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Howto change the windows LOGON screen

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\ CurrentVersion\Winlogon] Value Name: LogonType Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value) Value Data: (0 = Classic Mode, 1 = Welcome Screen). Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called 'LogonType' and edit the value according to the settings below. Reboot

Batch rename files

Windows : There are a lot of utilities out there But the best is ExplorerXP which has an elaborate renaming scheme allowing to a) TRIM the filenames from front or end b) find and replace text patterns c) Number the files -> this is extremely useful if you downloaded a lot of wallpapers with a jungle of messy names. Just select them and rename as nature01.jpg , nature02.jpg .... auto numbering. Linux: Use rename command http://linux.die.net/man/1/rename http://tips.webdesign10.com/how-to-bulk-rename-files-in-linux-in-the-terminal rename day0 beach day*.avi Output : day01.avi renamed as beach1.avi day02.avi renamed as beach2.avi day03.avi renamed as beach3.avi In Ubuntu the syntax in different. It uses the syntax of sed rename -v 's/day0/beach/' day*.avi -v verbose -n dry run. Doesn't change filename just shows how the change would look.

UT2004 errors : game shutdown

UT2004 Build UT2004_Patch_[2004-07-27_14.28] OS: Windows XP 5.1 (Build: 2600) CPU: AuthenticAMD PentiumPro-class processor @ 2171 MHz with 1023MB RAM Video: RADEON 9700 PRO (6458) Failed to enter Entry: Can't find file for package 'XGameShaders' FIX : the installer is bogus it is not extracting all files had to do a manual unzip of all *.utx.uz2 files there is a program in ut2004/system folder called ucc.exe it is the decompressor for uz2 files. So copy all *.utx.uz2 files to system folder and run "cmd" command g:\...\ucc decompress *.utx.uz2