jaclaz

Yep, slip of the finger , BUT IT WAS ORIGINALLY posted fine: jaclaz

Well, you cannot really really set "date" to a rearranged part of itself, "date" is an internal variable, you cannot redefine it ... Try with: SET MYdate=="%date:~10,4%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2%" START /wait xcopy i:\lenovo\base\blank\image.wim i:\lenovo\base\blank\archive\%MYdate%\ I am also not much convinced of the actual need to use XCOPY nor about needing to use START /WAIT (not even for the del command), you can simply MOVE the file, or if the idea is to first thing COPY it, then verify that the copy was successful (let's say by hashing both source and target) before DELeting the source, the verifying part is completely missing. jaclaz Edit: Ooops, crossposting with submix8c

I am not sure to understand. Is the question "Where can I download Vlite from?" Vlite is FINAL as per 1.2 since 12 September 2008: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/121477-vlite-v12-final-rapidcatched/ http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/139669-will-there-be-vlite-13/ Why can't you get it from one of the many mirrors around? (say) Softpedia: http://download.softpedia.com/dl/a208a4414700fcfa0d79de29c7dff77a/5530053f/100057113/software/os_enhance/vLite-1.2.installer.exe or (still say): http://www.techportal.it/dl/vLite-1.2.installer.exe If you don't trust these sites you can always use the Wayback Machine, *like*: https://web.archive.org/web/20080913071756/http://www.vlite.net/download.html Or it is more like "Hey peeps, nuhi has made a mess with download links and redirections!" jaclaz

Sure, and you rarely initiate a defrag, possibly of a huge disk, when you are at 10% battery left on a laptop or when there is a lightning storm in the area, or when you are just about to leave to board a flight and you NEED to disconnect/switch off, etc. etc. This is one (among others) things I fear the most on latish OS or devices: automatic, not user initiated or notified, activities of potentially dangerous nature if interrupted This include untimely Windows updates (including forced reboots) background automatic defragmenting in Windows 7. Seemingly this "background rewriting" is well below the OS level (let alone the user level) so, good as it might be the safety measures the good Samsung guys provide, I personally would NOT trust them to be 100% effective in the mentioned cases. jaclaz

Yep EXACTLY the spot where the shield (actually "scutum" to differentiate it from the earlier "clipeus" ): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipeus is the most resistant because of the central metal boss, actually VERY clever :: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutum_(shield) jaclaz .

Yep , BUT it failed and later he (after having *somehow* created a partition with "partition logic" which is IMNSHO a very good program but not the "first choice tool" for this, because it may well create something incompatible) he attempted to install (or rather transfer) a Windows 95 on the disk, and he is having issues with Windows 95 (and he explicitly excluded using a drive overlay). As a side note the usual rule of the thumb when doing digital archeology is to use ONLY tools that were in common use at the time, in this case that would amount to either "Partition Magic" or, as suggested RPM (Ranish Partition Magic Manager), but we still have to see the actual data to be able to (maybe) understand if the issue is in the BIOS, in the OS (real mode) or in the OS (GUI/Protected mode) in (I doubt it, but you never know) the specific disk, a combination of any of them or *something else*. jaclaz EDIT: Corrected (evident) typo .

Too bad that the idea was to run Windows 95 (and NOT Windows 98, and not any other Windows version). @dencorso And (just for the record) there is no manifested intention to run anything above 137 Gb, and not to go all the way up to over 1 Tb. @bizzybody You should NOT use any Windows NT system later than XP to partition that disk (unless you use diskpart and not disk manager AND you have corrected the standard partition offsets in the Registry) as Vista and later have introduced by default a different convention for alignment and this may affect the operation of many program/tools (if not parts of the OS itself) running under Windows 9x/ME. jaclaz

Well, let's say that you'd better have the PC connected to mains through an UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) as this "background rewriting of all data" sounds a lot like "gambling with blackouts" (or in the case of laptops "gambling with accuracy of battery meters"). Let me rewrite all data on the same device, and while I am at it, let me call it a "feature". What could go wrong with this plan? jaclaz

