InTheWayBoy

That's the code...I've seen that in a ton of batch files, seems to work just fine. As per the %CDROM% usage in VMWare, that's very curious...there isn't a default variable for that, maybe you had the same kinda script running elsewhere that set that up for you.

Here's a list of a bunch of em: http://home.earthlink.net/~rlively/MANUALS/ENV/INDEX.HTM But you won't find any CD variable in their. You can do a little scripting and set one up though. Most of the time people have the script find a certain file that is on the cd, and then script will bind whatever drive letter it finds to the CD variable you make. You have to check all the drives, as a CD could be anything. I don't use that though, so I don't have any code for you. I'm sure someone here will.

Excellent...I'll get with you on Monday then and we'll bang that out.

Could this be an issue with RAID? Some RAID configs (RAID5) have a slow write, but a faster read...just a thought.

I use this program: http://www.robertenfemke.nl/~diskclean/ I have setup it up to clean everything out...all the user has to do is launch and then click a button. You can take it a step further and include it in a startup script where it will run silently. I don't know if it will handle every user profile, but it might...I used to be a PC Tech...now Network Admin so my focus has changed a little. Good luck!

Never mind, it doesn't support it either. As I understand it you might be able to convert the partition back to a basic disk, but I don't know how that works or if it requires you to erase the data first.

Partition Magic doesn't support Dynamic Disks...you'll need to use a different application. I think Acronis Disk Director works...

Good call on the %ALLUSERSPROFILE% typo

I didn't see it at first, but if you turn the remote 90 degrees counter-clock wise, it's very similar to the old school NES controllers...D-Pad and two buttons...sweet! And I can't wait to slice-n-dice with this bad boy...lightsaber/sword battles are gonna friggin rule! Only downfall I can see is calibration and all the issues that come with that.

Even so, you should still look into some form of backup for WPI, as the next time you might not be so lucky...my offer still stands for the off-site backup. I have two servers maintained by two seperate companys, so it would be very redundant.

C:\Documents and Settings\inthewayboy>shutdown /? Usage: shutdown [-i | -l | -s | -r | -a] [-f] [-m \\computername] [-t xx] [-c "c omment"] [-d up:xx:yy] No args Display this message (same as -?) -i Display GUI interface, must be the first option -l Log off (cannot be used with -m option) -s Shutdown the computer -r Shutdown and restart the computer -a Abort a system shutdown -m \\computername Remote computer to shutdown/restart/abort -t xx Set timeout for shutdown to xx seconds -c "comment" Shutdown comment (maximum of 127 characters) -f Forces running applications to close without warning -d [u][p]:xx:yy The reason code for the shutdown u is the user code p is a planned shutdown code xx is the major reason code (positive integer less than 256) yy is the minor reason code (positive integer less than 65536)

Glad to help...I hope you didn't take it as being rude, I just like people to know how easy it is to find things sometimes. On the flip-side, certain search keywords can be a real pain, so I usually don't bother being childish about it.

Try this: del /Q /F /S /A "%UserProfile%\locals~1\temp\*.*" del /Q /F /S /A "%UserProfile%\locals~1\Tempor~1\*.*" You're getting the error because %UserProfile% = C:\Documents and Settings\User, and since there are spaces in the path you need to enclose with "" As for your goal, I can't see an easy way to do it for all users...just the current user. The All Users profile doesn't contain any temp files, so you don't need to worry about that.

Since it's not a built-in function yet, you'll need a third party application to handle that...I found this with a quick google: http://forums.techguy.org/archive/t-386207.html Sounds like it's what you want...good luck!

Also, since the WPI files aren't that big I bet we could setup an online backup system...I have two servers with more than enough space to handle that, I could make you some upload scripts even if you can't be bothered with manually uploading via FTP.

Yeah...the freezer trick does work...at least for me, I've tried it about ten times and it's worked about 33% of the time. Too bad on the drive...does it even power up anymore? Is it clicking? Does the BIOS say it's screwed? If it powers up and it's not clicking, then you have a good chance of salvaging data without needed to spend thousands...yes, thousands...of dollars. If you like, you could send it to me and I'll take a crack at it. I have a ton of software tools from my previous job as an onsite tech that would help out. I also have a spare 40GB HD, but I can't just give that one away...if you could get together enough to cover the cost + shipping it's yours. Cost of the drive was $40...shipping should be around $5. And I would include some blanks so we don't run into this again. Oh...I see the last line now...it doesn't spin up...****, that is usually fubar. Unless you try the circuit board replacement idea. What is the drive manufacturer, model, and size?

Not always...most installers allow you to silently install by adding extra commands to the install. So for instance if you're installing Nero, and the install file is nero.exe you would normally just double-click it to install. But, if you want to install it silently, then you would add extra commands at the end like this: nero.exe /SN=1111-2222-3333-4444-5555 /WRITE_SN /SILENT /NO_UI /NOREBOOT /NOLICENSE Each "/" is followed by a command...all of these are determined by the people who made the setup, so you have to research and find out what commands are avalible. You can use the search feature here and find most everything with a little bit of leg-work. The next question is to figure out how you want to execute that. You could simply put that line in a batch file and run that, or you could use one of the several methods indicated in the Unattended Guide that will allow you to accomplish the same thing.

Probably...usually those files you are talking about are the previous file before the update. That way you can attempt to uninstall hotfixes/service packs, although I still don't trust that.

Maybe: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=170086

Well, if it is controlled by the chipset, then you would normally do that in the BIOS. But I've never seen that setting in any BIOS I've ever touched, and I've seen almost all of them. It looks more like this was an idea that really never got supported, or just kinda fell through the cracks. If your board is an Intel 81x class chipset then it's quite old. I think you're probably never going to get it enabled, and even if you do by now it can't be that big of a speed improvement or everyone would be doing it. Not that you shouldn't try, but at some point you just gotta give up...Good Luck!

I see...well then I'm wrong

You can buy 900MB CDR's...but since they aren't standard you have to watch out for many things: 1. Will the burner support it? Maybe 2. Will the software support it? Nero will 3. Will the reader support it...this is the trickiest part, as many lasers seem to stop well before the 800MB limit, let alone 900MB. 4. They are even more fragile, as you are essentially burning to the edge, which means if you drop the CD and smash an end it's probably fubar. Your best bet is to look into a DVD, or maybe throttle back all the extra files...I haven't seen a BartPE CD that big in...well...ever!

I may be wrong, but I don't think you need to keep the original image if you do a riprep image...but again, I may be wrong. One thing I ran into was using a riprep image on different hardware. In particular, I was trying to load a riprep image that was made on a dual CPU machine (HyperThreading is considered dual CPU) onto a single CPU machine. It just doesn't work...different HALs. Could this be an issue you're running into?

Here's the post of was thinking of...this is for the RDP: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=53757&hl=

Yeah, the RDP on WinXP is limited to one user...I remember seeing someone mention there are hacks that can allow up to three connections, but that's a hack so it's not official. Also, I seem to remember hearing that with SP2 that you can have one using the computer locally and one via RDP...are your clients at SP2?