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Intel Desktop boards DH77KC and DH77DF have new BIOS version 0100 that adds BGRT support. Note from the PDF they speak of an error you get using the ITK 5: http://downloadmirror.intel.com/21846/eng/KC_0100_ReleaseNotes3.pdf

I'm getting "Bing points" every time I click on that link.

Well you can definately use it for onsie-twosies... plus then you'd already have the ability to scale up your operation in the future.

Have you looked into using MDT and a deployment share? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/dd407791.aspx

I can't really find any pay products, but these 2 IBM apps: IBM version of EZ-Smart http://www.techrepublic.com/article/get-smart-to-predict-hard-drive-failures/1055303 IBM Feature/Align Tool: http://download.chip.eu/en/IBM_Hitachi-Feature-Tool_1573833.html http://www.hgst.com/support/downloads/#FeatureTool But those aren't for files. Maybe something on the UBCD, which has a lot of hard disk related programs included: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

It picks from the 3 Update options in OOBE. I can't find a good picture of it, but it is equivalent to "Install Updates Automatically (Recommended)" option in the "Choose how Windows can install updates" page in Control Panel.

Are you using one of the pre-built solutions as listed here: Or are you using your own method?

When Test Mode is on, does it say "Test" above "Windows 8" and the build number on the desktop if the OS is not activated?

I can't wait to use the hottest selling OS of 2013 to do my taxes from 2011!

UEFI PXE driver found for SMSC LAN9500 USB 2.0 to Ethernet 10/100 NIC. http://www.smsc.com/index.php?tid=145&pid=137&cid=&tab=5 NIC is used in the dock for the CZC U116T Ultrabook/Tablet: http://www.czctech.com/en/t3c/U116T.html SMSC requires registration to download. Have not tested this device to see if it is capable of doing a UEFI PXE boot or not. Update: The UEFI PXE "driver" as the website mentions is actually a .EFI file to be used to flash the EEPROM on the NIC itself. It can be done via the EFI Shell (if present) or presumably a utility. It contains 32/64bit Itanium and 32/64bit UEFI types. UEFI PXE code added to BIOS version 0089 for Intel DH77EB motherboard: http://downloadmirror.intel.com/21749/eng/EB_0089_ReleaseNotes.pdf see also: Update: Intel (apparently) added UEFI PXE support to the DH77KC and DH77DF boards in BIOS version 0100. http://downloadmirror.intel.com/21846/eng/KC_0100_ReleaseNotes3.pdf

This project is dead and left open for historical reference only. The current project is here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=138048

If this disk was originally formatted on another computer (or possibly user) then you will get messages about it. It is because you are not the owner of that disk as far as Windows is concerned.

Welcome to the MSFN!

See MagicAndre's post above.

All you need is to modify your winpeshl.ini to launch a wrapper that prompts for a password. Then if the password is correct, then it will launch whatever application your normally would. Here is an example of a credential prompt I had built for WinPE to restrict access to cmd.exe:

There are some protected locations in Windows 7. Where are you working with these files? Are you using a limited user account? Are you using a foreign disk?

I am error:

You'll need to add a (or replace the) winpeshl.ini to launch a script of some sort. It can be .cmd or something else you make. This script needs to be able to determine the drive letter that the DVD resides in. Create 2 answer files. The first one is your Unattended one. The second one should be blank but with the correct XML elements so that Setup can parse it. Name it Attended.xml. Your script will have 2 options: 1. Unattended 2. Attended Presuming your DVD drive is D:, then the two option above would have the following commands: 1. Unattended setup.exe /unattend:d:\autounattend.xml 2. Attended setup.exe /unattend:d:\attended.xml There does not appear to be a command line parameter to instruct Setup.exe to NOT look for an answer file. This is why you would need to use a relatively blank one. Here is an example (not tested): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend"> <settings pass="windowsPE"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <SetupUILanguage> <UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage> </SetupUILanguage> <InputLocale>0409:00000409</InputLocale> <SystemLocale>en-us</SystemLocale> <UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage> <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale> </component> </settings> <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="catalog:d:/sources/install_windows vista business.clg" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" /> </unattend>

