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I have one of those giant platters in my basement on the wall. I've always wondered what data could be on it!

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This is something I have yet to test out, since I am in the same boat as you. Seeing how I'm prepping for a move, I haven't the time for it. I did a little bit of reading, but the other router you need to look up how to use it as an Access Point, or as a bridge. So your main router that is connected to your internet would end up being your DHCP and work like a regular router. That was my idea at least. You may want to look into custom firmware like Tomato or DD-WRT in case those types of options are not present on the stock firmware. Anyways, its a bunch of research on your router models.

Are you saying that while troubleshooting this issue, it became the one in your new thread? Or are you saying that you are experiencing two sets of issues?

Just pick one image to troubleshoot for now instead of all of them. You are getting an error saying there is something up with the answer file. Make a copy of your XML, and change the sensitive data to xxxxx and attach your XML so we can look at it.

I just extracted those and they are definately XP/2000 drivers. No 9x in there. You can probably uninstall them if you can. Tracking down this driver is tough since all the links to ATI's website do not work anymore, and it looks like ATI does not have any Win98 drivers on it? I found another driver package that definately is for Win98, but neither of the INFs I found have your HwID listed in them. The file is located here: http://globalfilesearch.net/download.aspx?path=ftp.peliplaneetta.net/ajurit/naytonohjaimet/wme-8-03-98-2-041020a-018705e.exe If I can get any other ideas about what the old ATI driver was called, it would be easier to find... hopefully. Anyways, the path that led me to this particular driver package (to get the idea of how I found it) is. - Asus had a notebook with FireGL (same HwID) and had released an ATI driver v8.06 (haven't tried to find this yet!) - This driver package is based on the ATI Catalyst 4.10 for Win98/ME. - The original link from ATI's old website was: http://www2.ati.com/drivers/wme-8-03-98-2-041020a-018705e.exe - Another search term possible: TS64MVDR7 Obviously, I took the route of finding the EXE file first.

First you need to check to see if the HwID for your device is in the INF you are pointing to. When Windows looks for drivers, it looks for the HwID in the INF. For the most part, Windows can be tricked into using a driver by just putting the HwID in the INF. However there are a few problems you can run into: 1. The driver components may not work properly with the device, some functions may not work like power save, or the signal might not be great. 2. The driver may not install properly because the hardware is different. You'll end up with a Code error on the device description. Worst case scenario is that you could experience a lock up or a crash. 3. Windows isn't that dumb tho, because it will end up saying the the best driver is already being used. This could be because of multiple reasons, such as the subsys being specified, a driver is signed, or the date/version is higher. In order to force Windows to use a driver, the best option (without having to learn exactly how Windows handles drivers) is to uninstall the current device and delete the already installed drivers. Even if you were to just uninstall the device and try to update with the "forced" drivers, Windows will reject it because it will still look at the other drivers on the system to find a better one. So you need to make sure those aren't there.

I feel that the timer is related to the screensaver timer. However if you miss your transition, it will change at boot up. By that, I mean I had thought the background changer in Win7 was related to my lock up problems, so I had noticed a couple things about it. If my PC locked up during a transition, the new wallpaper would change after a reboot. There is an option to have it choose wallpapers alphebetically, so you could arrange your images in ascending names. But the timer isn't exact as such that you can gaurantee that all of your PCs are going to change their wallpapers on the hour, every 3 hours. The DWM isn't really designed for that purpose, its just a neat little add-on. You may want to look into third-party implementations of changing the wallpaper.

What are we talking about here? Out-facing servers? Notebooks? Internal theft? Each of these have different needs and options.

Add a local user account on the Win7 PC to use for sharing. Share your folder to that user. When you go to view the drive from XP, type in those credentials you set up. Win7 has guest access disabled (not related to Guest account) since it is built off the Server platform.

