[Multibooter]

I41Mar, on 21 September 2012 - 06:23 AM, said:

I think this is a possible download link for the 5° file in your list

Something wrong with your link, it doesn't work.

[jaclaz]

Multibooter, on 21 September 2012 - 10:14 AM, said:

I41Mar, on 21 September 2012 - 06:23 AM, said:

I think this is a possible download link for the 5° file in your list

Something wrong with your link, it doesn't work.

It looks like an old link.
This works:
http://wayback.archi...gcompact1.0.zip

jaclaz

[PROBLEMCHYLD]

After running the app from the link jaclaz and I41Mar posted, I got a 48% compession and a slightly quicker boot time. Thanks guys

[CharlotteTheHarlot]

I41Mar, on 21 September 2012 - 06:23 AM, said:

@ CharlotteTheHarlot

I think this is a possible download link for the 5° file in your list (contained inside the zipped exe file):
http://xoomer.virgil...gcompact1.0.zip

I41Mar

Yes, thank you! The executable in that installer in that zip is identical to 2000-12-01, of which I had no working links.

jaclaz, on 21 September 2012 - 10:36 AM, said:

Multibooter, on 21 September 2012 - 10:14 AM, said:

I41Mar, on 21 September 2012 - 06:23 AM, said:

I think this is a possible download link for the 5° file in your list

Something wrong with your link, it doesn't work.

It looks like an old link.
This works:
http://wayback.archi...gcompact1.0.zip

jaclaz

That is a strange thing!

If you click his link you get a parking page, if you copy the link ( the actual link, not the shown text ) and paste it into a new blank tab it directly downloads. They must have some script at that site that can discern between a clicked link and a pasted URL.

The link from Jaclaz also works ( but also from an interim page ) and is identical to the file from I41Mar.

I'll have to see if I can make it work as a direct URL in Post #2.

EDIT: still getting the interim parking page even using the URL that Opera saves in the 'Downloads' tab.

EDIT2: more strangely, Firefox returns: Server not found. Firefox can't find the server at xoom.virgilo.it.. Pasting the URL into a blank tab DOES work correctly, like Opera.

This post has been edited by CharlotteTheHarlot: 21 September 2012 - 11:57 AM

[jaclaz]

CharlotteTheHarlot, on 21 September 2012 - 11:44 AM, said:

If you click his link you get a parking page, if you copy the link ( the actual link, not the shown text ) and paste it into a new blank tab it directly downloads. They must have some script at that site that can discern between a clicked link and a pasted URL.

Yes, I can confirm this, it works (in a new tab) both in Opera and in Iron, it must be something connected with the "referrer", something similar to this:
http://www.msfn.org/...ost__p__1012283
(click on second link posted by cdob )

jaclaz

[egrabrych]

CharlotteTheHarlot, on 14 September 2012 - 04:55 PM, said:

RegCompact.exe ... 73,728 ... 1.0 ... 2000-11-18 - 19:59:26 ... 2000-11-18 - 19:59:26 ... Working OK! GUI=English ...... RegCompact1.0.exe (HERE)

Error 403 No hotlinking please

[Multibooter]

A direct download link is http://web.archive.o...gcompact1.0.zip

The link http://xoomer.virgil...gcompact1.0.zip , which I couldn't download directly via Firefox, downloads Ok with FlashGet v1.72.128. Somehow I seem to have a talent for picking out the alternatives which don't work.

The benefit of downloading from http://xoomer.virgil...gcompact1.0.zip with Flashget is that the original server upload date is maintained, which is 23-Jun-2007 8:04:40 AM. When downloading from web archive, somehow the file modification date is the current date.

[CharlotteTheHarlot]

egrabrych, on 21 September 2012 - 02:04 PM, said:

CharlotteTheHarlot, on 14 September 2012 - 04:55 PM, said:

RegCompact.exe ... 73,728 ... 1.0 ... 2000-11-18 - 19:59:26 ... 2000-11-18 - 19:59:26 ... Working OK! GUI=English ...... RegCompact1.0.exe (HERE)

Error 403 No hotlinking please

Yep, looks like that one is broke. No matter, just download the whole RAR instead. It has everything. I just updated it with the rest of the files too. That file will stay in place unless I hear a complaint from the author.

[TmEE]

10.01 seems to work with Regcompact and Irfanview... ?
http://tiido.rocketc...SeemsToWork.png
EDIT: Wrong topic, delete please

This post has been edited by TmEE: 22 September 2012 - 11:34 AM

[CharlotteTheHarlot]

Multibooter, on 21 September 2012 - 03:26 PM, said:

The benefit of downloading from http://xoomer.virgil...gcompact1.0.zip with Flashget is that the original server upload date is maintained, which is 23-Jun-2007 8:04:40 AM. When downloading from web archive, somehow the file modification date is the current date.

