F1refly

well i couldnt logoff to change it. windows would not let me log off. I've used Nlite for years so i'm not a noob, so i dont think it was anything i did directly. So i took care of problem now, what i did was redo Nlite again, load up the last session and had everything the same except this time i didnt mess with the logon tab or create any user, just left it default and everything worked fine. i think Nlite it mustve been some oddball error corruption during processing. so now i have a nice 205mb iso (896mb's install before drivers) and everything is working good now. after installing apps i'm only using just over 1 gig of space....take that Vista and Windows 7. for a useable and fully functioning OS, thats hard to beat. W7 took 14.6 gb's after install, so this saves me 13 gigs on my netbook, makes a big difference for videos

I created F1reFly user with Nlite silly, lol, i mentioned all that and yes f1refly user is a "limited" user but not by my choice. when i created a new user in Nlite's user accounts tab, somehow it restricted me. all i did was type in a username with blank password and to automatically login. that was all. Apparantly it defaults to restricted user? if so, i did not know, but my main question was ...how do i change F1reFly from restricted to administrator is what i need right now. safemode does not allow access to admin. it automatically logs in to my username...no welcome or logon screen. i cannot change anything in "control userpasswords2" it just pops up a box asking for name and password but displays "not enough info error message when i type my username or Administrator. i think it wants a password, but i never put in any passwords, i always use blank passwords since i'm the only user but looks to me like something else got removed or screwed up cause thats not what the control userpasswords2 screen looks like normally. usually it shows administrator, guest...etc listed. I almost wonder if somehow Administrator was completely removed? many years ago, i remember i deleted the administrator so that only my user name was available but it screwed up my logons and i could not get into windows, but in this particular case, i can get into windows but cant get into administrator.

attached LAST_SESSION.INI

The problem wasnt Nlite itself afaik, it was a setting for user logons, creating a user account, it did not make it administrator privelege. admin was checked. so i'm a "Limited" user account. I need to change that. there was no passwords. Next time, i wont bother configuring it, but for now i need to upgrade my privelge. I tried "control userpasswords2" i type in "administrator" and blank password but it says not enough info ...etc. The passwords are all blank, so not sure what to do.

I used Nlite and in the login configuration area, i created a user with a blank password. I assumed i'd have administrator priveleges but after install i cannot activate my key nor access Msconfig...etc. says i must be an administrator to do this. i removed the user logoff and turned off the secondary user service, I cant seem to figure out how to login as administrator but most important, how do i change my username to have administrator privledges?

ah, virtualization, i can do that.

i'm using Windows 7 to make an Nlite CD. when i slipstream SP3 into XP sp1 with Nlite, upon install it wont accept my key, yes its very legit. I understand that W7 might be the issue, i have no alternative OS atm. So what if i ran Nlite in compatability mode? any other solution?

has anyone tried dreamscene for w7? i just want to know if it works cause i'm not too fond of 2d wallpaper

First, licenses from Technet and MSDN are for non-production and non-personal machine usage - MSDN licenses are for code and dev testing of your code on Microsoft's products, and Technet subscriptions are for evaluation of software in a non-Production, non-Personal environment (there's also a Volume License Administrator version, but that's more an add-on to a volume license agreement than a true Technet subscription). Meaning, if you're planning on buying a subscription to get the software for personal use on your machines, you've violated the EULA that you will have to agree to for either to get the software. Second, you can run MSDN or Technet software on YOUR machines only, not for machines that are not going to be actively used by you (aka your friends' machines), that is also in violation of the technet or MSDN EULA that you'll have to agree to when you sign up for and purchase the service - again, I omit the Volume License Administrator Technet subscription, as it's not relevant to your situation (you'd already have to have a volume license software agreement with MS, which would have already obviated your need for a technet subscription to answer your questions). Software from an MSDN or Technet subscription have both the software EULA to consider, but also the limitations on top of the software EULA that are put forth in the subscription EULA (which, again, will forbid personal, non-test/non-development usage, and forbid usage of the software and license keys from the sub on any machines, physical or virtual, that are not explicitly under YOUR control and used by YOU directly. thanks. finally nice to see someone that can respond appropriatly yet still make it clear. though the information on that site to the average joe computer user seems a bit confusing if not almost hypocritical in outward appearance since they offer unlimited usage ..etc without actually stopping people from using the licenses on personal machines as i doubt too many people looking at the site would bother to at least "try" to read the EULA like i did. If you just read their "pitch" it sounds great. "evaluation" becomes kind of vague word when its used with "no limitations" in the same sentence. However to the other responders treating me like a pirate, at LEAST i had the decency to ask unlike some on other forums who apparantly use it for the personal purposes i was asking about without a care in the world. In fact i was informed from a user at the tomhardware forums about just getting a technet sub instead of single key retail and is why i investigated further. there was no reason to be vague or give negative attitudes about my inquirey. anyway, thanks, i can move on now.

Microsoft has no such thing (unlimited usage/unlimited installs/whatever) then whats this reffering to then? so is there anyone here that actually has a technet subscription that can explain it to me, cause so far the responses dont correlate with what i'm readong on the website. it says i can evaluate it as long as i like with no limits....so as my questions stands, is there a computer limit, i assume theres a user limit as it says single user license but feel free to clarify. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscri...s/ms788692.aspx

well if you have a technet subscription and they willingly give you various keys for using on various computers then what exactly is illegal if their allowing me to activate each key for each computer? They do not list a time limit nor computer limit for subscription that i have seen...if you know where its listed in the terms of service then why not just point it out? as perhaps i understand it wrong. i read it as it says: so does that mean any 1 of my devices for each serial or all serials for one devince?..which doesnt make sense further it says: so i read it as saying i can use it all i want as long as i follow those guidlines, as long as i do, i'm not doing anything illegal. If others think different then i'm all ears but i hardly see how this is a discussion of piracy? pirating it is illegally bypassing license activations. i'm not bypassing anything, i'm paying for a subscription of licenses that apparantly has no limit on how many keys i'm allowed to have. from what i can tell anyway. from my understanding of its features page, i can evaluate any windows OS for as long as i want. Now if theres a computer limit...then just show it to me, dont accuse me of pirating.

i always prefer the full version and with 3 computers, a laptop or when fixing some friends computers. would require me to buy alot of license keys. considering the price of W7 full may be around $200. i wonder if getting the technet subscription for $350 would suit me better? i know their for evaluations but are basically non expire license keys even if my subscription expires right? since i tend to reinstall alot as well as use them on several computers, it would save me money to do this wouldnt it?