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Happens on multiple systems so I don't think there is a hardware issue.

The Boot image is 254MB

Having issues loading stripped down version of Windows PE 2.0 on a WYSE V90L. Trying to PXE boot into it and it seems to start loading anyways and the "Windows is loading files" progress bar gets to 100% but hangs from there. I'm thinking it's a driver issue, but I am not getting any BSOD. Thin client has 512MB RAM, 512MB flash drive. Can anyone confirm that when drivers are missing the "Windows is loading files" screen hangs at 100%, or is it something else?

Updated to RTM bits and it has resolved my issues!

Ok, so I updated to RC1 bits this morning. Still having the same issues.

I havent tried to install a Vista or XP VM yet. There are 3 VM's: 2 are 03 Standard and 1 is 03 Standard R2. Having issues with all 3. I'll try to load an XP VM and see what happens. Is Microsoft accepting bugs from the general public on this or just their Beta testers?

1. How? I have automatic updates enabled on the SC install but I cannot find the MSU for RC1. 2. Yes, installed, reinstalled rebooted after uninstalling and reinstalled again to make sure. Still not helping.

Running Server 2008 Core w/ Hyper-V RC0 on an HP Proliant ML350 G5, 4GB ram, 2ghz Quad Core Intel. Primary use for one of the virtual servers is a WDS server, it seems to function really well. Configured another virtual server, standard 2003 server. Having issues with displaying websites, in particular websites with alot of graphics on the page. i.e. www.microsoft.com Seems to hang the virtual machine everytime. However, I noticed that the system itself isnt actually hanging. If I click on the scroll bar and drag it or click on minimize it will perform the action but not display it on the screen. This happens for both RDC and Hyper-V screens, and on all Virtual Machines. Loading Windows screens and browsing around the local system is fine, the performance of the WDS server is fantastic. Difficult to explain, wondering if anyone else has experienced these issues.

So I finally figured it out on my own. Basically I run 3 commands: net time /setsntp:<servername> net stop w32time net start w32time It's a little more complex than it needs to be but it works.

Is there a 3rd party app that can pull date/time settings from a server and automatically change the local system date/time? I vaguely remember seeing one before on a thin client but my mind doesn't seem to recall the name of that specific app. Portable would be better so I can run it from a network store. Basically the reason why I am trying to do this is so I can completely have a hands off PXE boot unattended install of Windows XP. This is the last step in the whole process and I cannot seem to get it..... any other workarounds would be appreciated

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Perfect! This is exactly what I was looking for, much appreciated

I want to strip my WinPE image down to as minimum as possible, maintaining support for imagex, diskpart, and networking support. Reason being is to try and get it to load as fast as possible. Everytime I strip out what I believe to be useless files the WinPE fails to boot. Any guides out there or already stripped down wim that I can download to save time?

I want to be able to update the date and time on a system automatically via a command line or vbscript. Currently I can update the time via a net time command, but this doesnt update the date as well. Is there a way to do this?

Only thing I can think of is to run a batch file with net use \\server\ipc$ /user:domain\user password and then execute a vbscript like the following: WSHNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\Server\Printer" Dim objPrinter Set objPrinter = CreateObject("WScript.Network") objPrinter.SetDefaultPrinter "\\Server\Printer" But you may want to check your printer permissions to make sure they're applied properly, it shouldn't be prompting you for credentials.

Not too sure if the next line would work for the newsid command, haven't got a box to test it on just yet. Can anyone confirm? Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Set objScriptExec = objShell.Exec("newsid /a " & strSerial)

Nice, thanks! This is what I have, now I have to figure how to put this result into newsid and I'm finished! Dim objWMI : Set objWMI = GetObject("winmgmts:") Dim colSettingsComp : Set colSettings = objWMI.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_ComputerSystem") Dim colSettingsBios : Set colSettingsBios = objWMI.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_BIOS") Dim objComputer, strSerial For Each objComputer in colSettingsBios strSerial = right(objComputer.SerialNumber,4) & UCase(MonthName(month(date),true)) & right((Year(Date)),1)

I want to be able to grab the serial number of the system with a WMI script and use newsid from sysinternals to assign a new SID as well as rename the computer. The computer name must follow the following format: XXXXMTHY Where XXXX is the last 4 digits of the serial number of the system MTH is the current month and Y is the current year. I have seen a few topics relating to this here, but haven't been able to completely accomplish it yet. Hardest part is grabbing just the last 4 digits of the serial number. Any help would be appreciated.