mark strelecki

Take it from someone whose done over a thousand clean installs over the last twenty years: Disconnect any and all devices EXCEPT the keyboard, mouse and monitor, before booting up and running setup. No USB stuff, no printers, no external ANYTHING, especially drives! Set BIOS to boot from the HD you want as C FIRST. Be certain it has an ACTIVE partition, preferably occupying the entire drive. Then use whichever key gets you to the one-time boot menu (on my Dells it's F12, on my AMD box it's F11, etc.) to select the CD/DVD drive with the XP setup files. You'll only do this the one time, then let setup reboot to the HD after the initial textmode file copy. That's the way I do it and it's worked consistently, although your particular hardware environment may introduce other variables. After setup is complete, you can reconnect all that external stuff one device at a time and let them configure completely. Best luck to you, with greets from Atlanta, GA. USA.

That looks like a CPU ID to me.....

"QUESTION: On the new computer can I install the slipstreamed Windows Pro I've already made from one of the other boxed non-oem Windows XP Pro disks, then register that with Miscrosft using the COA from the Windows XP Pro OEM version (Dell)?" ANSWER: No. Product keys are specific to each version, so OEM keys will not work with non-OEM media. I learned this years ago while beta testing MS OS products. Do a Google search for details on the innards of a file called SETUPP.INI and see if that might help you a bit. Good to see you're making a grand effort to stay on the right side of the licensing fence. Good luck to you now and in the New Year.

There was a time (long ago, now) that I also removed LOTS of services and stuff when I made an nLite install DVD. But I discovered that it was very difficult to put something back after the fact, so I adopted a new approach. Simply turn OFF the services you think you don't want, and if there's a problem during testing/deployment, simply alter the settings of the service and go on about your business. Because I incorporate Bashrat's way-cool Driver Packs in my installation media, I long ago surpassed what could fit on a "lowly" CD and moved up to bigger and better DVD+R discs. This move made the removal of lotsa stuff from XP unnecessary (there was NO WAY I could get it all on CD-R), so I began merely turning stuff off (I do, however remove all foreign keyboards, 'cuz I'll never use 'em) and I get a working install every time. nLite has revolutionized the way we install and configure Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, and has singlehandedly extended the lifespan of this family by many, many years. Thank you, Nuhi. You are a godsend to the slaving masses of IT and techie personnel the world over. Oh yes. Merry Christmas to all, and happy holidays, too. Best wishes from a long-time nLite user in Atlanta, GA. USA.

Here are a few great resources to help you learn how to setup port forwarding on your new router: http://portforward.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_forwarding http://www.practicallynetworked.com/suppor...er_help_pg4.htm It will be of much better help to the rest of us who lurk and help if we knew the specifics of your hardware, make, model, firmware revision, etc. You can get a TON of helpful links by going to this Google search page: http://www.google.com/search?as_q=router+p...s=&safe=off Good luck, and remember to "pay it forward" by helping someone else along the way. Good night from Atlanta, GA. USA

Two things come to mind: The error message says the file has not been copied correctly - this could be a media issue and I have seen many CD/DVD read problems. Perhaps burning the disk at a slower speed will help, also consider cleaning the drive you're reading the disk on. The other part of the error says the file is not valid, meaning WFP (Windows File Protection) is at work preventing the use of your altered logonui. I usually build WinXP CD/DVDs with WFP turned OFF to avoid problems like this one. Logonui is one of the files you REALLY need to have a reason to modify - usually done to avoid authentication issues. Please tell us what your goal is in using a modified logonui file? Thank you and good luck.