[RyanVM's Updates]

Hi, Does anyone else have the problem of downloading Post-SP2 Update Pack from RyanVM??

Everytime I tryn D/L is it comes up with Forbidden "You don't have permission to access /files/RVMUpdatePackSP2_2.2.2.7z on this server."

Can someone tell me ho I can get it?

Thanks in advance.

[MY SLOW GAMING PC]

Thanks for everyone's input on the subject, specially to "mark strelecki" for taking the time..

I will post on how it goes. Will make another Unattended CD and strip it to bits and leave only the essentials.

BTW I downloaded the program "Bootvis".. still trying to make sense of how to use it! LOL

[MY SLOW GAMING PC]

Can any of you hardware expert please tell me whats wrong with my computer. I have just bought some gear which I have listed below, but am quite dissapointed about the performance.

I used to have:

AMD X2 4200+

AUS A8NE Ultra

ATI X800XT PE

OCZ 1GB PC2 5400 DDR533 PLATINUM

2 x Seagate 250GB SATAII

But I have recently bought the following:

INTEL E6600

GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 775

XFX 7950GX2

OCZ 2GB PC2 6400 DDR2 800 PLATINUM XTC

1 x Seagate 250GB SATAII (My OS & All the Programs)

3 x Seagate 320GB SATAII (For all my porn.. LOL)

The problems Im having are;

1. The computer takes over 1min to start up

2. The applications + games dont open up as quickly as it used to with the AMD

3. Even general exploring sometimes takes long (eg.when I right click on a folder, explore HDD)

Mind you the games like FEAR never lags on the highest settings anymore and .AVIs convert the .iso much faster than before.

I have taken every precaution to minimise HDD fragmentation. I have done a defrag straight after intall of OS using Diskeeper, and probably after every app --- so that leave defrag out!

Can you please suggest what would fix this problem? Hopefully its not switch back to AMD! LOL

Thanks in advance!

[My New Computer]

Thanks for all the info. I was hoping to get some specific models of hardware who's had experiences with a similar setup.

I can't choose which one, so what do you think about the following models;

RAM

OCZ 2GB PC2 6400 DDR2 800 PLATINUM XTC RAM corsair 4-5-4-15 - OCZ2P8002GK

OCZ 2GB PC2-5400 DDR2 667 Gold eXtreme faster corsair 4-4-4-12 - OCZ26672048ELGEGXT-K

Motherboard

ASUS P5B i965

ASUS P5B DELUXE i965

GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3

GIGABYTE GA-965P-S3

[My New Computer]

Can you please provide any input on what kind of hardware I should get for my new system Im building. There is no limit on budget. System will be mainly used for gaming.

So far, I've made up my mind about getting the following:

Intel Core 2 E6600

Seagate SATA II 320GB x 2

7950GX2

Viper Case

Can you recommend what I should get for the following:

RAM (2GB)

MOTHER BOARD (Will not be running SLi)

7950GX2 (Is there any difference of performance between the brand names i.e.ASUS, XFX, EVGA?

Thanks to all of you in advance.

[Accidental Format, Recovering Files.. HELP!]

if you have a password on your account and cant access the files, let me know about that. i had some practice with that from a friends dead laptop. ill see if i can find the software i used again.

regards

Hi Cygnus, very usefull information.

Im interested in the software you used to access the password protected files, can you tell me what it is please?

Cos I have a similar problem on my laptop.

Thanks!

[Need Recommendation]

1. anything by hauppauge

2. nec 3550

Thanks for your opinion 'ripken204'!

I have never come across hauppauge products before. As I need either RCA or S-Video inputs, I think I need to get WinTV-PVR-150.

1. Must I have Windows Media Center Edition to use the card?

2. Any alternative brands like 'Leadtek - TV200 Expert' any good? Cos hauppauge seems to be expensive in Australia?

Thanks again.

[Need Recommendation]

I'm in the market to buy a TV Capture card to turn all my videos on my camcorder into DVD. It only has S-Video & Analog output. Im unsure as to which TV card has those as inputs. I also require the best quality I can get from my existing devices.

And also im after a DVD ROM so I can Read DVDs at maximum speed and rip to my HDD. But all the once I've owned only says 16X but never really gets anywhere near it. MY DVD-RW gets around 7.5x but thats about the most I've ever had. I need one that does what it says it does!!!

Can you please recommend the following to meet my needs;

1. TV Capture Card

2. DVD ROM

I have no set budget and is willing to pay whatever it costs.

The following are my PC specs;

AMD X2 4200 (2.51Ghz) OC

ASUS A8NE Ultra Motherboard

Radeon X800XT Platinum Edition

OCZ 2GB RAM

480GB HDD

Thanks in advance for all you're guys inputs!

[AMD Gaming Sytem]

Thanks for all your guys input. I dont think I'll wait any longer coz Im just gonna endup spending my money on something else. And I've waited long enough with my current S*%# computer. Hehe

Please keep you suggestions coming.

I'll post back on what I end-up buying and how it goes.

Thanks!

[AMD Gaming Sytem]

I wanted to find out from you AMD experts before I go-ahead buying my system.

I saw the AMD stats compared to INTEL and was impressed.

So far I have;

AMD X2 4200

Seagate SATA 200GB x2

Ati X800XT Platinum Edition

Soprano Case (430w)

I don't know what Motherboard & RAM to get. Could you please give your opinion on the following;

Motherboards

Gigabyte K8N Pro-SLI

Gigabyte K8NXP-SLI

Asus A8N-SLI

Asus A8N-SLI Premium

RAM

I have no idea which is compatible and best suits my needs - Speed & Reliability

The system Im building for will mainly be used for high-end gaming and picture editing. I don't really have a budget - take it as Unlimited.

