Takeshi

You haven't told us how your DVD is structured, what options there are, where the program installation files are etc. so we don't know really.

If it boots in one computer then the ISO is fine. The problem is reading the CDRW. Try another make of CDRW (preferably a good make) and burn using a low speed. Some drives are choosy.

That particular one seems to be related to IIS. The prompt is in Eng while XP is not. Strange.

Why is it Leo in ini and Leo Kent in the sif?

Both cost money. You got yours free but that in itself doesn't necessarily mean it's superior. So that's not a valid argument for the relative merit of the software. It's probably true that there're more users familiar with Ghost than Acronis so you're more likely to get help with the former.

1. I suppose this query is related to your previous? http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=79652 2. UnattendedInstal should be UnattendedInstall. 3. Please don't show your product key here. 4. The names are different in winnt.sif and oobeinfo.ini.

Acronis has a prettier interface when running in DOS mode compared to Ghost. You're already using Ghost 8.2, which is more advanced than Ghost 2003. Some say Acronis has better support for USB. For the average user, there's not much difference.

You're welcome. Since I'm not tech support staff I tend to think differently from them, only applying basic prinicples and common sense. I too suspect your HD has errors. Have you tried running chkdsk again? If it can't be taken out easily for further testing then you have to speak to Compaq about it.

Your problem is not due to WAU having been disabled - if that's the case you won't even see the error becuase WAU is not happening at all. XP Antispy is not going to help here. This utility only blocks some update features within XP; it does not get rid of malware. Not being able to install all updates via WAU is in itself not disastrous: you can try rebooting and let WAU redo itself and using WU or MU website or manually download the individual updates and install them. What seems to be the crux of the matter is why your PC had black screen in the first place. Since there's no info on this, we don't really know. During re-install, what you should really have done is to have an SP2 on CD ready and immediately apply SP2 after installation of XP before even connecting to the internet. This way, you're protected. Without the firewall protection and updates, your PC could be infected within seconds of connecting to the net.

I don't have a HD with just ext. partitions to test PM/Acronis but I think it's possible to do it. I just find it so strange to have only ext. partitions on a HD. If you don't have any data, it's best to delete and reformat. A quick format will do.

Many thanks! Much appreciated. I haven't heard of this util before. Will look into it further. One quickie: Does it restore automatically to the correct target partition, or do you have to specify where (like in Ghost)?

The versions I'm aware of are made using Chinese Trad XP. It's just a name the author uses. Since that's not legit, I'd rather not say anything more openly. But there's nothing really secretive about the methods used in making it. We're all on the learning curve somewhere and not understanding something happens to all of us sometimes. You can ask openly in the forum, that's what it's for. Many questions have been asked before, so search too.

Two things come to mind. 1. Even if that's possible, how would you unlock it if mouse and KB are disabled? 2. Why not the low tech method, just remove the mouse and KB, assuming it's a desktop?

1. There's lots of info on the internet. MS Windows XP Pro Resource Kit is a good source too. 2. Either start again in Windows or use PM/Acronis to convert it. The usual warning applies - backup.

Why are you trying to copy ntkrnlmb.ex_ to replace ntoskrnl.exe? It's not boot.ini problem. In any case, that's easy to fix with the bootcfg command. I don't quite follow why you can't run chkdsk without CD - the file is on the CD? Then would running chkdsk.exe from system32 directly work? I suppose someone can send you the NTOSKRNL.EX_ file - 946KB.

If you already have made an ISO with nLite, then the correct step to take is to burn the ISO directly, not make a bootable CD with another boot image. The ISO already has a boot image so you don't add another. In Nero 6, it's in Recorder > Burn Image. You don't know if the iso boots correctly until you actually try to boot it from a CD, or from a virtual machine using the iso directly.

NLite is only a tool you can use to make your own UACD. It's not mandatory to use it. There're versions of "Super XP" using Chinese Traditional Win XP SP2 but they're not legit and not related to nLite. Making such an unattended CD by itself is not illegal, as that's what we all do here for our own use, but distributing the CD en masse without licence is illegal.

Would you mind telling us how you launch the restore process once you boot into MS-DOS?

FYI, the stage the poster saw the screens (Welcome to Windows and subsequent screens) occurred after Finalizing Installation at T-1.

WFP does NOT protect the registry, only some other system files. What exactly is the Winsock error in the registry? I think it could well be your NIC or driver problem. During booting, Windows detects PnP devices and writes to the HKLM so it's just conceivable that hardware or driver is to blame. The other thing to do is, when IE has a problem, try another browser to see if it's confined to IE.

That limitation only applies to IIS (in practice it'd be <10 PCs) but not to third party programs, I think.

You can only have a max. of 4 primary partitions on a physical HD, or 3 prim and one ext or other suitable combo. In the extended partition you can have many logical partitions. Primary partition can be active or non-active. The two aren't the same. If you have four primaries, they can't all be active, can they? Think logically. The choice is yours. Data partitions can be prim or ext/logical. It doesn't really matter. A hundread people can reply with different set ups. There's no definitive answer. I have 3 prim and one ext on each of my HDs. You should have the first as primary. This way, you can always install an OS later without repartitioning.

What exactly is resetup? New reinstall? And why did you have to do it? You have to post the BSOD message, otherwise nobody here will know what it shows. It could very well be hardware problem but with the lack of adequate info even experts can't be sure about anything.

It's quite unnecessary to use so many tweaking and cleaning programs. Sometimes they cause more harm than good. They do not deal with device drivers and network which can significantly slow down booting. With your spec (you don't mean 512GB RAM!) you would expect good performance and without monitoring with Bootvis it's just a guessing game and further speculation would be pointless.

HKU and HKCU are the same registry hive; they map to one another. Read the UA Guide on the registry. In an unattended setting, you should use HKCU. Kindly consult these previous threads: there're more registry settings than what you've mentioned. http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...;hl=folder+view http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...;hl=folder+view http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...;hl=folder+view http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...;hl=folder+view