[Get Disk Number From Drive Letter In CMD]

Silent I may be a little late for the party, but here is a snippet of a audit batch code that can be run

as non-admin for basic hard drive information.

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

~DP

 

@Echo Off

SetLocal


:: SYSTEM INFORMATION FOR LOCAL PRIMARY HARD DRIVE

::

:: ### HD MODEL: 

For /F "Tokens=2 Delims==\" %%A In ('WMIc DiskDrive Get Model /Value') Do Set HDModel=%%A


:: ### HD SERIAL NUMBER: 

For /F "Tokens=2 Delims==\" %%A In ('WMIc DiskDrive Get Serialnumber /Value') Do Set HDSerial=%%A


:: ### HD FREE SPACE: 

For /F "UseBackQ Tokens=1-2 Delims==" %%A In (`WMIc LogicalDisk Where^

 "DeviceID = '%CD:~,2%'" Get FreeSpace^, Size /Value`) Do If "%%B" NEq "" (

  Call Set _%%A=%%B)

Rem Set/a _FreePercent=%_FreeSpace:~,-3% / %_Size:~,-5%

Set/a _FreePercent=%_FreeSpace:~,-6% / %_Size:~,-8%

If %_FreeSpace:~,-6% lss 214748 (Set/a _FreeSpace=%_FreeSpace:~,-6%*9313/10000

   ) Else (Set/a _FreeSpace=%_FreeSpace:~,-6%/1074*1000)


:: ### OUTPUT:

Echo. Hard Drive Model: %HDModel% 

Echo. HD Serial Number: %HDSerial%

Echo. HD Free Space: Local Drive %CD:~,2% %_FreeSpace:~,-3% GB = %_FreePercent%%%^ Available

Endlocal

Pause>Nul

[Windows 8 and 8.1 Reg Tweaks]

Thanks Byte, does it also come with Uninstaller?

~DP

[new bootl anim issues]

Also here is the guide section for Wintookit from Wincert.net if you decide to go that route.http://www.wincert.net/forum/forum/192-win-toolkit-guides/

 

~DP

[WIN10 Set Default Programs silently unattended by command or script]

Yes your right it's way to long, IE kept crashing and freezing, you need to repost with a spoiler tag.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+do+a+spoiler+tag

~DP

[The weighing of the positives and negatives]

Windows 10 has been released and is upon us, I just don't see any reason to have to deal with it, ... yet.

 

 

I Second that motion!, I am perfectly happy with my present dual boot setup with Windows 7 and 8.1 and see absolutely

no need to jump ship for now just for the sake of having the newest OS.

~DP

[W10 answer file]

I have not done a ua install of W10 yet but normally I just specify the image name of the OS from the wim and add it to the image install section then value, here is example of 8 WMC that works for me.

<!--SELECT OS-->     <ImageInstall>       <OSImage>     <InstallFrom>       <MetaData wcm:action="add">       <Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key>       <Value>Windows 8 Pro with Media Center</Value>        </MetaData>     </InstallFrom>        </OSImage>     </ImageInstall>

[Windows 10 DEVELOPMENT]

removed as non test related..

 

~DP

[How can I clean install Windows 10 and activate it using W7 license?]

Good info guys, so bottom line is that you can't do a "offline activation" (unless Microsoft has made a provision for a phone activation) but must have a active working internet connection, similar to Office 2010 and above to connect to the MS servers.

~DP

[Windows 10 DEVELOPMENT]

Oh. I edit my posts too quickly to realize what you mean

http://i.imgur.com/VdcOmwA.png

 

W8 imageres.dll also still can be used for icons manually. Sweet!

http://i.imgur.com/1keD0Wc.png

Also if you don't want to mess with the imageres.dll file you could just add your own Windows 7 or custom desktop icons to that .theme file as your default as well.

~DP

[How to avoid being "upgraded to Win 10" against your will:]

Here is a batch script to "Stop the Windows 10 Upgrade Nag"

credit: http://www.intelliadmin.com/

~DP

Echo off:: Notes: Stop 10 Nag.cmd - Right-Click and Run as admin..:: Remove the "Get Windows Now" folder from update if found..taskkill.exe /F /IM "gwx.exe"takeown /a /r /skipsl /d Y /f "%windir%\System32\GWX" && icacls "%windir%\System32\GWX" /grant administrators:Frobocopy "%windir%\System32\GWX" "%windir%\System32\GWX_Old" /Ermdir /s /q "%windir%\System32\GWX":: Disable "Get Windows 10 Upgrade Nag" message..reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Gwx /v DisableGwx /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

[Windows 10 DEVELOPMENT]

This build is not intended for working computer. If you don't know how to install it then don't use it.

