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hmm, doesnt sound too encouraging....Wow, I copied the shortcut for the StartupCop forum, posted it here, and then read the forum. Quite a read...! I'm having no trouble at all with it here (FWIW) but I'd read the forum for potential pitfalls.
-Darwin (September 02, 2007, 07:07 AM)
PCMag has just released Startup Cop 3 with a bunch of new features including both delayed startup and the ability to set startup order (as in, don't start app x until app y has successfully launched). It's $7.95 (unless you have a subscription to their downloads) and I've just installed it but haven't had an opportunity to wring it out and put it through its paces (ah, the mixed metaphor - an artform!). Anyway, here's a list of features from the website (because I am too lazy to type it out myself):-Darwin (August 31, 2007, 07:24 PM)
) you can down them all - 
Ok, not to be the 'complaining' smurf here, but...I dont know,
Wasn't last year edition aborted half-way through?
I thought most people who participated never even bothered asking for new tasks, because they were too busy doing other things...
I took it like it is: sticking to one time management system is incredibly difficult. You have to have iron willpower.
Even though DC got to interview the two superpowers back then (Allen and Forster) and we reviewed plenty of time-management systems and applications, I'm not sure we got much out of it. I, for one, have abandoned the system I was using in 2006.
Thoughts?-urlwolf (September 01, 2007, 07:13 AM)
on me latelyI'm opting for 3. Unfortunately it clashes with Microsoft's idea, as My Pictures and My Music is not sorted by project or theme.-justice (August 20, 2007, 08:41 AM)
Exactly my thinking, which is why I don't use the My Documents folder! I (as do some others, based on the replies I'm seeing here) generally let software put whatever it wants to in there, and I've created a different "Documents" folder where I can safely organise my own hierarchy based on purpose/project without fear of installation routines and other automated stuff messing it up. I've mapped that folder to a drive letter, so I don't have to dig through folders to find my docs. I find the usage of all the "My ..." folders really annoying!-stylecrime (August 28, 2007, 08:15 PM)
I use a combination of RyanVM and DriverPacks (http://driverpacks.net/) to keep an up to date XP SP2 install DVD with drivers. No more digging for drivers all the time, woohoo!-dmholmes (August 27, 2007, 07:18 PM)
Autopatcher I've never used for updates - I've used it to slipstream XP or XP SP1 with XP SP2.
nlite is good - it allows you to to create an (unattended, if you wish) Windows installation CD that leaves out any parts of Windows that you don't want installed, and it will include any updates and hotfixes that have been installed on your system to date.
There's an excellent tutorial here:
http://teamtutorials...dows-install-w-nlite
with links to update packs with .NET framework included and a link to a site with info on what not to take out.
nlite doesn't download all in the updates in one go round though.
You can get all the downloads from the Microsoft Catalog Update:
http://v4.windowsupd...icrosoft.com/catalog
...-laughinglizard (August 23, 2007, 02:06 PM)
I used that [sorry! EDIT: Parted Magic] for the partitioning
with the help of this tutorial
it was very easy-tomos (August 23, 2007, 08:27 AM)
Thanks for the feedback tomos! It's good to know.
Good luck with the other part of the process... It shouldn't be that hard, really. It should be as easy.-Armando (August 23, 2007, 04:20 PM)
you could also try one of the free Open Source partitioning and imaging Solutions like gparted http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ (only for partitioning) or parted magic http://partedmagic.com/ (does imaging too) -- you'll need to dowload (about 50mb, I think) and burn them on a CD. Gparted is easy to use and reliable. I must admit that I have never used the Open source imaging solutions though (only on parted magic), only the partitioning one.-Armando (August 16, 2007, 08:57 PM)
anyways, nlite running now as I writeunfortunately first nlite iso didnt boot - missing some unidentified kernel file...-tomos (August 22, 2007, 10:56 AM)
I have used Autopatcher with great success in the past. It is a huge download, but I've done it without bittorrent. I always use the Cachefly mirror at http://www.getautopatcher.com/that worked a dream, thanks Carl
Once you get the core download, you only need to download the monthly updates which are much smaller.
Carl-cthorpe (August 22, 2007, 05:27 PM)
Well, i'm really pulling my hair out with this monitor thing. I've found this one for a good price but the review is one year old so maybe it's obsolete now. If anyone has information about this monitor, please let me knowa year old review is okay I reckon - unless you're going to pay loads of dosh you're prob not going to get the absolute current best..-ak_ (August 22, 2007, 09:25 AM)
Tom - all you need is Sp-2 (it supersedes Sp-1) but that only helps if you can find the disc you burned it to!-Darwin (August 22, 2007, 08:34 AM)
Never used this, but heard it mentioned:
http://autopatcher.com/whatsautopatcher/-justice (August 22, 2007, 08:24 AM)
hah, didnt know they had an english versionRe monitor:
I was asking in a german "flatscreen" forum (PRADA)-tomos (August 21, 2007, 11:57 AM)
PRAD ProAdviser is an excellent resource - Reviews, Comparisons, Advise...-PhilB66 (August 21, 2007, 12:06 PM)
