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  1. Run this, tell me if it opens properly. I might not know the cause, but I may know a solution.

    %SystemRoot%\system32\CompMgmtLauncher.exe

    Yup. Nothing. even when run from an elevated command prompt.

    If that file doesn't work, we just need to switch around a few registry settings to change the command that occurs when your Right-Click > Manage. Someone had the same problem last week and we changed the run code to this.

    mmc %SystemRoot%\system32\compmgmt.msc

    OK that fixed it. I was almost hoping that didn't work. Hang on I have to take care of something:

    PC_LOAD_LETTER, Please use the Search feature before posting. This issue has been discussed before.

    thanks MrJinje and DigeratiPrime

  2. we have an entire forum dedicated to this exact issue

    Install Windows from USB (ill be moving this thread there for neatness sake)

    You should read the stickies in that forum here and here

    the second one has the exact issue you describe and its fix

    Q4: I am getting HAL.DLL or NTOSKRNL.EXE not found error, why?

    A4: You are installing Windows to a disk/partition other than first disk/first partition. Amend BOOT.INI on USB disk to reflect your setup.

    For example- if installing windows on SECOND disk/third partition, and FOLDER name is MYWIN, that line in BOOT.INI should look like:

    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(3)\MYWIN="2. GUI Mode Setup Windows XP, Continue Setup + Start XP from HD 1" /FASTDETECT

    Please note that rdisk(0) means first hard disk. Because we are booting from USB disk it becomes first, hence the first internal hard disk (which is second when start counting from our USB disk) gets rdisk(1), second- rdisk(2) and so on.

  3. MSE is a free product from "M$" so the dollar sign doesnt really apply here.

    MSE seems to be a much better AV than any other free AV ive ever used. Ive had a few reports of it eating memory on XP but i havent looked into that because i hope to be mostly rid of XP within a few years and MS may fix whatever is causing the memory issue before the next time i need AV installed on XP

  4. Might be a stupid question, but going by the descriptions I posted, wouldn't it be simple to figure out which version one has?

    Yes the information you provided should be enough to help the OP.

    MagicAndre and cluberti are looking at the problem from a developers perspective and trying to find the best way to detect if one of their programs is run on N/KN versions where the programs functionality might be limited due to missing components.

  5. glad to see you left the anolis credits in the new source code readme

    to those interested, the files in this topic may look suspicious (they did to me) but they have tested virus-free in MSE and McAfee 8.7

    they are similar in function to XPize so thats where i will be moving this topic to.

  6. yeah given the choice of either using Norton for AV or not using any at all, I would have to use none at all because that way at least i could disinfect the machine without Norton giving false positives on my anti-malware utilities :)

    and add me as a +1 on the MSE recommendation.

  7. i dont know why the printer wouldnt show up on his profile installed printers are user specific.

    since the only person that has seen the printer inside the user profile is the user him/herself, ill point out the obvious and say it might be there but since the user said he "could not print" but didnt say something like "the printer doesn't appear in the list" he just may not be looking at the list. My users often "cant print" just because they have 'Send to Onenote', 'Microsoft Office Document Image Writer', 'Adobe PDF printer', etc cluttering up their dropdown list so even if the printer is installed on the machine, since it isnt set as the default (or doesnt appear at the top of the list) they say the "cant print" when in fact they just dont have a valid default printer set.

    I say its more likely that you have a user error than a profile specific printer issue.

  8. it doesnt seem possible at the moment as reading around some suggest when you insert an AGP card it automatically disables the built in graphics card so you cant run two monitors.

    I manage a network that still has quite a few GX260/270s and i can confirm that the onboard video os not available when using and AGP (or even an on PCI) card you will have to use an AGP card that has dual head if you want 2 monitors configured independently (ie side by side) if you want to display the same image on 2 or more monitors you can sometimes use a simple VGA splitter but those setups are rare.

  9. ISOs correctly on suitable quality media and at an appropriate speed..

    my money is on speed or media as well. this really sounds to me like a disc issue. I would reburn the ISO using IMGBurn @ 1x - 4x speed and try the install again.

  10. Had to add this in! On top of all the Windows 7 stuff the jerk advertised it with a DVD+/-RW 8x Dual Layer and it comes with a plain jane DVD player. This guy is on Ebay and he is from Tampa, FL and he goes by the name "ufgators09". I tried to be very fare with him and even forget about Windows 7 and just swap out the DVD for the one it was advertised with and he will not return any communication that I send. So, BEWARE that this guy is a crook and a rip-off!!!

    use the ebay feedback system and leave negative feedback because thats just BS if hes blatantly mislabeling an auction. thatll get his attention.

  11. Well trying to get the restore cds wont work either as hp ,dell and other laptop manufactures look up the registration info and if your name is not listed they will do nothing for you the seller has to transfer it to your name

    Ive contacted Dell through several channels in the past to obtain owner info on laptops we have found on our campus and have been assured that registration info only exists for sales directly from dell.com or phone sales through Dell direct. Its quite possible that this laptop was purchased via retail channels or through a reseller and no registration data exists to verify against. I would still request backup disc from dells site and see if they send it since their site does not mention verifying ownership.

  12. thanks guys I knew this was possible but didnt expect that id have multiple choices. I think im going to use CoffeeFiends version because logging this would be nice since it will potentially be rebooting up to 15 machines without confirmation so being able to backtrace and tell when it was done would be helpful. Oh how I hope the same batch of misbehaving students is here on Monday. I can see it now:

    My know-it-all student comes in and switches his PC to the other SSID and shows the other ones how to do it so they can all stream radio and dick around on myspace instead of paying attention to their instructor

    15 minutes or so goes by and BAM! they all get a popup saying "This PC is not permitted to use SSIDs other than LABSSID. Rebooting..."

    Mass chaos and whining occurs because they all had to save their work quickly or loose it

    Instructor calls me and says "Did you do that?"

    I say no your students did when they jumped APs! BUWAHAHAHAHA!

    oh in case anyone thinks Im being unnecessarily mean, the instructors requested the internet to be locked down and the students in question are part of a work training program and are basically being paid learn how to get a job and very few jobs require a working knowledge of myspace :)

  13. hers what my ping and nslookup outputs look like

    C:\>ping machine-name-14 /n 1

    Pinging machine-name-14.ad.domain.com [10.10.9.200] with 32 bytes of data:

    Reply from 10.10.9.200: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=125

    Ping statistics for 10.10.9.200:
    Packets: Sent = 1, Received = 1, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 16ms, Maximum = 16ms, Average = 16ms

    C:\>nslookup machine-name-14
    Server: dc-01.ad.domain.com
    Address: 10.10.2.2

    Name: machine-name-14.ad.domain.com
    Address: 10.10.9.200


    C:\>

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