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Ah, this "sort of" explains why when I go to update the Flash for Firefox (from the Extensions page) it goes and downloads the Flash for IE instead. Now to figure out why that happens...

Oh a smiley... it reminds me of what shows up on the Firefox (Mozilla really) web developer toolbar. Here is a picture: It shows 3 things it checks - the first, I'm not sure, it always says "Standards Compliance Mode" and has a green check - CSS - Javascript If there is an error, it will show the red circle with the X in it. Suffice it to say, 99% of websites show the CSS errors, and quite a few show the Javascript error. This screenshot I took is how it appears when viewing this thread.

Your Surface example is silly because no one would buy a tablet to do that kind of work. Let's be honest, MS isn't marketing these products to people like us, that's why they seem to be "toys" and not something that can replace our existing computer setups. But for most of the people in the world, they aren't using their computers for technical reasons, be it for job or for fun.

Sky/OneDrive is the perfect place to upload memory dumps!

I'm not certain, I've only used Python with certain games. Is Python available with 64bit files? If not then, I do know some of the PE projects have succeeded in adding wow64 support. You could look into that.

I found this: However since it is from a blog, it may not still be true... As in most cases, blog writers do not go back and change their entries when things change. But at least it may help as it talks about Guest Additions: http://www.sysprobs.com/install-windows-10-on-virtualbox-and-its-guest-additions I also wonder if the version of VirtualBox matters. Are you using the latest version that supports Windows 8.1?

I see the usefulness of multiple desktops to be roughly equal to just having multiple monitors. What jaclaz describes is a similar setup to my own uses, except that I am using monitors rather than switching around desktops. And my only experience with switching desktops was a short time with Ubuntu, where their desktops are like some 3D cube sitting inside your monitor you could flip around. My lack of understanding, however, is whether it is more efficient to use multiple desktops, as in... how the OS itself handles the things currently not seen. As with multiple monitors, everything is in the current (interactive) session with the user.

"Donald Duck"

You don't have to use a MS account. There is a thing you can click to make a local account, but if you install with no network connection (not helpful on notebooks of course) then it won't prompt you for the MS account at all and just show you the screen to create a local account.

This has been covered before. Prior to Windows 8 release, it was said it would be 64bit and 128bit versions only. The problem is that the consumer and business markets (aka the customers) are not ready yet to abandon 32bit nor have any real need for 128bit Operating Systems. Of course, there are those in super high-tech fields that could use such a thing, but they are presently in the minority.

This is the Websites and Boards section. You can see it at the top of the screen. Here is an example of my view: Here is a link to the category: http://www.msfn.org/board/forum/4-websites-and-boards/ The topic title and the first post is about getting a Forbidden error trying to access a portion of a forum member's website, that is why it is here. If you have a question about where you can find drivers for a specific device, you can post in the Drivers section: http://www.msfn.org/board/forum/88-device-drivers/ Or the appropriate OS section. But you might want to search beforehand, in case there is a topic already present that may help you out.

The only way I've managed to integrate MSUs that will not go in with DISM, is to use Windows Update while in audit mode and then sysprep and capture the image. This isn't what I would consider a standard practice. I used it once for a custom image, but wouldn't normally do it.

That makes me think about something. When was the last time you can remember that people went out and bought a new PC or Windows OS because a new version came out? Was it maybe, Windows 95? Computers are not following the trend the phones are putting forth, where people will go and buy a new phone when it comes out. This is not just an Apple thing, as I have known people also being excited about new Samsung or HTC releases, although they just don't make the news. I would say that, most of the time, a person is buying a new computer because their current PC is too slow or has failed and needs a replacement or that they want to get a notebook for the kids, going to college or a work requirement. Even corporations are only buying computers for new employees or to replace existing computers. For the most part, the consumer has no real choice as for what OS comes on their computer. Corporations have a greater control as they may have a volume license. So in my mind, any changes to the OS can't possibly to make people go OOO and AHH and want to buy it. The changes must be done for some other reason... which might just be because they can... And regarding the reason why anyone really cares about which OS version they are using, it comes down to stability and friendliness. XP and 7 were pretty much rock solid. Vista had a bad start at the gate due to various reasons but eventually ended up just like 7 post SP1 but still many people think it is horrible. Windows 8 had a bad rap, solely because of the GUI change although there are quite a few other reasons why people don't like it. People who actively use Windows 8 on the desktop, and not using the tablet/portable GUI find the OS is just fine. But you will fight those first impressions for the lifespan of the product.

I did some quick look-arounds... You say you bought this key, I presume the $9.99 price? I have heard that the free MC keys no longer work. Also I have read some people have done reinstalls and re-used their MC key but online activation does not work and had to do phone activation.

I have edited the topic title to reflect the actual question.

You might get better results with a different topic title.

Now that you have Windows 98 maybe you can try out qBASIC!

Well... this is the funny farm and all. First thing I thought of was this:

Now this is a different thing. You can create a topic in the Win9x forum about the problems you are experiencing with your sound card in DOS or Win98. We'll leave this topic here regarding MGDX website not working.

To the section about websites of course! EDIT: I left the redirect on the original thread location because the user is new. In the Win9x forum it does show the redir thread has 0 views.

Where exactly did you get diruse.exe from? If it is from Server 2003, you can see if there is a 64bit binary available in Server 2003 64bit edition.

We can't do all the work for you, but maybe point into some directions. For example, the answer to your initial question is that instead of using 2 scripts, use one. With one you can read and store data in a variable to be used in another function. Some links you can check out: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd315394.aspx http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/variables-arrays-hashes/

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Why have 2 scripts when you can have one?