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Well, while my assertion that I've never used BCDBoot on a single partition deployment is true... and that it may not be 100% accurate for everyone... THIS is: BCDBoot x64 binary can write to both a deployed x86 or x64 OS. I had problems with 32bit BCDBoot from Win7RTM time doing both, and switched to 64bit exclusively. Also, BCDBoot from WinPE4 works with Windows 7 as well as Windows 8.

Well, that's a bummer. The salesman's point was that our e-mail already lives in the cloud somewhere, so we may as well not worry about it, and happily join the matrix embrace Windows 8. :angrym: --JorgeA I wonder what the numbers are for people using "cloud" email vs "downloaded" email nowadays. I haven't had "downloaded" email for home use... um... ever. My first ever personal email account was in the "cloud" of course back then it was just called webmail. And I only use "webmail" for work for the past 2 years or so... but only because Thunderbird stopped working.

Doing some testing with a new notebook, and I discovered that like Windows 8, WinPE 4.0 has the capability of reading from the BGRT as well. This was evidenced by the fact that instead of the normal Beta Fish boot picture, I saw the BIOS splash screen while booting WinPE.

Microsoft just changes stuff to change stuff and makes the less perceptive think it's better and fresh. They don't make intelligent changes that actually improve the OS. A lot of techies have been wanting a better task manager for years. The new task manager is fine... kinda like a strange hybrid of ProcExp, but I think the only real problem I have with it is that it uses the Executable Name in the task list and not the Process filename. This is a problem because if some programs are not written very well (no duh huh?) and their names appear as generic listings. I should be able to get a screenshot of this behaviour in a little bit. Here I posted the picture in this thread:

Speccy is pretty powerful. Also I think it has an option to upload the logs to their website too so you can look them up later. I've seen people post links to logs like this. http://www.piriform.com/speccy

Hope you mean ADK! Supposedly, WinPE4 has native support for wireless and it was on my project list at one point but I removed it recently. Does IPCONFIG see your wireless NIC?

Its the idea that you should look at the DEFAULT file to mount first, since all user accounts that get created use the settings in there as a template.

Also, don't ever logoff and then log back in. The mount doesn't like that either.

This practice pre-dates the Patriot Act. At least one ISP as far back as 2000 kept about 3 months of emails backed up in the Mail Exchangers, and approximately 7-8 months on tape backup. OK, I looked it up, and my ISP says that they keep e-mails for 90 days and then they are gone, incapable of being retrieved. Retrieved by them FOR you, yes. Retrievable by them? Well let's put it this way, if you had become under the watch of the Abuse Department for some illegal reason, trust me they would have access to those emails.

That's interesting... I don't remember a Neptune. But it seems like Neptune has bad luck when it comes to products. Sega's Neptune never came out either.

So far I think the biggest problem with the new UI is that it does not come with instructions. Unlike modern video games, there is no "tutorial level" showing you how to do things. I recall back to my first time with the Release Preview, I did not know how to reboot or close a (then Metro) modern application. I had found out how to restart by accident! I like to think I'm fairly good with computers enough to figure out interfaces and now I pretty much know how to get around. BUT the problem for my experience is that I immediately go to the Desktop and move about the OS manually! Also that "bug vs feature" question, I read it on the Register yesterday.... That is the BEST (maybe WORST) question ever! I wanted to add this complaint about Task Manager, where now it doesn't show you the file name for processes. Instead, it reads information out of the EXE itself. This is helpful, but not when software companies take shortcuts! The first one is a Battery Optimization software, the second is Wireless switch software. Both of these programs are the new Windows 8 version for the notebook I am working on. Both are 32bit apps that are running on a 64bit OS.

Language like this will not be tolerated. Don't do it again.

This practice pre-dates the Patriot Act. At least one ISP as far back as 2000 kept about 3 months of emails backed up in the Mail Exchangers, and approximately 7-8 months on tape backup.

