I use WUTool too. It intercepts the automatic updates "on the fly". But those files usually come out nameless, making it hard to keep track of which is which.
My practice is to download the updates over MS download center manually and keep them for future use. nLite is already equipped with WMP integrator and is easy to use. The only glitch it gave me was with altering .inf files. Made one of them "not digitally signed".
I'm not slipstreaming .NET. Just WMP, IE7 and patches with nLite. .NET is not much needed to me. I've installed it only to see if there are any more hotfixes and service packs availabe on the MS update.
You need the WAIK to make a) custom vlite cds with sp1 integrated etc.... and b) to make WinPE images for custom OEM deployments.
So i assume it can create custom network install images.
As far as I know, TFTP and DHCP on linux can boot prettymuch anything
Regarding WAIK, I'll give it a try... but it doesn't look promising to me.
Regarding linux, I know that linux servers can do that, but every refference I came across regarding linux servers, says pretty much the same: "Linux can instal linux". I've never saw any site explaining how can you set a Linux server to deploy windows XP installation CD, for instance. Conflict of interests?
I am in the quest for ultimate pxe-way of booting and installing OS-es. My idea is to find me a software that would act as a pxe server (along with DHCO and TFTP) and give me an option of serving various boot/install images. I've considered Widows server 2000/3/8, but it's RIS/WDS is only useful for limited number of OS-es and, to my knowledge, no custom-made intalls are possible since it is only deployes WIM-format images, and there are no WIM makong tools.. atleast, none that I could find. I kind of gave up on Windows server option, and I'm looking at the linux counterpart for an answer, but all I could dig up are "diskless boots" and "net-installs"... and it seems to me that linux servers deploy linux only.
My wish is to have a choice of ANY kind of OS on a bootable image. LINUX, XP, Freedos, pc-booter.. Anything that is capable of booting the PC, and have it ready on a single machine that will deploy it over LAN. I don't care if it is windows-based, or linux, or whatever.
I just came back after long time, and all this new look is fine, but every time I open some thread, my IE7 shuts down. I am in the proccess of making me a slipstreamed XP, so this is happening on the crisp-clean XP with freshly installed patches and dotnet frameworks 1.1, 2, and 3. All patched and everything. At the moment I don't have any other browsers installed.
This is what happens: It closes IE window only on first page of the thread. It doesn't if the thread spawns on more than one page AND if I'm on other than first page. It happens just as the page finishes loading.
I fixed it by installing latest Adobe flash player. (10-something) Previous version was 6 (one that came with IE7 or SP3 for 32bit XP), so I'll mark this thread as "solved". Replicating the problem is easy. Just uninstall adobe flash player, and it starts all over again.
My guess is that one of the flash-based ads is causing it.
The more I think about your case, the more I'm convinced that XP did not install properly in the beginning for the same reason your drivers didn't (rebooting issue).
There's a workaround for the need-to-restart-to-properly-install drivers. It takes allot of time, patience and PC expertise. It is called slipstreaming. That is incorporating drivers you need for your system into the windows installation CD (with an option to include service packs, hot-fixes, updates, utilities and to customize XP setup). I can recommend nLite for it is relatively simple to use and is pretty well documented. It helped me avoid f6 drivers for my case.
1. You can download those drivers (above) from manufacturer's site. Those are not regularly updated. In fact, chipset drivers are 2 years old... *BUT!* those are recommendations from the manufacturer and that should be considered.
2. You can download latest chipset drivers from NVIDIA's site here. Those drivers match your chipset. I'm not certain, but I think that VGA driver is included. If not, try downloading this bundle also, but don't be surprised if you get the "no supported hardware found" message when you try to install.
Regarding shutdown.. That is most likely related to lack of mobo drivers and/or video drivers. Once you install all of the needed drivers shutdown should work correctly.
Yes, you need those drivers unless they are included with XP setup, but I seriously doubt that.
I recommend that you visit your mobo manufacturer's page and download the drivers from there. Not just sound drivers, but motherboard drivers too. And video drivers, if the video is on-board.
Looks like your external HD is either broken or the partition on is corrupt. Either way there's practically no chance of retrieving files from it, unless you pay professionals $$$. There are tools (free or trial) that MIGHT recover your partition (and files on it), but giving that the drive is USB drive, lots of those tools won't be able to handle it properly (or at all).
