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WHERE? Post a link to what you have found. jaclaz

Well, and how exactly do you plan to execute it BEFORE the login? Under which credentials would the hypothetical script be run? In which Win station? My guess is that you have not entirely clear the whole NT logon processes, and what you really want/need is a custom GINA (up to XP/2003) or a custom "credential provider" (Vista and later). jaclaz

I am not sure to understand (actually I am pretty sure I do not understand ). Can you try explaining what is the actual scope/goal (or intended usage paradigm) and when this hta would be run? jaclaz

Try these ones: http://www.symantec.com/connect/downloads/amd-ahci-mass-storage-driver-windows-xp jaclaz

Well, it doesn't work that way. "Make sure that API call USER32.EnumDisplayMonitors is NOT present" does not mean "Make sure that API call USER32.EnumDisplayMonitors is NOT present, if it is just edit the .dll removing the call" and BTW Dependency Walker has NO editing capabilities. If you prefer what was described in the mentioned post was just a "diagnostic method", not a "cure". To expand a .dl_ file usually 7-zip will do nicely, if it doesn't try Universal Extractor. jaclaz

So, Windows 10 is more secure than previous Windows OS's. Too bad that it is the ONLY OS here: https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS16-007 where 5 (five) items out of 6 are considered "important", whilst all the older OS's are affected by only one ... jaclaz

Ok, what is the pay/hours/location for each open position? Who exactly are the "I" and the "we"? jaclaz

Hmmm. Then, let's try another way, maybe you can "trick" the installer by using a AHK (AutoHotKey) or AutoIt or similar script to "virtually" click on the popup warnings? jaclaz

Sure and I did that by design (as I tested the behaviour with several different browsers, ultimately, before posting I made sure that the issue was on the board side). And yes , I can confirm that right now the given links that did fail to resolve previously, do resolve correctly with the same browsers. Whenever this board software is involved there is always some kind of unknown, unrepeatable, undocumented (or mis-documented) magic. jaclaz

Yep, my bad , corrected. jaclaz

To be fair, it is not a "particular trick" it is the intended use of the kernel and hal parameters. It would be a good idea to use a "universal" hal/kernel BOOT.INI, such as those represented here: http://www.vernalex.com/guides/sysprep/hal.shtml http://www.etherboot.org/wiki/appnotes/port_winnt_sanboot or (go to point #5 #6) here: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=23553 at least when experimenting (having a "way back" should something go wrong). jaclaz

Good . Now it has to be seen if after all this trouble, it actually works for your "automatic install"... jaclaz

Try just REMming out those two lines, i.e. putting a ; in front of them, and see what happens. More generally, what you need is to have the stupid .inf file be signed on your specific machine only, so you know (or should know) what VID/PID device "Generic Hub" (if any) you have... jaclaz

I am no too sure about this, but seemingly you are using a "different" usb.inf. The error you reported earlier: should not happen if you actually added (like you did in the file analyzed by chkinf): Though I doubt that the above is correct anyway. IF I recall correctly that should be: and W2kcd should be defined in the [strings] section. As I see it (but I may well be wrong) the good MS guys are playing the secret 7, see: http://homepage.ntlworld.com./jonathan.deboynepollard/Humour/microsoft-monopoly.html The original driver.cab and install relies on a directive "layoutfile" that points to layout.inf (and most probably *somewhere* they further rely on drvindex.inf) and Heaven only knows what other secret or undocumented syntax, while the chkinf and the inf2cat tools were released for "the rest of us" and accept a more limited set of "features", the "error" provided by chkinf: ; (E22.1.1004) Provider listed is Microsoft, but should be the organization who wrote this INF. makes it clear that only Microsoft can use the Microsoft name , by the same token it is probable that inf2cat has similar limitations and it is intended only for OEM's and limited to "self-standing" and "dedicated/specific" drivers, as evidenced by the error: I would try finding some simple third party (USB related) drivers and try modifying their .inf (adding the actual contents, VID/PIDs, etc. of the XP usb.inf) andd see how both chkinf and inf2cat behave with them. jaclaz

IMHO it would make more sense to find out why exactly the same floppy works fine in DOS but doesn't in 9x/Me. However, you may try to run Letter Assigner, see: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163405-slipstreamable-intel-chipset-inf-drivers/?p=1115060 cannot say if it will work for your specific needs, though. The driver for the PCMCIA should be (usually they are at least) configurable to another drive letter "internally", possibly to drive letter B, you may need to disable the internal floppy in BIOS to get letter A: available... jaclaz

