Mensagens
But what happens if have very tough question about boot disks?
Place it on the community forums and we'll see how it can be done or not. There's also the probability that someone else already asked the same type of questions in the past and some of the answers that your're looking for we're already provided.
One quick tip for finding past discussions with google:
On the search box of Google type "site:boot-land.net" followed by the search term that you want to find.
For example, if you want to find a given script to add java support to your VistaPE you can use the search text "site:boot-land.net Java vistape" which will return the following result:
http://www.google.pt/search?num=100&q=site%3Aboot-land.net+Java+vistape
PC vs Mac vs Linux on youtube
Do you remember those ads from Apple where both Mac and PC's were compared to real people?
Here's a nice subverted colection clips that reveal the other side of the coin: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=4502
How I can create Multibootable multisession DVD ?
cdob explains how multisession DVD's are made and why sometimes they fail to boot: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=4470
WallChanger 2.3, A fresh wallpaper on every reboot
Damian666 has presented a new program called WallChanger that will choose a different wallpaper everytime your computer starts: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=4501
XOSL password
landt has posted a doubt regarding how to solve a case where he doesn't has the password for the administrative panel of XOSL - a graphical boot loader - read about the solution for this case here: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=4496
How to copy contents of a DOS prompt in windows?
Do you know how to copy text from the cmd.exe?
If you don't know how, read the quick tutorial from Shirin to learn: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=4498
Looking for screen resolution change tool, or a way to detect from own program
MedEvil needed a more intuitive tool to change the screen resolution when some programs automatically set it to the maximum value and the screen gets black. While investigating solutions for this matter, he also stumbled on a nice delphi code snippet that explains how to use Windows API for this task: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=4471
New and updated app scripts this week:
CCleaner (Thuun) - http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=2923
RunScanner (JonF) - http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=4487
TFTPD32 with VMWare, the vm can't detect the TFTP server
If you ever stumbled on this complication, read how it can be solved: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=4466
Loading ISO image From Hard Disk in Boot Time
shirin teaches how to use Avlgomgr to load your ISO images on boot time. He also includes the whole multiboot program on this tutorial, you find it here: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=4489
MBR and OS independence, mbrfix
How much do you know about MBR?
There was a very interesting discussion this week that explains how all different MBR's are used since DOS all the way up to Vista and Mac. Worth reading if you want to understand them a bit better: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=4476
UXP Project
UXP - the project intended to create the biggest sized XP install DVD is continuing to be developed by Benxhi and other interested members, look on some of work update here: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=3651&view=findpost&p=34292 and don't forget to include any of your requests for more drivers, programs, features, etc.
REG_LINK
One of the most hidden registry keys available on Windows that is used to create shortcuts from one key to another has a small tool to allow creating them. Unlike is it referenced on some "official" documentation - these shortcut keys don't necessarly disappear on the next system reboot if required. Learn more about them here: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=4513
Windows Media sidebar, Yahoo Widget, Windows photo Gallery
Ludovici is working on a series of scripts to add these applications on your boot disks and has updated his project recently, look here: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=4437
Happy easter to orthodoxes
For all the orthodox community across the web, hope you enjoy this holiday!
http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=4504
WinBuilder development
WinBuilder.exe is now being developed alongside with PSC, this should allow the script engine to be updated more often and also give more space to add more features to this project. The announcement can be found here: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=4506
In conclusion..
This has been a very week rich in discussions about boot disks and boot loaders, there are many different options available across the web but few are either completely freeware or properly documented with user friendly documentation to understand how they work. If you would like to learn how any given multibooting method works just visit the forums and place all those questions that you might have. Nobody knows everything but the learning process is usually fun.
Thank you again for reading our flipside newsletter from the land of boot disks,
hope you have a great week!