Posts by Revenent

Not promoting pirating or whatnot, but you can save the activation file from previous activations, and then plunk it on your computer after a rebuild. Assuming minimal hardware changes, you won't have to activate it, as Windows XP...

If you want to know the technical way of doing what you want... http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ad0ec4.xml.asp Basically, it looks like the event is available at the driver level, but not at the application level. So you...

So nobody but Shinza themselves sell the ZeroShock? Tried a quick Google and didn't find anything, but just wanted to make sure here.

If you're bored, you could try downloading Registry Monitor from SysInternal, kill mhotkey.exe, then restart it, and see what registry keys and values it tries to read. Maybe that'll help you in figuring out what it does.

I've got 6 to give out as well, PM for one.

Quote: Originally Posted by suryad <snip> All I can say is that with almost unlimited money that they have and resources, they surely could do better whether it be on the OS or on their service packs. SPs are...

And here we have the crux of the issue: what are you willing to pay for security? The improved security might cause a performance hit - but would you rather have a small (or possibly large - in cases where there are true performance...

Actually, not really. Both are based of the NT-style "engine" - ie. they're both based of the Win32 core with minimal Win16 bits. There are some kernel differences, but not enough to say it's a completely different...

Hmmmm - OK, I've been programming since I was 7, built my own computers, work at computer company, gets tagged for tech support every freakin' time I visit my parents. So am I a geek or a nerd? I don't think I'm completely socially...