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I use a TP-Link PCI wireless card (TL-WN651G) and the software from TP-Link is useless. Not only is the driver horribly outdated, but the control panel app won't even install. If I were you, I'd dump the TP-link software entirely and just let Windows handle it. Win7 does an excellent job of wireless management. Plus you can backup and restore network profiles from the cmd prompt. The only downside is I no longer have a Super G connection, but a lan will never reach 54mbps, let alone 108mbps, so it doesn't really matter. *Just looked up your adapter. Apparently it's so new the Win7 driver is still in beta. Probably not supported at Windows Update then. You might be SOL until TP-Link updates the driver. This is why you should never be an early adopter of any technology.

Nvidia driver packages can be extracted with Winrar. From there, if you know which files your machine needs, you can delete all the ones it doesn't need, greatly reducing the size of the package. I also unpack/rename the files manually, then re-cab (driver.ex_) them to make them smaller. Works fine when installed from the $OEM$ folder structure. No install requires the Physx software, so it's entirely optional to keep or delete it's installer. I'm sure there's silent switches available for it. As for your Installshield cab files in your screenshot, you will need to extract the files in those cab files. Best way to determine what driver files you need is to install the driver package normally, then use a driver extraction tool to copy the installed driver files out. You could also dig through the .inf files and go by the list of files inside, but that doesn't always list every file. I use Driver Magician Lite for extracting installed drivers. http://www.drivermagician.com/Lite.htm People test drivers by installing their packages. It's the only way.

You're welcome. Since it's formatted NTFS, I'd have to say based on my experience with a Seagate external, the MBR will become corrupted seemingly at random. Try running some data recovery tools on it. I recommend GetDataBack NTFS. Not free, but worth the price if you need to recover important stuff. Just be aware that good data recovery efforts take a very long time.

In the \Program Files\Windows Media Player folder, there is one folder called Network Sharing, but it's empty and there's nothing else in the WMP folder. However, mplayer2.exe is in \Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player, but that's all. There is no \Windows\eHome folder. Check your pm for download link of my AutoUnattend.xml

Ok I get it now. Thanks.

Might be a stupid question, but going by the descriptions I posted, wouldn't it be simple to figure out which version one has?

Looks like you did it wrong then if yours didn't work. Here's how it's done in mine. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend"> <servicing> <package action="configure"> <assemblyIdentity name="Microsoft-Windows-Foundation-Package" version="6.1.7600.16385" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="" /> <selection name="Chess" state="false" /> <selection name="FreeCell" state="false" /> <selection name="Hearts" state="false" /> <selection name="Internet Games" state="false" /> <selection name="Minesweeper" state="false" /> <selection name="More Games" state="false" /> <selection name="PurblePlace" state="false" /> <selection name="Internet-Explorer-Optional-amd64" state="false" /> <selection name="MediaPlayback" state="false" /> <selection name="Printing-XPSServices-Features" state="false" /> <selection name="TabletPCOC" state="false" /> <selection name="Xps-Foundation-Xps-Viewer" state="false" /> </package> </servicing> The bold part prevents WMP, Media Center and DVD Maker from installing. If you want I can upload my AutoUnattend.xml somewhere and you can load it in WSIM to see exactly how I did it.

I tried to remove it but I kept getting an error and couldn't compile my image. I didn't remove WMP stuff from the .wim file. I simply prevented them from installing via AutoUnattend.xml

I get it now. From my experience with trying to remove those WMP context menu options in both XP and Win7, it's nearly impossible as WMP will constantly put them back whenever it's run. I would think this would hold true for editing them as well. This is part of the reason I took the shotgun approach and removed the offending app entirely.

XP has both the Enqueue and Play right click options by default, so I assumed Win7 would as well.

One of these might help remove those. There's other context menu tools around as well. http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shell_menu_view.html

Right click an mp3 and see your options. There should be 2 WMP options. I think one of them is what you want. I don't install WMP and related garbage anymore so I can't be sure.

Windows 7 N, K, KN, and E editions explained http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/07/23/w...mation-and-faq/

OS X uses a different file system (HFS+) than Windows. That's the source of your problem. This might work for you, as I understand HFS+ is just another name for the Ext2 file system. I could be wrong as I'm not a Mac or Linux user. http://www.fs-driver.org/ If that's not correct, then maybe this would do. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HFS_Plus#Windows

Wow, how did I miss that? Thanks.

There's currently no Win7 update lists for it though.

You need access to the Win7 machine. open Windows Update > View Update History It's all listed there.

