AutoPatcher December Update Wishlist

[FlishFun Veteran]

MSN? WTF? I don't even have Hotmail :ninja:

All I got was some random Passport account just to fill out a BetaPlace survey

Man I WANT TO BE IN BETA! :cry:

All you need is a passport to use MSN. Seriously... get on it. lol Or use AIM... or somethin'. lol ;)

Hey, toss your AIM SN this way ;)

I use AIM. wootie

brb im fragging on halo :whistle:

It's FlishFun... duh! :rofl: :rolleyes:

[Metal Head]

Bliss Screensaver for bonas stuff? Microsoft have removed it off their site now, but found another download link for it.

http://www-pc.uni-regensburg.de/systemsw/W.../blisssaver.exe

[mipra]

,Nov 12 2003, 20:20] Bliss Screensaver for bonas stuff? Microsoft have removed it off their site now, but found another download link for it.

http://www-pc.uni-regensburg.de/systemsw/W.../blisssaver.exe

Man..I was looking for that..thanks a lot

[FlishFun Veteran]

,Nov 12 2003, 22:20] Bliss Screensaver for bonas stuff? Microsoft have removed it off their site now, but found another download link for it.

http://www-pc.uni-regensburg.de/systemsw/W.../blisssaver.exe

Cool, maybe I'll include it with the other 2 Screenies. :)

[Kelsenellenelvian]

Hey I just got a great little idea for a change. How about making the boxes on the installation menu grey out when they are not expanded and some of the options are unchecked? That way a user can know at a glance if a whole tree is selected or only parts of that tree.

[FlishFun Veteran]

Hey I just got a great little idea for a change. How about making the boxes on the installation menu grey out when they are not expanded and some of the options are unchecked? That way a user can know at a glance if a whole tree is selected or only parts of that tree.

Yeah, I was talkin' to Raptor about that... we'll see what we can do. :D Anywho, I'm off to bed... be good everyone! ;)

[Metal Head]

,Nov 12 2003, 20:20] Bliss Screensaver for bonas stuff? Microsoft have removed it off their site now, but found another download link for it.

http://www-pc.uni-regensburg.de/systemsw/W.../blisssaver.exe

Man..I was looking for that..thanks a lot

No problem ^_^

[joneswb]

I would like to knew whether it is possible to use ASCII codes in the .dat file! Specifically for using danish letters in the text. Currently when i type one of the three different unique letters in danish, the result is a weird looking greek numeral. Can I use ascii codes to replace the letters, and get a decent result?

[Shetlander]

lol i have a good one :woot:

what about a build in AutoPatcher update system ??

[akaladis Veteran]

was wonderin if there were any plans on includeing the visualbasic librarys? and other required .dll .ocx 's ... etc...

tabctrl.ocx richedit.ocx ? ? yadda yadda yadda..

dont worry... AutoPatcher will automatically copy the three OCX files it need onto the user's system folder :D... But i dunno about the rest... Ill prolly look around and might come up with a list of some control libraries for VB based apps

/Raptor

[akaladis Veteran]

No, nobody is working on it even though I said I could help :o

thats prolly because i said you have to form a small group... i dont think you can possibly manage to carry out the whole thing... next step is to make a topic about it.. i.e AutoPatcher Windows 2000 Group, form a team and then work with me and flishfun, so we can glue everything together...

/Raptor

[akaladis Veteran]

Hey I just got a great little idea for a change. How about making the boxes on the installation menu grey out when they are not expanded and some of the options are unchecked? That way a user can know at a glance if a whole tree is selected or only parts of that tree.

Unfortunately the VB6 version of the treeview control does not support it... I hope this changes when SP6 comes out for VB6... but for the time being, VB6 SP5 looks very old with outdated controls... I will still look into it and i might be able to find an alternative way to do this... who knows...

/Raptor

[akassebaum]

cool

Wouldn't that be illegal to do. It's a product that while it's a good idea, none of it belongs to Autopatcher XP compilers. I am not against it, but it's not a wise idea to charge for the discs. I think this is a good product. If someone wants this on a cd, they should find a friend with broadband and burn a copy from that friend.. Just a suggestion, I am not a player hater!

[akaladis Veteran]

I would like to knew whether it is possible to use ASCII codes in the .dat file! Specifically for using danish letters in the text. Currently when i type one of the three different unique letters in danish, the result is a weird looking greek numeral. Can I use ascii codes to replace the letters, and get a decent result?

AutoPatcher show you that, because all the labelsand texts use the Greek Script (hey, I live in Greece, can't possibly refuse to install support for it hehe)... If you want to help make a danish version of AutoPatcher, form a small group which will find all equivelant updates and then I will just make a new .exe for you. And if you want, you might be able to supply Danish translations of all the labels...

