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Either install this driver from Microsoft (use the link at the top to request it, you will get an e-mail with a download link), or install the drivers for your onboard soundcard, most HD soundcard drivers already contain this driver from Microsoft. Or you can update to SP3 (probably the best solution).

Try to run the defragmenter under the SYSTEM account (through scheduler), even if you run as an administrator, you still have no access rights to system restore files/folders.

Replacing ntoskrnl.exe is a bad practice, use the boot.ini /KERNEL= switch instead. Also, for multiprocessor machines the boot screen is not ntoskrnl.exe, but ntkrnlmp.exe, if you have a single processor and more than 3GB of RAM it's ntkrnlpa.exe and for MP with more than 3GB it's ntkrpamp.exe, so if you really need to replace the file, first check which you have to replace. Now for the boot.ini part, it's simple: This is how a standard boot.ini looks like: [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINXP [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINXP="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut This is how you have to modify it to change you bootscreen: [boot loader] timeout=3 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINXP [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINXP="Microsoft Windows XP Professional (MOD)" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut /Kernel=bootmod.exe multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINXP="Microsoft Windows XP Professional (BACKUP)" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOutSimply copy the OS line to another line (as a backup), change the description to your liking (but use only ASCII characters), add a /Kernel=xxxx.exe switch, where xxxx.exe is the name of your modified kernel, be careful, it has to be a short name (max 8+3). Also change the timeout value to some short interval, don't change it to 0, so that you can simply switch back to the original kernel in case of problems. Now copy your modified kernel to system32 and give it the same name you specified after /Kernel=. This is safer than a direct overwrite and it's actually the same way TuneUp does this.

What I like: 1. Tabs What I don't like: 1. No highlighting (green - downloaded, yellow - missing, gray - ignored, perhaps even highlighting or XX/XX stats for tabs?) 2. Everything is selected by default (should only select missing and unignored files) 3. No way to select whole category (add a check box in the header?) 4. Not enough space for update description 5. Too small and nonresizable window What should be added: 1. A checkbox to permanently ignore a particular update, even if it's accidentally selected for download a bit OT (UL file related): 2. .NET Framework 3 and 3.5 3. Windows Installer 4.5

Compared to previous versions, NAV 2009 is great, they fixed most of the glitches and it has a completely new installer/uninstaller that actually works, it still leaves behind some traces on uninstall, but nothing that would break your system. Detection rate is among the best and resource usage was also lowered, but it's still more on the heavy side. Re NOD32: Forget about it, it still has excelent detection rates, but once something slips past it, it's useless, can't remove most of the current viruses and forget about any protection against rootkits. They need to come up with a new engine that would be able to handle current forms of malware. In the past few weeks I had to clean a lot of PCs with NOD that had been completely taken over by some variant of Vundo/Virtumonde that used rootkit to hide part of its files, NOD was able to detect and remove the visible files, but could not remove the hidden part, so the virus always reinstalled itself. In the end I cleaned it using the standalone antirootkit tool from avast (you can find it on their beta forums), they use the same engine in latests builds of 4.8 version of their antivirus (and unlike the standalone tool, it's not beta anymore), so if avast was installed on those machines, it would be able to clean it. Just for reference : Treatment of active infections (use google translation)

What program, I didn't found any working program when I searched it myself. All the programs I tried had horrible conversion to 8bit colors.

Well, depending on how this so called 'variable' is handled by the code in tcpip.sys, such a (insanely) large value could very well break your system. A value around 50 is more than enough, most (home/ADSL) routers can't handle even that, so you are really going overboard.

It would be nice if the "Remove unlisted files" feature was changed to something like "Remove superseded updates". The way I think this should work is to add a <superseded_updates> section to the UL file. After activating this option, WUD should only delete files listed in this section. This will prevent accidental deletion of files unrelated to WUD and allow us to store WUD updates together with manually downloaded updates, that are not listed in the UL file (or even Windows Update site, there are quite a few of those - ~30 for XP and 12 for WMP11) and still automatically keep the list free of superseded updates.

1. install TuneUp Utilities, apply the bootscreen and restart 2. go to System32 and copy TUKernel.exe somewhere else (ie. to Desktop) 3. now you can uninstall TuneUp Utilities (do this before you continue and don't forget to restart) 4. copy your saved TUKernel.exe back to System32 (you can also rename it but it has to be ANSI max. 8+3 name) 5. open boot.ini in notepad, copy the line with your default boot entry to a new line (to have backup), add /kernel=TUKernel.exe (or if you renamed it /kernel=new_name.exe) on end of the first enry (bee very careful when editing boot.ini, if you screw up your windows wont boot) and set some minimal timeout so you can switch back to the default kernel if anything goes wrong example of modified boot.ini: [boot loader] timeout=3 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINXP [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINXP="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /Kernel=TUKernel.exe multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINXP="Microsoft Windows XP Professional (original kernel)" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

1. create a new bar on the taskbar (Links for example) 2. drag it to desktop to undock it (it will change to a panel, you have to undock it as it won't work otherwise) 3. now you can add the address bar (rightcklick on the undocked panel) 4. drag the newly created address bar to taskbar

This might be useful - Windows Installer Scripting Examples, there is also other info, actually a lot of info, msi is quite complex. All the scripts are in the Windows SDK, unfortunately, I don't know about any commandline tool able to do the same thing.