Multibooter, could you try downloading this file, Process Explorer v10.01 with FlashGet and let me know if the DateTime is preserved?

I've tried with a bunch of tools ( don't have FlashGet yet ) and always get today's date, so I suspect that the server doesn't co-operate by sending the necessary info for the touch. I figure if you cannot get it, then there is no way.

Thanks.

[Multibooter]

CharlotteTheHarlot, on 22 September 2012 - 06:12 PM, said:

could you try downloading this file, Process Explorer v10.01 with FlashGet and let me know if the DateTime is preserved? I've tried with a bunch of tools ( don't have FlashGet yet ) and always get today's date, so I suspect that the server doesn't co-operate by sending the necessary info for the touch. I figure if you cannot get it, then there is no way.

Hi CharlotteTheHarlot,

Strange result: the file modification date of Process Explorer.exe , when downloaded with FlashGet, is 22-Sep-2012 10:14:50 PM. The current date on my computer is 24-Sep-2012 7:11:50AM, so the file modification date cannot have been related somehow to my download date.

The file modification date may have been set to the date of the last download by somebody who does not use FlashGet. No idea why this is done.

MiTec EXE Explorer displays a timestamp of 8-Feb-2006 6:46:31 PM for the file and may be a more useful way of describing this particular version. When Process Explorer.exe is extracted with Universal Extractor v1.6.1.61 (gora), the date modified of some of the extracted files is also 8-Feb-2006, but 10:46:28AM (different hours, probably due to the time difference here in California), so the version date seems to be of 8-Feb-2006.

This post has been edited by Multibooter: 24 September 2012 - 08:36 AM

[CharlotteTheHarlot]

Multibooter, on 24 September 2012 - 08:33 AM, said:

Strange result: the file modification date of Process Explorer.exe , when downloaded with FlashGet, is 22-Sep-2012 10:14:50 PM. The current date on my computer is 24-Sep-2012 7:11:50AM, so the file modification date cannot have been related somehow to my download date.

The file modification date may have been set to the date of the last download by somebody who does not use FlashGet. No idea why this is done.

MiTec EXE Explorer displays a timestamp of 8-Feb-2006 6:46:31 PM for the file and may be a more useful way of describing this particular version. When Process Explorer.exe is extracted with Universal Extractor v1.6.1.61 (gora), the date modified of some of the extracted files is also 8-Feb-2006, but 10:46:28AM (different hours, probably due to the time difference here in California), so the version date seems to be of 8-Feb-2006.

Thanks for checking it out. Yeah, I'm just manually setting that Date/Time since it seems to make the most sense. I wish Mark kept an archive of the older versions ( sigh )

The moral of the story: always use ZIPs or similar for uploading files

[dencorso]

Multibooter, on 24 September 2012 - 08:33 AM, said:

MiTec EXE Explorer displays a timestamp of 8-Feb-2006 6:46:31 PM for the file and may be a more useful way of describing this particular version. When Process Explorer.exe is extracted with Universal Extractor v1.6.1.61 (gora), the date modified of some of the extracted files is also 8-Feb-2006, but 10:46:28AM (different hours, probably due to the time difference here in California), so the version date seems to be of 8-Feb-2006.

You both should try my little free console app PETmStp... It was intended to help precisely with such dating problems, when dealing with PE files.

dencorso, on 15 July 2012 - 08:49 PM, said:

This is just a heads up, because I released this tool in the Unattended Win2k forum...
To see the original release post, please do click in the curly arrow in the quotation box header below.

dencorso, on 11 July 2012 - 03:08 AM, said:

<snip> Well, here I am, back to the subject of PETimestamps... <snip>
[I have written] my own application for this, using an unambiguous format for the time and date string, and also presenting the hexadecimal unix time, together with the file name, all this in just one line. And it also supports "*.*", of course! I called it, rather unimaginatively, PETmStp (attached below), and here's hoping it will be as useful as I anticipated it should be. Please do report any bugs found.

PETmStp.7z

[CharlotteTheHarlot]

dencorso, on 24 September 2012 - 10:45 PM, said:

You both should try my little free console app PETmStp... It was intended to help precisely with such dating problems, when dealing with PE files.

Okay, gave it a whirl and extracted the date/time just fine.

>petmstp /?

PETmStp v1.0 Freeware by dencorso, 2012

Usage: PETmStp <filespec>

>petmstp ProcExp.exe

PETmStp v1.0 Freeware by dencorso, 2012

.\Procexp.exe is a PE file, which PE Timestamp is 0x43EA3C87 or Wed Feb 08, 2006 18:46:31 GMT

Is there a way to parse the output suitable for piping or plans to add it?

