jaclaz

Probably what you can do is "trick" the Windows setup, by providing a (partially) unattended set of "defaults" and then *somehow* at OOBE time ask the user to change these already set defaults. In other words the questions are asked once when they should be asked and answered automatically, and then the same questions need to be re-asked and the answer overwrite the previoius ones. jaclaz

The XP Apocalypse, the Apocalypse that never was! jaclaz

Look I don' t want to seem grumpier than I usually am , but if you come "here", you get help for what is "here", if you go "there", you may get help for what is "there". FORGET each and every video tutorial you have found ANYWHERE, you should follow THIS guide: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/133387-debricking-the-seagate-drives/ or the one in first post of this thread, for which I gave you a link to the Spanish translation and ONLY these guides and NOTHING ELSE. That video was made by the good guys from Greece that sell the kit for a mere 5 (five) times the cost of the components and provide with it a - most probably half-@§§ed - program called "FWbugfix" (as stated in the sub-titles of the video, which seems a lot like a "wrap around" *a* terminal program). If you buy from them for a mere 29.99 US$ the adapter, you will get also that program (which is NOT needed as Hyperterminal or Putty would do nicely). jaclaz

There is no "particular" software. Hyperterminal or Putty are used as terminal to send commands. Or - maybe - you mean a driver for the USB converter? Here: http://www.prolific.com.tw/US/ShowProduct.aspx?p_id=225&pcid=41 IMPORTANT: Call a friend who speaks and can understand English and ask him for help, this is tricky business, DO NOT use an automatic translator, you NEED to understand the procedure in detail before attempting it. [pseudo-Spanish] ADVERTENCIA Llama a un amigo que habla y puede entender Inglés y pedirle ayuda, esto es un negocio complicado, NO use un traductor automático, es necesario comprender el procedimiento en detalle antes de intentarlo. [/pseudo-Spanish] More Spanish resources: http://latecladeescape.com/t/El+error+BSY+en+un+disco+duro+Seagate+Barracuda+7200.11 https://hard2bit.com/blog/solucion-a-los-seagate-con-firmware-sd15-que-han-dejado-de-ser-reconocidos-por-el-pc/ jaclaz

What is a problem? Issues with English? Here: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/128906-reparacion-del-st3500320as-sd15-en-español/ jaclaz

Which - just for the record, converted in one of jaclaz's units of measure amount to "more than 2.5 MISNT4" http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/173548-windows-10-search-process-uses-almost-double-the-ram-of-winamp/?p=1095585 jaclaz

You can use another (iconized or the like) network monitor tool for the tray. Ideas (to be tested): http://www.floriangilles.com/software/netspeedmonitor http://venea.net/?action=article&article=nettraffic http://www.itsamples.com/network-activity-indicator.html http://ispmonitor.be/software/ but I believe there are many more similar tools, most probably this: http://www.paulmather.net/lanlight.asp is what you are after. jaclaz

Example (if needed): All your software are belong to us! jaclaz

Yep, if you install the update you will be seemingly the proud owner of Gwxuxworker.exe version 1.0.0.1 which is the thingy that will download Windows 10 (and not only that, also ads/promotional messages , likely to the scope of letting you know how good Windows 10 is will be) more (same original source): http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-update-quietly-preps-windows-7-8-1-for-windows-10-06377434/ http://fossbytes.com/microsoft-adding-windows-10-downloader-to-your-windows-7-and-8-1-pc-in-new-update/ but the latter has a nice English screenshot: jaclaz P.S.: as a side note I find it funny the "translation" from the English "Get " to the German "downloaden" (or viceversa)

You may want to notice how they left some space between "The" and "operating system and its ....", enough to insert "10" but not enough to insert - say - "stupid". jaclaz

Yep another thing that may need some investigations is whether a "tablet install" and a "normal, plain desktop" is the same. I mean, it is possible that the setup of 10 can detect that the OS is going to run on a tablet (or other relatively low powered hardware) and installs only a subset of the OS or a "simplified" set of this (or that), whilst the 7 Pro install AFAIK is "just install the full thing, no matter what is the hardware". Still, I think that this kind of functionality (if this is the case) is not really new/peculiar to Windows 10 but the switch (if any) happened with 8/8.1, which was the first OS actually "designed for tablets", while till now there is seemingly nothing really "revolutionary" in Windows 10 when compared to 8/8.1. jaclaz

Of course not, they are WORM, you will need to completely wipe the hard disk to get rid of them. ...you ask a silly question ... jaclaz

Good. Well, again for the record, and hopefully for next time this is senselessly vague, it equates more or less to "the needle was manufactured in 2008 , here is the haystack, go and find it if you need it". jaclaz

