jaclaz

Here: anyway you should look for NDIS and NDIS2 instead of "dos-LAN". jaclaz

The point is that we don't know much about how the whole thing works. Updating the firmware is not "to be avoided at all costs", in the "normal" "common" BSY/LBA0 issue is simply NOT useful and unneeded, but being anyway a risky operation (always, but particularly when the disk drive is not working properly for *unknown* reason) it is only advised after having recovered data, when, in the worst case, it will re-brick the drive (possibly in such a way that it is not recoverable) but since the priority (recovering the data) went fine, it wouldn't matter. In case of a LBA0 issue it won't probably do anything, in case of BSY the disk is not recognized so the update cannot be performed. That "strange" condition of a SX15 firmware on a drive marked SD15 (and 12CC4 error) you have is seemingly not a common one, so we don't have any other report that I can remember. jaclaz

Ooops sorry of course reading something would have reduced your precious gaming time, I had missed that, my bad . jaclaz

MS backpedaling (sort of): http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-agrees-to-extend-support-deadline-for-clover-trail-pcs/ jaclaz

Well, allow me to doubt that it is "effective" (on the large scale), you see the problem is that you actually come here to find some jacks of all trades, if everyone would do like you there would be very little knowledge, let alone sharing of it. Or, if you prefer, you gain best time/performance/whatever a the cost of someone else's time/work. The idea of writing something down and making it easily available is on the contrary that of saving the time needed to point someone to it and telling him what is already written. If "that" attitude slows mankind, yours (if adopted by the masses) will downright stop it. As well nobody forces anyone to be polite or grateful, but usually this helps in motivating the jacks of all trades that actually try to help. jaclaz

And of course you disregarded the trifling detail that maybe making me tell you things that you can easily read yourself is not worth my time. The fact that you are honest (besides lazy) is a good thing however. jaclaz

Yes , it is very likely that it is a "H" mis-typed instead of the "normal" "U", as Step 13 is referring to "Spin Up complete". jaclaz

And you really think that you *need* the stpboot.bin? The posts are still all there in that thread, including one by os2fan2: https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5880 https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=130532#p130532 Which explains how the "mythical" stpboot.bin is just some bytes that pre-pended to osloader.exe make NTLDR. If you prefer NTLDR contains some 16 bit header loader code and osloader.exe. If you have both a NTLDR and the corresponding osloader.exe, you can extract the initial part of NTLDR untlil the beginning of osloader.exe and call it sptboot.bin or whatever you like (I call mine Andrew ). jaclaz

Maybe there is a misunderstanding. I know perfectly what nlite is and where to find it. I don't know where to find the "tweak set" for nlite you are referring to, presuming that you are not referring to the generic list of available tweaks in nlite, but rather to a "pre-set" where each option is set or unset. BTW - this is a long time pet peeve of mine - nlite has so many options and settings (some not fully documented or easily understandable) that is almost impossible to create two times a "same" build without using a saved configuration, every time someone posts "I did it with nlite" the question is not about the tool used (nlite) but rather about the "it". jaclaz

And what prevents you from reading the help/documentation? Here (linked to from the given page): http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/erunt.txt Guess what the chapters titled: Restoring the registry with ERDNT - Emergency Scenario I and Restoring the registry with ERDNT - Emergency Scenario II are about? And BTW: jaclaz

SCOOP! According to Ed Bott: 1) Terry Myerson actually know what he says 2) Microsoft stands by what he said http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-blocks-windows-10-creators-update-on-some-pcs/ Clover Trail? Any among: Atom Z2760 Atom Z2520 Atom Z2560 Atom Z2580 Sorry pal, you chose processors that are not anymore supported by Windows 10. jaclaz

I am not sure to understand the questions. It is not like the Doctor prescribed you to run Autoruns, you are talking of ghost drivers (and I presume services) and possibly not fully uninstalled applications, all things that "reside" in the Registry, if you use Autoruns ONLY for those items you listed, then SURELY it will only change the Registry, but of course if when you use it you also delete files, etc. restoring a backup will not recreate the same situation as before . The Registry is built on-the-fly at boot time from the assembling of a number of "backing files", typically: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/307545/how-to-recover-from-a-corrupted-registry-that-prevents-windows-xp-from c:\windows\system32\config\system c:\windows\system32\config\software c:\windows\system32\config\sam c:\windows\system32\config\security c:\windows\system32\config\default + the users hive(s) in each profile "NTUSER.DAT". The suggested ERUNT is a handy tool that can backup (and restore via ERDNT) all the needed files. jaclaz

