jaclaz

Well, maybe you could start by exposing/describing the actual issue, along the lines of the Standard Litany: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/problem-report-standard-litany.html Or maybe you are risking to slip on a chocolate covered banana : http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/put-down-the-chocolate-covered-banana.html Really , I cannot make head or tail of your report , you posted either vague or incorrect descriptions and it seems like you blindly threw at that computer everything (and the kitchen sink). IF the "the HDD Bootsector and MBR is totally corrupted" it wouldn't show any message, and in the case of a missing file (or some other misconfiguration, no code known to man would print on screen a message "proclaiming the Boot Manager is missing", the common messages for a XP are in the bootsector (and if you see it it means that the bootsector is loaded, i.e. the MBR did load it successfully): A disk read error occurredNTLDR is missingNTLDR is compressedPress Ctrl+Alt+Del to restartWhile a Vista/7/later OS would have these ones: A disk read error occurredBOOTMGR is missingBOOTMGR is compressedPress Ctrl+Alt+Del to restartNow, if you got the "BOOTMGR is missing" it means that *somehow* the bootsector for the active partition was replaced with one coming from Vista or later, thus invoking BOOTMGR instead of NTLDR. This is normally easily fixable using bootsect.exe or a similar tool, but of course you need to be able to boot that PC to some form of "live OS" (from CD/DVD or from USB) or physically remove the hard disk and connect it to a working machine. What is your situation, now? (i.e. what EXACTLY happens now when you attempt to boot the system) What do you want to do (final GOAL, not what you think is the way to get to it)? Like: Do you want to reinstall the XP? Do you want to troubleshoot the actual issue and attempt to repair the existing OS? jaclaz

It needs to be seen, probably not. The issue here seems that Windows 7 does not include "native" USB 3.0 drivers, which is something that has already caused more than one problem, but one can integrate them fine (provided that Intel will make them available for Windows 7 of course): http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/170454-windows-7-slipstream-usb-30-drivers/ http://codeabitwiser.com/2014/03/how-to-install-windows-7-with-only-usb-3-0-ports/ jaclaz

Many years have passed: http://www.911cd.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=16713 and my memory is not as good as it used to be, but at the time SMARTDRV was used without EMM386 or HIMEM. I mean, what happens on your machine without any config.sys nor autoexec.bat, simply running SMARTDRV on command line? I want to understand if it is needed to amend/integrate that set of instructions for people having a large amount of RAM to use Himemx. jaclaz

Look, you posted a question in a place that is called: And - strangely enough - you were given some code snippets and some help on implementing code. Of course you are perfectly free to not appreciate any of what was provided, but whining because you didn't have exactly what you expected, or that you cannot find what you want makes little sense. The batch snippet is just an example, you can use any other of the scripting languages you are familiar with to create a valid ResHacker script or a set of ResHacker commands. Yeah, sure, life is tough , sometimes you cannot get for free exactly what you want. Not really, it's like trying to teach someone who speaks another language, and who has a communication problem, who actually asked for assistance in solving the communication problem BUT doesn't want to learn the language that could solve the problem and gets quickly annoyed. But it is actually a non-issue, I had the impression that when someone asks for assistance and receives it he/she would receive it graciously, no matter if it is exactly what he/she expected or not, if needed asking for clarifications, simply this is not the case, and I see no reason to continue attempting to assist you. jaclaz

Please read as "in order to have more things to later block because they are unstable or not suited to customers' access". A BIOS used to be 128 or 256 Kb and motherboards booted just fine, then they became 512 Kb, and then 1024 Kb, now they are up to 16 Mbytes and they say they need to remove OS/Device support in order to save space? jaclaz

And ... should someone believe he/she is safe because they don't use a car... bad news : http://www.wired.com/2015/08/hackers-can-seize-control-of-electric-skateboards-and-toss-riders-boosted-revo/ jaclaz

Well then it was a (queer) timing problem of some kind, if the files actually existed the only change the suggested batch does is to introduces a little lag between commands due to the CALL , the IF EXIST check and the ECHO . jaclaz

