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autocheck is going to be in the system32 folder, if it's gone i would suspect deeper issues such as your hard drive failing. When you boot the xp cd and go into recovery console and run a chkdsk, it's actually running autochk.exe too. So what i would do is use recovery console's autochk to check for errors. Note that chkdsk for windows and recovery console's chkdsk has slightly different command line so make sure you type the right command. I believe in recovery console you need to type chkdsk /f /r, but verify that. -gosh

news flash: people on the internet lie -gosh

Windows xp comes with a feature called prefetcher that automatically keeps a log of every file you've opened, when the computer is idle it defrags the computer using the prefetcher data. -gosh

when you hex files you cannot exceed the original number of characters without corrupting the file. You would need to decompile the file to modify it's source code. -gosh

If you dont want the folders then disable sfc, simple as that. -gosh

It sounds like you would want to use the netsh command. http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserve...3.mspx?mfr=true -gosh

there's plenty of tools on this site such as nlite and vlite and all those. Seek and ye shall find -gosh

Youre gonna need to provide more information such as what customizations you've made to your install. If it's locking up on the xp boot screen you probably have a mismatched version of ntoskrnl.exe or some low level file like that. -gosh

Exactly how much free space do you have? It's important to note that the free space reported will depend on your cluster size. Windows is supposed to use your default cluster size to determine that install size of windows, but in the past this hasn't always worked right. Make sure you have at least 500 megs free. In your windows directory, sort by date, see if anything was created when you ran the install, such as lastknowngood. If so, it could be a temporary directory used by setup, delete it. (windows xp copied files to windows\last known good, when setup quit this dir should have been deleted but sometimes wasn't). And make sure you delete everything in %tmp% -gosh

I've never used this app at all, but: Is there a log file in windows? Is there anything in event viewer? When it hangs in task manager is there anything hogging the cpu other than easy transfer? If you deselect some items does it go through? It's probably making an index file that has a list of all the files, then another file that's compressed that has all your files. Does it create this index file? -gosh

I assume he wants the password reset disk because it has a copy of his encryption key that will enable him to decrypt his files. If it's just a password issue, you can just reset the registry and you'll log in with the old pw. The pw should be in the sam as a secret in the system hive. -gosh

You got a hardware problem, you can troubleshoot it but there's a chance the troubleshooting can cause loss of data. If you dont want to lose data you should really have someone look at it. -gosh

you didnt encrypt your files, right ?!?!?!?! -gosh

autopatcher is autogoner -gosh

type 'control userpasswords2' and remove any stored passwords for the LAN. By default, windows xp will use stored passwords and won't prompt you if the password is invalid. Also try the administrative share, \\pcname\c$ make sure simple file sharing is disabled on both computers -gosh

what's the event viewer say? Would that be a policy? I'm not sure. -gosh

I dont know about win2k, but in xp when you run sigverif.exe it creates a log file in the windows directory that says what is signed. It seems people of late are having this problem. It very well could be a bug with a hotfix. Post the log file for the hotfix or service pack you're installing, it'll prob be in the windows directory. -gosh

That would probably be a registry setting, so search google on something like this: tooltip messenger regedit or windows messenger regedit popup -gosh

Did you check device manager? That'll have the power management features. -gosh

I was playing around with BCD to see how it works, and i noticed a setting i haven't seen documented anywhere. My computer is currently dual booting between xp and vista at home. When i start the pc, i get the bcd boot menu that has "use previous os" listed first, and windows vista listed second. If i select the option for vista and press F10 on keyboard, i get an option to edit the windows vista option. However i dont have this option if i select the 'previous os version' option. I don't see F10 documented anywhere. Is this a secret or is it already common knowledge? I would post screenshots but i dont got vista installed at work. -gosh

Do you even know what an in place upgrade does? When you do an in place upgrade, the registry key HKLM\System\Setup, setuptype is changed to 2 i believe. This tells setup we are upgrading (which is what an in place upgrade it). When setup starts, at the bottom left you'll see very briefly, "deleting folders". Ever wonder what files/folders setup is deleting? In txtsetup.sif setup deletes everything under Files.DeleteOnUpgrade, and Directories.DeleteOnUpgrade Then setup copies files. During the install the component .inf's are coded so if a key already exists (which it would on an upgrade), it clobbers it (overwrites it) or keeps it, depending on the code. So to sum up, an in place upgrade deletes files and folders, then does a regular install, and it's up to the regular .inf's to determine if a registry key or file should be deleted if it already exists. A service pack basically does the same thing. It deletes files/folders, then it installs the new files/catalogs, then it runs post setup commands to clear caches and things like that. Overall it is probably better to install a sp first, and if that doesn't work then reinstall. I think it's important to note that a reinstall will reset everything to default, which you might not want to do, whereas a SP will overwrite with the newer stuff, but not everything. -gosh

Dont run fixmbr or fixboot on a pc with 3rd party partitioning software, that'll wipe it out from the mbr which will result in problems as you see... -gosh

I remember this issue from years ago...if i remember correctly, there's a power management setting with the ppoe to 'allow device to be powered down' or something, it's a box you need to check or uncheck. It's been many years since ive thought about this, check the properties of the connection or in device manager and see if there's a setting like that. -gosh

there are tools out there that make md5 or crc hashes. -gosh

you cant delete the admin account however you can disable it. Simply restore the registry from recovery console, then once the registry is restored you could load the registry hive. A good work around is to reinstall windows. As the reinstall is running, press shift + f10, thatll give you a cmd window. Then use the net user command to create an admin account. -gosh