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Do you have Windows XP SP2 with IE 6? The popup blocker built into the new SP may be preventing you from being able to access websites from hyperlinks.

This link may help. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/131352/EN-US/ Looks like Regedit under Win95 could be used in DOS mode.

Turn off the firewall in XP2 and do NOT use simple file and print sharing.

The database file is not needed on the CD. Simply give the .SDB file a name in the batch file command line and it will auto create it for you. Mine is called secedit.sdb.

I ran into the same problem, and yes it appeared to be with an NTFS formatted drive. I had to format the drive as FAT32 before it would work correctly. I could then convert it and extend it after I installed. Another gotcha to remember is move the $OEM$ folder into the i386 folder instead of having it at the same level as you would in an unattended CD install. Good luck.

This message is typically a form of what is called 'Social Engineering'. Just so everyone is aware, there have been messages proportedly from Citibank asking for the same information. However, when you look at the real e-mail address that originated the message it is not from a known Citibank domain. This is one sure fire way to tell. Everyone be careful.

If that doesn't work, you could back up your data, uninstall then reinstall IIS, that should resolve the problem as well.

BartPE bootcd might be another alternative. There are some freeware disk recovery utilities available with it.

Haven't actually done this myself, but it looks like this article may help. http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/arabic...lSettings.asp#2

Ah, I think I see the problem. Try moving the PNP\NET folder to the $1 folder. The plug n play drivers path does not know where to look for the files when they are buried in the systemroot folder.

I do the same thing as IcemanND and it works for me too.

You (he/she) could use this reghack to convert Windows to the 'Classic' interface that will have My Computer and My Network Places on the desktop. Here is the article: http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/958/

Virtual PC uses drivers based on the Intel Chipset for the mainboard and NIC and an S3 video card. You could try incorporating them into your build to use when testing then use the real drivers that relate to the specific chipsets for the actual physical PC you are building.

What are you trying to install at those stages? Try the Runonceex, GuiRunOnce, or cmdlines.txt install methods as those are the most commonly used post installation methods for unattended installs.

Is OEMPreInstall=Yes set in your WINNT.SIF?

To simplify this problem and eliminate the hassles search for either Netswitcher or Mulitnetwork Manager at www.download.com These simple, inexpensive utilities were written to deal with the issue you are having.

Why not just install the certificate again while the user who needs it is logged into their PC?

This just appeared at eWeek.com today. Here is an article on this topic. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1732610,00.asp

For IE you can go to the Tools --> Internet Options --> Advanced Tab in the Security section choose the option to Empty Internet Cache files when the browser is closed. Or create a batch file for logoff that would do the following; cd documents and settings\%username%\local settings\temporary internet files del *.* /s exit This would probably work for Mozilla too you would just need to change the path to the Internet cache files that Mozilla stores.

Hi all, The short answer to your question is YES you can build a PC or server from another hard disk. First question - Where will the hard disk that has your source files be located? Network share or another internal hard drive in the PC or server? Second - You will need to have a boot disk or boot CD to use to access this second hard disk. You may also need partitioning and drive formatting utilities like FDISK and FORMAT.COM to access the disk you are wanting to land the new OS on. Third - If you are building this way you will need to move the $OEM$ folder into the i386 directory on your source hard disk. Fourth - Rename the WINNT.SIF to UNATTEND.TXT and copy it to the root of the source disk. Fifth - Start your installation by booting to the source disk. CD to i386 then launch winnt /b /u:<path to unattend.txt> /s:<path to source files> You may find yourself constrained to the size of the C: partition you can initially create but DISKPART.EXE should help you fix that. Hope this helps. P.S. There is tons of info. on doing builds this way on the web, Google Network based unattended installations

Click Start --> All Programs --> My Network Places Then right click and choose 'Show on Desktop' That will make it appear where you want.

Do a Google search for TCPOptimizer. Works great!!

The router could be blocking the IRC traffic. You could try setting up port forwarding to forward inbound and outbound traffic over the port your IRC software uses between the router and your PC.

Yes this is possible to do. I am currently doing it on unattended CD's for Win2K, Win2K3, and WinXP. Here is what you need to do. 1) Open the MMC. 2) Add the Security Templates and Security Configuration and Analysis add-in's. 3) Create a new database .SDB file. 4) Open a template file, .INF etc. 5) Configure the template settings the way you want and save the .INF file under a new name. 6) Copy the modified .INF file to the $OEM$\$$\Security\Templates directory. 7) Create a batch file, like the one attached below, to execute secedit.exe to configure the security settings. secedit.bat

You can try this boot image file. Works with Win2K and WinXP. w2kcdbt.bin