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I only mentioned it because I am unaware if the IE updates being offered to an XP with a regmod to identify it as being XPe/POSReady are for the browser actually installed in the OS, or the Embedded IE version. Since there is an actual difference between the two, it was worth mentioning.

The 6th country that The Intercept refused to mention has been revealed as well. There was a spat between Greenwald and WikiLeaks on Twitter a few days ago that lead to it. http://wikileaks.org/WikiLeaks-statement-on-the-mass.html

Be aware that the version of IE that is in an Embedded OS is different than the standard download. Installing updates for IE8e may cause unwanted functions on the standard IE that is on your XP PCs. This is also true for 7 embedded, where using the non embedded IE caused it to crash in certain situations.

This seems an odd thing, at least something I haven't heard of. Microsoft decides not to fix an IE8 zero-day vulnerabiliity. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/22/ie_8_zero_day_dumped_after_7_months_redmond_says_harden_up/

If you want to remove the prompt for the reg file, use something like this: regedit /s noautorun.reg

I've been trying to change a registry key in HKCU via unattend but it doesn't seem to work. I confirmed the key itself and if I apply the .reg file manually and reboot, it works. The key is located in HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\2\Flags. (specifically, uncheck the require https in Trusted Sites) The other things in the reg file DO apply, so I know the command is firing. I am suspecting that it is being run prior to the "mini-setup" box that appears when it is setting up the account's Internet and Desktop settings. I have tried both FirstLogonCommands and using SetupComplete.cmd. I am executing the .reg with regedit /s. I had also looked into the Default user account's hive but this key does not exist. It must get this setting from somewhere? I also cannot modify the accounts in the image because they are created via the unattend.xml. Is there another way I can try to automate this? I did a bunch of research already but it mostly deals with using GPOs on domains. Even using this method, enabling it does not actually remove the checkmark on the dialog box for Trusted Sites. Any other ideas about how to accomplish this? I'd rather not have to end up making it a manual step. Edit: Windows 7 x64

I have had cats before but some of these cats from the internet are doing weird things. Like this one where the cat falls off a table: Or this Frankenstein cat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQfd0Doj_1s

This isn't a "new" story by any stretch of the imagination. The CDC used to have a zombie survival post on their blog back in May 2011. You can find the link to that page on this FEMA site, however the original CDC page is a 404. http://www.fema.gov/blog/2011-05-19/cdc-preparedness-101-zombie-apocalypse The CDC does have another zombie page, which isn't much other than an advertisement for a book you can download. http://www.cdc.gov/phpr/zombies.htm I remember when this was first discovered and the "odd" part was that it wasn't on April Fool's day. Appears to be a joke none-the-less.

You might find it odd, but I never actually use AuditUser for anything. In order for me to run applications automatically on boot in Audit Mode, I will put the script into the Administrator's Startup folder. Even though the Start Menu does not exist anymore, things in that folder still execute at logon.

Can you explain "the error message" in more detail? Have you validated your answer file in WSIM? I would think that perhaps it would have problems with some of those extra characters you have in there.

It is possible that the game may have its own log files. What game is it? (Don't say Skyrim)

You have mismatched Path elements. Why is there two of them to start the object?

Have you looked into Event Viewer at the time of the freeze?

It would not be ports being closed. If a port was closed (80 or whatever) the browser should show a fail message immediately. Proxy settings in Internet Options only apply to IE and not Firefox. What type of sites fail? Is it all sites or is it just HTTPS, HTTP or FTP type connections? All three types of addresses should be tested, using domain names. Alternatively you should also attempt to connect to a website via IP address, such as http://74.125.200.102/ (this is Google.) This also works https://74.125.200.102/ but you should get an Untrusted Connection type message. Try disable any active protecting antivirus. What happens if you turn off your wireless and try to reproduce the problem with a wired connection?

Woah. The new Yahoo mail is really buggy and annoying. Maybe I will just install an old browser to see what it looks like.

Oh ok, I had seen other similar things while searching. This, but uses shortcut schenanigans: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/how-do-i-tweak-windows-explorer-to-open-in-a-directory-of-my-choosing/816/ All I can find is this type of thing, which I don't think would work for browse boxes generated by other applications. It may be possible to change the explorer shell path in the registry but that should be tested on another system before attempting.

A question came up about the background image in the Win8x PEs v4 and 5. In previous versions it was just a wallpaper type design but in PE4/5 it is a blue square that is either set to tile or stretch. Has anyone done any testing with getting a custom image to display and display properly? With PE4+ we can do a UEFI boot. Any PC that has GOP capable video will do automatic scaling of the display resolution which causes a headache for getting static background images to look correct. Even in the Gimagex HTA, the HTA background doesn't conform to the HTA itself on widescreen displays when booted UEFI. I did a small test to see if it was indeed no longer possible, as an MSFT CSG stated on Technet. Well it is definately possible! I only did the UEFI test so far and at least in that mode I believe it uses a "stretch" mode for the winpe.jpg. Here are those results: The original image ix 357x500 and it looks like the PE is designed to only accept a square image. It stretched it to the screen width but did a proportional resize. The top and bottom of the image are outside the boundaries of the screen. EDIT: I did a legacy test. It seems that using a square image would be best. I minimized the cmd window so I wouldn't have to edit out the connection strings.

Some beta version. The main page has an extra /div tag in it.

Birthday deluge coming up. Look out. B)

No, but I have (somehow) completely removed the Recycle Bin before! Anyways, I found this which might help: http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/forum/windows-xp/8682-cant-remove-my-documents-windows-explorer.html

It is likely that the update may require some version of RDC 7 to exist on the system already. I looked with ProcMon but couldn't find where the check failed. It was also not in the update logfiles that Procexp showed WUSA.exe to be writing to.

Could you maybe test that? I'd be grateful since it's kinda difficult for me to test 64 bit software with my current setup. It does not work, but the stock install has RDC 6 on it.

I forgot to mention that the update I found, there is one available for Vista-based x64 OSes, which should work on 2008 SP2 x64 but not x86.