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Sure , though a link to such estimates would be nice, the point is about professional use, for whatever reasons all the professional graphics or designers I ever met used a Mac, maybe it's just a coincidence in my little experience. jaclaz

About Munich, obviously there is nothing "technical" in the news, it is just politics. In any case in 2004 moving from XP to Linux (actually not really "Linux", but rather a custom developed Linux, more or less "nonsense" in itself) had been a courageous choice, possibly even a hazardous one, but no one, really noone can take ten years to find out it was a bad choice. Now, going back from the LiMux to XP might even make some sense, but moving from LiMux to Windows 8/8.1? Come on, get real. @JorgeA Technically , Vista users have NO relevance whatsoever, they are by default categorized as "meaningless" , they can be - exceptionally - allowed to be part of "the club" on an individual basis, as an example MagicAndre1981 : has been awarded a special membership card, we may see if you are eligible for a similar token of appreciation.... jaclaz

Besides the fact that it is unrelated to the OP question/issue , that applies to a .WIM image and not to a "running" system. Good. jaclaz

No. You need to define "people" before (and different kinds of people). 1. People on the job *need* (not really *want*) to WORK with the PC. They want to have it WORKing and doing whatever the PC is supposed to do EXACTLY as it did it yesterday and the day before yesterday, they *need* to be able to use flawlessly the same programs/apps they have been using for years without issues and they would like to have - as an option - better applications, but ONLY without them attempting to change their established workflow and/or causing issues. Saving a few minutes a day because the OS or hardware is a tadbit faster would be a plus, but as long as it works they are fine with current speed. For them the PC (and programs in it) are just a tool, something they use to get the work done. 2. People on a few "technology oriented" jobs *need* more functionalities, more power, more speed (and quite frankly do not care much about the looks of the stupid thingy, as long as it crunches numbers - or whatever - effectively). 3. People on a few "graphically oriented" jobs - whatever they *need*, they ALREADY found it in Macs and ALREADY use them. 4. People that are mobile consumers want fun, some more fun, and even more fun, besides some news, and they already found what they want in a iPhone, an iPad or an Android smartphone/tablet[1]. What ALL these kinds of people have in common is what they DO NOT want, i.e. they DO NOT WANT: crashesBSOD'shaving their work or entertainment tool become unbootable or "bricked"lose their work for a strange quirk of the OS or because a stupid update messed with itPeople that traditionally used MS products belong almost invariably to kind #1, and they are in larger numbers than you might expect (right now, roughly, 51.22%+24,82%= 76,04% of desktop and laptop users): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems the number of people in #2 and #3 are numerically irrelevant, whilst the vast majority of kind #4 (and that come in big numbers) were the only ones that might appreciate the new MS OS, but it failed, and failed big. The "continuous update" model may be good for this latter kind of people, and for them only. jaclaz OT but not much, a friend bought a smallish, but not "tiny", 9" no-name tablet, Android based, for something like 70 € + another 20 € for a micro SD card. After a bit of fiddling with it to install to it Whatsapp, which somehow it is not supposed to be installed on a tablet, and configuring it a but, I have to say it is not too shabby (to browse the internet, chat with whatsapp, get some lolcats, make a few selfies, these kinds of things).

Also (using another approach, useful if you install from a PE with WINNT32.EXE, but also "nlite compatible"): http://reboot.pro/topic/18119-integratedrv/ About installing the SATA AHCI drivers on a "running XP" (booted in IDE compatibility mode) see: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/120444-how-to-install-windows-from-usb-winsetupfromusb-with-gui/page-24#entry884409 http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?444831-HOWTO-enable-AHCI-mode-after-installing-Windows jaclaz

Obviously I beg to differ. The best one ever was, is and will remain "You only live twice", with "Goldfinger" right following it, and "From Russia with love" in a good third place. And now for no apparent reason jaclaz

Well, if you use "ISO" date format it might be easier. Something *like* this: @ECHO OFFSETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONSFOR /F "tokens=1,2,3,* delims=/ " %%A IN ('DIR /tc /OD C:\batches\') DO (IF %%B leq 12 IF %%C%%B%%A lss 20110322 ECHO %%A/%%B/%%C %%D)In the above I am using my local settings, where dates are "dd/mm/yyyy" you will need to change order of variables and/or separators to suit your local settings. jaclaz

