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I'm aware of that but I'm not sure what point you're trying to make (perhaps you aren't). Not really "a point", only remembering how there was no "real" "Office suite" at the time, most people bought Excel separately as a stand-alone version, and it was a steep price . Quattro Pro had the great advantage that used Lotus 1-2-3 compatible syntax for functions, no real advantage for a "newbie", but for the few people that were familiar with Lotus represented a "fifth gear"... The Paradox database engine was as well - at the time - well ahead of Access, believe me, I have used both, waaay ahead. At the time (we are talking of 1993/1994) the "Standard" was 4 Mb of RAM, to have 8 was already a "costly" option, the average processor was likely to be a 486 sx 25 or 33, I remember when I got the first machine with a 486 Dx 100 and 32 Mb, people passed by my office just to see how fast it was recalculating a spreadsheet. And yes, noone had calculation on, and F9 was pressed only when really needed. I doubt the young peeps can understand the awe that provoked the first project plannings made with Project 3.0 for Windows! why, in MY day .... http://reboot.pro/1908/ .... and we liked it! OT, but not much , something I titled "Twenty years of evolution in design and breakthrough changes in paradigms" http://reboot.pro/16395/ jaclaz

Not possible the way you devised it. Most logical would be to remove the pre-boot authentication, but since you might have some reasons for it (though it doesn't make much sense if you can allow a non-boot-from-first-hard-disk-only like the proposed CD or USB stick ). What you can do is to have a USB stick (or a CD, but this would make things a tadbit more complex) with grub4dos and have it "set" next boot instance (and "reset" the counter from the booted Truecrypted OS install). A similar (though relating not to EXACTLY the same problem/issue) approach has been explained here: http://reboot.pro/16283/ http://reboot.pro/16283/page__st__10 jaclaz

Because you can do MUCH more with any more recent OS (excluding browsing the Internet and sending e-mails - both things that mostly weren't there in the times of Windows 3.x). Comeon, you *need* anyway some kind of "Office" (a word processor and a spreadsheet at least), a decent image manipulating utility (and no, paint doesnt count), some specific app for your whatever profession, @Coffeefiend At the time the *best* Windows 3.11 spreadsheet IMHO was the mis-known Borland Quattro Pro for Windows (among other things, a much simpler way to "evolve" from Lotus 1-2-3 DOS than Excel): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quattro_Pro and the actual office 4.0 arrived almost two years later than Windows 3.1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Microsoft_Office an "updated user" had Word 1.1 and Excel 3.0 (and only a bit later Word 2.0 and Excel 4.0), I guess noone has ever run Office 4.0 (aka Word 6.0 and Excel 4.0) on Windows 3.1, as everyone (talking of businesses) would have updated to Windows 3.11 for workgroups in the menatime. There was also Paradox for Windows allright (and it actually kicked *ss at Access 1.0 and 2.0) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_(database)#Paradox_for_Windows Yes , Autocad was at the time EXCLUSIVELY DOS (the R13 version arrived late and was actually a joke, probably also because hardware was so "UNpowerful", first usable Windows version being R14, MUCH later): http://autodesk.blogs.com/AutoCAD%20Release%20History%202011.jpg jaclaz

Yes. http://homepage.ntlworld.com./jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/questions-with-yes-or-no-answers.html WHICH OS? http://homepage.ntlworld.com./jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/problem-report-standard-litany.html For 7: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg487330.aspx http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/7947-force-dvi-hdmi-resolutions-refresh-rates.html Useful: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/dump_edid.html jaclaz

McKillerRus, you might want to provide (besides a MEANINGFUL title to the thread, a thread titled "Problem" with sub-title "Problem" is UNlike to raise much interest) some MEANINGFUL info, compare with: http://homepage.ntlworld.com./jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/problem-report-standard-litany.html jaclaz

#212 http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm jaclaz

JFYI: jaclaz

When I did some experiments with Xpe (some time ago) I had NO troubles whatsoever in installing it in a Qemu (+Qemu Manager) machine, I simply installed a fresh XP (Sp3) to it, and then in it installed the XP embedded building environment, cannot remember any particular trouble . Sure it was NOT "snappy", but it worked allright... jaclaz

The .iso NEEDS to be set ofr ramdisk booting (Windows Server 2003 SP1 files) or you need Firadisk or Winvblock (or similar) Ramdisk drivers enabled, possibly in a grub4dos loaded floppy image, otherwise you will get the usual 0x0000007b BSOD. jaclaz

I am not sure to get the final "scope", EWF is also not "free", there are a bunch or commercial apps besides DeepFreeze that may do what you need: http://alternativeto.net/software/windows-steadystate/ http://www.instantfundas.com/2010/09/5-alternatives-to-windows-steadystate.html Maybe among them you can find something that can do what you actually want to do. jaclaz

Try with: mmc.exe C:\windows\system32\services.msc (assuming you have your windows install in C:\windows\ ) Or in the open window open file C:\windows\system32\services.msc jaclaz

Even after a reboot? If I were you I would build a minimal XPe and test your commands in that environment. Then, if it works there, trace differences. jaclaz

