c: is always c: ... I mean, that's your system partition right there, and usually Windows won't even let you touch it or partition it... regardless of whether you've got your actual OS sitting on D: or somewhere else entirely...
Nope, I don't have Vista... and honestly, there’s a pretty good reason for that.
And look, nope, it's not that I have anything against people learning stuff, but my goodness, just read what you wrote!
Maybe just make a backup onto a DVD, and then go ahead and start reinstalling XP... you know, from the actual XP installation itself, you can format—like, wipe and recreate—partitions however you want...
1. Seriously, Vista is such a nightmare. I mean, why on earth would you even bother touching Vista if you can't even handle a mouse properly to begin with...?
2. Just back up all your files, wipe those drives completely, and do a fresh install of Windows. Honestly, after seeing a question like that, I’m pretty sure your PC would actually thank you for the clean slate...
hey rowdytrucker27... I mean, honestly? Just fire up Handbrake, hit that 'MAKE YOUR OWN DVD VIDEO' option, and then just grab that AVI file as your input... I think that should do it!
I mean, I know it’s not Las Vegas, but for your average everyday user just hanging out at home, it’s honestly totally fine... it’s got everything you actually need, right? Plus, it handles converting Xvid, DivX, MPEG, and WMV straight into MPEG2 and encodes it for DVD. So, yeah, it gets the job done! 😉
Personally, I think Las Vegas started acting up even before Sony picked them up, back when they were still on version 3. Version 4 was just a complete disaster, honestly, but once version 5 rolled out—you know, right after the Sony acquisition—it climbed right back to the top of the heap... If you're telling me Adobe After Effects is better, then hey, I'll take your word for it! 🙂 But man, I just don't have the time to sit down and learn an entirely new program right now... 😉
Of all people, you should probably know that the FBI—besides their whole crusade against Microsoft—has been fighting tooth and nail for freeware and making sure everyone uses legal software since their very first day! 😁
I mean, you even hosted the ISO images for our freeware CDs back in the day! 😁 😁 😁
Windows XP Borg edition is really just a wild way to show off how you can use Service Pack slipstreaming to turn Windows XP into whatever crazy thing you want...
I've been mulling this over for a while now—thinking about putting together my own custom disc where Windows XP comes pre-configured exactly how I like it, complete with all my drivers and the free software I use every single day.
But, honestly, since I rarely ever do a fresh Windows XP installation, a disc like that probably wouldn't be worth much. It’d likely be totally outdated by the time I actually needed it.
What I really wanted to point out to you guys, though, is that you can actually build your very own totally legit "Borg edition." You could pack it with all the software you legally own plus every driver you need, provided you take a little time to look into unattended install of XP features and Service Pack slipstreaming for various service packs and patches...
(By unattended, I mean the installer runs itself without you having to sit there clicking through everything. You just set all the rules ahead of time using different config files.)
Anyway, I hope at least one of you found something interesting in my ramblings here... 🙂
I wouldn't really suggest that beginners just dive headfirst into cleaning out the registry on their own. It can get pretty messy, I guess.
So, what I’d probably recommend is using RegSeeker—it really shines in those exact kinds of situations!
Just a heads-up though, RegSeeker isn't going to go around deleting your files, so you might want to listen to Simbu on that specific point.
Once you're set, anything extra cluttering up the registry should be an easy fix for RegSeeker to wipe away without any trouble.
Oh, and I should probably mention that RegSeeker is such an efficient little tool! I definitely recommend running it every once in a while, especially after you uninstall software or games. Most built-in uninstallers rarely do a thorough enough job of cleaning up the registry themselves, you know?🙂
vividstag31 said:You know what the best way to defrag the Pagefila is?
You just jump into DOS, wipe it clean, and then boot back into Windows. 😁
Well, I mean, that’s basically how it works, I guess, but there’s actually this Sysinternals freeware little tool that handles everything perfectly right before the system boots up! 👍
Don't go getting mad at me now (I told you right away! 😉 )
I mean, you're lucky if everything is still intact... but honestly, everything we were just talking about still applies. Those are just facts, and what happened to you is just plain weird 😁
See, any Windows user knows that if Windows is actually behaving the way it's supposed to, then something is definitely wrong 😁
vividstag31 said:But which partition are we talking about here? Is it FAT32 or NTFS?
Well, since I'm running a multi-boot setup, I went with FAT32. Why? Just so I can set up all my other operating systems to use the exact SAME partition for swap. See, if you use NTFS, those NTFS permissions get locked onto the pagefile.sys by whichever OS grabs the partition first, and then the second one can't overwrite it. With FAT32, you don't have to deal with any of those annoying file permission headaches...
I actually set mine myself. I used a fixed value, so the minimum and maximum are basically identical.