Tripredacus

I'm going to drop my task list in this thread to help me track my progress. It may have been easier to have done this earlier, as I am almost finished with the alpha version. Current issues: 1. Repair and Full recovery buttons do not launch their helper HTAs properly. MSHTA is executed but the HTA does not appear. Testing in VM fails script processing because the VM is running XP Pro and not WinPE. Currently, repair and full HTA files are untested as to whether or not they actually work. 2. Command prompt authenticator box stays open after cmd.exe is launched. 3. Display resolution issue has possible fix, see here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=134244 4. Need to change restart button to open a OK/Cancel msgbox instead of a standard OK box. This way if the user clicks the button by accident they won't be forced to reboot even if they cancel. 5. Go through the "corporate test" meaning showing the software to management. I am currently using example branding items, such as a place to put a company logo and corporate copyright information. Also need to approve all colors, verbiage, and boot process wording, blah blah blah. Also determine final recovery partition size, currently using 14GB! For a general update, all current testing is being done on an MSI Wind model netbook. It has been a tough transition for me. Basically this all started one day because I was bored and wanted to figure out a solution to making a recovery partition for Vista, since we aren't going to upgrade our SoftThinks software for it. And I did it in the demo version of Flash. I had previously written software in Flash so I didn't need more than 30 days to do it. So it came under the attention of the bigwigs and they want me to work on it for real. Well, for real meant I couldn't use Flash (not because it was the demo) because we don't have a license for it. I think we have Photoshop but that's it from Adobe, maybe Acrobat. Anyways so I had to take my perfectly working and horrible looking idea and switch "engines" and make it nice looking and flawless. Well since I am only (currently) down to the five problems above, I think I am almost done. I think my first problem list was like 20+ and that didn't count my week or so trying to figure out how to use the MBR!

Well in XP is says it is running at 1024x600 @ 32bit color and 60Hz. Update: I just tested setres in XP. I guess with this notebook (MSI Wind) setres doesn't work like usual. Typically, if you use a 1 for refresh rate (or a 0) setres will use the display's default setting. But the Wind didn't like that option, it returned a DISP_CHANGE_BADMODE (-2) error. If I set the refresh rate to what it is supposed to be (60) instead of the auto setting (1) it works at least in XP. I will have to try it now in the PE to see if that solves it as well.

I figured it would be easier if I get rid of the exe that the script runs, and make the HTA run those commands. I set it up so that when I click a button on the main HTA, it opens one that uses the above code. By comparing other projects, I can get this other HTA to launch via: objShell.Run("mshta " & HTAFile),1,True However, there are some issues. I am testing in a VirtualBox because it is faster than having to rebuild the source every time. When I click the button, a second MSHTA.EXE will execute but the second file is not visible. The above snippet is how Geezery's GImageX HTA launches the diskpart.hta file, and it works fine there. I can open the file manually and it appears to be normal. However, since I am running in a VM the actions it attempts to take fail (because the path to imagex, for example) does not exist in the VM. So I can't figure out why it is hiding the new HTA. Here are some code peices. First, this is the subroutine used to launch the HTA from a button. This code can launch other EXEs or commands just fine. Sub RunRepair Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") ObjShell.Run("mshta repair.hta"),1,True On Error Resume Next Set objShell = Nothing End Sub I am nearly finished. Soon I can move this into in-house beta and get the software put through the corporate branding and approval process.

Is Gape the same person as Pablo? SP+ has gone well beyond flame wars against Pablo and his group.

Check out our Windows PE section for some different options and guides.

Here is a lead. http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...17040&st=20

I never tried to figure it out. I merely track what the current part numbers we are using with what media. Like my XP SP2b CD I wrote "Use X14 COA" on it with a sharpie. But DSP and Retail isn't something I have to work with too much. I remember being really confused about CD Keys (or um serial numbers) when installing Windows 95 was still something that was done.

You will likely enjoy our Customizing Windows and Graphics section.

Welcome to the MSFN!

Try not to rant on Windows much

Ah... slow jams. This is in contrast then. Dimmu Borgir - Progenies of the Great Apocalypse

I agree, unless your player specifically states that it is a +R recorder, stick with the -R media.

Your star rating is only based on post count. Not to prance on your parade, but post count isn't too important and neither is the star amount. It does reflect that you have been an active member. I can attest that your posts have been enlightening for me. So keep it up.

You'd be better off buying from Newegg instead of ebay. At least then you'll get the CD. Or check Pricewatch which has legacy listings. I don't think any other distributors (Ingram, D&H) are going to have older cards that you need.

I'm writing software to be run in Win PE v2.1 on a netbook. The resolutions supported are 800x600 and 1024x600. I try to use SETRES to use 1024x600, but the PE doesn't seem to like this option and reverts to 800x600. Knowing the resolution support ahead of time, my software is sized (which includes the winpe.bmp) to run at 1024x600. Any ideas on how to get this resolution set?

Arstechnica is pretty good but they have very little original content. If you don't mind a British flare to your news you can check out The Register.

In 10 years, people will be asking how to make Windows Datacenter Live DVDs, can't wait.

OK settle down, I'll take a look at those CDs tonight.

Maybe you should run the Symantec against the source before you burn it to CD/DVD?

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I don't think what you want the UFD to do has any bearing on your project. View these threads for a start: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=114711 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=88395

and On page 2, a poster confirms that the Windows 7 PE is able to report the progress.

You already have created a thread for this topic: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=133975

The reason behind the progress bar reported has been answered here: http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...=winpe&st=0 However, the Win PE 3.x series has fixed this issue, but I have not done any testing on that platform yet. If you post your code, use the codebox tag.

Cephalic Carnage - Dying Will Be the Death of Me I always thought that was a funny idea.