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There (hidden folder) you will find the images for the users (guest.bmp ; administrator.bmp ; yourname.bmp) : C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\User Account Pictures And there (subfolder of previous) you will find thoses presented by the assistant with the exception of the default Guest picture : C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\User Account Pictures\Default Pictures All pictures are 48x48 24bit BMP. bye

Why not simply use windows tools ? only for 2000 / XP ; save this to a <whatever>.CMD file (please DO NOT use ".BAT" extension, it should not run) @ECHO OFF SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION REM prev line is required for running the next line(s) FOR /L %%i IN (0,1,42) DO ( REM next two lines pads number to three-digits (with zeroes) SET S=000%i SET S=!S:~-3! REM next line create the full URL and write it to a file (DLIST.TXT) ECHO http://www.thewallpapers.org/celebrities/uma_thurman/Uma_Thurman-!S!.jpg >> DLIST.TXT ) Then, you can import the DLIST.TXT file in most download managers. Notes : a) « FOR /L %%i IN (0,1,42) DO ( » here 0 is the "start number" ; 1 the increment added ; and 42 the "max number" : change them for another image set (i've used 0 as start in this exemple to avoid confusion with the increment ; but it's 1 for the "Uma Thurman" image set on thewallpapers) b) « SET S=000%i » This line creates a variable "S" with three zeros and the number ; then : « SET S=!S:~-3! » this line takes only the three last numbers. Only change the "000" and the "3" if needed. c) the variable "S" is then expanded in the "ECHO..." line using ! instead of % to force delayed expansion (if % were used, the value will remain as it was before the "FOR..." line : empty). Of course you can use wget instead, but it will launch the 42 files simultaneously if you don't use "start /wait wget" (and with 42 simultaneous connections to one HTTP server, you WILL get timeouts ou "too many connections" errors...) d) DLIST.TXT is not emptied, and is created into current folder. bye

Hey ??? Where's gone Dux ???

First rule is : never talk about fight club Second rule is : NEVER talk about fight club ... hé hé... just kidding... i don't know the game, but i like the movie bye

Tought I gave you an interesting site before http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/VB/Code/...ssion/index.asp It's the second & third link on yahoo : http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=zip+files+within+VB bye

Take a look there : http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=46705

Nothing new... remember of QuickBasic and VisualBasic... Both always allowed compilation into "pseudo-code", easy to disassemble... (and for VB before version 5, "pseudo-code" was mandatory) The .NET is nothing else that this "function" ported into C/C++/C#/J++/ASP. Silly ? Stupid ?... maybe. But you don't need the .NET for making apps, the win32 api is "harder", but at least as powerful. In fact, .NET is meant to be used for things as "web-based" applications ; and such applications are intended to be kept "strongly closed" into a web-server... (and not distributed...) Moreover, such apps are linked to "web-content", such as a database (typical case are "online stores"). If you ever get such an app, you could disassemble it : it will not hurt the business... (for exemple, french railways uses .NET-based apps... but disassembling them will not allow you to print the tickets) bye

Peter G, place your shortcut in Start Menu > "Startup" (current user or all users), it will run as late as possible (that is, not after all apps are ready, but after all apps are started) And if you have others shortcuts there, try to name it something like "zzzz" (it may change something, it may not). bye

and what's the matter ??? why do you think MS will want to use a "script" ????? the OS selection is into the bootsector, and that's all folk.... bye

If you want it fullscreen, you can use Media Player Classic (formerly known as MPC). Create a shotcut in your start menu "Startup", or use any "Reg*" key in the registry (depends on *when* you want to play it... you can also use the logon script) : "C:\Path to MPC\MPlayerC.exe" /fullscreen /play "C:\Path to Movie\Movie.ext" /close If you don't want it fullscreen, MPC will display it's gui You can use VideoLAN Client (formerly known as VLC) instead of MPC... i've seen it non-fullscreen with no UI, but i don't use it, so i can't tell you if it's done with commandline switches, or with a custom skin... bye

