jaclaz

Well then you posted earlier (on post #4) *something* else from what was asked, i.e. you posted the output of the earlier version Maybe we "lost sync" or cross-posted. The version attached to post #1 does have redirection to nul, so it shouldn't have created the output you posted on #4. But also bhplt posted the same (is it possible that he also went "out-of-sync"? ) Can you please re-download and re-test? jaclaz

Which EXACT DISM commands you used? Is that an iso /DVD? If yes, which EXACT commands you gave to mkisofs or OSCDIMG (or other .iso making tool you used)? Which size is the resulting install.wim? Is that the COMPLETE error or you are somehow in a case similar to this one? http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/143421-errors-with-large-installwim-4gb-for-w7/ jaclaz

Sure, though not really-really "news" , like, you know : http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/159099-vbs-script-for-manage-windows-xp-service-and-registry/ Though - JFYI - personally (on 2K/XP) I am still using the good ol' pserv 2.x :thumbsup: (but I believe that newer version 4.x may be fine on newer OS's) : http://p-nand-q.com/download/pserv_cpl.html jaclaz

Do you want to move the whole thing (i.e. installation also) or just the actual files? If the second, easiest would be making a link, *like*: http://www.copytrans.net/support/how-to-change-itunes-backup-location/ http://www.howtogeek.com/164275/how-to-change-the-backup-location-of-itunes-or-any-windows-app/ (though this is not exactly "move", more like "relocating" ) jaclaz

Yep, and by having bug reports and feedback sent to the cloud, they can shred them directly (actually vaporize them ) as they are "virtual" complains/ideas and "virtual" bug reports, not really existing in their altered perception reality. Moreover - notwithstanding how convenient and fast the cloud is - they belong already to the past, while they are looking at now: jaclaz

Oh, yes, you do want it, namely you want to pay but do not want to pay in a way/through a method which is the one the Author chose and that ALL other people that payed used and that ALL other people that will pay will use, this is essentially the definition of "special", you are plainly asking for a "special treatment", consisting specifically in using an alternative method of payment. You see , if you had not made that poor child cry (by needlessly showing off your wealth/pricey gadget) you could have asked her mother or your friend to make the donation on your name through paypal ... When I put my cell phone on the table (of which I have two, a Sony Ericsson P900i and currently a "reserve" Nokia 1280) my friends' children all gather around the table asking how I can still use such outdated technology (if they spot the Sony) or how can I use at all the thingy (if they spot the Nokia) and it is fun, a good topic of conversation, explaining to them that a telephone is something designed mainly to make and receive phone calls, that you can actually write with a pen or on a keyboard without tapping anywhere with your dirty fat fingers, that one should be able to get the result of 2+2 even without starting the calculator app and can even remember a few telephone numbers without using contacts, etc... Usually - since they are really good kids and pity me - they end up offering to me their iPhone 3 or 4 that they consider obsolete... jaclaz

Naah, they do it programmatically: http://www.toodarkpark.org/computers/humor/shoot-self-in-foot.html and seemingly they do it by using XAML, a bettered XML, only worse . http://blog.pluralsight.com/future-of-xaml jaclaz

Do the videos include grammar/spelling training ones? You had a "false start" ( and dencorso was faster than me in pointing you to the futility of your question), this can happen to everyone of course (not so casually they are FGA's), so you may want to start again (lets fake that this conversation never happened ) with the Standard Litany: http://homepage.ntlworld.com./jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/problem-report-standard-litany.html right now, you are unfortunately still in the "I'm ill, doctor. Help!" phase: with the additional (possibly ) issue of the risk of slipping on a chocolate covered banana: http://homepage.ntlworld.com./jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/put-down-the-chocolate-covered-banana.html Namely, if your goal is to SINGLE boot an Operating System from a USB stick, using the (nice BTW) Easy2boot (which is an extremely complex solution to make it simpler to make MULTI booot USB devices) may not be the "right" choice. Also, why (the heck) would you want to use a WINDOWS SERVER OS (BTW 2008R1, 2008R2 OR 2012) to act as Media Server and why do you think that you need a Media Server (at all) is needed for the ACTUAL FINAL GOAL you have? (and that though unspecified sounds more like "viewing remotely a bunch of videos and uploading new ones, etc." than anything else? ) And why (the heck) would you want it to be on a USB stick? Please try to describe what EXACTLY you are trying to achieve (ACTUAL FINAL GOAL) considering how the more details you provide the more it is likely that you will get useful suggestions/help. jaclaz

The redirection to nul of the Whoami seems like not happening. can you try on a plain cmd prompt (in windows 8.x) these commnds?: whoami /Groups | FIND "S-1-5-32-544" whoami /Groups | FIND "S-1-5-32-544" >nul whoami /Groups | FIND "S-1-5-32-544" >nul 2>&1#1 should output the BUILTIN\Administrators ... #2 should output nothing (as it is redirected to nul, but seemingly it still does output the same) #3 maybe actually outputs nothing as also the error is redirected to standard @bhplt With reference to #7, Maybe it is possible to set a counter of some kind in such a way that it detects the second loop and exits throwing a message like "Your stupid antivirus or something else is conflicting with this script, re-run it under FULL Admin credentials (Elevated command prompt)." jaclaz

