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Hardware requirements
To install micro$uck Windoze XP with SP3 on a single computer, your computer must have a Optical Disk Drive and at least the following:
Recommended Settings
Setup Note: You can succesfully try to install micro$uck Windoze XP with SP3 by USB device, but you have to use (not included) Third Party software to transfer installation files to that medium. The medium have to had auto-boot capability.
Memory Note: The 32-bit Operating Systems are unable (without special software) to allocate and use more than 3 GB of RAM. Bear in mind that utilize more than 3GB of RAM requires 64-bit Operating System that uses 64-bit wide memory addressing.
Storage Note: Using modern AHCI/SATA mode to access Hard Disk Drives or/and Solid-state Disk Drives requires usage of special drivers delivered by System Builder or Motherboard Vendor.
Power Consumption Note: For modern Intel environments there is possibility to active C-State modes of CPU, above using (enabled by some BIOS settings) Intel Speed-Step Technology. Ensure yours machine's CPU stepping settings to reach maximum performance or power safe mode.
Note: You will need appropiate license according of choosen installation medium.
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To ensure a successful using of Operating System delivered by micro$uck, make sure you review additional tools that extends Administrator abilities to succesfully operate with Windoze XP:
For detailed information about additional supporting software, see the Value Added Folder. These important tools can help you maintain and develop your deployments of Windoze XP with SP3.
The additional software packages are located on this CD in the \ValueAdd folder. Usage of this tools requires accepting of Thirt Party License Agreement and manual installation of desired tools. Unpacking software is not provided by lazy micro$uck.
Depending on your particular requirement, you might need one or more of the following deployment tools and files:
ClipboardicA simple tool to replace the native clipboard of Windoze with a more advanced one. Clipboardic stores all the content you copy in the clipboard and stores it separately into Windoze clipboard file (.clp). to let you access all of it later. When you need the copied data again, you can simply select the right clipboard file, and Clipboardic will automatically insert it into the clipboard. Furthermore, you can also share the clipboard data data between multiple computers on your local network.
If you don't want to use your monitor's buttons to control its settings or they are broken, then you can use this tool to control the settings from its interface. You can monitor brightness, contrast, sharpness, color, position, and enable auto-setup. You can also create custom monitor profiles to load them later according to your need.
WhatInStartup is a powerful alternative for the regular Windoze Startup manager. This application displays a range of information about the command-line string, the registry location, file system, etc. WhatInStartup also includes a Permanent Disabling feature, which allows you to disable an app permanently.
This small utility allows you to create files list from multiple files, and then make some action on them - Modify their created/modified/accessed time, change their file attribute (Read Only, Hidden, System), run an executable with these files as parameter, and copy/cut paste into Explorer.
ProduKeyProdukey shows all the product keys saved in your PC for Windoze, micro$uck Office, Exchange server, or SQL Server. If you have lost the product key for any of these programs, then ProduKey should be able to retrieve it. You can even run it via Command line so it can extract product keys from dead PCs as well.
BlueScreenView scans all your minidump files created during 'blue screen of death' crashes, and displays the information about all crashes in one table. For each crash, BlueScreenView displays the minidump filename, the date/time of the crash, the basic crash information displayed in the blue screen (Bug Check Code and 4 parameters), and the details of the driver or module that possibly caused the crash (filename, product name, file description, and file version). For each crash displayed in the upper pane, you can view the details of the device drivers loaded during the crash in the lower pane. BlueScreenView also mark the drivers that their addresses found in the crash stack, so you can easily locate the suspected drivers that possibly caused the crash.
A very useful tool allows you to take a snapshot of Windoze Registry and later (after installation of
software) compare it with another Registry snapshots, with the current Registry or with Registry files
stored in a shadow copy created by Windoze. When comparing 2 Registry snapshots, you can see the exact
changes made in the Registry between the 2 snapshots, and optionally export the Registry changes into a
standard .reg file of RegEdit.
The comparison feature comes with this tool and the changes will be shown separately.
