Is Windows Script right for me?

TL;DR I'm trying to automate a program running every two weeks and performing a function then shutting off.
I have zero programming experience but I'd like to automate a mundane task that I often forget to do. I'd like ArcGIS to open automatically and run a function that's already created. Is this possible and where should I begin? Do I need
to get some background knowledge prior to learning windows script?

Yes, you could use powershell (or several other script languages). Start here:
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//0154000005p3000000

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Windows script needed for the following tags

hi ,
I am currently automating a web task using windows script.
For the below source script , i need wsh script
<td title="Export Report" class="ui-pg-button ui-corner-all" style="cursor: pointer;" jQuery1404898744838="556">
     <div class="ui-pg-div">
             <span class="ui-icon ui-icon-newwin"/>
                        Text - Export
From the above script,
I need to click the "export"
Please anyone guide me to form a WSH script for clicking the "Export"
So far my code is
Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
Set WshShell = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
IE.navigate "url"
IE.Visible = True
Wscript.sleep 10000
IE.Document.getElementbyID("ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_ddl_datefilter4").focus()
WScript.sleep 10000
IE.Document.getElementbyID("ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_ddl_datefilter").SelectedIndex=4
WScript.Sleep 10000
IE.Document.getElementbyID("ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_txt_fromdate").value = "30 Jun 2014"
WScript.Sleep 10000
IE.Document.getElementbyID("ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_txt_todate").value = "04 Jul 2014"
WScript.Sleep 10000
IE.Document.getElementbyID("a_genslasummary").click()
WScript.sleep 10000
Thanks in Advance
Naveen

There is nothing to click on export. It is just text. YOu also cannot click on anything that does not have an event associated. Many events ae hidden in JS code.
None of the objects in your HTML have IDs so they will not be easy to find.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

JScript error in Window script block for SharePoint web part

I am getting a runtime JScript error while trying to execute my web part. I assume that this error may be occuring because I am trying to assign a Javascript function to a SPMenuField.NavigateUrlFormat property.
I have tried modifying the AllowedProtocols value in one the array variables for the SPUrlUtility.AllowedProtocols using the instructions at
http://tipssharepoint.blogspot.in/2010/06/using-javascript-in-navigateurlformat.html. Even that didnt work.
Could someone please help me on this?
Thanks Sandy

Hi ChaitanyaSandeep,
The list of allowed protocols in AllowProtocols property doesn’t contain javascript, the following article shows an example to replace one of the values of the AllowedProtocols array before rendering the control, you can consider checking
whether this works:
http://blog.sdbonline.com/2009/04/using-javascript-in-the-navigateurlformat-property-of-the-spmenufield.html
Thanks,
Qiao Wei
TechNet Community Support

Script Issue for Windows 2012 R2 or 2012 Operating Systems

I have this login script that works on older operating systems but fails to run under Window 2012 R2 for users when the login; its setup as a active directory domain user logon policy: Im not much with scripts ..any help you could provide would be great
Option Explicit
Dim objFSO, objFolder, strDirectory, WshS, WSHSell, strDriveLetter, intRunError, objShell, strUser
Dim objNetwork, usrProfile, strProfilepath, usrName
Set WshS = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
'Expand Environment
'Create const's to spare time and place
usrProfile = WshS.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%UserProfile%")
usrName = WshS.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%UserName%")
' Message to prove my string contains the path to my profile
strProfilepath = usrProfile
' CREATE FOLDERS ON USER SHARE IF IT DOES NOT EXIST AND ASSIGN RIGHTS
strDirectory = "\\hadfs1.pmhadley.com\users\" & usrName
' Create folder in share.
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If Not objFSO.FolderExists(strDirectory) Then
Set objFolder = objFSO.CreateFolder(strDirectory)
' Grant permissions to user in the folder.
Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
intRunError = objShell.Run("%COMSPEC% /c Echo Y| cacls " & strDirectory & " /t /c /g " & usrName & ":C ""Domain Admins"":F", 2, True)
strDriveLetter = "U:"
Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive strDriveLetter, strDirectory
ELSE IF objFSO.FolderExists(strDirectory) Then
strDriveLetter = "U:"
Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive strDriveLetter, strDirectory
END IF
END IF
It works if I run the script on the server from command prompt; but Remote Desktop sessions dont show the mapping created

