jaclaz

What kind of USB devices do you want to prevent detection on plugin? ie Camera device which requires drivers to work or Disable USB Storage Devices with Group Policy Nice find! jaclaz

Hey, take it easy man, you could wear prematurely the ! and ? keys on your keyboard if you go on like that. Read here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...122120121120120 http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=354149 http://www.tburke.net/info/reskittools/topics/expand.htm (Google is your friend) jaclaz

Yes, it is well possible. See here the connections for USB port: http://www.networktechinc.com/technote.html Internal -> External +5 Volts -> Pin 1 -> +5 Volts - Data -> Pin 2 -> - Data +Data -> Pin 3 -> +Data GND -> Pin 4 -> GND If the internal connector has been shifted like this: +5 Volts -> Pin 1 -> NOT CONNECTED - Data -> Pin 2 -> +5 Volts +Data -> Pin 3 -> - Data GND -> Pin 4 -> +Data the key should have gotten NO damage, but if it was shifted like this: +5 Volts -> Pin 1 -> - Data - Data -> Pin 2 -> +Data +Data -> Pin 3 -> GND GND -> Pin 4 -> NOT CONNECTED it is quite likely that the key has been "fried" jaclaz

Cannot say what happens on XP, on 2K you could try different using the BOOT.INI switch /HAL http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=249694 http://www.sysinternals.com/Information/bootini.html I presume that the same is possible in XP as well... jaclaz

Actually from your post it seems like you did NOT do that. It seems like you: 1) deleted the cdrom.sys file 2) at next boot Windows File Protection recreated it Some releases of Roxio (DirectCD) are known in a few occasions to generate conflicts. have a look at these: http://www.winportal.com/chat_sin.asp?ObjectID=7611 http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.php Cannot say more, without knowing more details, (version of Roxio, how it was installed, etc.) jaclaz

Things to do (in this order): 1) see if any BIOS update is available for the motherboard 2) check the hard disks with the manufacturer's testing utility 3) wipe them clean with Darik's Boot and Nuke 4) try re-formatting them 5) report progress jaclaz

You can try denying Permissions to System on the involved Registry hive, as hinted in Dietmar's posts here: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=14181&st=43 (point #8) jaclaz

They could have been "burned". There are two possibilities: 1) the device is NOT detected at ALL 2) the device is NOT detected "properly", i.e. the USB bus "senses" a device attached but does not load any driver for it as it cannot identify the said device Try using this program: http://www.c1tech.com.tw/Dload/i_disk/UsbIDCheck.zip And report if the USB bus can see the device (case 2 above), if it cannot (case 1 above), I think that nothing can be done. In case 2) it just "might" be possible to re-flash the controller with the proper deviceID (PID and VID), or at least it is worth a try. jaclaz

If I get it right, Venator wants to INSTALL winXP from a stick. Booting an OS from it is just a first step. Here is a similar thread, where I posted some hints: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=61384 Anyone willing to test it? jaclaz

Well, I like OPERA because it's still the FASTEST BROWSER ON EARTH See this nice comparison: http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html But on my USB stick I have OFFBYONE, because it is the SMALLEST BROWSER ON EARTH (and needs no install, can even work from INSIDE a zipped file) http://www.offbyone.com/ I used to find FIREFOX slow, UNTIL I found this: http://fasterfox.mozdev.org/index.html that made it decently fast, but still a bit slower than OPERA ...and I hate IE and ALL other browser based on the IE engine as it is BLOATWARE. I even have a Win2k install where I completely removed ALL IE components (with the help of the great Fred Vorck) jaclaz P.S.: This is a "Opera vs. Firefox" thread: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=54256

I take for granted that you already set in device manager that particular HD as "Use UltraDMA". http://www.hdtune.com/faq_2.html#PIO On some motherboards (actually very few, but VIA Mini ITX are an example) it might be needed to update the BIOS. Also, it is possible that the chipset driver has to be updated. Download and use this HDTUNE: http://www.hdtune.com/ You will see at what Speed your HD is capable of working and at which one it is currently working. Read this also: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=61123&st=14 jaclaz

Read this nice article: http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm Personally I would set it to 500 Mb fixed. jaclaz

Yes, it is possible to start an XP install from DOS and hard disk based files (WINNT.EXE), problem is HOW you put the XP files on the hard disk? jaclaz