And, just for the record, getting a coldish, roundish, flattish piece of badly cooked bread with some pseudo cheese on it which invariably tastes almost - but not quite - completely unlike pizza... ...right idea, wrong example. jaclaz

Good. Os detection and credential levels detection seem to be accurate. THOUGH these: Are actually non-reports, I mean, guess WHAT EXACTLY the batch is trying to tell you ? : (and that you are kindly required to comply with before re-running the batch) Corrected the typo "th esame" into "the same" and added redirection to nul to the Whoami commands in the attached, no version number change, please re-download and re-test (once having added the elevate.exe) just on Windows 8.1 (the XP is OK, and I can test it myself), thanks. jaclaz

More exactly (yes, I do know I am picky) the difference is more between LAN and WAN. Internet or Intranet is more about world wide or local connection that use a protocol such as http or ftp and similar. If you prefer, I suspect that the change is more related to the Windows XP built-in Firewall and IPSEC than on "internet zones" as configured in Internet Explorer and similar . BUT with stupid integration/mixup between Windows Explorer/Internet Explorer/Control Panel/Firewall settings, you can NEVER say for sure which is which, most probably the issue is due to having a dot (yes a dot, or period/full stop) in the address see: http://serverfault.com/questions/176874/why-is-my-file-server-in-the-internet-zone http://support.microsoft.com/kb/303650/en-us jaclaz

As a side note, can you test this: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/173445-release-testelevcmd/ and report there? jaclaz

I am trying to put together a simple (or as simple as possible) set of batch commands to be run on both XP/2003 and Vista /7/8/8.x/Server 2008R1/2008R2/2012/*possibly whatever later* that DO NEED Admin credentials (on XP/2003) and REAL Admin (elevated) credentials on the later OS's. At the end of the day, I have come out with the attached testelev.cmd. Everything should be "language/locale independent", but you never know. until actually tested. Description from within the batch: I have little chances to test the batch in all conditions, i.e. when run: as non Admin from command promptas above but by double clicking the batchas Admin from command promptas above but by double clicking the batchas Admin ELEVATED from command promptas above but by double clicking the batchin any other way on all the (hopefully) supported OS, so, if any member would be so kind to test it in the *whatever* OS he/she is running and post a report *like* (example): it would greatly help to improve or change it (if needed) or to confirm it's good/working *everywhere*. Thanks in advance for reports/feedback/comments. jaclaz P.S.: Batch updated, please re-download if you got it before the time of this EDIT. testelev.zip

Just like the good MS guys are ignoring - maybe not safely - but surely and completely each and every bug report and feedback (unless they already fit in their agenda, of course ). jaclaz

Yep, but if my guess is correct then we will need to limit the size of the FAT12 partition, judging from the screenshot you posted on #133, I see a FAT12 partition of 32 Mb and a NTFS (though temporarily seen as RAW) 116.41 GB volume. But I believe that here is something that is simply not right. It is possible that you really need the modified batches. IF the FAT12 partition is seen as 32 Mb in size, then it means that the screenshot is taken when the disk is mounted as 512 bytes/sector. (as if the disk was properly configured and mounted as 4Kb while the size of the volume would still be 32 Mb in reality, it would be seen as a partitioned space sized around 8 times that size, before the NTFS partition, while the size of the NTFS partition will be "constant"). I am attaching a couple screenshots of my current results using a 7 Mb FAT12 partition. Sorry for the teasing , it is not meant as such, but I still have to run a few more checks before posting the modified batches. jaclaz

Only a quick update. There are actually issues with the mounting/recognizing as RAW/etc., but hopefully I have found a method using Diskpart that seems to work. About your current issue, the files (as modified) that you have should be fine. A guess, but the total space partitioned might be needed being 8 times the size of the FAT12 image, or if you prefer the NTFS partition should be at least 7 times the size of the FAT12 you choose when running the batch. Is it possible that you chose a too big FAT12 (or a too little NTFS partition) size? Can you try again using a smallish FAT 12 size (say 1, 2 or 3 Mb) or a much larger NTFS hand made partition (at least 32*7=224+1=225 Mb if you choose the max 32 Mb size for the FAT12)? Or, if you have some patience, in a couple more days I could come out with a more "sound" set of batches. jaclaz

That's entirely your choice, that's the good thing about freedom However, if you are in the right mood: http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/pc/redbut.html Hey, you started it all through your whining... Well, it may be a competition (though I wonder if a competition at WHAT? ), but at least I claim my rights under the same freedom to consider even this nonsense something that will be useful and help someone (though most probably not you specifically). I usually tend to use Italian popular culture/proverbs in these occasions, but I will make an exception and use an English one: http://www.knowyourphrase.com/phrase-meanings/fool-and-his-money-are-soon-parted.html Come on I was clearly joking, if I had to do you a favour, I would do it for free or at the mere costs (or for a much higher sum ). jaclaz

