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  1. This was a tough one, but I managed to prove my theory that XP can beinstalled last and still added to the bootloader. It was simple to do
    with two cmd lines, but damn hard to find and figure out.

    My
    first problem getting Vista off of XP (I didn't want to use
    VistaBootPro in solving this puzzle) so I could add XP after the Vista
    install without any traces of it left from the bootloader. I could have
    reinstalled XP and cleaned it up, but a little research revealed a much
    quicker way with bootsect.exe. The syntax is:

    E:\boot\bootsect.exe
    /nt52 ALL /force (E is your Vista install DVD). The ALL is all systems
    older than Vista. Ignore the errors from your USB drives. It basically
    switches XP from Vista BOOTMGR to the older NTLDR.

    Having a
    cleaned up XP I installed Vista on my second freshly formated drive
    with the XP drive disconnected. This of course was to keep Vista from
    besmirching it with the bootloader. Install went fine and after
    reconnecting XP, I could boot either OS by selecting the appropriate
    drive in BIOS.

    However this isn't what I was after; I still
    needed to get a bootloader onto XP somehow AFTER installing Vista. I
    couldn't get Vista install to do the job without doing a clean install
    on the old Vista, and that would be cheating as I would make XP the
    previous system. An upgrade would only upgrade XP and not Vista.

    I
    was about to give up when the thoughs of the "bootsect.exe" was
    whispering to me about something on the screen when I used it,
    something about "restoraton tool." Whoa! I quickly opend a CMD and
    typed:
    E:\boot\bootsect.exe /? and got the following:
    bootsect {/help|/nt60|/nt52} {SYS|ALL|:} [/force]Boot sector restoration tool

    Bootsect.exe updates the master boot code for hard disk partitions in order to
    switch between BOOTMGR and NTLDR. You can use this tool to restore the boot
    sector on your computer.

    Run "bootsect /help" for detailed usage instructions.
    Wow!
    There is was!!! Now I see I need /help instead of /?. Which I did, and
    came up with detailed instructions. Now by this time I copies the
    bootsect.exe to my root dir where it was handy. Why was this such a
    secret. Here is what I used to install the boot loader, two simple
    lines:

    C:\>bootsect.exe /nt52 C: /force (for XP just to be sure it is NTLDR)
    C:\>bootsect.exe /nt60 D: /force (to fix Vista)

    For reference here is the help file displayed for bootsect.exe, the boot sector restoration tool.


    CODE
    C:\>f:\boot\bootsect.exe /help



    bootsect {/help|/nt60|/nt52} {SYS|ALL|:} [/force]



    Boot sector restoration tool



    Bootsect.exe updates the master boot code for hard disk partitions in order to

    switch between BOOTMGR and NTLDR. You can use this tool to restore the boot

    sector on your computer.



    /help Displays these usage instructions.



    /nt52 Applies the master boot code that is compatible with NTLDR to SYS,

    ALL, or . The operating system installed on SYS, ALL, or

    must be older than Windows Vista.



    /nt60 Applies the master boot code that is compatible with BOOTMGR to SYS,

    ALL, or . The operating system installed on SYS, ALL, or

    must be Windows Vista or WindowsServer "Longhorn".



    SYS Updates the master boot code on the system partition used to boot

    Windows.



    ALL Updates the master boot code on all partitions. ALL does not

    necessarily update the boot code for each volume. Instead, this

    option updates the boot code on volumes that could be used as Windows

    boot volumes, which excludes any dynamic volumes that are not

    connected with an underlying disk partition. This restriction is

    present because boot code must be located at the beginning of a disk

    partition.



    Updates the master boot code on the volume associated with this

    drive letter. Boot code will not be updated if either 1)

    is not associated with a volume or 2) is

    associated with a volume not connected to an underlying disk

    partition.



    /force Forcibly dismounts the volume(s) during the boot code update. You

    should use this option with caution.



    If Bootsect.exe cannot gain exclusive volume access then the file

    system may overwrite the boot code before the next reboot.

    Bootsect.exe always attempts to lock and dismount the volume before

    each update. When /force is specified, a forced dismount is attempted

    if the initial lock attempt fails. A lock can fail, for example, if

    files on the target volume are currently opened by other programs.