Yep, and these kinds of things are what batch files tend to be good for, *like* @ECHO OFFSETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONSCALL :do_something 1FOR /L %%? IN (101, 1, 118) DO CALL :do_something %%?FOR /L %%? IN (141, 1, 158) DO CALL :do_something %%?FOR /L %%? IN (181, 1, 198) DO CALL :do_something %%?::You should have got the idea by nowPAUSEGOTO :EOF:do_somethingECHO Bitmap # is %1GOTO :EOFjaclaz

No, if it says it went well I believe that it's OK. There could be some issues in some (needed) service. Easier would be if you could delete logs (System and Application ones) then reboot and see if there is anything "strange" in any of them. You already did try to run the so called "Fix It 50202" and the "System Update Readiness Tool ", didn't you? https://www.winhelp.us/reinstall-windows-update.html There is also this (Third Party) tool: http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html cannot say if it may work for your issue, but I have used it in the past (for other network/services related issues) and it worked fine after many other attempts failed. jaclaz

How? Sheer magic? jaclaz

loosely, C80003FA is more or less connected with "general" connectivity to the internet: http://windows.microsoft.com/is-is/windows/windows-update-error-80244016-8024402f-c80003fa#1TC=windows-7 i.e. it could be an issue connected with some settings in your antivirus/firewall/router, but it could as well due to improper configuration of some service in the OS. 8024000E on the other hand is more likely to be due to some (corrupted/modified/whatever) system files, my guess is that it is the cause of the other. Can you try running SFC and post (compressed in a .zip file) the resulting CBS.log? http://www.thewindowsclub.com/how-to-run-system-file-checker-analyze-its-logs-in-windows-7-vista jaclaz

I guess that listing the "everything" you tried would be fairly longish, but you could - even without being verbose - provide some more details, "it does not work" means "nothing", you should have one or more specific errors which is important you report. Even "latest updates" mean very little, each update has a number/name which is/are the one(s) that fail? jaclaz

Which "Title" are you using for it? DId you try the nircmd.exe? jaclaz

I had the feeling that the devices were many, but I didn't expect this amount. http://opensignal.com/reports/2015/08/android-fragmentation/ Distinct Android devices seen this year 24,093 (Distinct Android devices seen last year 18,796) Particularly, the number of different screen sizes is (IMHO) a sign that the industry is gone insane, almost 200 different screen sizes! jaclaz

I don't get it. None of the commands contain switches (independently from if they do work or not). I would check (double check) if the file actually exist, "doesn't install" means "nothing" is the file found, does it run but errors out, what happens? Something *like* this may provide some more info @echo offSETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONSCALL :do_install "%WINDIR%\Setup\Files\jre-8u51-windows-i586.exe"msiexec /i "%WINDIR%\Setup\Files\7z920-x64.msi""%WINDIR%\Setup\Files\ClassicShellSetup_4_2_1.exe""%WINDIR%\Setup\Files\CyberLink_PowerDVD_Ultra_12.0.1905.exe""%WINDIR%\Setup\Files\Firefox Setup 19.0.exe"CALL :do_install "%WINDIR%\Setup\Files\install_flash_player_13_plugin.exe"CALL :do_install "%WINDIR%\Setup\Files\RocketDock-v1.3.5.exe"CALL :do_install "%WINDIR%\Setup\Files\setup.exe"PAUSErd /q /s "%WINDIR%\Setup\Files"del /q /f "%WINDIR%\Setup\Scripts\SetupComplete.cmd"GOTO :EOF:do_installIF NOT EXIST %1 ECHO FILE %1 does NOT exist&PAUSE&GOTO :EOFECHO Running %1%1:GOTO EOFjaclaz

Yep . JFYI: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/07/preventing_the_software_defined_moronocalypse/ the drink driving analogy is nice. jaclaz

