Videos look pretty solid kid. For a newbie. If I get 4 hours of spare time, maybe I'll buy em and try em. I have a feeling I would get bored, but there seems to be alot covered. Tell your dad to skip the 6 pack this week and spring for em! It's only $10!
Use Regedt32 to navigate to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERS\Control Panel\Desktop
Edit or Add Value name PaintDesktopVersion, as a type REG_DWORD. A data value of 0 disables the display and a data value of 1 enables it.
Logoff/Logon to activate the change
You should be able to convert the drive from a basic drive into a dynamic drive within the disk tools with windows 2003 server, and then simply extend the partition to the extra space available. No extra software needed! Good luck!
Sam