    When successful, a forced dismount allows exclusive volume access and

    a reliable boot code update even though the initial lock failed. At

    the same time, a forced dismount invalidates all open handles to files

    on the target volume. This could result in unexpected behavior from

    the programs that opened these files. Therefore, you should use this

    option with caution.



    Example:



    To apply the master boot code that is compatible with NTLDR to the volume

    labeled E:, use the following command:



    bootsect /nt52 E:



    C:\>

    Apparently the /nt60 must also cause
    bootsect.exe to modify the BCDedit. Damn why does Microsoft hide this
    wonderful stuff. Well probably because using the /force can be
    dangerous too.


    Thanks for Sandi. http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

  2. This thread contains a list of all software that has been found to be compatible with Vista 64-bit. Note this is software only, not hardware/drivers! All suggestions can be edited into this Wiki and new categories created if necessary. Please add your forum username to additions to this list. Hopefully this will be a great resource for Vista x64 users! All changes need to be approved before they become active. Once you have made revisions to this document, a member of staff will receive a PM asking for approval.System UtilitiesArconis True Image 10 (64-bit) - ZnodUltimateZip 2007 (32-bit mode) - Fat JonnyCleanMyPC Registry Cleaner - ZnodWinRAR - ZnodPassMark Performance Test - ZnodPerfect Disk - ZnodCPU-Z - ZnodEverest Ultimate - Znod (Beta as I recall is what I am using)Disk State (from Acronis) - ZnodProcmon - ZnodBit-9 File Advisor - Znodprocexp - Znodlight scribe qick label printer - skythsure thing lable printer - skythSureThing CD Labeler Deluxe 5 - jmh1783Eclipse (install outside Program Files (x86) or it won't run) - jmh1783Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 - YoniVMWare Workstation - YoniTuneUp Utilities 2007 - Yoni (Registry Cleaner ++)WinUtilities 5.2 - Yoni (Registry Cleaner ++)Safeboot whole disk encryption, Business only - llistaOfficeMS Office Ultimate - Znodmicrosoft office 2003 - skythAdobe Reader 7.0 - ZnodBullZip PDF Printer - Fat JonnyMedia PlayersGBPVR (to download tv guide listings must run as admin) - jmh1783Real Alternative (32-bit mode) - Fat JonnyMovie/Image EditingPaintDotNet (great--free) - ZnodAdobe Photoshop CS3 - LCarterAdobe Lightroom - LCarterAdobe Illustrator CS3 - LCarterVueScan (64bits) - LCarterAutopano Pro - LCarterphotoshop cs 2 - skythmacromedia flash 8 - skythUlead VideoStudio 10 Plus - jmh1783Music ProductionAdobe Audition 1.5 - PLEXUSCamel Audio Phat - PLEXUSNI Absynth 3 - PLEXUSFL Studio 7 - PLEXUSRgc Z3TA VSTi - PLEXUSSpectrasonics Atmosphere - PLEXUSWaves Diamond Plugins - PLEXUSNetwork ToolsSmartFTP (64-bit) - Fat JonnyuTorrent (32-bit mode) - Fat JonnyConvertXtoDVD (32-bit mode) - Fat JonnyLimewire - PLEXUSCD/DVD ToolsDaemon Tools 4.08 (64-bit) - Fat JonnyAshampoo Burning Studio 6 (32-bit mode) - Fat JonnyPower DVD Deluxe - ZnodPower2Go Burn 5.0 - Znodnero (most versions) - skythBurn4free (FREE!) - Fat JonnyUltimate CD/DVD Burner (FREE!) - Fat JonnyimgBURN (FREE!) - Fat JonnyDVD Region+CSS Free - Fat JonnyIFOedit - Fat JonnyDVD Shrink - Fat JonnySecurityAvast Anti-virus (64-bit) - Fat JonnySphinx Vista Firewall Control (64-bit) - Fat JonnyNOD32 - ZnodAd-Aware SE Plus - ZnodAVG 7.5 Professional - PLEXUSSpywareBot 1.5 - PLEXUSNorton Internet Security 2007 - YoniSpyware Terminator - YoniGamesMicrosoft Flight Simulator X (32-bit mode) - Fat JonnyFarCry (64-bit) - CostabunnyHalf Life 2 (64-bit) - ZippygitSims 2 (plus all expansion packs!) - jeffc418Championship Manager 5 - PLEXUSRome Total War / Barbarian invasion - skythBattlefield 2142 - skythBattlefield 2 - skythcall of duty - skythcall of duty 2 - skythcall of duty united offensive - skythMedieval II: Total War - jeffc418Myst IV Revelations - jmh1783Galactic Civilization II - jmh1783Warcraft 3 - PantoniousWorld of Warcraft - PantoniousDawn of Magic - PantoniousSupreme Commander - PantoniousUnreal Tournament 2004 - PantoniousOtherSkype - ZnodLogitech Laser Keyboard/Mouse Control Panel - ZnodLogitech Quick Cam Control Panel - ZnodATI Radeon X1650 XT Control Panel - ZnodFirefox (duh!) - ZnodJava SE Runtime 6 - ZnodTerratec DMX 6FIRE Control Panel - PLEXUSgoogle earth - skythVopt8 - jmh1783Apache Tomcat 5.5 - jmh1783Total Commander 7 - PantoniousVLC Player - PantoniousCamtasia Studio 4 - YoniAddress Book 1.0 Beta 3 - Yoni (Mac Address Book for Windows)


