[strangest dns problem]

i have experienced this strange problem which i cant understand

first, i was using my computer and the internet was fine, i didnt install or modify anything, but when i rebooted the dns was gone

i could connect to any site using the ip, but trying to use domain would result is server not found in any browser

i thought of a dns server failure at first, but changinf the servers wouldnt make any difference; moreover, nslookup was still able to resolve dns

i looked at packets with the kaspersky packet log, and found that browsers were not generating any dns request at all, as if they thought there was no dns resolver! same for ping -a, while nslookup did the queries

tried flushing dns cache, no result

then i thought maybe some dns service wasnt up, so i went to services panel and found dns client was set on automatic and running

so i tried stopping it, and dns worked again!

now can someone explain me this????

if i start the dns client service, ipconfig sees the dns cache but dns lookup doesnt work

if its stopped, cache isnt available but dns goes ok

[RegTweaks 0.4.2]

i think there's an error in the local networking registry file

when it sets the xp dns cache, it says

"MaxCacheTtl "=dword:00003840

"MaxNegativeCacheTtl "=dword:00000000

i dont think the actual reg entries have the space at the end

[How long does it take to start WinXP]

wow nice to see i'm not the only one with 3 min boot (3:30 actually)

it would take less if there wasnt the 1-minute-do-absolutely-nothin-and-take-a-rest just after the logon screen

but of course i've not formatted for 2 years, it's a record for me, i cant blame windows for working so bad after 2 years... its not linux after all

[Change the default drive when installing windows]

no way

windows xp always sets the partition it installs on as "C"

and you cant change that later, disk manager wont let u change the drive letter for the system drive

maybe u could change the letter in the registry but i think that would screw up things

edit: i tried changing the letter on a virtual machine, now the boot process stops before getting to the logon screen, just windows logo forever

[Remove "Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file s]

About that dialog thing, wont that just remove just that, the dialog thing, and not the actual enabling of indexing service as a default?

yes of course just the dialog

cant u just disable the indexing service altogether?

[service packs]

As I understand I have to slipstream SP1+ or SP2 first and then SP3 after this. I can't slipstream SP3 directly to my XPCD without one of the others???

no, you just take the clean xp cd and slipstream ONLY SP3

Come on, guys...

As you can read by doing a single 2 secs. google/forum search, then SP3, as well as all previous SP's are cumulative for slipstreaming(SP3 isn't cumulative for regular installs however, and needs SP1+), which then obviously means that the diffs aren't relevant, as else it wouldn't be cumulative anymore...

sure i'm able to search by myself, just thought on this forum i would have found someone knowing more than just "diffs aren't relevant"

you know, just like "mstsc.ex_ isnt upgraded by sp3, but actually the installed mstsc.exe is updated to 6.1 by means of ..."

[service packs]

Okay...thanks..but i have to slipstream sp1 or 2 first...Am I right?

hey, that's what i was asking in the first place!

the guides say to slipstream only the latest service pack, that is sp3 on a rtm xp (with no packs)

but i found the differences i posted above, just dont know if they're important or not

[service packs]

where is the guide to slipstream SP3 into XPCD?

I have the one for SP2 here:

http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/6/

do the same things as written there but select the SP3 executable

[service packs]

hello, i am making a nlited windows xp pro cd and i have a question about service packs

i read that it's better to slipstream sp3 into a rtm source

and i always knew service packs were cumulative

but i've just made a couple tests and found files which arent updates by later sp's:

files which are updates by SP1a but not later packs:

mindex.dll

msisam11.dll

msuni11.dll

oschoice.exe

wmidx.ocx

wmmfilt.dll

wmmres.dll

wmmutil.dll

wmpstub.exe

wmpvis.dll

wmv8dmod.dll

files that are updates by SP2 but not by SP3:

guitrn_a.dll

migism_a.dll

migwiz_a.exe

msrdp.cab

mstsc.chm

mstsc.exe

mstscax.dll

rdsktpw.chm

script_a.dll

sysmod_a.dll

tscupgrd.exe

xptht41w.htm

all of these are in XPCD\i386

there are also few others, but they're not important (preinstalled ati drivers, and a couple of .inf whose compressed version is different)

why are these files out of SP2 and SP3? are they not used anymore?

thanks