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I haven't gotten a chance to build a Core image yet, but from what I understand it is similar to previous Home Premium SKU. So it probably has some of the same limitations.

You should maybe run netstat -b To see if you have anything besides your browsers or known clients accessing the internet.

Well good luck! I recall that the tapes were worse to deal with than the drives!

Its partly by design or laziness. It shouldn't even be in the WAIK. The properly working SRT package is in the OPK version... but even so its pretty much pointless. Its a left-over from Vista that stuck around. Windows 7 came with a winre.wim already so there was never a reason to need to create your own WinRE image using the SRT package. Vista, on the other hand, did not come with a winre.wim, and everything had to be built manually.

Windows 8 does track all the Metro-style apps you "install" since they are tied to your Live account which is used to download apps from the store. I do not know if you can get to the Store with just using a Local Account... haven't gotten that far yet.

Yes, I have seen HTML front-ends for FTP sites, but they are typically slower than just using an FTP client. I don't recall Iomega having a public FTP for customers tho... I think they just use the term "FTP" on their website but I could be wrong. It has been a long time tho...

From what I remember.... the Ditto drive isn't detected as you'd expect a drive to be detected. That meaning, it doesn't get a drive letter, etc. I wish I remembered more or had my old documentation... You need to make sure your parallel port in the BIOS is set to EPP. ECP and Bi-directional are not recommended. Also make sure you aren't chaining the drive with a printer or other device. Definately make sure you have the latest software.

It is for making recovery images. I can't see why anyone would ever need those packages... especially since they do not work properly from the WAIK.

SystemLocale missing from the WinPE pass. And to keep things the same across the board, you should use the same setting for InputLocale in both places, eather than one vs the other.

Using Group Policy is a recommended way to manage multiple users. If you end up using an "in-system" method to control this, you will be left with a headache if you ever need to change something. Using Group Policy, you can manage these settings all from one central location.

There is no "OPK" for Windows 8, per se. OEMs and System Builders use ADK for everything. Any "OPK" you can get for Windows 8 is documentation only. I've never once used the SRT package in anything. You can easily build your own recovery image by using the built-in winre.wim.

OK, I got to here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms994369.aspx Which leads to here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=16548 Since MS website is so vast, sometimes I opt to use Google's site: dork.

When I worked for ISP, one of our steps seemed incredibly silly but none-the-less it sometimes seemed to fix problems like these. Presuming it is possible (I don't know your network topography) you can try it... short of trying another cable. Basically the step was to swap the ends. For arguments sake, I'll pretend your cable goes from PC to router. Take the end that is in the PC, put it in the router. Take the end that was in the router, put it in the PC. Might sound strange but I have seen it work, short of replacing the cable entirely.

If your calculations are correct, this would also mean Windows 9 won't even come out!

Is it intentional humor I see? After "ALOT" of drinking... your default menu choice is to collapse?

TBH, I never even look at those types of things. Do you have an IP address? Can you access the internet?

Let's hope the HOSTS file still works.

It has been pointed out that the Segoe typeface is strikingly similar to what Apple uses. http://imgur.com/rv5E4

Ok thanks. I will definately try each until I find something good. Hopefully they will work in Windows 8 x64!

I do wish DISM was better with the error messages it gives you... It should have pointed out the obvious I see in your post: Image Version: 6.1.7600.16385 Processing 1 of 1 - Adding package Microsoft-Windows-WinPE-LanguagePack-Package~ 31bf3856ad364e35~x86~sv-SE~6.1.7601.17514 But I could have definately missed it if the forum didn't color code it for me! With DISM, it is (typically) just all white text on black background.

All the different OS types (retail, oem, enterprise, embedded) while they can be basically similar, the real differences between them is how they can be used.

User says he is using a 32bit OS. the capabilities of the CPU have nothing to do with whether he can run 16bit instructions or not. I have found that DOS programs do not run very well on their own in Windows 7 x86. In my experience they either malfunction, crash immediately on opening, or spike the CPU to 100%. I would recommend you use an emulator such as DOSBox, or a VM with DOS/Win9x installed in it for these apps.

Certainly! Well I don't always get to make news posts, sometimes I make the "important" ones like nearly-new logos. http://www.msfn.org/_/software/microsoft-rebrands-itself-r8942 Ah but I did not know that it was used once before, so that is "good" to know. On the privacy front, some have found that a part of Windows 8 called SmartScreen will communicate to a Microsoft server everytime you install a program! You can see more information in the comments, especially the part about sending hashes... http://log.nadim.cc/?p=78

All WindowsRE is just WinPE with the Recenv program in it... oh and it uses a winpeshl.ini and setup.exe, etc.

Yeah the topic title, poll and post content always seemed to be marginally related. Speaking of computers... don't forget also the ZX Spectrum/Timex Sinclair... and maybe that Texas Instruments system?