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My guess is that they wanted to streamline all their products across the line, and there is already some confusion about RT and Desktop (such as people saying they will be buying a Surface and put an i5 into it).... So I am going to guess they got rid of Aero to save on GPU power usage... which is a consideration for battery life in the portable devices.

With my deployment app, I simply show an HTA during the install process to alert users that the installer is running. That way you don't have to worry about calculating times, etc. Also you need to watch out for installers that spawn msiexec.exe, since that can stay open in the background for 10 minutes.

The UUID of the motherboard can be used.

Look at this thread, starting with this post: You can add things to "DEFAULT" user account, if you need to load the "HKCU" you'll find that in NTUSER.DAT in the Users\Default folder.

I reported this in the Dev Preview, but even in RTM it doesn't seem possible to search File Contents using Explorer. In Windows 7, if search couldn't find what you were looking for, an option to search in File Contents. Windows 8 explorer doesn't even have any options, let alone this. So as an example, if I have a folder full of INFs, searching for a Hardware ID just shows zero results. Don't tell me I have to copy this folder to another OS just to find the file I need!

Wow! What are you putting in your boot.wim to make it so large? Also, the boot.wim size is directly related to the amount of RAM in the system. A 600MB boot.wim may require at least 2GB RAM on the client, although that is just a guess.

Are you using your pre-existing Windows 7 account when booting into Windows 8? Have you tried testing with a new user account?

I totally agree with that. If I were you (Tihiy) I would use a login system instead of serial keys... That way you would allow use on multiple machine and monitor how many are running using that account. ...Every program is crackable, no matter how many protection/obfuscation techniques you use there will always be someone to bypass them you know, there's a great chance that those people who want to use your product on multiple machine but can't without purchasing a new license will just download a cracked version somewhere... Just saying Man you guys are the RUDEST EVER... Just saying ... We can use this opportunity to make a suggestion.... such as offering a Site-License for the final product.

i can install 64bit by booting but will be clean install not upgrade. Are you sure it is actually a 64bit install disc? Have you tested on a VM or something? I'm finding that some people have gotten a 32bit ISO from Anytime Upgrade so you should verify that for one.

It comes down from the top that it would be preferrable for Windows 8 in Audit Mode to not have the Sysprep box on the screen. This is because I use a program that ends up sysprepping the machine instead and the techs have been using the sysprep box for years and might just forget to run the program. I was able to accomplish this by mounting NTUSER.DAT from the Administrator account and add: taskkill /im sysprep.exe To the RUN key. But I am wondering if this is the best way to do this? Is it possible to find out what makes sysprep.exe run automatically in Audit Mode? Has anyone figured it out?

I'm confused by your posts... Do you get the 0x7B when booting the UDB key or does the OS install and you get the 0x7B when booting the OS? I can't be both (since if the USB key gets the error you couldn't possibly install the OS) but you posted this: Knowing exactly when you get this error will help determine where your actual problem is.

I didn't see it mentioned, but can this notebook boot any other CD?

Simple File Sharing does not work over the internet like that. You'll need some program to "serve" the files to make them available. If you want to do this just for file access, you could use an FTP server application, such as FileZilla. http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html But mind the terms of service from your ISP. Most residential plans do not allow provisions for running a server as that is typically reserved for business plans. If they do not allow you to run a server, they could shut off your service should they catch you. Another concern is that by doing something like this, you are opening up that PC to the internet and possible intrusion. So you need to make sure the way in is as secure as possible.

I haven't seen that message before, but maybe you are just using the 32bit disc for Windows 8? What is the disc part number?

I used to rely on Task Manager in Windows 7 (and older) when monitoring silent installs to verify the installation process ran/was running/etc. Now that the process name doesn't show, it is difficult for me to determine not only a) if the process is running but B) what the name actually is. The only one that is easy is anything that uses msiexec.exe because it shows up as Windows Installer. Also some old problems still exist. For example, MMC will lock up if you open Computer Management or Event Viewer and you try to do something right away. Even as an example, you can run Event Viewer and as soon as it opens, hit the maximize button. Those screen drawing problems exist there too. There is also an issue if you are in Computer Management, click on Disk Management, then click on something else... the screen will stay on Disk Management, with that message on the bottom and MMC will become unusable until you close it and re-open it again. I had done that and let it sit there for an hour.

I remember Yahoo used to do something similar as well, but it was configurable in the options. I don't use Hotmail so I don't know where to start looking.

Yeah sales of Windows 8. This cannot even be compared to Vista... Now my market is not to cater to retail type end users... but well there seems to be "passing" interest from customers about Windows 8, but people just aren't putting the money where their mouth is. I can't really say much more than that... but suffice it to say that I expected at least a Vista level of first day sales.

Active Desktop was deprecated with Vista.

I found this for WinPE 3: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972831 I can't find anything for v4 yet.

You may run into some OS stability problems with those folders removed.

You two are going to have to take your argument somewhere else!

What are you talking about??? Read what he stated below. Next version should be Release Candidate and it should come in a week, i hope, alongside with a site and purchase options. I already read it. I'm not sure how you got what you wrote "thanks for all the help..." out of that. He might aswell just could have said that. Thats what im saying. The fact that the file product would be a pay product was never in doubt as it was made clear when the thread was created.

Just to be clear, companies who handle marketing for MSPs seem to have some thought that it is a good idea to advertise on technical forums. This is an error in their thinking since any such spam gets reported from all the technical forums if it were to show up, which leaves a bad mark on your company name or your representatives. So just to be warned that we do not allow corporate advertising here, and we ask that you become involved with the community before posting a link to your company website. Otherwise, enjoy your stay.

It was initially expected that my area would get some heavy flooding and high winds but it turned out not really being an issue. The videos and pictures from New York City are something else!

What model notebook do you have? Most times for Notebooks, all drivers are provided by the notebook manufacturer.