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I do not know how ZenWorks handles images but you can't add a Mass Storage driver to an existing XP image. So say you have a machine with XP, you can't put a different driver in there and then capture it and redeploy it. I mean, I think it is possible but it is quite a lot of trouble. It would be better if you create images for each Mass Storage Controller (and HAL) or just use an unattended network installation.

Not sure about from an optical media, but you can copy the drivers to the hard drive, and set the appropriate path in the registry so Windows looks there for drivers when it detects a device. That registry key is: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DevicePath By default, this key has '%SystemRoot%\inf' but you can add extra paths separated by commas without spaces.

ًWhy are you saying that?! Because it's true. Some BIOS sees USB flash as a regular hard drive, some see as USB HDD, some see different and some not at all. There is no standard to define how a BIOS should see a UFD unfortunately.

Server 2008 TCP Offloading enabled on both NICs. Both NICs set to 1Gbps instead of Auto Enabled TCP Offloading in Windows No change to upload performance. TCP Offloading also does not appear to be functioning during an upload.

If it says Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus, the hotfix is working properly. Now you just need the correct drivers. What is the hardware ID of this device?

Is your Master Browser server running WINS as well? You may have seen these already. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/903267

As a comparison, I did a similar transfer to a network share from my VPC machine to the 2003 server. It was the largest file I could find, a 1.7GB VHD file. It uploaded at 7% of 1GBps which is about 70MBps. So there appears to be a cap on the 2003 as well, but not as low as the 2008.

I have confirmed that an upload cap exists on the Server 2008 machine. Its sad when our high-end 2008 server is slower than our low-end 2003 server. The upload appears to be capped at 83KBps (0.83 of 1GBps). Test was transfering a 2.6GB WIM from my test computer to the network share on the server. Note that there does not appear to any download cap on the 2008, and it can xfer (out) close to its 1GBps limit. Here is a picture from the 2008. edit: made mathematical error.

How about this one? 3Ware 9650SE-4LPML http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16816116042 http://www.3ware.com/KB/article.aspx?id=14928 Sorry, 3ware is the only cards I have info on. I don't know if this is cheap or not for RAID cards.

You can set your own DNS if you use a router, and set your IP to work with your router.

There recently has been a known issue caused by a certain Windows update that can make RDP stop working. If this is the case, there should be a bunch of Errors in the Event Viewer relating to a DLL and/or RDP about the time you are attempting to connect. Also, these might not be flagged as errors, perhaps warning or information. The update at fault is .Net Framework 3 series. I had this issue last week and uninstalling it fixed the problem. I can't find the article on it right now, but try uninstall .net Framework 3 if you have it. Our redist was put on by Windows Update.

Hmmm does your BIOS support Power On by Timer? I have seen this option before but don't know how to use it.

It should be noted that this was resolved by the OP in his cross-post. http://www.msfn.org/board/WDS-Boot-Image-w...it-t123845.html

What are you mean by that?!! -- Xtreme Those are chipset examples. VIA did end up being better later on, but SIS and ALI were highly suspect. For example, they didn't work with USB Drives of any sort.

Verify file shares are enabled on the other 10 computers. Also verify that your computer does not share a SID with any of the 10 you cannot see. And are you sure this is XP Pro and not XP Home?

The DNS Server addresses should be provided by your ISP. Does your computer use wireless connection?

There is only one hard-drive in this model. I am certain that its simple IDE controller wouldn't support RAID even if you managed to hook up two hard drives into it. In the BIOS, does it allow you to change the drive configuration? If so you may have a choice of IDE or AHCI, although considering the age of the notebook, I don't know if AHCI would even be an option anyways. Does the XP CD not find the hard drive if you do not do the F6?

Also, if you aren't using a switch or router, and just a cable connecting the two computers, you are going to need a crossover cable.

If you want to remove the partition, I recommend you do so using diskpart and fdisk, for example. The only thing you are going to have to worry about is that the program that made the recovery partition writes to the MBR. Using either FDISK or DISKPART won't change the MBR but it still has that info in there. Its because of this that I tell our guys here to to use FDISK if they need to reimage a machine that has the recovery partition on it. We use the same software here as Dell to make recovery partitions. I wanted to add that the MBR will only cause you a problem because you can still hit whatever key at boot and it will try to boot to the partition that you removed. I don't know what Dell uses, F10 or something.

OK I edited the offline registry via a WinPE boot CD. HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DevicePath = %SystemRoot\inf No FactoryPreInstallInProgress or AuditInProgress listed in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Factory They were listed in HKLM\System\Setup and were set to 01 (Binary). I set them to 00 (Binary). I also changed the GlobalDisableSerNumGen to 0 in each of the CCS listed. On the reboot I chose last known good, but it didn't seem to allow the keyboard to work. I tried both the mouse and keyboard in new ports, or boot up without them connected and plug in after Windows loads but no good. *** Since those two "InProgress" keys were present in System\Setup, is this to say that Sysprep did not run correctly? Shouldn't they be at 0 if Sysprep was run? There is no Sysprep folder on the C drive either... *** I didn't give it enough time lol. It works now... It took like 5 minutes to install the drivers. Since I can't see what Windows is doing (explorer isn't the default shell) I couldn't see that it was actually doing something. After about 5 minutes the "Your hardware has finished installing, would you like to reboot the computer" message came up and the keyboard (and Serial Mouse we connected) were working. I said no, replugged the USB Mouse and that installed properly as well. As a final test I am rebooting the thing to make sure it will still work. Since editing the registry worked, this confirms it to be the customer's image, which I am going to recommend they rebuild. It adds way too much time on a build to take the thing apart and boot from CDs and whatnot. The final question about the InProgress keys still stands, however.

OK I wasn't 100% accurate when I said they are inaccesable. We can access the HDD in offline mode using NTFSDOS. I have been given a lead regarding this issue, a file called INFCACHE.1. It is also covered here: http://www.msfn.org/board/Can-I-safely-del...he1-t39966.html I did a search and found this file in two locations: c:\pnpdrivers\net c:\windows\inf The first folder is created by our autounattend, it is a legacy feature that wasn't removed from our media when SP2 came out. I tried deleting the file in both places (probably shouldn't have) and it did not resolve the issue. I will continue digging.

I use VPC 2007 on XP. It has an NT4 Workstation, NT4 Server, Server 2003 Standard and Windows 2000 Pro. I use it just for fun or when i'm bored.

I'd drive one and want to do it one day, but with an exception. I don't like how all custom cars are pretty blah in comparison with each other. Like I want to custom up a car to make it look like a race or rally car, but only drive it on the street. Then again a lot of people custom the worst cars ever where I live. Like a car with a wrong color replacement door, tons of rust, total junkers you wouldn't pay more than $200 for, but they have chrome rims, a system and a lift kit... I can't figure it out really. Then there are the random ricers with the muffler sound thing to make them sound like an RC car, I don't get that either. Whatever happened to Monster Camaros?

If you sell the ISO, it's illegal. Ya ok, when you buy Windows you don't buy the disc. The disc is free. You pay for the license. So based on that you could make 100 copies of Windows and give them all away for free. You can't sell them and you can't give out CD Keys with them. That's the deal really.

Not a boot-strapper but a wrapper it sounds like. You can do this with AutoIT, InstallShield or AdvancedInstaller to name a few. So I guess you mean launch a program then wait and launch another one?