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I've been working on this again, not by choice but because it cropped up again while working on something else. I've been doing some comparison work between Server 2008 R2 and Server 2012 RC. Fortunately, it appears that Server 2012 is going to support detection of a UEFI or ARM PXE boot request: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/zh/winserversetup/thread/11558a29-f934-4f08-a67a-c8dec1302b76 In my last post, I posted the boot type response list, but not the actual response. According to the Deployment-Services-Diagnostics logs in Event Viewer on 2008, the DQ67OW I was using was reporting an arch of 6. I've moved on from that board and using one with UEFI 2.3.1: Intel DX79TO. Here is a comparison of behaviours vs both WDS types. If PXE boot DX79TO to 2008 WDS, arch reported is 0 (x86), which prompts the download of WDSNBP.COM. It then will boot one of the Boot Images (3 x64 WinPE to pick from) and I can select a WinPE x64. However, on 2012 WDS, it also reports an arch of 0 (x86) but WDS creates an error that says there are no x86 boot images and that the client will not be able to boot. Yet, it will then load x86\boot\WDSNBP.COM, and then the x64 WinPE. edit: Server 2012 reports multiple arch values, one is x86, but also reports x86-x64 arch, which allows the download of the 64bit PE. It still shows an error because of the first arch not having a matching boot image. Server 2008 R2 has the ability to detect one of 3 different boot types (regardless of the list it appears): - x86PC - x64PC - ia64 And can provide a bootloader for whichever one. Server 2012 RC has the same choices, but adds the additional set: - ARM - UEFI x86 - UEFI x64 Which is interesting. If you look on Server 2012's boot folder, there is EFI boot rom for x86, but there are the 2 standard ones (bootmgfw.efi and wdsmgfw.efi) in the x64 folder. This matches up with official support that Microsoft does not support (and will not support) 32bit versions of Windows 7 or Windows 8 on UEFI 2.3.1 architecture. So back to the arch, the new boards with UEFI 2.3.1 report arch of 0, which may just be a reporting error. However, forcing WDS to use one of the two EFI boot ROMs as its default response leads the computer to lock up during the TFTP download. In addition, the "no x86 boot rom" error gets generated in Event Viewer. Example of how to change the boot rom: wdsutil /set-server /bootprogram:boot\x64\wdsmgfw.efi /architecture:x64 As the last post in the link I provided earlier shows, while MS is getting on track for supporting this type of deployment, the hardware manufacturers are still not up to it yet. Even though Intel said they'd have UEFI LAN boot available in the "next product line" which is already here... the 77 series.

I just installed Server 2012 RC (Datacenter) on a notebook. It seems pretty simple, although getting places is kinda annoying. Things I noticed so far: - I was not able to change the computer name and join to a domain at the same time. - I was not able to join to a domain (2008 R2 with 2008 functional level) unless I set a static IP. Every time I tried prior to that, I got a "can't find the domain" error, even though it prompted me for the domain credentials already. - After adding to the domain, and adding the WDS role, I was able to add it to the main WDS (2008 R2). I presume since it was being managed by another server, changing some options caused an error. - I added a boot image, and it was discoverable in the "F11" hack the primary WDS employs. So far so good. Here is a neat picture: Has anyone else played around with this yet?

Yeah, some viruses will write anti-execution code into the Registry to stop programs from running. Usually renaming them after installing works, and this is the reason why Gmer downloads as a random string of characters.exe.

Well, Team Foundation Server replaced Visual SourceSafe for source control. You can see some of the features here: http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/team-foundation-server/overview It isn't a free product, but you may have access to it depending on if you have a TechNet or MSDN subscription.

You can with International Servicing Command-Line Options.

It can be done using Group Policy, using Logoff Scripts. It might be in Local Security Policy, you'll have to check it out as I don't have an XP PC to look at.

The commercial is/was on Youtube. I use a Youtube download which gives me an FLV. I can't remember what program I used to grab that section of frames. The grainyness is caused by converting it to multiple formats, as well as resizing the image from its regular size to the smaller one. As far as the cat image goes, I did not create that particular animation. I had taken an existing animated GIF and added the hangar image to each frame.

You may not have good results doing an offline scan on a drive, because a lot of virii will only make themselves known to scanners when they are actively running. I'd run some apps (malwarebytes or whatever) on the live system or maybe in Safe Mode.

For the ADK part, does this get the CHMs too?

So you are not using any code management software like Team Foundation Server?

See that guy in the top right corner? He's pointing at you and saying "HA HA!"

What account is specified for the service on the Log On tab?

Well this is because all of the Metro apps are basically tied to your Windows Live account (or whatever it will end up being now that the Live branding is getting phased out) so you can have the same apps no matter what physical computer you end up logging into. So your metro apps are tied directly into your user profile in the cloud (like a roaming profile) and not to the PC. But as far as data goes, I can't see how it would be able to delete physical data on the hard drive... well to be sure I can *imagine* it but I don't think it will be related in that way. While I suspect that soon there will be news of some rogue app that gets pulled, there is a strict process to get an app put in the marketplace. This includes going through an approval process, as well as getting a digital signature among other things.

NO! I've been trying to install this for over 2 hours now. I've tried multiple PCs too. Even one that had Windows 8 Consumer Preview on it. No amount of SATA drivers seem to be working. It appears that RP has even less mass storage support than CP did.

I also only use the frame-by-frame technique. Here are my two most "recent" examples. From a commercial about three people doing a tango. Some forced meme appeared on TFW2005 concerning Megatron dancing, and all sorts of users were coming up with images about that theme. My submission because the "thread win" as I added Dark of the Moon Megatron into the awkward 3 person tango animation. Another was from KLOV where a user had found a mysterious hangar, which became an inside joke there. That user later had his cat die and he had posted a picture of his "cat" haunting his house. I ended up combining the hangar joke into his cat haunting joke with this image:

I do not see this behaviour happening. The Window_OnLoad that is run from browse is only run after a path is selected. I strive to never actually let techs see that Browse box to begin with. Its primarily a sign of trying to use incompatible hardware with the platform. Potentially, you could try changing the Window_Onload in Browse() to use the Reload() sub instead.

You'll need a key eventually, but you can use an answer file and specify the install key. Then Setup should install the appropriate image based on that. Here are some install keys: http://www.cluberti.com/blog/2009/08/11/default-keys-for-vista-and-windows-7-deployment/ Although, there should be a file on the DVD with these in it as well.

This event is telling you that Avira has been denied writing to the registry. A cursory lookup of this message leads to many people having a virus or malware on the system. Try running Malwarebytes or another product to see if it finds anything.

Are you equating Windows 8 to the Sega CD?

Downloading 64bit now. We're running out of purposes for 32bit anything lately...

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Bobby Prince - The Demon's Dead from Doom II, Map 10 and Map 16

What are these NS records? Name Server:DOMAIN.IDOTZ.NET Name Server:EXPIRED.IDOTZ.NET nslookup fails on the domain and the name server... at least the first one. Is it possible it was down since April 9 and you didn't notice? That was last time the domain record was updated.

Flags was the first thing I thought of too, but I see it in your XML. And it reminds me of how much Vista XML had changed from Win7. Just to be sure, what OS did your boot.wim come from? Did you try using both an Enterprise or Ultimate boot.wim? Also what arch did you try so far? Oh... your second image doesn't have the same amount of objects as the first. It is missing DisplayName and DisplayDescription at least.

It depends what it is. Did you check the dependencies tab to see if you need to change a different service first? There are some MS services that behave this way. Also, you may find more information in Event Viewer.