windows is up and running. There is (usually) no need to integrate them because Windows would (usually) complete its installation without them, and you can more comfortably work with them later. But you can integrate them if you want to (for example, if you're preparing installation for multiple machines with same hardware, or if you want to save time/bother). This topic has everything you need, including more explanations about your driver (and updated versions that work well). GL

Right here. It's all in the first post. GL