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spinjector

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  1. When setting up a new LAN, is there any reason to use the 10.0.0.1 range over 192.168.0.1...? Are there any caveats to either? Other than just the number of available subnets? Thanks.
  2. I do have a question regarding the creation of the MSI files that AD seems to be expecting - basically, how to create them? How does one create packages for settings & programs that don't use MSI files...? In Novell, there was SnapShot - the functional equivalent of SysDiff. You used that to find the files & registry keys of a program, and then packaged it up into at AOT, if I remember correctly.
  3. THANK YOU. That's the starting point I needed. I can probably learn it outwards from there.
  4. Back in the Novell days, I was a wiz at creating/managing Application Objects. What's the Windows 2003 Active Directory equivalent of a Novell Application Object? Obviously, I'm new to this. I've tried searching Google for an answer, but I don't even know what search terms to use. Basically, I'm looking for the function/feature/software to push/remove software/files from workstations. Thanks.
  5. SAH-WEEEEEEEEEET!!! My users are gonna go freekin bonkers when I send this out in the logon script, and suddenly their folders start listing at warp speed.! Thanks. =-)
  6. Does anyone know how to prevent Windows Explorer from getting the bitrate from WAV and MP3 files? This is kind of like the feature in nLite to make Windows stop getting info from AVI files, or displaying the icon for an EXE. I have a media server with ~1/4-million media files on it, mostly of type WAV & MP3. Just tonight I figured out this was why it takes many minutes to open some folders - Windows is checking out the goods so it can display something in the status bar. I searched Google for shellext info, but I got too much search results to be useful. I'm not even sure it's a shell extension. Thanks.
  7. I know that NET SEND was being used by malware to send spam messages, and thus the Messaging service has been disabled by default since WinXP SP2. Is there a modern equivalent? Or a utility that emulates it? I'd like to be able to send instant popup message to everyone on the network at times when I need to reboot an app server and such.
  8. Looking at an EXE file, is there a way to determine if it's 16-bit or 32-bit without actually running it? Like with a Hex Editor or something in Windows?
  9. I'd like to move my Temp-folders to a different drive. Is there any reason I shouldn't/couldn't point all of these to "D:\Temp"...? TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Environment\TMP HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Environment\TEMP Is there a risk of file name conflicts?
  10. Hi all, Does anyone know of a partition management utility that allows precise positioning of partitions, right down to a specific sector...? Independently of what it thinks are "cylinder boundaries"...? I ask in light of this Microsoft white paper: "Disk Partition Alignment Best Practices for SQL Server" http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd758814.aspx This document essentially states that the idea of positioning partitions at cylinder boundaries has been useless since hard disk sizes passed the 8.4 GB barrier. Cylinder boundaries don't even exist any more, due the proprietary disk structures devised by manufacturers. It also explains that a properly aligned partition is a healthy thing for *any* operating system, not just Microsoft SQL servers. The document also openly admits that Microsoft & Windows has been doing it wrong all this time, thus perpetuating the misunderstanding. It's only with Windows 2008 & Windows 7 that Microsoft dispenses with the whole cylinder boundary concept. So... I'm hoping to find a utility that will allow me to move/resize existing partitions right down to the exact sector I want, without yelling at me about cylinder boundaries. I've *created* my partitions where I want them, but if I have to *resize* any of them, my cluster alignment will go to heck. Thanks.
  11. Duuuuuuude! That's exactly what I was looking for! Thanks!
  12. In Windows Device Mangler, on the Properties page of a device, the "Details" tab lists the "Device Instance Id" in the format VEN_xxxx DEV_yyyy. Does anyone know of an online database that lists these vendors and devices? I thought Microsoft would have a list, but I have yet to find it. =-/ Thanks.