Well, if this is going to be a "preventive bug fixing thread" where mentalists foresee the bugs that will be in the tool when it will be released and suggest in advance to nuhi what he should change to fix them before they happen it will become much more fun, but I doubt that I might be of much support, I am still having a lot of troubles with my crystall ball being out of tune and as anyone knows I really suck at tarots and I-ching . On the other hand if - without having any idea of what nuhi has included in his tool - the thread is going to be a feature suggestion one, there is the risk that it might become counter productive, offering to nuhi good excuses to delay the release because he likes a suggested feature that he didn't thought about earlier and he absolutely wants to include it in the release . My idea is to just keep everyone entertained with this thread (using some smoke and mirrors when needed) so that the wait will seem shorter, while allowing nuhi to work to the last details. And now, hard-hardlinking and installing Windows 7 on FAT32 : http://reboot.pro/topic/19643-winsxs-hardlinked-files/ jaclaz

While splitting hairs it is to be said how usually apprenticeships, even for high specialization jobs, last less than 72 years... jaclaz

Would "Types" work in 8.1? http://izt.name/apps/types/ It does work on 8: http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1548 jaclaz

Well it is not very nice of you to suggest that I receive a beta-bugged version . But more seriously (but not much), I am really not the right kind of guy for testing something aimed to Vista (that I never used) or Windows 7 (that I very rarely use) and to Windows 8 (that I only manage to NOT touch with my ex-Vista sticks ): http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/125258-nlite-and-microxp/?p=807225 jaclaz

Yep, we touched the topic here (these are the references missing in the previous post by NoelC): http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/155290-windows-8-deeper-impressions/?p=1084250 jaclaz

You mean that there was a thread here on MSFN.ORG about that Update crashing and that was deleted by one of our Mods/Admins? I haven't noticed it, that's why I was asking. But I see that you are not willing to have a normal conversation with me, have fun in your superiority (though you must be lonely up there ). jaclaz

They may be ridiculous at the light of something completely unrelated , but still I cannot get WHICH thread you were referring to nor WHO are the guys who deleted that. Of course you are perfectly free to not answer those two questions, and leave all of us wondering what (the heck) you were talking about. jaclaz

Which thread? Who are the "you guys"? jaclaz

Well, if it's not conspiracy then there is only another possible explanation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_razor jaclaz

Well, I guess you are actually asking for it : Here it is : http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20140902T00&p0=3322&msg=Nuhi%27s+unnamed+nice+tool&swk=1 jaclaz

Hmmm, I wouldn't be so sure, if you actually read where the actual content is (and not the vague report by PC world): http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/users-find-fix-botched-kb-2982791-and-kb-2970228-windows-update-248476 http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_update/blue-screen-stop-0x50-after-applying-update/6da4d264-02d8-458e-89e2-a78fe68766fd?page=1&tm=1408359736278 http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_update/blue-screen-stop-0x50-after-applying-update/6da4d264-02d8-458e-89e2-a78fe68766fd?page=5 It seems like the affected systems of the actual BSOD with error code 0x50 are only Windows 7 64 bit . The good MS guys only admit (on the Italian page): http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2982791/it and on the (say) German page: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2982791/de that the issue may be not being able to change some fonts (and probably this will happen on all supported operating systems, but obviously not a severe issue as a non-booting machine). On the English page: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2982791/en-us there are INSTEAD 3 "known issues", including the BSOD one, but since the article is "Security Update related" and they "are investigating on it" they don't state which systems are affected by what in detail. (As a side note, I believe that someone at MS is not caring much about managing their non-English sites, they could print in large friendly letters "Only use the en-us site, learn English, to make that easier we are removing the stupid "automatic landing" on detected language page" ) So, for all we know it could be part of the conspiracy to promote the upgrade to the stupid Windows 8 . jaclaz

Aren't you "gold partners for decades"? http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/172462-migrating-windows-7-or-8-install-from-bios-machine-to-native-boot-vhd/?p=1084106 You may be able to use your contacts at MS and ask them about that OS key, the one NoelC fell for is (was) a temporary promotional offer for Media Center given away for free, not for the "whole OS" in "upgrade" version at 14.99 unstead of 39.99.. However: http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/41771-has-it-for-sure-been-verified-the-upgrade-keys-will-not-expire jaclaz

Just wanted to thank JFX for providing a working compiled bmzip.exe and clear, easy to follow, instructions on it's use. It took me some (too much ) time to FAIL in replicating with the tools provided directly or indirectly here: http://reboot.pro/topic/16915-bootmgr-recompiler/ and all of 3 (three) minutes to succeed with the version of the tool JFX provided. jaclaz

Sure , just having some fun during the (loooong ) wait. jaclaz

like XDR eXtremely Delayed Release jaclaz

Or maybe the system is trying to have support for the MTP on the USB bus or for the specific device. jaclaz

What about: iExplorer jaclaz

Usually nothing particularly happens , though in a few cases, as a side effect, a division by zero occurrred. http://dividebyzero.it/ jaclaz