Nakatomi2010

Being as how I was running XP x64 edition I figured I'd install Vista x64 edition on my gaming rig at home... Problem is that I can't seem to find a functional audio driver, its pretty much the last component I need a functional driver for... I tried the ones on Creative's site, but apparenty since they were made for build 5231 they don't wanna work... I also tried the modified drivers from ngohq, but those didn't work either..... Thoughts? It's an Audigy Platinum....

I want to convert my work machine from XP to Vista so I can get used to the interface, it's not a corporate machine, its built and maintained by me and it'll leave with me when I leave, since it was paid for by me. Anyways... I use Norton Ghost to do drive backups through a USB hard drive connection, this version of Ghost comes bundled with Norton Systemworks Premier, problem is Vista says it's in compatible and wont let me install it. ONLY want to install the Ghost component from it, nothing else... Is there a way for me to turn off the program compatibility thing?

Virus and/or spyware, boot the computer into safe mode with networking and go to http://safety.live.com and run a virus scan, get Ad-Aware and run a copmlete spyware scan...

I recommend not direct linking to torrents of copyrighted software, could end up with a ban...

There a few different variants of XP CDs and keys are designed for em', so the sticker is for an XP OEM CD, to verify what CD you have open up the EULA.txt and scroll to the very bottom of the document and look for what version the CD is, it'll say OEM, VLM or RTL, if it's OEM then there's probably an issue with the CD, if it's VLM then you need an OEM disc, or rather modify the setupp.ini file so that it says it's an OEM disc... The other way to check is DURING the install when it asks for the product key there should be a picture of a COA, an orange sticker or a little blurb about contacting your Sys Admin for the key...

Just found out today an interesting little tid bit from a customer who had his XP disc but not the product key, if you call Microsoft and read them a series of numbers off the CD (Example: X10-xx5xx (NM xx) xx Where ALL characters could be different) it's on the inner portion of the hologram just outside the clear section on the bottom they'll give you either a replacement key or a new key.. Since I don't have an original I can't confirm which one, but it IS a method of getting a key if you still have a disc... The customer owns an XP Upgrade disc... So I can't vouch for them all nor do I have the 1-800 number he called...

I'd recommend a VMWare install, or DOSbox

Short answer? No Long Answer? Nope. The product key and activation is what shoots this plan in the foot. Closest thing I've been able to do is create an AIO-DVD which allows me to install any XP flavor in about 45 minutes to an hour, 30 minutes to 45 minutes without software installs... I recommend getting Bashrat's driver pack and making an XP Pro DVD with all the drivers on it using Method 1 (Quickest Method when using 1 OS on a disk) and also regularly updating the CDs driver packs and such using RyanVMs update packs... A little more mainteance than some people want, but the fastest method really, as far as I know

I'll most likely be beaten into submission for this, but on my machine the slipstreaming process takes less than a minute... Typically between about 50 and 56 seconds... Though my machine IS a dual core, prior to the change it took about an average of 2 minutes

And a gloriously pretty priority its becoming too I might add...

I use an AIO-DVD of ym wn creation to shorten down the install times of Windows XP, I remake it every month whenever RyanVM releases his new update packs, I also integrate his WMP10 update pack... Recently I hda a customer who uses Napster 2.0 and was unable to acquire their licenses, after some time doing diagnostics I was finally able to determine that my DVD was the issue ater we did a traditional install.... I spoke to Napster for 90 minutes and we could not figure it would, and hence the traditional reinstall that fixed it... I only used nLite to automate the installs and remove extra directories, and small superficial appears modifications, such as 'Show hidden files and folders' and such... Was wondering if anyone has run into this before... The ONLY time I run into this DRM issue is when I use my DVD... Thoughts?

What I've found in my techie type work is that if you have a product key for an XP Upgrade disc it also works on XP Full Retail discs, meaning that if you just stick XP Full Retail then you needed worry about the upgrade part since the key works on it's full version counter part...

Ghost does not always work, even if you try Fixboot and fixmbr... Hell there are times that doing either of those causes the drive to become blank... My process allows me to manually copies files from drive A to drive B, however the important thing about Ghost is that it also copies the boot sector, which my method doesn't, so I need to be able to create the NTFS boot sector required to make 2k/XP work... I'm NOT doing it through the recovery console, I'm doing it from within a BartPE Windows...

Ready to help out chief...

Try a Knoppix CD, it might be able to see the files on the partition... Another option would be to get a hold of one of those Windows 98 floppies that has NTFS capabilities on it and run NTFSCHK from it.. Worked for me in the past, though my circumstances were a bit different... I was getting NTFS.SYS errors.... Still, worth a shot...

Oddly enough 'fixboot' isn't present when run WinPE, any idea which CAB file it's in so I can grab it?

