jaclaz

Maybe, BEFORE that, it would be smart to actually READ that page. Title contains: About half down the page I can read: Windows Server 8 Sì Windows Server 2008 R2 No <-hmmm Windows Server 2008 No Windows Server 2003 No Windows 8 Sì Windows 7 No Windows Vista No Windows XP No Windows 2000 No Maybe this: http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/wim2vhd/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=2603 will work allright . jaclaz

It is possible that the good guys in advertisement (being more attentive to "looks" and "visual" aspect) realized that advertising something as ugly as Metro NCI is a tough job and some more time is needed to *somehow* produce a commercial that would actually highlight the good things in it (WHICH ones? ) and help to increase sales . jaclaz

More generally, those are HEX values. The common notation used is to pre-fix a hex number with 0x. 0x1=1 ... 0xA=10 .... 0xF=15 .... 0x00000002=2 (in "fixed format" hex) 0x00010003=65539 0x00030001=196609 http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=361 As tomasz86 just posted, some of these hex values correspond to a data type . jaclaz

Personally I cannot . Are you talking of SID's? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_Identifier If you don't try to state, with the most detail you can WHAT you are trying to achieve, it will be improbable that you will get any proper answer, additionally, you may make the people now willing to try and help you upset, and thus loose any support from them . Standard Litany: http://homepage.ntlworld.com./jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/problem-report-standard-litany.html Risk of slipping on a chocolate covered banana: http://homepage.ntlworld.com./jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/put-down-the-chocolate-covered-banana.html jaclaz

I don't think it is "drifting" is more like trying to provide some alternatives that may (or completely fail to) be functional in solving the problem. However, let's call this Off TOpic http://web.archive.org/web/20100906235707/http://lilith.tec-man.com/hivetools/ New home: http://www.filewut.com/spages/page.php/software/hivetools jaclaz

Also, I wouldn't call what MS does either "smart" or "friendly". But again, as I see it, there are no issues, something was asked, that something was refused, nothing particurarly serious happened, and whatever it was, it seems to me like it is OVER. Personally, since I don't use 9x/Me normally, I have no interest in the development of the SP, if PROBLEMCHYLD (or anyone else) needs some help for this or another project I will gladly try to help (within my limits) , what I tried - evidently completely failing at it - was to try reducing the whining and suggesting everyone to take it easier . Should anyone want to play "aggressive diplomacy", no prob whatever , though : jaclaz

Also (maybe having better capabilities than regedit) good ol' resplendence Reglite: http://web.archive.org/web/20051004081859/http://www.resplendence.com/reglite http://web.archive.org/web/20051004082353/http://www.resplendence.com/downloads jaclaz

For the record, the MS "base resource" is here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986/en-us Registry hive Supporting files HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SAM Sam, Sam.log, Sam.sav HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security Security, Security.log, Security.sav HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software Software, Software.log, Software.sav HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System System, System.alt, System.log, System.sav HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG System, System.alt, System.log, System.sav, Ntuser.dat, Ntuser.dat.log HKEY_USERS\DEFAULT Default, Default.log, Default.sav Folder/predefined key Description HKEY_CURRENT_USER Contains the root of the configuration information for the user who is currently logged on. The user's folders, screen colors, and Control Panel settings are stored here. This information is associated with the user's profile. This key is sometimes abbreviated as "HKCU." HKEY_USERS Contains all the actively loaded user profiles on the computer. HKEY_CURRENT_USER is a subkey of HKEY_USERS. HKEY_USERS is sometimes abbreviated as "HKU." jaclaz

Try getting the relevant info from here: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=23637 and try editing directly txtsetup.sif In any case choose EITHER of x86 and x64 to simplify the procedure. It'a lot of time I don't deal with txtsetup.oem file, but it seems to me like the issue is with HardwareIds.scsi.ID which is "invalid", compare with the above and with: http://www.osronline.com/ddkx/install/txtsetup_1wmq.htm http://www.osronline.com/ddkx/install/txtsetup_1qpe.htm jaclaz

A RARE image of the comparison test between Windows 7 (+Symantec Norton 360 and Norton Internet Security 2012) and Windows 8 (+Symantec Norton 360 and Norton Internet Security 2013) : I think I'll have a beer or two while I ponder on this : jaclaz

More than that, you could be opening a can of worms page__view__findpost__p__968052 jaclaz

Well, no, it does mention them clearly (IMHO): BUt cannot say if it delivers what it states... jaclaz

