Tripredacus

Maybe this helps. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Command_line_arguments Look at the end of the table.

Doesn't Vista come with the Windows pictures slideshow screensaver? Wouldn't that be the same thing basically?

I'm not familiar with that shell, sorry.

You wouldn't need to open the command prompt and type all that in. Just make a batch file and stick it on your desktop or something. It doesn't sound like your gamepad supports power management features.

It can be done with Swish, and presumably Flash as well, since Swish is basically cheap-o Flash.

I do not use that button. I replaced that function with my own drive mapping program. I use it only as a last resort as the startnet.cmd is supposed to do the drive mappings before the HTA is even loaded.

What are you using to do the file copy? Let's say you use XCOPY. You can use a script that shows an animation while the XCOPY process is running in memory, then when it is not running any longer, it can show a MsgBox. Both KIXSTART and AutoIT should be able to do this for you.

There is a progress bar but it does not work properly. It usually appears as a gray box that varies in size. Not sure why it varies. Some time it does not appear at all. I tried to fix it on my test server, but it resulted in it not opening the HTA at all so I gave up on it.

You can, but there may be tools you can use to get those files also. Look up how to migrate Outlook to a new computer. Attrib is a CLI program that allows you to change file attributes. You use + to add, - to remove. The attributes are R (Read-Only), A (Archive), S (Protected System) and H (Hidden). Most system files are +R -A +S +H. So if Windows gives you trouble deleting or replaceing a file, it may be flagged as being protected. So you would need to run attrib.exe filename.sys -R +A -S -H. and reverse that after putting the new file in so Windows doesn't have a problem with it.

I believe you can operate properly after deleting the file. Of course, I also believe Windows will recreate it on a reboot.

Have you looked into Powercfg? Also you may be able to manage some options with Group Policy. Vista added Power GPOs for Business and Ultimate only. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc748940.aspx

Its a CLI tool in Windows that allows you to script Power Schemes. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc748940.aspx

Server 2003 (nor 2008 for that matter) appear in the system requirements for this software. http://shop.symantecstore.com/DRHM/servlet...mp;PGM=12821000 Oh, hmm, It appears to me that Ghost 14 is a consumer product. Prior, you needed an Enterprise version of Ghost to install it on a Server OS, similar needs to install their anti-virus product. It looks like you need Ghost Solution Suite to install onto a Server OS. http://shop.symantecstore.com/store/symnas...#dr_SMB_related

ok ok, I was not aware Asus started putting mobile drives in these now. Do you have a CD drive connected to this guy?

Check your event viewer for any errors. Have you installed the .Net Framework 3.5? This is known to break RDC, there is a hotfix or something available for it also if this is the case.

You can create a different Power profile. The use POWERCFG to change your Profile before and after playing your game. That's my idea at least. Or you could change it manually.

Hmmm, don't think so: http://aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.htm I underlined the part that both you and Tripredacus seem to have "missed". jaclaz No man, I know it allows that, but I did whole-sale changes. Such as I'd be changing video card and capture card, plus disable the 5 or so devices in the BIOS. That would be enough I'd think. Actually, we use OA2 for our licensing, I was really trying to get Vista to blow up its activation that way to see if I could reactivate it using our stuff. It was coming down to me making my decision to purchase Vista using OA2 VLK or using a retail disk, in order to ease upgrade issues. My idea was that if I could reinstall the OA2 license and unlock Vista again after it lost its activation, that would be the way to go for me. Except I couldn't get it to blow up so I'm still left wondering which Vista release I'd rather use...

I've been experiencing some network related problems using the WinPE (via PXE) on two (four) Intel motherboards using their onboard controllers. They are the DG33BU/DG33FB and the DG45ID/FC. They have different controllers, but use a newer driver package than other Intel boards that I work with. The DG33 uses the Intel 82566DC-2 (VEN_294C) controller and the DG45 uses the Intel 82567LF (don't have one of these on hand right now) and they both exhibit the same issue. Here is a run down of the symptoms. Boot via PXE. The WinPE loads the startnet.cmd, which does the init, start networking, maps a network drive, registers a DLL and launches an HTA file. But it gets hung up at mapping the network drive, it returns an 1321 error code. I had written a program to remap the drive, which I have to launch manually on EVERY machine that contains these two boards. After I run this program, it maps the drive and refreshes the HTA and everything is workable. Then I choose to image the hard drive with Imagex. After the image is deployed, it loses the network drives. If I attempt to run my program again, it always fails, and manually deleting and remapping the drives fail with error 1231. I have an additional program that I run after the drive is imaged which copies files off the server, but I can't use it on these boards. I am at a loss as to why this is. All other boards I work with (MSI, Intel, AOpen, etc) do not have this problem. There appears to be an initial network initialization delay after loading the driver for the NIC at the beginning of the process, but it shouldn't fail on the drive mappings RIGHT AFTER it is active at copying files from the server. The G33 boards are at the end of their run and will go EOL in a couple months, but the DG45ID/FC is new and I know for a fact it will be a replacement for the ending DQ35JO line, so this is going to be a major slowdown for us around Q2. I have already PEIMG the newest Vista 32 drivers from Intel for these boards and it has not changed anything. Anyone have any ideas about this? I am using WinPE 2.0 using Vista SP1 Servicing update. Latest version of OPK (we cannot use WAIK for licensing reasons) Tools. Server (IMAGEX) details in my sig. EDIT: Microsoft SR opened for this issue. I will keep you posted.

Heh I guess I missed that. I'm using WinPE 2.0.

There is a default place and a last used place. It will try to open the last used place first, if it can't find it, it will use the default place. Its good to have it in My Documents because that will always be there. I would hate to think what would happen if you changed the default place, and then moved the folder or something. Would Windows crash at that point? I was just thinking, perhaps this is located in a PATH variable?

Make sure your app is a 32bit one. oh can you open the app just by clicking on it? Does it only give this error when you try to launch it from that cpl?

This is quite the derail i've made huh... lol Its a tricky situation, I don't think I can answer this right now.

I have the answer you are looking for. Having formerly worked in the cable internet business helps me here! Almost all cable modems (that do not have built-in routers) learn the MAC address of the device (your computer) that is connected to it. So your modem registered the MAC Address of your first computer, and will only do business with a computer with that address. In order for it to recognize a different device/interface/comptuer, you need to unpower the modem and power it back on. If you have access to the internal page of the modem (as long as your ISP hasn't blocked it out) you will find where this information is kept. I'm not entirely sure why modems do this but they all do it. It must be something buried in a standard someplace.

I'm not sure about IE or Chrome, but Firefox has a built in config file you can edit. just type about:config in the address bar to get the settings.

Yes you can run scripts or batch files after imaging. Unlike using Ghost, which uses sessions, you have full access to the file system after imaging. I have an example here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=126828 As far as deployment time... I must be doing something different. Average deployment time with Imagex to multiple clients is 3 minutes. Average deployment time using Ghost to multiple clients ranges between 10 minutes to 40 minutes. I am using Server 2008 so that WDS supports full multi-cast. Server 2003 does not support multi-cast, and as such, deploying from it (my test/backup server is a WDS 2003) can only support 4 clients and deployment time is a little slower if deploying to 4 and even attempting to PXE any additional machines.