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On a related note, I recently set up a Vista computer for someone. IE7 does not work to even view the page to download Microsoft Security Essentials. It gives an operation cancelled message. In order to view that page you have to use Firefox or another browser. You also need another browser to update the IE version on Vista x86 as anytime you try to use IE to get it, you will be directed to download the x64 version.

I have replicated this using Windows 10 Pro x64 using this XML: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend"> <settings pass="windowsPE"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <SetupUILanguage> <UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage> </SetupUILanguage> <InputLocale>en-us</InputLocale> <UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage> <SystemLocale>en-us</SystemLocale> <UILanguageFallback>en-us</UILanguageFallback> <UserLocale>en-us</UserLocale> </component> </settings> <settings pass="oobeSystem"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <InputLocale>0409:00000409</InputLocale> <SystemLocale>en-us</SystemLocale> <UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage> <UserLocale>en-us</UserLocale> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><LogonCommands> <AsynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <CommandLine>cmd /K echo "test"</CommandLine> <Description>Description_of_command1</Description> <Order>1</Order> </AsynchronousCommand></LogonCommands> </component> </settings> <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="catalog:d:/sources/install_windows vista business.clg" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" /></unattend>Happens using /generalize or not. Writes the contents of CommandLine object to the Run key.Documentation notes that SynchronousCommand (FirstLogonCommands) now will act like AsynchronousCommnand. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn917933(v=vs.85).aspx However I tested that and FirstLogonCommand does not write anything into the Run key, and as such does not run on each logon.

The video shows playing sound clip 1 in WMP, then stopping. Then play sound from Windows volume control. Then play another clip in WMP. Sound from clip 1 plays for 1-2 seconds before actually playing sound from clip 2.

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It is mentioned here: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/174723-how-to-do-unattended-installation-without-any-iso-modification/#entry1111219

There are things that can cause an activated OS to enter into Notification mode. When this happens, Windows usually is still actually activated. This behaviour is caused by certain system files being changed or corrupted, as indicated by a File Mismatch reported by MGADiag, among other things. Any reports of Windows becoming de-activated with MGADiag (or the relevant info for 8.1, 10) can't be automatically judged as being something nefarious happening with Windows or Microsoft.

The partition detail tells us what state they are in. All 3 are marked hidden, with MBR type FDh/0xFD. https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Partition_Types This is the main reason why you can't see the contents from within Windows. Your common Windows partition (such as your C drive) is MBR type 07h. You can change this with Diskpart, however I do not know how safe that is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_type This wiki page says that FreeDOS may be able to read these partitions.

I've had it happen to sites other than MSFN. It is possible it is picking up on keywords or something. I don't know, but I blame the email web/client in any case.

OK do this next and past output. sel disk 1 detail disk sel part 1 detail part sel part 2 detail part sel part 3 detail part Have you tried right-click on each of the 3 partitions in Disk Management to see if you can assign a letter? You can even try it manually in Diskpart, example: sel disk 1 sel part 3 assign Were these disks in a RAID array in your NAS?

First thing you can try is to right-click on the 1858 GB partition and see if you can assign a drive letter to it. Otherwise, open an elevated command prompt and run these and post results. diskpart list disk (note the disk number the 2TB disk shows up as) select disk # (select the 2TB disk) list part list vol

Yes you can start a .cmd/bat but it needs to physically exist. Here are 2 examples that may be helpful. Multiple FirstLogonCommands http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/139572-ask-your-seven-xml-here/page-4#entry951826 Set variable on 1, command on 2 http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/139572-ask-your-seven-xml-here/page-5#entry953464

Can you post a screenshot of how it appears in Disk Management?

I have an idea of what causes this, as it happens to me as well with my non-aol email. I think it is because many times I use email to notify me of certain things but do not necessarily read the email. For example, when I get an email from a forum, I then make a note to visit that forum. What I physically do is just delete the email. Delete emails from the same sender without reading them enough times, appears to trigger something that indicates those emails are unwanted and then end up in the spam folder.

Pre-install of the old OS doesn't usually last this long. It would usually go like this: - Windows 7 pre-install EOS date (say 6 months after new version GA) - Windows 7 pre-install (OEM Facilitated Downgrade) EOS date 1 year after new version GA. From the get-go there was never an EOS date for either type of install, always set to TBD. Also, there wasn't a spanning downgrade available across 3 versions like there is now. You can get a PC with Windows 7 installed if you buy Windows 10 license. For example, you couldn't get XP installed if you bought Windows 7. Another consideration is the current hardware market. Whoever sets future plans for hardware in the backrooms of the tech industry may well deliver us computers that cannot use Windows 7. We are already seeing that with the Intel 150/170 chipset where the new USB causes Win7 install issues. Although this new thing (look up EHCI handoff) also impacts Linux installs like CentOS. I've already seen 1 motherboard where you cannot disable that setting to install/use those OSes.

I see this as a 2 part problem: 1. You need to copy the selected text to the clipboard or store in a variable. 2. You need to put that variable in the search string. If you do not specify a browser to launch the URL, then your default browser would be used. Here is a sample Google url: https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=notepad So the "hard" part is to determine how to get selected text to appear after q= in the URL.

"Windows 7 will be available to buy for longer than Windows 8" Well really they mean 8.0, if you look at the sheet. Seriously no one pre-installs Windows 8 anymore since 8.1 came out. There would be no point to sell a PC with a fully-patched Windows 8 OS and the first thing the customer got to do would be to update to 8.1 through the Store.

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At this time I don't think so. Even KMS licensed Windows 8.1 is still usable after it is out of communication with the KMS server for too long.

Due to the nature of the subject, it shouldn't be a surprise that no one has responded to this thread in 11 years. While I have worked for a company that ran this type of software on employee PCs, they were open about it being there. I never understand companies that treat their employees like children and have to hide things from them.

WIMs operate similarly but you can rebuild them with imagex. Is there a similar tool or method to rebuild RAR or 7ZIP files?

If it is in the WinPE phase, then this can happen. The boot image has a RAM requirement. For Vista RTM/WinPE2 x86, it was generally 512MB and x64 was 1GB. There are some situations where the amount of available RAM may be less than what is physically in the system. Some may be allocated to onboard hardware such as mass storage or video controller. Other RAM issues I've seen with Vista's PE is where the RAM is faulty or failing, or in some rare cases the timings are wrong (relabelled memory) or (on certain hardware) the timings are not matched. If this was during the HDD boot phase (2nd stage) then RAM wouldn't be so much of an issue.

There was some registry hack that could be done in the Preview versions that would allow you to change the edition from Ultimate to Pro or Home Premium (RTM i guess). It was basically a way to trick Setup into allowing an in-place upgrade to be permitted. I can definately think of valid reasons for doing this type of thing, but at a risk of potential system instability.

I never really used that site. Maybe once or twice during XP times. Wasn't that one based on user submission? Hopefully it comes back, seems like a waste if they just removed it after all the work done with it.

Oh yes, I have previously used that method before. It would just be a pain to have to do a lot of work just for one program.

Then tell me how a user can, but cannot "go down edition" according to you, downgrade from W7U to W7HP?! There is a difference between what is designed/intended and what is physically/technically possible.