Hi,
Get rid of the script and set up your user's home folder like so:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/320043/
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I can't synchronize my iPod's with my iTunes software (Windows Vista Home Premium) due to problems with the access authorization / rights for this operation

Hi there,
I'd like to ask you something:
I'm trying to synchronize all my iPod's (I have as many as 4 iPods: 2 iPod touch a 8 GB each and 2 iPod classic a 160 GB each) with my iTunes software (Version 11.3.1 which is installed on a Windows PC (Windows Vista Home Premium)). Unfortunately, the iTunes software refuses to run the command "synchronize with the iPod connected" regarding each and every iPod I have. iTunes just declares:
Synchronizing is impossible because I wouldn't hold the access authorization / rights for this operation.
I uploaded the songs at issue to my iTunes folder from CD's (all songs are in AAC format now).
What is this access authorization, why was something like that invented and what can I do to get it?
How do I have to proceed in detail?
What would it cost?
I am brand new here and have never ever made a post in any support community anywhere in the world in my life. Well, and I am not excessively knowledgeable about the particular computer or mac language but I know the very basics or can find out about them.
Anyways - can you help me please?
If you can't help me, who can do so?
It would be nice if you could answer me as soon as possible!
Thank you guys
Prying Pedro

Yes, others have experienced the problem, a simple search of the forums would have revealed that and the simple solution.
Termporarily disable any security software on the computer.

Reviewing Windows NT Rights and Privileges Granted for SQL Server Service Accounts

Hi Folks,
I am an experienced .NET apps developer who has been tasked with writing a bunch of technical controls for all the SQL Server instances on a domain.
So for the last month I have been diving in the deep end learning Powershell, dba and infrastructure tasks. This is still a work in progress, so be kind to me.. ;o)
So the task I am stuck on is described in the section on 'Reviewing Windows NT Rights and Privileges Granted for SQL Server Service Accounts' http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143504(v=sql.105).aspx
I have not been able to find cmdlets that gives me this information. I have found some exes which come frustratingly close like NTRights.exe. This lets me specify a computer name which is great, but only seems to let you set or deny permissions, not just
list them!
Any help with this would be very much appreciated as I am firmly stuck. As per comments above also bear in mind that up until around 1.5 months ago I had never used powershell / knew very much at all about SQL server admin etc. Feeling much more comfortable
with them now, but much less so with Active Directory/ windows permission structures etc so please can I ask anyone kind enough to reply to try and keep the acronyms down as much as humanly possible.. ;o)
Cheers
Kieron

Hi Kieron,
Take a look at this module, it makes permissions much easier to work with than what's currently available:
https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/PowerShellAccessControl-d3be7b83
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Issuing licences for windows digital rights management

I am Trying to issue licences for windows digital rights
management
with coldfusion. This is what i have so far.. any help would
be
appreciated.
I am able to get the licence in the LicenseResponse variable,
but i
dont know how to send it out. I read some stuff about the
coldfusion
Response interface but i just can't seem to get it to work.
Thanks in advance for any help.
<cfset contentowner_publickey = "xxx">
<cfset seed = "xxx">
<cfobject type="com"
action="create"
class="Wmrmobjs.WMRMChallenge"
name="ChallengeObj"
context="local">
<cfobject type="com"
action="create"
class="Wmrmobjs.WMRMHeader"
name="HeaderObj"
context="local">
<cfobject type="com"
action="create"
class="Wmrmobjs.WMRMKeys"
name="KeysObj"
context="local">
<cfobject type="com"
action="create"
class="Wmrmobjs.WMRMRights"
name="RightsObj"
context="local">
<cfobject type="com"
action="create"
class="Wmrmobjs.WMRMLicGen"
name="LicGenObj"
context="local">
<cfobject type="com"
action="create"
class="Wmrmobjs.WMRMResponse"
name="ResponseObj"
context="local">
<cfset strLicenseRequested = #FORM.challenge#>
<cfset ChallengeObj.Challenge = #strLicenseRequested#>
<cfset clientinfo = ChallengeObj.ClientInfo>
<cfset varHeader = ChallengeObj.Header>
<cfset HeaderObj.Header = #varHeader#>
<cfset lResult =
HeaderObj.Verify(#contentowner_publickey#)>
<cfif #lResult# EQ 0>
<cfabort>
</cfif>

