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In that case, use that topic!

Verify that you are still logging into your regular profile. If a profile is corrupted, Windows may automatically log you in using a 'TEMP' profile, in which and profile specific shortcuts may be 'missing'. The TEMP profile is built off the Default profile. An easy way to verify what type of account you are using is to open the Command Prompt (without running as administrator) and see what default folder it puts you in.

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You have already gotten your one allotted welcome.

This wasn't particularly my fault. A whiteboard fell off the wall (it wasn't mounted very well) and took out the monitor before landing on me. It was quite a surprise!

Where can this software be downloaded?

You are missing this in oobeSystem: <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale> <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage> <UserLocale>0409:00000409</UserLocale> <UILanguageFallback>en-US</UILanguageFallback> </component> And this too which goes in the oobeSystem pass too, but under the Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup component. <OOBE> <ProtectYourPC>2</ProtectYourPC> </OOBE>

The only thing I can think of is that you'd have to install Windows 7 to Audit Mode. Then get your unattend.xml to use with sysprep /generalize and then capture the image. Then you'd have to deploy the image with Imagex. After that part is done, you'd need to write a program that asks for a computer name, changes the computer name node in the XML on the deployed OS and reboot. It is already known that you can change the XML for an OS that is deployed but before it boots the first time.

Such an amazing tool would just take the fun out of it!

I couldn't even say. Last time I had dial-up was using a defective 14.4 modem I found in the garbage that connected as ISDN speed somehow.

That is to be expected. Windows XP was installed on your computer using the ACPI HAL, and that setting in the BIOS effectively changes your HAL. XP doesn't like when you change the HAL, as you have seen.

Windows 8 is a beta! But that is interesting. I never tried to look at WEI on the dev preview.

Flaw - Payback

BCDEdit can only show you the options of the OS you are currently booted into.

MDT isn't wholly dependent on WDS. You can use MDT to build USB key installation too. Anyways, you can build a Task Sequence specific to what you want the deployment to do.

I wonder if hitting the hard disk in the freezer could be a valid troubleshooting step someday...

See my screenshots here: Has recovery partition = enabled Doesn't have recovery = disabled

How are you deploying this image? There shouldn't be a reason to extend the disk... since you'd run diskpart prior to imaging to set up the partition.

It sounds like you are building installations for a company right? You can use MDT to give a computer name and then join a domain. This works because it asks these questions BEFORE the installation actually takes place, so it has the computer name already when it goes to join the domain. Alternatively, another user mentions the use of a Powershell script to join the domain.

Have you already talked to your network Administrator about this problem?

Ah screensavers isn't something I normally think of. Nowadays I don't bother with them and just use ribbons or whatever. But my 98 does have the Marilyn Manson screen saver that came on a single. It spells out DRUGS, which prompted many friends to call it "The drugs computer" rather than Shiva. // I've tried IrfanView, I remember needing it during college for some reason. My favorite is always the version of ACDSee that is on my 98, but it is impossible to find that version. But that's fine since in XP and up the Office Image Viewer is good enough.

Well at least it does give you the breakdown of each component. But it is the old addage with computers, it is only as fast as the slowest component, so it does make sense.

Diary of Dreams - Butterfly:Dance

IDK that seems a little complicated. If you install the WMI package, you can do a WMI script that would grab the volume size. That's my only idea.

That happening happened today.... New scores after replacing bad video card: Base Score: 5.1 CPU: 7.2 RAM: 7.2 Graphics: 5.1 Gaming Graphics: 6.4 Primary Hard Disk: 5.7 Ooops new video card is XFX Radeon HD 4670