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I had it backwards! I'm no expert on Nintendo things. That Wii I was thinking of, the Wii Mini (originally sold in Canada) didn't have WiFi at all. Reading more on this, it renders some games absolutely useless. However, the titles lead me to believe they weren't really popular games. Nintendo has a whole slew of games in an unwanted category less appealing to collectors than sports games! Fortunately, it doesn't make the thing completely useless: http://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2014/02/27/nintendo-to-shut-down-wi-fi-connection-service-for-wii-and-ds-in-may/

I've also come across supposed "scareware" news stories about this bug. Something not about how the C&Cs were taken by law enforcement, but that some specific day to come will lock users out of their computers. At least users in the UK (from this unfortunately titled Reg article) have only 2 weeks to clean their PC before some unforseen doom happens. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/02/nca_gameoverzeus_cryptolocker_warning/

This makes me wonder about those newish red-colored Wiis that were online only. They were just selling those a year or so ago. Will they now be found in the same piles as WebTV?

It is my understanding that HID Pairing of devices is tied to the behaviour of the hardware manufacturer's companion app, which is per user. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/bg182882.aspx So what exactly do you mean by it stops working? You say you have a dual-boot, does the keyboard not work on that other OS? What is that other OS?

That's hardly what I would consider a news story. How long after SP1 did Windows 7 SP1 outrank Windows 7 RTM?

At that first page of Setup (language selection) go into CMD and take a look-see at the Setup log files. It seems to me that it does not see the XML file. Try using a fully qualified path to the XML file in your Setup command.

I don't think there is a way to import an index into a WIM. But you can either replace the install.wim, or do an Append capture into the install.wim if it is in a writable location.

So something is killing BFE. What is your antivirus? Can you try with it removed? Also of your other anti-spyware apps, do you have either of them to do an active scan?

Don't like the idea of posting a .reg file to a post. Here is the key: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ; This empty registry key lets Microsoft Security Essentials install on POSReady 2009. ; Tested with ENUS\x86\MSEInstall.exe version 4.5.216.0 published 2014-04-08 downloaded ; from http://www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=5201 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Microsoft Security Client]

I use WMI to determine manufacturer and model and them use appropriate scripts based on those values. I don't use WMIC, I use Autoit, but the result is the same. I also can't share specifics but I can give you a basic idea. After imaging is complete, detect the hardware. Then copy the driver/application set to the system. On first boot, I have another program that looks for what needs to be installed and runs the appropriate commands.

Well, the password hint is an option to remind you of what the password is.... so telling us the hint is kinda silly. What is the operating system?

does a Z drive exist? What is Z drive?

First, the BCDBoot command in the examples should use the /s switch. The rest, I guess is out of scope for this topic. It was a long time ago, but it had to do with what GPT attributes to set on the recovery partition and when to set them.

Are they? In any case the procedure is the same. jaclaz It isn't exactly the same. I ran into a problem attempting to implement those procedures initially (and also from the //BUILD/ material) and found errors. Anyways, I bring this up because if the OS on the PC is pre-installed by an OEM, the publicly documented procedures may not work exactly as described in those articles.

What is the operating system? Those articles are aimed at specific types of OS, such as OEM System Builder Kit or Enterprise.

Similar topic: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/171186-better-searches-with-boolean-algebra-searching/

It must be possible. At least Yahoo! has the option to use the web-based Yahoo! Mail as your default mail client. I never did it myself as I have not used an actual email client in so long that I have gotten away from the practice of clicking on email links.

I just did some testing. After my first deployment there were 10 Windows Boot Manager entries. Firmware Boot Manager---------------------identifier {fwbootmgr}displayorder {bootmgr} {27fa5fbc-e5c1-11e3-a481-0090f5e7d27f} {27fa5fb4-e5c1-11e3-a481-0090f5e7d27f} {27fa5fb5-e5c1-11e3-a481-0090f5e7d27f} {27fa5fb6-e5c1-11e3-a481-0090f5e7d27f} {27fa5fb7-e5c1-11e3-a481-0090f5e7d27f} {27fa5fb8-e5c1-11e3-a481-0090f5e7d27f} {27fa5fb9-e5c1-11e3-a481-0090f5e7d27f} {27fa5fba-e5c1-11e3-a481-0090f5e7d27f} {27fa5fbb-e5c1-11e3-a481-0090f5e7d27f} {27fa5fb3-e5c1-11e3-a481-0090f5e7d27f}timeout 2And when I reinstall, I have 10 again. Firmware Boot Manager---------------------identifier {fwbootmgr}displayorder {bootmgr} {4e026ab9-e5c7-11e3-acb3-0090f5e7d27f} {4e026ab1-e5c7-11e3-acb3-0090f5e7d27f} {4e026ab2-e5c7-11e3-acb3-0090f5e7d27f} {4e026ab3-e5c7-11e3-acb3-0090f5e7d27f} {4e026ab4-e5c7-11e3-acb3-0090f5e7d27f} {4e026ab5-e5c7-11e3-acb3-0090f5e7d27f} {4e026ab6-e5c7-11e3-acb3-0090f5e7d27f} {4e026ab7-e5c7-11e3-acb3-0090f5e7d27f} {4e026ab8-e5c7-11e3-acb3-0090f5e7d27f} {4e026ab0-e5c7-11e3-acb3-0090f5e7d27f}timeout 2I used Windows 8.1 Pro x64 with Update 1, disk cleaned by Diskpart, image applied by DISM. I don't currently have a system that hasn't had an EFI deployment done to it to see what a new system would be like.

Not unlike CSS2 then?

I recall many times where I start a thread and figure out the answer before posting. Sometimes, going over the problem whether typing it out or talking to someone, will put some new idea in your brain and sometimes that is all you need.

Did you see this similar post? http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/network-internet-wireless/f/3324/t/19491239.aspx

What version of Outlook?

Well I don't really *use* Windows 8, but I do a lot of testing with it. I always just use Diskpart to clean the disk and reapply the image with DISM. I should do some testing whether or not I can replicate this duplicate BCD thing, but it will have to wait until next week.

I've reinstalled Win8 on UEFI many times and not seen any problems. Are you referring to this article? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749510%28v=ws.10%29.aspx Note it is for Vista and UEFI 2.0. UEFI 2.3.1 (the one certified for Windows 8) didn't start showing up on consumer desktop boards until early 2012.