I guess you missed the previous few posts. jds asked (nicely IMHO) for a feature. <-that's part of his freedom His request was denied by PROBLEMCHYLD. <-that's part of his freedom I expressed how this approach (all or nothing ) is IMHO "not smart". <-that's part of my freedom Everything was clearly (I hope) expressed by everyone, no need to re-ask WHY, nor for whining about an hypothetical damage that you might suffer IF the request from jds was granted (which was not) and only IF PROBLEMCHYLD while adding it would have made a mess and actually caused an issue. That's of course part of your freedom , but still the question was redundant and the whining gratuitious..... It seems to me like not so long ago you weren't as convinced of the "take it or leave it" approach as you seem now: jaclaz

Just in case : http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/optional http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/optional and while we are at it : http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/freedom http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freedom jaclaz

What about this one (Commercial) : http://www.registrytool.com/features.htm jaclaz

I think you have all the time in the world (and even more), I mean, it is not like your Win9x OS is going to become UNsupported any time soon (at least here on MSFN ) jaclaz

Can we move from the kitchen to the studio? jaclaz

It is really "strange". Stiil there must be *something* (very likely in the Registry) differing. Can you try doing two "clones", one with the VM running and one with the VM shut down and then compare the two registries? What you report seems like implying that when you make the clone on the powered on VM *something* is seen by the whatever is used to "clone" as *somehow* "busy" or "not accessible" and this "flag" (or whatever) is "transported" to the clone. (I know that the above is VERY "vague" , it is just to convey the "general idea") Have you tried running "blindly" either mountstorage PE or showdrive in one of the affected clones to see of the issue is solved? Could it be that somehow the disk gets "offline" (but this should not be possible in a PE 2.1) if I recall correctly: http://reboot.pro/8200/ http://reboot.pro/8200/page__st__25#entry73620 Another possibility is that - still somehow - the thingy gets the NoAutoMount key set: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=24551 however the related keys should be the ones mentioned: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MountMgr\ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\partmgr\Parameters jaclaz

Yes It is different between command line and batch, my bad . jaclaz

I think you are a bit pessimistic. http://forum.scottmueller.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2202 The actual "male" on the hard disk no-matter how and what was designed for can resist many, many more than 50 insertions. In the worst cases, if you have a no-name/poor quality "female" (on the cable) in the worst case you will need to replace the cable. jaclaz

Open a command prompt. Try issuing in it: @echo %temp% @echo ^%temp^% jaclaz

@jds I am sorry as I seemingly sent you after a red herring (re: 9x/Me vs. NT hives format) But the concept of the Registry being an assembly is important (and still valid) and you need to grasp it fully. The Registry (as you see it in Regedit or actually how it is seen by the booted system) ONLY EXISTS when the system is booted (online). What windows does when booting is to take 2 (9x), 3 (Me) or 5 (NT) "backing files" and assemble them in a "volatile" structure that is the Registry. From the mouth of the wolf: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986/en-us Read attentively the explanation of HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT- As another example (talking of NT which I am more familiar with) the hive HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet does NOT exist (if not "online") as it is a redirection (or link, or "subst", whichever concept you like better) to one of the: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet00n (which do exist BOTH "online" and "offline"), to be more exact, the CurrentControlSet is a link to the ControlSet00n with n being the value of : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Select\Current Try thinking of it as a common HTML page with frames, example: http://www.tizag.com/htmlT/frames.php In your browser you see a single page, but when you look at it in detail, what you see is not coming from a single file, but from a number of them that are "assembled" on the fly by the browser. If you add to it some javascript that adds some "dynamic" contents on the fly, you have a reasonably accurate representation of the Registry as you see it in Regedit.... Yes and no. Nothing prevents (as the Paul-Lee) thingy does, to make a program that does the same kind of "assembling" Windows does, so that you have a representation of the "offline" Registry similar to the one you would have for an "online" one. jaclaz

Now, should we have (by any chance) a willing programmer, nmaybe he/she could take where this guy left: http://www.frogaspi.org/ http://www.frogaspi.org/products/frogaspi/index.htm http://www.frogaspi.org/products/frogaspi/faq.htm What about the VOB ASAPI? http://www.digital-digest.com/articles/imgburn_for_dummies_page16.html (Pinnacle): ftp://ftp.pinnaclesys.de/driver/pc/InstantCDDVD/ASAPI.exe And patin-couffin access layer? http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Patin_Couffin_access_layer.htm jaclaz

Exactly, that's the idea of "shorting the read channel", to overcome the LED:00000xxx message. jaclaz

This profoundly saddens me. It is another sign that I am really getting old The thought that a telephone must make phone calls, and that a smartphone should do (besides other things) smarter phone calls and that more generally the final goal is to make and receive phone calls (and OK, check quickly your e-mail or search a word or info you are missing on an online dictionary or Wikipedia) is so radicated that I never thought about the use of them as a social facilitator at parties . But I guess you are right.... ... then, the human race is doomed Should anyone need them, I do make courses for people aspiring to become qualified phone sanitizers, Basic, Intermediate and Advanced.... jaclaz