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I checked your hardware ID, and it is not in XP's Driverpacks. I don't like how it has a DEV of 9999, seems bad. Also a SUBSYS of all 0 is suspect as well. I moved your other topic. Use this topic for the driver issue, use the other topic for XP in a VM discussion.

Not to bump my own topic, but I can't move after post on an edit. This is a crosspost of this topic here: Before getting too out of control, I will move this topic to Software Hangout, STRICTLY for conversation about running Windows 98 in a VM, and NOT about the driver issue. Topic will be closed if it continues to be a crosspost.

IIRC, removing components with DISM only removes those entries from the master index. It does not actually delete those items, but they won't be installed. In order to get those unused peices out, you need to export the WIM. DISM with then rebuild the WIM using only the files in the index, which should reduce the size.

I never really understood why you would want to remove stuff from your Windows install. I figured it was just a project that someone did to see if XP or Vista or whatever could run on the bare minimum, then it because its own monster. I could *maybe* see if people were trying to get stuff to fit on smaller media, but then I still remember that you can just get newer (bigger) media. With the size of hard drives, speed of CPUs, size of memory, etc, I do not see a reason for needing to remove things, to make the OS smaller, or run with less resources. Maybe that was a thing of the past and some people just got used to using it, same reason why we have such a large Windows 98 or Windows 2000 base here. Just for fun, here are my image sizes 2.33GB Windows 7 Home Premium x86 3.00GB Windows 7 Home Premium x64 2.45GB Windows 7 Professional x86 3.10GB Windows 7 Professional x64 2.13GB Windows 7 Starter 6.10GB Vista Business x86 We don't really use Vista anymore, but we keep it around. We have XP images too but they are bigger than the Vista one.

Remember that Vista may use different registry paths and DOES use different paths for the User profile and Programs, since there are no Documents and Settings or Program Files folders anymore. So if you are using any absolute paths for XP, you may need to change them. Easiest might be to detect which type of OS it is, and use one method for XP and the other for Vista.

Moving to Antivirus forum

Hmmm I am now wondering if you can run Win98 inside of DOSBOX...

This appears to be an Unattend question.

Frontpage login issue is fixed. Not logged into front page today. When click Enter Forums, didn't have to log in...

This is because Google needs to reindex the site using the new URL scheme. All the content is still available, but the URLs have changed. So some links are going to be outdated. It is a security feature of IPB where if you type in a URL it does not like, it logs that request (if enabled) and then redirects to the main forum index. You can change this to come up with a "cannot find this link" type page but then you'll still have to click the index to get back to the forum anyways. Skins and appearance changes are last on the list. Do not worry, they will come but right now we have to focus on the functional parts of the forum.

No need to respond. Project definition changed as I was able to successfully get Apache running alongside IIS. I will leave the topic open in case other people had answers or similar questions.

While I would be able to get you the source link to the real video, its going to involve hacking the site/files the player uses. As I suspected, I opened the WMV that is on that page and it does connect to where the real media is located and uses a variable to get it. This really isn't the place for this kind of thing. Your best bet would be to email the website and ask for access to the real file. However, it seems this topic has already been brought up here before.

I can think, you create a local system account on both systems. Then log in with those credentials and check the box to remember the password. It should not ask you to login anymore.

I run it on a P4 2.0GHz on a 865board. No CPU issues at all. Although you can install it on XP (and XP installer is available) it looks like its only designed/supported on 7, at least through the OEM channel.

What is the Hardware ID for this device?

You won't be able to replace protected system files while booted into the OS. You will need to service Windows in offline mode, either via NTFSDOS or Win PE. I suppose Linux also but I haven't used that before. You are also going to have to replace the backup file, I think is in WinSxS folder so it doesn't replace it on you. Moving to the customisation forum.

Frontpage login issue is fixed.

I still have some old software that was written in Q/BASIC or one of its derivatives. I have found that these old programs only run in Dosbox. For example, one of them I know is written in BASIC (based on the file headers of the EXEs) if ran in XP from double-click or command prompt will spike the CPU to 100% and not open. In DOSbox, it uses maybe 2% of CPU. It may have something to do with your other comments. I need to figure out myself how DOSBox works better, because this specific app I am using (which has blinking text btw) is abandonware and I wanted to update it. Only way I can find is a hex editor, unless you know of any BASIC decompilers. I can provide specific BASIC compiler info if needed.

A lot of websites use wrappers to play videos, especially ones that want to keep the content secret. If the "video" is actually just the wrapper, you're going to have to do a lot more work to get the real file. Typically I've run into this where the file saved to the machine is actually used to connect to a secure server, and use either a cookie or temporary hash to authenticate and stream the content. I don't think I've ever seen a case where a DAT file is used, but I am guessing you actually don't have the video file on your computer at all.

See the commands in this thread:

FYI, WinRaR gives this option also.

When you capture your WIM initially, you can specify the compression type. Example: Unfortunately, you cannot change the compression level on appends, only the first time. However, you can export images and recompress that way, so this command may be more to your liking: Other command options can be found under the "ImageX Command-Line Options" page of the Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) User's Guide. This CHM is in the Documentation folder of the WAIK in the Start Menu.

This HTA is designed for Imagex only. You will have to customize your own version if you want to add Ghost support.

Is PE Network a third party program?

Without going Open License, Volume License or purchasing an MSDN/Technet subscription, I am not aware of how you can. Only possibility is if you can find an NFR copy, which you aren't allowed to pay for. All I know is that a retail or OEM COA is not allowed to be sold without accompanied media.