I don't get it. What is the problem? Make a backup of the Registry BEFORE changing anything (through Autoruns or otherwise) and in case of need restore it... http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/ jaclaz

Corollary: I think some non-existing functions needs addition. jaclaz

Yep, and we do this EXACTLY since May 21 or 22, 2014: https://www.sebijk.com/community/index.php?thread/2984-xp-updates-weiterbeziehen/ The post by Sebjik used to be on page 3 but since the last (or maybe last before last) stupid update to the stupid board software it is on page 5 of the thread. Maybe making a reference to the Softpedia page: http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Update-Windows-XP-after-End-of-Support-443631.shtml where it was published on the 23rd would be more "stable". jaclaz

Interesting choice of word: gang (also "leader" and "managing", let alone "project" are IMHO perplexing, but that is another thing) jaclaz

I thought you just stated that your current projects are overwhelming you, that there are too many things to do and not enough resources for completing them and that you were losing your hopes, etc, and now you are going to add to the things to do an incredibly large project? jaclaz

And on other news, another UI/tool redesign is seemingly not appreciated much by customers: https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/14/15970430/microsoft-skype-redesign-feedback jaclaz

PAE patch and 32 bit? It seems like a a 2012 (Mac) ACPI is not compatible with the level XP 64 would understand: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7288953?start=0&tstart=0 jaclaz

Or maybe there is one and you were unable to find it. Like right clicking on the hexdump window (usually bottom left) ->Search for ...->All referenced strings And then right click on the results Search for text (or Ctrl+F and Ctrl+L) Or right clicking on the hexdump window Search for ...->Binary string (or Ctrl+B) jaclaz

Do I get it right that you can't find any video card with a low profile bracket? jaclaz

On other news: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/why-windows-phone-users-are-now-a-serious-security-risk-to-their-employers/ jaclaz

You cannot. Your are using NTLDR as your primary bootmanager AND bootloader. NTLDR can only chainload a bootsector (or a special program coded in such a way to seem to it a bootsector) OR boot a Windows NT/2K/XP (so called ARCPATH to the Windows System directory). What you need to do in order to load a Windows 7 is to chainload its bootmanager OR a bootsector chainloading it. You can use (it may depend on the specific setup) use a bootsector created by bootpart: http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm or use an intermediate bootmanager, such as grub4dos grldr, that can be chainloaded from NTLDR and then can itself chainload eiteher the SSD MBR, or the SSD bootsector or directly the Windows 7 BOOTMGR. We already had this discusson (or a very similar one): jaclaz

Does the word "attachment" ring any bell? Just in case: http://www.askvg.com/collection-of-registry-tweaks-for-windows-7/ jaclaz

A hard disk, inside an external case, doesn't get "normal" EM influence, of course you cannot lay it on your Degausser not bring it with you when doing a MRI. They suffer from hard hits or if dropped when in use, but you shouldn't use one as an anvil, nor toss them on the floor to see if they bounce up. If you live in Japan you are fine for accidental drops : The fact that none of your USB sticks fried or however stopped working yet is not in any way a rational reason to believe they are in any way reliable (hint: they aren't, particularly when mechanically stressed and when aging, for different reasons). The great advantage of USB sticks is that they are small, portable (and much easily lost accidentally) and they are actually mechanically "tougher" than hard disks BUT they often happen to fail (for no apparent reason) and when they do recovery is usually a much bigger problem than hard disks. In any case the whole idea of a three devices rotating set is that at any given moment you have three copies of your files (besides the original on your PC's hard disk) that are snapshot taken a times t, t-1x and t-2x where x is the interval of the backups, I suggested what is a "normal" procedure that can actually be followed regularly with a minimum of discipline, with x=1 month, but x can be any interval of time (hint: once upon a time in a not so far galaxy, all we had were floppy disks, and we had one labeled Monday, one labeled Wednesday, the last labeled Friday) in the worse case where BOTH the original and one of the three backups are destroyed, specifically the last one, you may lose 1 unit worth of unsaved work/data, in the worst-worst case where BOTH the original and TWO of the backups are destroyed (the t and the t-1x) you may lose 2 unit worth of unsaved work/data. It's up to you to determine, based on the value of your data, which time unit to assign to x. jaclaz