<cfset kid = HeaderObj.KeyID>
<cfset indiVersion = "2.2">
<cfset KeysObj.KeyID = #kid#>
<cfset KeysObj.Seed = #seed#>
<cfset varKey = KeysObj.GenerateKey()>
<cfset RightsObj.MinimumSecurityLevel = 500>

<cfset RightsObj.AllowPlayOnPC = true>
<cfset RightsObj.AllowTransferToSDMI = true>
<cfset RightsObj.PMRights = 17>
<cfset RightsObj.PMAppSecurity = 999>
<cfset RightsObj.AllowBackupRestore = false>
<cfset RightsObj.AllowCopy = false>
<cfset RightsObj.DeleteOnClockRollback = false>

<cfset sRights = RightsObj.GetAllRights()>
<cfset LicGenObj.KeyID = #varKey#>
<cfset call = LicGenObj.SetKey("", #varKey#)>
<cfset call = LicGenObj.Attribute("LICENSESERVER",
http://www.myDomain.com")>
<cfset LicGenObj.Rights = #sRights#>
<cfset LicGenObj.Priority = 10>
<cfset LicGenObj.ClientInfo = #clientinfo#>
<cfset LicGenObj.IndividualizedVersion = #indiVersion#>
<cfset LicGenObj.BindToPubKey =
#contentowner_publickey#>
<cfset varLicense = LicGenObj.GetLicenseToDeliver()>
<cfset call = ResponseObj.AddLicense("2.0.0.0",
#varLicense#)>
<cfset LicenseResponse =
ResponseObj.GetLicenseResponse()>
THIS IS NOT CORRECT BUT I THINK IT SHOUDL BE SOMETHING LIKE
THIS BELOW
<cfscript>
response.write(#LicenseResponse#);
</cfscript>
I am able to get the licence in the LicenseResponse variable,
but i
dont know how to send it out. I read some stuff about the
coldfusion
Response interface but i just can't seem to get it to work.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Reply

Um, I don't know that there's any. I mean, there could be, but as far as I know, the rights management has to do with the file and the reader, not the download server. If you want to prevent downloads by unregistered users, there's plenty of info out there on securing your web site. But once the file is downloaded, it can be given to anyone, and your web server has nothing to do with that. That's where the DRM stuff comes into play.

[SOLVED]change default access creation rights for the users

Hi!
When a user creating folders or files it will allow full access to all users who are in the same group.
How can I make the changes to be default instead of using chmod always?
Last edited by Andy_Crowd (2014-06-11 14:47:29)

Here is an example with some entries from my smb.conf
security = share
guest account = windowstools
[WT]
path = /home/Windows/Win-tools
public = yes
writeable = yes
create mask = 0000
guest ok = yes
browseable = yes
read only = no
Windows XP is connected to my Linux share. I want be able to create folders and have access within Linux and Windows with rwx rights for the group. For now files created from Windows getting default rights 755 (rwx,xr,xr).
windowstools:andy = is XP username/group
andy:andy = Arch Linux username/group
Windows XP is full updated (got problem once with connection to samba after update, got wait until next updates will come -.- , when new windows updates came XP could be connected to samba again, was a bug as I hoped).
I am starting/restarting samba with script like
#!/bin/bash
systemctl stop smbd
sleep 2
systemctl status smbd | head -1
systemctl status smbd | grep 'Active:' | awk -F')' '{print $1}' | sed 's/(//m'
systemctl stop nmbd
sleep 1
systemctl status nmbd | head -1
systemctl status nmbd | grep 'Active:' | awk -F')' '{print $1}' | sed 's/(//m'
systemctl start smbd
sleep 2
systemctl status smbd | head -1
systemctl status smbd | grep 'Active:' | awk -F')' '{print $1}' | sed 's/(//m'
systemctl start nmbd
sleep 1
systemctl status nmbd | head -1
systemctl status nmbd | grep 'Active:' | awk -F')' '{print $1}' | sed 's/(//m'
and not automatically on boot.
Windows XP is running in VMware Player on the same PC with Arch Linux.
Last edited by Andy_Crowd (2014-06-11 12:42:52)

