[Targaff]

the_guy, on Nov 12 2005, 12:14 AM, said:

It is the same version as the one included with the USP50.

Is that the one I did? Just curious, like.

[Gurgelmeyer]

@the_guy @Targaff - Looks like both of you patched this file succesfully

@Crash&Burn - I totally agree, and this is really a "must have" for the Extreme Edition (the standard 16 color tray icons are not exactly a feast for the eye )

Thanks, guys!

/G

[slippykillsticks]

Gurgelmeyer, I have a question.

Will this patched version of explorer.exe still be protected by Windows File Protection? If not, I think we should stick with the regular explorer.exe.

This post has been edited by slippykillsticks: 13 November 2005 - 11:00 AM

[the_guy]

The new one will probably be. It is installed with this, and it is the same version.

the_guy

[Gurgelmeyer]

@slippykillsticks - Yes - it will be cached in the dllcache and WFP will protect it.

[RyanVM]

How are you getting a hacked file to be protected by WFP?

[slippykillsticks]

RyanVM, on Nov 20 2005, 06:24 PM, said:

How are you getting a hacked file to be protected by WFP?

See, that was my question. I don't understand how it is possible,

[-I-]

probebly because it is installed with an MS sp- installer.
yet still it probebly stil needs to check agains a md5 checksum?

so my question: where is the checksum hosted???
on the MS-update site, or in a local inf file on your cdrom.
(in the later case) just editing the file would be enought (als long as MS wont update the file with a newer version - wicht, seams probebly rather unlikly since win2k aint in mainstream anymore.....

This post has been edited by -I-: 21 November 2005 - 09:17 AM

[Gurgelmeyer]

Hi

I'm in and out of hospitals these days (I'm not well at all), which is why I haven't been able to sign in here as often as I want to. To make things even worse, the CPU fan on my computer just broke, so I cant keep it on for work for more than 10 minutes or so (sigh!). I'll get a new (used) one tomorrow!!

To make WFP protect an unsigned file is not as easy as I anticipated. Now, there's no such thing as "impossible" - but I'll look into this later on. sfcfiles.dll has some interesting undocumented entry points, and the MS .cat's also have some interesting undocumented attributes, which Setup uses to determine stuff. And - let's not forget - NT5 does to some extent support load-time executable patching - although this is undocumented too.

Best regards,
Gurgelmeyer

[-I-]

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I'm in and out of hospitals these days (I'm not well at all)

Well stop being sick, you ........[my mom doesn't like these kinds of words so ive put a bigg BLEEP in this message instead.]....... cuze im waiting my a** OFF
... (ow BTW i got my hand on windows 2k server / advanced server versions, to test this SP on)....
But realy i wish you, a **** quick recovery now, (and that goes for ur computer as well )...

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To make WFP protect an unsigned file is not as easy as I anticipated

So whats wrong with using MODPE ... or am i completely beside the point now??????

This post has been edited by -I-: 27 November 2005 - 01:11 PM

[RyanVM]

Gurgelmeyer, on Nov 27 2005, 10:39 AM, said:

To make WFP protect an unsigned file is not as easy as I anticipated. Now, there's no such thing as "impossible" - but I'll look into this later on. sfcfiles.dll has some interesting undocumented entry points, and the MS .cat's also have some interesting undocumented attributes, which Setup uses to determine stuff. And - let's not forget - NT5 does to some extent support load-time executable patching - although this is undocumented too.

Best regards,
Gurgelmeyer

Needless to say, I eagerly anticipate your results

[azagahl]

Version 5.1 Standard Edition - will contain all of the above + NETFX11 + DX9 + MDAC27SP1 refresh (and all hotfixes for those of course) ...

I hope you include both .NET 1.1 and .NET 2.0, note that .NET 2.0 is NOT backward compatible with .NET 1.1.

Also, I hope you include d3dx9_24.dll, d3dx9_25.dll, d3dx9_26.dll, and d3dx9_27.dll. These 4 DLL's are installed by the five most recent bimonthly releases of the DX 9.0c SDK redistributable. Essentially, you need to run at least four of these DX redistributables to be able to get all 4 DLL's and be able to run all DX 9.0 apps. There may be other legal ways of distributing the 4 DLL's that allow you to package them more compactly. See here for more details on this issue:

http://inky.50megs.com/blogs/2005/10/direc...l-revisited.htm
http://www.toymaker..../d3dx_dlls.html

[Gurgelmeyer]

@azagahl - so the "right" thing is to include both .NET 1.1 and .NET 2.0 and the managed DX9? Roger that

/Gurgelmeyer

[Gurgelmeyer]

Finally USP 5.1 is available for public download. Enjoy this one

Best regards,
Gurgelmeyer

[slippykillsticks]

What was said about .NET is correct - both 1.1 and 2.0 are needed as they work in parallel as opposed to overlapping. The latest DirectX December 2005 Redistributable can be found here - http://www.softwarep...ws/directx.html - and it contains all of the new DLLs 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28.

The correct version of MDAC is MDAC 2.8 SP1 which can be found here - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en

The newest available full version of Windows Media Player 9 is 2980. However, version 3250 can be obtained by adding the hotfix KB885492 after installing MPSetup.exe, which is preferred.

This post has been edited by slippykillsticks: 30 December 2005 - 09:13 AM

[Gurgelmeyer]

slippykillsticks, on Oct 20 2005, 11:57 PM, said:

If you ever need any help, I'm pretty sure everyone here would be glad to lend you a hand. If there is anything we can do, just let us know. I realize you're currently having some difficulty finding suitable hosting.

Actually - if someone made a 2k driver pack it would be nice

[SoftPedia]

Gurgelmeyer, on Dec 29 2005, 02:51 PM, said:

Finally USP 5.1 is available for public download. Enjoy this one

Best regards,
Gurgelmeyer

Now available on Softpedia also
Enjoy!

[dirtwarrior]

I was looking over past threads and someone had something called T-clock and xp icons along with xp start bar, This was cool any progress? Is this going to be included?

[WildBill]

Thread here for anyone who wants to try the beta (still hoping for some feedback, btw, and screenshots are always good ). I can't speak for inclusion in Hotstream, though...

[Anonymo]

Yeah Drivers is what gives xp it's edge over 2000 in my opinion.