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    [Request] DirectX 10 for XP

    in Addon Discussion

    Posted

    no offense, but you seem to be very oppininated over something you havent tried...

    coincidentally, im just as opinionated over rootkits, trojans, email spam, viruses, spyware and rogue software. but thats just me.

    and thats not the original source for the project, links can be found anywhere...

    then where did it originate? other than random rapidshare links and forum spam, ive never seen this anywhere other than the link i referred to.

    i totally agree that dx10 is not superior to dx9 in anyway. but i would hardly call dx an important windows component.

    ok, first lets go ahead and assume this directx10 for xp thing doesnt completely wreck the directx files that xp comes with, wreaking total havok on xp's graphical system...how certain can you really be that these files arent doing something else? malware can sit in just about any folder and do damage, and personally i would rather not have any suspect files in a folder that is linked to core windows processes (which i believe would qualify directx as an important windows component. if you dont feel the same way, go ahead and yank out your graphics card).

    and funny how on that same page, they link to the alky project libraries/runtimes.

    that page also references several other pages, one of which was shut down due to a DMCA violation (the true mark of trustworthiness when installing any piece of software).

    actually, my friends and i, have tested dx10 against dx9 on my website (holy sh**, with comparison screenshots). the visible differences are slight at best, but the main noticable effect of dx10 is an fps boost of ~10 fps. this isnt enough to convince me to use it, but let the gamers decide for themselves....

    jessica alba is sitting in my lap right now, completely naked. and without any photographical proof, my statement holds just as much merit as yours.

    [Request] DirectX 10 for XP

    in Addon Discussion

    Posted

    "written by a guy who poisons bittorrent networks with ratio cheating clients "

    just wondering where you got this info...

    http://leechermods.blogspot.com/2008/04/di...windows-xp.html

    ^this is the link to the newest "XP" version of directx 10. almost everything on the site is either a torrent/emule client leecher mod or some form of warez. someone has also been spamming other forums with rapidshare links for "directx 10 for xp".

    and how is this much different from wanting the sidebar on XP?

    because the sidebar for xp installation doesnt overwrite any windows system files or inject itself into any important windows components. it only contains modified vista files and software that allows the sidebar to run under xp. "directx 10 for xp" adds files to the directx framework and fundamentally alters the way windows processes graphics. now ill be the first to point out that directx is basically a joke pieced together by microsoft to trick gamers into buying vista, but think about this for a second: when you really think about it, what are the odds that some random warez junkie managed to emulate directx 10 on windows xp, when Rafael and the Alky Project couldnt accomplish the same thing in well over a year?

    notice that no one has posted any screenshots or videos of this actually installed and working on an xp computer...

    [REQUEST] Terminal Server Patch for XP

    in Addon Discussion

    Posted

    all the utility does is replace termsrv.dll in the system32 folder with a patched one, so a simpler solution might be to just replace this file on your install disk:

    1. use a program like 7-zip or winrar to extract the above utility. one of the folders will contain the termsrv.dll

    2. download a program called "eXPander" (search wincert, i think theres an old post somewhere about it, along with instructions on how to use it)

    3. use eXPander to compress termsrv.dll. if done correctly, youll get a file called "TERMSRV.DL_"

    4. find this file on your XP disk and overwrite it with the one you just created

    5. continue with your disk as you normally would (rvm integrator, nlite, etc) and install windows XP.

    please be cautioned: using this file may cause windows file protection to complain. also, this is not a truly patched file, but literally the same one from beta 2055 of XP SP2...meaning any security updates released for terminal services after SP2 came out will probably be nullified.

    I just called HP

    in Funny Lounge

    Posted

    hp computers come with a recovery partition on the hard drive, as well as the option to burn recovery disks from this same data. and installing over the OEM vista install may very well void the warranty. this practice may be a bit shady, but i can understand it...cost for the additional windows dvd's, additional support problems, etc.

    [Request] DirectX 10 for XP

    in Addon Discussion

    Posted

    okay well here's my mindset:

    option 1 - i can trust a single executable from a random warez site to install "supposed" subpar directx 10 files, which will then take priority over legitimate directx files

    option 2 - on the off-chance that i want to buy one of the handful of "vista-only" games, i can download a patch for that game from a release group

    im all for freedom of information, but unless theres some analysis done on this (and subsequent PROOF it isnt a complete hoax), i think it might be time for a thread cleanup.

    [Request] DirectX 10 for XP

    in Addon Discussion

    Posted · Edited by runningfool

    so basically what youre saying is that some random warez releaser managed to get emulation for directx 10 working, accomplishing what the ENTIRE LINUX COMMUNITY has been struggling to get WINE/Cedega to do with ANY version of directx for over a decade.

    checking the setup information links this back to someone called AxMan, and to a website that releases "leecher mods" for bittorrent and emule. this whole thing seems really suspicious, and i would advise anyone who is actually considering installing it to test it in a virtual machine...you never know what nasty little surprises are going to pop up down the road when you use something from the warez scene, especially an exe.

    @dude-uk: how can you be sure it works if youre running vista ultimate in the first place?

    Windows XP Service Pack 3 Build 5512 Final *Official*

    in Microsoft Windows XP

    [Request] DirectX 10 for XP

    in Addon Discussion

    Posted

    directx 10 for xp is a warez scam that was started on the vietnamese-hosted rapidsh*t spamming farm known as 9down.com. additionally, it is completely unnecessary because:

    1. spend a decent amount of time searching on torrent and game sites, and youll find that there are patches for just about every one of the small number of vista-only games out there.

