jaclaz

My bad remove the "\bin" from lines "ECHO Now executing %~dp0bin\sccui.exe" and "%~dp0bin\sccui.exe" : jaclaz

Or maybe it is initiated "too early". If this is the case a PAUSE won't be useful. Try using in startnet: cmd.exe /k %systemroot%\system32\bin\test.cmdand put in %systemroot%\system32\bin\ a test.cmd with the content: @ECHO OFFSETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONSECHO Test.cmd ECHO %~dp0ECHO Now executing %~dp0bin\sccui.exePAUSE%~dp0bin\sccui.exejaclaz

Yep, but when you open a command console by default it will open in C:\Windows\System32 (more accurately it will open in %systemroot%\system32 ). Try doing either: CD /D %systemroot%\system32 & bin\sccui.exeor %systemroot%\system32\bin\sccui.exejaclaz

WHERE (exactly) did you learn that? WHICH (specific) model of WD disk drive are you referring to? jaclaz P.S.: Do you mean a SATA bypass, such as: http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0207/3304/files/usb_to_sata_conversion.jpg?1921 http://malthus.zapto.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=569

Post the EXACT command line you use in the command prompt window (which works) and the EXACT command you added to startnet (which fails) and the EXACT error message you get. It is possible (probable) that it is an issue connected with PATHs or however with environment variables, could it be that the program "automated launch" happens to early? Have you tried spawning a new console through startnet?. jaclaz

Maybe if you actually describe in detail the workaround you found, it would be useful to someone else. What do you mean by: can you expand on the exact procedure you used which exact files are involved, etc.? jaclaz

Prepare the USB stick from your original CD on someone else's computer with a working CD/DVD drive. Find a friend or relative that has a working PC and use it to prepare the USB stick, or at least to make a .iso of the original CD. jaclaz

Which presumably is a non-original, heavily modified XP source, (please read as WAREZ) . READ, this time ATTENTIVELY, MSFN Etiquette: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?app=forums&module=extras&section=boardrules Particularly point #1.a: You won' t have support on this board for using that. jaclaz

Yep, all browsers I tested (with the exception of Opera ) always added that senseless Alternate Data Stream (of course on NTFS only). BUT : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883260/en-us maybe the issues NotTakenUsername is having are connected with DefaultFileTypeRisk or with filetypes associated to a given risk level: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/170513-how-to-disable-security-popups-under-winpe/ jaclaz

No. You need to stop panicking and start again from scratch using a known to be working approach with some calm and attention. Which is your original source (the original Windows XP CD you use as source)? I mean is it "untouched"? Something like 90% of the issues when installing from USB are due to "bad" sources, i.e. something that has been (badly) nlited or with "queer" modifications/additions/integrated drivers and what not. Which SP it is? Which specific hardware are you trying to install it to? Are you sure (in the sense that have you tested it with RMPREPUSB testing features) that the USB stick is OK? Are you sure you used the latest Winsetupfromusb program version AND that you followed to the letter the instructions? Under which OS have you run Winsetupfromusb? Essentially what the WinsetupfromUSB program does is to make a bootable USB stick (that boots to grub4dos) and to prepare on it a suitable install source. If you set aside the install XP part for a moment your USB stick remains a bootable USB stick to grub4dos, if now you cannot start your PC from it (and get at least to the grub4dos) it means that somehow the stick got corrupted or that you are having hardware issues on the PC or that you haven't properly set the BIOS to boot from USB. jaclaz

Point here is HOW EXACTLY the specific bootable usb device was prepared/made. Why didn't you use one of the more common automated tools, most of which are stickies in the Forum: http://www.msfn.org/board/forum/157-install-windows-from-usb/ Like: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/120444-how-to-install-windows-from-usb-winsetupfromusb-with-gui/ http://www.winsetupfromusb.com/ However, your issue should be the same as this one, simply add the needed files: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/46129-cwindowssystem32presetupcmd-file-not-found/ jaclaz

You are welcome, I am sure . What you should NEVER do is to add to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Ntfs a key named "ResublimatedThiotimoline" with value of "1" as this, whilst allowing to serve files before they are requested, thus with a very sensible speed enhancement on NTFS volumes , also writes files before they are created which results in filling volumes with gibberish files in a very short time. You can however add that key to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdfs as - being the filesystem RO - it won't create issues. jaclaz

Sure, and to be picky (as I actually am ) tcp/ip is a "generic" network data transmission protocol, whilst http is just one one of the application layer protocols supported by it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_protocol or, if you prefer, it is only a very small subset of possible tcp/ip "traffic". The "fluffy" article initially mentioned is related to hardware compression: and is essentially a collection of truisms, of course compressing data means that less packets are sent through the network to transmit the same amount of data, and this means that more data can pass through the same connection, same goes for optimizing protocols and employ effective caching measures. In any case the article mentions explicitly: how web applications (please read as http) are considered only a small fraction of the actual tcp/ip traffic. jaclaz

