jaclaz

Short Answer: NO. Long Answer: NO, but it is possible, though only through a rather complex procedure, not entirely documented and prone to problems, some references: http://www.msfn.org/board/Change-Boot-Driv...ter-t90495.html http://www.petri.co.il/change_system_drive..._windows_xp.htm http://www.msfn.org/board/Force-windows-dr...te-t112610.html http://www.msfn.org/board/drive-letter-pro...-b-t112917.html jaclaz

Yes, I remember similar problems with other Virtual Network software, as soon as the Command windows is switched to full-screen you cannot do anything. My "quick and dirty" solution at the time was to use a font for the windows that made it (in windowed mode) as large as the full-screen mode (only "losing" a few pixels at the top for the window bar). I never tested it, but maybe this could work : http://josh.com/tiny/ jaclaz

You mean apart the one by bearwindows? http://www.msfn.org/board/Asus-Eee-PC-Wind...1.html&st=4 Didn't you already tried it? jaclaz

Another approach: http://www.steelsonic.com/steelrunas.htm http://www.robotronic.de/runasspcEn.html jaclaz

You might be interested to this: http://www.msfn.org/board/run-program-Service-t83272.html jaclaz

@Vially All suggestions are welcome, but the idea of this GUI was to have something SIMPLER than the already existing batches. You may want to re-read the first posts of this thread: http://www.msfn.org/board/install-USB-WinS...4.html&st=4 up to: http://www.msfn.org/board/install-USB-WinS....html&st=10 For the "Advanced" user's the way to go is undoubtedly the wimb's batches as they offer more choices and are much more "customizable". The GUI tool was an attempt to simplify life to the less "computer savy" people. I don't think that making two "complex" tools basically with the same "engine under the hood" but with different "look" is useful. jaclaz

Yep, the specific procedure is widely spread, but the actual wording of the snippet you posted undoubtedly come from the blog I mentioned, most probably it was "copied and pasted" on some other site/forum, removing the "brand" specific references, where you found it. jaclaz

Here: http://www.msfn.org/board/context-menu-questions-t58214.html jaclaz

dear mg.eggink google for: "Boot up the machine, have it boot off the USB drive, and watch how fast the installation completes." It is much appreciated that whenever ones cites something, credits to the Author is given. Besides being fair to the intellectual property of the Author, it is often useful, as usually people who publish such things post follow-ups, updates or other info related to the matter. jaclaz

From what you report, it seems like one of the two motherboards use CHS and the other one LBA to access the partition table. If the Usb stick has been partitioned with the HP USB utility, it is possible that CHS and LBA data is "unbalanced". It is also possible that one of the two PC's "fall" in one of the "strange" categories of FAQ #10: http://home.graffiti.net/jaclaz:graffiti.n...SB/USBfaqs.html See here: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5924 http://www.msfn.org/board/Windows-XP-Repai...ion-t124165.htm Post both the MBR and bootsector that is giving you the problem, I'll have a look at it. Or get Beeblebrox or PTEDIT32 or similar utilities and check the values in partition table against those calculated with this spreadsheet: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=2959 jaclaz

If you build out of your original XP CD, unless you used nlite too aggressively, removing thing you should have not, it will work. You mentioned downloading "XP Performance Edition", which is a known WAREZ release. jaclaz

Just for the record, the above Vista HOWTO originally comes from this blog: http://kurtsh.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!...!1665.entry jaclaz

Both files are not MBR's they are bootsectors. Something has clearly failed to work. There must be something that we overlooked. Can you try the MKIMG/MBRBATCH ?: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5000 And post the MBR of the resulting image/stick? jaclaz

Sure, and you expect to get help and support for a WAREZ release? Check Rules: http://www.msfn.org/board/Forum-Rules-Updated-Re-t18408.html I guess both you and the "the person who made this slimmed version" have failed to read the FAQ's, that version has probably "Operating System Options-->Manual Install and Upgrade for removal" REMOVED. jaclaz

Well, the link you provided: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/documen...product=3795407 has this: jaclaz

