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I'll move this to Software Hangout to get better exposure.

Minidumps are typically useless for determining the root cause of an BSOD for troubleshooting purposes. This is why we always ask for the full dump. Minidumps are typically used for metrics and usually only have almost the same info you can find in Event Viewer.

This isn't an error. The log file shows that the installation finished successfully but requires a restart to complete. Since your OS is modified with nLite, we may have no idea how to troubleshoot this on your system. My installs of IE8 on XP are done like this: IE8-WindowsXP-x86-ENU.exe /passive /norestart /update-no This does not open the prompt to restart. I do not know if you can specify command line parameters with nLite. Also your binary name might be different.

If you aren't interested in making images for your XP installs, then RIS is the place to start looking. I have no experience in it, but we have a forum for it you can look at: http://www.msfn.org/board/forum/127-unattended-ris-installation/

What I would do is create an unattend file that has everything but computer name or product key filled out. For the WinPE side, you can use the default installation key, but do not put one in the OOBE section. This is only if you are not booting to audit mode. Then what happens is that after the install is done, when Windows Welcome comes up, it will ask you for Computer Name and Product Key only and then go to the desktop.

I have some questions to start (I won't be looking at your dump) 1. Are you able to get into Windows at all? 2. Is there a specific reason why you aren't at Service Pack 2? 3. Is your XP OS installed on an IDE drive?

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I think this is because MalwareBytes is just a really robust anti-spyware program. It is good at cleaning out some rootkits but for some reason I just don't see it as an every day anti-virus program.

That is because NetworkLocation and ProtectYourPC are not the same thing! NetworkLocation: choose firewall setting (if you boot to audit mode, always select Other) ProtectYourPC: choose your Automatic Updates setting http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749278%28WS.10%29.aspx The levels do not specifically match up to the Automatic Updates you see from Windows, but does match up to the OOBE screen which only shows you 3 options. 1 = install updates 2 = download updates 3 = disable updates

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Don't forget you can try another SATA cable as well.

It works fine for me, but I have NoScript installed. I went there and it loaded up fairly quickly, but also noticed that all scripts are blocked. So if one of the 8 scripts I have blocked are causing the problem, I wouldn't know. I do have the 2 facebook scripts enabled, facebook.com and fbcdn.net.

Yes you can have multiple images in the same WIM file. I have not seen this type of behaviour before. Of course the first thing I do when I need to troubleshoot the HTA (or any custom program I put in there) is to open the command prompt and manually run the commands. This way we can see if it is a problem with the code or something else. So in your case, on your server you want to get the image index value (makes things easier) and make note. So then in the command prompt in the HTA, you would do something like this: diskpart /s diskpart.txt OR diskpart /s misc/diskpart.txt I have moved my file, but I think there is one in MISC still. Then: imagex /apply z:\images\image.wim 2 c: When it is done, do a reboot and see how it goes. Alternatively, you could inspect the folders with Notepad after the normal deployment. NOTE: Notepad will only see *.txt files and it may appear these folders are empty until you change the type to All Files.

Also of note, this does not work, and you end up with the default Aero theme: <ThemeName>C:\Windows\resources\Ease of Access Themes\classic.theme</ThemeName> However, the only way to get this theme after install is to use this: <DefaultThemesOff>true</DefaultThemesOff> I haven't found a way to actually get one of the pre-installed themes to work, although in this case, using the second setting is fine for me.

Is this for normal use or are you making an install that boots to the desktop without having to log in manually?

Also, there are two places you can put the locale info in, WinPE and also OOBE. That is because there are 2 places it can prompt you for locale, at the beginning of Windows Setup and then during OOBE. So try putting this in there: <settings pass="oobeSystem"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" 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"> <InputLocale>0409:00000409</InputLocale> <SystemLocale>en-us</SystemLocale> <UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage> <UserLocale>en-us</UserLocale> </component> </settings> Obviously this is for US English, so change it appropriately. Also make sure not to copy the settings nodes, just put that in there for reference.

The CHM typically shows you the Windows 7 value, but in the end the placement of Unattend objects are dictated by the CLG file you used. I've found it not possible to disable LUA on Windows Web Server 2008 for example. The CLG does not let you use that setting. You can try manually putting it in and see if it works, but it may not be supported if you try to use it that way.

Ok I was not aware of that program then. Anyways, why not just use Windows to figure out what the error is? Use the F8 menu and choose Disable Automatic restart on system failure. Then start Windows normally. You will be able to see the stop error.

Hiren's Boot CD is warez. We cannot help you with that as it is against the forum rules.

I might be "un-solving" this one. Is there a way to choose a background COLOR instead of a picture? For example, I can select to use the Windows Classic theme, but the background color is azure. What if I wanted that to be black instead?

I'm not sure how to get the description out of the XML. I didn't write either the original nor modified XML code. For your other project, you are going to have to code it in VBScript in the HTA itself. If you are getting errors or not sure how to approach that, make a post here: http://www.msfn.org/board/forum/66-programming-c-delphi-vbvbs-cmdbatch-etc/

Welcome to the MSFN! I removed your email address. Its not a good idea to put it on a forum unless you want to get a lot of spam. If someone wants to contact you, they can use the PM system. This question may be better suited in the Hardware Hangout. Most of our technical members do not go to this section.

Ah, well by "lame" I am referring to buying a standard consumer router off the shelf at the electronics store. I would never expect a stock D-Link or Linksys router to even compare properly to enterprise class hardware. And yes, DD-WRT definately made my $40 D-Link router not be lame anymore, even so I had to look up a bunch of stuff online to figure out what all those new settings were for!

I used to use this board, but only had a 160GB as my largest drive. I checked the BIOS release notes and it doesn't appear that any of the updates specifically mention this problem. It shouldn't hurt to update the BIOS anyways, and try changing the SATA setting in the BIOS. IIRC you should have options of Native or Enhanced. Latest BIOS update here: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=10130&ProdId=948〈=eng