Thanks in advance!

[MY WPI]

I got a couple of more questions, hope kelsenellenelvian can help me again.

#1 How do I get the Countdown Timer back?

I once disabled it through "Config", but now I enabled it again with 220secs set, but it does not appear.

Please tell me the manual way of enabling it.

#2 Computer doesn't restart at the end of Installation?

WPI Installs everything fine, but I thought it was supposed to restart at the end of Installation.

Thanks lots!

[MY WPI]

I've played around with it and figured it out! The value I had to change was this;

.tclass

{

width: 100%; <------- Here (Changed to 85%)

height: 100%;

margin: 0px;

border: 0px solid;

Hey kelsenellenelvian, I really dunno how you find the time to answer all these questions..

GREAT JOB! Thanks for all your Help!!!

[MY WPI]

#1 What screen size are you using?

#2 Have you modifies ANY files?

#3 Spacing of cullums and such is in the themes WPI.css file.

#1 My screen size 1024x768

#2 I have not modified any files apart from adding your Theme.

#3 Which values do I edit to move the columns to the left so they fit on the screen?

[MY WPI]

Can someone please help me with my WPI 4.2 Screen?

1# My columns are too far apart.

How can I get the second column to move to the left?

2# My catagories are too close to each other

I need them to be seperated from the top catagory.

3# When I go to Options; the description writing doesnt fit on my screen.

The writing is to the right of my screen and I canno scroll across.

Any help would be much appreciated. Please be detailed as possible, cos Im still a n00b

[MSN Messenger 7.5.0303]

new version of MSN : 7.5.0306

here my files (for those who want it).

it includes MSN 7.5.0306 + Messenger Plus! 3.60 + A-patch

1st : in RunOnceEx.cmd :

REG ADD %KEY%\055 /VE /D "MSN Messenger 7.5" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\055 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Softwares\MSN\MSN7.5.msi /qn" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\055 /V 2 /D "%CDROM%\Softwares\MSN\MsgPlus-360.exe /SilentInstallNoSponsor" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\055 /V 3 /D "%CDROM%\Softwares\MSN\MSN7.5_patched.exe" /f

2nd : take it here :

MSN 7.5.0306

PS:

it's NOT a silent package, you have to extract it in a folder of your unattended WinXP CD and modify your RunOnceEx.cmd

Thanks r0sWell - I've Installed & Tested you're Package Works Great!!

Just 1 question: How can I "Unattendedly" create a Icon in my Quick Launch Toolbar to access MSN 7.5 after everything is installed?

Cheers!

[Logon Screen Modify]

Ohh Cool Thanks!!! Finally some useful help for a beginner like my self.

Thanks to Alanoll & muiz for your help!

I'll try what you said when I go home.. Im sure it works if you say so!!

[Logon Screen Modify]

Can anyone please tell me whether I can enter this Code using Cmdlines.txt??

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
UIHost="%systemroot%\system32\dragon.exe"

Thanks!

[Logon Screen Modify]

Can anyone please elaborate on what exactly "registry tweak file" is please?

[Logon Screen Modify]

The registry tweak file??

Im not sure what it is.. Is it the "RunOnceEx.cmd" file, which mine happens to look like this???

cmdow @ /HID
@echo off

FOR %%i IN (D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) DO IF EXIST %%i:\CD.txt SET CDROM=%%i:

SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Applications" /f

ECHO.
ECHO Installing Office 2003
ECHO Please wait...
start /wait %CDROM%\Software\Office2003\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-

REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "MSN Messenger" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\MSNMessenger.exe /qn" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\006 /VE /D "Adobe Reader 7.0" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\007 /V 1 /D "%CDROM\Software\AdobeReader7.exe -p"-s /v\"/qn\""

REG ADD %KEY%\015 /VE /D "Cleaning Up and Rebooting" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\015 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\cleanup.cmd" /f

EXIT

[Logon Screen Modify]

Can anyone please tell me how I get my Unattended XP Cd to use my newly downloaded Logon Screen?

I downloaded a logon screen called "transxp.exe" from ThemeXP, and I tested to see if it works on my working Operating system using "Style XP 2.0" and it works great!!!

Now I want to add it to my Unattended XP CD. I dont understand the Getting Windows to use the new Logon screens part in the Unattended XP CD Guide.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
UIHost="%systemroot%\system32\dragon.exe"

If Im right, you have to put the Welcome screen in- $OEM$\$$\system32 along with the above code in somewhere.. Im not sure where?

Any kinda help with this is greatly appreciated..

Cheers,

[The Office XP Batch Command]

Thanks lots Ravashaak, I've done what you said and got Unattended Office XP working.

Im sure I'll be asking a few more qustions soon as I progress through to the Advance sections of the manual.

Regards,

Shamal

[The Office XP Batch Command]

Im a newbie so need some advise from any of you proffesional IT ppl.

I am trying to do the OFfice XP Unattended - Advanced Method

And asked to do the following;

» Section 4 - The Office XP Batch Command

As you read at the end of Section 3, we needed to change the path in the TRANSFORM syntax in order for it to function.

Below are the full batch commands you can use, so add these lines to your batch file:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Office XP Professional with Frontpage

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\OfficeXP\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-

I know it must be a real stupid question for you guys, but can you tell me where exactly I add these lines to?? I tried adding it to WINNT.SIF file under [GuiRunOnce] but it doesn't work.

Please help!!!