lokoike Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 My biggest gripe is when you click on the more info link in an Events Viewer error message the Help and Support page says we cuurently have no information regarding this error or something to that effect. I figure this really means: We forgot we created both the problem and the error message. We're lying. We don't like you and we don't have to. That's for us to know and you to find out (which you never will). This error message refers to a problem that is really, really bad so we don't people knowing what it is. (bad Jack Nicholson impersonation) The error? You can't handle the error! We're ignoring you. Go away. All of the above! You know, Mike, you really ought to consider writing an OS yourself. Even if it did f*** up all the time, nobody would be able to complain about it, because they would be too preoccupied with dying from heart attacks caused by fits of fierce chortling and guffawing due to reading your error descriptions. And I hope you haven't forgotten that you owe me an animated gif! Snap to it, lest I smite you with numerous italicized ASCII characters!! Save a tree, eat a beaver. Save a tree, wipe with an owl. Every time a bell rings, a thread gets hijacked! ding, ding! Give Andavari lots of money and maybe even consider getting K a DVD-RW drive. If it's not Scottish, IT'S CRAP!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted March 13, 2006 Author Moderators Share Posted March 13, 2006 Agreed! What would Mike's OS be called though? Funny OS 2006, ROFL OS 2006. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
englishmen Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 I suggest all of you who's annoyances are software, i suggest you get nlite, some of the more well known items i have removed include outlook, MSN Explorer, Windows Media Player, Windows Media Player 6.4, Help, Tour, Command-Line tools, Movie Maker, Luna Theme, Windows Sounds and every single non English language and keyboard layout. I have attached my current nlite config file which is a full list of everything i choose to remove via nlite. While you have to copy the contents of your xp disc to you machine, choose what you want to remove with nlite. Then let if create a iso of which you burn, then reinstall windows it is definitely worth it. I am forever ticking a few more things for removal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agumon Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 i dont like the clock thing in the notification area... i prefer it is able to show both time and date... --==aGumon==-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Its just such a shame to have all this stuff. Ideally, I would like to properly get rid of these programs: Outlook MovieMaker Windows Messenger And all these empty folders: microsoft frontpage msn gaming zone xerox Any help? Oh, and with nlite, can you just use it as an uninstaller, just select the programs you don't want, and it uninstalls them for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted March 15, 2006 Author Moderators Share Posted March 15, 2006 Windows Messenger is easy to remove, however it just requires a bit of manual removal steps as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
englishmen Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Oh, and with nlite, can you just use it as an uninstaller, just select the programs you don't want, and it uninstalls them for you? No, you have to copy the contents of a xp disc to your computer you then within nlite select what you want to remove it then recompiles the iso of which you burn, then just reinstall windows. If you are going to give it a go i suggest you also get vmware player so you can make sure that the basics work in your customized xp i.e. it boots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
res45 Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 nlite is a great program. Have you ever tired this site http://ryanvm.msfn.org/ where you can download all the accumulated MS patches and Hotfixes and incorporate it into the CD with nlite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
englishmen Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Yep i have been using that package for as long i have been using nlite, i tend to create a new nlite disc every few months and use that package to incorporate windows hot-fixes. I cant remember the last time i download a hot-fix from microsoft/auto-update it bust be over a year at least now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 I see, will use it in the future.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Don't know why, but every computer I have owned has that zerox file. If you delete it, it will clone. It is built into windows for some reason. Probably copywrite issues in the dim past. If it isn't broke, tweak it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted March 26, 2006 Author Moderators Share Posted March 26, 2006 Another annoyance: I'm on dial-up and for some reason from time to time Windows will forget my logon password. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krit86lr Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 I'm not sure if this is off topic or not. But this stupid NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager. I can't remove it. I broke it so that it wasn't annoying me anymore, but now I'm annoyed because I can't remove it. Windows Pro Media 8.1 x64 | 8GB Ram | 500G HDD 7200 RPM | All that I know about my graphics is that it's Intel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted March 26, 2006 Author Moderators Share Posted March 26, 2006 I can't remove it. I broke it so that it wasn't annoying me anymore, but now I'm annoyed because I can't remove it. Try Unlocker to delete it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krit86lr Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Try Unlocker to delete it. That's how I intentionally broke it, but it still is in my control panel. Now it just doesn't work, which is better...but somehow it still exists. grrr Windows Pro Media 8.1 x64 | 8GB Ram | 500G HDD 7200 RPM | All that I know about my graphics is that it's Intel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted March 26, 2006 Author Moderators Share Posted March 26, 2006 Run RegSeeker and search for a .cpl file that's related to it, maybe you'll find one maybe you won't, if you find it just rename such as "broken.cpl" to "broken-.cpl". You could then do a registry search for it using RegSeeker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krit86lr Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Run RegSeeker and search for a .cpl file that's related to it, maybe you'll find one maybe you won't, if you find it just rename such as "broken.cpl" to "broken-.cpl". You could then do a registry search for it using RegSeeker. Sorry for getting a bit off topic, but the only leftover pieces that I can find are the dll's. Should I go for it? Windows Pro Media 8.1 x64 | 8GB Ram | 500G HDD 7200 RPM | All that I know about my graphics is that it's Intel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted March 27, 2006 Author Moderators Share Posted March 27, 2006 Sorry for getting a bit off topic, but the only leftover pieces that I can find are the dll's. Should I go for it? Perhaps, and maybe not. However if it isn't installed properly I see no point in keeping the .dll's so long as another app isn't using them, remember to unregister those .dll's first and then run a few registry cleaners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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