I can't think of any TOUCH commandline apps that directly do this like your utility does. But then again I haven't searched recently. I used to keep up with the FreeDos releases ( their TOUCH could copy another file's Date/Time ) but have slacked on this for the past few years. Anyone know of an exceptional CLI TOUCH?

[PROBLEMCHYLD]

I use TOUCH.EXE from MS resource kit. This is what I use to give the modded/patch files their original timestamp. If you look in SP3 you will find the tool along with the commands located in the PATCHES.BAT file. Since I'm posting from a phone, I can't help with links.

[CharlotteTheHarlot]

PROBLEMCHYLD, thanks for the tip.

The only TOUCH I found seems to be in the [1998-04-30] Win98rk. It is TOUCH.EXE v5.0.1754.1.

usage: TOUCH [/f] [/t year month day hour min sec] files
where:
/f - force file touch if read only
/t - specifies a specific time other than the current time.
/c - specifies to create the file if it does not exist.

I don't see a way to use the original PE timestamp though. I thought it might be undocumented and just ran it and unfortunately it merely sets the file to the current date/time.

I searched through all the following expanded SDK, utility and tool collections pretty much covering the entire Windows history, click the button ...

Spoiler

[0000-00-00]_SDK_Misc-Files-From-Setups_(EXPANDED)
[1995-08-03]_Win95_ResKit_Win95rk_(EXPANDED)
[1996-07-03]_Win95_Kernel-Toys_krnltoys_(EXPANDED)
[1996-09-27]_Win95_Power-Toys_powertoy_(EXPANDED)
[1998-01-27]_Win9x_pSdk_Platform-Sdk_200-300_(EXPANDED)
[1998-04-30]_Win98_ResKit_Win98rk_(EXPANDED)
[1998-12-30]_WinNT40_ResKit_sp4rk_i386_(EXPANDED)
[1999-05-25]_Win98_Ddk_Win98ddk_(EXPANDED)
[1999-12-02]_MSISDK11_v1.1_32-bit_WinALL_IntelSDK_(EXPANDED)
[2000-04-04]_Office-2000_v09_Resource-Kit-Tools_orktools_(EXPANDED)
[2001-08-23]_WinXP_Support-Tools_Deploy_(EXPANDED)
[2001-09-19]_Win2000(sp1)_SysPrep-Tool_v1.1_q257813_w2k_spl_x86_en_(EXPANDED)
[2001-12-03]_WinALL_pSdk_Windows_(Nov-2001)_PlatformSDK_(EXPANDED)
[2001-12-21]_WinCE_SDK_(EXPANDED)
[2002-07-23]_Win2000(sp3)_Support-Tools_sp3supporttools_(EXPANDED)
[2002-09-03]_WinXP(sp1)_Support-Tools_Deploy_(EXPANDED)
[2002-12-23]_WinXP_Powertoys-and-Resource-Kit-Miscellaneous_(EXPANDED)
[2003-03-25]_MSISDK20_v2.0_32-bit_WinALL_msisdk-common.3.0_(EXPANDED)
[2003-04-02]_Win2003_Administration-Tools-Pack_Adminpak_(EXPANDED)
[2003-04-14]_Win2000_ResKit_Win2krk_(EXPANDED)
[2003-04-18]_WinXP-Win2003_Resource-Kit_Support-Tools_Rktools_(EXPANDED)
[2003-04-24]_Win2003_ResKit_Win2k3rk_Plus-Updates_(EXPANDED)
[2003-06-19]_Win2000_Administration-Tools-Pack_Adminpak_(EXPANDED)
[2003-07-03]_Win2000(sp4)_CDROM_Support-Tools_Deploy_(EXPANDED)
[2003-09-04]_Office-2003_v11_Resource-Kit_ork_(EXPANDED)
[2004-08-12]_WinXP(sp2)_Support-Tools_Deploy_(EXPANDED)
[2004-08-21]_WinXP(Sp2)_pSdk_Platform-Sdk_(EXPANDED)
[2005-03-24]_Win2003(sp1)_Support-Tools_Deploy_Administration-Tools-Pack_(EXPANDED)
[2006-03-04]_Win2003_pSdk_523790207551.platformsdk_Svr2003r2_CDROM_(EXPANDED)
[2007-03-10]_Vista_Sdk_6160001638410.Feb2007update_DVD_(EXPANDED)
[2008-01-31]_Win2008_Sdk-60600118000367_NET-Framework-35_DVD_(EXPANDED)_Core
[2008-01-31]_Win2008_Sdk-60600118000367_NET-Framework-35_DVD_(EXPANDED)_Help
[2008-04-14]_WinXP(sp3)_Support-Tools_Deploy_(EXPANDED)
[2009-05-01]_Win2003(sp2)_Support-Tools_Deploy_Administration-Tools-Pack_(EXPANDED)

If anyone can think of any filenames other than "touch" I can easily search for it within that gigantic set of files since I have them all expanded.