  3. You can watch videos on YouTube, but you may want to save them off-line for later viewing, this is not possible by default. Although there is a free program that allows you to download videos from YouTube. The name of this program is YouTube downloader, download it from here > http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

    Some sites will give you a direct link to download the video, but this program just needs the video's URL in YouTube then it will save the video in either FLV, MPEG, or AVI file format for you. You may watch the videos downloaded in Windows Media Player. This program is adware, malware, popup, and registration free. It can also download from Google videos, and supports proxies.

    Credits: Original.


  4. Some Useful [saved Film Clips] TipsSaved Film Clips are a very popular way to cut down your Saved Films into smaller chunks where the actual clip is located. After watching numerous videos in this Forum, the Halo 3 Videos Forum, I have noticed many problems people have been running into with Saved Film Clips.1. No ReticleI have seen a few videos where the reticule is missing. While un-zoomed it may not be a huge difference, once you do zoom-in with your sniper of BR, the entire middle portion of the screen is blank and simply appears closer and larger than before. For some reason Saved Film Clips do take what I like to call the Reticule/Scope away. To fix this, simple play your Saved Film Clip. Once the video begins, hit A to pause the video. Then, click Y to go into flying camera camera mode, then hit Y again to go to the 3rd person point of view. Now in 3rd person, hit the right thumbstick (or zoom-in for all others with a different controller setup), and there you have it. You will be in the 1st person point of view, and the reticule will be there, along with the scope and all when you zoom-in.2. Progress BarThis is the thing that most annoys me. The small blue bar usually located in the upper-middle portion of the screen is what I call the Progress Bar. Because it looks so out of place, I recommend hiding it. To do so, hit B once the video begins and the Progress Bar will be hidden.3. Announcer VoiceIf you play your Saved Film Clip normally all the way through, the Announcer Voice should be heard in the audio. However, once you rewind or go back in your clip at all, you will no longer be able to hear the Announcer Voice. Unfortunately, the only way to get the Voice back is to restart the Saved Film Clip and watch it without ever rewinding.4. Automatic Fast ForwardNow, this applies to Saved Films rather than Saved Film Clips. To fast forward, everyone knows, you hold the right trigger. Today while skimming through the Bungie Q&A, I came upon a nifty little trick. If you don't want to hold down the right trigger to get to a certain spot in your Saved Film, simply press Start while you are holding fast forward, then hit B to return to the Saved Film. Now the video will automatically fast forward without you pressing a thing. (Thanks to Bungie for this one).5. Loading Maps & Capturing(Thanks to Surge Ery for reminding me of this)Each time you select a Saved Film Clip, it must load before you can view it. This is not because the clip is loading, it is because the map is loading. For instance, if you have an awesome Triple Kill on Guardian and you select it, Guardian must load before you may view the clip (This applies to all maps obviously. Also, notice that larger maps take more time!). A great method of capturing all of your clips is going through your list of Saved Film Clips and capturing all clips on a certain map, then moving to the next map and so on. This is a great method because once you have loaded a map, that map does not need to be loaded again (Unless you switch from Map A to Map B and then back to Map A). Combining these five tips can help you achieve a clean, good-looking video in a shorter amount of time.Credits: Reid.

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