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I think he means that when a program installs it sometimes says effects/changes will not take place until next reboot. he therefore wants this to apply to whatever program asks for a reboot to sort of clear out any cashe temp files etc I think!

Bit more info the what who how etc you were doing to get the message would help a lot. unless someones cycic

You maybe chasing your tail ref the hardware issue Possibly. I seem to remember Overnet/eDonkey2000 causing me exactly the same issues as you seem to be having. does it not hang when these particular programs are not being run. you could try doing a fresh download and fresh reinstall just in case there is a corrupt file lurking around. hope that helps you

Hmmmmm You may be onto something there timeless. Could I ground the MOBO to the tower case with a bit of earthing shield - like in a eklectrical house installation? any other ideas to how one might check if a mobo works or not, some sort of bare bones test rig? what would be good? any help appreciated

I have had problems with PDu's. My rule of thumb is get the biggest wattage you can. My PSU fried only this weekend. I have found that DVD read writers use an increadable amount of power. I bought a 600w psu for £8.50 from an online shop e buyer shop (clue there!)

Kids just reported that pc won't start. I tried to start pc and nothing. so switched the psu supply off and on at the psu and wham bam a big flash. oh dear I thought, thats the psu fried. tried a known psu in the machine and absolute zip. is there any method if checking that the motherboard is goosed. This is the second motherboard in this pc case in 2 1/2 years. motherboards are/were MSI KT4v and KT6v or something like that. I have ordered yet another mobo and a 600watt psu anybody any ideas to check mobos working or not? I am now getting quite a collection to e-bay but not if they are dead! thanks

What coding have you used in your unattended file for the product key? you have to be careful with syntax I think win 2k uses productID= xxxx-xxxxx-xxx xx-etc but not 100% sure ( working from memory here) if that don't work then its the other syntax which my brain cells illude me at the moment can't access my unattended txt at the moment hope that helps EDIT: productkey = XXX etc is the other option

LOL I like the picture . I sometomes think my car has the same fuel gauge

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Thanks for all your help guys. my heart droped when I found out Elonex said M$ had stopped shipping M$ disks of XP. Well on to try the new stuff on XP then. Been running unattends with 2k up to now.

So would it be difficult to do then?

Well The good news is that I have just got me a new lap top with xp pro installed (by Elonex) the bad news is that the disk I got was a recovery disk - i.e. not an oem disk of xp pro. this make the difficult task of me seperating out the files so I can build a uanattended CD. I have attached a thumbnail of a snapshot of the disk. has anybody any experience of ripping a os system out of a factory issue disk. the documentation says that M$ are not supplying disks seperatly now..... any advice appreciated as to what files would be required to make a pucka disk. thanks

Bâshrat the Sneaky I just seem to acquire them! I have plenty more where that came from but will release them in the wild slowly. don't want to cause laughter injury. undeadsoldier Yes its a pity there isn't a video available

I recall a useful site Langalist or something which covers just that USB Boot article hope that the link helps.

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Have you ever used the useful feature called - S E A R C H the unattended guide is a good start. Unattende guide PS welcome to the forum

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Yes There cool. I would also like to know how you did it? Cheers