Search microsoft.com with the KB numbers for each update you want to download, then manually download each one. I'm not sure you can do it from XP because some of the updates require you to run the GenuineCheck tool in order to get them. No idea if codes returned from XP will work for grabbing Win7 updates. I did this from Win7 for the same purpose and didn't have any problems.

Have you had any problems with a single key either suddenly quit working or act like it's stuck down? So far this has only happened while playing games. In my case, Thief 2, Fallout 3, and Modern Warfare 2 so far. I know of other people it's happened to in other games, and it's always on Win7. I think there's a bug in DirectX causing it, because when the game is exited, the problem is gone as well. Sometimes it stops on it's own too. Could be related to the mouse issue.

Looks like it sucks to buy hardware in Canada. At least you don't live in Australia. Have you seen the prices there? Insanely high, which is retarded considering most computer parts are made just a few hundred miles away. Even with the US dollar currently at less than 50% of it's value this time last year, and losing more, America still beats the rest of the world in electronics prices. Go figure. Odd that Newegg ships to Canada, but ChiefValue doesn't. Especially when it's the same company and the products come out of the same warehouses. I haven't shopped at TigerDirect in years because their prices are too high, but they are a reliable company. Never had a problem with them.

This tool is nice, but 2 things: 1. It will reject altered iso files, though some people claim otherwise. 2. It's completely unnecessary. Here's how to do it manually without some complicated drawn out method: 1. Format your flashdrive in NTFS using whatever method you prefer. cmd prompt or Drive Management will do nicely. 2. Open an elevated cmd prompt in the \boot folder of your iso or share. 3. Type: bootsect.exe /NT60 H: (where H: is the drive letter of your flashdrive, this step makes it bootable). 4. Copy the entire contents of the iso or share to your flashdrive. That's it. It doesn't get any easier for a manual method.

Which Intel quad? Because LOADS of them don't have VT. If I look at what's in stock at my usual place (ncix), under $200, there's only the Q8200, and that doesn't have VT (newegg doesn't have anything else to offer either). The Q8400 does, but it's $201.65 + taxes + shipping (so more like $230) I'm just not dropping 90% of the price of a i5 750 on a chip that's more like 3/4 the speed (less bang for the buck). I might as well sell my existing CPU/RAM/Mobo too, and get a i5 instead as it would basically cost the same. Then again, AMD has a decent quad with AMD-V for $100... You do, if you want to run a x64 guest OS. Also, your Q6600 has VT. I know my Q6600 has VT, never said it didn't. And if you look around, I'm sure you can get the Q6600, retail boxed, for under $200 new. Newegg had them this past summer for around $185 and it wasn't a sale price. I wasn't aware they no longer carry it. Though if the massive price hike of ram is any indication, that sub-$200 cpu price may not be around anymore. Wait till just after Xmas, when prices normally drop. TigerDirect currently has the Q6700 in OEM packaging for $199, and the Q9400 retail box for $180, both have VT. ChiefValue.com, which is a Newegg company and does ship to Canada, has the Q9400 retail box for $190 and the Q6600 OEM and retail box both for $200. Though they are currently out of stock on both. Of course these prices are USD, I'm sure they would be a little higher in Canadian dollars. Like I said, you just have to look around.

My Logitech MX400 has a mind of it's own sometimes as well. It was worse in XP though. I just put it down to Logitech's crap hardware, since I don't use SetPoint. I've got an original MS Intellimouse Explorer 3.0, 7 years old now and very well used, that I've done surgery on several times to replace worn parts in and it still works perfectly. But my 3 year old Logitech? Not so perfect.

Don't know about Canadian prices, but the Intel Core2 Quads can be had for well under $200 USD, retail boxed. As for running a virtual machine, you don't need a CPU with virtualization tech at all. That BS is nothing more than MS propaganda. Yes, a VM will run better with virtualization tech, but it's not necessary. I used Virtual PC, VMWare, and VirtualBox for several years on a Pentium 4 Northwood at stock speed (2.4ghz), 2 gigs ram and 32 bit XP Pro as host OS. VirtualBox ran the best of the three, but they all worked fine. I still use VBox on my current Q6600 rig with 6 gigs ram and Win7 Home Premium.

Unfortunately, HomeGroup is not compatible with any OS except Win7, so it's completely useless unless a network is comprised of all Win7 machines. Also HomeGroup was meant for average non-computer literate people who don't know how to manually set up a network. Since you don't have wireless in your network, you are fine.