Dumpy Dooby

"lots of people" is an understatement. MySpace.com gets 3x as many visitors as Google on a daily basis. It's also the 3rd largest website worldwide, and the first largest in the US (This was a statistic I read when NewsCorp bought them).

Use a CMD file.

I use a program that hides the console window (so it never shows up at all). I don't remember it's original file name, but for me it's something like this: _hide cleanup.cmd Pretty simple, actually. And, of course, I have all of my cleanup stuff in cleanup.cmd.

I suppose it could be done with autoit using the FileInstall method. Anyone wanna write something to automate this process? I think it could be done.

Alternating case is an easy way to make code more readable and this is true with all script and programming languages. MSFN forum rule # 7b I completely disagree. In fact, this is the FIRST script that I've ever seen written in alternating caps. Caps emphasis (CE) and space emphasis (SE) are the easiest for people to read (that is, general reading ... like an essay, blog, email, etc). But that's neither here nor there. There's a very defined line between flaming and sarcastic rhetoric. Obviously I think it's juvenile to use alternating caps, but expressing that opinion through rhetoric lightens the situation, as opposed to just saying "Alternating caps is quite juvenile." The latter would be closer related to a flame. "Is it necessary to make such comments?" one might ask. Well no, it isn't. But then again, I'm just being silly (much like how alternating caps is silly). edit: I just read someone else's reply. It's obvious you were thinking of CamelCase, not sTudLyCaPs. And this is right out of Wikipedia as well (regarding studly caps): It appears to have been popularized among adolescent users during the BBS and early WWW eras of online culture, as a form of rebellion against the rules for proper capitalization of names and sentences.

Read some of my posts. And if you want to integrate that program onto your XP disc, you can use the RVM Integrator, and integrate this pack I made. If you just want to install it right now, just use this file. Well, in an active directory network, the machines are likely to be using static IPs (which negates DNS all together), right? If, however, they are all dynamic, wouldn't it make more sense to NOT cache the DNS information on account of the target machine being assigned a new IP by the DHCP server (thus, slowing the connection by waiting for a timeout before searching the DNS information again)? I'm not familar with active directory networks ... so this is an honest question. I could be completely wrong here.

Alternating caps? Are you 12?

Note that I added the bold tags. Disable and manual are two very different settings for a service. I suppose what I'm getting at here is using a hosts file that is heavily populated generally has one purpose: ad blocking / malicious domain blocking when web browsing. What do you need to web browse? DNS. By the way, I think something similar to BoardBabe's block list is being used with IE7 for it's phishing filter system. It does have some heuristic capabilities, but it also relies on a blacklist of known phishing sites. My bad. Yeah, set it to manual, don't disable it (although, I do keep mine disabled). DNS client is generally not required to browse the internet. Mine is disabled right now ... and I'm posting here just fine. I'm not against blacklisting. I just think there's a much better and superior solution than IE's security settings. When I come accross a machine that re-enables the DNS Client, I use BoardBabe's method, but that's only happened once on some client's Compaq that uses dial-up to connect to the internet. [offtopic] To go further into the DNS Client issue, it's generally only needed in sporatic situations (from experience, anyway). Most of the time, the DNS issues are taken care of by the DHCP Client (hence, "Obtain DNS server address automatically" in network configurations). You can also take note of the DHCP Client description in services.mst, "Manages network configuration by registering and updating IP addresses and DNS names." Here's a note from Microsoft, "The DNS Client service optimizes the performance of DNS name resolution by storing previously resolved names in memory. If the DNS Client service is turned off, the computer can still resolve DNS names by using the network's DNS servers." And there's plenty of tech sites that regard the DNS Client (or sometimes named "Dnscache") as useless.

As far as I'm concerned, if people are using P2P applications, and they don't have a better solution for malware than a list of blacklisted URLs, then they deserve what they get. A lot of the malware developers have grown wise to the technique of blacklisting URLs and they've now started instructing the program to access an IP (instead of a domain). Theoretically, your list could almost double in size if every company starts using IPs (and obviously this same issue applies to the HOSTS file method as well). :-\ @RogueSpear As for disabling the DNS Client, it will be turned on automatically by Windows if it is needed to access the internet (even if you do set it to manual -- the reason is because its dependencies are, by default, set to automatic). If that happens, then connections will be sluggish when using the HOSTS file method. But anyway, you say tomato, I say potato.

