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dont know if this is the right place to post this, but I got 3 "Delivery Status Notification (Failure)" Here's what they showed: ========================== Your message To: ceezer86@yahoo.com Subject: ii Sent: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 06:48:34 +0900 did not reach the following recipient(s): ceezer86@yahoo.com on Fri, 12 Sep 2003 06:49:04 +0900 ’Ê?M•s—Ç‚Ì‚½‚߂Ƀ?ƒbƒZ?[ƒW‚ð”z?M‚Å‚«‚Ü‚¹‚ñ?B Œ³‚̃?ƒbƒZ?[ƒW‚Ì MTS-ID: c=JP;a= ;p=Kitahama Law Off;l=MAIL0309112148R7HFJQZV ========================== This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification. Delivery to the following recipients failed. ceez6969@hotmail.com ========================== This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification. Delivery to the following recipients failed. ceezdaday@yahoo.com ========================== My email starts with "ceez" but it's like if I was sending it to someone with the beginning of my email and then randomizing some text and domain at the end. They all come with attachments, which are not viruses, just attachments with a picture of a chick advertising viagra (go figure!) I am not a n00b and know how to take care of my pc! I've always had all the win updates and norton updated. It sounds to me like another type of spam trick. What do you think?

i 2nd that...this forum rules!

the one i downloaded (CIA boot) from themexp.org had an ntoskrnl already with the logo in it. All you do is rename it some thing else like ntoscia, copy to c:\win\sys32, add a line in the boot.ini and you're set. I am not home right now and have the step by step, but if you download a cia boot you'll have the full very wordy instructions!

so the uxtheme hack is only for themes? I was able to install a boot screen w/out styleXP. I guess I would just need it for the logon screen then. thkz

man hats off to you!!! so i need .net huh? time do d/l the 23meg file.... it's dsl, no hard feelings! but awesome work man!

i am enjoying the benefits of having modified themes and boot screens, but now I want to hit the logon screen!!! I downloaded a few of the logons from themexp.org, they come in the form of an executable. Do I just run the file and that's it? What if I want to go back to my old logon screen? thkz peeps

bored add me to your "beta tester" list. Would greatly appreciate it btw, would this also work for win2k and 2k3? ceez97@hotmail.com thkz

thkz viper, that's all i needed... windows 97, the jesus christ edition! "jesus christ, it crashed again"!

***bumpity bump***

does anyone reply in this thread!

what are you talking about slipstream...the only slipstream i know is sp's for OS and Office

lol....now you're talking business!!!!

look at you, only 5 posts and already modding me around!!! j/k I checked out that sticky but couldnt find any of those apps, doesnt anyone use winzip8.1 in here! please is anyone knows these of the top of their heads...errr....cmd file, please share. thkz

junale/webmedic so what does this exactly do? instead of having one line of code in each .cmd|.bat file for each downloaded hotfix, you simply type in the above codes, save as hotfix.cmd/.bat and it will install all the downloaded hotfixes depending on their type? how the hell do you guys know so much about all this switches and command line junk?!?!?

WOW!!! LOOKS AWESOME, EVEN THOUGH IT DOESNT DO ANYTHING YET!!! Man, good looking out, you might want to patent that and make a deal with Bill, how about your app showing up on the support tools!!! I am no coder, but what are you using, VB?

FORGET IT, PLEASE DELETE POST. I RETRIED IT AND IT WORKED...PRETTY SIMPLE...HEH! MODS PLEASE DELETE, THKZ!!! Ok so I was curious and patched, I downloaded a theme from themexp.com. The zip had an executable, I ran the executable and got a window to install the theme. It also mentioned the following: ...you willneed to immediately check within the themes folder and see if there are any fonts to install, there will be a fonts folder with fonts if installation is necessary. so i did, I copied the fonts file from C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\ForeverBlue2\Font and pasted it on my Windows\fonts folder. Installation was ok. Then I selected the theme and everything turned black, the only thing I could see were the taskbar, desktop icons. Only icons, everything else (including text) was completely blacked out. I was able to restore to an original theme by using my great memory and the use of the keyboard to access the display (no mouse, couldnt see it either btw) So what did I do wrong? Seems pretty straight forward I used the following cmd to patch my uxtheme.dll ECHO. ECHO Copying patched UXTheme.dll... REN %systemroot%\System32\dllcache\uxtheme.dll uxtheme.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\uxtheme\uxtheme.dll" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" REN %systemroot%\System32\uxtheme.dll uxtheme.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\uxtheme\uxtheme.dll" "%systemroot%\System32\" After the patch I got the Windows protection file thingie (SFC) and clicked cancel. Selected new theme and well, you've read it already! thkz for the help guys

