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I had this problem also, and the fix is documented here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=122871 I know its in the 2003 forum... can't do much about that.

Using anything other than advanced trickery may only allow you to boot into Windows, and will leave the Recovery Partition inaccessible. (sic)

And if you are worried about updating the BIOS, some companies (like Intel) have a revision document to say what was fixed in the newer versions.

Reconstructing the MBR was very difficult for us all in the previous cases. However, HP does have tools on their site that will attempt to fix the MBR for you, or in your case, the BCD. Take a look here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?s=&amp...st&p=848181 Is your computer still under warranty?

IE7 also likes to (by default) open new tabs and keep you looking at the current tab. Maybe if you change the tab setting, the window setting will change too?

I've used OS/2 Warp. Its ok, but was a long time ago. I refrained from taking the OS quiz because its from 2003, which means it isn't "complete". Not to say its possible to have a complete file extensions one but still.

'Fess up, you're an AI bot, aren't you. Man...I usually give up as soon as the fps drops below 20. I almost gave up playing Oblivion the first time around because my system wouldn't run it above 20-22 fps. Had to spend hours tweaking it until I got it to run smoothly. I used to be able to run Oblivion using a mod called Oblivion, back when my PC was below spec for that. Once Shivering Isles came out, that stopped working so I had to upgrade my video card. I like to push the envelope I guess. Is that so much different than our Win 9x/me/2000 users here? Anyways, I found out my video card isn't supported, and while I am at it, might as well upgrade a bunch of stuff. I'll be at the limit then, so anything further would require a new MB. The new stuff I intend to get will cost about $120 and includes the following: ATI Radeon X1650 AGP 8x 512MB P4 2.8c CPU 2GB DDR PC3200

The Earth is indeed mostly harmless, except when it decides to rip up streets! I can thank Canada for sending us those awesome thunderstorms!

They forgot "people can hide things in you" o_O

That's better than that Magnum PI cake.

After much updating and even more updating, I was able to run the Far Cry 2 benchmark. I just finished Far Cry, and installed the sequel. I like to play things in order. I figured my best bet would be to run the benchmark first, to make sure that my computer ran fine on the "optimal" setting it recommended. Here are my results: This is all fine and dandy for me. Consider that I was able to beat the first level of UT at 2 fps (not on this PC), and was able to complete the Crysis demo at 6-8fps (on this PC but with less RAM). The only problem here is that... well when the benchmark was running... I had a black screen. What does this mean exactly? For one, I KNOW that my CPU does not meet requirements, but my video card should. Its a Radeon 9600 with 256MB. I'll research this more tomorrow, but I thought it was funny I got an FPS score with no graphics on the screen. If anyone has any ideas, let me know. It may end up to be that I have to upgrade one of these days.

I agree with the BIOS update. We have some notebooks that lock up installing Vista unless a certain BIOS version is installed.

I am sure there are third party programs that can change those buttons for you. You can also check for other versions of their software, or perhaps you will still get to program the extra buttons with just the driver installed. But really, is it so annoying that you choose to just get rid of the software? You might be able to get used to the behaviour (if there is no easy fix) unless it is causing performance issues.

I understand that, but the rules are rules. New members rarely go and look at the rules on a site they are new to. This is usually because a lot of forums don't really have their own ruleset and leave them as the board's default. Anyways: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=18408

Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield Usually we listen to classic rock after noon, but there's storms around today so we only get the classic pop station in right now. Not even my MacGuyver'ed radio antenna can help us now.

Here is my post from the other thread.

Duplicate Threads! http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=136799

You seem to be on the right track here: http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_...pic_id=26990945 Although this forum is likely going to give you the best answer: http://forums.activision.com/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=3507 I don't have Prototype, so I am not entirely certain what installer it uses. Presuming it uses InstallShield, then error 1158 typically means the install is damaged. Since the install (typically) resides on a DVD, its unlikely that it is a pressing issue, or else there would be a lot of complaints. Of course, it may be a localisation problem. On the Activision forum you may want to see if there is any known issues when installing onto Spanish Windows. But I am confused as to why you are running the installer from the desktop. Do you get the same error when you run it off the DVD itself? Also, here is the 1158 explanation. Note, you aren't likely going to be able to fix the installer with this info: http://kb.acresso.com/selfservice/viewCont...ernalID=Q107120

It made my computer at home faster! Of course only the first time I ran it, which removed about 7 years of "crap" so that makes sense. I say, run it every five years, presuming you can keep your OS healthy that long. That way you'll see the performance increase you've heard about so much.

