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I do the same most of the time.

First i don't think the code will be the same for any cpu as Amd "cool and quiet" and Intel "speed step" should not share the same source code. Perhaps the resource kit or dev kit offered by Amd and Intel might provide steps or not. But if you are trying on linux, there is c++ source code included in recent kernel and instructions to use those features. The source code of the described kernel modules in the link, might help you to port it to another OS.

JFYI, the way the DATE /T and TIME/T behave in different versions of Windows (and in different "regional" versions) is a known "nightmare" , same happens - as an example - for "Canadian English": http://www.robvanderwoude.com/datetiment.php jaclaz And %date% and %time% are localized even in XP.

Try removing the old pci tv tuner and see if the issue persist.

Of course using %programfiles% make sense if you want to extract always in "c:\program files" but it lose ability to extract to a complete different folder if needed. Also i wouldn't put the program folder (in your example KLOCKS) in the installpath variable and create the archive with the folder (not only with what is inside the folder).

To my knowledge, there isn't any command line switch to specify the folder but there is a way to do almost the same: you need to use the installpath with an environment variable. For example, you set it to %7zipsfxinstallpath% when creating the sfx; next, before auto-extracting it, you just need to do a set 7zipsfxinstallpath= to the value you wanted before launching the 7zip sfx.

Now you need to do the steps from before and reboot at least twice before vssadmin list all writers.

Yes of course VSS is heavily relying on dcom.

Ok then if you have another computer you can try the remote debugging (I never tried it so you're on you own there) and initiate a crash. You'll need to install windbg on the other computer and of course the proper cable to connect both computers. You could also try using procmon but as even the keyboard doesn't reply when hung, i don't know if it would work. Configure a backing file (in the file menu), then hibernate, then restart and, after the hang, reboot and rename the backing file and launch procmon and try to open the backing file. If there are event from the hang time (if you wan to be sure wait at two minutes between the hibernate and the restart and after the hang). From what you explained, your keyboard seems to be an usb one; if you have a ps2 keyboard, it could be worth to also try with it (sometimes bios/uefi doesn't handle properly usb until os is loaded).

If you're using an usb keyboard you need those reg entries.

What are the output of those commands ? vssadmin list writers vssadmin list providers

The proper way to analyze freezes is to configure the computer to allow at least a kernel memory dump (but a full memory dump might be needed in some cases) and configure to create a crash dump on demand. The next step will be to analyze it or upload it somewhere (some members here have good debugging skills).

Try this steps as Microsoft doesn't to have released a hot fix for XP vss issues like they did for 2003.

Twenty years ago i had one almost exactly as the OP wanted but it is now long gone. It was way too heavy (about 6Kg with only its power supply).

Also service packs usually contains (replace) also most hotfixes by request created before the service pack release. And those need more testing as they aren't fully tested by MS.

The error code list and from the picture, i'm reading error 0258 instead of error 0250 so it says:

If it is for the ahci mode it is false. It is true for Ide mode or compatibility mode.

Sha2 isn't properly supported and Microsoft realeased a hotfix for XP and windows 2003. More info there and there.

Then for point 1) shadow copies are definitely a good as they can store a lot more than one version of each file store one partition (the shadow copies can be stored on anther drive). If this doesn't suit your need, then 7zip or any decent archiver with command line interface might be easily scripted to do the job.

As many even paid professional solution doesn't even come with all those features (some offer optionnal components that will do all of this), i doubt you'll find easily something free except if you only want a set of scripts doing the job. Perhaps you could provide more information about point 1): where do you want to backup (cd/dvd/tape/hard drive) ? when you say you need many instances, do you want many backups be done at the same time frame or many backup sets of a part of your datas ? If you just want to backup to hard drive and have many backup sets of a part of your datas, you could create a partition for those data and create shadow copies on this partition (shadow copies is a windows server 2003 and higher functionnality that allow to store different versions of the files stored on a partition ). For the second point, if you want realtime replication, you could create a raid 1 between the two drive (either a hardware one if your controller support it or a software one). If you want something less complex a simple robocopy /mir /mon might be enough.

Yes.

Using IDE mode will most likely make you loose between 5 or 10% if you benchmark the drive in both mode and compare. In real world usage, you most likely won't see any difference. @Jaclaz Yes, guess what english isn't my first language and i am not anywhere near being fluent in english. But in the end, you understood what i meant.

Or you could still use a batch but you'll need to add this line before all others: set __COMPAT_LAYER=RunAsInvoker

To use the iso example, then i would create a script/program that would be able to monitor iso change (modified date) then extract all the files except the uneeded ones (to follow your example the desktop back ground) and then recreate the iso. But this example show best that being able to create another iso file from the first doesn't avoid the double space usage. The only proper solution in this case would be to extract all files from iso, use hard link to duplicate them and store them in this form so out of the iso container and use a script/program that would handle files to iso transparently (without having to create the iso file). Edit: fixed mistakes and missing words.

So if i understood properly, you need to have one copy of your album with the folder.jpg and not the other or are there other files you don't need on the copy ? If it's on the same hard drive and different files, hard links would work but only in this case. Other than that, you'll need most likely a tailor made tool to do what you need.