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I don't know WHAT I was thinking of there! Of COURSE the above works... BUT, it just adds unnecessary steps to do the same thing! It's like saying you wanted to leave yourself a note and, instead of just writing it down on apiece of paper and sticking it on the fridge door, you get in your car, drive 50 miles away, and use your cel phone to leave yourself the same message on your answering machine. Since the information I need is ALREADY stored in the Registry Keys, just POLL the keys! Remove the unnecessary steps of adding them in for Parsing...

Or... what I could do is this! I feel like such a IF this works! 1.) SET the variables in AUTOEXEC.BAT so I can use %% substitution when desired. 2.) Parse the AUTOEXEC.BAT on Logon 3.) For each (Well, I am guessing some like TMP simply won't cooperate.) SET variable in AUTOEXEC.BAT, add an entry in the User variables pointing to itself with a substitution, e.g. "TEMPDIR"="%TEMPDIR%" so they get added to the Registry at [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment] 4.) Query the key for its value, e.g. in the above, REGCurrent at Environment\[TEMPDIR] Now, in theory this should get the value to insert into %TEMPDIR% from AUTOEXEC.BAT, insert that value into %TEMPDIR% in the User variable, set TEMPDIR equal to the value inserted at %TEMPDIR%, and store that full value, with no %'s in the variables, at [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment\TEMPDIR] That way, I can change the value in System without a logon for testing purposes, STILL be able to read that value, this time from the Registry, and have the ability to use %% substitution.

Well, "trust" beats out and out rebellion, any day!

Shop talk. Trust me, if you don't understand... you won't WANT to understand.

Anyone happen to know "where" the SET variables that are Parsed from AUTOEXEC.BAT, if you have enabled that Logon option in TweakUI, are "stored?" By this, I know they're not stored as DOS environment variables. You can go into a Command Prompt and change a SET value that was Parsed, BUT, once you close the Command Prompt, those values revert back to the values Parsed in. And, even IF you leave the Command Prompt open, as I discovered even WHEN SET TELLS you the value is different, the ACTUAL value that was Parsed in was NOT changed. This means that there must be parallel copies being stored. They have the name variable names but are not the same variables. Because, there's only two answers to the problem I face: 1.) store these variables as User or System environment variables in the System tab. The problem here is %% substitutions are a 50/50 proposition. Some variables, like TMP, don't add them correctly. 2.) store these variables in SET commands in AUTOEXEC.BAT and Parse them on Logon. This way, I can use %% substitution, but, the draw back is these values do NOT show up as either User or System environment variables. Thus, they cannot be actively changed. The only way to change them is to edit AUTOEXEC.BAT, log off, and log back in so AUTOEXEC.BAT gets parsed again.

Yep, it's official. Microsoft somehow managed to screw up the simple Environment variable TMP! The reason TMP goes haywire when you try to use substitution (%%) is, apparently, Windows decides to set TMP NOT the value of the variable within the %'s, but, to a ~1 version of 8.3 EVEN IF THE VARIABLE IS ONLY 8 CHARACTERS OR LESS! IDIOTS! So, what happens is when I set TMP=%TEMPDIR%, it actually sets TMP to the value "%TEMPDI~1" That's why it blows up. The programs try to insert what SHOULD be a directory from TMP and, instead, inserts as the directory name %TEMPDI~1, which is an impossible value to process for a directory name because of the % sign! The problem appears to be that the Registry entry for TMP MUST use \\ instead of \ AND, unlike the OTHER variables, does NOT automatically translate \'s into \\'s when inserting them into the Registry keys.

Banned was a unreleased Peeps (Yes, they are called that. ) track in Europe, where they are still far more popular today than in America. THAT should tell you something right off the bat! When they tried to market it in America, it's racy lyrics forced the song to be banned. It has since been retroactively renamed Banned for that reason. And, if you believe that, I have a contract for the Peeps to play at your home to sell you.

Christ! Now, I have to figure out what the latest piece of Microsoft garbage is! I can set the following User variables to my temporary directory, TEMPDIR and TEMP, by first setting TEMPDIR and then setting TEMP equal to %TEMPDIR% BUT, if I set TMP equal to %TEMPDIR%, programs go haywire! Saying they can't write to a file. Probably because they can't write to however messed up Microsoft has made TMP. Must be some kind of internal reserved variable different than TEMP, which is also present in the System variables, but, I can alter that one just fine!

Yes, I know. STILL, that requires a lot of needless multiple menu opening. And, even then, you sometimes have to restart Windows in order for some applications to recognize the variables have changed. (Some just require closing and reopening, like the dumb as a post WinBatch.)

Oh, no! That picture's back! At least it's not the dumb squirrel with the big balls! That one just drove me nuts!

I'm SO tempted to say, "No, you just like his corn the way it is!" Then, I realized, you'd probably mean his gibblets, instead!

Found something called Test-Dummy in my Registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER. It has a sub branch of Test-Resident. Both have a Default REG_SZ entry, but, no value set for it. I Googled both Test-Dummy and Test-Reisdent, but, the only hit I found didn't return anything useful for me as to what this is. Anyone know?

I just happened to randomly come across a branch in the Registry that DVDInfo apparently uses. Under HKEY_CURRENT_USER, the incredibly oddly named ?=K Wouldn't have even known what it was save for the ExePath of "...DVDInfo.exe" "%1" My guess is it's supposed to represent an Emoticon of some sort?