You didn't define EOF. Not that it matters ... just wanted to clarify that. I'd suggest taking that line out all together, since you don't actually want the script to exit before it begins running WPI.

Hi, It is very possible to do what you just asked. But currently, it is difficult to do on MULTIPLE machines. It is not advisable to use this for mass deployment without the use of an autoit script that runs a keygen. Don't expect any help past that point, though. Even suggesting that to you might be pushing the envelope. But if you're just going to use this on your own machine, it's very possible, and mildly easy (just time consuming).

This can be enabled/disabled with a batch file just as easily. Just make a batch that deletes the registry key that the block list populates. For an enable batch just have it import BoardBabes .reg file. That doesn't negate the fact that this ONLY works with IE. So if you get spyware, it will still be able to "call home." [rant] People are under the false impression that Firefox and Opera block spyware, while Internet Explorer is a plethora of malware. The fact is, they are all simply browsers. Anti-spyware software is very necessary for ALL browsers. Basically, this reg tweak is like getting anti-spyware software that only protects IE. Don't get me wrong, it's great to see people providing things to the community. But quite frankly, this particular tweak is useless, IMHO. [/rant] But to be fair, that is a very impressive list of URLs and I did incorporate them into my hosts file. So thanks BoardBabe. And on a side note: To prevent the slow-down caused by large hosts files, disable the DNS Client service. For a simple HOSTS file solution, use this program: http://www.timdorr.com/syko86/ycsoft/hostssecure.htm It grabs the most updated hosts file from MVPS. It's not necessary to have this program start up with your computer, so choose no when the installer asks you.

Has the RealTek issue been solved? There's always so many problems surrounding it. I'm currently using a SFX 7z file and put it on my discs as an option. It's supposed to be run after Windows is installed and running.

You didn't happen to add the fix for this to that, did you? http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=67642

It's all plain text. I'm sure it gets loaded into the system memory when you open IE, thus a performance decrease, if any, is hardly noticable. I still prefer to stick to hosts files. It's easier to disable them with a simple batch file.

I know this was reported once before, but that topic was closed. I used Chipset 6.01. Sorry if this should have been in Mass Storage. I tend to incorrectly create threads in Chipset. lol. Anyway, this was someone else's computer. Here is what he's told me: I'll work on getting HWID. Just figured I'd let you know now that there might be an issue.

I install sptd (I think that's what it was -- it's the required driver) @T-13. And then I install Daemon Tools @ RunOnceEx. Found New Hardware displays on first boot now. Problem solved. Oh, and this thread is like 8 months old.

I'm guessing you didn't get your extracted files from your temp folder. You probably got them by using WinRAR or something similar to extract the files. When you run the setup, more cabs get generated. That ... or you grabbed files from an older version of Nero (maybe you installed 7.0.12 and its temp directory was still in your temp folder). That's my best guess anyway.

The Nero.msi has been locked by SetupX.exe as setupx is a launcher for msi. Sometimes AutoIt Script will not work with another machine. I know the trick to pass the error if we install from admininstall point. Now i'm still searching the sequence in msi to automate file association and accept the shortcut in desktop without need for prompt to finalizing installing. My 7.0.12A has a custom SetupX.exe file. I don't know who made it or where it came from ... just sayin' I have it. I don't even know if it's okay to send to someone here on these boards. I got it from someone else, though.

Yeah, I had that problem too. CCC didn't install on my machine. I just downloaded the newest one from ATI and ran that.

Nope. I use a 2nd tier directory as my Program Files.

Ha. That's funny. I was just about to modify my WPI to make it use the KTools progress bar. edit: Nevermind. I just checked the WPI forum. It seems as though someone has already done it. Sweet. That makes it easier for me.

So what if we use an MST instead of a modified MSI? Same thing?

The french developed somewhat of a "cure" a while back (2 years ago). It could halt HIV dead in its tracks, but your body would have to reverse the process on its own. It couldn't do anything for AIDS, however. The medicine never made it to the US, though, more than likely because of some economic humbug. In either case, I wouldn't expect this newfound "cure" to hit the market for another couple years, and you can be darn sure the marketers will be doing extensive research regarding its monetary value during that time. Their goal will be to let it go in way that they can receive the largest net gain without losing too many customers due to high prices, thus reaching maximum economic effeciency. God forbid they figure out their cost per dose and set their rates accordingly, even 2x keystone would probably be a reasonable price.