Tripredacus

vLite can work, but so can DISM. Check out the vLite forum for more info: http://www.msfn.org/board/forum/153-vlite/ Any further vLite discussion in this topic will result in it getting moved to that forum.

We have topics about this in the WinPE forum, which is where I am going to move this topic to.

OK so you have noted there are "multiple" administrators. There is likely a security policy affecting you, what does GPRESULT say?

I'm not certain, as I do not get this. But I changed a Local Security Policy, the one that is for the protected desktop for the UAC. You could try disabling it and see if that makes any difference. Or you could SAVE OFTEN and set Firefox not to prompt when closing.

AOL used something like this, but I think it just went to something within their network. I also think this still does exist, I read in a document somewhere that said to go to a URL, but it wasn't a domain. I didn't try going there but I bet it would work.

Yup you are right Tripredacus. I've used /apply many times to reinstall a computer and retain the user data. It wipes out the registry tho so any programs require reinstallation that are not part of the image. Right, because the registry is actually a physical file, so it will just replace those. However it IS possible to not capture the registry into your image. This may not be something you'd want to do, but you could add the config folder into the capture exception list.

some stupid song on the radio that keeps repeating "say what you need to say" over and over through the whole thing. Who comes up with this stuff?

I have a similar request (enough not to make a new topic) to this one. Say I have an existing icon in the Start Menu, but it shows up under the cut. I want to get that shortcut to be pinned to the Start Menu so that you see it right away without having to click the Programs bar. Any ideas? EDIT: Third party software need not apply.

WD Greens run at 5400rpm (although some advertising reports it as 7200rpm) and that is going to be too slow. I know that Greens are cheaper but if you are going WD and going RAID, you should get some RE2 or RE3 drives. They are more reliable than Green or standard drives. Other companies make RAID Edition drives too, but I haven't used them. RAID5 has an overhead where if you go over 3 drives you "lose" a drive. You don't technically lose it, but you won't see the size, as one would/should be used as the spare. RAID0 is very fast but no data protection like RAID5. Wiki isn't known for always having the best info, but their RAID article is fine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID#Organization Oh, thanks for this post as I forgot I have to get our NAS up and running! Ok maybe I will do it later, its making a really loud beep that won't stop. Anyways I found out it has 4 1TB WD RE3 drives in a RAID5 on an Adaptec card, max capacity is 3.633TB. OS is kept on 2 80GB RAID1 WD RE3 drives on the motherboard. This is probably too overkill for you, but this NAS actually just does (or will once I can get it to turn on without that beep) do its job over the network, as implied by the N in NAS. It is not a NAS if you are transfering data via USB.

Yeah, I think my PE 2.1 has no time limit because of how I made it. I originally had a Win PE 2.0 and then did a "servicing upgrade" to v2.1 on it. I do not remember exactly how I did it (this was in Vista SP1 RTM) so I couldn't tell you anyways. Too long ago! Anyways, so yeah my WinPE 2.1 is a WinPE 2.0 that was updated incorrectly offline instead of doing the right thing of rebuilding the WIMs altogether. I think the behaviour can be discussed but no methods of changing it is allowed.

I was reading this blog here: http://blogs.technet.com/office2010/archive/2010/02/23/understanding-64-bit-office.aspx About reasons why you would want to consider going with Office 2010 64-bit version. I'm thinking... OK I am a lead designer on a project to build an aircraft carrier (this is a weird example by them as it is) and I need to use 2GB Excel spreadsheets... My first thought was... how long would it take to open a 2GB Excel file? Ever try to open a 10MB text file with Notepad? Ever a 100MB file? Usually it sits around for a REAL long time before giving you an error. OK, maybe Notepad is not a good example, but still... Then a co-worker said that if you are dealing with 2GB spreadsheets, you probably shouldn't be using Excel.

Ok just want to make sure you are running Windows XP. Also is it Home or Pro, or are you on a Domain or is this computer part of a domain but logged in locally? Are you having problems opening any other programs, such as Task Manager or MMC.EXE? Some viruses will do behaviour like this. Also if you are just trying to get at the startup list, you can also get there with CCleaner. That being said, I'm not advocating that CCleaner is a workaround if there is a problem with your system, but if you are troubleshooting an issue, this may be a quick fix and then work on fixing the MSCONFIG problem after.

Here are the specs for the drive in question: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16822136076 Have you run WD Tools on it yet? Do you get an error in your Operating System?

Oh you should probably change it back to S3 for Windows 7. THis would definately appear to be a problem with the HDD and not the other components. Unfortunately, I do not know much about installing Windows (any version) on an SSD.

Yes plus the printer at the office is way better anyways!

I find it interesting that I've never gotten the "72 hour" limit in Win PE 2.1, and once had one on for 3 weeks. PE 3.0 no such luck however, it always reboots. I'm not sure how I got PE 2.1 to ignore the time limit!

I think you can do that as long as the file stays at your location. For example, you cannot redistribute parts of the SDK, which only means that after you install the cert, you would need to remove certmgr.exe from the OS before you deploy the machine. It may be possible to keep the file in there if you are doing an enterprise deployment and not reselling the system, but might be best to just play it safe.

Its interesting that the ads do not show up on that link either.

I am sure you will definately find some useful info here. There is A LOT of stuff!

OK i see what you guys are saying. There is a picture of what it looks like in that blog. I have never seen that before! Not what I thought at all, since I can see a little plus sign above the results if you expand that, it is a little like that, but as I said that has been there for awhile. This new change is entirely different and I wonder why I can't see it. I am wondering... maybe you guys are logged into google to see this? I do not have a google account, this might be it?

This would be more of an SCCM issue, as if you just use Imagex from in the WinPE you create from this thread, it doesn't care about sysprep at all.

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Shiva is just about back to normal, but a few problems I can't seem to sort out. 1. USB not installed. Anytime I go to install the drivers for USB, I get a BSOD. 2. Can't get the video card to work properly. Yes the X1650 is not compatible, I replaced it with a Radeon 9600 XT instead. I have the drivers from ATI installed and it is detected in Device Manager as such. However, it also detects "Standard Display Adapter" as well. In Display Properties, it says my primary display is the Standard Display Adapter and the secondary monitor is the Radeon and is disabled. I was originally using VGA to the monitor, so I shut down and connected to DVI but it is still the same. As a result, I am stuck with 16 colors and 800x600. Any ideas? I'd rather use this video card, although I do have some others like a GeForce 3 floating around somewhere. UPDATE: USB still broken. I fixed the video card problem by editing the system.ini. Then set the colors to 256, which at that point the ATI Software detected the card and was able to go to 32bit color and 1024x768 using the DVI port.

The mode for the Mass Storage Controller changed. For example, if you originally installed your XP with the HDD set for IDE in the BIOS, then went to the BIOS and change it to AHCI or RAID, you will get this message. Check your Drive setting in the BIOS.

Me too. This was there for a long time, at least for Image Search.