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[tom982]

Last year we had a school trip to a careers fair where all (well most) of the careers and universities had their own stand with representatives with whom we could talk to. I visited the air force stand and asked about the different medical careers in the air force and it wasn't half fascinating! As much as I'd really like to do it, its really competitive (I presume its on a similar scale to CEOP) so I was slightly deterred. What I planned to do is get through med school and during my rotations see if anything in particular stands out to me. I would still have to specialise in the usual fashion before going into the armed forces, but once I've specialised I'll look into it further

I'd have thought being an Everest climbing guide or something would be good for you?

Oh that's terrible! I suppose you never think of the gruelling facts behind those sort of things unless you have to. Well I hope it all works out for you! It sounds like you've put a lot of thought into this

Oh right, yes I suppose that's reasonable. What degree are you interested in? I presume something mathsy

I know exactly what you mean, I really don't know what I want to do if I don't get into medicine

Tom

Yeah, something like Maths Well, the very best of luck to you with medicine! Let me know which school you go to. My parents are both Barts trained

Today I wrote another tutorial

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/292155-system-account-use.html#post1343893

When I went to the tutorials home page, much to my confusion, the byline had **** at the end of it.

Instead of reading How to use the system account, it read How to use the system aco****

Then I realised what I had done I better not say it, but a simple typo of swapping the c and the o in account. Oops!

Tom

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lol. What a mistake!

Anyway, an excellent tutorial, nicely presented! I also like it, because it is actually considerable SAFER than using the Hidden Admin Account. With the Hidden Admin, if you fiddle around with user groups a bit, and then disable (easy to do) the Hidden Admin (as opposed to re-hiding it, which is very difficult) you can actually leave yourself in a situation where you UAC "Continue" and "Allow" buttons are greyed out, and the only fix is a Clean Install (or occasionally System Restore)

If you look at my posts, you will see that (unlike everyone else) I will NEVER recommend its use. We have had just too many cases of messups.

It is too easy to do (IIRC):

UAC on.
Unhide Root Admin.
Change account type on the normal admin from Root Admin.
Disable Root Admin.

I will check this at some point - people don't seem able to remember exactly what they did, but this is the only method I can think of which makes any sense at all, but it has happened to so many people that it makes me think there must be some truth in all of this, and I have seen screenshots - unless of course there is some undiscovered bug which only occurs to people once they have unhidden and disabled the root Admin account, and cannot be caused manually.

Also, we tried at.exe and psexec.exe to launch as the SYSTEM account, but that required elevation which we couldn't, I tried to reset some passwords, but the account was still disabled - I couldn't fix it - such a slightly unknown mess.

But this SYSTEM account should be safe.

Richard

Will do Richard I don't think I'm applying to Barts, London seems quite expensive!

Aah, that's not very good at all! Wouldn't the Offline NT Password & Registry Editor be able to fix it?

Tom

P.S. How's your tool coming along?

 

[kesume]

Hi Guys & Gals,
Just logging in to say hello to all my friends here at this great forum. Missed you all.
Sorry I've not been about for a while but I was unexpectedly hospitalised for some considerable time!
Could not use computer while incarcerated, or sweet talk nurses into sending messages!

Now back home & have a lot of catching up to do! Wow, you lot have been busy.
I have been ordered to take things slowly so will take time to be up to speed. Typing will be even slower than before owing to mobility problems, more copy & paste seems the option.LoL!

@Tom982: Congrats on your Malware degree course, go get em!
Also on your recent exam results, well done Tom.

@americancritic: Congrats & Well done Tom on getting your Gold Badge, well deserved!
Also respect on taking on the BSOD's! I see you've been doing a great job.
Thank's for your mails concerning my health my friend, much appreciated.
This forum truly is like a family.

@ richard: I trust you had a good vacation, despite coming home to an earthquake?

@ MR Needs: Thank you my friend for your kind words.

I apologise if I have missed anyone else, not totally up to speed yet!
Will be logging in when I can to catch up with everyone.
It's good to be back!

Regards to everyone.
Keith.

 

[MrNeeds]

Hi Guys & Gals,
Just logging in to say hello to all my friends here at this great forum. Missed you all.
Sorry I've not been about for a while but I was unexpectedly hospitalised for some considerable time!
Could not use computer while incarcerated, or sweet talk nurses into sending messages!