Windows Script Host startup error - Windows 8

Hello all,
I got new Windows 8 Lenovo laptop recently, and I wanted to install all my games from my previous computer to my new one. So I did, but ended up with some errors (Which have nothing to due with Windows or Lenovo, but rather the games themselves), and
as a result, I had to re-install java (I mention java just to ensure I cover all the possibilities, I doubt it has anything to due with java). After some un-installations and scans/clean-ups, I got my computer back to normal except for one notable error: every
time I boot my laptop, I get an error message that is titled "Windows Script Host" and has the message "Can not find file "C:\ProgramData\Lenovo-1423.vbs"". When I safe boot I do not get this message, but when I go to troubleshoot
it in clean boot, I always get the error message, regardless of what services/startup items I have disabled. My virus softwares (Webroot and McAfee) detect no threats when I scan my drives.
I'm sure I'm overlooking something simple. And, knowing me, I probably posted this in the wrong category, so apologies in advanced. Can someone please offer me help?

Hi there. I had a similar problem and was able to resolve it. Every time I started
up my PC, I would get an annoying message titled
"windows script host" saying it couldn't find a file relating to a 3rd party application. You can check whether it is a 3rd party app causing this by starting
your PC in safe mode and see if it still gives you the message titled "windows script host". If it doesn't, then it is a 3rd party app causing it and the problem is relatively easy to resolve.
I was able to resolve this as follows:
1. Start in safe mode
(If the message titled "windows script host" doesn't appear, proceed and follow
the remaining steps. If it does still appear then don't proceed and I'm not sure how you should resolve the issue in that case)
2. Run registry editor
3. Search for Lenovo-1423.vbs
4. When found, delete it.
5. Restart PC in normal mode. Problem solved!
Below are detailed instructions below for performing the steps above:
First startup your PC in safemode.
A sure way to enable safe mode (for Windows 7 and Windows 8) is as follows. Run "msconfig", when msconfig is open, go to the boot tab and tick the checkbox that says "safe boot", apply changes then restart PC. It will start in safemode.
Note: to find "msconfig" just hit the windows key and type "msconfig" (without quotes). Then click on it to run it.
Now once in safe mode, run "regedit". To find regedit, press windows key, type "regedit" without quotes, then click on it to run it. The Registry Editor will open.
When it is open, press ctrl+F to open the find window. Type "Lenovo-1423.vbs" then click on "find next" or just hit "Enter" key. It will begin searching the registry. When the search is complete it should come up with a list, one of them should be highlighted
and will have the path,
C:\ProgramData\Lenovo-1423.vbs
Simply right click on it and click on delete. When you delete it, the problem should be resolved, now just run your PC normally again. I.e. not in "safe mode".
To do this, run "msconfig" again by pressing windows key, typing "msconfig" then clicking on it. Go to the boot tab, uncheck the box saying "safe boot". Apply changes then restart your PC. It will start in regular mode and no more annoying message at start
up.
If the problem persists, you can start in safe mode again and run regedit to search for Lenovo-1423.vbs again in case it appears elsewhere in your registry. I doubt it would though.
Good luck to anybody who had a similar problem

