Angelico_Payne

If anyone can help me wit this one. I made a multiboot disc, with hirens boot, XP unattended, and XP regular. It worked fine. Yesterday I added ERD Commander . Commander boots fine, both XP's aren't - they boot properly, passes checking hardware message, starts setup, display press F6 message, and on next screen it displays message "Please insert disc labeled .... into drive A:" Now, I know that it must be something related to erd, but i don;t no what. I also now I've seen this someowhere on the forum, but cannot find it Can someone help me... I have previous working version backuped so I can compare, if only I knew what flykite is down, and this is the only place I can expect any help

Works superb, tanks again

I tried to hack script for displaying this (all 4 buttons) but haven't succeded, so I will use patch and reg/ Thanks I can't find MS Hotfix KB875506, can u post a link?

Thanks for a push in right direction, chhers Well u enter res hacker - go to BITMAP - and change them with bitmaps of same size, but of your liking * the icons are placed in BITMAP-->20150 dir

Yes, during my testing, problems relating hardware, plug & play devs, were appearing. I have to abandone my idea until hibernation process is revised. I will settle with solution provided by Mazin. Thank you Mazin!

You mean multiuser enviroment, and domain...etc. uff haven't thought of that one, well log off, and relogin is allways possible, right?

Nice one, but can you make that when I press turn off button, that it calls upon hibernate command, and vice versa?

What is the command line to install .inf file (acctually device in this instance USB 2.0 drivers)?

Thank you for this, it will be most helpfull in the future for me personally, however I'm looking for a solution that will reverse the shutdown-hibernate functions in the shutdown box.. If anyone knows where this box can be located (name of the exe or dll) that would be a good start... cause then I can work on hacking it.

Yes, I'm aware of that, but i want an integrated solution, not external one, no one of my costumers will click on dekstop, I would, but they wouldn't. But I'll dl shutdown25 and try it out.

K , thank you, if you have any ideas stop by...

Ok i just tried it out, "shutdown -h -t" function works like a charm. But there is still problem regarding calling it from default box, and possible issue with windows giving me a warning -errro about unverified file, since its not microsoft signed. I don't won't to use just on my comp, and I want solution to fit into default windows way, i just want to keep fasade, and change interiour.

Ok and then what? How do I initiate hibernation from default shutdown box?

I work as head of section for manufacturing computers, I don't know how to say it in english properly - system builder/integrator, perhaps? So I want this function preintegrated in all computers that are sold with Windows OS.

I allready have a topic opened on this subject, but I am opening another one here in hope that maybe someone that comes in this section of MSFN can help out the topic is on how to enable automatic hibernation in windows XP, and I need a help with shutdown box... To Hibernate or Shutdown - longterm effects of hibernation

Thank you, although I havent found a satisfying answer, your insight have been much apriciated. There are some things I found about hibernation effects. It seems there can be problems, some are covered within SP2, but there are at least 2 pre SP3 hotfixes to coup with this : Windows XP Patch: Hibernation Problem on Computers with 1 GB of RAM Windows XP Patch: Hard Disk May Become Corrupted When Entering Standby or Hibernation So I'm still in process of evaluating how smart this acctually is... "How to avoid hibernation and standby issues To avoid hibernation and standby issues, follow these practices: • Do not make major changes to the computer's state after you put the computer in hibernation or on standby. For example, if you put an undocked portable computer in hibernation or on standby, do not resume the computer when it is docked. Computers that are not ACPI-compliant may be more sensitive to this kind of state change. • Do not force hibernation or standby when you are running certain applications. Some applications do not respond well if you put the computer in hibernation or on standby when these applications are running. Applications such as CD and DVD burning software and system backup utilities may run incorrectly if hibernation or standby is forced. CD and DVD media may become unusable. Backup data may become corrupted. Always wait until these applications have completed their data gathering and recording tasks before you put the computer in hibernation or on standby." This is from MSDN support page

I have this info so far ----------------------- To hibernate / suspend the workstation from the command line: Enter: rundll32 powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState Whether the workstation will hibernate or stand-by depends on the value of the "When I press the sleep button on my computer" setting found within the Power Options section of the Control Panel, and also on the power functionality available to your computer (ACPI). This command can also be used from within a shortcut, or passed remotely using WMI. -------------------- So I think I will have to modify settings in power options, and catch the change with regmonitor, and then have .reg file applied to every new comp.... and use batch, but thats not much better than pressing ALT+F4 + SHIFT+H... I was hoping I could solve this problem entirly by .regging OS I was wonfering if you know what file is called by OS when shutdown box is displayed? so maybe I ccan res-hack it, somehow, or rewrite it, mod it, or whatever...

I was hoping of avoiding ugly (or as some say simple) look. Do you know direct command for hibernation? It would be very helpfull - i know that "shutdown -r -t 00" restats, and that shutdown is "shutdown -s -t 00". Anyhow thax for trying hard for me, I am also browsing the net again in search of the missing link

Yes, I know for that option, thats how i first used it, now i use shutdown button which was configured to hibernation in the power propreties. But I have to configure it every time, and what i want is to change it in windows prior to installation, so when its installed, that its allready set up. Thanks for continuing to look out, God knows I really need help with this little trick

Thank you, that answers one question, and puts a strain on other. There most be someone who knows this, if it can be hacked visually, i hope it can be hacked funcionally.

I noticed that when hibernation is used it shuts down computer faster than regular shutdown, and it wakes up much faster, in fact you can resume almost exactly where you stopped. So I have 2 questions : 1. How can shutdown button in windows shutdown box be hacked so it does hibernation instead, whithout pressing shift key, and to make Windows OS use hibenation as default. 2. Are there any known longterm effects of hibernation, such as loss of data, disk corupption,etc? I searched the internet across and wide, and found nothing of significance, so I'm hoping the u guys can helo me out or at least point me out in the right direction. B)

Merde, I was really looking foward to public release... Could you at least point us to the place where you will be moving to?

I am So what happend to black viper dude? I think I have his last (far the thought), posted services, listing...

... and if you have a power fail, it will boot even faster NOT!... Hibernation is like shutdown,but extended, so it accutaly turns off your computer... What is a reg tweak to make hibernation primary instead of shutdown?

OMG You just saved me a lot of time for my project!!! thank you I promise that I will soon put a list for SP3, SP2 + additional services like netframework,...etc. With default, no-lan, no-connections, single gamers - .reg files. Cheers