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List of compatable programs
by Curtis Spivey 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

I'm new to the list. But have great interest in this OS. Has someone started a list of compatible software that can run under ReactOS? I've been trying to get PCStudy Bible to run under Wine and with Codeweaver and it's a no-go. And Tax time is right around the corner, so I'm thinking about TurboTax. I'm currently running SuSE 9.3 -- Curtis Nampa, Idaho http://pcs.freepay.com/?r=24984191

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Mini ReactOS distro
by Johannes Olofsson 06 Dec '05

06 Dec '05

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Installing ReactOS without CD...
by nitro2k01 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

I'm going to install ReactOS on a computer which does not have support for bootable CD's. I can copy the install files to the target computer's HD, but is it possible to initiate the installation afterwards? Custom boot disk? /nitro2k01 -- The blog of nitro2k01: <http://soundandcomplete.blogspot.com/> Saliga äro de som kan stava till 2k01!

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slideshow
by jh 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

Hi all, There is a very nice sideshow here http://shots.osdir.com/slideshows/slideshow.php?release=487&slide=1 Something that I have not seen on reactos.org. It is a good place to point interested people to. Having see most of the selection of screen shots and not having installed any of the releases this year, I can say wow, what a difference a year makes. Well done devs. Regards, jh

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New Project Coordinator
by Murphy, Ged (Bolton) 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

The voting is closed and ReactOS now has a new project coordinator. Steven Edwards has been appointed as Jason Filby's successor. Congratulations, and good luck ;) Speech ! ! ! ************************************************************************ The information contained in this message or any of its attachments is confidential and is intended for the exclusive use of the addressee. The information may also be legally privileged. The views expressed may not be company policy, but the personal views of the originator. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other dissemination or use of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact postmaster(a)exideuk.co.uk <mailto:postmaster@exideuk.co.uk> and then delete this message. Exide Technologies is an industrial and transportation battery producer and recycler with operations in 89 countries. Further information can be found at www.exide.com

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Registered web users
by Ge van Geldorp 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Just a datapoint: we now have more than 2000 accounts registered on our website. For reference, there were 964 accounts when we switched to the new website end of September, so the number of accounts more than doubled in the last two months. Yes, I know that some people registered more than one account because of problems and yes, probably not all accounts are active, but I still see this as a sign that interest in ReactOS is rising. Gé van Geldorp.

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Re: Freeldr UI modifications
by mf 25 Nov '05

25 Nov '05

João Jerónimo Barata de Oliveira wrote: > Well, indeed there's a boot loader that works very much like this... > GRUB uses that sector to store some parts of the program... but I don't > know if it stores there the config and I think that would be essencial > (because, in my opinion, a boot loader needs to be independent from > operating systems so, for example, there could be configuration floppy > disks for changing its configuration)... > As Grub is very similar (or parhaps identic) to my description of the > ideal boot loader, I would like you to chose Grub as ReactOS boot loader > (either by modifying it's configuration or by installing it from > scratch, depending on the pré-install configuration)... That is, of > course, also making ReactOS multiboot-compilant if it isn't already (It > doesn't look like that)... Any ReactOS boot loader must be able to read the registry and detect hardware. It's the way NT works, because NTLDR does sort of the same thing as well. Freeldr isn't a generic boot loader, it's the ReactOS boot loader. It's been said time and again, if you like Grub, then set Freeldr timeout to 0 (it won't display any menu and will immediately boot ReactOS), and chainload Freeldr through Grub. I really don't at all see what this idea of yours might have to do with ReactOS. Not only that, but it's very OT to this ML discussion. mf

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Freeldr UI modifications
by mf 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

Hi, I recall having heard several suggestions to make freeldr easier on the eyes (don't underestimate 60Hz VGA resolutions on a CRT) and/or make it look more familiar to ntldr. I have experimented with editing bootsup.c and the result implements both suggestions. The black background makes it less flickery on CRT displays and looks more in line with ntldr (the Windows boot loader). Please see the attached image and tell me your thoughts and observations. Best Regards, mf.

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0x3ED error in ReactOS explorer
by Karim Liman-Tinguiri 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

Hi, Here's a curious (and very easy to reproduce) error in ReactOS explorer. After downloading qemu preloaded with ReactOS and running it, going to ReactOS explorer shows two hard drive: C and D while qemu has only one mounted (I can see a c.img but no d.img in qemu's folder). Clicking on D produces a "*0x3ed unknown error*" (I have attached a screenshot). I guess this issue has two solutions: - Either, the problem comes from qemu reporting an nonexistant hard drive, in which case, the 0x3ED exception should be intercepted and be displayed instead as: "Unable to access D drive". - Or qemu's indeed not reporting the D drive in which case the bug comes from the ReactOS kernel or ReactOS explorer. I could have implemented the corrections in the sources myself and sent them here already, but I haven't done so since (1) I wasn't sure whether the issue came from qemu reporting nonexistent hard drives to the ReactOS kernel, from the kernel reporting nonexistent hard drives to ReactOS explorer or from the ReactOS explorer reporting an nonexistent hard drive to the user. (2) I didn't know where the error strings are located in the source files (it would be great if somebody pointed me to the string table for ReactOS explorer) and, even after a lookup on Internet, couldn't find the exact string corresponding to the 0x3ED error code. - Warz Cannon.

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Black Screen at Logoff
by Hanspeter Roth 19 Nov '05

19 Nov '05

Hello, most of the time when I choose logoff I get into a blue screen saying I can turn the computer off. But sometimes I get into an empty black screen. What does it mean? Has the filesystem been flushed at this time? -Hanspeter

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