Traditionally StartMenu: C:\Users\"YourUserName"\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\ Windows\StartMenu\Programs\StartUp is loading rather late, maybe (IF the little tool works on 8 ) : http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml you could experiment with other "start on boot" approaches (really cannot say if anything else may work ). jaclaz

Nothing actually helpful, mind you, but it is possible that you are missing some dependencies, example: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/ms912912(v=winembedded.5).aspx According to this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms932912(v=winembedded.5).aspx you should get an error if the ConfigureEwf fails... Or maybe you need to also call EwfMgrEnable (and reboot): http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/ms933229(v=winembedded.5).aspx jaclaz

Actually neither , I was just poking a bit at Ponch . But, with all due respect to your decision(s), if they are made public, they are subject to being commented, criticized or used as start point for having some fun (actually the only important thing). As often happens, OT , but not much, we have evidence that when someone uses the "brain surgery" argument: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=24353&st=178 the usual "it's all Greek to me" or similar counter-argument: http://reboot.pro/3380/ is nullified by the documented "The rest of this stuff it's English to me." http://reboot.pro/3380/page__st__36 and *any* other counter-argument, including the one about creativity represents a ninja point: jaclaz

Are you talking of this, right? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb499207(v=winembedded.51).aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb521420(v=winembedded.51).aspx Maybe Ewfdll is called differently during FBA that what you try replicating with Run32dll.exe? I presume you got most of the info you posted from here: http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/ewf-mode-change-t3116601.html http://km-dev.blogspot.it/2007/05/xpe-tip-45-ewf-and-cloning.html that give a quite longish set of instructions, did you attempt following them to the letter? jaclaz

There is normally NO /minint folder in a BartpE .iso , but rather a /I386. Normally: on .iso/CD/DVD: /I386 on HD-like media: /minint Just for the record, on CD media is not possible to have a 5 letter folder (unless some "heavy" hex editing is made to setupldr.bin) whilst it is possible to have a 4 letter folder on HD media (typically /I386) so that .iso and HD-media are more "interchangeable" and (badly) written plug-ins with /I386 hardcoded work on HD media as well: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=17504 Still JFYI: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=23696 http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=23262 jaclaz

...and not brain surgery either : http://www.borowitzreport.com/2007/09/30/rocket-scientists-not-as-smart-2/ What about creativity? http://www.fastcompany.com/1666930/rocket-science-brain-surgery-andcreativity jaclaz

Not a problem: Quick rule of the thumb: add to the address of the thread: hxxp://www.msfn.org/board/topic/156004-vlc-media-player-new-version-201-portable/ "page__st__<offset_to_post_#> that's page, two underscores, st, two underscores, (number of post -1). jaclaz

No, it is a "marginal issue". The "traditional" Partition ID for the Extended Partition has always been 05. The 0F - which means "05 but LBA" - was introduced to prevent OS's that use CHS from accessing it, just like 0C and 0E. From a NT OS viewpoint a partiion that occupies LBA only accessible space but that is marked CHS doesn't make any "real" difference, as NT will use LBA anyway. Due to the way the LBA only space is mapped in CHS, you have a number of sectors (from 1023/0/1 up to 1023/254/63 that are accessible through CHS) see tony177's PC partition table: For the record, OT but JFYI, newer XP SP and Vista , and later do map them when partitioning as 1023/254/63 up to 1023/254/63, and this is an additional "prevention measure", though there is a serious "quirk" when using XP Disk Management on a Vista or 7 created disk: http://reboot.pro/9897/ Traditionally (though actually "wrongly") partition ID's have been intended as "reliable info of filesystems", while their actual use is that of preventing access/mounting from "legacy" Operating Systems, see: http://homepage.ntlworld.com./jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/determining-filesystem-type.html http://www.forensicfocus.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=8880/ A number of partitioning tools (or however MBR editing ones) may use 05 improperly, but until you run on that disk an OS or tool that interprets the 05 "literally" there won't be problems. To "fix" it the only thing needed is to change byte 0x1D2 from current value 0x05 to 0x0F. jaclaz

Forget (temporarily ) ANYTHING you read on this Seagate 7200.11 fix ANYWHERE. Try repeating (to the letter) what is written here (and nothing else): http://www.mapleleafmountain.com/seagatebrick.html Report what happens. jaclaz

Yep, there is the risk of slipping on a chocolate covered banana ... http://homepage.ntlworld.com./jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/put-down-the-chocolate-covered-banana.html jaclaz

Not really. Just for the record, once you try backing up a "Never run a NT OS" PC MBR through booting a NT based OS or PE, unless some "special" care is taken, the MBR will change (the Disk Signature is added to it). @tony177 Most probably the issue with your MBR DATA is that you have an Extended partition in the LBA only space marked as 05 (CHS mapped) whilst it should really be 0F (LBA mapped), see: http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/partitions/partition_types-1.html this is not a real problem until you run NT based systems only (from 2K onwards) but it may be an issue if using NT 4.0 and some versions of MS-DOS (or more generally DOS). jaclaz

It is too big for attaching it, I uploaded it here: http://depositfiles.com/files/yvtqx6bae jaclaz

I am missing the "base" assumption that forfiles is actually *needeed*. Won't a more "Normal" FOR /F %%A in ('DIR /B /S *.exe' ) DO ( do as well? jaclaz