Nuno Brito

I would recommend stay away from dreamweaver if you really want to build a new site or from any other automated template software of the kind. Instead of notepad use some other editor like "Notepad plus" in conjunction with "Kompozer" that will surely help you produce code really quick. Also, there are plenty of good looking HTML templates out there so there is no need to invent one from scratch but you will certainly need to understand exactly how it was created to overcome the troubles of Firefox vs IE vs Opera vs Safari vs Google Chrome, etc, etc. To test how the site looks, try the XAMPP web server that will turn your machine into a proper host to run HTML, PHP and MySQL. Learning how to do things by yourself will certainly save a lot of time and worries in the future - trust me.. There are a lot of tutorials out there - if you take baby steps and learn your way around PHP and HTML you will definitively get better results, especially if your community starts growing at a good pace and you suddenly need to optimize the code of your site to allow the server to support the overload. In the end you also get to learn how to become a better web designer even if your site doesn't get popular. --- I have built and administered a few sites over the years, some of these sites pass over 140.000 unique visitors per month and I keep learning new tricks at each day that surely wouldn't look so well if they were done by dreamweaver or such. Good luck.

Don't forget Winbuilder since it has more available freeware projects and is the only providing a good customization process for windows PE 2.0 from plain Windows Vista DVD's or WAIK. http://vistape.net/vistape.html http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showforum=50

Both explorer and IE are available as scripts when you build a VistaPE (boot disk based on windows Pe 2.x) It's a fully automated process. Look on the site for VistaPE to try it out - http://vistape.net By default the explorer shell is available, for IE you need to add the respective script that can be found on the discussion forums for this project - http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?...c=3331&st=0 If you have doubts regarding VistaPE please place them on the forums.

Starcraft has only started being supported a few months ago. http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?...ion&iId=149 Maybe you're lucky and Diablo also works..

Cool test, scored 24,6%

It's possible and .NET runs on well on Windows PE 2.x - we've been running .NET apps for quite some time now under WinPE. -- Try the VistaPE project that will build a boot disk using the Windows PE 2.x from either a Vista Install DVD or MS WAIK and add the .NET script. MS by default makes it very hard to add more features like these so you'll have to something like winbuilder. I've used to run program like paint.net, nlite and such. http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=5468 http://vistape.net And the VistaPE support forum in case you run into any issues http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showforum=51

Don't know any solution - sorry. One thing interesting that I notice is that when I run StarCraft under Wine (on Linux) it will allow you to play on a window instead of full screen which avoids the "streched" look when playing on regular laptops with wide display. Been 10 years but still an awesome game..

Yes, there is maybe some confusion. The purpose of this project - UXP - is to create a big sized XP Install DVD that contains addons, drivers and a Live CD environment as well. ----------------- If you are using version 2 of UXP there shouldn't be any worry about nLite since it is not enabled by default. Let's do it this way. Download a fresh version of UXP Extract all contents to c:\UXP Run winbuilder.exe (you'll also need to turn off UAC to allow building registry hives under Vista) Click on the big blue play button and select the path to your windows XP Install CD See the results, don't change any of the settings that come as default on the first time you run the project to ensure that all is build correctly. Should work as you expect.

This is strange. Had you changed any settings on nLite? You can also disable the scripts on the nlite folder to skip this portion altogether as it isn't much necessary at all. nlite addons are handled by WPI and DriverPacks ensures driver support.

It's a good looking site. I have the opinion that darker themes like the one you've choose make the site look more professional. Haven't you uploaded any pics? About the forum - beware of spammers and such, I'd suggest using some other forum alternative as they're less prune to these attacks or you you'll have a lot of work on your hands to keep them out.

Was this guy blind?!?