This XML file you posted puts the system into Audit Mode. You should be doing a domain join in OOBE instead. Also I see you are adding the Administrator account, this account already exists.

Look in here: HKEY_USERS\DEFAULT: C:\Windows\system32\config\default My idea is if you make the change in the Default, it should apply to all users. Otherwise, it looks like the regular HKEY_USERS is stored in NTUSER.DAT. I did a quite look and I'm not sure where that file is, then again I'm not even sure how to use it either.

Try your install without using the <servicing> object you have at the top. There seems to be some issues with how those are setup anyways. For example, you have "FreeCell" but the help says "InboxGames\FreeCell" instead. Is every install to be disabling these packages? Did you try using DISM to disable these features in the install.wim? WSIM validating is not a 100% check on everything, because it has rules for the objects, and checks the XML syntax but it doesn't actually compare it against a live setup. So there are still ways to have a valid (as per WSIM) xml and still generate an error, such as you have seen here.

I think people who go into Windows 8 thinking of the classic desktop experience are the ones who are going to have the most problems, because it is radically different. It is even radically different from the Apple PC experience, which also uses a desktop style UI. Those coming from a smart-phone perspective will be able to go about it easier since it is not that much of a transition.

Guees WHY exactly the good Apple guys came out with the "mini" iPad? Could it be for people that think a cellphone is too small but a tablet/netbook too big? jaclaz Yes it may have something to do with Amazon's Kindle products which are pretty small from what I see in commercials. These new tablets are just right-sized (even the mini iPad or Kindle sizes included) as compared to the old tablets. A netbook was a cool thing and I got one, but it is still cumbersome because it still is just a notebook.

You should avoid downloading a torrent of Windows 8 because IT IS ILLEGAL.

I don't know what that was about... but the entire thread I linked to may not be relevant, but that post seems to be. From what I understand, you have a folder with all the .MSU files in it (no subfolders), then you put that .cmd in that folder too. Since the .cmd and the .msu files are in the same location, you wouldn't need to set a path.

Now there is some interesting idea. Basically take the Start Screen be like the Active Desktop of old? Why didn't MS think of this?

I had already tested the "change to zero and then change back to ten" thing but it just hides those items. Would be too simple! Anyways, I think mostly everything in Local Security Policy is actually stored in the registry, but that it is easier to set it using the snap-in. HKEY_USERS should be able to be put in the WIM file but it isn't exact since Windows changes how the registry is used in online vs offline modes. There are two ideas I have just now: 1. Boot into a PE and look at the offline registry hives for these settings. Export those reg files and test import them into a mounted registry from the WiM and test. 2. This reg file you exported from the running OS, add FirstLogonCommands to merge the .reg file during OOBE.

For example, here is a post where a user is using a batch file to run an .exe: Also, to make things easier for me (although I suspect there is a thread in here for that too, but you can't search for "msu" within the forum) is here is a sample batch file to execute a folder full of .msu files:

Here is a review of the Surface with Windows RT installed. http://www.wired.com/reviews/2012/10/microsoft-surface/ I'm not sure what the end result is... This isn't the kind of review that tells you "YES GO BUY IT" or "NO DON'T BUY IT" at the end. It has some pros and cons at the end, but the ones in the text of the article seem more important. I am hopeful for the Surface, presuming I can get one some day as I finally (after years of being around Tablets) found a way I could integrate one in my life and my hobbies or whatever. There are just times I wish I had a computer when there is no computer around and the cell phone just won't cut it. For example, I do not particularly like using a web browser on the phone. I'm wondering what the impact of the Surface not having a 3G/LTE option will have on it. Maybe I don't really know how that is supposed to be used. I am under the impression that using that type of connection requires the device to be added to a mobile phone plan... as in, it isn't FREE...

Wow what are you doing to your computers! Anyways, no picture is in your post. For EXEs you can use Start /Wait in a .cmd file. MSU can be installed via CMD as well.