Both the supposedly and the untouched makes me think that there are large probabilities that it is a "touched" version. Can you set in the BIOS (temporarily) the SATA disk to IDE (compatibility) mode? jaclaz

With all due respect, I don't think that a black 640x480 rectangle can be of any interest , we would have trusted your word for it as well. jaclaz

bootfix.bin missing? http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=19987 a non-original no-emulation bootsector used? jaclaz

http://www.scitechsoft.com/sdd_win.html http://www.scitechsoft.com/ftp/sdd/ jaclaz

Yes, you are right, but it may help in "limiting" the range, like a pre-check. Take it as a "heuristic" approach, , drive letters that won't be found in the Registry were never been assigned. jaclaz

A useful hijackthis "side" service is this site: http://www.hijackthis.de/ where you have an easy to visualize analisys of your log. From it it does not seem that you have much problems. the "questionable items" are below (as coming from "short analisys"): [?] - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\USRmlnkA.exe [?] - C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\USRmlnkA.exe [?] - O3 - Toolbar: olnmraew - {C6E98D75-91EE-4EB1-9CE2-047046F30E32} - C:\WINDOWS\olnmraew.dll [?] - O8 - Extra context menu item: Show All Original Images - res://C:\Program Files\SlipStream Web Accelerator\gui_resource.dll/327 [?] - O8 - Extra context menu item: Show Original Image - res://C:\Program Files\SlipStream Web Accelerator\gui_resource.dll/328 [?] - O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{2C6EAB0D-1A58-41BD-8453-EAB8BAC53A7A}: NameServer = 64.136.173.5 64.136.164.77 [?] - O21 - SSODL: lfstbwvd - {39F839B6-596C-41B7-A906-834AE131C502} - C:\WINDOWS\lfstbwvd.dll Of course only you may know how accurate is the above and what in it may actually be a problem. jaclaz

I personally vote for allowing you to bold your name too.... ....though of course, it costs me some effort to say so, but remember (with BORG voice): Two years have just passed since this: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...=18657&st=8 Why don't you try a test drive with the newish 0.4.4-pre: http://nufans.net/grub4dos/ Latest: http://nufans.net/grub4dos/grub4dos-0.4.4-2008-10-12.zip Will probably be released as "official" 0.4.4 in a few days , but no gfx enabled images yet. jaclaz

You are welcome. I changed the board tags from CODE to CODEBOX as to make the thread more readable. At first sight you still have a number of temporary text files: I'll see, as soon as I have some spare time, if I can find some ways to remove (or minimize) the need for temp files. jaclaz P.S.: Maybe this approach may work? Just an example, first "separate" Removable drives from Fixed .....: @ECHO OFF SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION FOR %%A IN ( A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V Z) DO ( FOR /F "tokens=1,2,3,4 delims= " %%B IN ('REG QUERY HKLM\SYSTEM\MountedDevices\ /V \DosDevices\%%A: 2^>^&1^|FIND "REG_BINARY"') DO ( REM ECHO %%A %%B %%C %%D CALL :Drivetype %%A %%D ) ) SET First8 SET FIXED SET REMOVABLE PAUSE GOTO :EOF :Drivetype SET DRIVE_%1=%2 CALL SET First8_%1=!DRIVE_%1:~0,8! IF !First8_%1!.==5C003F00. (SET REMOVABLE=%REMOVABLE%%1:,) ELSE (SET FIXED=%FIXED%%1:,) GOTO :EOF

As long as you have two installations on two separate partitions and you want each one to "see" each other, you need NO third party bootmanager. Read here: http://www.multibooters.co.uk/ almost any possible scanario is covered There are NO "best" tools to do anything, there are tools that work, and tools that do not, tools that are freeware and tools that are commercial, each has it's own plus and minus, often it is just a matter of personal preferences or traditional familiarity with one app or the other. Gparted is a good Freeware app, Acronis is a good commercial one, there are others. Be VERY aware of this: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/features.php the above applies to ANY tool. jaclaz

Sure, I got that. What I was wondering was how, once you reenable WFP, it behaves for files that you deleted (if they are within the list inside SFCFILES.DLL) . jaclaz