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Thanks so much for doing that. What do you suppose this anonymous metallic defect could be? I highly doubt it's solder, as that's white, not metallic. It appears to be a slight indent from a scratch where a round portion of metal shows. A co-worker said that he had accidently broken the USB port in his notebook and it did have metal under the plastic. Not the case in the one I tore up tho, so I can't say for sure.

Only if it says it is in the guests group, or has "Guest" as a prefix to their name. Some of the spammers that were removed may have posts that we did not find. So if you find some, you can post the post ID here or PM it to me and we will determine whether or not that post needs to be removed. But it is important if you find these posts from only the past year. If you go back far enough there are older guest posts but I am not concerned with those.

Well then don't! Why wouldn't this work for you? <FirstLogonCommands> <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <Order>1</Order> <Description>Run First Setup stuff</Description> <CommandLine>cmd /C start /wait c:\folder\setupstuff.cmd</CommandLine> </SynchronousCommand> </FirstLogonCommands> Only one command, but that .CMD handles everything.

What is the probability that these computers on the network have a mix of 10/100 and gigabit NICs? How about your servers? Are all your switches the same brand or are those mixed up too? If you have a mix of different NIC speed capabilities on your network, I would recommend that your company use switches that support Link Aggregation.

I just tore up a USB port. There is no metal inside the plastic. Other than if you break it enough you will see the pins from the other side. Regarding the ports arrangement, there is no "up or down" standard when manufacturers put together their cases. For the most part, they may have a quality control measure to make sure all ports are facing the same direction for the entire production line, but it does widely vary as far as which way they are facing when they have a vertical orientation in a case.

See this for guidance: Add a Custom Script to Windows Setup Notice it says that setupcomplete.cmd runs using the LOCAL SYSTEM priviledge. Because of Session 0 Isolation, anything running under this type of account is prohibited to interact with the Desktop. So to sum it up, you won't see a progress bar for example. Try using FirstLogonCommands instead.

Here is a Powershell example: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/ITCG/thread/c35e7c1e-d5c1-421c-999a-7affeacd1668 Here is another thread on the subject: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchangesvrgenerallegacy/thread/4faa1da2-35d5-4311-8343-1a1ed8134037/

What about wireless power options? Some devices like a NIC or even some running services can keep a computer from sleeping.

What have you tried so far?

The log file is going to be too big to post. Open the file up, scroll all the way down to the bottom. Then do a search, type KB2785094 in the box, and choose "Up" radio button. You'll have to scroll up a little more but you should be able to find the portion of the log file that relates to that update, and it should have the error there. For Event Viewer, look for any errors or warnings related to Windows Update and/or the installation of that update.

Ahhhh that explains why KB2785605 didn't go in either. I'll have to keep watch for those little "-rp" in the file name. B)

The failure should be noted in the Windows Update log file: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902093 Also there may be something worthwhile in Event Viewer. What was your attachment? Do you have a SkyDrive account or other file hosting service you could upload the file to? If it is a picture you can use Photobucket or Flickr or something.

Part of this "anti-spam" measures taken involved deleting spammer accounts. If anyone finds any posts from the past year from a "Guest", make sure to mention them.

My mount point is in a folder called winpe_x86. I should have noticed the time stamp in the logs I found. See this new attachment for the Windows 8 logs. DISM_KB2727528.txt

I cannot find a user account with that name.

Make sure the Themes service is running.

I looked in all the first boot logs (on the client machine) and only one of the various "setupact.log" files actually has the KBs listed in it... KB2727528 was not anywhere in the log file. See the attached excerpt. I believe I got everything relevent from the Technician Computer's DISM.log.

There was other news that hit recently, about how someone figured out how to beat Windows RT's "Code Integrity Mechanism" to run un-signed, custom or non-supported apps on it. However since I am unsure whether or not that is something allowed to be put here, I won't post a link to the story or the original blog post.

The logs on the deployed OS, or on the system I used to integrate the update?

From what I am finding, this can be caused my many different problems. They all have one similarity tho, your Network Location is set to Home. Here are some possible things that could fix it: - leave Home Group - There is a device in the network like a Printer and the driver needs to be updated - disable IPv6 - flush DNS - rename c:\windows\panther\setup.etl setup.old, the reboot - allow the home group through the firewall, or use Windows Troubleshooter All from this thread: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproperf/thread/1ad12734-3cd2-4733-936d-9c4071ecdb63 Make sure to read that last post, looks helpful.

Are you referring to settiing up partitions or user accounts? I haven't seen a modify action on a user account, but for partitions its fairly simple. You add new partitions. The "Add" action only creates the partition. You modify a specific partition, the modify action applies formatting and file system attributes.

Did you look over the Gain Structure stuff? This is what I've been harping on all along. When I was in the business, bands would often give me discs to play during show intermissions and what not. After a little while I realised that there was a certain level of quality required in a CD recording that I could make use of. It really sucked to tell bands that you can't use their stuff because the gain was too low. Many bands maybe can't afford to make a quality recording like that. While it is possible to fix that when ripping an MP3, it is a time consuming process and I rarely ever used it. There was only 1 band I convinced to re-record their album and it turned out great. But when I was doing sound, I resisted using a computer for that and if the CD wasn't up to snuff I wouldn't use it. This problem also exists in older CD recordings even from labelled bands that were recorded in certain formats prior to about 1993 or so. That's one reason why so many "remastered" releases came out in the mid to late 90s.

I removed your attachment. The ProductKey you had in the WinPE pass was not an install key. This is the install key for Windows 7 Ultimate: D4F6K-QK3RD-TMVMJ-BBMRX-3MBMV

What error do you get?

Its not really the function of the Radeon to do this. The switching feature is dependent on the Intel GPU instead. That is why the Intel Desktop drivers, while they install and do work, will cause the problem the Op is experiencing. I checked the Intel Mobile driver package I have here (which is what he needs) but the INF is written to block install on XP. The built in software side of switching graphics on the Intel GPU needs Vista or higher. I can't identify what specifically it uses. XP did indeed have switchable graphics, but those always required a reboot and either had a physical switch (like a wireless switch) or an option to change in the BIOS. You can find these drivers in the following links... note they are Windows 7 drivers. ftp://65.106.72.164/Notebook/Compal/QAL30_50_51/Drivers/Win7(32)64/02_VGA_QAL3050_Intel_x64_9.17.10.2884.zip ftp://65.106.72.164/Notebook/Compal/QAL30_50_51/Drivers/Win7(32)64/02_VGA_QAL3050_Intel_x86_9.17.10.2884.zip