  13. Oh I was using HFCleanup, but sheesh - either more has been added since I last looked at it, or I never looked at it really close enough to realize it did all that. Thanks. =-)
  14. Well yea HFSLIP rocks, but there are soooooo many drivers in Windows that are ancient and/or not needed by 99% of installs. Printers, BIOS, video, audio... I mean I'm pretty sure I'll never use a Brother dot matrix printer, or Sound Blaster 16 ISA ever again... =-)
  15. I tried searching, but got too many results to be useful. Has anyone seen a utility that will list the drivers contained in Windows Setup and give you the option of deleting them so they are removed from Txtsetup.sif, Drivers.cab, and anywhere else they hide out? The NOLOAD script for HFSLIP does it already, sorta, kinda, but I was hoping for something with a GUI that will show *all* the drivers, not just the ones for obsolete storage devices. Thanks.
  16. Well what a couple of weeks this has been. After pulling my hair out for many days, fighting a battle I couldn't win with Microsoft & 3rd-party programs & utilities that absolutely would NOT put my partitions where I wanted them, I gave up. And then I wrote my own. =-) Well sorta... I used DSFO to export my MBR to a file, and then attacked it with an Excel spreadsheet. It's taken me a week of 12-hour days to learn the bytes of the MBR, and then adding formulas, VBA, and conditional formats to my spreadsheet. What I end up with is an MBR the way I want it, which I then write back to the server with DSFI. I just cranked up Easeus Partition Manager, which recognized the partitions immediately with no fuss, and was able to format them - also with no fuss. I then checked all of the partition properties to check the cluster positions, and they're all spot-on to what I set them to. This afternoon I've been struggling with installing Windows 2003. Text mode setup doesn't like something on this box and it always locks up at the "Setup is checking your system configuration...". I've tried every fix I've seen mentioned and none have worked so far, but I'm still working on it.
  17. Volume 1 is selected by default when SEL PART 1 is issued. In fact, it states in the documentation, that if you SEL VOL X, it automatically selects the disk & partition that volume is on. If you look just before the SET HIDDEN, under LIST VOL, there is an asterisk next to Volume 1 to indicate it's selected. I also thought the same thing, and I tried various combinations of SELECT commands to make certain the right object was selected. But the outcome was the same every time.
  18. Nope. No matter what I do, Diskpart is hiding/unhiding ALL of the partitions/volumes at the same time as one group. Either I'm missing some fundamental concept or command, or something is goofy in my setup. I've copied/pasted the entire sequence below. I typed all my commands in lowercase so they could be differentiated better. Towards the end, you'll see the hide/list and everything is hidden, then unhide/list and everything is unhidden. Arrrghh!!! N:\>diskpart Microsoft DiskPart version 6.0.6000 Copyright (C) 1999-2007 Microsoft Corporation. On computer: MININT-64IFCHO DISKPART> select disk 0 Disk 0 is now the selected disk. DISKPART> list partition Partition ### Type Size Offset ------------- ---------------- ------- ------- Partition 1 Primary 63 MB 1024 KB Partition 2 Primary 16 GB 64 MB Partition 3 Primary 7552 MB 18 GB Partition 4 Primary 656 GB 27 GB DISKPART> select partition 1 Partition 1 is now the selected partition. DISKPART> list volume Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- -------- Volume 0 M CD_ROM CDFS DVD-ROM 189 MB Healthy * Volume 1 DELLUTIL FAT Partition 63 MB Healthy Volume 2 C WINDOWS NTFS Partition 16 GB Healthy Volume 3 D SWAPFILE NTFS Partition 7552 MB Healthy Volume 4 E DATA NTFS Partition 656 GB Healthy Volume 5 N USBDRIVE FAT32 Removable 1937 MB Healthy DISKPART> attributes volume set hidden Volume attributes set successfully. DISKPART> list volume Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- -------- Volume 0 M CD_ROM CDFS DVD-ROM 189 MB Healthy * Volume 1 DELLUTIL FAT Partition 63 MB Healthy Hidden Volume 2 WINDOWS NTFS Partition 16 GB Healthy Hidden Volume 3 SWAPFILE NTFS Partition 7552 MB Healthy Hidden Volume 4 DATA NTFS Partition 656 GB Healthy Hidden Volume 5 N USBDRIVE FAT32 Removable 1937 MB Healthy DISKPART> attributes volume clear hidden Volume attributes cleared successfully. DISKPART> list volume Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- -------- Volume 0 M CD_ROM CDFS DVD-ROM 189 MB Healthy * Volume 1 DELLUTIL FAT Partition 63 MB Healthy Volume 2 C WINDOWS NTFS Partition 16 GB Healthy Volume 3 D SWAPFILE NTFS Partition 7552 MB Healthy Volume 4 E DATA NTFS Partition 656 GB Healthy Volume 5 N USBDRIVE FAT32 Removable 1937 MB Healthy DISKPART> exit Leaving DiskPart... N:\>
  19. Ok either I'm not understanding the syntax of the ATTRIBUTES VOLUME command, or I've found a bug in DISKPART. If I do this, either by script or typing in the commands at the prompt... SELECT VOLUME 2 ATTRIBUTES VOLUME SET HIDDEN ...it hides ALL the partitions at the same time..!!! And if I do this... SELECT VOLUME 2 ATTRIBUTES VOLUME CLEAR HIDDEN ...it UNHIDES them all...!!! Am I losing my mind...?