Certainly not, and noone accused you of having said that , however you are wrong anyway Best I can tell, what that is describing is an app, or software "layer" that is installed at both ends of the transmission to compress/expand the "data", sort of like the way that encryption or file compression (.zip, .rar, .7z, etc) works. Of the nice links provided by krt47, BOTH completely void of any relevance when it comes to Registry tweaking, only the second is about a software layer, the first being some specialized hardware : http://www.f5.com/products/hardware/ We could make a quick reality check: if *something* (*anything*) is available through a simple Registry tweak HOW EXACTLY can two companies make money sellimg (respectively) hardware or software that delivers that same *something*? jaclaz

of course. In the Registry there is also: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Fastfat and of course it is just a matter to add in it a key "superturbomode" giving it a value of 1 to have any file access/copy operation on FAT12,16 and 32 speed up by 127%. jaclaz

Expect by end of 2019/early 2020 the same statement applied to Metro/NCI, it seems like 7 to 8 years are needed to Steve Ballmer to exit denial mode about what are self-evident truths to the rest of the world. jaclaz

I am not the bearer of good news . I had a quick look at the BIOSes. I expected that the BIOS "blocks" were easily distinguishable, like being "fixed length" or "character/signature delimited". They are instead (I presume) "start/length" indexed and though with some work it is still possible to find the various "similar" or "patterned" blocks, they are not (in the two dirvers, the MSI and the "slimline HP") in the same order, and it seems like some addresses are "cross blocks". Plainly this means that besides the work needed to identify the blocks, unless the actual indexing schene is decoded, it will likely be impossible to "transplant" a module from one firmware to the other, as some addresses/offsets/whatever do change. As soon as I have some more spare time I'll have a further look to the issue, but I am much less optimistic than before. You could try again to ask (particularly here and on the HP forum) for someone with that card willing to dump the contents of the card BIOS, possibly being a bit more "proactive", i.e. listing explicitly the HP models that use that card and providing a step by step set of instructions to make the dump. Right now you are looking for: a good guy/gal willing to help you AND that ALSO knows which card his/her computer has AND that ALSO knows how to dump a Nvidia firmwareMaybe if you start looking for: a good guy/gal willing to help you, capable of following an easy set of instructionsyou have more probabilities to find one. jaclaz

There are quite a few reports of that error in conjunction with Office 2003 upgrades, not with Office 2K, but there are also various different "sources" reported, including a Nero "Scout" and it's NMBGmonitor program: http://www.inetnj.com/?page_id=404 and vague references to Outlook. BUT it could also be "Windows Desktop Search": http://www.outlookbanter.com/outlook-general-queries/54027-winxp-pro-shutdown-message-end.html Can you check in Task Manager (or similar) which programs are actually running when you get that error? jaclaz

Dear Mr.krt47, we took note of the site you mentioned. Unfortunately it does not in any way represent a valid source, being it a single article, very vague, made mostly of "fluff" and never mentioning any Microsoft Operating System, let alone more specifically Windows 7 or it's Registry and/or tweaks for it. Due to the time it took to ascertain that the resource you proposed provides not anything connected with the original question, nor provides any meaningful additional info to it, your request has been downgraded to #4874 in the queue. Considering the upcoming holidays, an answer is expected no earlier than February 13, 2014. Thank you again for using our search services. Best regards, jaclaz P.S.: Should you be not current with the definition of the word "fluff", here is a dictionary entry for it: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fluff meaning #3

Dear Mr.krt47, your request is currently #3478 in the queue, please allow 15 to 40 working days to get a reply. While waiting, you could use the time to post some relevant info about WHAT THE HECK are you looking for, like what exactly you are talking about, where did you learn that such a thing exist, etc., etc., remember that the more details you can provide the more relevant the answer will be. Thank you for using our search services. Best regards, jaclaz

Would that mean that you are aging badly? jaclaz

The disk cannot read the part of the firmware on disk. Normally this indicates mechanical issue that only can be solved opening the disk and transplanting heads. Nothing DIY, and definitely nothing that can be done with a simple USB to TTL adapter. It is also possible that something in the firmware (address table of sectors on disk) is gone beserk but it is unlikely. jaclaz

Naaah. They had sundials, and two hours hours .... http://allmesopotamia.tumblr.com/post/7757242292/the-sumerian-clock-the-sumerians-used-sundials ... they needed no friggin' time zones nor Daylight saving times .... ... and they liked it! http://tinyapps.org/blog/misc/200702250700_why_in_my_day.html jaclaz

I am not sure to understand, WHICH version of CPU-Z was "fixed"? AFAIK the 1.57 version works fine on 9x: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/105936-last-versions-of-software-for-windows-98se/?p=971060 jaclaz

Duly noted. JFYI: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163539-are-ms-updates-for-xp-really-necessary/ And, for NO apparent reason: http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/experts.html jaclaz