Takeshi

If Windows cannot start normally you have an option to use the Last Good Configuration on the advanced menu. You can roll back the drivers. Omega drivers are unofficial drivers for ATI. I don't know if they include the stuff for the AIW TV-capture and MMC. I just use the official ATI ones. I had enough trouble getting the TV-capture and MMC to work without complicating the issue with Omega and nLite.

You got the idea now but like everything you have to try it out yourself. If you product key is "incorrect" then Mini-Setup will still ask you.

It would help greatly if you could outline what you really want to achieve clearly and some details about the domain setup (assuming it's a domain). You started off with a command script and a casual mention of remote computer. Then you came up with a VB script but still asking about "how to write a a reg file and run it through a batch file".

I've yet to try it but this Linux PE looks impressive. However, http://dvdgen.windowsdream.com/dvdgen/features.html AFAIK, MUI cannot be installed to XP HE. Have you had any luck?

Tested in XP Pro SP2 En in VMWare. Folder destination works. The first version had the same problem as post #2 when d/ling Windows Installer 3.1, even when the exe executes from C:\. V. 060117 also had a problem here, but different error (as shown). Two questions here: 1. I suppose this tool will need to be updated monthly in line with the current list? 2. For different lang versions, is that just the GUI, or the actual downloads (but the links would be different)?

The normal method is to put the product key in sysprep.inf if you don't want users to enter the key manually.

From what I see on the website, the DVD boots into a kind of Linux PE to install Windows. http://dvdgen.windowsdream.com/dvdgen/features.html

If regedit has been disabled by your Administrator (DisableRegistryTools =1) the old import reg trick to reset it to 0 (from Win9x) would NOT work in WinXP. You have to reset it using GP editor (XP Pro) or reg.exe/vbs or other tools etc. Or install this inf to delete it - there's no point in setting the policy to 0 (the last key entry should be one line): [Version] Signature="$CHICAGO$" [DefaultInstall] DelReg=Del.Settings [Del.Settings] HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Policies\System","DisableRegistryTools" The folder option policy is also set in GP: you'll find it under User Config... or in regedit: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Policies\Explorer\ NofolderOptions

FF 1.5 wants to d/l it but picked up immediately by F_Secure.

You don't need qchain for (some pre-SP2 and) all post SP2 hotfixes.

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?s=&sho...ndpost&p=440612

It's a bit complicated in that you've to set icon view AND as default to all folders. http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=48050&hl= When I tried it with Regshot it found another key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Defaults] "{F3364BA0-65B9-11CE-A9BA-00AA004AE837}" So see what you find...

Thanks jcarle! It'd make sense. Before asking here, the only uneasiness or hesitation I have starting straight from VB.Net is that most books on VB.Net or newer versions that I've seen assumes you know some VB.

It'd have been better to report this and ask Zxian to move the post directly there. Now there's a double post: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=65380

Spybot S&D also has immunize tool so use it alongside with Spyware Blaster. There's nothing wrong with System Restore per se in a clean computer. I've said it before, user vigilence is the most important factor among all of these measures.

In regedit: highlight HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE File > Load Hive Navigate to: system32\config\ and pick your hive. Don't forget to unload it afterwards.

If it's a dual boot system (as opposed to two separate machines) you can just boot into XP (assuming you can do that) and load hive (HKLM and HKCU only) from within regedit. That's the easy part. The difficult part would be to know what to change back. (I assume you've tried Last Good Config.)

Thanks a lot RogueSpear for your advice!

I've no programming skill and wish to learn VB.Net: do I need to learn VB 6 first from scratch before turning to VB.Net? I've seen the latest Visual Basic 2005 Step by Step book from MS Press but it doesn't look like a beginner's book. And likewise, do I need to learn C++ before Visual C++.Net? Any suggestions would be welcome. Thanks.

Thanks Vadikan for digging up the old threads. Worth further study... I think that's since been addressed.

Why do people still refer to "corporate" version of Win XP when it should be VL?

On my PC Spyware Blaster only writes to the current user's profile: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\Domains and not HKLM nor anywhere else (except HKU\S-1-5-21-SID, the same as the above), not even other users' HKCU. So why not just try the standard practice: importing HKCU at T-12? To test if it works or not, install SpywareBlaster afterwards and it should tell you if it's immunised or not.

already double posted there: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=64699

Systeminfo will say which NIC is Local Area Connection. That's the only command that I find will say that, even wmic nic list (and other wmic parameters) won't. Perhaps you could use both. (Getmac is already available in XP).

Use RegShot to capture the reg changes.