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Apparently, it may have something to do with HyperThreading, since disabling it helped a bit, but it still crashes sooner or later.

Guys, Thanks for the input, I did what you both said (MemTest found no problems, but I stopped it after the first pass because it is very long), and even removed the sound card, replaced the graphics card by an Nvidia one but the problem is still there ! My chipset is Intel i875P, if that helps... I don't have any other idea anymore...

Hi, I am running into a quite strange problem that I can't seem to find a solution to... I have an unattended DVD with many programs and drivers: I use it on my four computers (office desktop+office laptop / home desktop+personal laptop). I upgraded my dvd to Windows Server 2003 SP1 a few weeks after it had been released and I had no problems on three computers out of 4 whatsoever... But, I didn't had a chance to reformat my office desktop because it wasn't the proper time for that, but today, I decided to reformat since the system was getting crappy... I did as usual, booting from the DVD, Windows Text Mode installation started, I deleted my C: partition, recreated it as usual and Windows started to copy its file (still in text mode as usual). Then it rebooted, and when the setup is booting to its second stage (the graphical one), I got a BSOD: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL etc... sometimes it changes and sometimes things looks like they are going really badly since the BSOD doesn't even print out completely (some lines at the end are missing). Booting into safe mode didn't even work ! I tried fresh reinstalls several times but with always the same results. First thing I did was to update the aging Bios by a newer one (A01->A07), but it didn't solve anything... I then tried to burn Win2003 SP1 to a cd (without the drivers directory used by the unattended installation : so it had only windows integrated drivers), because I thought some driver could cause that problem... unfortunately, it didn't work either... Reinstalling Win2003 without SP1 is working flawlessly, but there is no reason for it to work without it since all my computers accepted it !!! No discrimination : SP1 for everyone, I say ! And I really don't want to maintain two versions of my DVD ! Here are the specs for that PC: Dell Dimension 8300 P4 HT 3.06 GHz 1 GB 2*120 GB SATA HDD ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (<- I am wondering if it isn't the culprit : ATI isn't the most stable/conflict-free manufacturer, to say the least) Creative Audigy Intel Pro 100 VE Network Card Any idea would be really welcome... Thanks a lot !

EU is also quite a bureaucracy and bureaucracy costs a lot of money and is just talks talks and very few acts... The costs of running this bureaucracy are very high and are paid with the taxes that all the current "EU" europeans pay... Think about how much all this constitution costed... It is another reason why I would have voted No! Europe didn't change my live positively, and just cost me money in the end... for now, at least...

I am a french living in the UK for the time being, and I feel that you should refrain from making such comments here... Judging from your avatar, you are from the United States and like/are in the US military, so maybe that was some ressentment regarding the Irak's disagreement ? Let's get over that, mate and keep the xenophobia out of topic, since your comment didn't add anything to the topic. I wasn't in France to vote yesterday, but most people I know voted no, and if I had been in France, it is quite likely I would have answered no... because of the social rights that this constitution endangers...

You can connect to the current session using Remote Desktop with the /console switch. Start -> Run : mstsc /console

Thank you for your answer, but just for my understanding, if it is a codec conflict, why does it work fine on my desktop PC and sluggish on my laptop ? I used the same unattended dvd so it is *exactly* the same configuration; Thank you very much;

Hi guys ! I bought a laptop for Christmas and would like to play my Divxs on it. I also have a Dell workstation (P4 2.66MHz 1024MB ram) and the playback is very smooth, even with the full quality settings. Now, What I don't understand is that the playback is not very smooth (image hangs, but sound keeps going on) on my laptop, which has a Pentium 4-M running at 3.06MHz (thus, a bit better than my one year old Dell workstation, I would think), with 512 MB ram. The software configuration is exactly the same, thanks to my unattended DVD on the workstation and the laptop and I am using K-Lite Codec Pack and Winamp 5 for the Divx playback. I assume it has to do with the fact it is a mobility processor, but still, it is 3.06MHz !!! Do you please have a logical explanation to that ? Thanks.

Do you mean it actually works or did you not test it yet ? It would be really interesting. For example, apply the patch during the Windows installation and then restore the original version after the drivers have been installed.

Thank you for your answer. Is it really so easy ? Isn't there some settings to set to, for example, select which network/channel/encryption/whatever you want to use ? Thanks!

Hi, Maybe this post rather fits on the network part of the forum, but I feel it wouldn't be in its place there either as it is about unattended. I am considering buying a Wi-Fi router as I just got a Wi-Fi capable laptop. I also have an unattended Windows 2003 Server dvd that I use for all my computers. Is configuring Wi-Fi unattended possible, easy or difficult ? This would motive my choice to buy the router or not. Any advice is welcome. Thanks and happy new year. Read.