First, you need to determine what is damaged. Is it a partition or a master boot table.
Rightclick on my computer and select "manage". Click on "disk management" and see if the space on that disk is partitioned or unpartitioned. I'm assuming that you had a single partition on it. If it shows as partitioned, then it means that MBR is fine and the partition needs to be reformatted. Formatting can be done via explorer. Partition creation is done in the disk management window. If you don't want to retrieve those files (which could be really hard, complex and nerve-wrecking process) I suggest that you delete the partition, make a new one and format it in NTFS. If there is no option to format it in NTFS, here's how you enable it. It might be unreadable for your TV, though... if the drive works at all.
I prefer NTFS over FAT because it is more flexible regarding corruption.
Also, the source might be damaged USB cable or USB jack.
It looks like overheating protection of the CPU kickin' in.
If the CPU temperatures are too high, that would point to: - lack of thermal paste if it wasn't pre-applied on new heatsink - heatsink not tight on the CPU - fan not spinning
If your staff members are accessing those templates over local network, you can mark those files as "read-only" (file attribute) or, even better, restrict share level to read-only for anyone but you. That is done directly on disk by windows explorer. Rightclick on the file, select "properties", click on the "security" tab. (You must disable "simple file sharing" in folder options in order to have access to those settings) There, if you don't see "Everyone" listed in the "Group or user names" list, you will have to click on "add" button, click on the "advanced" button, click on "find now" button and select "everyone" in the search results and click both "OK" buttons. Do the same for your account if it isn't shown individually.
Now click on "advanced" button in the "Security" tab, uncheck (if checked) "Inherit from parent the permissions..." and click "OK"
Now, what you need to is uncheck "modify" under "allow" column for "everyone" and all other listed groups/users (including "system") with exception for your account. That way you will be the only one that could modify and save that particular file.
If you do the same on the folder where those templates are stored, that will be effective for all files in that folder with option to check the "replace permission entries on all child objects ..." in advanced security settings window, meaning that the subfolder from that folder-down will have same permission settings as that folder as defaults. Not …
Check the ACPI settings in BIOS. Some machine's default setting is "disabled".
Problem with this setting is that you will not be able to boot windows once it is changed. Windows will boot ONLY if this settings is set as it was set when windows were installed.
There is no solution. There are only ways to deal with the situation on the individual level, and that would be to face the music and to show some responsibility. Giving up baby for an adoption is at least what those moms-don't-wanna-be can do. There are ALLOT of couples that are willing to adopt.
“Animales racionales”, (or, as I like to call it, human animals) are the ones that don't do justice to human race.
We are, nevertheless, part of the animal realm, but comparing humans with wildlife creatures isn't something I would agree with. In a wilderness there is no "right" and "wrong" philosophies. There is only "survival" or "demise". "Lions killing weak pray" isn't just "lions killing weak pray". It is also "lions preventing diseases" and "lions feeding their cubs". And the fact that 2-ton beasts run away from much smaller and weaker predator only proves that there is benefit in death of the weak. They EVOLVED that way and it is in their nature to run away and thus filtering their kind of weak links.
However, it is NOT natural behavior to sacrifice one's lifetime for the benefit of some corporation and to go in that direction to such extent to think that it is "normal and expected" to put a career on the top of the value-list. I see that as a major cause for abortions.
This unit only works with the 3 pin fans, so if you have the 4 pin Molex, you will need to some some wire splicing, or purchase and adapter, they really should have included a 4pin Molex connector or two in as extras.
Now, let's clarify some basics regarding 3 and 4-wire fans: 3-wire fans are RPM-monitoring capable (thus 3rd wire) 4-wire fans are also voltage-monitoring capable (thus 4th wire). So, if you want 4-wire fan plugged into 3-pin jack, you will have to sacrifice voltage monitoring (that is monitored directly at the fan, and not at the source).
I have been honest and sincere as much as this medium allows me to show; even to the risk of exposing myself to the mockery of bigotry.
