IcemanND

Download Dil-a-fix (http://wiki.djlizard.net/Dial-a-fix) and run the WU/WUAU fixes, section 3. Then try again.

Second that on ad block plus in FF. I only use IE for Microsoft sites that don't work in FF without additional plugins or the rare site that doesn't display right in FF.

glad to help.

This was too long ago my brain is starting to hurt trying to dig through 20 years of other stuff to find this math info buried. close but not quite: (0.85*(1-0.85^(A1-1))/(1-0.85))=4.354170638 where a1=10, should be 4.551045042 0.85*(1-0.85~A1)/(1-0.85) does equal 4.551045042 when a1=10 or to make it easier since in this case a=r (0.85-0.85^(A1+1)/(1-0.85)

looking at it again it's close but only kinda solves your problem. seriessum(B1,B2,B3,B4:b6400)=4.551045 where: b1=.85 b2=1 b3=1 b4:b6400 contains ten cells each with a value of 1. Would have been better if the last value was the end value of the equation rather than a range for contaning the step value. So you would have to create a range that contain the correct number of ones for the number of required iterations.

http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Downloads...d=2&LanID=8 You need the files for your version of windows from the flopyimage folder in the ZIP file from the above download and then integrate them into your cd using the manual method mentioned in the unattended guide, use nlite, or any of the other possible methods found on this board.

you need to either get a floppy with the sata controller driver, or find them and integrate them into the cd, what chipset is on your motherboard? Or what motherboard is it.

you'll need to recreate your image and add the sata controllers to the massstorage section of your sysprep.inf.

i believe you are looking for the seriessum function.

RAID_Slipstreamer depending upon which you need to integrate, or check out the unattended guide for manual integration.

Or click the EDIT button, then you don;t need to change the read only attribute, no need to unhide files, just edit and save.

are the machines part of a domain?

the hard disk has to be big enough to hold the uncompressed image. The bigger issue is the controller the hard drive is attached to. If they are different then the new controller needs to be installed before moving the system or you will get a BSOD. Also the HAL (hardware abstraction layer) needs to be compatible. If the machine you are going from is ACPI it should work on any of the ACPI systems, though you may lose some performance. If it is an ACPI Uniprocessor HAL it will work on an ACPI uni or ACPI multiprocessor HAL without an issue 99% of the time, but some finagling is required on most systems to go back to the standard ACPI. If you are starting with ACPI multiprocessor then finagling is required to go back to ACPI uni or standard ACPI, but going to another ACPI Multi should be no problem.

You could use Symantec Ghost and do a Peer-to Peer connection and clone one system to the other. Supports LPT, USB, TCP/IP. I vaguely recall you could use firewire also but don't quote me on that.

They must have changed the vista key location or encoding type between my first version and the official release. I have not tried it since the final beta's. When I get a chance again I'll load up vista and see what I can find.

does it display correctly if connected to a standard monitor?

or you may need to make the partition active if you just created the partitions using diskpart.

what do you want to accomplish with "integrating" the mac into AD? Just authentication or desktop management?

may be a problem with the batch script as opposed to when/where you are running it from. Can you post the script?

@beldd - Yes that is true but the ones in the disk cloning category only do cloning, and for my initial specs did not qualify, but since they were brought up I added them to the list. While it is not likely a complete list it is the longest list of this type of software I know of. And more than I could find using your typical search engine. When the comparison is done the imaging software that does cloning will be noted in the final report. Hoping to compare 3-4 a day should be done sometime next week.

it depends. you need to have the sata controllers installed on the machine you took the image of otherwise they will not likely be seen in oder to boot when moved to the sata controller. Also if this is a different machine you will need to have the same or a compatible HAL on both machines.

multicasting could be blocked at the router/switch depending upon your network hardware/configuration. If you have a cheap dummy hub or switch hook a couple machines and your server to it and see if it works if it does talk to your networking department and see if they will change the switch to allow multicasting.

I don't have access to a server running IIS at the moment so you will have to verify the service name. Open the cmd prompt and type 'net services' and replace IIS with the appropriate name if needed. cmd script: start /wait net stop iis start /wait net start iis

- Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC - ACPIPIC_UP - ACPI Uniprocessor PC - ACPIAPIC_UP - ACPI Multiprocessor PC - ACPIAPIC_MP Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC - halacpi.dll (renamed to hal.dll) - ntkrnlpa.exe - ntoskrnl.exe ACPI Uniprocessor PC - halaacpi.dll (renamed to hal.dll) - ntkrnlpa.exe - ntoskrnl.exe ACPI Multiprocessor PC - halmacpi.dll (renamed to hal.dll) - ntkrpamp.exe (renamed to ntkrnlpa.exe) - ntkrnlmp.exe (renamed to ntoskrnl.exe)¨ see also: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/237556/

You could do what is commonly referred to as a parallel install, rename your windows directory to OLDWindows and then reinstall windows to the same drive but be sure to select WINDOWS as the install directory. Your data will still be intact and your applications will be there but need to be reinstalled so they have their hooks and dll's installed correctly. Or go get yourself an external drive to back stuff up to. and use your bartpe cd to copy your data to it and reinstall.