jaclaz

Just for the record (and FYI) I just found a way to "feed" diskpart with commands from within the batch (no need for additional file chgdrvltr.txt): http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...26069&st=19 cannot say if a similar approach works with runonceex... jaclaz

Not sure if it would help, but did you check the OfflineSysprep here? : http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showforum=43 I am pretty sure to have seen the problem raised and solved.... jaclaz

Yep, boot-land had a lot of problems lately and is currently offline for maintenance, being transferred to a new server, it should be back in a couple of days. On 911Cd, that had similar problems with BOTs, some additional measures to prevent automated registering has been taken, from what I can see: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showuser=44049 you should either have received a confirmation e-mail or the Admin will send you one shortly. Back to topic: At first sight (but I am NO expert on this matter) your BCD entries seem fine, are you sure that you haven't anything BEFORE that "wrong" (wrong no-emulation bootsector for example) How did you created the .iso/burned the DVD? I mean, if the BCD's are wrong, you should see an error message of some kind. You may want to recreate a CD/DVD with just one entry, following (as an example) a tutorial like this one: http://searchenterprisedesktop.techtarget....1297757,00.html When it works, you may want to add the second instance and recreate the DVD. This: http://www.msfn.org/board/bootmgr-based-Mu...tly-t99823.html may be useful. jaclaz

Hmm http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exifto...Names/EXIF.html Could it be some kind of mis-match with codepage in the CMD window or something weird like ANSI/ASCII? (read DOS as opposed to Windows source) Try the other way, i.e. put your comment with XP GUI on the image and read it through EXIF. It is possible that a conversion is needed..... Or try putting your comment in notepad and save it as UTF-8, then "feed" the file to EXIF through redirection.... jaclaz P.S.: I guess you can use chcp and python: http://coding.derkeiler.com/Archive/Python...0/msg00141.html but not really my field. I guess that on Chinese Forums this problem has come out and has been resolved already.

@Analada Here: http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa/sb/cs-009302.htm jaclaz

It's a "grey area" matter. Yes, there are tools that check keys/pids and can tell you some info. But since they are usually connected to - let's call them reproachable - activities, I do not think that posting info about them here to be appropriate. This (old) link is however allright (though it won't work properly with recent versions AND does not give the info you are looking for): http://www.licenturion.com/xp/ A list of "SETUPP.INI" PIDs is available here: http://wiki.lunarsoft.net/wiki/Product_IDs jaclaz

Try using Chipgenius: http://209.85.129.132/search?q=cache:RiTgg...3D4661%26st%3D0 using google cache untill boot-land is back online: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?...c=4661&st=0 and see if you can find the Manufacturer's tool to "flip the bit" permanently. Try using the Hitachi Filter Driver cfadisk.sys: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=17701 Booting Win9x->grub.exe->whatever info can be found here (ALREADY given link): http://www.msfn.org/board/USB-Booting-issu....html&st=47 jaclaz

If it helps, now I see: First post: Second Post: Your (spacesurfer's) post: Now, if you see the 12:17 AM I see as 6:17 PM, it means that we have a six hours difference in our settings, you should also see first post at 5:03 PM of the DAY BEFORE. jaclaz

Yep, let us rejoice. We have back some information that might be useful in the future, at least to those poor blocks that would have downloaded 350 Mb on a 56 K connection only to find out they got a wrong file. Hmmm, actually no, on second thought that won't help them , as they will come here only after having downloaded the wrong file... ....but on the other hand a lot of people will be happy to be able to post More seriously, it's interesting to know how our friends at MS appear to be so overwhelmed by the amount of bits and ends they have for download that they lost track of an old version laying around.... Thanks for the info. jaclaz

Your right, that is why I waited 13 Kelsen, your right I have no patience but a simple answer like what you just said I am sure someone else might have known it. Maybe not, thanks for your response. Hey peeps, not to throw gasoline on the fire , but your math appears to be needing some improvements. As I see it: It looks more like 25 hours (and 14 minutes) jaclaz

Just out of curiosity, why? Are they in your personal "blacklist"? jaclaz

Well, NO, it works , but it updates ANOTHER field, the "Comment" one, NOT the "XP Comment" one. just run these on a "clean" .jpg exiftool dst.jpg exiftool -Comment="This is a new comment in the comment field" dst.jpg exiftool dst.jpg exiftool -XPComment="This is a new comment in the XP comment field" dst.jpg exiftool dst.jpg jaclaz P.S.: if this: http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?p=66939 is not "accurate" enough, try this: http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?t=15925 and particularly this : http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?...25&start=11 http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exifto...Names/EXIF.html

4 Gbytes can be formatted in FAT16, but with BIG 64 Kb clusters, in FAT32 or NTFS, it is a choice that is up to you, after having weighted the advantages and drawbacks of each filesystem. You need to test the booting process alone first, as per given links, try fuwi's batch and report. jaclaz