Well, not really. The OP talked generically of "licensing, costs ,fees" and "distribution" of "software", which - usually - means a program or a set of programs, while an Operating System, though still "software" is usually a tadbit more complex and referred to as "Operating System" (and usually has already built-in - if any - means regarding "licensing, costs ,fees"). The good guys @icloak seemingly provide an Operating System (which as said sounds a lot like a re-branding of Tails, possibly heavily modified) allegedly "secure" or "more secure" than the original. But it should still be a Linux based OS (limited to "safe" browsing) , that DEFINITELY WON'T "Run Windows", and very likely (for security reasons) won't, unlike what most Linux distro's do, include WINE or other provision for Windows executables or more generally ".EXE". https://icloak.org/#features For the record, I would be curious also to know HOW EXACTLY one is supposed to "Plug ICLOAK Stick (sic) into the USB drive" They owe me at least 20 bucks. jaclaz

Out of curiosity, WHAT is "the same exact thing"? Or "same exact thing" as WHAT? With all due respect for the good iCloak guys , seemingly they got Tails, stuffed it on a USB stick and aren't going to tell us what exactly they did to it: https://icloak.org/free-tools/ http://wiki.icloak.org/Build_Your_Own_ICLOAK_for_Free https://tails.boum.org/ At the end of the day, what you should get is a YALLDB (Yet Another Live Linux Derivative Build) oriented to privacy/security. jaclaz

Yep , you can specify in your command line to which file (overruling the default setting for <WinDir>/Logs/DISM/dism.log) to direct the log message and also the level of verbosity 1/2/3/4... jaclaz

And now, OT but as always not that much , something that WILL NOT be likely updated (to Windows 10): http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/15/ncr_android_atm/ jaclaz

BUT, specifically for DISM, and for DISM in servicing mode: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825079.aspx you could use DISM's own LOG mechanisms (as opposed to logging the console output). jaclaz

But, still, in exchange for some amount of money. This time the update is free (in the sense that NO money is involved) AND not free (in the sense of seemingly compulsory or at least very much, really very much, suggested/proposed/etc. if not downright forced.). . Someone said quite some time ago "Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeo_Danaos_et_dona_ferentes There must be something to be learned by history, past events and classic literature, if these texts survived all these years, maybe they contain something of value.... jaclaz

Yep, same kind of almost anonymous label. Somewhat yes, sorry bizzybody , on the other hand, if someone has an M keyboard he/she doesn't really need a working soundcard, as the clickity click click would be ruined by having it enabled .... jaclaz

The issue here is threefold. 1) The update hints NOWHERE (where it should, i.e. on it's download page or in a connected KB): https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3035583 WHAT actually is the scope of the update, the two liner: is far too generic to have any meaning. 2) This and/or similar updates, see list here: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/173752-how-to-avoid-being-upgraded-to-win-10-against-your-will/ ALREADY HIDDEN have been re-pushed effectively overruling a user specific setting, and appeared notwithstanding an explanation about being connected with people that voluntarily have visited the Windows 10 Insider Preview website and selected the Get the Preview button even on machines of people that had nothing to do with this initiative: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/172826-windows-10-first-impressions/page-21#entry1097626 3) The "status" in Windows Update of one of these has been reportedly being changed from "optional/recommended" to "priority/important" or similar AND forcibly installed: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/172826-windows-10-first-impressions/?p=1097879 It is EXACTLY like having a time-bomb in your system, without knowing IF (or WHEN) it will explode NOR if it is actually a party-pop or a man-killing device. Very likely the good MS guys will notice notify[1] you before upgrading your system, but what if they don't (or if something goes *somehow* wrong in the notifying system or if anyway a rare situation chain of events triggers a malfunction and no notification is given to you and the update starts, possibly at an unsuitable moment/time of the day or night) The method is flawed in the design, in the sense that even a 0.01% failure of some kind is likely to affect thousands tens or thousands, hundreds of thousands of machines and additionally it is pretty much undocumented. What may happen to your personal PC may have very little consequences, in the worst cases you might need to waste a few hours reinstalling from scratch, you may need to re-download a few files that were downloading at the time of the (failed or successful) update, maybe restore a handful of files from a backup, but what may happen on your mom's (or any other not exactly technically savvy user's) PC? Or on the other side, what may happen on a corporate network? And to ATM or airport signaling systems? Most probably nothing to be really scared of, but anyway this kind of update represent something that should be delivered with much better accompanying information and with a set of possibilities to opt-out, to temporarily delay/progrma/plan in advance the actual update, etc. etc. jaclaz [1] slip of the fingers , corrected.