Anyone know of a SIMPLE way to add and change Environment variables in XP? Thus far, the only ways I have found are far more complicated than they need to be. But, this IS Microsoft we are talking about here, so, it's probably IMPOSSIBLE to do it any other way. Seems to me the only ways are to either do it in through System in Control Panel, which means opening a menu and several sub menus, change/add them, and sometimes REBOOT the entire damn system! (Who knows? Logging off may work, too.) The Command Prompt is relatively useless because once it's closed, any SETs made are conveniently forgotten. So, the only way to do that is to always have a Command Prompt open, eating away at resources.

This reminded me of when I made my own Special Weapons Dalek from one of the Dapol creme and gold ones. It was a simple affair: I just removed the motor and wheel assembly to better move the Dalek around and then replaced the bottom again. I removed the bar holding the two arms on the front, turned it the opposite direction for a flat surface, glued a gun I cut off from an Octo-Bot Spider-Man Doctor Octopus figure from Toy Biz to the bar, and reinserted it. Lastly, just removed the eye piece and called it the SWD Mark II. Because of the different shape, different gun, different "eye," a slat in place of a plate, the fact that it had dome lights, and was clean.

Interesting! A site especially devoted to the Abomination. I'll just cover what you didn't. Aliases the Doctor has used with Doctor in them: Doctor Who, Dr. W (If you've ever played Mega Man, it takes on a new meaning! ) Doctor Caligari, and Doctor Werr. The Special Weapons Dalek was originally supposed to be a floating weapons platform manned by many Daleks. It was designed after Skeletor's floating platform from the live action He-Man movie. However, the budget basically said, "You can have your Dalek platform, but, we will have to remove the entire cliffhanger sequence with Ace in the school. Oh, and, we're not entirely sure we CAN make the Dalek platform." So, the decision was made to go with what they knew they could they do: breaking glass, stunts, explosions, and laser effects. Thus, the Dalek platform became a singular engine of destruction, which, I thought, was probably the better idea. The supposed animation cel: http://www.skaro.org/cel.jpg http://www.skaro.org/other.htm

Isn't Soceraphobia the fear of Harry Potter?

No, no, no, you're just a Pouf! Lowly, insignificants in the eyes of the great, butch Venusians!

No, see, I'm a smart guy! If such a monster exists and I encounter it, suddenly, I'm afraid of beautiful women willing to do my bidding. Poof! Instant evening's entertainment.

I remember when that footage was pitched on American TV by the guy who played Riker of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The autopsy IS real people! The hoax is that the alien itself set it up. The body being dissected is actually a human dressed up as an alien. Aliens were in disguise as the doctors, and that alien was filming it the entire time. Then, the footage was dropped off and they've spent the rest of the intervening time laughing the triple buttocks off at us. Yes, you guessed it... ANOTHER job by the Venusians!

No, it's real, but, the site makes the common mistake most associated with bogyphobia. Bogyphobia is the fear of Humphrey Bogary movies, that you're stalked by Bogart, or that you are gradually turning into Bogart.

I was going to ask about Rose, "ENTIRELY filmed outside England?" As for the Looney Tunes, I believe the writer was trying to be clever by half and ended up being 1/4 confusing instead. Robby The Robot and Kevin McCathy's character from Invasion Of The Body Snatchers also showed up. Of course, the most confusing Dalek cameo is in The Enemy Within movie, because they accidentally sped up their voices. Although, the Pakinstani Dalek sketch is a close contender. Along with, apparently, the Brokeback Daleks. As for the Doctor's nickname, I was always a little confused over that. In The Armageddon Factor, he was addressed as Theet, but, in The 7th Doctor once claimed his nickname was Theta Sigma. Speaking of fake names, name an alias the Doctor has used with the word doctor in it other than Dr. John Smith. Since you brought up the Academy what was the name of the Academy, what was the Doctor's final score upon passing, how many times did he have to take the exam, and what was his speciality? Here's one I got accepted back on TVTome.com! In Remembrance Of The Daleks, what was the Special Weapons Dalek originally supposed to be instead, what inspired it, why was the Special Weapons Dalek built by the prop department instead, and what other scene benefited from its construction? I have heard the narrated audio track for The Feast Of Steven on the Dalek Master Plan CD releases, and, I am not aware of some of what they're spoofing. I have heard of Z-Cars, but, don't know anything about it. OH! Here's a good one! What animation company (Sometimes companies.) was linked with the never made Doctor Who cartoon series, and according to the one known promo cel (which could, of course, be a fake) which Doctor was it most closely to resemble (He also resembles one of the Real Ghostbusters, too, actually! ), and which companion would be returning with him? And, if you've never seen the cel... well, posting a link now would give it away. But, I can copy and paste it later if anyone has never seen it.

Full story http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=1...-name_page.html Snippet: "22 March 2006 I'M PEA-TRIFIED Bizarre frozen veg phobia makes mum'slife a misery By Richard Smith MUM Louise Arnold is left frozen with fear by a bizarre phobia - of peas. She flees restaurants if she spots peas on a plate and cannot even walk past them in a supermarket without becoming anxious." Frightened of peas! :& What's next... corn-phobia?! Hear Whimsical Will's report from the Doctor Demento Show http://www.concentric.net/~Whmsicl/Dn06-16.ram I love how he says "PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAS!"

Oh, more 0 byte files. Probably just another "Oh, I'm a place marker. I don't exist, but, here I am!" Speaking of which, if a file is 0 bytes, i.e. just a place marker and does not exist, then, is it even possible to perform a verify? Since nothing exists to compare against? Is that why the error would show up?