This change to OS has to be done by the OEMs. Microsoft is not technically responsible since they do not actually sell any of these computers, or even set them up. Microsoft would have made an announcement to their European Partners concerning required changes to how the OS is deployed. Those Partners are required to make these changes... I am sure that Microsoft isn't taking it lightly that some of their partners were not following the rules. I'm not sure what the penalties would be tho. Can you use different browsers on Android or Apple devices? What about Amazon's Kindle? Aren't these devices the choice themselves, rather than what you can install on them? You could always just Ask Jeeves... The Nokia Lumia phone is a great example of why the common excuse of Samsung vs Apple in the "how different can you make it?" It is refreshing to see a different type of phone design. Most phones just look way to similar as it is. This Lumia, and the original Droid X are examples of how a phone design doesn't need to be so generic. And I'm not referring to what shows up on the screen. Maybe the Android is more like Windows than Linux. Typically most people who use Linux are beyond power users or at least enthusiasts. I have an Android phone and while it could be complicated if I dug into it, I don't use it that way. So I consider that to be closer to Windows than Linux. Maybe if Linux had more marketplace standing I would change my mind. But I can say that none of my relatives have a Linux computer. You don't HAVE to unlock the thing you know... The Windows 8 Hardware Certification replaces the previous Windows Logo Program. It is NOT a requirement in order to sell a product with Windows 8 on it. It is only a requirement to acquire the Certification... which basically means you can sell a product that has the "Windows 8 Certified" sticker on it. So basically, this limitation should only exist on Windows RT systems with the Certified Sticker, and NOT be a problem on non-certified Windows 8 ARM systems. The problem is that for the first year, only the 3-5 ODM/Partners has access to Windows RT. Once that grace period is passed and the other OEMs can build RT systems, you will then see the non-certified Windows 8 RT systems hit the market.

I don't think I've seen a "don't lean out the window" sign before. Is it common near mountains? Some places have a "Warning falling rocks" signs... While it makes sense in the middle of Pennsylvania (mining towns) other places it seems to be in places or poor planning of putting a road through a hill with steep walls.

"Impossible to finish" meaning impossible to come up with a progression starting with John L. Williams and ending with Anton Volchenkov and using all the names in your list? In your original Name Association challenge, how did you know when you were finished? When everyone got bored with it, ran out of names (impossible), or what? Sorry, but I'm a little bit confused. Cheers and Regards It wasn't anyone else but me. I knew I was "finished" because I couldn't think of any way to continue past Anton Volchenkov. And yes... I used all the names on that list and only once. But, I did it all by myself (other people's additions were not recorded) and it took over 4 hours all in one day. So it is technically possible to be able to continue past Anton Volchenkov but even to this point I hadn't come up with what could be next... since I finished this a day and a half ago. The impossibility is presumed, only because of the way Tyrone Gardner was accomplished. While the names I picked were not random (obviously) I did think a few "moves" ahead so not to box myself into a corner. But sometimes I wasn't paying so much attention. Which is why you will find a band name in there (that isn't actually a person) as one of the few "cheats" I had to use to continue. After that, I had gone from Tony Toni Tone (the band name) to Toni Braxton, Tyrone Braxton, Tyrone Gardner to Paul Gardner. Paul Gardner (at least for me) is a better name to settle on as it has more common pieces in it. If I had actually used Tyrone Garner (the correct spelling) then I might just have been stuck. I did notice my own trends while doing this, as sometimes I could go on for many names, coming up with them within seconds... but then others caused my brain to go blank... until I thought of something 20 minutes later! It was an interesting experience.

I tried something when I was bored the other day... well technically I don't get bored but whatever. On a private forum, I decided to do a Name Association challenge on my own. It is a game I play with friends often and I wanted to see how far I could get. The basics are I started with a name, then change 1 word to change it to another name. There was a catch, all the names had to be actual people you could look up, and all the names I had to think of without looking them up. (I did look up some to confirm spelling.) I kept track of them in a list so that I would not have any duplicates. Now that I had this list, I thought maybe there could be another use for it now that the challenge was done. I thought maybe some programmer would want to challenge themself in creating a script or program that could duplicate the order (or even make other order possibilities) based on the list. So that is what I'm leaving here. I may post this on other forums later but wanted MSFN coders to have the first opportunity. The basic rules of the challenge: - change one word to another word. - initials count as a word. There was 1 error that I know of. It concerns a typo that I left in the list uncorrected where I used the wrong spelling of a name. That is "Tyrone Gardner" but the person's name is actually Tyrone Garner. I'm fairly certain that changing it in the list would cause the challenge impossible to finish. The list itself is not in the order in which they were entered. They are in alphebetical order for my purposes of making sure I used no duplicates. Here is the list: http://pastebin.com/MkKfyvJ4 I can say that the first name was John L. Williams and the last name was Anton Volchenkov.

You mean the location-aware printing feature of Windows 7? Someone must have configured the default printer on your corporate network. Maybe, but none of our Windows 7 PCs ever pick up the printer automatically. We always have to install the HP software which then searches the network and installs it. In other news.... UEFI vulnerability found in Windows 8: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/19/win8_rootkit/

Let me add a bit of positive impressions back in. Something REALLY cool I found out by accident. I have a Windows 8 PC here, that when I plugged it into the corporate network, it automatically found and installed the network printer. It was totally transparent. The only reason I knew it was added was because I found it in Device Manager. As a test, I sent along a Test Page and it printed just fine. That really takes the pain out of installing printers!

The wireless devices are something else, something to do with a firewall inside the router that isolates the physical from wireless connections. Actually.... doing DNS would be a pain.... I just had an idea... Why not add an entry for the name and IP into your HOSTS file? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_%28file%29 Maybe that will be enough to work.