HyperHacker

Some ISPs, like mine, even change your IP every few hours whether you're online or not. I find it a bit of a pain, but I can see it being useful for you.

Thanks. I knew that was the problem because I'd found the same key on my mom's computer when treating a similar issue, but I couldn't remember what it was called. But checking "Users must enter a password" in Userpasswords2 seems to have unset that and fixed the problem anyway.

I think that's one of the tweaks already made on the disc, but I don't recall how to do it manually. As for userpasswords2 I don't see any automatic login options. On a somewhat unrelated note, Windows will not connect to my wireless network if another access point is in range. It says it can't connect, and when I view the list of available networks, I have to manually select my network and click Connect. (The signal strength is at maximum in most cases.) It then prompts for a WEP key, even though the key is already entered in the Preffered Networks dialog. After entering the key it never gets past "Waiting for the network". As soon as I move out of range of the other AP and refresh the available network list, it connects to mine automatically with the WEP key it has stored, and I can even move back in range of the other AP.

Just found this and tried it out, it works nice. You can remap any key to any other key, or disable keys, with a simple registry tweak. Their explanation is a bit confusing, but here's a simple breakdown of the key value: 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,nn,00,00,00[,dd,dd,ss,ss] Repeat the section in brackets as often as needed. Each is a pair of key codes. ss,ss is the code for the key you want to remap, and dd,dd is the code you want to remap it to. nn is the number of remappings, plus one. So for example, I used the value: 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,07,00,00,00, 1E,00,3A,00, 3A,00,46,00, 20,E0,6D,E0, 10,E0,6C,E0, 22,E0,32,E0, 19,E0,65,E0 To remap 6 keys: Caps Lock to A Scroll Lock to Caps Lock Media to Mute Mail to Previous Track Internet to Play/Pause Search to Next Track Which eliminates me pressing Caps Lock instead of A on my laptop, gives the Scroll Lock key some actual purpose, and turns the multimedia keys I never use into ones I do use. I suspect that "nn,00,00,00" is actually "nn,nn,nn,nn", a byteswapped 32-bit number. However I haven't confirmed this.

Of course you can't change hardware during hibernation because it's not really shut down. It's like changing parts while the system is running; as if you'd frozen time and done whatever you did. You should be shutting down normally every now and then anyway. To answer your question, I don't know of a way to do this, but you might be able to do what Mazin has done, then swap the button IDs and change some text to turn the Shut Down button into a Hibernate button. As for hibernating from the console, NirCmd provides this functionality and much, much more. I use it all the time. Also, I believe there's a patch from Microsoft that adds a Hibernate button. Speaking of which, I have yet to notice any problem with hibernating, which I do very often. However, I noticed Angelico_Payne mentioned some patches intended to fix bugs related to hibernation and computers with 1GB of RAM. Can you link to these or provide the KB#? Both my systems have 1GB of RAM. I haven't yet noticed any problems, but one of these systems is brand new and the other was upgraded from 256MB just a few weeks ago, so it hasn't been long. Also, there is the issue that every time you hibernate, you're writing a large amount to disk, and reading it back on restore. That probably does take a bit of a toll on the disk, but since it's one big non-fragmented file, it shouldn't be too bad.

I just installed XP Pro on my new laptop, using the same tweaked install disc I use for my PC. One of the tweaks is that it enables automatic login, bypassing the welcome screen. I use a blank password on the PC and just let it log in automatically. On the laptop, however, I want to use a password and require password entry at startup. So I added a password, and it does now show the welcome screen and prompt for the password. However, there's one problem. When the system starts up it tries to automatically log in with a blank password, which fails. This brings up the classic username/password dialog with an error message (incorrect password). When I click OK, the dialog and message disappear and the welcome screen is shown. This is especially odd since "Allow automatic logon" in local security policies is disabled. How do I stop it trying to log in automatically?

I made a program that can do this a while ago.

Ah, neat. But what about the non-image things, like resizing elements, background colours, changing what parts of the title bar should stretch/repeat and where on it to draw text, etc? Are they all in those INI files stored inside?

Is there any way to make an XP theme without that expensive StyleBuilder or StyleXP or whatever it's called?

I wonder if that could affect IE too...

That might just tell you it supports PAE, not that it's enabled.

Try running it without those drivers. If these problems still occurr, you might have a bad disk controller.

Best solution ever. Are you sure there's actually any programs in there?

Ideally I'd use imaging. The problem with that is I have to get to the state where everything is still fresh and working good, and I have all my programs configured the way I like them. But by the time they're set up like that (which can take months because I'm lazy ) things aren't fresh anymore and problems start to pop up. I'd say by now everything is set up how I like it, but now it's starting to need reinstalling again. Doh! Maybe next time I'll try to set up quicker and make an image before things start going bad. As for reinstalling, I haven't bothered to make a UA CD, so it's attended for me. I have a TV and a few game systems right next to the computer, so no biggie.

What, so you can just plop your EXE in place of ntoskrnl.exe like any other program, and have it call the original? I always wanted to have a program that runs during or intercepts the boot process to display a more-than-16-colour image. Any info on this is greatly appreciated.

Has anyone found anything about moving the bar left/right and/or stretching it besides this? Also could we use a different sized bar image? BTW, I don't think MS put the hex values backward to be difficult. Modern 32-bit PCs are big endian, which means when they read a string of 2 or 4 bytes from a file, they read it backward. Thus the bytes are stored backward in the file to compensate. (Dunno why this is.) You can find backward hex values in all manner of file formats, even on game consoles.

Does anyone know how you'd go about moving the progress bar in a hex editor? Also, I don't suppose there's been any progress hacking it to use 256- or 16-bit colour? 256 at least seems like it'd only be a matter of repointing the palette table and hacking the image-reading code a bit, but I don't know enough x86 ASM to try it (and hacking assembly in the Windows kernel seems a bit risky). [edit] Found a thread on moving the bar up and down, but not left and right.

OK, here's the file. I scanned it with AVG, didn't find anything. label.zip

There are known problems with OpenGL on Vista.

Not to mention if you just Google them you'll probably find 42 copies ready to download.

You should use the Vista checkmark/x icons.

Add an animé wallpapers section and add this: http://www.animecubed.com [another URL I can't recall at the moment and may add later]

It uses Rapidshare... I fail to see how it can be the best anything. As long as we're discussing good wallpaper sites, though, I stumbled across http://www.animecubed.com today. Some nice animé wallpapers there.

Big banner ads posing as posts... some of the absolute worst boards I find on Google do that to guests. This is the first board I've ever seen stoop so low as to do it to registered users. Please, don't bother arguing "it's a little unobtrusive text link" because it's not. It's a big annoying banner in a large font that doesn't match the page's colours at all. I don't know whether to be more disgusted with MSFN for implementing this even for registered users, or Google for abandoning the little unobtrusive text links they were known for. Ah well, <3 Adblock. If you want people to donate, maybe consider offering something worth the money. Asking someone to pay to get rid of several ads on each page is like punching someone in the arm and telling them you won't stop unless they pay you.

When exactly was this exploit used? I've been getting these types of messages for months.