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have you tried to uninstall and reinstall the graphics card driver? thats what i would try.
you can also try to boot into safe mode, and see what happens. maybe that helps to locate the problem.
if nothing helps, slipstream SP1 and reinstall windows server 2003. its always better to do a fresh install, instead of an upgrade, when a new service pack comes out.
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thx, i already coded a keystroke check, but the splash screen always appeared before it. thats solved now!
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the topic title says it all. is it possible to remove the splashscreen that is displayed when you boot from the dvd. i just want it to display "press any key to boot from dvd..."
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yes i did copy the file, but i think i found the cause of this error
stupid me!
i forgot to edit the setupsourcepath in the txtsetup.sif!!
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ive tried slipstreaming again, this time with the final version of sp1. but i got another error
i used the old setupldr.bin as suggested in this thread. and it also boots into text-mode setup but then i get the following error:
"setup didnt find any windows version to upgrade on your hard drive. setup needs to verify that you qualify to use this upgrade product, please insert Windows NT4 server cd into your cd rom drive blablabla..."
what caused this? i had this error some time ago, but forgot how i solved it.
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thx for the replies i already thought that it wouldnt be easy.
@colinbate
have you had a chance to try this utility. i would do it myself but i dont have a usb pen drive yet
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i was wondering if it is possible to partition a usb pen drive and which software can do it?
i found very little info on that subject on google. there are a few proprietary solutions around.
there is one program for example that creates 2 partitions and password protects one while the other is public. but i believe you need to have this program installed even to read the public partition.
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XP drivers should work just fine. if they dont, then there are propably 2003 drivers around anyway
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well, i wouldnt know about any disadvantages, other than losing space.
i always have systemrestore enabled, and i have to say, that it really saved me alot of trouble.
everytime an app messes with systemfiles, and nothing seems to work anymore, i just reset the system to a restorepoint before the installation, and everything is fine again.
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sorry, i mistook WUS for SUS
nevermind, ignore this post
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why not manually integrate the SP ?
just add "/integrate:c:\windowsshare"
without the quotes. its not really that hard, is it?
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everything with a $-sign at the end is an administrative share. they are always enabled by default afaik, and can only be accessed if you have administrative rights.
they are pretty handy if you have an administrator account on the machine that you want to access. you dont have to manually share a single folder, just to access some files. actually, i almost only use admin-shares, because its easier.
the only way to permanently disable them is by, disableing sharing altogether. but i wouldnt know why youd want to.
remember, only administrators can access them. the cable company would need the username and password of an account with sufficient rights on your machine, to use these shares
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everybody will upgrade eventually. the same happened when XP came out. now there are only very few people who still use w2k, or even earlier versions of windows.
back then, many ppl said: "i will never upgrade to winXP its bloat/spyware"
i bet 80% of them are using XP right now
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w2k3 if run as a workstation is basicly win xp with no service pack.
=>proper wireless lan support is missing (no wpa) for example
another big minus imho is the lack of the fast user switching capability. ( =you have to log out in order for another user to log on )
also, some applications (ie. norton antivirus 200x) dont run on w2k3. you need the corporate verson of the software.
im sure that there are many slight improvements under the hood, but i dont think youll notice it if you use w2k3 as a workstation.
at least the wireless lan support is improved in SP1, but thats still beta.
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My 7zip installer is about 20.4MB
if its not too much trouble, could you post a list of the optimizations youve added?
thx
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you could exclude the a: and b: drive from the list. but i can see your point.
well it was just a thought
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you could try copying a text file to the root of every hdd like
copy /y %DVD%\hdd.txt d:\
copy /y %DVD%\hdd.txt e:\
copy /y %DVD%\hdd.txt f:\
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.and afterwards you look for it, like:
IF EXIST d:\hdd.txt REG ADD...
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.this is similar to the method used to discover the driveletter of the DVD/CD drive.
its propably not the best solution, but it should work
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i may try this also, just in case
thx again
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thank you very much!!
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i already downloaded both drivers, and referenced them in winnt.sif but im using vmware to test it all. maybe thats why none of these get installed, because vmware has a different video engine.
are there any vmware drivers that i can use an include in my unattended installation?
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after my unattended installation finishes the resolution under Win XP SP2 remains at 640x480
here is the entry in my winnt.sif
[Display]
BitsPerPel=32
Xresolution=1024
YResolution=768i also tried to use this utility: 1365VidChng.exe
but it gives me an error saying something like: "these values are not supported for this device..."
i tried
1024x768x16@60
800x600x16@60
and a couple of other values.
oh, and BTW i can change the resolution in the display properties dialog.
any suggestions?
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if you need to find another environment variable, type "set" to see all of them
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i now ran into a few more problems, with the unattended installation... :sigh:
after the installation finishes, and windows boots up for the first time i get the error :"at least one service or driver could not be loaded .... blablabla"
after the entries in the RunOnceEX.bat file have been entered into the registry, and windows boots up for the second time, i get the same error again.
plus windows fully loads the desktop, the start bar, the "manage your server wizard" and after all that it starts to execute the RunOnceEX entries.
but there is more!
during the installation of some programs, i get the error "fatal error in ntvdm" - "taskkill.exe could not be startet, because framedyn.dll was not found..." and a bunch of other error messages...
also the resolution remains at 640x480 (it should change to 1024x768 - thats what i entered in my winnt.sif), the manage your server wizard starts allthough i told it not to start in the winnt.sif file.
all that worked before. well, i guess i will have to wait until sp1 becomes final.
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so far it actually seems to work! thx!
but im really wondering what improvements they made to this file that im missing out on now...?
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Infra Red in windows 2003
in Windows 2000/2003/NT4
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to get infrared working you need to do the following:
.) go t this link: http://www.xnt.info/news.php?id=2591
.) youll see a bunch of russian text. search this text for a hyperlink, that points you there: http://leech.x-forum.info/leech.php?file=Irda2k3.rar
you cant click this link directly because external links arent allowed.
.) unzip this rar to a folder
.) point the device manager to it
.) have fun