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That example grabs the Name object in Win32_ComputerSystem. If you have a system with an Asset tag already on it, you can install the WMI Tools to find out what class and object that data is in. The data might end up being in Win32_Baseboard or Win32_BIOS. You can get WMI Tools here: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=24045

It not showing up in Services CPL could be a problem. Some viruses will do things to Security center, such as replace it. IIRC all it is a shortcut for the three options: - Monitor antivirus - Automatic Updates - Firewall You can get to Updates and Firewall from Control Panel as well. But do this test from CMD to see if you can start Security Center: net start wscsvc See what it reports back. Also check Event Viewer (Application) for anything relating to Security Center or the above service name.

The Big Hello... hope this doesn't mean you'll finish up with The Big Goodbye.

You need to have a local account on the Domain-joined PC to log in with. Since you were able to actually unjoin your notebook from the domain before, you may have success in creating a user. Create a local user, give it a password, and assign it to the Remote Desktop group.

I found a pretty neat program that detects hardware and can install the appropriate driver package. I could tell that was what it did but then I found it could pass installer switches. The only possible issue is that it runs this concurrently, which we know could be a potential problem in the making. However for the small amount of work I wanted it to do (I didn't expect it to work tbh) it works just fine. It appears that Compal has written a setup.exe which reads data from an INI, then runs the appropriate command once it finds a HwID from the list. Your keyword here is "dedrvldr" which doesn't return much usefull in Google except a bunch of non-English lenovo websites. You can get this EXE and INI from Lenovo's Windows 7 Camera driver. http://consumersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/DriversDownloads/drivers_list.aspx?CategoryID=35057 Extract the IN1CAM10WW5.exe with WinRar or 7zip. Here is an example of the cmdrvldr.ini which I used to install WLAN and BT: [DeDrvLdrInfo] VendorCount = 2 [VendorInfo1] Interface = USB VenName = Motorola VenID = Vid_0A12 PID = Pid_0001 SetupFileRootDir = \Motorola\V3.0.12.285 (Logo) SetupFileName = BluetoothSetup.exe /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES [VendorInfo2] Interface = PCI VenName = Realtek 8188CE VenID = Ven_10EC DevID = Dev_8176 Subsys = Subsys_917610EC SetupFileRootDir = \Realtek RTL8188CE\V1005.8.1101.2010 (Logo) SetupFileName = Setup.exe /S /v/qn So using this program will let you do a wide-range of hardware detection, or use it to install multiple things like I have. Also, I checked the actual program (CmDrvLdr.exe) real quick (honestly I didn't try too hard) and it doesn't seem to use switches. In fact, when I did a test of CmDrvLdr.exe /? it did install both programs but then rebooted the system.

Look at Safe Mode device manager, and remove all the sound and modems you see there, then reboot into normal mode... see if it detects something.

What about this? Link at the top of this forum... http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/

Sure you can using WMI and the rename method. Rename Method of the Win32_ComputerSystem Class [MSDN]

Those keys cannot be used for an install. Those keys can only be used for Telephone Activation.

Your Autounattend has things it in that shouldn't be there, such as: <settings pass="specialize"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" 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"> <OEMInformation> <HelpCustomized>false</HelpCustomized> <Logo>c:\windows\system32\oobe\info\MyCorp\usertile.bmp</Logo> <Manufacturer>MyCorp</Manufacturer> <SupportHours>24/7</SupportHours> <SupportPhone>0800 123 456</SupportPhone> <SupportURL>http://www.MyCorpAddress.com</SupportURL> <Model>SomeHardware</Model> </OEMInformation> <CopyProfile>true</CopyProfile> <RegisteredOwner>MyCorp</RegisteredOwner> <RegisteredOrganization>MyCorp</RegisteredOrganization> <BluetoothTaskbarIconEnabled>false</BluetoothTaskbarIconEnabled> <DoNotCleanTaskBar>true</DoNotCleanTaskBar> <TimeZone>GMT Standard Time</TimeZone> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" 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"> <RunSynchronous> <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <Order>1</Order> <Path>net user MyAdminUser /active:yes</Path> <Description>Activate MyAdminUser account</Description> </RunSynchronousCommand> </RunSynchronous> </component> </settings> Obviously you already have this in the unattend.xml. Second. In your unattend.xml, you can remove the following because you specify the reseal mode with sysprep.exe: <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" 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"> <Reseal> <Mode>OOBE</Mode> </Reseal> </component> In addition, you cannot specify this! <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage> You can't accept the EULA for your customer with this version of Windows. It is safe to ignore these files. Ehh this is an entirely different animal... MS recently pulled the ability to redist imagex.exe within either a recovery partition or recovery media. Also, only an Authorized Replicator is allowed to press the recovery (DVD) media. I'll presume you are using the WAIK (instead of OPK) to do all of this.

I know how you feel, but I've also been in the shoes of the support staff.

Yes, but not recommended! Emphasis mine. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755130.aspx

No one here can send you new media. You can look on eBay or use a more official method: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326246

You could have logged into an offline system with a domain account as long as it hasn't been off the domain for too long. Since your workplace probably wouldn't like the idea of you taking it off the domain to begin with, any other things you might to do it would just add on top of that. I'd call your support people to help you out.

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I can find neither my CD nor the .RAR file I made of them. Drivers are probably on my Win98 PC but it is too warm to turn it on! So I found these which might help. http://kxproject.lugosoft.com/

I bet your disk numbers have changed? Sounds like your old boot.ini needs to be updated.

This switch also works in 64bit, but the first thing it installs is a driver, the ACPIXLR. It is not for a device already existing on the system. This will fail on 64bit because, while this driver is signed, its certificate expired on 01/22/2010.

I've been playing the Sims 2 for over a week now. I got the game from a thrift store for $1.50!

My secondary WDS boots to PXELinux by default but I could not get WDS exceptions to work. I got the guide from here: http://www.deployvista.com/Home/tabid/36/EntryID/65/language/en-US/Default.aspx Our topic about it is here:

I didn't even update. You can use the RTM WAIK for SP1.

Technically, it runs twice. Check the timestamps on the log file you are looking at. Specialize is run during initial setup, and then is run after you sysprep. There are two Panther folders. One is for the first install and the other is for sysprep.

The image in the recovery partition should be activated already.

This question came up here before. I've got an SB Live in my Win98 but I had bought this and have the CD for it still. I had emailed it to a user back in 2008, who responded with a "battlecruiser operational" however I can't find the files. I'll try to remember to look for the CD at home.

PATA aka Parallel ATA, previously synonymous with IDE, E-IDE, ATAPI, etc. If neither PATA nor SATA, also probably not SCSI. Phoenix Technologies is your BIOS. What brand of PC is it? If still not sure, go into Device Manager and go into the IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers section. Look at the properties of any of the PCI IDE controllers, details tab. Then drop-down to Hardware Ids. Post one of the PCI\VEN lines.