Which kind of "computer" clash do you expect? The only possible one is Disk Signature collision, where there is chance that can be estimated between (optimistically) 1/(232-1) and (pessimistically) roughly 1/(216-1), i.e. between and 1/4294967295 and 1/65535. As long as you connect the USB disk to an already booted machine, IF such a collision hypothetically happens (it won't ) the duplicate Disk Signature on the USB disk will be changed to a new one with NO practical effect on the PC nor on the disk. IF the USB disk is used as bootable disk, IF hypothetically the collision happens (it won't ) the internal Disk Signature will be changed and likely you will need to repair the BCD. In a nutshell: No. jaclaz

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/network_traffic_view.html Of course cannot say if it would work on your 10 "beta" install. jaclaz

Possibly lost in translation (just for the record). For everyone (exception made for the good MS guys ): "boot" is the volume where the boot files are (NTLDR+BOOT.INI+NTDETECT.COM or BOOTMGR + \boot\BCD)"system" is the volume where the Operating System folder is (\WINNT or \WINDOWS) The good MS guys - for some reasons - use the terms reversed: http://www.multibooters.co.uk/system.html The net effect is that unless one specifies which convention he is using ("common sense" vs. "MS" terminology) there is a concrete risk of misunderstanding. jaclaz

So, maybe, if you DETAIL what EXACTLY you did, someone may be able to replicate it/experiment with it. I have no doubt that by removing a lot of crap the thingy gets faster , what needs to be found out (as in *any* removing parts of the OS attempt) is which (if any) side effects or "collateral damage" there is, how this affects (or does not affect) the normal working of one program or the other, etc. jaclaz

Nice. It seems a driver/package coming from ASUS and actually the direct download link: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socket1155/P8B-C/Driver/Intel_C20x_MEI_NULL_HECI_VER1232002.zip is on ASUS servers. The corresponding page is here: http://www.asus.com/Commercial_Servers_Workstations/P8BC4L/HelpDesk_Download/ choose "Windows XP" as OS and then click on "Chipset" the file has this "Description": jaclaz

Heck, no , at least not any soon, you are the one that keeps up to date, I am the old caveman that goes on with what works for him. (more modest good-enough computing philosophy) I upgraded to XP (from 2000) in 2007 or 2008 (due to a new PC and missing drivers, etc.), my next step will probably be to upgrade in one or two years time to Windows 7, and I would most probably be fine until at the very least 2020 . Since we are going to make predictions, it is well possible that by then Linux (or even Android ) might be fulfilling my needs even on my primary machine. Not me , and only partially due to the lack of a base requisite (the short hairs). jaclaz

OT , but not that much , meanwhile in China: http://www.jide.com/en/desktop/ultra_tablet.html and possibly soon in the US and most Western countries: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1123481999/remix-a-laptop-experience-on-a-big-android-tablet In an extremely simplified way, they took a Surface updated Compaq Concerto, replaced Windows with Android, and added to Android all the things that the good MS guys are trying desperately to remove from Windows. Windowsizing Android vs. Androidizing Windows, a whole new approach! jaclaz

On the other hand it would be a logical consequence. When (IF) everything will be senselessly[1] UEFI and stupidly[2] 64 bit the next step will be completely removing *anything* 32-bit. After all they got away to removing "plain" COM and 16 bit support[3] (and also some of the 32 bit code): http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/282423 since a looong time. jaclaz [1]senselessly because UEFI is a (IMHO badly designed and even worse implemented) solution to non-problems [2]stupidly because 64 bit computing is - with a few meaningful exceptions BTW - the effect of bloat and lazyness more than real exigences [3] just in case: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2013/10/31/10461992.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2015/02/11/10592548.aspx

Maybe the CPU has been contaminated since it has been in contact with a Dell More seriously once upon a time (and I would not be so sure things have changed) processors were manufactured in the same manner and it was a post manufacturer factory test that made the selection (and the labeling) according to speed capabilities. At least in those early days the manufacturing seemingly involved some kind of "magic" and each CPU came with slightly different capabilities. I see as plausible that one of your two Pentiums if tested would result of a "lower grade" than the other, and by sheer coincidence/luck one motherboard can "deal" with it and another one cannot. jaclaz

Hmmm, pretty modern slang... Why, in my day .... jaclaz

JFYI, today's news are about a new driver signing mechanism: http://reboot.pro/topic/20423-tightened-driver-signing-requirements-in-windows-10/ Leading to: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windows_hardware_certification/archive/2015/04/01/driver-signing-changes-in-windows-10.aspx If it's an April Fools, it's not really funny , if it is for real, it is so utterly stupid and arrogant that it should represent by itself a reason to NEVER EVEN THINK of EVER getting Windows 10 . jaclaz

Here: ftp://ftp.sk.debian.org/sac/pack/ you want 7z931.exe jaclaz