Wasn't so long ago that a 800Mhz CPU machine with 512Mb of RAM was an excellent piece of hardware that costed a lot of money. 800Mhz is more than enough, I remember doing these sort of things on a Pentium machine running at 90Mhz and it worked well, I didn't had internet at the time but my webcam was used as a motion detector and toke pics when something changed while I was away, no need for recording video whatsoever. Most major software products nowadays are somewhat bloated and fool people to get bigger resources when the same things were available with much older hardware. In practical terms it's almost like using a shot gun to shoot a fly in the window.. -------- To support multiple webcams you should opt for USB webcams because they are as cheap as possible and only need to worry about the proper cable extension (I don't remember exactly what is max length for this sort of cable from memory - you'll need to look it up if necessary) On the web there are still available some freeware projects that run from win95 up to NT. You will need IE to be installed on the machine - http://dorgem.sourceforge.net/ Some other options (freeware and shareware) http://lumai.se/bc.html http://cowboyfrank.net/webcams/Software.htm http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Best/free-ftp-webcam.html http://www.robertwisbey.com/how_to_web_cam_wc32.html To remote control your machine you can also use VNC and directly view the webcam images from several open windows at the same time - I've done it a few times before and also worked a bit like I needed. Good luck!

I think there is some confusion. mximus is mentioning WAMP and you pointed to the WINAMP addon..

Some time ago I wanted to carry around a site based on PHP on my pendisk so I did a small freeware program that requires no install whatsoever. Just double click and it will open your pages. No mysql supported as I didn't required any of this but perhaps you like it. http://nunobrito.eu/download.php?view.11

I've created a project called UXP to automate these steps - http://www.msfn.org/board/project-uxp-t113249.html Also noticed that nLite will break the DPS and vice-versa so I use WPI and an automated addons converter to enjoy silent installs from nlite addons. The drivers are a bit outdated and I haven't added an option to automatically slipstream the SP3 onto a XP source but this can also be scripted if there is interest in such feature. As bonus - you also get a XP running live from the DVD for computer repair or later on use the same disc to install XP onto the machine, did it basically as a tool for techs.

