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Ryan, Just tried the link on the MSFN page and got a page cannot be displayed error. Tried multiple times, is the FTP site up? tguy

Setupldr.bin perhaps??? It is a hexadecimal file located in the i386 directory. You will need a hex editor like Hex Workshop or Ultraedit to open it. Most of it is in hex though so it is hard to read. What are you trying to accomplish???

For creating partitions you could use: 1) Fdisk from MS 2) Gdisk from Symantec (comes with Ghost) 3) Ranish Partition Manager (do a Google search, you will find it) All can be scripted to create partitions for use in building servers. Also look into the built-in partitioning tools that come with the unattended process. Reference the ref.chm help in the Support Tools --> Deploy.cab file on the server cd.

Did you map the ports inbound and outbound? Is file and print sharing still enabled on the PC you upgraded to SP2? MS has articles on how to enable file and print sharing with SP2. Check them out.

Try this. Ranish partition manager will get you where you want to be. http://www.snapfiles.com/get/ranish.html

Do a Google search for TCPOptimizer. Download and run it. Choose Optimal settings and reboot. This will reconfigure your MTU, TTL settings etc. on the IP stack which should improve performance.

You can go to Microsoft's Download Site - www.microsoft.com/download Select MDAC 2.8 components. Once downloaded, install and reboot. You're done.

Marsden, neat trick how do you accomplish that??

The screen saver setting is part of the User Configuration settings not Computers. You would need to apply the GPO to an OU for the users who you want to have the same screen saver. Those that it does not apply to should be put into another OU without that GPO setting.

One could also look into the Universal Imaging Utility from Binary Research

Do you see your system even try to POST? Try removing the Graphics card again and reseating it into your mainboard or riser card. Be sure to use a static strap to prevent frying the board with static electricity. If that doesn't work, your video card may already have been fried from static electricity. Good luck.

A correction to MCT's post, $1 is the SYSTEMDRIVE or partition where Windows is installed. The SYSTEMDIRECTORY or WINDIR is $$. May have been a typo. Just wanted to clarify.

Jamey, If you get the Apache, PHP, and MySQL running I'd like to know. I've been meaning to do the same thing for some time now but just haven't had the time to pursue it. I would be interested in how you do it. I would be greatful if you can e-mail me with the info. once you get it working.

Yes but what is your real question? Group Policies cover a lot of stuff. Generally the policies flow downward through containers in AD. They are applied as follows: Local Site Domain OU Denies override Allows. There are several documents and books available from Microsoft and other publishers that cover GPO's. Check them out.

Raskren, You can certainly format the drive as one large FAT32 partition and install to it. Then after you finish the install and configuration, go to a command prompt and run convert.exe as ToBe suggested.

Hulk, you may need to go into the BIOS and enable the USB boot option. I had to do that to get the N600x to boot from a USB floppy.

Yet another reason to stay away from IE. Firefox, Mozilla, Opera all are better. Be careful when copying quotes from news articles to give credit to the source or they could come after you for plagiarism.

Try updating the NIC drivers on your network card to the latest version. Try hard coding the Duplex Settings to match the maximum port speed your Router will allow, usually in the Advanced Tab of the Network Card Properties. Try replacing the network cable that connects your PC to the router. All of those are possible fixes.

Astalavista, there is a pretty comprehensive website dealing with batch files and scripting. It has been mentioned here in the forums before. Check out: http://www.robvanderwoude.com/ Zolcos, to get a Y or N to work in a batch file try: echo Y|RD /S /Q %SYSTEMDRIVE%\INSTALLTEMP You should not really need it as MCT suggests but if you can't get it to work, try the above line.

FAT64 is basically correct. Mixed/Native mode was created if you have domain controllers that are not all running the same OS, for example: NT4 and Win2K or Win2K and Win2K3. As long as your domain controllers are all running the same version of OS you can go native mode.

There are MUI packs for Windows 2000 that you must purchase in order to load Regional Settings other than English. They are available from Microsoft Worldwide Fullfillment. Check them out.

Some Symantec products have been known to cause this issue as well. Search their knowledgebase if you are using their products for assistance.

If you copied your installation cab files, ie: the i386 directory, to your hard drive you could run setup from there.

Do a Google search for secedit.exe unattended. You could create a batch file to be launched by WinPE or Bart's PE boot cd that will run the compatws.inf template against your machine and possibly solve the problem. Haven't tried it myself but I know you apply security templates in cmd prompt window with batch files.

You do NOT need a 2000 or 2003 server. The source files can be stored on any file share that you can access with your boot disk, be it another Windows NT/2000/XP desktop or an NT4/2000/2003 server or a Novell server.