BootXP v2 out
Posted by Steven Parker on 02 May 2002 - 13:02 · 6 comments & 488 views
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#1 Posted by New Model No.15 on 02 May 2002 - 13:04
- Cool. Thank's for the head's up Neobond
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#2 Posted by Yazoo on 02 May 2002 - 15:05
- I get an error saying that MSVCR70.dll was not found and states I need to re-install the application to fix this. I tried many times I still get this error. Whats going on?
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#3 Posted by AuRe on 02 May 2002 - 15:16
- u need that file. U have the option to d/l it with or without the dll file. Go to homepage and take a look
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#4 Posted by iconman on 03 May 2002 - 08:54
- ID RATHER USE RTH BOOT MODIFIER
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#5 Posted by wog boy on 03 May 2002 - 09:26
- cool..like this program
Here is the list of the more important changes in this new relese:- Now you can use any size, any number of colors bitmaps and BootXPv2 will resize it and adjust color depth for use as boot screen.
- You can use up to 9 input formats for use as boot screen: BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG, PCX, TGA, TIF (Without LZW Compression), NTOSKRNL.EXE Files and ZIPPED NTOSKRNL.EXE files (Download it and drag 'n drop it in BootXP).
- Improved version detection code for security in horizontal progress bar position customization.
- Progress bar horizontal position customization can be enabled/disabled (disabled by default) to avoid B.S.D. (Blue Screen Of Death) problems.
- BOOT.INI edition rewritten, more safer and with the new option of delete undesired BOOT.INI Lines (like the backup lines).
- Alternate progress bar now will be saved for future uses, due to the useless of the alternate overlay, the option has been removed.
- Change boot logo automatically evertime windows starts it's reactivated and fully working, also you will see the next boot screen preview before boot.
- Added 3 sites more to see and download bootscreens.
- Added integration with BootXP.net, now you can query a list of boot screens from the BootXPv2 interface to see the new additions in BootXp.net without need to open you web explorer.
- If you are first time user, BootXPv2 will create a boot screens folder into your windows directory in the subfolder resources, avoiding some problems that can occurs using non-existing folders.
- BOOT.INI line backup it's created automatically for security. You can remove it later using the new option "Delete OS Line"
- Black palettes are automatically fixed with the palette contained in the NTOSKNRL. Due to this feature the button "Blank palette..." was removed.
- Full compatibility with Windows 2000 Server, a bug when adding boot screens in this Windows release was finally fixed.
- Previews now are 2 times faster due to code optimization.
Registered usersThis BootXPv2 it's a major update of the BootXP product, registered BootXP users can get the upgrade at a special prize of only $3 using Paypal, go to Register Section for more details.
New users
New users can now register and receive the registration codes for BootXPv2 and BootXP in minutes using RegNow Registration System. Get the two licenses for only $7.95. Get all the benefits of the registered users and also support this product future releases and upgrades. Click here for more details.
But underscoring the strength of its business, Overture raised its full-year 2002 forecast, predicting about half a billion dollars in revenue.
No financial details were released about the AOL deal, but Google Chairman and Chief Executive Eric Schmidt called it a revenue-sharing model.
''This is an important endorsement of our advertising model and the way our customers view us,'' Schmidt said. He downplayed the speculation of an initial public offering, but said, ''Our business outlook is very good and this AOL deal will help us.''
Several analysts said Google needed a high-profile partner to boost its paid-listing business, which remains only a fraction the size of Overture's, while AOL hopes to leverage Google's immense popularity as a search engine to boost its business.
''They both got something out of the deal,'' said Safa Rashtchy, an analyst with U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray. He estimated Overture, however, still retains about 80 percent of the paid-search business.
Unlike Overture, an all-commercial placement business, Google has spent most of its efforts on building a business based on returning relevant search results.
But as online advertising collapsed, some of the Internet's biggest companies have begun selling ads to appear next to search results.
The practice has been controversial, since the paid listings are given prominent placement and critics say often are not clearly labeled as advertising, which is confusing to Web users.
Overture allows advertisers to bid for best placement; Google uses the bid process, too, but considers relevancy and popularity, measured by click-throughs, as factors.
Google, which hired Schmidt, the former Novell CEO, in August, is among one of the valley's few remaining Internet growth stories.
It has doubled the number of employees to 380 in the past year, and is searching for new headquarters. After announcing it was hiring on its Web site, résumés flowed in at the rate of 1,000 a day. And its popularity among people who search the Web -- the No. 2 online activity after e-mail -- was underscored when ''The West Wing'' character Josh in a recent episode suggested a colleague use Google to do a search.
Google's ability to combine highly relevant search results and a money-making proposition for cash-starved Internet companies is a powerful business model, said Danny Sullivan of Searchenginewatch.com.
''It's an easy all-in-one solution,'' Sullivan said.
But even as Overture's stock price plummeted after the announcement, Rashtchy said Overture still controls 80 percent of the portal and non-portal paid-search business. ''This is all overblown,'' he said.
Kaufman Bros. analyst Paul Kim said while the AOL deal puts Google in the mainstream of paid search, the company remains ''a barnacle on a whale'' when compared with its much larger partners, casting doubt on the company's influence in deal making.
The biggest loser may be Foster-City based Inktomi, which is also being replaced by Google as a search provider to AOL's main site and its CompuServe arm.
While disappointed, Inktomi's AOL contract represents less than 10 percent of Inktomi revenue, a spokeswoman said.