  20. Yea ok, that didn't go so well... LOL It seems I need to modify my script somewhat with NOERR commands because DISKPART keeps trying to access a volume that isn't there. Then I have to figure out why the one Attribute command is hiding ALL the partitions at the same time. I'll get back to you tomorrow. I swore I'd leave at 9pm, and here it is 11pm already.
  21. Oh I've worked out my script. I just tweaked it some more and I was just about to give it the full run through, but I'm taking a break and checking messages because my head is about to explode. Again. It's been happening around this time every night for the past week.5... =-) SELECT DISK 0 CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SIZE=63 ALIGN=1024 ASSIGN LETTER=C CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SIZE=16000 ALIGN=65536 ASSIGN LETTER=D CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SIZE=8000 ALIGN=16449536 ASSIGN LETTER=E CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY ALIGN=32833536 ASSIGN LETTER=F SELECT VOLUME C FORMAT FS=FAT LABEL=DELLUTIL QUICK REMOVE LETTER=C ATTRIBUTES VOLUME SET HIDDEN SET ID=DE OVERRIDE SELECT VOLUME D FORMAT FS=NTFS LABEL=WINDOWS UNIT=4K QUICK ASSIGN LETTER=C ACTIVE SELECT VOLUME E FORMAT FS=NTFS LABEL=SWAPFILE UNIT=4K QUICK ASSIGN LETTER=D SELECT VOLUME F FORMAT FS=NTFS LABEL=DATA UNIT=64K QUICK ASSIGN LETTER=E Followed by writing the custom Dell MBR for the Utility Partition: DSFI \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0 0 446 DELLNOPT.MBR The part that's been killing me the past couple days is I got a bad piece of this nasty cake: KB931761, with KB931760 and KB919529 as frosting & sprinkles. What they boil down to is that Windows 2003 doesn't like partitions created with the WinPE 2.0 Diskpart command. So, as per the KB articles, I've spent the day upgrading the BIOS and four firmwares in the system, modified the registry in the WinPE2, and re-slipstreamed my Win2K3 CDR with the additional hotfix WindowsServer2003-KB931761-x86-ENU.exe from the KB. So... I'm just about to test this all the way through. I'll let you know what happens.
  22. I've created a basic WinPE 2.0 boot CD with my RAID drivers as the only customization. I'm trying to use dd.exe v0.5 for Windows from http://www.chrysocome.net/dd, but there seems to be something wrong. When I type 'dd --list', nothing happens. It instantly goes right back to the next C:\> prompt without doing anything. I've confirmed the problem is my WinPE by trying on another PC with a single SATA drive. I get the same result BUT the same copy of dd.exe works perfectly if I try it in REMOVED. Is this because I left something out of my WinPE build? Or is WinPE 2.0 not compatible with dd.exe..? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. EDIT: See answer here: http://www.msfn.org/board/need-winpe-way-b...or-t141343.html
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