Now back home & have a lot of catching up to do! Wow, you lot have been busy.
I have been ordered to take things slowly so will take time to be up to speed. Typing will be even slower than before owing to mobility problems, more copy & paste seems the option.LoL!

@Tom982: Congrats on your Malware degree course, go get em!
Also on your recent exam results, well done Tom.

@americancritic: Congrats & Well done Tom on getting your Gold Badge, well deserved!
Also respect on taking on the BSOD's! I see you've been doing a great job.
Thank's for your mails concerning my health my friend, much appreciated.
This forum truly is like a family.

@ richard: I trust you had a good vacation, despite coming home to an earthquake?

@ MR Needs: Thank you my friend for your kind words.

I apologise if I have missed anyone else, not totally up to speed yet!
Will be logging in when I can to catch up with everyone.
It's good to be back!

Regards to everyone.
Keith.

Welcome back Keith, we all missed you lots, especially The Howling Wolves, no sensei talk since you went haha, glad you're out of hospital now, hope everything is going ok since your discharge day.

Dave

 

[tom982]

Hi Guys & Gals,
Just logging in to say hello to all my friends here at this great forum. Missed you all.
Sorry I've not been about for a while but I was unexpectedly hospitalised for some considerable time!
Could not use computer while incarcerated, or sweet talk nurses into sending messages!

Now back home & have a lot of catching up to do! Wow, you lot have been busy.
I have been ordered to take things slowly so will take time to be up to speed. Typing will be even slower than before owing to mobility problems, more copy & paste seems the option.LoL!

@Tom982: Congrats on your Malware degree, go get em!
Also on your recent exam results, well done Tom.

@americancritic: Congrats & Well done Tom on getting your Gold Badge, well deserved!
Also respect on taking on the BSOD's! I see you've been doing a great job.
Thank's for your mails concerning my health my friend, much appreciated.
This forum truly is like a family.

@ richard: I trust you had a good vacation, despite coming home to an earthquake?

@ MR Needs: Thank you my friend for your kind words.

I apologise if I have missed anyone else, not totally up to speed yet!
Will be logging in when I can to catch up with everyone.
It's good to be back!

Regards to everyone.
Keith.

Long time no see Keith I couldn't believe my eyes when a notification that you'd posted came up on my user CP! Glad to hear you're alright though Thanks for your kind words. I'm sure you'll be up and tackling BSODs again in no time

Tom

 

[Smurfyy]

Well!! Thought id come and say hey to you all. havnt been here for a while!
Today im up the market, since its results day its handy cause the school is a couple minute walk from here. as for results, whatever I get Ill be happy with, its been a bad few years with the chool closing, so yeah. Weve been given no info of where to collect them from, even the website dont say anything. Afaik no one is allowed on sitecause its a building site. Will probably edit this post when I get the results, im hoping for Cs and Bs, but then ill be happy with whatever i get

After i get results ill be going home to help my dad decorate the house. We got quite alot done yesterday actually. Managed to wash the walls, dry them and fill in any holes. Today my granddad is coming over to help my dad with the coving or something, it goes up around the ceiling around the edge of the walls. We disicvered why my connection has been bad too, the cable was run under the carpet right by the door, so it was stepped on all the time, ill post a pic when i get home, its quite bad though lol.

So yah. today!!
Posted from my Kindle

 

[tom982]

Well!! Thought id come and say hey to you all. havnt been here for a while!
Today im up the market, since its results day its handy cause the school is a couple minute walk from here. as for results, whatever I get Ill be happy with, its been a bad few years with the chool closing, so yeah. Weve been given no info of where to collect them from, even the website dont say anything. Afaik no one is allowed on sitecause its a building site. Will probably edit this post when I get the results, im hoping for Cs and Bs, but then ill be happy with whatever i get

After i get results ill be going home to help my dad decorate the house. We got quite alot done yesterday actually. Managed to wash the walls, dry them and fill in any holes. Today my granddad is coming over to help my dad with the coving or something, it goes up around the ceiling around the edge of the walls. We disicvered why my connection has been bad too, the cable was run under the carpet right by the door, so it was stepped on all the time, ill post a pic when i get home, its quite bad though lol.

