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Yes, it is faster.  Just hope you don't have a dvd drive or you're **** out of luck.  Creative DVDA drivers cause BAD_POOL_CALLER bsod, as does installation of windvd and powerdvd, so I conclude that 2k3 has no dvd capability.  I had it running before I figured that out.  Just a little heads up for ya :)

If you are having issues with dvd playback under Win2k3 try using video lan client ( http://www.videolan.org ).. it plays almost everything i've thrown at it, even mpg/avi files that crash winamp/media player, a bonus is it plays dvds, vcds and will play bin/cue files without them being mounted via tools like daemon tools..

--pete.

http://www.axide.com/desktop.jpg

Hey guys, what do you think about this?

Wallpaper: xanthic.net/pixelgirlpresents.com

Visual Style: Guipod

Icons: Snow.e

Program: Winamp 5 with Technision Ice skin from thenut.deskmod.com

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edit: it works fine now :)

Yes, it is faster.  Just hope you don't have a dvd drive or you're **** out of luck.  Creative DVDA drivers cause BAD_POOL_CALLER bsod, as does installation of windvd and powerdvd, so I conclude that 2k3 has no dvd capability.  I had it running before I figured that out.  Just a little heads up for ya :)

LOL i have DVD drive but i havea a pentium3-600 and i'm using DVD only for data...

I think "50 Cent" should go ahead and die.? :whistle::
"Go get your refund << racial epithet >>, i aint dead"
Who i can download this VS? I like the start button.?:p:p

It's just classic with a custom start button (use tclock2 to change your start button)

I'm going to have to go ahead and agree with you </lumberg&gt:laugh:h:

hahaha funny nickname

And now i installed windvd 5 w / o any problem and it works too w/o any problem...

I stand corrected, but I'm not gonna reinstall 2k3 again anytime soon. I switched over to it for the speed, and I have learned today that a properly tweaked out XP install is just as fast, if not faster, than 2k3. Spent a few hours tweaking the registry and services, etc and now have a pretty speedy setup going on. Only thing I can't figure out is why aim.exe is taking up 24 megs of ram. Anyone have any ideas?

Back to the thread's topic, here's my desktop (click for 1280x1024 png). Disabling the themes service really gives the system that extra kick :)

desktop021904-thumb.jpg

Anyone looking for that Elisha Cuthbert wallpaper, look here - https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=142542
Except now you can't, sorry guys, I never said the pics were mine, obviously they were from a mag, but also from another forum, not from nwar as suggested in that thread, but another nonetheless. [this one - Big Pictures And rightly so, the thread was closed as I never said that they weren't mine, I'm seeking permission now, but I took them down from DA as well, so hopefully this will be sorted soon. Sorry for the inconvenience I caused by not thinking enough about my thread.

Ok, I contacted the guy whose pictures I used, not nwar as was suggested, andy5223 at this forum - Elisha Cuthbert Forum and he allowed me to post the links to my wallpapers on that forum here - Wallpapers based of Andy's Big Pictures

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