Actually Android in itself is (as said before) a derivative from Linux and is nice in theory. In practice Google (and ALL the phone manufacturers) managed to make it the terrible, intrusive, ad-ridden madness you probably refer to. The (thank goodness retired) Microsoft (Nokia) version of Android, Nokia X : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_X_platform was - if possible - even worse, sporting the look/UI of Windows Phone AND MS/Nokia services/crap instead of Google's ones (nonetheless crap): https://www.techmesto.com/avoid-nokia-x-xl/ jaclaz

Well, a "new" idea would be to have android apps run on the stupid Windows 10 mobile http://www.pcworld.com/article/3011934/windows-phone-os/steve-ballmer-thinks-the-future-of-windows-phone-is-androidand-he-may-be-right.html I still believe that if I want to run any crappy, freemium or ad-bombarding app written by a kid, with no plan nor support whatsoever, I can run directly Android ... jaclaz

And here is the usual OT ... ... meanwhile in China ... ... since seemingly making a desktop OS go on phones and tablets makes little sense, they are making a phone and tablet OS to go on desktops .... ... strangely enough using a "Start menu", "System Tray", multiple windows, etc. JFYI: http://www.jide.com/en/remixos http://www.jide.com/en/remixos-for-pc Besides the fact that it doesn't (yet) exist it has to be seen how it will actually work it is some sort of derivation from the (very nice BTW): http://www.android-x86.org/ (but that last time I tested it was still far from being really-really "ready" for everyday use or actually *any* use apart experimenting). Judging from the time the good guys have spent around the design concept, logo and background http://www.jide.com/remixos/design it seems not like there is that much of "substance" , but we will see .... jaclaz

"Gibberish" is usually derived from improper GROUNDing of ALL devices involved. Please re-read the Read-me-first point #7 http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/143880-seagate-barracuda-720011-read-me-first/ AND (just in case) a few posts starting from here: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/128807-the-solution-for-seagate-720011-hdds/page-153#entry968299 Do review your setup, EVERY device involved needs to be grounded together. As a side note, It is EXTREMELY rare that a USB to TTL needs an external power source, all the USB converters I ever saw (with the exception possibly of one or two "phone cables") took power from the USB bus. jaclaz

Is this what you see in Explorer, right? What do you see when you open a command prompt and run DIR in it? How EXACTLY did you create the folder name? That is probably the "prettify" settings. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.08.windowsconfidential.aspx About the monitor, you need to change the power settings in the Registry and then re-load them AFAICR, see: http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=365381 jaclaz

@josef What specific file (.inf) are you trying to selfsign? If we temporarily assume that the errors make sense and are truthful, the last three seem like "only warnings", the first ones are instead errors, I quickly checked a usb.inf I have (an dXP one), it is likely that part of the issue is related to: but at least in this usb.inf there is no [sourcedisksfiles] section, nor a "usbccgp.sys=2,,32384,,,,2_,4,1,3" value, where is it gathered from? Layout.inf? Reading between the lines , it seems like the inf2cat tool is made for "self-standing" (and "third party") .inf's, whilst the usb.inf is part of the "integrated" Windows setup. What does chkinf show (if anything)? https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff543464(v=vs.85).aspx See also: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12898244/inf2cat-22-9-10-error jaclaz

Naaah, no emerald pill , but there is an Emerald Tablet (actually not that kind of tablet ), which has a lot to do with both knowledge and archeology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_Tablet jaclaz

A quite nice shade of green, of course. More seriously, it's just some jargon, it is interesting how it is coming from someone recommending to watch terminology, but don't worry, those in the knows use a lot of these codenames, original source is probably Paul Thurrot: http://winsupersite.com/windows-xp/microsoft-remote-keyboard-windows-xp-media-center-edition-review and this should tell you something.... As a side note, I have the feeling that the OP *somehow* managed to solve the problem in the almost 4 (four years) that passed before Dibya posted his advice. jaclaz

AFAIK/AFAICR the Optiplex GX110 has an Intel i810 chipset and as such it is limited to 512 Mb of RAM: https://web.archive.org/web/20080206143632/http://developer.intel.com/design/chipsets/mature/index.htm?iid=ipp_810chpst+hghlt_chart& jaclaz

And what happened when you started Firefox? BTW which exact version of Firefox? Well, most probably you asked in the wrong place. Sure it is possible. Well, that depends entirely on you. The (unofficial) Service Pack 4 is a (nice) collection of all post SP3 updates + a few extras (including the "PosReady Registry hack") including (but possibly it can be avoided ) the (IMHO) mother of all evil, i.e. .Net, and it is not entirely (or perfectly) "user friendly", in the sense that you need anyway to be very careful in following install instructions, nothing terrible, still one must operate with caution, and I ma pretty sure that you will get assistance from the members of MSFN or RyanVM.net should you need it. jaclaz