Yes its always been the case to:

1. Install Only on a test machine

2. Install Only if you know what the heck your doing and don't wine if you don't and it's not working.

Sure there will be a installer in the future for those that don't want to deal with the manual install method..

~DP

[Different Caption Buttons for Windows 10]

That was one of his custom Theme Atlas files for build 10041, which one is any ones best guess.

http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/170233-aero-glass-themeatlas/

 

~DP

[Windows 8.1 unattended install fails, could not parse. Very frustrated]

Call me the FNG if you wish, I've been called worst.

 

So far a few test runs and no issues so far. I know that Win8.1 is different, wouldn't think it would handle an option like that so much differently than Win7.

 

Once again I appreciate all the help.

If you have a Working .xml file now perhaps you can post it here so that it may help others with similar issues.

 

~DP

[Script In Vbscript]

Perhaps this script from code project may help as well.

http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/191892/How-to-find-current-location-based-on-the-IP-addre

 

~DP

[Aero Glass for Win8.1+ 1.3.1]

 

Hello to everyone! First of all  I would like to say thank you bigmuscle for such a great product!

But there is a little issue with it when i use it with a win8rp theme(http://www.glass8.eu/themes/win8rp.png) which is displayed on the screenshot.

Pic:http://imgur.com/rmq9P2r

 

This artefact is only observed in "Mobility Center" window. With win8cp and win8rtm themes its all looks good! Does anyone also have this issue?

Aero Glass for Win8.1+ v1.3.1 and Win 8.1 x64.

 

 

This is known problem. That's why this theme on my page is called "Sample (unfinished) theme". If someone has fully working TP a CP atlas theme for Win8.1 and Win10, I'll be glad if he sends them to me and I will update the links.

 

How about this one I've been using? 

 

Looks better, just wish we could get rid of that title bar text   glow.

 

~DP

[Aero Glass for Win8.1+ 1.3.1]

Guys, any idea how to deactivate my key and regenerate new one? My HDD died on me and had to replace it but then the key is not accepted as you know.

 

Thanks for all the help and big thanks for bigmuscle of course.

 

EDIT:

I found the page to do it and deactivated my two keys already. Unfortunately, I have to wait 30 days   ... 

Well for continued support of the Aero Glass project you also could just donate again and not have to wait the 30 days.

 

~DP

[Windows 10 can only see part of my network]

Have you tried any of the 3rd party network scanner tools?

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wifi_information_view.html

 

~DP

[Windows 10 can only see part of my network]

My first suggestion would be to update your Dlink drivers.

 

~DP

[++ Windows 10 Tips, Tricks and Tweaks ++]

It's a AccuWeather widget that I have been using since Windows 7 from a Dell machine that works in Windows 8 and 10 and uses a registry run file at boot-up.

 

~DP

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]"AccuWeatherWidget"="\"C:\\Program Files\\AccuWeather\\accuweather.exe\" \"C:\\Program Files\\AccuWeather\\start.umj\" --startup"

[Is Windows 10 now ad-supported ?]

^^ That sounds promising. How do you do it?

 

--JorgeA

When using Win Toolkit look under the 'Advanced' tab then the 'Component Removal' button.

 

~DP

[Is Windows 10 now ad-supported ?]

Now that Microsoft is moving to free upgrades to Windows 10 rather than charging for the OS we now will have a ad supported OS with all pre-installed metro apps, that is also a big reason why they are pushing us to all have Microsoft accounts rather than local accounts so we will be forced to used ad supports apps to make up the difference for loss revenue.

 

~DP

[Aero Glass for Win8.1+ 1.3.1]

Well at least the op said 'Thank You' which is better than a lot of first timers that join forums looking for answers and once found we never hear from them again.

 

~DP

[Aero Glass for Win8.1+ 1.3.1]

Sometimes the 'Solution' to the problem is the Most Important!

~DP

[Feature requests]

You could also add the GUI Utility to your Aero Glass setup for additional tasks options which presently includes the shiny atlas and access permissions.

~DP

[Windows 8.1 unattended install fails, could not parse. Very frustrated]

Post your autounattend.xml file with code tags if your doing unattended install.
~DP