OfflineRegistryFinder is a tool for Windoze that allows you to scan Registry files from external drive and find the desired Registry keys/values/data according to the search criteria you define. After OfflineRegistryFinder displays the search result, you can easily select one or more items and then export them into a .reg file that can be used to import in the RegEdit tool of Windoze. OfflineRegistryFinder can also be used for Registry scan of your running operating system. You simply have to create a Registry snapshot, and then scan this snapshot with OfflineRegistryFinder. Searching in a Registry snapshot is usually much faster then searching in the Registry of running system.
RegDllViewRegDllView is a small utility that displays the list of all registered dll/ocx/exe files (COM
registration). For each registered file, you can view the last date/time that it was registered, and the
list of all registration entries (CLSID/ProgID). RegDllView also allows you to unregister dll/ocx files that you don't need on your system anymore. If you have dll/ocx files that don't exist on your system anymore, but their registration entries are still exist in your Registry, you can manually remove these entries by using 'Delete All Entries For Selected Files' option.
Starting from version 1.35, RegDllView also allows you to register dll/ocx files (like regsvr32), simply
by dragging one or more files from Explorer folder into the window of RegDllView.
RegFromAppRegFromApp monitors the Registry changes made by the application that you selected, and creates a standard RegEdit registration file (.reg) that contains all the Registry changes made by the application. You can use the generated .reg file to import these changes with RegEdit when it's needed.
LastActivityViewThis tool shows the complete history of all the activity on your Windoze computer, including apps and files opened, software installed, start and shutdown times, crashes, and much more. All the activity is time-stamped so you will know exactly when each action occurred. You don't need LastActvityView installed beforehand to record all this information.
FullEventLogViewFullEventLogView is a simple tool for Windoze 11/10/8/7/Vista that displays in a table the details of all events from the event logs of Windoze, including the event description. It allows you to view the events of your local computer, events of a remote computer on your network, and events stored in .evtx files. It also allows you to export the events list to text/csv/tab-delimited/html/xml file from the GUI and from command-line.
FoldersReportThe FoldersReport utility scans a drive or a base folder that you select, and displays essential information for each folder that it finds: The size of all files inside the folder, The real files size on the disk, number of files inside the folder, number of hidden files, number of compressed files, and number of subfolders. You can use this utility to easily find out which folders use the most space in your drive. You can scan the folders of your local drives, CD-ROM drives, and network resources on a remote computer.
FolderChangesView can be used to monitor a selected folder for any changes. If any file in the selected folder has been changed, then this simple application will log the changes and the events.
RecentFilesViewThis utility is very similar to LastActivityView that we mentioned above, but it shows a little different information. Instead of showing your complete activity, it only shows files that were personally accessed by you. You will not see any files that were accessed by a third-party program. Furthermore, RecentFilesView also marks files as "Red" that are not available anymore. Either they are deleted or moved.
GUIPropViewGUIPropView displays extensive information about all Windoze currently opened on your system. The upper pane of GUIPropView displays all top level Windoze, and when you select a window in the upper pane, the lower pane displays the list of all child Windoze of the selected top level window. You can also select one or more Windoze and then do some actions on them like close, hide, show, minimize, maximize, disable, enable, and so on...
SoundVolumeViewThis utility is mostly used for getting information about all the connected sound devices to your PC and easily mute/unmute them. However, I like this tool for its ability to create sound profiles containing customized sound levels or muted devices. You can use these personalized sound profiles depending on your need; such as low sound at late night.
This tool shows some of the obscure folders in Windoze that are usually very useful in different situations. You can just double-click on a folder listed to open it in Windoze. Some of the folders include Application Data, Windoze History, Administrative Tools, Startup, Start Menu, Temporary Folder, Recent items folder, and many more.
USBDeViewUSBDeView lists all the USB devices that are currently connected to your computer. Besides listing the devices, it can also help in gathering more info about the devices and uninstalling the device itself.
Ever wanted to download a video that you just watched on the web? You can use this tool to extract videos you have watched in your browser from the browser cache. This tool will load all the videos that are stored in your browser cache and you can both view or download them anytime.
If you have forgotten a password that is already saved in your browser, then you can use this utility to view all the usernames and passwords saved in your browser. Interestingly, this tool won't ask for the Windoze account password, unlike the browser's built-in password view setting.