How to automate Sub variables in Essbase using windows scripting

I am trying to update the automation of sub variables.
The idea is that the user will set the StartMonth in the file and than based on the value the 3 sub variable for months will get updated.
Below is the script and the Maxl
Windows Script
Set StartMonth = 01
IF %StartMonth% == 01 SET TempMth1=Aug
IF %StartMonth% == 01 SET TempMth2=Sep
IF %StartMonth% == 01 SET TempMth3=Oct
D:\Oracle\Middleware\user_projects\epmsystem1\EssbaseServer\essbaseserver1\bin\startMaxl.bat "D:\SetVar.mxl" "RF_Mth1" "%TempMth1%"
D:\Oracle\Middleware\user_projects\epmsystem1\EssbaseServer\essbaseserver1\bin\startMaxl.bat "D:\SetVar.mxl" "RF_Mth2" "%TempMth2%"
D:\Oracle\Middleware\user_projects\epmsystem1\EssbaseServer\essbaseserver1\bin\startMaxl.bat "D:\SetVar.mxl" "RF_Mth3" "%TempMth3%"
Maxl Script
login admin password on localhost;
spool 'D:\Variables.log';
alter application appname set variable $1 $2;
spool off;
logout;
exit;
However this isn't updating the varaibles.
Can anyone tell me as to what I'm doing wrong.
Thanks in advance

I checked it.The variables are set fine but when I try to set variables in Maxl using
alter application appname "RF_Mth1" "%TempMth1%"
it doesn't like the "TempMth1%" member...gives a syntax error.
I tried removing the double quotes,put in single quotes but that didn't work either.

Windows Vista Drivers for 1820 and 1616 - Lets have some drivers ple

RePost from http://www.productionforums.com/view...?p=47643#47643<img alt="" src="http://www.productionforums.com/images/icons/icon8.gif[/img]?Lets have some drivers please
<span class="postdetails">Windows Vista Drivers for 820 and 66
I hate to say this about E-MU but the way they are dealing with Vista Drivers is unprofessional. I am a repeat customer of Creative products and was so impressed by my old Platinum eX that I bought a second to run duals for tons of audio processing. That was back in the day. Then I jumpped ship and tried out an M-Audio Firewire 40. That did not last too long beforei was completely unimpressed. So I came back to Creative... Purchased a 820 in the box. So impressed I turned around and purchased a 66 in the box just 8 months later. Both ran smooth as butter... All until i just recently built my new system designed primarily with audio production in mind.
With a setup like this, who needs a mac?
AMD Athlon X2 x64 Dual Core +6000 3.0 Ghz
2 Gigs Corsair
Samsung SyncMaster 206BW 2" Wide Screen
EVGA NVidia 9700s 256 DDR3 Graphics
SATAs up the yin
and a PCIMIA to PCI Dock
All under Vista Ultimate OEM
And Guess what?
Months into RTM of Vista...
E-MU is caught pushing release dates.
Last month it said they would release beta drivers middle of April...
I waited, patiently I might add.
I waited<waited some more, I try running xp drivers... computer wont even try to install them properly.
My software waits, computer waits, turns into a gameing machine just because my all together 600 dollar investments in Creative are not important enough to leld me the drivers i need to be producti've in what i love.
I need x64 drivers stat. I need them working, I need them installable without a glitch, a hitch, no driver signing problems, no questions, no fuss no muss. I find it ironic that you guys at E-MU are willing to jump right in there and make sure to have drivers compatable for you new products, yet faithful advocats of the most powerful soundcards you have are sitting here dead in the water because you dont find it nessesary to place priority on ready and waiting end users who have purchased long term support buy investing large amounts of moola into hardware from your company.
Come on, its not like the 820 or the 66 are exactly legacy technology. We are talking about Hardware that is only two years old and should be usable for up to 6 years. This is deffinatly a strike against the company and just goes to show where Creative stands.
I have stood by waiting in silence for a very long time.
Now i think my time has come to tell how i feel and i believe there are alot of others out there that feel the same. the only items that do not work soothly are my E-MUs... go figure.
And I have been looking forward to all i can do running both of them side by side.
Oh yes, and that link posted above to the beta news for vista... its a joke. open up your betas, and have a real dev tell us what the hang ups are... At least give us real concreate reasons why it is taking so long.
with that said, when you guys get yoru act together and get me some drivers, I will sit happy as a lark.
My thoughts for today.
~Alpha-Beta ReaKKtor

Hello Silas,
sorry for my bad english
I already checked that page. On the first time I was trying to install Vista on a clean hard drive. The installation process finishes without errors but after installation Vista shows me a lot of error messages, mostly about unknown hardware. So I installed all available drivers I have found on Toshiba web site. It not helped me too much, hardware problems still remains. I could not find out what exactly causes probles. Finally I decide to install XP and then upgrade to Vista. Now everything seems to be ok. :D
There was some hardware problems but much easier to resolve. It seems to me that Toshiba did not provide all the drivers, for example StarForce Protection drivers. Vista did not recognized this hardware on the first time.
Now it works!

