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Havok:
Nice! On a side note, if you turn off the image stabilization on your camcorder, it should eliminate the scan lines on the monitor you are filming, and give you a clear picture.

DrewKaree:

--- Quote from: Level42 on May 05, 2006, 05:39:09 pm ---One question:

Everything that is suggested works great, except when I escape mamewah, explorer doesn't start. I've tried entering the full path in mamewah.ini, but didn't help.

I've tried changing exit_action itno run_app and later also windows but this doesn't help either.

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I'm not certain what exactly is happening in your setup, just figured I'd throw in what I need to do when running my PVR software as a shell so the wife can't muck around in there - I CTRL-ALT-DEL and have to manually run explorer.exe - again, no idea from a simple perusal of this thread, just throwing that out there.

--- Quote from: Hiub1 on May 06, 2006, 09:47:17 am ---Guys, I am updating the WIKI at the moment. I think it would be a good idea to provide a cursor file as well, and I have made my own already. Anybody have a good place to host it that won't be down? Saint maybe? The file is a couple of KB, so I am sure it won't be a bandwith killer. Let me know so I can add a link to download the cursor directly from the Wiki.

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Throw your cursor file (or whatever cursor file you like to use that you have permission from the author to use) up on the Wiki itself. You can upload pics to the Wiki and put them into the Wiki notes right alongside the part where you want to introduce that aspect. For examples, see the individual jukebox pages and check the code for how to use a pic in the Wiki.

--- Quote from: pmc on May 07, 2006, 01:20:34 pm ---
For what it's worth, Bootskin repeatedly blue-screened my machine. I think it's because I previously mucked with the bootscreen using TweakUI and/or the Registry so it's likely that I have conflict and need to straighten that out first.

Anyone know if Phoenix Award BIOS supports a BIOS boot screen? I'm using it with an MSI nForce2 board. I don't see an option to change the boot screen.

-pmc

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I'd wager big money on conflicts between the two progs you used for bootscreen customization. I ended up just doing a format and fresh install due to the exact same situation you're describing.

AFAIK, only the Asus boards supported the BIOS boot screen, I don't recall MSI boards EVER having that capability. There were only a few that did, but newer boards may now support that capability, although you prolly won't want to buy a new board just for that. See the PCI video card trick instead.

--- Quote from: Silver on May 09, 2006, 07:56:07 pm ---
For thoses really willing to play around, you can use a free util called nLite - http://www.nliteos.com/ - which will create a whole new XP installation set/bootable CD based on your current XP cd, removing everything that you choose. This is hardcore feature removal - you can strip several hundred megs off the XP cd - but will give you the smallest/fastest xp build. I've used it for creating XP builds to run on itx-boards with only 64/128megs ram quite successfully.

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To learn a bit more about what you're fiddling around with, check out www.msfn.org for what nLite is doing and/or is capable of doing. The creator of nLite is (was?) a member of msfn and created the program to simplify some of the steps and make everything easier.

--- Quote from: gonzo90017 on May 09, 2006, 09:41:07 pm ---I wish there was a way to get rid of the mouse, floppy and or keyboard. Some of the older pc's complain when you remove them. Especially with the floppy even if you disable it in the bios :badmood:

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Make sure that you didn't just disable the floppy drive in the BIOS, make sure you also disable the "floppy drive seek" as well, otherwise all you've done is tell your PC that every time you boot up, you want it to go look for something you unplugged. Make sure to do both things.

Capthowdy:
I'm having the exact same problem. I have to manually load up explorer after I exit Mamewah. I've tried everything. When I hit ESC...it just goes to my desktop with no explorer. Am I supposed to be using the menu to exit?

--- Quote from: DrewKaree on May 12, 2006, 07:37:10 pm ---
--- Quote from: Level42 on May 05, 2006, 05:39:09 pm ---One question:

Everything that is suggested works great, except when I escape mamewah, explorer doesn't start. I've tried entering the full path in mamewah.ini, but didn't help.

I've tried changing exit_action itno run_app and later also windows but this doesn't help either.

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I'm not certain what exactly is happening in your setup, just figured I'd throw in what I need to do when running my PVR software as a shell so the wife can't muck around in there - I CTRL-ALT-DEL and have to manually run explorer.exe - again, no idea from a simple perusal of this thread, just throwing that out there.

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Howard_Casto:
When you setup a program as shell it is REPLACING explorer. Unless the program is specifically coded to manually load explorer on exit, you'll get a blank desktop when you exit a shelled program.

Level42:
Yes, but generaly the idea is that Mamewah is configured to START explorer.exe upon exiting Mamewah. And that's not working.

Minwah where are you, we need your help !

To M3talhead:
No game intro movies on your Mamewah screen ? Guests LOVE that (and me too, it tells you so much more than a still image).

Nice video, my startup is about the same now. The idea of putting a PCI card next to your AGP is not mine or new, but I've tried it in the past and works brillianly.

M3talhead, I'm not into metal at all, but you incorporated the style pefectly on your cab. However, we do share a great taste in beer: Duvel !

Also, on the flickering of the screen: I haven't tried filming my cab, but since arcade monitors are running at 60Hz, and PAL cams are on 50Hz you can expect this flickering to happen. Are you in a PAL country ?

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