I think that it is obvious of what your point is, and you shouldn't apologize for what you say. It is only common sense and fundamental philosophy of what is right and what is wrong that justifies your opinion. Although, you could've used material that didn't include ever-present US election campaign. I, myself, don't give a rat's ass about Obama or whoever runs for a president. It is not my world.
I will not say anything "interesting" for you, nor go away at your command.
I'm simply observing and speaking my mind.
You two should meet in real world and resolve those issues once and for all. This way you are only bloating this thread and deviating form the subject.
Erratic graphics indicate one thing: VGA gone bad. Especially if it is as early as pre-booting. By pre-booting I mean something like motherboard logo corrupted, or erratic characters showing on screen in text-display-mode prior to booting OS.
All other display-related and display-driver-related problems are to follow.
Probbably one of the memory chips is toasted. If your warranty is stil valid, use it.
That word got stuck in my ears as I forced myself to watch to the end. Why do we even have to question such unspeakable actions against the innocent and defenseless? You tell me what kind of creature are we by standing without doing anything about it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foSW-CkWbqI To which God (or not) you pray to is irrelevant. To which political ideology or party you affiliate with, it is irrelevant. Are we human beings or not?
Abortion is only one of the self-centered acts that humans do. And it is not the worst of them. At least "abortion" sounds somewhat technical, civilized.. a routine if you like. With abortion there is at least some emotional detachment. Far worse is same thing being done as an act of hatred or some demented sense of satisfaction. Imagine this: 2-month-old baby nailed with a 10-inch knife trough the chest to a wooden post. And the only reason for it was the nationality of the baby. Sounds like some b-horror plot? Or a legacy from the dark ages? Nope. It is an event that took place some 15 years ago. My point is: those things are still happening no matter how "enlightened" we think people are.
Here is my quick-list of human-specific categories of irrational, yet widely accepted behaviors:
- annual slaughter of baby seals and skinning them alive.. and for what? Money? Food? NO!! For a fashion statement and a social status symbol.. (I'm referring …
Update on the situation: I've managed to unblock the ad servers (again, no idea exactly how I've did it) and the back button works fine now. I guess it is one of IE7 bugs that has been overlooked by MS.
Try this trick that saved me allot of time when I had similar troubles with my machine:
Before PC attempts to boot from HD or CD, hit "del" and enter BIOS setup. Once in, DISABLE your HD (HD only, leave Optical drive enabled) and boot from Windows setup CD and try installing it now.
This is a workaround for some bug with setup program that would crush installation once it tried to access corrupt registry file of the installed OS. This way setup will skip that check and proceed with installation as if there was no XP installed (no repair option), and yet it would still install because XP doesn't rely on BIOS settings.
Of course, you will have to re-enable it on first restart (shortly after). Otherwise, you will not be able to boot from it.
To be honest, I forgot what way I got those servers blocked.. Let's just say that my XP needs clean install. I'm pretty certain now that this is a matter of my configuration.
After you attempt booting into normal mode hit CTRL-ALT-DEL and select task manager. In the processes tab kill any "explorer.exe" that might be running. In the "file" menu select "New task (Run...)" and type "explorer" (no quotes).
If your BIOS post message isn't showing for long ("press del to ener BIOS setup"), then you must anticipate it an hit that "del" key and get into that BIOS setup..
Normal CPU temperatures would be 30-50°C at idle load, dependng on the ambient temp. Overheating starts at 80-90°C.
One strange glitch has been bugging my IE7 (and me) last day or so. My back button isn't working right.. it refuses to go back one step. It can only go back two or more steps if I doubleclick it (read: frenziedly keep clicking on it with complimentary frustration and unnecessary finger-force), and "forward" arrow remains grayed even after I went back 2-3 steps.. I usually end up on the daniweb home page..
I've installed latest cumulative patch for IE7 yesterday and I think that's when it started to behave this way. It only behaves here (on the daniweb) and only on IE7. Firefox and Opera work fine.
Edit I must add that I have some advertising servers blocked and only difference between before and after I click on the back button (once) is that the displaying message (where the ads appear) "The website declined to show this webpage" turns to "403 Forbidden". It takes me 1 click on the back button per ad on the current page to go back once without option of going forward. By each click one of the ads ("The website declined to show this webpage") turn to "403 Forbidden".