Windows scripts broken? Someone please help me

Prior to upgrading to v9.2.0.61 windows scripts worked great in itunes. Since the upgrade, I consistently get the following error - regardless of what script I run. Can anyone shed some light on this, please?
Script: c:\users\clayton\desktop\NewAppendToComment.js (doesn't matter what folder it's in)
Line: 8
Char: 1
Error: Could not locate automation class named "iTunes.Application".
Code: 80020009
Source: WScript.CreateObject

Sounds like you might need to reinstall. Scripting is working fine for me with iTunes 9.2.
tt2

Windows 8 upgrade for z560??

When is the upgrade for z560 laptops expected?

I don't think we're going to get any, although I keep checking back to the drivers page and here to see if there are any changes. The compatibility page doesn't list the z560 as being compatible, but it doesn't list it as being not compatible either.
I clean installed Windows 8 Pro from the retail box I purchased and added the Windows Media Center free upgrade to it. I've found that as long as we install a few drivers on our own the z560 is absolutely compatible.
I needed the Intel Rapid Storage Drivers, the Nvidia drivers (which include their HDMI HD Audio driver) since I have the model with the Nvidia graphics, the Synapic touchpad driver, the Lenovo Power Management software for Windows 8 (with some files patched over from the Windows 7 version), and the Lenovo YouCam software from Windows 7 (which includes a couple of webcam related drivers that eliminate an unknown device from the Windows 8 Device Manager.)
I got all that stuff from the separate manufacturers websites. The only thing we miss is One Key Theatre. Don't bother installing that or any of the other software or drivers from the Lenovo download page as they either don't work if they install, don't install,. or destabalize the system once installed.
http://www.alltechtalk.net/forum/thread-fix-lenovo-ideapad-s-touch-sensitive-buttons-on-windows-8
That link is to the instructions regarding the Lenovo Power Management software. It'll get most of our keyboard buttons working. The high speed dust blowout fan works with the keyboard button but not from the icon in the new software. But I found that the software is doing the job of managing the battery just fine.
When you start the Lenovo/Cyberlink YouCam software it'll offer an update to 3.1 and also an offer to upgrade to a newer version. The Lenovo update is all we need. It's the free one.
I tried several conexant audio updates. None work so don't bother. Microsoft's driver runs the audio fine and if you really want something like the dolby headphone or bass boost stuff their driver has similar sounding features built in to their audio panel speaker properties. Now, the Windows 7 Lenovo/Conexant driver will install but the on by default dolby enhancements make Windows report that its interfering with things and offers to turn them off. So it's really not compatible. None of the newer Conexant Lenovo Windows 8 offerings for their other laptops even with the same chipset are compatible even if one forces a manual install. They'll crash Windows so don't do it!
The Synaptic driver is actually terrific. It lets you take advantage of the Windows 8 swiping stuff. I changed the 2 finger verticle scroll back to the right edge scroll, and bottom edge for horizontal. That just feels more comfortable on the z560 touchpad. The Lenovo Windows 8 driver is older than the new and improved one on the Synapic website, which works better.
Okay, the One Key Recovery is also a non-starter unless you set it up as described on another post at the alltechtalk forum. But i didn't bother because Windows 8 now comes with its own recovery stuff built in.
If you want to upgrade you should uninstall all the stuff listed on Lenovo's Windows 8 Ideapad compatibility page. But really, just tell the Windows installer to clean install. You'll be happier.

