Merlin checks the Mac
Merlin checks the Mac:
Script Will work in XP & Vista 32 & 64, from Microsoft's "Scripting Guy" sample. Merlin character knocks on your monitor from the inside then proceeds to check out your Mac. Flies about for a bit and exits by dissappearing into his own hat. Children like it.
Specific "c:\windows\msagent\chars\" is valid for Windows OS in Boot Camp. If you want to try: right click on desktop, select new->text document; copy code between the from to lines below and paste it into your new desktop .txt file. Rename .txt to .vbs and there you have it.
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strAgentName = "Merlin.acs"
strAgentPath = "c:\windows\msagent\chars\" & strAgentName
Set objAgent = CreateObject("Agent.Control.1")
objAgent.Connected = TRUE
objAgent.Characters.Load strAgentName, strAgentPath
Set objCharacter = objAgent.Characters.Character(strAgentName)
objCharacter.Balloon.Style = 1
objCharacter.Show
objCharacter.Play "GetAttention"
objCharacter.Play "GetAttentionContinued"
objCharacter.Play "GetAttentionContinued"
objCharacter.Speak "Getting the inside scoop on your Mac ..."
objCharacter.Play "LookDown"
objCharacter.MoveTo 600,400, 4000
objCharacter.MoveTo 300,300
objCharacter.Play "Idle3_1"
objCharacter.MoveTo 600,25, 1000
objCharacter.Play "Announce"
objCharacter.MoveTo 300,400, 0
objCharacter.Play "Search"
objCharacter.Play "Pleased"
objCharacter.Speak "Looks Great from in here !!!"
objCharacter.Play "DoMagic1"
objCharacter.Play "Idle2_1"
objCharacter.Play "DoMagic2"
objCharacter.Play "Wave"
objCharacter.Hide
Do While objCharacter.Visible = TRUE
Wscript.Sleep 125
Loop
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P.S. You can get more into/out of it from here: http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/details.aspx?familyid=579BEDC1-CD2E-4681-8492 -53340B310922&displaylang=en
Hi M.s.
In your first post, your specs are posted as ibook Mac OS X (10.4.6).
In your second post, they are macbook pro Mac OS X (10.4.6.
And you have posted your Topic in the Mac OS X v10.3 & earlier forum.
Which version of OSX are you trying to install on the iBook G4, and what type of discs are you using?
The original discs that shipped with the iBook, or a Full Retail Version Jaguar, Panther, or Tiger?
If you are using the Tiger system install discs that shipped with your MacBook Pro, that would explain why the installation is not successful.
Model Specific discs, will very seldom work. And the discs that shipped with the Intel MacBook Pro will definately not work in the iBook G4.
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