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What service pack do you have? What is the hardware ID of the audio device?

Update: This is NOT fixed after applying Update 1 to Server 2012 R2 Standard. I was able to get the Explorer Application error by opening PowerShell prompt from the taskbar and initiating a restart using the Ctrl+X menu as before.

The miniPC I set up a few years ago has SP3. I haven't actually used it yet other than to create a media backup. I hope to use it later this year but for now it is just sitting on my mantle underneath a calculator. The reason for it was that happened to have been the disc I had on hand at the time. Not really a good reason is it? Anyways, I'm the kind of person who upgrades only if really required. I will make do with whatever I have as long as possible.

You can try removing the feature, reboot and re-add it. It is possible that high scores are not kept if this is done... such as ones kept for Minesweeper and (I think) Hearts.

This is a problem. Microsoft did not RTM Update 1 with any sort of timeframe of past updates. It never went to OEMs (I'm using this term to include System Builders) first but went to MSDN/Technet. This meant that OEMs got the update pretty much at the time of GA and everyone else. Rather than the typical RTM period of 2-3 months of testing, it was less than 1 week. Now this news article comes out and says that 1 month from then, any PC not running 8.1 Update 1 cannot get updates? This could* be a support nightmare! What were they thinking?

I haven't seen it in Windows 8.1 Update 1 yet. I haven't gotten around to integrating Server 2012 R2.

Take a look at this forum section: http://www.msfn.org/board/forum/92-setup-billboard-screens-for-windows/

They should be enabled as they are only disabled in Business and Enterprise editions. You may need to turn on the feature. See the note at this link, which also has a rundown of all the games. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/learn-about-windows-games

Why can't we all just go back to simple websites like that?

Would you consider Novell Netware 4 to be a DOS based OS?

Make sure you are using 64bit Windows 7.

I've always seen this happening. Have you verified the BIOS time is correct?

I would first make sure to uninstall any Atheros drivers and software. If you are trying to install using a Setup application, try instead to point Device Manager to the location of the driver files. See if letting Windows manage the wireless does any better. I personally never install any application for wireless, just the driver.

I remember seeing a total lunar eclipse in the 1990s. The moon turned into the Death Star for a night.

Yeah I think someone brought that up on twitter about how whoever made the graphics used the wrong IE icon.

The download includes just .cmd files so you can see what it is actually doing.

Yes the controls do seem reversed. I got used to WASD for first person games, but in this one I found myself keep trying to move with the arrow keys. Thus, I was not able to escape XP. I wonder if this game actually has an "end" to it or if you can't actually escape XP and IE6.

When I tried to play it in Firefox, I got a blue screen that said I needed to use a more modern browser like IE11. When I played it with IE10, I saw the intro "blue screen" and it was different. I didn't like the controls much.

Microsoft wants to help you escape from IE6 and Windows XP with a browser game. It only seems to work in IE. If you try to play it in Firefox it shows a "blue screen" message. http://www.modern.ie/en-us/virtualization-tools#escape-from-xp from https://twitter.com/IE/status/454025575959916545

I had a SMART failure so I decided to take a pic of my workstation.

EnableLinksBar is deprecated.

The wasProcessed attribute is added by Sysprep. This XML is not intended to be validated in WSIM. It looks like the way to get WSIM to show you what settings are invalid for IE11 would be to capture an image without an answer file... or maybe a dummy one with just language settings in it. Then you load that WIM into WSIM. Take your existing answer file and load that into WSIM and then validate it. It should then inform you what settings you have wrong. See the note here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn338139.aspx

I remember reading about this. It might have been a good idea at first, but the people who own the building had better keep up the maintenance. It will just look horrible in a few years once they get dirty and the pain starts wearing off.

I'll test it on Win 8.1 Update 1. EDIT: It is on MSDN. It looks like there is an update for Server 2012 R2 as well.

It appears there is a limitation regarding signed drivers where DISM won't be able to interpret the certificate depending on what OS you are running it on. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825070.aspx It isn't 100% true, as I've been adding drivers (boot-critical or otherwise) to Windows 8, 8.1, 2012/R2 images from Server 2008 R2 with the Windows 8.1 ADK installed. There hasn't been a problem until just now. I have found a driver from LSI that will not inject with DISM into a WinPE 4 image, but it DOES work if I do it from Server 2012. The error on Server 2008 R2 is: I have verified the signature with SignTool, and even the server itself (via Explorer) shows the certificate is OK. Is there an update available for Server 2008 R2 that will allow for the correct identication of certificates on driver injections? Using /forceunsigned is not an option.