/Raptor

[akaladis Veteran]

Wouldn't that be illegal to do. It's a product that while it's a good idea, none of it belongs to Autopatcher XP compilers. I am not against it, but it's not a wise idea to charge for the discs. I think this is a good product. If someone wants this on a cd, they should find a friend with broadband and burn a copy from that friend.. Just a suggestion, I am not a player hater!

we will look into this...

[DrScouse]

What about some generic drivers.... ATiCatalyst, NForce?

I know its a bit more difficult with drivers, as everyone has a different setup... but as of late, some of the main drivers are all in ones, for all cards of a particular chipset.

Probably in practice, its not a good idea? Just a thought!!!

[akaladis Veteran]

drivers are kinda huge though...

[Jono]

You really need to get on MSN Messenger. ;) I'll get you started. :D

ok, i would like very much to be involved but i do NOT program any way i would likes 2 learn vb6 hopefully in the short future.

as for batch programming i am very good, and for gathering updates i am available also if used CD Dispatch i can do no problem if anybody is intrested to UK only.

please PM me your MSN Signin name and i will add you that way we can discuss more.

[Inertia]

how about a nice high res wallapaper of fat B*start fro maustin powers naked ?

or maybe not :happy:

[FlishFun Veteran]

Wouldn't that be illegal to do. It's a product that while it's a good idea, none of it belongs to Autopatcher XP compilers. I am not against it, but it's not a wise idea to charge for the discs. I think this is a good product. If someone wants this on a cd, they should find a friend with broadband and burn a copy from that friend.. Just a suggestion, I am not a player hater!

The charging wouldn't be for the components of the program. You'd be paying for the shipping, the CD, and a little bit (maybe 50 cents) to the AP itself. You're not buyin' the updates, you're buying the convinience, and as long as that's noted on the site (which it will be), it shouldn't be illegal. :)

[akaladis Veteran]

@Inertia: lol... though i dont think so :D

[akaladis Veteran]

ok, i would like very much to be involved but i do NOT program any way i would likes 2 learn vb6 hopefully in the short future.

as for batch programming i am very good, and for gathering updates i am available also if used CD Dispatch i can do no problem if anybody is intrested to UK only.

please PM me your MSN Signin name and i will add you that way we can discuss more.

check your neoinbox :D

[livesoca]

Hello All,

I'm just adding my 2-Cents here, so don't start to criticise etc.

- First the AP should be mainly about Windows Updates and Windows related issue.

- The Java and Direct X are excluded from what I mentioned above.

- I think that Flash should be included in the new pack and any other really necessary stuff.

- I think it should contain as many registry tweaks as possible. (http://www.tweakxp.com) Everytime I format my HD, I spend about 1 hour on this site tweaking my system with the tweaks that are worth it.

- I agree with those who posted that you should have a main set and then the goodies set.

- AP should also have the option to state or diable the updates that are already installed.

- Maybe it can have the option to reverse what you included.

Example: I installed Msn 6.1.0.555 or whatever when I ran AP. Now I don't want Msn 6.1.0.55 again. I'll then launch AP, choose the option to remove msn 6.1.0.555 (I've seen this with Symantec products, like Systemworks.

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- Maybe you can also create some script or application that can let users make Neowin_unattended_CD_Guide_for_XP (This can be a separate project)

This is what I had in mind. My imagination can be wild so bare with me. :D

A user download some type of app or script.

He runs it.

A pop up screen appears stating to insert your Windows XP CD into the drive.

The app then creates a folder on the HD, copies the Windows Xp files etc.

It also copies all the possible updates that MS has sent out. (the user will need to have AP application if they'd like the updates to be installed directly when installing Windows XP)

Once completed, it will state how the total size of everything and tell you how many cd-r(s) you'll need, and then you can burn your New Windows XP Unattended CD with all the available updates from the version of AP that the user has).

Maybe in the new version or something, you can install a free cd burning app or something to assist with that creative task. Who knows?

Now don't I have a wild imagination? :D

[NetGX]

This app is great, hmmm if there is anything i could do to help, maybe beta test, help out with CD distibution.. Anything

[livesoca]

Hey,

Me again. I forgot one more thing for the December update.

An option to have the Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) enabled on all Network Connectiong... I saw this on Windows Update, and maybe an option to disable file/printer sharing.

LIVESOCA

Hey, I think everyone overlooked bandwidth. He'll need distributers and mirrors.

Edited November 13, 2003 by livesoca