I just checked the one I have (and I am using) and it is a much earlier model 1987 as year of manufacturing and Made in the UK, the label seems much older than that and has no reference to model or to FCC compliance. Cannot say when/which model it was the one I opened, but it had exactly the same connections for the plates as the ones shown in your pics. jaclaz

Point being how much quicker, I mean it is likely that the the thingy will wear out earlier, but how much earlier? Like one year, one month, one week, one hour or a handful of minutes earlier? http://ssdendurancetest.com/ http://www.anandtech.com/show/7173/samsung-ssd-840-evo-review-120gb-250gb-500gb-750gb-1tb-models-tested/3 I mean is it "smart"? No. Is it likely to actually affect noticeably the end user? Seemingly as well no, if a 256 Gb actually can stand almost 15 years in "normal" use @50 Gb/day (almost twice the usually considered average of 10-30 Gb/day which anyway very few people actually have on a 24/7 basis ) and @100 Gb/day almost 8 years. I think I will sleep well notwithstanding this piece of news. jaclaz

Personally I would have a /v (verbose switch) that logs *everything* (to be used only when needed) but normally the log would contain only the actual commands issued and whether they were successful or not, i.e. lines *like*: 2015/04/15 11:12:10 Command issued: C:\temp\fgrtys.exe -c C:\Windows\System32\whatever.ext 2015/04/15 11:12:12 Command result: Errorlevel 0 Some tools have two switches, where /v (verbose) increases the amount of output and only a further switch like /vv (very verbose) logs integrally ... the "tee" program is a Unix originated tool that simply copies something that would go to the console (like it is "normal") to one (or more) files: http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?tee there are windows ports of it, a few ones: http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ https://code.google.com/p/wintee/ http://david.tribble.com/programs.html jaclaz

Not really, (in the sense that I feel OK and I have never trusted MS documentation ) I was hinting that maybe - at the time - the good AWARD guys fell for it and that the queer 65536 cylinders limit was *somehow* connected with this failed perception, and that IF someone actually believes to what Microsoft said, they did say that Windows 95 would NOT be suitable for larger than 32 Gb disks. jaclaz

Sure , after having applied - one year later - Service Pack 1 it actually worked ..., perhaps slightly better with SP 2 and some say even better with Service Pack 3 Windows 7. But I have seen grown up men cry back in 2007, and what has been seen cannot be unseen. @dencorso The usual point of debate revolves around the fact that IF they were after you, they would have ALREADY got you. @all Maybe if you look at the half full glass , the great advantage with the upcoming Windows 10 is that it is very convenient, you need to do nothing to update, no need to download huge .iso's no need to read lengthy instructions, no need to waste a DVD to burn anything, no need to reboot, the good MS guys will deliver it (no matter if you want it or not) overnight, whenever it pleases them to do so, and you will be greeted one fine morning by the sweet voice of Cortana .... you will be transferred in the new world of computing at no cost and with no hassles (maybe).... Time for a new issue of the sci-fi magazine: jaclaz

The plates, if I recall correctly , are "riveted": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivet using some plastic "prongs" (or *whatever* you call them) that look like being melted on spot. jaclaz

Well, that was once called "poor man's defrag", JFYI : http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/150956-will-win2000-pro-do-everything-98-does/?p=979493 jaclaz

JFYI, out of the 4 I used to have, actually 3 of the "real" ones, as one - while still a model M is *somehow* different/less chunky/less clicky - and doesn't count, only 2 remain , as I had a similar incident (it was wine instead of vinegar, but the result is pretty much the same). At least that model that I actually opened up was -if I recall correctly - very difficult to open to inspect the actual tracks, and since I needed anyway some key caps (to replace the ones that *someone* had cracked by stepping on a few of them after having made them fall as they had been removed to be washed) I never pursued the repair. But I remember repairing a Microsoft keyboard, where some of the tracks had been wiped in yet another similar spilling incident using one of those "silver conductive paint" that you can find in some car parts shop, they are used to repair rear windows defrost panels, something like: http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/conductive-adhesives/1015621/ jaclaz

What I find useful (which might or might not be what you want/need) is the making of a "tee" of the commands (and of their output if any) into a .log file, then the press of the button would simply open the .log, which could be a plain text file and as such usable through Notepad or any other text editor for copy/paste. To further simplify it, the button could simply run Notepad.exe yyyymmddhhmmssBP.log. jaclaz