Firebird2 Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 (edited) Hi Guys, I am new and willing to learn. One of the guys on the MP3car forum said this what I need to do. You need to search for AutoIT and follow the step by step guide on writing "drivers" for your USB devices to automatically disable before standby and then re-enable upon wakeup. This will prevent your mac mini accidentally being woken up by one of your USB devices (plus it helps conserve your car's battery). Ok found Autoit and downloaded the latest version and installed it on Vista 64. Then searched for the step by step guide but have not been able to find it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers Glynn Edited December 21, 2007 by Firebird2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsaltyDS Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Hi Guys,I am new and willing to learn.One of the guys on the MP3car forum said this what I need to do.You need to search for AutoIT and follow the step by step guide on writing "drivers" for your USB devices to automatically disable before standby and then re-enable upon wakeup. This will prevent your mac mini accidentally being woken up by one of your USB devices (plus it helps conserve your car's battery).Ok found Autoit and downloaded the latest version and installed it on Vista 64.Then searched for the step by step guide but have not been able to find it.Any help would be greatly appreciated.Cheers GlynnOn your... Mac Mini?!!! AutoIt doesn't run on OSX. It's Windows specific.Did you hack Windows on to a Mac Mini (Talk about downgrade!)? Valuater's AutoIt 1-2-3, Class... Is now in Session!For those who want somebody to write the script for them: RentACoder"Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced." -- Geek's corollary to Clarke's law Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaponx Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Umm, you can't write drivers in a scripting language. Your informant at the MP3car forum has been identified and their life has been forfeited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monamo Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Hi Guys,I am new and willing to learn.One of the guys on the MP3car forum said this what I need to do.You need to search for AutoIT and follow the step by step guide on writing "drivers" for your USB devices to automatically disable before standby and then re-enable upon wakeup. This will prevent your mac mini accidentally being woken up by one of your USB devices (plus it helps conserve your car's battery).Ok found Autoit and downloaded the latest version and installed it on Vista 64.Then searched for the step by step guide but have not been able to find it.Any help would be greatly appreciated.Cheers GlynnIn the case of the person who recommended that route, THAT scenario refers to running XP (assuming dual-boot or VM since he says he's "running leopard on mac mini with XP installed"). Do you have XP installed on your target system? There isn't an AutoIt port for a Mac.If you are running XP on your Mini, then I think what you'd actually want to search for would be something along the lines of shutting off certain services or such when the system goes into standby. - MoChr(77)& Chr(97)& Chr(100)& Chr(101)& Chr(32)& Chr(121)& Chr(97)& Chr(32)& Chr(108)& Chr(111)& Chr(111)& Chr(107)-------I've told you 100,000 times not to exaggerate!-------Don't make me hit you with my cigarette hand...-------My scripts:Random Episode Selector, Keyboard MouseMover, CopyPath v2.1, SmartRename for XP,Window Tracer[sup]New![/sup] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firebird2 Posted December 21, 2007 Author Share Posted December 21, 2007 On your... Mac Mini?!!! AutoIt doesn't run on OSX. It's Windows specific.Did you hack Windows on to a Mac Mini (Talk about downgrade!)? Not really a hack, running Bootcamp. The Mac Mini is in my car, as no makes any GPS mapping software or decent frontend for that matter I run windows.Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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