Its right here: http://www.msi.com/service/download/driver-9515.html Main DL page for this board: http://www.msi.com/product/mb/G31TM-P21.html#/?div=Driver&os=Win7%2032

I'm seeing that the version that Cnet has for Windows 98 is a v6.14.10.6521. I'm reading that some users (had) used sp30403, which isn't specifically for notebooks but designed for their workstations. I'll presume that it is possible for you to use this package on the notebook. Firstly, both sp30403 and the prior sp28806 are for the following: [Operating Systems] WIN2000=OEM WINXP32P=OEM [Devices] VEN_1002&DEV_5148&SUBSYS_01521002=ATI FireGL 8800; VEN_1002&DEV_4154&SUBSYS_00021002=ATI FireGL T2; VEN_1002&DEV_4174&SUBSYS_00031002=ATI FireGL T2 Secondary; VEN_1002&DEV_5B64&SUBSYS_01021002=ATI FireGL V3100; VEN_1002&DEV_5B74&SUBSYS_01031002=ATI FireGL V3100 Secondary; VEN_1002&DEV_5551&SUBSYS_15511002=ATI FireGL V5100; VEN_1002&DEV_5571&SUBSYS_15501002=ATI FireGL V5100 Secondary; VEN_1002&DEV_4E47&SUBSYS_01521002=ATI FireGL X1-256; VEN_1002&DEV_4E67&SUBSYS_01531002=ATI FireGL X1-256 Secondary; VEN_1002&DEV_4147&SUBSYS_010A1002=ATI FireGL Z1-128p; VEN_1002&DEV_4167&SUBSYS_010B1002=ATI FireGL Z1-128p; VEN_1002&DEV_5B60&SUBSYS_0F021002=RADEON X300 Series; VEN_1002&DEV_5B60&SUBSYS_04021002=RADEON X300 Series; VEN_1002&DEV_5B70&SUBSYS_0F031002=RADEON X300 Series Secondary; VEN_1002&DEV_5B70&SUBSYS_04031002=RADEON X300 Series Secondary; If your HwID is listed here great. If you don't know it, PCISCAN (among other things) can get you this info. Also, going by the sp28806.cva, we can find this line also to help us find the actual files we need: [Install Execution] SilentInstall="FireGL-8.043.1.1-WHQL-040907a1-017905C-HP\setup.exe -k HP's FTP does have the SP28806.exe on it, and you can try it out. ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp28501-29000/sp28806.exe Going further back in the versions, none of them (even the first) mention Win98. Maybe searching using the partial name in the SilentIntell section might be able to find something?

There is one on Cnet, but it goes to an outdated link on ATI's old website. So there should definately be one out there, but its not on HP's website.

Without knowing the board model, I can't get you the correct link, but try installing this: Intel Chipset driver Or you can look up your board on MSI's website to get the driver they recommend.

I haven''t but it is definately possible to do. Since this will eventually become a WinPE topic, I'll move this to that section.

This might be a tough one. I know that some manufacturer's will use the standard placing of information (DMI) however some do not. With each of these that have a tool, do they store their information in the same place? I would think maybe you can try the WMI Toolkit, but it won't show you everything by default. I've had problems viewing some areas at the base level, although I have tools that can write to that area and can read them from WinPE manually. You'll have to do some testing to figure out how to do this, such as a read Model name from DMI then check "these" settings, since each model and/or manufacturer can be putting the data in the wrong place. I do find it interesting that you wish to automate this process. My company still relies on quality checks done by a person who makes sure the BIOS settings are correct. EDIT: I forgot, there is another option. We have a couple systems (have not implemented this across the board yet) where we have a BIOS update that sets all the proper settings, and also writes some additional data into the DMI so that we can confirm it has our custom BIOS update on it and not the stock or website version.

Yes it should reinstall using the default drivers if not the ones already installed. Sorry I missed the topic desc.

Your first step, until you are familiar with the whole thing is to post in the RT7Lite thread: The rest of the Windows 7 unattend forum is for more general questions, so response to questions are taken as if you aren't using some other program.

At MSFN we can help you learn to install multi-boot USB keys but NOT like Hirens. Hirens is warez, make sure to read the forum rules.

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Problems with Optical drives usually trace back to the Mass Storage controller. You didn't post your OS so don't know if these steps are relevant. You can try go into Safe Mode and remove any ODD that shows up in Device Manager and reboot. Also try to update the Mass Storage drivers. I seem to recall that you can try removing the "IDE" controllers in Safe Mode and reboot also, but only have used that up until XP, never seen something like this in Vista or 7.

This XML seems incomplete. Have you made it in WSIM? What do you want to hide? The disk? Not sure about your other questions, so look at these and hopefully it is correct for you: AcceptEula Windows 7 Enterprise only has 1 edition on it (or at least mine does) so you just need to have the proper architecture specified in your answer file, and also put your install key into UserData. ProductKey

Why would you not want to create a user account? I believe you need one. As far as updates go... <ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC> ProtectYourPC