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Umm... it takes all of 10 minutes to do the actual slipstreaming. Just keep your setup.ini and Unattended.mst files from the previous install and copy them back when you're done slipstreaming. Then throw the whole thing into 7-zip and let it chug away for a while... Without the compression itself, it takes about 10-15 minutes for me...Not to mention the space savings that you get by slipstreaming/compressing.

You wierdo... Maybe I should post the other half of the convo... Then we'll see who's really crazy here!!!!

Well... I guess I'm stuck with 5.6... I tried the standard 5.9 and the IGP 5.9 (both modded... wouldn't install otherwise) and no go. I just end up with an unreadable display.

I'd be an op!!! I spend most of my time during the day online...

Glad to be of help!

You just need to disable Simple File Sharing. In an explorer window, go to Tools->Folder Options->View. Scroll all the way down to the bottom in the Advanced settings box, and remove the check mark beside "Use simple file sharing (Recommended)". That should get you the security tab.

Sounds like a bum RAM chip. You could see if you can return it for another stick of RAM (if you bought retail).

Ah... that makes a bit more sense. Thanks prathapml. Those confusing commas and dots... different conventions for different parts of the world (although I should have figured that with xper being from Denmark). Tack så mycket, xper!

I thought that XPerties did the hosting for MSFN... I could very easily be mistaken however. 1.3GB... that's not that much at all! I suppose that comes from the fact that most community applications are hosted elsewhere and the attachments are limited in size.

Then there's the problem of cost. Everything that ripken204 needs he can do with the hardware and software that he's got.

Tsk tsk tsk... didn't you always learn to backup your registry before playing with it?

Just out of curiosity (XPerties can probably answer this the best), what kind of bandwidth does MSFN see per month? I'm not expecting to set anything up to match it any time soon. I'm just wondering what kinds of numbers to expect.

Deleting the drive letter doesn't affect the other installation. It just removes the means to access that drive from that installation. It's a Windows setting, not a hardware setting.

Thanks ripken204. I'll give that a shot... I just realized that I told Thauzar to get the Driverheaven Mobility Mobber V2.2... don't we all just wanna steal from Driverheaven Mobility?

Wait a sec.... If you go to Computer Management, right-click on the partition you want to hide and select Change Drive Letter and Paths.... Select the drive letter and click Remove. Click OK. You shouldn't be able to access the partition now since there is no drive letter. This only applies once you're in Windows, so at boot, you'll be able to access (and boot from) both partitions. And aren't you "The Hardware Guy"? Shouldn't you be able to get your dad a 500GB drive?

Nice work!!! Congratulations on the public attention! I'm sure that it'll be a big help to their sales...

Hmm... maybe I'll have to fire up VMware this weekend and see if I can reproduce it... to be honest, I haven't tried it myself, but considering that I've heard this from several different sources, I figured that it was worth mentioning. I'll let you all know how it goes. Absolutely! Anti-spyware does not just mean spyware removal. Most anti-virus programs are used to prevent viruses from ever infecting the computer in the first place, and secondly used to clean off an already infected computer. I'm sure you can see the parallel here.

Is it the browser or the network that's the problem? While it's hanging, can you still access the menus and options without any problems? If so, then it's a problem with your network settings. Try reducing the number of connections to a server and the total connections (under Tools->Preferences->Advanced->Network).

Another good thing to do... (takes a little bit more work though) -Set up 6 partitions and label them something like the following. DadXP DadDoc DadBackup SisXP SisDoc SisBackup -Install XP on each of the ***XP partitions. Install all the programs that you'd normally install on a base installation. -Change the drive letters in each so that the one side can't "see" the other. -Set up the ***Doc partitions to be mounted in the "My Documents" folder for the user in each installation. You'll need to delete everything there, since there's a hidden system "desktop.ini" file in the My Documents folder by default. -Use a backup program to create backup images of each XP installation into their respective ***Backup partition. -Make the backup program's bootable ISO and give it to them. -Give computer to them. Once that's all done, they'll each have their own installation, completely isolated from the other (well almost). If ever the need arises, you can just restore the backup image, and their documents will still be in the "My Documents" folder. I did something similar with my parent's computer. Nothing bad has happened thus far (touch wood).

A) Did you search? There are quite a few different hits for "missing system32 folder". B) Any more info? Just telling us that it's disappeared doesn't help us much.

Yup... I like how the developers participate in the forums there. It actually makes you feel like they care about what the people want.

Yes, that's another update required - LINK.But then, its not really a part of SP2 - its just an independant update - released almost a year ago. Nope, its not the CIW. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> So... by using ENFORCECACHE, the source files will be cached... unlike the common problem with administrative installs?

AFAIK, no common software (I know there are probably specialty tools) has direct access to the data within partitions on a drive. If a partition does not have a mount point (i.e. drive letter or empty NTFS folder) then there is no means of accessing the data inside (or writing data for that matter). Windows knows that the partition is there. Software doesn't. It would have to be very specific and sofisticated malware to infect non-running OS on another partition without a mount point... If you want to mess around with a third-party boot loader that will hide/unhide partitions on startup, go for it. If you're just concerned with preventing malware from spreading from one side to the other, then removing the mount point should be enough.

Wow... someone doesn't quite understand how cranes are supposed to work... I'm wondering what went wrong with the second lift truck... it seems like it's got the right design (outriggers and such).

Wow... I'm stunned. It's downloading FedoraCore4 (all 4 discs) right now at a limited 100kbps and using a total of 3MB (yes three) of RAM... I'm gonna keep a close eye on this one... if it runs for the week I'll be very happy.