Sxerks on 27/10/2006 at 20:59
You only need to use imagecfg on one file:
imagecfg -a 0x1 C:\games\thief2\thief2.exe
that's it.
Winlauncherxp or other programs like it are good for people who don't want to mess with the command line.
With all the new machines coming out with dual-cores/processors, it would be nice is Garrettloader had it built in. The processor affinity does not need to be set prior to thief starting.
Martek on 27/10/2006 at 22:54
>>> Download imagecfg.
>>>Unzip it to Windows\system32\ as well as Windows\system32\dllcache\.
Super-bad practice to put utility programs into your core windows directories. Really bad - and even for programs that aren't malware, if the authors of them program that way then they really don't know what the fuck they are doing.
Martek
Sxerks on 28/10/2006 at 00:51
imagecfg is a microsoft program that came with windows NT, and can be
found on the NT or 2000 disk.
clearing on 28/10/2006 at 01:58
Quote Posted by smithpd
clearing,
FYI, the process above modifies the original exe files, and there is no way to go back. Note the following I found on the internet:
"I mentioned that you need to create a backup of that .exe file when you use it, because it modifies the file directly and writes new header information."
Certainly. In instructions (
http://darkfate.ru/index.cgi?show=files/misc_stuff/) here it is written "Make a backup copy of your exe and icd (for Thief 2 and System Shock 2) files" (only russian). I shall do in English language. Ok.
Martek on 28/10/2006 at 02:05
Anyone can rename any file to any damn name they want. Just because a file is called "imagecfg.exe" doesn't mean is *IS* the "real" imagecfg.exe.
To tell someone to download a "system file" from some non-official site, and explain how to copy it both to the core Windows (system32) directory AND to the "Windows File Protection" directory (dllcache; re. (
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/archive/wfp.mspx) Windows File Protection and Windows) and thus overide the built-in file protection is basically teaching them to naively copy trojans onto their systems (even if this one particular instance isn't necessarily a trojan).
It's different if the file source is "official" (from MS - including off their CD's).
You'll note that my quote is not from your advice but from the message pointing to downloading that file from (
http://www16.brinkster.com/), a site that doesn't even have a default "homepage" (at least for me I get the error "HTTP 403 Forbidden"). How can you know you can trust their file not to be a trojan? It's a huge caveat emptor to blindly go grab it and copy it to those locations. No one these days should be so carelessly casual about recommending that behavior.
Don't be so quick to poo-poo a warning to not be careless about downloading and copying system files - it's really bad practice to encourage that behavior. In this day of invisible keyloggers and ID-theft programs, that is NOT bad advice.
Anyone that wants to use imagecfg.exe to set affinity should be VERY SURE they trust the source of their copy of the file.
Cheers,
Martek
clearing on 28/10/2006 at 02:14
Quote:
Anyone that wants to use imagecfg.exe to set affinity should be VERY SURE they trust the source of their copy of the file.
I agree.
What do for taffers that they was comfortable with hyperthread?
Maybe check exe-file and upload, for instance, on circle?
Campaignjunkie on 28/10/2006 at 03:28
I used the imagecfg one for Freedom Fighters too - works great.