If you apply the bootscreen using TuneUp Utilities, it will create it as an exe file - TuKernel.exe - in system32, as it doesn't replace ntoskrnl or use a custom driver, but it uses the boot.ini /KERNEL switch (just check boot.ini when TuneUp Utilities is installed and you applied your bootscreen).

It worked for me.

So, I just installed SP3 and the address bar is still there. But there is one catch, you can't add it directly to taskbar (it's not in the context menu), you have to create a new separate panel (ie., not docked in taskbar), right click on it and behold - Address option is there. After you create it you can move and dock it into taskbar.

Can someone post a working link for KB946665 XP x86, all I get from MS is a file with correct size, but full of 00 (if opened in Hex editor).

On my system I get this error: Epsilon.IO.Archival+ArchiveProcessException: An error occurred while extracting files from "System.Byte[]" ---> System.IO.IOException: Proces nemůže přistupovat k souboru (process cannot access the file) D:\WXPSP2\i386\wmp11temp\hotfixExtractTemp1833872282\i386\msdelta.dll, protože soubor je využíván jiným procesem (because it is used by another process). v System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) v System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy) v System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize) v System.IO.File.OpenFile(String path, FileAccess access, SafeFileHandle& handle) v System.IO.File.SetCreationTimeUtc(String path, DateTime creationTimeUtc) v System.IO.File.SetCreationTime(String path, DateTime creationTime) v Epsilon.IO.Compression.CabDecompressor.decompInstance_NotifyCloseFile(Object sender, NotifyEventArgs e) v Mischel.CabDotNet.DcmpRoutine.OnNotifyCloseFile(NotifyEventArgs e) v Mischel.CabDotNet.DcmpRoutine.NotifyCallback(FdiNotificationType fdint, FdiNotification fdin) v Mischel.CabDotNet.CabSdk.FdiCopy(IntPtr hfdi, String cabinetName, String cabinetPath, Int32 flags, FdiNotifyDelegate fnNotify, FdiDecryptDelegate fnDecrypt, IntPtr userData) v Mischel.CabDotNet.CabSdk.FdiCopy(IntPtr hfdi, String cabinetName, String cabinetPath, FdiNotifyDelegate fnNotify, FdiDecryptDelegate fnDecrypt, Object userData) v Mischel.CabDotNet.DcmpRoutine.ExtractFiles(String cabinetFullPath) v Epsilon.IO.Compression.CabDecompressor.ExtractFiles(String destFolder) v Epsilon.IO.Archival.NativeCabinetExtract(Byte[] data, String destinationFolder) --- Konec trasování zásobníku pro vnitřní výjimku --- v Epsilon.IO.Archival.throwArchiveException(String archiveName, ArchiveProcessOperation opType, Exception innerException) v Epsilon.IO.Archival.NativeCabinetExtract(Byte[] data, String destinationFolder) v WMP11Slipstreamer.Backend.NativeExtractHotfix(String hotfixInstaller, String destinationPath) v WMP11Slipstreamer.Backend.ExtractWMP11Installer() v WMP11Slipstreamer.MainGUI.workerMethod(Object addonSettings) Deleting "D:\WXPSP2\i386\wmp11temp"... Done! The source being modified has not been damaged. All changes have been successfully reverted. Every time I run the integrator, the name of unaccessible file changes. It seems like slipstreamer is giving up too early before my antivirus (avast) or firewall (comodo) finish processing the file. Ok, in VM (without firewall and antivirus) I don't get this, but instead slipstreamer crashes when integrating windowsmedia11-kb928788-x86-intl, without it, it finishes successfully.

It will probably be an overkill, but you can try SVN (subversion), for example TortoiseSVN.

XP3 overview, page 5

It's iAurora, if the direct link doesn't work, go to deviantART and search for iAurora. Also, it's not the only logon screen on there...

You can try using 32bit bmp with full transparency and change all rcbmp(112,6,...) in UIFile to rcbmp(112,7,...). If that doesn't work, look for <style resid=hotaccountlistss> and/or <style resid=accountlistss> and then all logonaccount elements, particularly the alpha:x parameter. I didn't test it myself (there isn't resource hacker on this computer and I can't install it), so I really don't know if it works, but it should.

SP3 includes updates for IE7 (this is from official release notes for SP3), but will install them only if IE7 is already installed. Don't know what it will do when slipstreaming though.

The patcher will work, it's made so that it can detect the correct position to patch even in newer versions of tcpip.sys, that's why it doesn't have to be updated every time Microsoft releases a newer version. As for your questions, this error should not cause restarts, unless you have some programs/hardware that can't handle too many connections (like nforce4 network chips with nvidia firewall). It isn't recommended to set it over 999 and in most cases anything between 50 and 99 should be more than enough.

NTLDR and other boot critical files have to be on the first DVD layer and under 4GB boundary.

Yes, that's correct, makes the ul almost useless .

There is no problem with deleting this folder, even Microsoft suggests to delete it if can't get WU to run as it gets sometimes corrupted. Just open the WU site after you delete it, and it will recreate it.