    2. this may come as a shock to a few of you, but directx 10 is WORSE than directx 9. there are a few proof-of-concept propaganda images floating around the 'net showing off dx10's alleged "superiority", but in reality this propaganda is simply not the case (they are not actual screenshots from games, but rather artist renditions). much in the same way the WMA encoder distorts audio by reducing the dynamic range and amplifying the volume of the high and low-frequency tones in an audio stream to create the false sense of higher quality, directx 10 uses a similar method to "amplify" physics and colorization: color contrast is boosted slightly in the attempt to make graphics look more "real" but in reality yield an image that looks more cartoonish than it would on directx 9. the changes in physics are more complicated, but essentially a small amount of blur is added during periods of motion...directx 9 processes and displays motion more naturally, while directx 10 exaggerates motion, giving it a bit of artistic flair. finally, take into consideration the small number of graphics cards that support dx10, and the even smaller number that will be out when dx10.1 is released...and since a large percentage of these cards are manufactured by NVIDIA, i dont think there is much room to argue that directx 10 isnt a complete joke.

    so...yeah. kind of a waste of time.

    PC Complete Cleanup

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    once a week:

    -LCD screen cleaning gel to clean hi-def laptop monitor

    every few months or so:

    -blow compressed air into fans to clean dust, then keyboard

    -mixture of hydrogen peroxide and water used to clean keyboard and case

    -CD/DVD laser lens cleaning disk, to brush off anything that might be on the lens

    once a year, or less:

    -open up laptop, check thermal compound on CPU and GPU and replace as necessary

    once WINE and Cedega have matured:

    -Slackware!!!

    weird theming/icon problem, anyone else ever had this happen to them?

    in Software Field

    Posted · Edited by runningfool

    nope, still there :(

    the only thing that was unchecked before i made the change was "use common tasks in folders". if it helps, i noticed that the problem goes away if i go to "display properties --> appearance --> advanced --> selected items" and change this color back to the default theme value. BUT i used to be able to change this color without the icons screwing up.

    this is really starting to frustrate me...

    weird theming/icon problem, anyone else ever had this happen to them?

    in Software Field

    Posted

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    ok, this one is weird...whenever i highlight icons, a certain portion of them turns this ugly green color. it does this regardless of the color of the file's icon. im almost positive the problem is rooted in something stylexp did to my uxtheme.dll file: i compared file hashes from the uxtheme i have now and the one on my XP install disk and they dont match up. also the one on my disk is almost twice the size.

    i tried going into safe mode and overwriting the uxtheme file with the one on my install disk, but after rebooting explorer refuses to start...says it cant even find uxtheme.dll. any ideas??

    Windows XP Service Pack 3 Build 5512 Final *Official*

    in Microsoft Windows XP

    Posted

    SP3 went final on the 21st, leaked to the masses on the 22nd. since the 21st there have been 3 SP3 releases floating around:

    1) a bogus one pieced together by the release group "Zero Waiting Time"

    2) one signed by microsoft and confirmed to be SP3 RTM, but only downloadable from a 3rd-party site

    3) a second one signed by microsoft and confirmed to be RTM, downloadable from microsoft's own website

    the MD5 hashes from #2 and #3 match up, but #3 adds the piece of mind of knowing you downloaded directly from microsoft. btw, the link that Dark_Knignt put up is for #3 :dancing:

    [Request] Ubuntu Hardy Heron XP Theme

    in Graphics Showcase

    Posted · Edited by runningfool

    ubuntu 8.04 was just released, and there are some pretty impressive themes that have either been proposed or are already planned to be included in version 8.10.

    so my question is, using this as a starting point (not that i would ever condone ripping off someone else's work) and doing a few color swaps and hue shifts in photoshop, could some kind soul out there possibly make an xp theme that looks something like this? if nothing else, it would be nice to get a theme similar to illumecg but with a brown-orange-beige color swap...

    also, here's a svg replacement for the vista start orb that could be used.

    thanks in advance to anyone who can help out.

    I have OC'ed my MicroPC :)

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    i run 64-bit windows xp, nLite'd to hell. after it was installed, i edited explorer.exe shell32.dll and several other important system files manually, solely to tweak a few UI aspects i didnt like. i dont run a firewall (other than the hardware firewall in my wireless router), which might be bad since i frequently take my laptop on the road and connect to random wireless hotspots. i also dont have any antivirus or antispyware running in the background. i run the absolute newest version of every piece of software i have...we're talking pre-alphas and nightly builds here. my graphics card is overclocked to the highest it will go without annoying yellow lines showing up and distoriting videos and games. my processor is constantly being pushed to its limit, since i do intensive video encoding jobs whenever i have the opportunity. i torrent so heavily that the internet service in my entire apartment complex has been cut off in an attempt to find out who the hell is using all that bandwidth and what theyre using it for (thank you peerguardian :) ). the only user account i have on windows is the administrator account, renamed "Root" to make it even more obvious. also i use a blank password and my away message on AIM/IRC/Jabber is usually my IP address, just to taunt my more computer-savvy friends.

    the only BSOD ive ever had happened when i disabled the paging file to see what would happen. i almost never see any software crash or hiccup, and the closest anyone has ever come to "hacking" me was a friend who said i was connected to a port i knew was closed, using a program id never heard of.

    HA! :P

    Installed IE8, now I can't disable the menu bar?

    in Microsoft Windows XP

    Posted

    so today i decided to install internet explorer 8 beta 1, which went fine. the only problem is that after installing it, IE8 refuses to let me disable the menu bar. going to "View-->Toolbars-->Menu Bar" and clicking it does nothing; the option isnt greyed out, i just cant uncheck it.

    i undid every change i made in group policy editor, so my best guess is that the problem is rooted in some obscure registry setting. also, uninstalling IE8 and going back to IE7 does not solve the problem. this isnt a huge deal since i use firefox 3 and only open internet explorer on patch tuesday...but im obsessive about UI stuff like this so if anyone knows of a fix i would really appreciate the help.

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