Now, let's talk about this idea of: 1) removing one's post 2) changing the title of the thread to a menaingless something like "resolved" @msfnnewbie you understand that this way : the people that actually tried to help you look like complete fools? anyone having the same problem you had will NOT be able to find this thread? even if they would find it, there is not a solution? The above is - to say the least : unhelpful selfish irritating The idea of a forum is to ask and give help and to LET the (hopefully ) found solution posted, in order for other people with the same or similar problem to find a reference...... jaclaz

Oh, comeon, 5 minutes of Google away : EXIFTOOL: http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/ http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?p=66939 http://code.google.com/p/xptoiptc/ jaclaz

As long as you do not invert the power lines, the mouse will either work or work not. (CLK is monodirectional, DATA is bidirectional) Even if you QUICKLY try with the power lines inverted, the mouse chip won't be damaged, but it will HEAT quickly, and you know you have inverted them. The PS/2 type of mouse uses ANYWAY +5V, so there won't be problems (there may be problems with a Serial mouse): http://pinouts.ru/Inputs/PS2Mouse_pinout.shtml jaclaz

Is it a USB stick? How big? The error is NONE of these, right? http://www.msfn.org/board/error-0xc000000e...90120&st=25 If yes, it may be a BIOS error. Were you ever able to boot that USB stick on that computer? If NO, there might be a problem that has nothing to do with USB multiboot. In any case, one must make sure that the key is properly partitoned and formatted (i.e. that is bootable) BEFORE trying again the USB_multiboot. This can be either very simple or tricky. Just try using fuwi's batch: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=21702 and report. You may want to take some time and review this too: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...=21955&st=5 jaclaz

Which OS are you using? If NT/2K/XP/2003, under these systems only ONE (the Primary Active) partition is mountable IF the device is seen as "Removable" (like practically all sticks are). You have three choices: 1) find the appropriate manufacturer's tool and "flip" the Removable bit so that the stick is seen as Fixed instead of removable 2) install and use a filter driver in your OS 3) forget about multiple partitions accessible under NT/2K/XP/2003 on Removable device and live with just one partition (this is a limit "by design" of the said OSes) Let's for the moment forget about winsetupfromusb, and partition and make the stick booting. Once you have it working, you can try again the program. Which filesystem do you want to use? FAT16 is inappropriate for a 32 Gb partition. FAT32 is better, but the NT bootsector has sometimes problems with it. NTFS would be the better choice, BUT you risk to wear prematurely the stick. Read this: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...119963&st=0 First thing to try is fuwi's batch: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...c=21702&hl= You CANNOT dd.exe a .iso to a USB stick (i.e. you can but you will get an unbootable/unreadable stick). :iso files use CDFS filesystem, USB sticks use "normal" HD filesystems. The only exception are particular sticks that have also a CDROM "part", but then again dd.exe won't work at all on them: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=125138 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=121502 and you will need anyway the particular tool for the specific chip on the stick. jaclaz

Unfortunately, there is NO way you could have followed the tutorial "letter for letter", as it provides a number of choices that may easily "branch" in one direction or the other. Please post: 1) some details about your hardware and running OS 2) what are you trying to do, EXACTLY (a simple Install XP from USB, a multiboot something, etc.) 3) Which EXACT steps you took 4) which EXACT error you receive (letter per letter and whether it is white on black or white on blue) jaclaz

And they ALL can be connected to bugs in nlite? Usually bugs connected with nlite (or with any app modifying another) happen: 1) WHEN running it 2) IMMEDIATELY when running the modified app A "few days" means that something else is causing those problems. Let's start again with just the problems that happen IMMEDIATELY after installing a nlited source.... jaclaz

...but if if you have VFD, you can use the allright, without having a "real" floppy. jaclaz

Why can't you dowload one like all the rest of the world? Choose yours: http://www.allbootdisks.com/ http://www.allbootdisks.com/download/me.html Get VFD if you haven't it yet (if you want to modify the floppy images): http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/vfd.html jaclaz

Not what you asked, but first thing I replace on ANY Windows, is NOTEPAD. Some alternatives are listed here: http://techrageo.us/2007/01/06/text-editors-for-windows/ TheGUN: http://www.movsd.com/thegun.htm is first choice. jaclaz

Also, and just for the record, there have been some really harsh debate about huntersoft/UDI in the past: http://www.halfdone.org/SOTW/RipSummary.php I don't want to take sides, mind you, but the halfdone.org app works nicely: http://halfdone.com/ukd/ (I use the "old" 1.2 version with the updated files inside latest Beta.) Though not "exactly" what you asked for, there are two exceptionally good programs, SIW: http://www.gtopala.com/ and SIV: http://rh-software.com/ That can detect EVERYTHING on a PC. jaclaz

Also, you can make a Recovery Console CD out of the XP install floppies: http://tips.vlaurie.com/2006/05/23/recover...out-an-xp-disk/ This way you can make it out of the same "edition" (home or Pro): http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...b;en-us;Q310994 Some details/additions here: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=2254 http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5316 jaclaz