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I am following a document that has you create 2 C++ applications in Visual Studio, but the document appears to have been written by more than one person and edited together. The first program says to use Visual Studio 2008 Professional (I have Visual Studio Team System 2008 Development Edition) and I had no problem making it. Other than having to redo all the settings when I switched from Debug to Release build. The second program looks to be a lot simpler, but goes through different steps than the first. It starts by saying to open Visual C++ 2008 instead of Visual Studio 2008. Some of the other directions are also not possible for me to do, or I do not know how to relate them to the version I have installed. Here are some examples of things that are in the instructions that do not work. - Press Alt+F7 to open the Applications Property page = this either does nothing or sets focus on the properties box in the lower right. - After adding a resource file it says to switch to Resource View, which it does but the entire pane for that section is blank. It says to expand nodes and what nots, but I do not see a tree view of anything there. There are a couple other things and I am sure that it is possible to figure this out but I do not have a lot of VS experience. I will try to get some in-person help later today but figured I would throw this question out there anyways.

Also, stay away from DataImage if your Server is 2008. It does not work (properly if at all) unless you are up to R2. If you figure out how to use DataImage (without MDT2010) on regular Server 2008, let me know.

I hope you mean that the "oldest" backup is deleted, not the "old" backup. That would make more sense. Typically anything you see in schtasks *should* show up in Task Scheduler unless the task was created with an account that has different permissions than the one you are logged in as. Also, couldn't these tasks be assigned via AD or a remote system? For example, I know with Windows Server Backup, you can remotely manage the backup of other domain servers but I do not know if it would create tasks on the client or not.

Easiest way is to create one manually some place, then export the key out as a .reg. Then you will know the correct syntax.

Glad you got it resolved!

Fortunately with notebooks you have multiple power sources. If you think its the power supply, you should try running on Battery to see if the problem happens there. Or you could try being on AC with no battery installed. I've seen weird things if the battery has a problem even if running on AC. But these could be a waste of time, posting the info from the blue screen is really your next step. Presuming the system crashed properly, there should be something under System in Event Viewer with the error. You may also disable the automatic restart on system failure, so you can read what is on the screen without it rebooting.

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There should be no reason why you would need to even use skiprearm for deployment. This is what I do to "get around" it. I make 1 unattend install from DVD that puts the system in Audit Mode. Then I sysprep /Audit /Generalize and capture the image. Then, I have a single Win7 source to make multiple different images from. I would still have 1 Generalize left in order to create a new image. If I used up that one, I just redeploy the Audit image again.

It won't hurt to put the NIC driver into both WIMs.

It is possible. Does it only do it when connected to AC or on battery? Do you use a docking station?

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See if this is any help?

I feel silly asking this, but did it finish yet?

What is the code you are getting? You may also find it in the Event Viewer if you did not write it down.

Sorry, not going to approve any sort of discussion on how to bypass the "swear" filter.

what is the connection of licensing issues and video functionality? if it be possible to use this to create a thin client for use in a corporate environment it will be illegal and need to be removed. looks more that you search for a way to block the content because of licensing issues sorry if we understand your question wrong? maybe you should ask in a different way. No I am looking for a better way to use our current system. It is legal to use WinPE in corporate environment the way we do now. I asked because some people who make software have restrictions, like HFSLIP for example can't be used by a company. I was just asking if the same rules are for Make_PE3 as well. I am asking you because these rules are typically determined by the software author.

The website is misleading. It is not a separate tool but a feature. To start making a custom shell, open ICE and then open the help file. Go to the Index tab and look at the article for Command Prompt Shell with Custom Shell Support. PS: moving to 7 Unattend

Blast!

I am only interested in it because it can add video and DirectX function. I currently use WinPE to run BurnInTest but the video tests do not work. I have been unsuccessful getting DirectX and even 2D acceleration to work. I am also looking at WEE7 but that looks to be a little more complicated.

I think your problem lies with trying to run Sysprep when Sysprep is already running. If you try this in any other mode you will get an error too. If you want the system to boot into Audit, just use the Reseal object in oobeSystem. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709627%28WS.10%29.aspx

You'll need to test whether or not it is actually the drive that is not working or if you maybe need updated drivers. As you might know, the CD Drive doesn't have drives but the ATAPI controller does. If you want, you could just go and get the newest chipset driver for your system and see what that does. But a good test would be try to boot off the CD Drive.

I am suddenly reminded of the Ghost of Christmas Past...

wimb, What are the limitations or license terms for the use of this software? For example, would it be possible to use this to create a thin client for use in a corporate environment?

It definately sounds like the netbook has its controller type set to AHCI.

Ah ok, I have that one installed too because the buying the regular toolkit costs something like $900 so I can play with the trial for 180 days. So far, WE7 is a lot different than XPe but in a good way. At first it seems a lot more complicated, but I like the idea you can just boot the media on the target appliance and create the image on the fly without pre-creating the answer file. That being said, if you have any experience with any other componentized building app (like WSIM) its a bit easier. Once you figure it out then it should be good. It is also good it has some templates built in. I only used it for 1 day so far, but the smallest you can make it is ~500MB and I wanted to make one that just enabled 3D acceleration and the smallest it could be is 1GB. I was trying to see if it could be a good thin client OS but I haven't put enough time into it to determine if WE7 is the way to go, or using a WinPE based thin client.