Awhile back I wrote an AutoIT program that changes a bunch of things, but it requires a restart in order to work. This sets a specific color scheme. In order for you to use a different one, you'll have to set your settings manually, then check the registry and change the values in the script. Maybe it will help you out. I generalized some of the code for posting since it is corporate branded for one of our customers. Also, since this script uses network resources, there needs to be an open connection with the server or else the file copy will fail. $key = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Screensavers\Text3D" $key2 = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Screensavers\Text3D\Screen 1" ; Custom Logo setup MsgBox(64, "Custom Logo Setup", "This will install the Custom Logo onto the computer. The computer will restart when it is finished.") ; install font FileCopy ( "\\xpserver\Install\LOGO's\Custom\FONT.TTF" , "C:\Windows\Fonts\FONT.TTF" ) RegWrite ( "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts" , "Font (TrueType)" , "REG_SZ" , "FONT.TTF" ) ; copy files to destination FileCopy ( "\\xpserver\Install\LOGO's\Custom\OEMINFO.INI" , "C:\Windows\System32" ) FileCopy ( "\\xpserver\Install\LOGO's\Custom\OEMLOGO.BMP" , "C:\Windows\System32" ) FileCopy ( "\\xpserver\Install\LOGO's\Custom\WALLPAPER.BMP" , "C:\Windows" ) ; set screensaver options RegWrite ( "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop" , "SCRNSAVE.EXE" , "REG_SZ" , "C:\WINDOWS\system32\sstext3d.scr" ) RegWrite($key,"AllScreensSame","REG_DWORD","0") RegWrite($key,"SurfaceType","REG_DWORD","1") RegWrite($key,"Specular","REG_DWORD","1") RegWrite($key,"SurfaceColor","REG_DWORD","7829367") RegWrite($key,"CustomTexture","REG_SZ","") RegWrite($key,"CustomEnvironment","REG_SZ","") RegWrite($key,"UseCustomColor","REG_DWORD","0") RegWrite($key,"UseCustomTexture","REG_DWORD","0") RegWrite($key,"UseCustomEnvironment","REG_DWORD","0") RegWrite($key,"MeshQuality","REG_DWORD","500") RegWrite($key,"Size","REG_DWORD","10") RegWrite($key,"RotationSpeed","REG_DWORD","10") RegWrite($key,"RotationStyle","REG_DWORD","1") RegWrite($key,"DisplayString","REG_SZ","Company") RegWrite($key,"DisplayTime","REG_DWORD","0") RegWrite($key,"FontWeight","REG_DWORD","700") RegWrite($key,"FontHeight","REG_DWORD","4294967200") RegWrite($key,"FontItalic","REG_DWORD","0") RegWrite($key,"FontCharSet","REG_DWORD","16909056") RegWrite($key,"FontPitchFamily","REG_DWORD","1627411490") RegWrite($key,"FontFace","REG_SZ","FONT") RegWrite($key2,"Leave Black","REG_DWORD","0") RegWrite($key2,"Disable Hardware","REG_DWORD","0") RegWrite($key2,"Width","REG_DWORD","0") RegWrite($key2,"Height","REG_DWORD","0") RegWrite($key2,"Format","REG_DWORD","0") ; change windows appearance RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Appearance","Current","REG_SZ","Red, White, and Blue (VGA)") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Appearance","NewCurrent","REG_SZ","Red, White, and Blue (VGA)") RegDelete("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager","WCreatedUser","REG_SZ","1") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager","ThemeActive","REG_SZ","0") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Appearance\New Schemes","SelectedStyle","REG_SZ","13") ; change Color Scheme RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","ActiveBorder","REG_SZ","192 192 192") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","ActiveTitle","REG_SZ","128 0 0") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","AppWorkSpace","REG_SZ","255 255 255") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","Background","REG_SZ","0 0 66") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","ButtonAlternateFace","REG_SZ","192 192 192") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","ButtonDkShadow","REG_SZ","0 0 0") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","ButtonFace","REG_SZ","192 192 192") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","ButtonHilight","REG_SZ","255 255 255") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","ButtonLight","REG_SZ","192 192 192") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","ButtonShadow","REG_SZ","128 128 128") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","ButtonText","REG_SZ","0 0 0") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","GradientActiveTitle","REG_SZ","0 16 168") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","GradientInactiveTitle","REG_SZ","186 190 201") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","GrayText","REG_SZ","128 128 128") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","Hilight","REG_SZ","128 0 0") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","HilightText","REG_SZ","255 255 255") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","HotTrackingColor","REG_SZ","128 0 0") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","InactiveBorder","REG_SZ","192 192 192") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","InactiveTitle","REG_SZ","128 128 128") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","InactiveTitleText","REG_SZ","192 192 192") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","InfoText","REG_SZ","0 0 128") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","InfoWindow","REG_SZ","255 255 255") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","Menu","REG_SZ","192 192 192") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","MenuBar","REG_SZ","192 192 192") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","MenuHilight","REG_SZ","128 0 0") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","MenuText","REG_SZ","0 0 0") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","Scrollbar","REG_SZ","192 192 192") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","TitleText","REG_SZ","255 255 255") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","Window","REG_SZ","255 255 255") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","WindowFrame","REG_SZ","0 0 0") RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors","WindowText","REG_SZ","0 0 0") ; set background image RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop","Wallpaper","REG_SZ","C:\Windows\WALLPAPER.BMP") ; notifies Windows of the system color change, not functional, removed ; restarts the pc Run ( "c:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe -r -f -t 0" )

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Awesome Whats up with that "which Nigerian Spammer Are You" quiz? Does that mean the author actually read all those emails or that they are in fact, a Nigerian spammer?

Awesome. I got the OPK in the mail last week or so but haven't gotten a chance to look at it. I hope they simplified the DSIM commands at least.

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