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspx and select "windows server 2003, <edition>", then the SP, and click "Go". bye

Hey... display something animated (like the smileys when you reply on the forum), and look what happens when you hit Start > Stop (am i the only one that noticed this ????) I don't know if it's really a "screenshot on top of the rest excluding shutdown dislog", or simply a "refresh lock"... But it's static... (and it's not made by freezing whole processes) If this effet is made using alpha channel, it means that for each pixel, the effect layer must compute the corresponding color & alpha level to obtain the grey... very easy to do, but it's a waste of CPU time. A much reliable way to do that is to tell the display driver to use greyscale color space instead of RGB... (so the GPU will compute, not the CPU) PS: it happened to me too, but with a linux distro and a "bad" display driver... so that's possible. bye

That's not the answer you were hoping, but you can use SUBST to map a folder to a drive letter. for example, put your "FTP Root Folder" in "C:\FTPRoot", and use "SUBST C:\FTPRoot F:", then select "F:" in FileZilla. bye

How can you be sure that the color is adressed in RGB ? The display of text-mode seems to be some VESA-compliant one ; and VESA text resolutions includes the "classic" 16 pre-defined colors (see COLOR /?... thoses colors are used sinces ages by BIOS Setups without any display driver) If i'm right, you'll need to look for the single-byte "18". I guess there will be many "18"... good hunting !

This grayscale effet is made with a static screenshot displayed instead of the desktop/apps... It sounds interesting to have this as default display... maybe with something "display driver related" ? A color profile maybe ? (i don't know what are these pets ) bye

replace { } by ( ) : FOR /L %%A in (1,1,10) DO ( statement1 statement2 statement3 ) and yes, the openning prenthesis must be on the FOR line. you should read the included help : for /? if /? set /? cmd /? and so on... bye

It depends on what your friend do with her laptop : for most usages, more RAM is better (or makes no difference). For gaming & multimedia authoring, better timings can be better than more RAM (the easiest is to test...) bye

Wonderful !!! I was lacking avatars for the logon screen/strart menu

There's also 40mm (very very old), 60mm (old) and 92mm (rare) fans (and 140mm ) bye

I guess foobar2000 has a plugin to do that (it has tooooo many plugins ). bye

There is a default HOSTS file provided with Windows, so it's better to CAB your own one, and to replace the "HOSTS._" file in the I386 folder... And also : -> by running a webserver on your computer, you can display something that is better-looking than the default "404" -> the "HOSTS protection" can be bypassed by any web-proxy (as anonimizer.com), so it's mandatory to filter them too bye

Obviously, fresh installs contains no "malicious software" to remove Winnt.sif if the file needed to configure setting for an unattende install. you should make your own one (don't take an existing one...). Search on the forum, and look at http://unattended.msfn.org/ http://unattended.msfn.org/beginner/winnt_sif.htm http://unattended.msfn.org/global/reference.htm for the details. bye

No, "SP2" is the downloadable one ; and "SP2RTM" is the Manufactured one (I mean the "full" Windows with SP2 already slipstreamed ; not the CD that contains only "SP2"+symbols) I know about one difference between these two, it's the bootscreen : with the downloadable "SP2", it says "Windows XP" ; with the Manufactured "SP2RTM", it says "Windows XP Home" or "Windows XP Pro". The most recent one is "SP2RTM", but it's available only if you purchase a new Windows. bye

"COM2" is the name of the second serial port. It's causing the prob... Windows (and DOS) do not allow to use such port names for naming folder or files : COM* (serial port) LPT* (parallel port) PRN (printer port, it's LPT1 in mort cases) NUL (bytes' heaven) CON (console screen) (* = any single digit) The only way I know to get rid of these reserved names is to use a non-MS OS : it's time to try a linux liveCD bye

Do what you say, and then press <Ctrl>+<Esc>... Viper99, there are keys in the registry to really lock that taskbar, and it's easy found with google... or take a look at the "registry tweaks" threads in this board, and use the "quick search in this topic" feature (at the very bottom of the posts view) bye