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I found whatsmyip don’t report the IP address correctly if you use a satellite ISP.

I used these two lines in an old script that I used mac’s as computer names. I used a tool called compname.exe. I copy it to %windir%/system32 dir at the start of my bat file. Not sure if this helps or not. for /f "tokens=*" %%z in ('compname /d ?m') do set MAC=%%z compname /c %MAC%>NUL

what error message do you receive?

ping -n 10 127.0.0.0 > nul You can also use this to sleep/wait for 10 seconds. Just change the 10 to however long you want it to sleep/wait. With this you will not have to put the sleep.exe or wait.exe on your computer.

@echo off find /i "computername" c:\test.txt > nul if errorlevel 1 goto notfound goto :found :found get new name here :notfound rename computer here Im not exactly sure how you plan on getting names or how you want to change computer name but this can test the txt file like you wanted If the computername is already set and that is what you are testing then you can replace computername with %COMPUTERNAME%.

If you have a dynamic IP and most people do then you will have an issue with people trying to connect to your computer after the IP has changed. I just set up apache and I also have a dynamic IP. I use a router so other computers on the network can connect to my ISP. There are ways around the dynamic IP issue. You can go to a free DDNS host site like www.no-ip.com or http://www.dyndns.com/. I went with dyndns b/c it was already integrated into my netgear router. So all I had to do was put my username and password and everytime my ip changes the router updates the new ip to the website. A friend of mine uses no-ip because he doesn’t use a router and they have a little app. that updates the new IP.

Maybe this will help. http://www.msfn.org/board/how-to-setup-xp-...375#entry753375

That came from Microsoft web site. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/...quirements.mspx I would never run 1GB myself and would go with atleast 2GB minimum personally. And with 64bit I would probable go with 4-8GB. But that’s just me. I was just posting the minimum requirements posted by Microsoft.

Windows Vista recommended system requirements Home: 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor 512 MB of system memory 20 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space Support for DirectX 9 graphics and 32 MB of graphics memory Home Premium / Business / Ultimate: 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor 1 GB of system memory 40 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space Support for DirectX 9 graphics with: WDDM Driver 128 MB of graphics memory (minimum) Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware 32 bits per pixel

My personal choice is to go with more slower ram. I have swapped faster ram for slower ram before and never noticed a difference. I have even tried the Kingston Hyper X “Gaming” ram and when I swapped it for regular ram it seemed to be the same to me. I know it’s faster by looking at the graphs that people put out that have tested it but I couldn’t tell a difference. Also, I believe you can have 4GB of ram with XP 32 bit. The amount of usable RAM is dependent on the hardware devices you have in your system. 32 bit OS (like WinXP) are capable of addressing all 4 GBs of RAM, however, some is set aside for hardware devices (PCI-E, PCI, etc.) which is why you will see Windows reporting something less than 4GBs. Usually you will see somewhere between 2.75GB and 3.5GB available. With 4 sticks will keep your system operating in dual channel mode, where as 3 x 1GB will not. So, put in the 4 x 1GB and enjoy.

Yzowl: Sorry but your code doesn't work at all! LOL j/k You seem to be offended by my statement. I didn't mean to offend anyone. I guess I should have been more specific in my statement. The code didn't work for me would have been a more accurate statement. I tested your code and after replacing "Removable Drive" with /v "CD-ROM" as you stated it worked like a charm. Thanks again for the help. Scr1ptW1zard: Thanks for the script but even more thanks for explaining it. That helped me out the most. It is nice that people are willing to write scripts for others but it's even nicer when they explain how it works. That way others can learn from the script and use it for themselves. Thanks again for everyone's help! :)ly

Yzowl: I just copied and pasted your code into a note pad added a pause at the end and saved it as a bat file. Ran it and the only output I got was “Press any key to continue . . .”

Just a few questions: 1) Are all the machines the same model or will there be a variety of drivers? 2) Have you made an unattended install image? 3) Have you looked at the nLite software to help make the unattended image?

Sorry Yzowl your code didn’t work. Nothing was returned. Can anyone explain how Scr1ptW1zard's scrip works? Mainly these two lines. set chkdrive=!chkdrive:Drives:=! set chkdrive=!chkdrive: =! What are the "!" used for?

This worked perfectly. Thanks for everyone’s help! I made a few slight changes to fit my bat file but it was exactly what I was asking for. Thanks again!

That would be fine if I use the same USB drive. This will need to be more portable then just this one drive. Meaning that the bat file can find any USB drive that has the files. I’m still puzzled why it is now all of a sudden sending a prompt when there is no CD in the CD-ROM?

I have a Bat file that checks for the usb drive. It was working fine for a long time but now it’s doing something different. Here is the code: if exist D:\Install set drive=D if exist E:\Install set drive=E if exist F:\Install set drive=F Simple but now when it comes to the CD-rom drive it sends a prompt saying to insert cd and click retry, cancel, or continue. If there is a CD in the CD-rom there is no issue no prompt. But why is there a prompt now and how to you stop the prompt?

I want to run XP SETUP from USB drive and I’m looking for step by step instructions on how to do this. I have read the post “how to install xp from UBS” but can’t find any instructions on how to do this. There is something called “USB_MultiBoot_8” and I have d/led it but not sure what to do now. Don’t see any read me file with instructions. I tried to do a search on the subject but since you cant use 3 char. It left out most of my search phrase. Xp, usb, run.

I cleaned up some stuff and now its down to 45M. Maybe that will help but i'm guessing not.

I’m not thinking that it’s a corrupt profile since this happens to several users. Just not to the extreme of 25-30 mins. I keep my desktop clean to keep the file that has to be downloaded small. My documents and other personal files for my profile are just links back to the server where the files are stored. So this leaves my profile that is d/led to 195M

IcemanND There are no errors in the event viewer. I don’t connect with a VPN since all machines are on the same network. I use RDC or a few other RC software depending on what I need to do and none seem to make a difference in the connection time. I have connected to some machines that where on VPN and logged the user off then I logged on and some machines would take 20-30 mins for me to log on.

You can try putting them in a bat file. Without using the tool or having the exe to play with I guess I can’t help much. But if you say it installs from the command line then this is the same thing. This is how I would do it with a bat files. Start.bat @echo off SET KEY1="HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Currentversion\RunOnce" REG ADD %KEY1% /f /v "INSTALL" /d "C:\apps\msn\Install.bat" Shutdown –r –t 3 Install.bat @echo off C:\apps\msn\msn.exe I know this is off topic but have you ever used Trillian?

Its really long but think its around 15mins so not as long as me.

What happens when you type this in the command prompt? C:\apps\yahoo\ayahoo.exe /f If nothing happens type C:\apps\yahoo\ayahoo.exe /? and see what switches are given. Also, there is an "a" infront of yahoo.exe is that correct? I have never installed yahoo so dont know what the exact name is for the exe.

Geek Yeah I’ve tried using /noprofile. It’s the same amount of time. Cluberti I can’t ping the computers b/c that has been disabled. I did a trace rout and most come back with 6 hops. About 5% time out on the 6th hop. What I noticed was that one of the machines that timed out is right next to a machine that didn’t timeout. The 2 machines are plugged right next to each other in the same switch. Here is a trace route of a machine that takes me 25mins to log into. 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 2 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 3 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms 4 10 ms 15 ms 15 ms 5 56 ms 51 ms 51 ms 6 53 ms 51 ms 51 ms Anyone have any other ideas??