[jaclaz]

CharlotteTheHarlot, on 25 September 2012 - 12:55 AM, said:

If anyone can think of any filenames other than "touch" I can easily search for it within that gigantic set of files since I have them all expanded.

I don't get it.
What you want is a "touch" like tool?
http://www.softtreet.../archive/47.htm
http://www.nirsoft.n...ils/nircmd.html

http://www.stevemiller.net/apps/
http://www.stevemill...ds/ctb10w32.zip

Frm the latter (working on WIn95 up to 7 ):

Quote

Touch for Win32, Version 1.0
Freeware by Steve P. Miller (stevemil@pobox.com). Copyright 1997.
Visit http://pobox.com/~stevemil for the latest version and other utilities.

Usage: touch [/s] [/h] [/p] [/q] [/v] [/c] [/m] [/a] [/r file]
[/d mm-dd[-[cc]yy]] [/t hh[:mm[:ss[.ms]]]] filespec ...

/s Process subdirectories.
/h Process hidden/system files/directories.
/p Prompt for each file (Yes/No/All/Quit). Ignored in view mode.
/q Quiet mode; Only display errors; Ignored in view mode.
/v View mode; Display times rather than set times.
/c View/set created time.
/m View/set modified time; Default if /a and /c are not specified.
/a View/set accessed time.
/r Reference file; Use this file's date and time to set other files.
/d Date: month, day, century, year.
/t Time: hour (0-24), minutes, seconds, milliseconds.

In view mode (/v), the /p, /q, /r, /d, and /t options are ignored.
In set mode, the default is to use the current date and time.
Use the /r, /d, and/or /t options to override the default set time.
The century (cc) is assumed to be 19 for years 69-99, and 20 for years 00-68.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

You may notice that you are unable to set the date and/or time of a file to
some exact setting. It is possible that the operating system may need to round
a value you have specified up or down to overcome limitations in the file
system. The following are some facts about FAT and NTFS:

FAT
Created time is accurate to the nearest 10 milliseconds (rounded down).
Modified time is accurate to the nearest 2 seconds (up on NT, down on 95).
Accessed time is accurate to the nearest day (rounded down).
Dates can range between 1/1/1980 and 12/31/2107
Dates and times are physically stored as locally adjusted times.

NTFS
Created time is accurate to the nearest 100 nanoseconds.
Modified time is accurate to the nearest 100 nanoseconds.
Accessed time is accurate to the nearest 100 nanoseconds.
Dates can range between 1/1/1601 and 9/13/30828
Dates and times are physically stored as UTC/GMT times.

jaclaz

[PROBLEMCHYLD]

CharlotteTheHarlot, on 25 September 2012 - 12:55 AM, said:

PROBLEMCHYLD, thanks for the tip.

The only TOUCH I found seems to be in the [1998-04-30] Win98rk. It is TOUCH.EXE v5.0.1754.1.

usage: TOUCH [/f] [/t year month day hour min sec] files
where:
/f - force file touch if read only
/t - specifies a specific time other than the current time.
/c - specifies to create the file if it does not exist.

I don't see a way to use the original PE timestamp though. I thought it might be undocumented and just ran it and unfortunately it merely sets the file to the current date/time.

I searched through all the following expanded SDK, utility and tool collections pretty much covering the entire Windows history, click the button ...

Run this command with TOUCH.EXE and PROCEXP.EXE in the same folder.

TOUCH.EXE /T 2006 02 08 18 46 31 PROCEXP.EXE

You will get the timestamp Wednesday, February 08, 2006, 6:46:31 PM.

This post has been edited by PROBLEMCHYLD: 25 September 2012 - 07:33 AM

[dencorso]

jaclaz, on 25 September 2012 - 04:51 AM, said:

The following are some facts about FAT and NTFS:

FAT
Dates can range between 1/1/1980 and 12/31/2107

Ah, yes! The infamous Y2108 bug, of course.

[CharlotteTheHarlot]

jaclaz, on 25 September 2012 - 04:51 AM, said:

I don't get it.
What you want is a "touch" like tool?

We were looking at Microsoft tools there, specifically a TOUCH utility for correcting timestamps. I have all those mentioned SDKs and such extracted and expanded so I was asking for filename suggestions to search for.

As far as 3rd party, I use the FreeDos one often since it can duplicate the stamp from another file. I do use NirCmd all the time as well, but for a million other things. I'll have to look at its TOUCH options next. Thanks for all the other suggestions, they're now in the to-do bucket list.

I guess the main criteria would be a CLI utility that can grab the PE timestamp ( as Dencorso's tool does ) and apply it to the file itself.