Well, you are STRONGLY advised NOT to do so, (I mean making Format work with NO confirmation) as it could lead, if you or any other people boots from that CD, to automatically format the hd! But if you really want to do so, you need to insert the line: ECHO Y | format C: if you want to keep the confirmation, all you need is format C: it does not matter where you put the line, as long it is AFTER your PATH statement (if the format.com file is not in the root directory of the floppy image) If you also want to run a fdisk, you could use the FREEDOS fdisk, which is completely scriptable: http://www.23cc.com/free-fdisk/ Please note that this applies ONLY to a "custom made" bootable Windows 98 install CD, normal CD's work as K e n suggested, you should look for "Unattended install", like here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=40303 and linked to other threads jaclaz P.S.: If you post YOUR autoexec.bat, I will be happy to show you where it is better to insert the command

...for the hmmmth time: Sysinternals NTFSDOS is READ only Datapol NTFS4DOS is read/write and much smaller: http://www.datapol.de/dpe/freeware/ You will probably have some problems with long filenames, though. Alternatively there are COMMERCIAL programs. Search the forum for "NTFS4DOS" to find more comments and related topics. jaclaz

...and, if you need RAID drivers (the one normally installed with F6 during install) a FOURTH file: NTBOOTDD.SYS i.e. a copy af the drivers renamed to NTBOOTDD.SYS jaclaz

This should cover the server side problem (just disregard the Palm part): http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=1240 if you aleady have it working as network it should be enough.... jaclaz

You might be intersted in this FREEWARE alternative to GHOST: http://ping.windowsdream.com/ "Born" right here...: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=61403&hl= jaclaz

There is a program, called xppid that does change the number. Never used it, and cannot say if it is what you need, but maybe it's worth a try. http://michaelstevenstech.com/ http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html http://michaelstevenstech.com/xppid.zip jaclaz

Wouldn't READING this thread be enough? http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=61636&st=4# or do a google search for "sc2demo.zip" jaclaz

No, you CANNOT copy an MBR from another disk. The MBR is made in TWO parts, first one is "STATIC" meaning that is common code to all MBR's written from a given Operating System, second one is "DYNAMIC" meaning that has data (Partition Tables and, in the case of win2k/XP/2003, a "signature") that ONLY belongs to THAT HD/System. MBRFix replaces the STATIC data with standard one, and can change the signature. NO changes are made to the Partition Table. So if your Partition Table is good but the STATIC part is not, MBRFIX is the tool for you. If your MBR is ok but the Partition Table is not, you will need a tool like TESTDISK: http://www.cgsecurity.org/testdisk.html or a Hex/Disk editor, a lot of patience AND some good knowledge of the inner workings of Partition Tables to correct the problem. A handy utility to change PT easily - but you still have to KNOW what you are doing - is Beeblebrox: http://students.cs.byu.edu/~codyb/ http://students.cs.byu.edu/~codyb/bbdownload.html jaclaz

Yep, but it could also be that you have a newer hd with an elder 40 conductor cable. I have found more than once people that upgrade or change the HD installing a good ol' 40 pin cable in place, then somehow enable UltraDMA and start getting errors... ...anything faster than ATA33/UltraDMA2 NEEDS an 80 conductors cable to work properly. jaclaz

Just for the record, the "five" can be changed Going back only five days is often not enough... jaclaz

It means that the Ultra DMA (Direct Memory Access) CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) has produced MORE errors than it can "count", i.e. there is a defect in one of these: 1) cable (hardware) 2) Hard Disk controller (hardware) 3) driver (software) - rare 4) motherboard bus (hardware) - rare An old glossary: http://www.techterms.org/definition/ultradma Now we are talking of ATA/speed or UDMA levels: IDE or ATA or ATA1 original interface 16,7 mb/s = DMA2 = UDMA0 UDMA 0 16.7 UDMA 1 25.0 (NOT a standard) UDMA 2 (Ultra-ATA/33) 33.3 UDMA 3 44.4 UDMA 4 (Ultra-ATA/66) 66.7 UDMA 5 (Ultra-ATA/100) 100 UDMA 6 (Ultra-ATA/133) 133 A more "advanced" site: http://www.ata-atapi.com/index.htm jaclaz

You won't need Version 2.07, it is an update to make it work with Windows Millennium, alias ME. HORROR, DISMAY! I really typed THAT word! Just going to wash my fingertips with soap.... jaclaz P.S.: back, feeling better now.