wb 075 Beta 5 (18-Sep-2008) Download: http://winbuilder.net/download.php?view.34 Log of changes fixed - double 'beta' in form caption fixed - unsaved change of download server constellation fixed - default.txt is missing fixed - 'Index out of bounds' when last download server is deleted fixed - 'feature' how to remove custom program logo *** preview as beta 4 a fixed - some smaller issues with download servers fixed - ExtractAndRun bug fixed - internal variables like %scriptDir% can contain commas added - 'Stop Build on Error' option fixed - senceless 'v.' in progress window *** preview as beta 4 b fixed - sort order bug with mapped folders fixed - ShellExecuteEx bug when opening documents by associated app added - Option to name log.html with additional time stamp added - Option to build log.html immediatelly after build w/o user interaction *** preview as beta 4 c fixed - Bug with If,(NOT)EXISTFILE/DIR checking empty floppy drive added - Loop statement can run between characters, e.g. drive letters added - Strformat,INC and Strformat,DEC also work on characters modified - nicer output in log.html *** preview as beta 4 d fixed - bug with file type associations fixed - Convert tool - wrong popup menu added - Convert tool - remove file from list added - suggestion how to have certain scripts be selected mandatory *** preview as beta 4 e added - RegDelete of values added - 'Not' option to If command *** preview as beta 4 f added - StrFormat can extract path, filename and extentions from URLs *** preview as beta 4 g fixed - bug in 'Exit on Error' when extracting files *** preview as beta 4 h fixed - Minor code changes and corrections to clean the hint & warnings reported on compile time fixed - bug 'system error occurs' in clicking log treeview fixed - newly added web servers for download are not tracked in WinBuilder.ini *** preview as beta 4 i fixed - bug when running script from source editor fixed - delete temporary files after extracting an attachement added - optional automatic log after clicking the STOP button *** preview as beta 4 j fixed - wrong parent's node check marks when selecting with space bar changed - RegDelete syntax *** preview as beta 4 k changed - starting to clean up language support changed - remove 'charset' from log.html meta content tag fixed - finally(?) wrong parent's node check marks when selecting with space bar *** preview as beta 4 l ### some consolidation with respect to next beta release removed - 'STOP' in interface editor when using themes other than XDP-classic removed - 'protected' functionality added - about 30 items to language translation removed - new RegDelete syntax, temporarily use old syntax (see magic wand) *** preview as beta 4 m changed - new RegDelete syntax again fixed - some smaller GUI adjustements added - some more items to language translation added - System,ERROROFF can get number of lines as optional argument *** preview as beta 4 n added - files to be converted can be Drag&Drop-ed from explorer added - files to be attached can be Drag&Drop-ed from explorer added - If,ExistRegSection and If,ExistRegKey added - proxy support added - 'mandatory scripts' functionality (replaces removed Protect functionality) cleaned - internal If command logic *** preview as beta 4 o changed - WinBuilder always runs in CPU #0 only, also on multiprocessor and multicore systems added - internal variables %ProjectTitle% and %ScriptTitle% added - basic raw registry editor support *** preview as beta 4 p fixed - script was not shown if there was a folder with a name equal to the script's title *** preview as beta 4 q fixed - enable RegRead of expandable strings 0x2 fixed - decode macro names only as first argument fixed - store changed text in a filebox added - Show Progress Window also when processing codebox ot buttons. added - several smaller adjustements added - autosave option for source code editor *** preview as beta 4 r fixed - Changing source folder to a folder already on list changed - parameter stack added for 'Run' and 'Loop' statements fixed - bug occurring when a line contained a non-variable '%' *** preview as beta 4 s fixed - bug in If,QUESTION with space inside question fixed - 'Use Path Rule' now unchecked by default changed - some smaller corrections *** preview as beta 4 t changed - now nested 'begin' - 'end' is possible. 'begin' stack added changed - no flushing window on missing source changed - dont show scripts of 0 bytes size *** preview as beta 4 u fixed - bug in System,GETFREEDRIVE fixed - bug in previous / next selected: Changes were lost *** preview as beta 4 v fixed - bug in macro expanding *** preview as beta 4 w ******************** Loop statement can run between characters, e.g. drive letters Sample: [variables] %a_searchFile%=Program Files\BootStick_2008_001\Pstart.exe [process] Loop,%ScriptFile%,Try,a,z If,EXISTFILE,%pstart%,ShellExecute,OPEN,%pstart% [try] Set,%pstart%,#c:\%a_searchFile% If,EXISTFILE,%pstart%,Loop,BREAK ****************** New Syntax: RegDelete,HKLM,Section,Key deletes 'Key' under 'Section' RegDelete,HKLM,Section deletes the complete 'Section' Old Syntax: RegDelete,HKLM,Section,Key,Value deletes 'Value' under 'Section\Key' RegDelete,HKLM,Section,Key deletes the complete 'key' under 'Section' ****************** 'Not' option to If command You negate an If command by inserting an 'Not' If,someting,... > If,Not,something ... If,Not,%var1%,EQUAL,%var2%,command has the same result as If,%var1%,NOTEQUAL,%var2%,command The current NOTEQUAL, NOTEXISTDIR, ... commands are still processes because of compatibility reasons But before processing they are internally changed into If,Not,... Therefore If,NOT,%var%,NOTEQUAL,%test%,... is invalid and may produce inpredictable results Try this in CodeBox: [Process] Set,%var%,3 If,%var%,EQUAL,3,Echo,"3 is equal to %var%" If,Not,%var%,EQUAL,3,Echo,"3 is not equal to %var%" If,%var%,NOTEQUAL,3,Echo,"3 is not equal to %var%" Set,%var%,4 If,%var%,EQUAL,3,Echo,"3 is equal to %var%" If,Not,%var%,EQUAL,3,Echo,"3 is not equal to %var%" If,%var%,NOTEQUAL,3,Echo,"3 is not equal to %var%" **************** StrFormat can extract path, filename and extentions from URLs: [Variables] %DownloadURL1%=http://live.sysinternals.com/Bginfo.exe [Process] StrFormat,PATH,%DownloadURL1%,%fnam% StrFormat,FILENAME,%DownloadURL1%,%fnam% StrFormat,EXT,%DownloadURL1%,%fnam% results in: StrFormat - converted: [%DownloadURL1%] to variable: [%fnam%] with result: [http://live.sysinternals.com/] StrFormat - converted: [%DownloadURL1%] to variable: [%fnam%] with result: [Bginfo.exe] StrFormat - converted: [%DownloadURL1%] to variable: [%fnam%] with result: [.exe] *************** New If commands: If,ExistRegSection,HKLM,Section,Command If,ExistRegKey,HKLM,Section,Key,Command *************** Scripts having '[Main] Mandatory=True' are marked in the tree with a red exclamation mark and cannot be deselected. In the Interface editor there is a check box 'Mandatory' to set or unset this property. This protection mechanism can be switched off by the developer by adding [Main] Mandatory=False to WinBuilder.ini *************** Autosave option Autosave is On by default. You can switch it permanently On / Off by using the 'Options' tab in Tools Mode The 'save' button in the source editor is only visible if autosave is off. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This has been a long beta to finish, Peter almost reached all possible letters in the alphabet and beta 5 is a more mature version that is starting to be more turned towards a stable release. Experimental support for writing/reading hives without resort to win32 functions was also added but is not yet finished due to some bugs in the code that will need to be solved with some luck in time for beta 6. Other than this, hope you enjoy the beta and let us know what you think!

