Basically this was supposed to create me a bootable CD with all the recovery apps handy. Also I wanted to see my hard drives. I wish it went smoothly for me, but nope... nothing works. The project is a great promise, but still very undercooked http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=1662 read more »
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NativePE XP bootable is a great promise, but doesn't work!
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2007-05-02 16:06.Windows Vista - Do Not Buy!
Submitted by Alex on Sun, 2007-03-04 08:36.It really is just a very expensive face lift for XP. For the average user the noticeable pros are: a better looking (but not the best) graphical interface. Here are some cons: - Uses much more system resources, all for the better looks (more RAM, CPU and graphical card cycles). These resources could be instead used to run your Office or web-browser faster - Very expensive - Conflicts with much of the existing hardware. Requires you to buy a new system. read more »
Task manager shortcut in XP
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2007-02-22 21:19.I always used Ctrl+Alt+Del to kill frozen tasks. Now I added another user and instead of the list of tasks I get this window with lock, switch user and task manager. That is annoying! Now I found the solution: Ctrl+Shift+Esc takes you to task manager directly. Huh! I beat you Windows XP! read more »
Windows XP boot - a dark zone
Submitted by Alex on Mon, 2007-02-19 10:51.Like most of you here I have a desktop with Windows XP pro on it. I would normally have it on at all times as it serves as my file server and my answering machine and my email/IM center, etc. But every once in a while I had to reboot to get the updates through or to install some new hardware. The freaky thing was that I had to press ESC or space or some other key, during the boot or else it would freeze. Don't ask me how I figured it or how this works, all I know is that it solved my problem. So, yesterday, being a diligent geek that I am, I finally set down to debug it.... read more »
Undead "My pictures" folder in Windows XP
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2006-10-06 15:21.Why does it rise from dead every time i kill it? I tryed googling for the solution, no use... Seems like once in a while some stupid program like WindowsMediaPlayer will decide to recreate it just there. Fuck off! This is my hard drive, I should be deciding where to have my fucking pictures! Â Same goes for My Movies or whatever.... read more »