Sure it is , but your guess at presumed will to keep compatibility with given specific apps is seemingly a guess void of any real world connection/proof. Only Explorer uses (used) thumbs.db, and their scope was very likely an attempt at speeding visualization in Explorer. Windows 7 uses by default the same method (and uses NOT the centralized database) for network folders as seen in the mentioned KB, most probably for two reasons, one similar to the original one (speeding up visualization on possibly slowish/slower access network/remote folders) and one to avoid "cluttering" the stupid (or supersmart ) centralized repository. As a side note I would like to point out how seemingly the possibly supersmart centralized database, in conjunction with the default behaviour on network folders, has the net effect, on a plain enough two computers setup set with cross access to the respective disks to have each and every thumb.db twice, once in the centralized repository and one in each folder.... And still, the mentioned KB seems like having been prompted by a number of reports of people that for one reason or the other had Windows 7 create the stupid thumb.db, example: http://www.networksteve.com/windows/topic.php/WINDOWS_7_BUG:_Explorer_Locks_"thumbs.db"_in_most_recently_viewe/?TopicId=55723&Posts=0 among the replies, I would like to point out this one: And yes, Vista is old news as well, but the good MS guys managed to NOT FIX the issue even in 8: http://alinirimia.com/2014/06/unable-to-delete-folders-in-windows-8-thumbs-db-is-a-system-file-error/ or in 8.1: http://www.overclock.net/t/1443972/windows-8-1-cant-delete-folders We MUST continue (like you do with your excellent bag of tricks/tweaks ) to resist them, to steal from Sir Winston Churchill: https://manversusideas.wordpress.com/2013/11/11/97-winston-churchill-we-will-all-go-down-fighting-to-the-end/ jaclaz

NO comment : http://www.laurenzvangaalen.nl/software/copywriter.htm http://www.baara.com/q10/ And, just for the record, two years (a little more to be exact) later and two Windows OS releases (almost two to be exact, lets say 1 3/4) later, we are EXACTLY where expected: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/156866-now-theyre-chopping-up-the-start-buttons-bones/ http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/156866-now-theyre-chopping-up-the-start-buttons-bones/?p=999429 You see , I actually told you already ... jaclaz

AFAIK/AFAICR thumbs.db are CACHED thumbnails, on XP, on a slow device with hundreds/thousands of pictures/movies in a same directory it may (please read as will) make a difference. http://faster-pc.net/related/english/getting-rid-thumbsdb/ in other words it is not about compatibility with *any* given app/program but a way to speed up the visualization of the folder in Explorer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_thumbnail_cache or - if you prefer - the good MS guys were pretty much selfish and not in any way "keeping compatibility" with anything else, just trying to make their own Explorer (thumbnail/image) viewing faster.... And - strangely enough - the Group Policy/Registry setting is documented: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2025703 jaclaz

You didn't consider "plain stupidity" (which often and lately more often than before when MS is involved is a likely reason/explanation). jaclaz

Wait a minute. Which NAS is it? Which Filesystem is used on the NAS? I mean, is it not that the Source file(s) (on the NAS) have an ADS with Zone 3 or 4? http://blogs.technet.com/b/askcore/archive/2013/03/24/alternate-data-streams-in-ntfs.aspx IF this is the case, the issue is not in the XP itself, but rather in the file(s). Somethign like this: http://www.gasanov.net/ZoneIDTrimmer.asp may be of use then... You may mitigate the issue, depending on the file types by using an appropriate policy: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883260/en-us and a low risk type list ... or downright use SEE_MASK_NOZONECHECKS http://smallvoid.com/article/ie-attachment-manager.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889815/en-us jaclaz

Heck, no. That is so '60's and it may be overheard/intercepted we are well beyond that, since facial recognition and iris scan may not work in case of network failure we now use a secret handshake and a coin, something along the lines of : http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2012/06/11/the-secret-handshake/ Of course we use LOLCAT coins, similar to this: But of course I cannot provide the exact details (actually I could, but then I would have to kill you ) jaclaz

If you have issues with Governments, you could go private. Send me a PM, I will give you my snail mail address. To it you will send an envelope containing: a US$ 5 note another US$ 5 note for non-refundable processing fees you can substitute the above two with a US$ 10 note or with a € 10 note (or two € 5 notes, you get the idea) a hand written letter[1] where you ask me nicely to send a donation of US$ 5 (or € 5 or however half of the money you send me) to bigmuscle, get a donation key/login and provide these latter to you electronically via e-mail (and NO, I DO NOT do facebook, skype or -say - twitter, ONLY plain good ol' e-mail) [1]I am not interested in your DNA , so you don' t really need - though it would be appreciated as a sign of good will and complete submission - to write the letter with your own blood. Now, apart the 100% processing fee, I would think that before doing this with me (please read as a grumpy old bastard that you met online and that may well use the whole ten bucks or euros in either beer or pizza and never get back to you) I thought that you actually knew someone that you can trust doing the same for you (and maybe even without the exorbitant fee). jaclaz