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Everything posted by Tripredacus
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What are you trying to do with it?
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Since you are able to get into Windows with one method, you are going to need to follow these instructions: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=130003
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Yeah I had dug it up some time ago. Right now I've got some "servers" running and there is a Rod Stewart song on the radio.
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What's the most user friendly burning app?
Tripredacus replied to 1boredguy's topic in Software Hangout
I use Nero 8.3.2.2. I wouldn't think that multisession discs are something most people deal with. Consider the OP's requirements. -
I have only bought Antec cases for my last few PCs. I enjoy case that looks very squarish and no crazy round shapes in there. I like my cars that way too. And anything that has a Futurism look to them, flat, bland, solid colors. I only care about the looks when it comes to a case. I have only bought 2 in the past 10 years so I'm probably not a good mark for this type of discussion.
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Settle down there. Its our job to enforce the forum rules or else this place would turn into a madhouse. As for your issue. Take one of the working machines and go into the Internet Properties and the Advanced. Verify that all the settings there are the same as on the non-working one. Also what kind of accounts are used to log into the computers? Does each student/user have their own login? Has there ever been a case when a training fails one day and works the next day on the same computer? Are you on a domain and if so are there any GPOs used that can effect the web browser?
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What's the most user friendly burning app?
Tripredacus replied to 1boredguy's topic in Software Hangout
I think that Nero is the easiest to use. All the crazy complicated settings are hidden from the user. IMO the Himat burner is OK but sometimes it can get confusing. Especially since XP likes to randomly change the path displayed from your CD drive letter to the temporary folder path in your user profile. -
Firefox Character Encoding Problem for a News Site
Tripredacus replied to spacesurfer's topic in Software Hangout
I've noticed this a lot lately also. It seems like everything worked fine in older version of Firefox. I have the Chinese and Japanese packs installed so I can see those characters, and Korean at home. Ever since upgrading to FF3 I am seeing these characters a lot. It also shows up a bunch on Wikipedia also. I would be interested in finding an answer to this question too. -
AutoUnattend.xml has no effect
Tripredacus replied to cdr's topic in Unattended Windows Vista/Server 2008
You could use network logon with roaming profiles, or use the default document location to be on a file server. -
I found this on another site:
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I haven't gotten to test a W7 deployment yet. However there are some things missing in the RC that will be there in the RTM, such as the ability to install a license.
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Nice. for me: Saxon - The Eagle Has Landed
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Is there anything more entertaining than finding Engrish in computer software or manuals? Mostly these are systems that come from Southeast Asia. I have seen such things with AOpen, MSI and ASUS. Do you know any good ones? First I would like to note that most AOpen miniPCDuo documentation is full of broken English. The main example is a drawing of the world that they did. I will have to try and scan this so I can post the picture. It is a horribly rendered picture of the continents in the world. Also to note is the "plus" / + or "minus" / - shape screwdriver mentions. Or this gem: "Take the chassis Module. Detach 6 screws of the CPU cooler by the "+Shape" screwdriver. The sequence of operationis 1-2-3-4-5-6." "This socket supports FCPGA6 package CPU (Socket P), which is the latest Merom Core 2 Duo (Santa Rosa) package developed by Intel. Other forms of CPU package are impossible to be fitted in." Also the term "anticlockwise" IIRC the Digital Engine manual says to listen to "the click voice" when you put in memory. These may be old classics... I may have even posted about them before. Today I found a new one. While trying to update the BIOS on a notebook, I was greeted with this message: I roffled.
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OK is your WIM of a Win PE or is it of a drive image? If it is a Vista image, you should add new drives in manually and modify your sysprep.xml files or unattend files inside the image to work with the new drivers.
