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lol Well if thats all it is, then fair enough Just call them & say that you wanted to resolve the problem (give them the KB ID & explain the problem too) and ask if you could have the hotfix that is mentioned on the page because you "really" need it lol. They should be fine with you and just ask you for a few details and a email address in which they will send it or a private link too. Job sorted Regards, N. ...BTW...its not for me to say. soz.

I cant say myself what everyone of them is, but it could be that some of them were needed for the music file attributes to be shown correctly in folder windows. Havent looked it up but this could be one.Remember not to remove components & services (using nlite or however) if you dont know what they do (if you know what each one does, then fair enough hehe) EDIT: Why remove that? I read somewhere that even if you are gonna install WMP10, you still need to keep 9 in there. Not sure if thats right, but it does no harm really does it? lol Regards, N.

lmao maybe so Its best us not discussing that such stuff on here etc. Forum Rules etc. I was hinting too that he wont get any help here if using pirated software. regards, N.

lol maybe - but not for this solution. Quicker & possibly easier ways to be had. I've seen many pc's mess up after a in-place reinstall of xp when they were at least working in the first place. Also, it can cause some programs to stop working. AV's can mess things up, etc. which is of not good if all you wanted to do if you update windows hehe But it "can" in some cases. IMHO Regards, N.

Edit: Didn't realise i'd taken so long to reply to the post: if you're refering to using this updated cd to reinstall windows over the top of itself (???) then yes, it can easily cause a problem - I cant comment regarding ryan's pack and what you have done. Thats for him to say hehe As a rule, you should only reinstall windows over itself if there's a problem and you have no other way of fixing the problem. I haven't needed to do it for about 9 months - and I help a retailer lol It doesnt affect my fulltime job as the info on the client machines are expendable. Some times, you can render a happy-working machine into a messed up OS. I could be wrong of course, but its just my opinion. As pointed out, get all the updates since SP2, create a batch file that will install them unattended (i.e. using switches, it work restart and you wont have to click next, I agree, etc.) and finally restart the PC. What I'm working on is like this but with a few bits that do more than just this Regards, N.

I hope you dont mean what it sounds like you mean. N.

foiled again wasn't sure what your pack did again - just for slipstreaming then - gotcha yep, sdaviswnec, best pm me then regards, N

I think i understand what your saying... You're after something similar to RyanVM's update pack. So that you can go to a machine, detect what hotfixes are missing, and install all the hotfixes, not via windows update, but automatically of a cd or network share right? Well - I'm in a process of working on something just like that, only it wont be happening that soon i doubt. You may want to use RyanVM's update pack - I dunno whether it can be used in this fashion as I don't use his stuff, great as it is PM if u want to stay in touch on this one. Regards, N.

er... the initial post doesn't make much sense.... does he mean that he's changed the "computer name" of the client computer, not the "username" lol and that the "client machine can't login to the server" instead of the other way around? If so, then: - detach machine from domain - delete the (old) computer object from the AD - run a program that changes the SID - like newsid (this can change the cumputername too - havent tried it yet) - attach the machine to the domain again Away you go Something like that. Regards and try to be more clear in your post in future where possible N.

I get from algorithm0's post that he doesn't know that there's a new version of the adminpak... If he clicks the link, it says to uninstall any old ones first before installing. Knew i left something out of my post lol The (old) tools worked fine when I used them after installing the Service Pack but I guess he's trying to install the old adminpak after installing the Service Pack (which I dunno whether that will work). Hope that made "some" sense hehe Regards, N

@hammermtl: I'm not intending to start a flame war going on here but.... I dont see any benefit - as I've said in another topic(s), it may well be stable, but its designed as a OS that serves other machines - thus the reason behind its name lol I find it very unlikely that people have actually gone out and bought 2003 over XP somehow - sorry if you have but even the OEM costs double/triple the OEM of XP Pro so I just find it unlikely.... unless you're loaded of course And regarding stablility, MS have worked hard in recent years fine tuning XP, as they did with other OS' (admittedly, not as well) and if treated right, then XP will be as stable as you can get really. The only benefit would be certain server tasks, but then, why try and turn it into a desktop OS. It hasnt made any sense to me but there we go hehe Only my two cents - no flaming me please. Regards, Nath

Thus the release of the SP1 recently. It was also mentioned in the known issues list that everyone "should" look at before installing the SP1. Admittedly, not ideal but if the admin pak is install before the sp1, then you should be ok. They should have thought about the admin pak in all this further and released the two together but priority was to provide users with security and updates - even if that meant a slight lack of managability. Just my opinion. Here's the link for you http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en Regards, N.

...then again...with the script, at least it will save you time in the future if you need to save time again.. for example... I've spent hours and hours making a script to automate updating of a "CD toolkit" that I make regularly. If i was to do it manually each time, it would take me 2-ish hrs but now, with very little to do manually, it runs and completes in under 5 mins. Creates a handy log too - blah blah - all the usual stuff just need to work out timestamping better tho for every action. my 2 cents lol Regards, N.

http://www.micro2000uk.co.uk/products/post.../postprobe.html or click the link called Diagnostic Toolkit. It aint cheap and all that easy to use, but having used one, its pretty good at telling you whats wrong. Like the "iceman" says, its much easier and cheaper to have some spare/old kit lying about to use for such problems as boot problems. If you're building your own machines, quite a few have diag-style brackets - such as my MSI KT6 Deltra FISR (and the non-deluxe models too I believe), which is cheaper still in the long run when the enevitable happens. Then if they dont light up at all, you know its the psu or motherboard thats dead lol Just my 2 cents anyhow Regards, N.