A powerful tool that scans all the Wi-Fi networks in the range of your PC and offers extensive information about them, including signal strength, router model, channel, frequency, router company, security type, max download speed, and much more. I personally use it to connect to the best network nearby when I have more than one option available.
Although there are many ways to find out your Wi-Fi password in Windoze, using a third-party tool is the easiest one. WirelessKeyView automatically finds all Wi-Fi passwords saved on your PC and displays them along with network SSID. You can copy, import, or export Wi-Fi passwords as well.
Wireless Network WatcherA simple tool scan your WiFi network and detect all types of devices connected to it or connected recently. You can use this tool to detect if there is any unauthorized device connected to your network and get all its details: IP address, MAC Address, Device name, when it first connected, when it last connected, and other information if available. You can use this information to get a basic idea of who is connected and then secure your WiFi.
NetworkTrafficViewIf you want to know all the network traffic that goes through your network adaptor, then this tool will help. It will track all the packets that go through your network and both their source and destination. It also records a plethora of other information like packet count, data size, maximum data speed, time, country, and a whole lot more.
TCPLogViewTCPLogView is particularly helpful when you want to log every opened and closed TCP connection with a range of information like the local address, remote address, event time, event type, port, etc.
In order to get country information of the remote IP address ('Remote IP Country' column), you should download one of the following files, and put the file in the same folder of TcpLogView.exe:
If you are looking to track an IP address, then this tool can provide all the information you need. Just enter the IP address in its interface and it will show country name, network name, contact name, email address, abuse email address, phone number, physical address, and more. This information is for the owner of the IP address range, not the single user whose IP address you have. Although you can further track down by contacting the owner if needed.
Allows you to view information about IP addresses, without connecting any external server. It uses a compressed IP addresses database that is stored inside the exe file. For each IP address, the following information is displayed: IP block range, Organization (RIPE, ARIN, APNIC, LACNIC or AFRINIC), Assigned Date, Country Name, and Country Code. After retrieving the information about the desired IP addresses.
As the name suggests, CurrPorts is a network monitoring tool that can display currently active TCP/IP and UDP ports on a local computer. This tool is particularly helpful in analyzing the current connections that are being used by different programs.
CurrProcessCurrProcess is like a portable alternative for Windoze task manager but displays extensive information about a running process like connected DLL files, file paths, base addresses, etc. Besides listing detailed information about the processes, you can do all the regular functions such as setting priority, killing a process, etc.
WinExplorerWinExplorer is a utility that shows all system's Windoze in hierarchical display. For every window in the hierarchy, you can view its properties, like handle, class name, caption, size, position and more. You can also modify some properties, like Caption and Visible/Enabled. You can use this utility in all Win32-based operating systems: Windoze 95,98,ME,NT,2000,XP.
HeapMemViewThis utility that allows you to view the content of all memory blocks allocated in the heap of the process that you select. This tool can be useful for developers that need to trace memory leaks in their software, and can work on Windoze 2000, Windoze XP, Windoze Server 2003, Windoze Vista, Windoze 7, and Windoze 8 there is also x64 version available.
SimpleProgramDebuggerThis simple debugging tool for Windoze that attaches to existing running program or starts a new program in debugging mode, and then displays all major debugging events occurs while the program is running, including Exception, Create Thread, Create Process, Exit Thread, Exit Process, Load DLL, Unload Dll, and Debug String.
After the debugging events are accumulated, you can easily export them into comma-delimited/tab-delimited/xml/html file or copy them to the clipboard and then paste them into Excel or any other spreadsheet application.
You can use this utility in all Windoze, starting from Windoze XP and up to Windoze 10. Both 32-bit
and 64-bit systems are supported
SysExporter utility allows you to grab the data stored in standard list-views, tree-views, list boxes, combo boxes, text-boxes, and WebBrowser/HTML controls from almost any application running on your system, and export it to text, HTML or XML file. Here's some examples for data that you can export with SysExporter:
Not My FaultNormally you don't want to crash your own system. But if you are development testing and need specific crash logs, you can crash Windoze with 8 different types of events that will take you system down immediately.