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I am still "struggalang" with my Vista Unattend project. I found information that you can install additional drivers and programs by using DataImage, and a WIM on the server. The problem is that the WIM is neither copied nor extracted to the client during install. These components are necessary as the later Client Unattend updates the drivers and runs the programs that are supposed to be copied present. I have no validation errors in WSIM and there are no errors in the setupact or setuperr log files. I can't figure out what might be the problem, maybe I can get some help. For anyone who notices there are some parts missing from the XML, its because this is only the WDSClientUnattend file. I can post the Setup Unattend file if needed. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend"> <settings pass="windowsPE"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" 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"> <WindowsDeploymentServices> <Login> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> <Credentials> <Username>kdineen</Username> <Domain>shark</Domain> <Password>ZarleyZalapski33</Password> </Credentials> </Login> <ImageSelection> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> <InstallImage> <ImageName>Windows Vista BUSINESS</ImageName> <ImageGroup>Vista</ImageGroup> </InstallImage> <InstallTo> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID> </InstallTo> </ImageSelection> </WindowsDeploymentServices> <DiskConfiguration> <Disk wcm:action="add"> <CreatePartitions> <CreatePartition wcm:action="add"> <Order>1</Order> <Size>20480</Size> <Extend>false</Extend> <Type>Primary</Type> </CreatePartition> </CreatePartitions> <ModifyPartitions> <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add"> <Active>true</Active> <Extend>true</Extend> <Format>NTFS</Format> <Label>system</Label> <Letter>C</Letter> <Order>1</Order> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID> </ModifyPartition> </ModifyPartitions> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk> </Disk> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> </DiskConfiguration> <ImageInstall> <DataImage wcm:action="add"> <InstallTo> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID> </InstallTo> <InstallFrom> <Credentials> <Domain>shark</Domain> <Password>ZarleyZalapski33</Password> <Username>kdineen</Username> </Credentials> <Path>\\unclesocks\RemInst\dataimage.wim</Path> </InstallFrom> <Order>1</Order> </DataImage> </ImageInstall> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" 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"> <SetupUILanguage> <UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage> </SetupUILanguage> <InputLocale>en-us</InputLocale> <SystemLocale>en-us</SystemLocale> <UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage> <UserLocale>en-us</UserLocale> </component> </settings> <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim://unclesocks/seafood/distribution/installs/vista_business.wim#Windows Vista BUSINESS" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" /> </unattend>
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I am going to wager a guess that your WIM is of an XP image?
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Starting Windows 7 Setup from Windows Pe 1.6
Tripredacus replied to paste2k's topic in Unattended Windows 7/Server 2008R2
You should be using the PE designed for Windows 7. Why are you using this old one? -
AutoUnattend.xml has no effect
Tripredacus replied to cdr's topic in Unattended Windows Vista/Server 2008
Welcome to the MSFN! I am hoping you read the Unattended Windows Setup Reference CHM. I have some questions based on that info. 1. Is the D: formatted NTFS? 2. Does the D: have another OS on it? Also note: For ProgramData, do not use c:, use %SYSTEMDRIVE% -
You need to sysprep Vista in order to image it, no exceptions. You can get away with a standard sysprep if you are imaging it and dropping it on the EXACT same computer, and I'm not talking same hardware model. If you are going to move the image to another physical computer, even if the same hardware model parts, you need to do a generalize. You get 3 attempts to run sysprep, however you can get additional sysprep attempts if you change the ReArm in the registry. Look up how to extend activation in Vista, which is a side effect of extending sysprep attempts. Also to note if you upgrade your Vista using the SP1 installer, it does not use up a sysprep use.
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Add Additional Lanaguage Without Reinstalling?
Tripredacus replied to Longhair's topic in Windows XP
If you mean the ability to see or use an additional language, then yes, but if you mean a different Windows translation then I do not think you can. I believe you need a localized Windows. As far as language support, search for the language packs for Office. -
I would not recommend installing Windows on a drive of that size. If you are doing high end storage, your system drive should be a separate physical disk, at least, or on a separate controller, and ideally a RAID1. This is a best practice in the case that if your OS crashes your data is safe because it is on a different volume or disk. Even though this is a best practice, I've experienced this recently on a server I inherited. I lost over 1TB of data (customer files) that has been requested at times recently. When I redid the server, I used 1 HDD for OS (onboard) and a RAID5 on RAID card.
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I used to use MHT files alot back in the 90s. Typically before they had large USB keys or email accounts. I could save a webpage as an MHT and copy it to my zip drive. I always wondered why it never really got adopted, but I am thinking PDFs took over their power. Alas, I figured someone knew of it already but we need a thread here for those that don't!
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I've always sysprepped Vista before doing a massive hardware change like that. Especially if you set up your XML to include other mass storage drivers.