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To replace or edit files on a winpe based CD, see : http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=23255

I'd try to install only one hotfix and check this hotfix logfile (%windir%\kbxxxxxx.log).

Goto :EOF is used as the return in basic => it will go to the next step in the loop calling it. It is very usefull to create function like in others languages.

I would install lastest ffdshow and haali mediaspliter. It should do the job for almost all codecs but you might other components for flv playback. I would also install mediainfo so you can know what you need (codecs and container) for which file.

You could almost easily do it using a winpe bootcd with XP installation files (all versions) and using the rights switch to make the iso as there is an option to write only one time the same file. The winpe environnement would you to change the setupp.ini on the fly ( if using a write filter driver or a win PE with it).

A simple for could the job. Check the for /? from a dos box for with /F and delims=, and usebackq. To space in directory names, you already did it correctly you just need to to double quote the variable when using it and not when setting it.

You need the sata driver when installing XP (i picked 32 bits version). Here 's the link: http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/downloads/download_index_01.aspx?psn=0006 If the provided link doesn't work look for the "ATI SATA/RAID Driver Floppy Disk(1.0) for Windows XP 32-bit Edition" in the download section.

The answer is there: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc781907%28WS.10%29.aspx

The question isn't very clear but if you want to assign a specific desktop folder (you 'll need to share it of course) to a group there is a policy (gpo) to do it.

I don't really see what's so great to be able to boot windows in 0.1ms (if there is a ssd providing theese kind of speed) because after boot (and most people doesn't boot more twice a day) you will have to launch a game or an apps and only some of them will benefit of the increase in speed and only if you tweak your windows. So if you need to tweak your system, why not tweaking it a little more to be able to use a normal drive. As i see it, ssd would be great for hosting virtual machines (to speed up the disk access) or to host games which read a lot or simply to host the windows swap. Another use would be to store data because ssd's mtbf are higher than hard drive's. It could avoid using 2 drives for mirroring. Old ssd generation (about one year old) wasn't performing so well in real life application and game: an optimised velociraptor could easily beat it in every way.

You could do something like that : - check if user already logged today (checking a flag) - if no start a timer et set a flag for today then after 2 hours close session - if yes close session immediatly

It could be many things: - the registry file system might be corrupt: to check if it is, copy windows\system32\config\system to a working computer or boot the computer not working with winPE then load the hive with regedit. Then check it visually it should look like your hkey_local_machine\system. If it isn't looking well, you'll need to restore it. - the NTFS partition might have error: to fix it, do a chkdsk with the recovery console with a windows 2003 installation CD. - the file or the path might have been hidden or moved: check if it is still there. Hope this help.

Some applications doesn't work without a pagefile but if you aren't running those you could edit the same registry entry and set the value you need and the system shouldn't modify them.

Check this reg entry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management PagingFiles= Set it to nothing, if you want to completly disable page file.

Here are the steps: - Remove the usb drive - Boot from SystemrescueCD - plug the usb drive - type dmesg to check the name of the device (should be /dev/sdb) if you're unfamillair with linux. - you should see something like the png identify drive and partition - The third from the bottom contains the info the drive is name sdb and has 1 only sdb1 as partition in this example. - now you could try : ntfsfix /dev/sdb1 - if it doesn't work, that was the case with my drive, you'll need to reduce a little the size of the drive with the command ntfsresize: ntfsresize -s 16000M /dev/sdb1 for example with this drive. Use a size for partition so it will reduce it only of 8MB or a little more. add the -b -f option if needed (if there are bad sector (-B) and errors (-f)). - then reboot on windows with the usb drive plugged. It should ask to skip checking the drive during boot. DO NOT SKIP the check!!!! Then it might reboot (it shouldn't do it but sometimes it will) and now your partition should work like charms.

I don't know if that will help you but could use procmon.exe from sysinsternals to monitor the reg entries modified/accessed when installing the registration key. It should point out the right registry entries to backup. Or you could use regshot and take a snapshot before and after registering and then compare the difference.

As i already told you it's an nfts problem and you won't be able to do a chkdsk from windows as it will reboot when you plug the drive. You need to boot with a linux Os like System Rescue CD with ntfs support (to see your datas) it might be able to mount the volume. And if you want to fix the partition, you'll need to resize it with linux.

I wouldn't use sfc as it is a registry problem: Some registry entries must be missing there : HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers and/or HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers if all context menu is missing when you right click the recycle bin. You should have those entries: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} If you have another XP you could just export the full HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} key from the working XP and import it on the other.

It is an ntfs error which might be corrected booting from xp cd to the recovery console and then doing a chkdsk /p.

For the autologoff thing, i'll use a batch startup script like this one: start "application" /wait "fullpathtoapp\appname.exe" shutdown /l The dos windows could be hidden with third party tools. For application restriction, i'll use the whitelist as MrJinje said.

SystemrescueCD is a linux recovery CD. It shouldn't crash when you plug the usb drive. That's why i used this step as my first after after trying all kind of windows based solutions. When you resize the drive with systemrescuecd, it mark the ntfs partition as dirty to force chkdsk next time windows try to mount it. I think that was part of the solution.

Look at how making gpo templates (.adm files), it is very easy.

R-studio allow you to select the area where you want it to scan for lost files. It also allow the creation of disk images to recover from afterwards (very usefull when you have a faulty hard drive). I am not sure about creating many drive image area and then merging them and recover the datas from the merged image.

I've seen this on one of my drive and the solution was booting from on systemrescuecd and use it to resize (i shrinked it a little) the ntfs partition on it. Then I checked it with chkdsk with a windows and i could recover all my datas.

Does it crash blue screen when you boot the image on the Toshiba L450 (i suppose it is, if it didn't, you wouldn't have posted here for help) ? If yes, what is the stop error ?