You use strange math (or English, or both). If you increase you SUM a quantity, if you decrease you SUBTRACT a quantity to what you have. Let's keep the 100 "base". If you increase that quantity by 100% you have 100+100*100%=200 the "increase" is the + sign If you increase that quantity by 200% you have 100+100*200%=300 ... The value of the increase is what you have after - what you had before, i.e.: You have now 300, you had before 100, the quantity was increased by 200, which you can express as percentage of the original 100 as 200%. If you decrease that quantity by 10% you have 100-100*10%=90 the "decrease" is the - sign. if you decrease that quantity by 20% you have 100-100*20%=80 ... The value of the decrease is what you have after - what you had before, i.e.: You have now 80, you had before 100, the quantity was decreased by 20, which you can express as percentage of the original 100 as 20%. "Shortening by" is not the same as "decrease". jaclaz

Well, if you use path or filenames with spaces you will need to wrap them in double quotes. The syntax for the -addoverwrite command is different if you use it "on it's own", like: -addoverwrite ExeFile, SaveAsFile, ResourceFile, ResourceMaskResourceHacker.exe -addoverwrite MyProg.exe, MyProgNew.exe, NewImage.bmp , bitmap,128, or as a ResHacker script: But a Reshacker script is intended to run multiple commands on a SAME file, what you want is instead seemingly to run a same command (or a few of them) on multiple files. You need to make a batch (or vbs or autoit or other scripting language) capable of running the reshacker program on a list of files (or on all the files inside a given folder) or capable of creating a number of Reshacker script files and then run them. If you provide an EXACT description of what you want to do and how you have the file arranged, then someone could assist you better. jaclaz

Well, your memory is not bad , only partial, the exact same happens not only for 2K, but also for NT 4.00, and - had you taken the time to read my post just above yours - you would have seen that one can use also a "virtual floppy". jaclaz

Actually there is not really-really a "Windows install". The whole point about the method by fujianabc that this tool automates/betters/etc. is that the Windows is not "installed" (i.e. "setup.exe" is not used) but rather a "generic/generalized" image is deployed. What happens if you actually choose "Safe Mode"? Does it continu to boot, does it freese, do you have (say ) a STOP ERROR, etc.? At first sight it seems like a driver or configuration issue of some kind. Describe your setup/environment and the actual hardware involved. (EXACTLY) including how you partitioned/formatted the hard disk. Check that the port to which you connect the USB hard disk are USB 2.0 (and not USB 3.0). Re-run the tool and just before clicking the "Setup" button press CTRL+s, which saves the settings to a WinntSetup.ini file and attach the file so that we can check which settings you chose. jaclaz

It seems like a few corporate users aren't happy : http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/07/windows_10_auto_injects_itself_into_windows_7/ jaclaz

And if you look inside it, can you find an install.wim file? You need to either: a. mount the .iso to a drive letter using *any* "virtual CD" or "iso mounting" tool or "virtual disk" driver, IMDISK is advised: http://www.ltr-data.se/opencode.html/#ImDisk or: b. open the .iso with any suitable tool like (advised) 7-zip: http://www.7-zip.org/ and extract the contents to a local folder on your hard disk. A good idea (generally speaking) when using these tools is to use simple paths, example: C:\mynice7iso\ and not a convoluted long path with spaces or strange characters in it. jaclaz

Well, time is different from chicken, it is the fourth dimension, and has no legs . By extending the properties of thiotimoline to the wait times: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiotimoline they can well have you serviced BEFORE you actually asked for it, or in the case of the senior card, they are going to issue it for the baby the same day the pregnancy test comes out positive[1]. By analyzing the DNA of the couple and cleverly social engineering the data they got on them, they will be able to know if male or female and how you are gonna call the baby. There is already an underground movement making use of random generators for names of babies (from idioms) as a form of civil resistance, in a few years when you will meet an Aussie that will say to you Senderdownhughie or Shellbeapples it's not you that are not understanding, it may be the actual name. jaclaz [1] A new Law to make Wi-Fi connected pregnancy tests mandatory is in the works.

And now it is zigbee turn: http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/07/critical-flaw-ided-in-zigbee-smart-home-devices/ and let us not forget Insteon: https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-23/dc-23-speakers.html#Shipley jaclaz

Naaah lasers (or phasers) simply don't have the needed power, one will need photonic torpedoes : http://en.memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Photonic_torpedo jaclaz