Ther's a more user friendly way of doing this... The UBCD4Windows has a Registry Restore wizard that'll do the above FOR you with about 5 or 6 clicks... Other thing is you can use like ERD Commander 2005 or or something, do NOT mount the registry, and do all the copying and renaming from there... It's what I do.. Not nearly as much typing.... Go BartPE! See my sig for my Windows XP Solutions DVD makeup.... Quick addendum here... As a technician I see that error fairly frequently... NORMALLY it's caused by a failing hard drive, so I'd recommend getting something like PowerMax 4.09 and running a scan on your drive, if it fails Ghost it THEN repair....

There have been cases where when I can't Ghost a system so I begin a Windows XP install on a system and then boot into a PE when it reaches the GUI phase (After the boot sector is created)... I know I can use Diskpart to create the partition at a command prompt, and use XCopy to copy the contents of a drive, so I was wondering how to go about creating a boot sector from a PE would be done through a command prompt... My hope is to eliminate the need to have to do the "Install XP" step and just do everything in one fell swoop...

Not really...

I use the XP disc myself.... Lets the install go faster too... Just don't forget to hit F6 at the beginning of the setup to install your SATA drivers (This would need to be done either way)

I've got a computer here at the store I work at and I'm having some issues with a copy of Napster installed on the system (The legal variant). Basically, I run Napster on the machine, try to play a preview of the file and it says "I need a license because of this retarded DRM crap", so I say "Alright, go fetch", but when it comes back it's opened the license as a text document... Or whatever it was trying to open... How do I tell Windows to stop doing that?

My Media Machine is at home, I want to be able to stream movies to work from home.... I believe I've found a solution.... I'll modify first post...

So, I've got a whole host of files on my media center machine that just sits there during the day... I can do a "Poor Man's" streaming audio server by doing an RDP to the machine and playing MP3s through it's Media Player, but my issue is that I want to be able to stream video... RDP doesn't alot the bandwidth needed to do it.... So.... Basically what I'm wanting to do is install something that'd allow me to get an "on demand" streaming server, where I can "navigate" the files and pick and choose what I want to watch... At the same time, I guess I'll need to know if doing this would mean having to re-encode all my .avi's to .wmv's or if .avi is streamable...? Edit: I believe I've found a solution.... Stand By for a How-To update... I'm ont good at these, so I apologize if it's not very clear... [How-to] The required software can be found at this link, it is a link to something known as Unreal Media Server, from there you click on the download button and download 1. Unreal Media Server and 2. Streaming Media Player... If you wanted to be able to stream live TV from a TV Tuner card then get 3. Unreal Live Server. If you're planning on streaming to a Pocket PC, or something running Windows CE then download 4. Streaming Media Player for Windows Mobile 5.0 OS devices. If you want to install Unreal HTRPProxy.msi you'l need to install IIS first. (I'm not going to go through this one since I'm not usig it) Once the Unreal Media Server is installed start the Media Server Configurator and do file>New Virtual Folder and select the locations of the media you wish to stream. Name the virtual folder, but make it something easy to remember as you'll need that name later on. Also set the delivery method you want (Unicast or Multicast), the type of user you want to allow access (Below is how to create the user account) and the authentication method you want required to be able to access that folder... Click Ok and we're done here. Next, unless you want to allow everyone access to the server click File>Properties and change the Default Authentication Method to Internal Authentication (Well, I chose this one, you can use which ever), then in the Add Users bos click on Add, type in your user name, password and if you like a description, also select the group you'd like the user to be a part of make a note of the port it's using so you can configure your router to forward it if needed. Click Ok and we're done here. That should be it for configuring the server. Client side, install the Streaming Media Player, run it and open it, and click on View>Options... relect whether or not you want it to buffer, Click Ok, and click on File>Play Remote File or Playlist or Live Source and tell it the IP, protocol and virtual folder you're trying to open. When typing in the virtual folder (If you selected Remote File) you'll need to type in a specific location. Example: Virtual Folder\sub folder\media.avi Should be as easy as that.... Sorry if it's not entirely clear... Ask and I'll try to clear things up... I'm not a very technical person so I don't know extreme specifics of things... Also, my initial testing is using my in home network.. Wont be able to tell if it really does work over the internet till I get to work a little later... Everything I seen, done and tested though indicate that it should....

Why not slipstream SP2 into your XP CD?

What's preventing you from being able to access the Administrator account? I know that if you log off of your current account and are sitting at the welcome screen if you hit ctrl+alt+del twice in a row it'll switch to a classic Windows 2000 login prompt where you can type in Administrator and get access that way... Though it doesn't work in Home Edition.... If it's a password problem you can do a search for an NT Password removal utility which boots of a floppy and allows you to remove passwords from other accounts....