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  1. Re-Activate Autorun with USBDLM by geggo98 · · Score: 1 · on Microsoft Kills AutoRun In Windows
    When you want to (selectively) reenable autorun, you can use USBDLM. This program runs as a Windows service and manages changeable media. It can assign fixed drive letters, enable write caching, open a file manager when a medium is inserted or run a file on the medium (atorun). These actions can depend on configurable criterions, e.g. the USB ID, a certain string in the autorun.inf (shared secret) or the existance of a certain file on the medium.

    Details can be found in the documentation

    Example:
    [Settings]
    AutoRunInf=1
    AutoRunKey=MySecretKey
    delay=2000

    [Settings]
    AutorunInfRestricted=1
     This checks for "MySecretKey" in the autorun.ini file. If the key is found, it waits 2 seconds and then executes the autorun.ini file, but with reduced privileges.

  2. Re-Activate Autorun with USBDLM by geggo98 · · Score: 1 · on Microsoft Kills AutoRun In Windows
    When you want to (selectively) reenable autorun, you can use USBDLM. This program runs as a Windows service and manages changeable media. It can assign fixed drive letters, enable write caching, open a file manager when a medium is inserted or run a file on the medium (atorun). These actions can depend on configurable criterions, e.g. the USB ID, a certain string in the autorun.inf (shared secret) or the existance of a certain file on the medium.

    Details can be found in the documentation

    Example:
    [Settings]
    AutoRunInf=1
    AutoRunKey=MySecretKey
    delay=2000

    [Settings]
    AutorunInfRestricted=1
     This checks for "MySecretKey" in the autorun.ini file. If the key is found, it waits 2 seconds and then executes the autorun.ini file, but with reduced privileges.

  3. Re:Front-panel goodness by palndrumm · · Score: 1 · on Creative Uses For Extra Drive Bays?

    USBDLM. 'nuff said. :)

  4. Re:Seriously... by Xerolooper · · Score: 1 · on How Does a 9/80 Work Schedule Work Out?

    • "I'm thinking of switching from a soft toothbrush to a medium-soft. How has that worked out for you?"

    • This is slashdot don't use but carry this one.

    • "I'm considering moving my sock drawer from the top right to the top left drawer. Can anyone tell me the pros and cons of each arrangement?

    • I don't know ask this guy... or not.

    • "We're moving to a new home and are having a family meeting this Thursday to evaluate hanging toilet paper so that the next sheet is over versus under on the roll. I was wondering how other readers have approached this decision?"

    • There's already a site about that. Here. Not that I recommend it.

    • "I'd like to set my USB to automount to a fixed drive letter when I plug it into my Windows XP laptop. I'm considering J:, P:, and possibly Q:. What do you all think? Should I look at M: as well?"

    • Use this. 'USBDLM is a Windows service that gives control over Window's drive letter assignment for USB drives.'
  5. Software that might help you by IntelliAdmin · · Score: 2, Informative · on Fixes for WinXP Ignoring Novell Disk Mapping?

    I have heard of others using this program http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html to solve the issue you have. Have not used it myself, so I cannot say how good or bad the utility is

    Windows Admin Tricks and Tips
    www.intelliadmin.com

  6. Re:QEMM! by Whelkman · · Score: 2, Informative · on Windows 98 Phased Out

    If you satisfy the following two conditions, UMBPCI will easily cream QEMM, EMM386, or any other DOS memory manager:

    1. You do not need expanded memory (EMS)
    2. Your hardware is supported (usually not a problem except with the newest hardware)

    Although you're being funny, we both know the nerdly joy of bleeding that extra 800 bytes into conventional memory.

  7. Re:Unwarranted Assumption by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on AI in Sci-Fi
    I'm still looking for a readable monospaced font for windows that makes a clear distinction.
    DOSFon, based on the VGA BIOS font looks, is lovely. http://www.uwe-sieber.de/dosfon_e.html
  8. For some tasks, DOS is the perfect tool. by deniea · · Score: 3, Interesting · on MS-DOS 1981-2002 RIP
    I've been around in computers long enough to have seen quite a bit of IT. Started with DOS on 2.11 or so, and then quickly it moved to DOS 3.1(1) and on and on and on.. (Yes the "new-and-improved"-thing always has always been that way)

    DOS is still (for some tasks) the perfect OS. I've developed a POS-system for cafes (touch screen, water tight, no harddisk, no fan, networking, standalone operation etc) and it all had to fit in 1.44 Mb (standard size of early flash disks). With bartenders turning it off when done..

    For some task like that, DOS was/is the perfect tool. Why should you use an bigger tool then the job requires ??

    For what I read as the comments, a lot of things are just incorrect...
    • Some claim DOS has no networking.. Wrong ! Novell, SMB, UUCICO, even TCP/IP can be made to work.
    • In DOS you can only use 640K.. Wrong ! DOS extender, you can use all you want. Even more, remember LIM (Lotus-Intel-Microsoft) drivers for dos (also known als Expanded, paged or EMS)? Extended memory also work in DOS with the DOS extender (DOOM used it for example). Also check out UMBPCI if you have low memory hungry DOS applications ! (even works in Windos 9x)
    • DOS can not be used to script.. Wrong ! You can do almost everything you want in scripting in DOS.. Well I must agree not everything is so easy that anyone can do it, but that I see more as a problem of someones knowledge of DOS, not of DOS.
    • No taskswitching in DOS ? Wrong ! Never heard of Dosshell, sidekick and the likes ?


    And there's tons of more things that can be done in DOS.. You'd really be amazed what you can do with it...(Codepages, ANSIS.SYS, Extreme cool memory stuff, DOSKEY, DEBUG, EDLIN etc)

    If one would take the time to look into DOS, if can be a very valueable tool for some problems! Nwer doesn;t make the older things less good for a job. And DOS itself NEVER crashed on me!