So yah. today!!
Posted from my Kindle

Wow, three people return to the forum within 24 hours of each other - it's like a reunion!

Good luck Danny! We've all got our fingers crossed for you

I think you mean Molding. After living on a building site for 2.5 years, I've learnt quite a lot

Tom

 

[tom982]

Is anyone here able to tell me why my batch file hangs at the end of it?

http://www.vistax64.com/software/292150-help-please-problem-installing-programs.html#post1344090

It works fine, I don't understand why it doesn't close though

Tom

 

[niemiro]

Is anyone here able to tell me why my batch file hangs at the end of it?

http://www.vistax64.com/software/292150-help-please-problem-installing-programs.html#post1344090

It works fine, I don't understand why it doesn't close though

Tom

Hello Tom!

A very nice batch file! Because it is a batch file, it is waiting for explorer.exe to finish processing before continuing. If you close explorer.exe via Task Manager, it should continue. You need to make it launch and not wait for exit...

Richard

EDIT: eg with start explorer.exe

 

[tom982]

Is anyone here able to tell me why my batch file hangs at the end of it?

http://www.vistax64.com/software/292150-help-please-problem-installing-programs.html#post1344090

It works fine, I don't understand why it doesn't close though

Tom

Hello Tom!

A very nice batch file! Because it is a batch file, it is waiting for explorer.exe to finish processing before continuing. If you close explorer.exe via Task Manager, it should continue. You need to make it launch and not wait for exit...

Richard

EDIT: eg with start explorer.exe

Thank you Richard, I think it's the longest batch file I've ever written - it took me ages to work out how to put the visual basic inside it.

I have changed it to include the start command and, of course, it is working fine now

Tom

 

[Smurfyy]

Alright. I got my results, still trying to get over the fact that I got a B for Ethics that I had no support for at all, but got a D for Maths which I had a seperate tutor for, I even done Foundation papers to try to boost my final grade.
Aprt from that its all Cs and a couple of Ds,and a coupl of Bs which Im quite surprised about.

As far as im concerned school is now finished for me. Still cant believe I got them Ds, but hey, they were in Astronomy and Religious Studies. Will post that pic of the network cable tonight probably as I have no internet in my room atm, posting from Kindle.
Tom,the stuff says cove on the back, and its pretty much done, just 1 and a half walls left to do! Lol

 

[tom982]

Alright. I got my results, still trying to get over the fact that I got a B for Ethics that I had no support for at all, but got a D for Maths which I had a seperate tutor for, I even done Foundation papers to try to boost my final grade.
Aprt from that its all Cs and a couple of Ds,and a coupl of Bs which Im quite surprised about.

As far as im concerned school is now finished for me. Still cant believe I got them Ds, but hey, they were in Astronomy and Religious Studies. Will post that pic of the network cable tonight probably as I have no internet in my room atm, posting from Kindle.
Tom,the stuff says cove on the back, and its pretty much done, just 1 and a half walls left to do! Lol

Well done Danny Have you had any further thoughts on your apprenticeships?

I did a bit of Googling and found this on the Molding page on Wikipedia:

Cove molding or Coving — a concave-profile molding that is used at the junction of an interior wall and ceiling

Sounds like what you're on about

 

[niemiro]

Well, I also got my single result today. I got an A* in Maths, taken a year early. But the school was not happy (not angry at me, though!) because the fifth form did well (29% straight A*s, and 70% A*s and As only) but they felt that the fourth form got a few too many (but still not that many) As, which will now have to be re-taken. They are really, really angry. I feel really sorry for those who didn't make it, because they will be very much sidelined as failures who let the whole side and league table down, by the school.

 

[tom982]

Well, I also got my single result today. I got an A* in Maths, taken a year early. But the school was not happy (not angry at me, though!) because the fifth form did well (29% straight A*s, and 70% A*s and As only) but they felt that the fourth form got a few too many (but still not that many) As, which will now have to be re-taken. They are really, really angry. I feel really sorry for those who didn't make it, because they will be very much sidelined as failures who let the whole side and league table down, by the school.

Well done on your result Richard Blimey, your school expects quite a lot from you!