He is refering to the autorun menu you get when you put the windows XP cd into the drive when in windows. All the autorun does is run the setup.exe located at the root of the CD. You could make your own frontend I guess - I'd leave the setup.exe there for the time being - and have whatever buttons and so on you want to do things. I believe the setup.exe detects whether certain things are located on the cd or not i.e. if dotnetfx/setup.exe exist for example, then the item will be there on the list somewhere (cant remember offhand which menu it appears under hehe) but i dont know if theres a list of such things documented anywhere. Making your own frontend "maybe" easier Regards, N.

Have you tried an advanced check with thr hd manufacturers diag (boot disk/cd) tool? I've seen times where the basic test says ok, but when I've run an advanced test, its found stuff (and corrected it in some cases). As KJxp mentioned, has the HD started sounding different recently? You can (rarely tho) get some manufacturers' diag tool report everything is fine when you can hear the hd making some abnormal sounds. It could just mean that the file system has got corrupt in this certain area (for whatever reason) but that there isn't any physical damage, in which case, windows could mess up completely at any time. Either way, I'd back up any important data to a dvd/cd just in case it suddenly fails You might want to try a complete clean install of Windows (not a reinstall) and make sure it formats & repartitions the hard drive in the process and then restore your data and programs Good luck, N.

its worth a shot at that. The fixboot / fixmbr commands spring to mind use with caution though - for all we know, you might have a multi-OS setup lol if so, post that before trying stuff as you don't wanna render the lot useless just my two cents. regards, N.

Can you boot into Safe Mode? If so, and you can get into it, you could try this (you most likely will need your windows xp cd also): - choose [start] and [Run] - type in: sfc /scannow and click ok. This should check the system files and restore any that are corrupt. This may not help at all, but its a start Welcome to MSFN too Regards, N.

Thought it might Glad it did work for ya. All the best. N.

ahhh i see hehe @ visio it may be doing it by default, and causing the problems i.e. the isp stopping access as dns entries are being fed to it (or something "along" those lines lol) Let us know how that turns out. Regards, N.

that ain't right lol Try downloading it again from: http://cwshredder.net/bin/CWShredder.exe and for reference (in case the link is invalid) here's the refering webpage - You'll want the "Stand-Alone" version http://www.intermute.com/products/cwshredder.html Don't know if it'll help with this one but there you go anyhow Also, you could check this: Open up the Display Properties window and choose the following: - [Desktop] tab - [Customize Desktop] button - On the "Desktop items" window that appears choose: - [Web] tab and make sure you only have "My Current Home Page" listed there - which should be unticked. Any other entries - unless you know what they are - should be selected and deleted. This may/should help a bit with deleting some files that are causing the problem. Regards, Nath.

@.s1: (sorry for the size of the post everyone but it needs to be said again lol) I can't say for US' pricing, but here is information taken directly from Microsoft's webpages and quoted as applicable - current as of this post: Sale of a licensed OEM copy of Windows XP: What is included with a purchase of Windows XP with Non-peripheral Hardware?:1 x certificate of authenticity (COA) label 1 x hologram CD media 1 x OEM manual for Windows XP Home / Professional Information on motherboard replacing and licensing: Information regarding transfering of a OEM license (this would apply in most if not all cases of Microsoft OEM software, not just Windows remember): By accepting the end user license agreement (EULA), before you use the software, it states that the license may not be shared, transferred to or used concurrently on different computers.---- I hope that this ultimately clears this up - although it had pretty much been said by the previous posters, I just wanted to show that they are telling the truth by their posts and the company - unless they have a really really really unlikely and exclusive deal with microsoft (which I highly doubt) - is not following the EULA, and more importantly, the system builders agreement license. It makes no difference whether they are a large company or not, and you should contact microsoft on the matter [in looking at their site, i believe it is a franchise and as such, the other chains/stores would most likely not perform in the same way - ie they operate independantly in some ways, but have a united apparance...blah blah - you get the idea of what I'm saying ] Aquiring pirated software itself is wrong (as we all know) but selling and making money out of it is so SO worse and should definately not be allowed or tolerated. I know I would never sell anything that wasn't legal. I (honestly) don't work for Microsoft but its only fair to them and so suming-up, I leave you with a final quote: Regards, Nath. P.S. PM me if you think there's something I should add to it? I'm surprised there isn't a sticky regarding all this..... or is there?

well as far as i understand it, there wont be any service packs (or large rollup updates i think) although I imagine they will continue to provide security hotfixes for a while longer... ...after all, 98 security hotfixes "have" been coming along for years after they stopped support for it initially. Regards, N.

hey cool pic - a diagram is good. I recall the phrase "a picture paints a thousand words" hehe I only wanted to check you see - just in case I have a feeling it is dns - if the server is forwardung dns queries on, it may be sending them through the wan (dsl) link to the isp - which of course, in most cases, will reject them (as far as i know) if your dsl link is a single ip that can be used in conjunction with the nat in the router. (please tell me if i'm wrong - this is the way i understand it anyhow) If what i say is right in your case, You'll want to make sure the dns is not forwarding it onwards. I belive you can do this somehow tho i cant try it myself (as i dont have a server at home ...yet) regards, N.

....after detaching it from the domain you mean? You could also try this little tool also: http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/newsid.shtml I'm sure others here have used it or a similar tool - haven't needed it yet. Regards, N.