So does this mean I can download themes from those other skinner 3rd party apps and use their skins without the apps. WindowsXP will be able to read and apply correctly? if so, interesting...once more!

what exactly does this uxtheme.dl thing do? Has to do with themes, but what exactly!?!?? :/

zup peeps, does anyone know what the cmds would be to install the followign apps fully unattended: symantec PC anywhere 10.5 adobe acrobat reader 5.0 (the full application, not just the viewer) winzip8.1 thkz peepz

I have no prob with it. download/install/patch.

everynow and then I have to install win98, I was wondering if there's a way of making a fully unattended install. I googled this idea and came up with the following: Edit the MSBATCH.INF file and enter the following: [batchSetup] Version=3.0 (32-bit) SaveDate=04/11/01 [Version] Signature = "$CHICAGO$" AdvancedINF=2.5 LayoutFile=layout.inf [setup] Express=1 InstallDir="c:\windows" InstallType=3 ProductKey="xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx" EBD=0 ShowEula=0 ChangeDir=0 OptionalComponents=1 Network=1 System=0 CCP=0 CleanBoot=0 Display=0 DevicePath=0 NoDirWarn=1 TimeZone="Eastern" Uninstall=0 NoPrompt2Boot=1+ So far everything went well except the following: In the beginning before it begins to copy the files it asks for a user and company name Than after the 1st reboot of the copying files, it shows you the username and company once again, you have to physically click [ok]. The next screen is the serial which it types in but still prompted to click [ok] to it. That's it, there on after is the usual end of the installation and done. Anyone has any idea about this. I would like to make ALL my OS "hands free"! thkz ceez ps- eventhough WinME sucks, the same could prob be applied to it also, right?

wow...so if i read that correctly, instead of using one command line for each of the 36 hotfixes that i downloaded, I can just one line and it will install all the exe's in that particular folder, waiting for each one to finish and starting the next one. if so, pretty good!

zup peeps, I created a batch file to install all the hotfixes. I tried this on virtual PC. On a fresh clean Virtual PC install of WinXP Pro w/SP1 I copied all the hotfixes to the harddrive and ran the batch file. It all goes well, once done with all the hotfixes I restart the PC (virtual PC). At the welcome screen I get the following error: A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the license for this computer. Error Code: 0x80004005 The only option is [OK], then it takes me back to the welcome screen where I can select my username. If I click it i get the same error message...endless loop. I tried Last Known good config but no luck there either. Anyone know why this would happen? Also, the VM hotfix #Q823718_MDAC_SecurityPatch.exe does not do a silent install. It prompts me to click ok to install and then it says that the PC needs to be restarted. I could prob move this to the last line of the batch file, but I am curious why. This is my batch line for this fix: ECHO 33 - Installing Q823718_MDAC_SecurityPatch.exe... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q823718_MDAC_SecurityPatch.exe /Q:A /R:N ECHO. thkz for the input!

awesome, I was wondering if there was a prog out there that would allow me to save my own tweaks...this way I can easily apply to other pc's!

Ok, lets see how I can word this.....and sorry if in the wrong section... Thanks to the tutorial regarding the full blown unattended install my brain cells have sparked and tingle with joy! Anyways, I downloaded all 39 critical updates, the site has 45, but 5 of those are in another language and one is a repeat (I found that odd, cant remember the Q# right now). Now, people always want me to fix, upgrade, blah, blah, blah their pc's. Some already have a few critical updates installed since the user has somehow managed to update via their 56k connection! . Now, what if I burn all those hotfixes with a batch file to a CD, then instead of downloading the updates, I just pop in the CD in their PC's and run the batch....viola! Updates install. BUT what if they already have some of those installed? Do you guys think that would be an issue? It would just reinstall again over it right? that's it thkz