Tom

 

[kesume]

Well, I also got my single result today. I got an A* in Maths, taken a year early. But the school was not happy (not angry at me, though!) because the fifth form did well (29% straight A*s, and 70% A*s and As only) but they felt that the fourth form got a few too many (but still not that many) As, which will now have to be re-taken. They are really, really angry. I feel really sorry for those who didn't make it, because they will be very much sidelined as failures who let the whole side and league table down, by the school.

Congratulations on your success Richard.
As Tom implied, it sounds a strict regime for attainment!

But well done you.

 

[kesume]

Alright. I got my results, still trying to get over the fact that I got a B for Ethics that I had no support for at all, but got a D for Maths which I had a seperate tutor for, I even done Foundation papers to try to boost my final grade.
Aprt from that its all Cs and a couple of Ds,and a coupl of Bs which Im quite surprised about.

As far as im concerned school is now finished for me. Still cant believe I got them Ds, but hey, they were in Astronomy and Religious Studies. Will post that pic of the network cable tonight probably as I have no internet in my room atm, posting from Kindle.
Tom,the stuff says cove on the back, and its pretty much done, just 1 and a half walls left to do! Lol

Well done Danny on your exam results, great work

What job are you thinking of doing now?

 

[kesume]

Hi Guys & Gals,
Just logging in to say hello to all my friends here at this great forum. Missed you all.
Sorry I've not been about for a while but I was unexpectedly hospitalised for some considerable time!
Could not use computer while incarcerated, or sweet talk nurses into sending messages!

Now back home & have a lot of catching up to do! Wow, you lot have been busy.
I have been ordered to take things slowly so will take time to be up to speed. Typing will be even slower than before owing to mobility problems, more copy & paste seems the option.LoL!

@Tom982: Congrats on your Malware degree course, go get em!
Also on your recent exam results, well done Tom.

@americancritic: Congrats & Well done Tom on getting your Gold Badge, well deserved!
Also respect on taking on the BSOD's! I see you've been doing a great job.
Thank's for your mails concerning my health my friend, much appreciated.
This forum truly is like a family.

@ richard: I trust you had a good vacation, despite coming home to an earthquake?

@ MR Needs: Thank you my friend for your kind words.

I apologise if I have missed anyone else, not totally up to speed yet!
Will be logging in when I can to catch up with everyone.
It's good to be back!

Regards to everyone.
Keith.

Welcome back Keith, we all missed you lots, especially The Howling Wolves, no sensei talk since you went haha, glad you're out of hospital now, hope everything is going ok since your discharge day.

Dave

Thank you for the kind words Dave, really appreciated.
Thing's are going OK since discharge, thank you.

I do hope 'grasshopper' aka 'The Howling Wolves',has behaved himself and is still following the 'path'?

Thank's again Dave!

 

[JaidynM]

Well, I also got my single result today. I got an A* in Maths, taken a year early. But the school was not happy (not angry at me, though!) because the fifth form did well (29% straight A*s, and 70% A*s and As only) but they felt that the fourth form got a few too many (but still not that many) As, which will now have to be re-taken. They are really, really angry. I feel really sorry for those who didn't make it, because they will be very much sidelined as failures who let the whole side and league table down, by the school.

Congratulations on the results, Richard!

 

[Smurfyy]

Congrats guys!!
I've started an apprenticeship at this company called ITEC, course here
Also, pic of that network cable,

It's been taped up and put under the floorboards now, so yeah, we've been doing some more work on the bedroom today, it's getting there

 

[tom982]

That should be good fun Danny! Good luck with it mate Are you aiming to get your CompTIA A+ Certification or something then?

Maybe you should start by getting them to correct their typos

For more information please completeeither an enquiry form or application form.

Well that cable's seen better days! What's the yellow box for?

Tom

 

[Smurfyy]

Thanks! And yeah, the course looked good so I just went for it!
The yellow box is a cable tester! There's another end that was plugged into the end of the cable in my room, all it does is light each LED for each pair of cables, if they all light the cable is fine!
I'm surprised the cable actually works still, it would have been a hard job to replace it as it goes up into the loft then under some boards up there, at the end of the day it probably wouldn't be worth it lol.

Tonight I'm trying to get onto Minecraft, but it seems like it's down, either they're upgrading to 1.8, or the servers are down for maintenance, it sucks because you have to log into their servers first to make sure your a registered user, then you can get onto the other servers, since their servers are down I can't log in

Actually, while I was typing I was able to connect, so looks like they're back online?