[CBC]

damian666, on Oct 2 2008, 02:32 AM, said:

hmm... so you tell me there is nothing uninstalled??? O.o

what AV where you running? most AV's block autoit scripts you know...

and uninstall of the font should work without problems man... thats just a simple case of regentry and filecopy...
nothing fance or anything so...

hmm, some more info please...

Damian666

@smiley, like wauw man, those are nice
thanx alot

Well, ran the uninstall.exe from the folder, as there wasn't one in the Start Menu folder for it, and saw the icon list as it supposedly removed everything. Both login & logoff screen remain as do all icons. The font seems to show solely in Thunderbird, but have tried changing the font within it & it doesn't change.
I use Avast free a/v, along with Superantispyware & Comodo firewall.
I'm by no means an expert on these type of apps, but I have used Xpize, Bricopacks etc without issues in the past.
I really dig the look of this one, & only want to figure out why it didn't give me a configure option after install & why it won't completely uninstall. Perhaps I should shut off all "protect" apps & do a reinstall?
Appreciate any help, with thanks

[damian666]

so you have run the uninstaller directly, without using the patcher???

dude, why the hell do you think i hide that uninstaller??? O.o

your not supposed to run that yourself...

****... that means your f***ed...
no way of uninstalling anymore man, you just deleted the backupfiles...

i really dont know what to do now man... didnt you read the helpfile?

Damian666

[CBC]

damian666, on Oct 2 2008, 10:55 AM, said:

so you have run the uninstaller directly, without using the patcher???

dude, why the hell do you think i hide that uninstaller??? O.o

your not supposed to run that yourself...

****... that means your f***ed...
no way of uninstalling anymore man, you just deleted the backupfiles...

i really dont know what to do now man... didnt you read the helpfile?

Damian666

I wrote:
However, I wanted to revert back to the non-custom font, but when I tried to run the VistaPack.exe to select uninstall custom font, it got an error msg & it would not open

I looked in the Start menu folder for it & tried to run the Vistapack, but it just crashed.

oh well, no worries, looks like I will just wipe the drive & reinstall XP & use something else next time.
Thanks for your help.

[CBC]

Just curious...if I were to reinstall VistaPack again, would it repair what's broken, or further bollocks it?

[mara-]

CBC, on Oct 2 2008, 06:49 PM, said:

Just curious...if I were to reinstall VistaPack again, would it repair what's broken, or further bollocks it?

No it would not repair it because when you install Vista Pack it create backup of original files, but since you uninstalled it backups were removed and now you can not restore to previous state.

@damian666

Hey, sorry for not responding on MSN, my brother ways using computer, not me.

Cheers

[CBC]

ok, thanks for your reply

[damian666]

@CBC , if only you would have waited for me to fix it for ya, instead of trying to figure it out...

i am sorry man, really i am...
but i am still curious about which error it gave you...

and yeah, mara is right, it would f*** it up more man.
so or you just wait for windows update to update the files. which will revert it back...
or you reinstall the pack, knowing you can never ever get your old XP back, but atleast you have a nice look on your PC.

thats all man
i cant offer you anymore help, sorry...

@Mara, oh thats cool man, to bad

Damian666

[CBC]

Damian

No worries. I should have written down the error msg in the first place & asked the question then, before trying to muck around with it .
I seem to be having some weird ACPI issues (XP won't shut down on command , just restarts again)
so I need to wipe the drive anyways & start over, so THIS time I will patch my XP CD with VistaPack first, then just not use the custom font.
Love the transparent taskbar! Cheers for the nice job on this!

[damian666]

ok, cool man

let me know if you find any errors ok? before trying stuff please

Have fun...

Damian666

[Ninho]

Damian, I've been wondering if it would be possible to download the original bitmap (desktop background) WITHOUT the "Windows 2000 Professional" (or any other) logo ?

I love the image and would like to use it on a windows 98 box I'm rebuilding for my wife. I suppose one could remove or blurr the logo by doctoring the image somehow in a painting program, but I'm really nothing close to an artist, no more so with electronic brushes !

The image is needed for personal use on my computer(s). Would there be copyright problems ?

Regards...

This post has been edited by Ninho: 03 October 2008 - 11:38 AM

[damian666]

no man, its a wallpaper from m$, there you can also download it
no problem whatsoever IMHO

Damian666

[Ninho]

damian666, on Oct 3 2008, 11:55 PM, said:

no man, its a wallpaper from m$, there you can also download it
Damian666

Ah, good thing then. Apologies for being so dense, that bitmapped image doesn't seem to come with Win 2k Pro.
Where then am I supposed to be able to download it from ? MS websites are so vast and hopelessly unbrowsable for content where you don't have a download URL :=(

[damian666]

well, originally its a wallpaper from windows vista, so the vista site is your best guess...

but that would have the vista brand on it, we just reformed it to 2000

Damian666

[Ninho]

damian666, on Oct 4 2008, 02:04 PM, said:

but that would have the vista brand on it, we just reformed it to 2000

Oh, I see, sorry again : I'll have to try and doctor that picture by myself then.
Case closed.

--
Ninho

[CBC]

Decided to leave things as is & just put up w/ my PSU shutoff issue, so no-reinstall at this time.

I gotta say Damian, this VistaPack is SWEEET looking! Everything just POPs now. Very nice!

[CBC]

alright, well having to keep manually shut down my PC each time finally got to me, so last night I wiped the drive & reinstalled my Nlited XP Pro/SP3 & got my ACPI working correctly.
I also re-installed VistaPack BEFORE any A/V interference, patched, selected extras, and rebooted, all good.
AND I read thru the Helpfile!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I CAN run the Patcher, but ONLY if I turn off my Avast Home Edition (free) A/V first. I tried to write a rule to exculde the vistapack.exe, so I no longer get the virus warning, but now get this error
I would really like to avoid having to pay for a/v if possible . Any way to get a workaround?

Attached File(s)

•  vistapack.jpg (28.7K)
  Number of downloads: 14

This post has been edited by CBC: 05 October 2008 - 12:31 PM

[damian666]

well, due to the scriptlanguage i use, you wont have a choice, dont use vistapack reloader, or get a good AV

now if you really dont want to spend any money...
i am sure there other ways to get a AV for free...
but thats all up to you...
i dont support that, and neither does MSFN, but hee...
its your PC, and you decide what to do with it

damian666

[CBC]

LOL..yah well...seeing as I don't need to access the patcher very often, I think I will just stay cheap & turn off Avast if the need arises


cheers,

[ahonder]

contain trojan viruses in the zip file

[damian666]

pffffffffffff, now i am getting really tired of this s***...

there is no virus in the pack, its made in autoit, which is flagged as a virus, its called a false positive...

instead of posting crap like this, you should first think about it...
or even try it out on virustotal, then if your still convinced of a virus, you can post...

just get a good AV, only stupid free AV's flag autoit as a virus...

Damian666

btw, you didnt even read the above dialog we just had man...
there you could see it was told allready...

This post has been edited by damian666: 12 October 2008 - 03:18 AM