Obrigado! Glad you liked the project. If you have any additional requests do let me know!

Can you please write more details? Your post seems too cryptic to be understood. I see you're using an editor called "010 Editor" that is not freeware in the first place so I won't certainly even bother to install. If you specify exactly what you need I (or others) might be able to provide some help.

Check the firewall and try with it disabled. On XP SP2 machines this usually helps to allow registering the machine on domain, maybe the same applies for your windows 2003. Also, a lot of services come disabled as default. Look under the services panel or computer policy restrictions to see what is selected or not by default. Don't have much experience adding windows 2003 machines onto a local domain but last time I saw someone else doing it, didn't noticed any strange procedures to get this working. Good luck.

There's also a change on the rules to get WAIK as it now requires WGA to allow downloading this package from the MS site and this might pose a restriction to people without a valid windows license or to those worried about safekeeping their privacy that prefer not to install WGA on their machines. ---------- I suggest including the VistaPE project on the first topic to help other users who seek to build a boot disk based from the internal Windows PE 2.x that is used to install Windows Vista. http://vistape.net

There is a very good solution to capture registry and file changes that was presented by shirin here: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=5398 Last week, Paraglider also mentioned that we would be willing to change regshot to output app script compatible format, which would allow to script all registry operations with winbuilder: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?...ost&p=41542 Beware that not all captured registry is correct because of the internal DLL versions that are found on the host system and regshot doesn't take into account the correct OCX/DLL registrations or even the cases where the windows platform might not provide the required dependencies at all (for example: differences between XP/Vista or full install vs minimal install / PE install) ----- I mention this because we've been working on a method to install programs into other windows install that we also build from scratch so a lot of these tools and concerns needed to be solved and scripted to allow correct automation of all these steps. Related to methods to mimic program installs, here is an app script example that uses the language that paraglider was mentioning on the above mentioned link to add fileZilla onto an external windows (in this case a XP PE type): http://livexp.boot-land.net/LiveXP/Apps/FT...leZilla3.script More app scripts can be read here: http://livexp.boot-land.net/LiveXP/Apps/

Never tried it before but it seems good and has the plus of being supported inside x64 windows: Good suggestion!

Well, it does seem to work on x64 XP but I also found some report about missing the context menu: http://www.tugzip.com/forum/index.php?topi...;prev_next=next The above link was made in 2005, shouldn't it be fixed by now? .7z is also a nice format to attach on email messages and can quickly be created from right-click menu from either tugzip or 7zip as well. Advantage is that you'd be supporting an open format with a far more efficient compression algorithim, very cool for big sized files.

You can use the super duper cool looking freeware TugZip and completely forget the need for a shareware WinRAR with nag screens. http://www.tugzip.com/ Besides a good user interface and shell integration I doubt that winrar open up as many compressed file formats as tugzip. My second choice would definitively be 7zip, really like the .7z results but as you mention it's a bit difficult to use at start. Don't really understand why so many would like to use WinRAR in first place since it does nag people to hit the button and so many other freeware options with excellent quality exist.

Hmm.. I hadn't read with much detail that topic and didn't associated them but there is a conclusion from your side that might explain a possible reason for this error to occur: It's not just ninf that is vulnerable to Unicode differences, winbuilder itself is not heavily tested under a full unicode environment since european and americans aren't very dependent on this feature. Only recently with more feedback from Asian users it has been possible to pinpoint some of these flaws. --------- But if LiveXP boots fine under qemu and only fails on real hardware then I would still suggest building the XP project using SDI technology as mentioned previously. Wouldn't surprise me if it worked after using the ram drivers from Windows 2003