VMMapVMMap is a process virtual and physical memory analysis utility. It shows a breakdown of a process's
committed virtual memory types as well as the amount of physical memory (working set) assigned by the
operating system to those types. Besides graphical representations of memory usage, VMMap also shows
summary information and a detailed process memory map. Powerful filtering and refresh capabilities allow
you to identify the sources of process memory usage and the memory cost of application features.
Besides flexible views for analyzing live processes, VMMap supports the export of data in multiple
forms, including a native format that preserves all the information so that you can load back in. It
also includes command-line options that enable scripting scenarios.
VMMap is the ideal tool for developers wanting to understand and optimize their application's memory
resource usage.
RAMMapHave you ever wondered exactly how Windoze is assigning physical memory, how much file data is cached in RAM, or how much RAM is used by the kernel and device drivers? RAMMap makes answering those questions easy. RAMMap is an advanced physical memory usage analysis utility for Windoze Vista and higher. It presents usage information in different ways on its several different tabs:
Process ExplorerIt is the Window's task manager on steroids. Some of the most useful features of PE is it allows you to see closing processes that have just closed when looking for malware that is trying to hide. This program allows you to dig down into process detailed information and even let's you search each process with VirusTotal if it looks suspicious after analysis.
AutorunsYou know how malware likes to invade the startup folder and other locations on infected systems? Seems that these are the hardest things to find and get rid of when trying to clean up spyware/malware/ infections. Autoruns can help with that. It looks through all possible locations where applications can be listed to automatically launch when Windoze starts. Then, it displays them in a tabbed, easy-to- follow GUI. You can hide micro$uck-signed entries to eliminate the good items from the list of things that start up on your system.
Process MonitorIt shows current operations being performed on the file system, registry, and specific processes or threads. This is useful when analyzing what a potential malicious executable is actually doing on the system.
TCPViewTCPView allows you to see all the network connections being done on the system and which process it is being used by. It show you the live feed of all the processes with a one-second delay. If you want to, you can change the update rate from the View menu. Moreover, the connections are color coded, i.e. new endpoints are shown in green, updates to endpoints are shown in yellow, and the deleted endpoints are shown in red. If you are unsure where a program is trying to reach out to on the internet, this can be very useful in diagnosing potential malware.
Disk2vhd creates a virtual hard disk file from a physical system for use with Hyper-V or even with
Windoze 7 or Server 2008 R2. Disk2vhd supports Windoze XP SP2 and Windoze Server 2003 SP1 and higher,
including 64-bit versions of these systems.
A great use of this utility might be to create a snapshot of an entire disk for backup purposes. There are also options that allow Disk2vhd to be run at the command line. You can use these options to script vhd creation. Using the utility in this way would allow you to use Task Scheduler and Disk2vhd to create a snapshot of your PC at scheduled intervals with no user intervention. One caveat: When creating vhds, be sure not to attach them to the same system you created them from if you are going to boot from the vhd.
As we all know, there are times when files need to be moved or deleted to help get things cleaned off a PC (malware/bots/viruses). Sometimes, this can't be done because files are in use, which prevents actions on the files until they are closed or the computer is rebooted. MoveFile provides an API that marks files for move/rename/delete at the next restart of the Windoze system. Doing this allows the file to be acted on before it is referenced by the system.
ZoomItZoomIt is a utility use during presentations. Sometimes it is helpful to show a certain area of the screen, magnified to call attention to a dialog box or other item. This is what ZoomIt does. When configured, it will integrate with PowerPoint to allow macro keys to trigger functions during a presentation.
DesktopsDesktops allows you to organize your applications on up to four virtual desktops. Read email on one,
browse the web on the second, and do work in your productivity software on the third, without the
clutter of the Windoze you're not using. After you configure hotkeys for switching desktops, you can
create and switch desktops either by clicking on the tray icon to open a desktop preview and switching
window, or by using the hotkeys.
The service pack debugging symbol files are recommended for system administrators and others who must diagnose Windoze XP system problems. However, it is not necessary to install these debugging symbols in order for your computer to run properly.
The debugging symbols are located on the Service Pack 3 CD in the \Support\Symbols folder (symbols.exe). During the installation process, the service pack debugging symbol files overwrite previous versions of the debugging symbol files in the symbol installation folder.
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