Aspect ratio problem in Windows Media Player for DVD from DVD Studio Pro

So I made a DVD with DVD Studio Pro and it looks good in Apple's DVD Player, on an Insignia DVD player appliance and on Playstation 2. Both the movie and the deleted scene were 16:9 from camera to Final Cut Pro and they show that way in all these players.
But on Windows Media Player for Windows XP, the program thinks the movie is 4:3 and the deleted scene is 16:9. Nero's Showtime has the same exact behavior, but at least you can force aspect ratio on Nero.
Besides being longer, the movie is different from the deleted scene in that the movie was originally out of Final Cut Express on an older Mac and it was encoded big endian. The deleted scene was output from Final Cut Pro and encoded little endian. I didn't think it would make a difference, but I tried outputting the movie from Final Cut Pro on the newer Mac and it did come out little endian. I took that into DVD Studio Pro, got rid of the old VIDEO_TS folder and re-built the project, burnt a new DVD. Then I went back to Windows and...
...the same exact problem. Some of the people I give this DVD to will be using Windows Media Player to view it, which is why I want this to not be an issue at all. What am I overlooking?

Look, everyone here (who each have been creating DVDs for over a decade) is telling you the same story. WMP is buggy. Everyone in the industry knows that. Hardware manufacturers like Dell and HP, know that. Why don't you use the DVD player program that they put on the hard drive? Sure one "Hollywood" title works. Did I mention that WMP is buggy? Test a thousand titles, and I'm certain that you will find some discs have problems on WMP, and WMP alone. (And it isn't my assertion that Hollywood DVDs have issues in WMP, everyone is telling you that.) No one has a solution for this, except to not use WMP. Let me repeat once again, no one has a solution for this except to not use WMP. It is impossible to add any sort of programming to the disc that will detect which player is being used to play the disc and compensate for the problems of that player.
Let me put it this way, if you have a disc that plays fine on Zeus's device, and on Apollo's device, and on Hera's device, and on Hermes' device, and on Artemis' device, but you have problems with Athena's device, then logically, Athena's device has a problem... not the disc. Your own experience has proved this to be true. If you were having problems with every device used, THEN you could rightfully say that there is a problem with the disc.

Can i format a partition of a windows formatted HD for OS Extended?

things have gotten a little complicated over here but i think i finally have my windows 7 and windows xp installations on my mac pro.
the windows 7 is on my first hard drive in bay 1 "under" Lion via Boot Camp. from everything i have been able to gather we have formatted the second HD in bay 2 as a FAT32 or NTFS and actually installed windows XP right on a 300 GB partition on this drive. i know this sounds a little goofy but my understanding is that we have avoided installing Leopard (or whatever) on this second drive by going straight to the windows installation on this drive.
here is my question.
i just went to backup the data in my Lion OS that is on my drive in bay 1 on the remaining 700 GB in the second partition on the HD in bay 2. however, i cannot do this because this HD is formatted for windows.
does anyone happen to know if i can just format this second /partition/ as a OSX Extended and use this leftover part of the drive as my internal backup of my Lion OS? i mean, i used to use this second HD as a daily internal backup of my Lion OS and i would like to use this space for this if at all possible.
TIA and advance apologies for anything unclear on that.

This is made incredibly complex by Mac OS X use of extensible GUID Partition Map including an EFI partition and (possibly a Recovery_HD partition as well) Vs. Windows insistence that:
1) GUID Partition Map does not exist, and that
2) MBR Partition Map is the only one in existence, and that
3) no drive will EVER need more than four partitions total.
When you use BootCamp to put the Windows partition on a GUID drive (such as the Boot Drive) it adds an additional MBR partition Map to the existing GUID partition map. This allows Windows to boot off the same drive (Windows just reads the MBR partition Map it wants to see and ignores the GUID partition Map). This works UNTIL you use any Windows Utilities to modify partitions, after which Mac OS X becomes unreachable and will not boot properly again until you rebuild them both.
When you use Windows Utilities directly to partition a drive, it becomes a Window-only drive. To have Mac OS X use it as a Boot drive requires GUID partition Map and an EFI partition. Mac OS X needs to get in first, create the GUID Partition map, and then have BootCamp add and correctly maintain the MBR partition Map as well as the GUID partition Map.
Since Linux piggybacks on the Windows booting techniques to get Installed, there are some utilities from the Linux Open Source world, such as REFIt (has EFI in the middle of its name) that are designed to manipulate both maps in concert. They may be worth consideration.

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