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I can't post pictures, but I suppose I can post my specs. I've had this PC since early 2002, haven't had to reinstall Windows, and have had minimal hardware failure. Chassis: Antec PS Performance SX1040 Black Motherboard: Intel D850MV CPU: Intel Pentium 4 1.7GHz RAM: 2x 256MB Samsung PC800 RDRAM + 2 blanks Audio: onboard disabled, Creative SoundBlaster Audigy Gamer PCI Video: nVidia GeForce 3 Ti200 64MB AGP 2x keyboard: Apple USB Pro Keyboard (G4 style) mouse: Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 USB Optical HDD1: Maxtor 20GB ATA-133 7200RPM HDD2: Maxtor 160GB ATA-133 7200RPM Optical1: Compaq 48x CD-ROM Black speakers: Creative Inspire 5200 5.1 OS: Windows XP Pro RTM (with hacked compatibility) I think the total price came to just under $3,000 at the time. Everything was brand new, although some stuff I did get at cost through a contact at Ingram Micro. The MB was the newest by Intel at the time and the CPU was the fastest available. I built it to be totally top of the line. However, through the years it became not so top of the line, and I eventually hit limits on both hardware and my wallet. I did not list the monitor because I didn't remember which ones I've had. Here is a timeline of changes: - Partitioned the second drive into two partitions. Installed Server .net 2003 Enterprise on it. It lasted a year because I never activated it and I had since removed it. - added Sony 24x CD-RW EIDE drive. It failed after 2 days. - monitor failed during a move, replaced with eMachines 17" flat CRT. - added Lite-On DVD-RW/CD-RW dual layer +/- - Mouse failed, replaced with same model from ebay - Mouse failed, replaced with standard Microsoft Optical Mouse - upgraded video card with Sapphire Radeon 8600XP AGP 4x 256MB to play Oblivion. - upgraded CPU with Pentium 4 2.0GHz - successfully ran Crysis Demo (cons: long load time, gameplay was smooth) - researched prices on upgrading RAM ($900 to get 2GB) - Lite-On DVD Drive failed (no replacement) So that's where I'm at. Since paying that much for more RAM is out of the question, I've already started looking at making a new PC. I figure using a PC for 6-7 years without a format or a reinstall is pretty good, so I am going to rebuild using similar brand products. I must say, though, I did buy a replacement DVD-RW drive, but I never installed it. It's sitting on my new chassis I bought for my next PC, still sealed in its static bag. I also have a Windows 98 computer also, but it has a bad motherboard (or PSU) in it. I bought another used computer to get the parts out of it to fix it, so it might need to be reinstalled. I had used it to be a Dedicated server for Quake 3 and Shoutcast a few years ago, but has been closet fodder for quite awhile. Here are its specs as I can remember them: Chassis: Some garbage beige mid-tower Motherboard: I think it has a Gigabyte in there... It's on its 3rd motherboard CPU: Intel Pentium III 1.0GHZ (on flip-chip) Slot1, with 533BMHz Slot1 for backup. RAM: 768MB RAM Audio: I'm having difficulty remembering, but I think a Guillemont 128 voice PCI, or it could be SBLive! 128... Video: 3dfx Voodoo 5500 AGP 64MB <-- the reason why I won't let this system die! keyboard: A PS2 keyboard that says "Propeller Pilot" on it. mouse: some $10 USB mouse with a ball in it (remember them?) HDD1: Maxtor 20GB ATA-100 7200RPM HDD2: There actually was another 20GB drive, but I took it out and put it in my XP machine. Optical1: It has 3 CD drives, two are broken and not even hooked up. It has an 8x Iomega CD-RW (Terminator model) that does kinda word. speakers: 1200w 4 speaker + subwoofer system that is currently hooked up to my TV OS: Windows 98A (with hacked compatibility) Welp, gotta run back into my time machine! See you guys next week!

Using the following board: http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/moth...BT-overview.htm I understand DDR3, but I don't understand about the bus speed and memory timings to get, which would be best or whatever else. When I bought my last computer, there was only 1 kind of memory that it supported and I didn't have to learn about all this stuff. I'm still kind of confused about it all.

How about this? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913405/en-us fwiw, I searched for 'wireless mouse screensaver' on that site.

Please relocate thread if required. I have installed BDD 2007 onto my Server 2003 WDS, in an attempt to possibly learn from it. It also appears that using it may improve the efficiency of my department, as well as shorten our server migration time, which is still pending. However, neither of these pluses will happen if I can't figure out how to use the program. Using guides online and within the Workbench itself are pretty clear-cut, however support documentation is lacking in the fact that I cannot find anyone else having the problem I am, nor being a solution for that matter. I am stuck (you can start laughing now) at the VERY first step! When you right-click on Operating Systems and click New. I select Source files, and have it look at the CD Drive where my XP install CD is located. At first, it would refuse to finish the file copy. Believing that my CD Drive may be at fault (also judging by the CD read errors in Event Viewer) I added a second drive, but it also failed. I ended up copying all the files from the CD onto the hard drive in a folder. I then re-ran the wizard. The issue seems to be, that after it actually starts the file process, and after it is completed, it is supposed to show the OS I just added in the list, and/or prompt me for something else. This doesn't happen. It creates the folder under \Distribution\ and all of the files are in there, but there isn't anything else that happens. No other options in the program work because it complains that I haven't added an operating system yet. I installed BDD 2007 from one of our Green MSDN CDs. I found an update for it online, but it appears to be a remote downloader, meaning that internet access is required in order for it to install. My server does not have access to the internet, and I am not allowed to put it on the corporate network (because it would deauthorize our existing servers... something it had done in the past). So I'm not sure where to go next.

All of the documentation is actually in the help files, which you can look at in the Deployment Workbench. Hey, congrats on 6k there! I have looked at the help files but they don't seem to cover my particular issues. I will make a new thread I suppose.

If Windows detects either of these devices, post the Hardware IDs found on the detail tab of the device properties in Device Manager.

I recommend that you use a RAID1 for OS files only, and a RAID5 or RAID10 for your file storage. What does your current server make backups of? Profile data or of itself? If it is of itself, I recommend using a separate computer for the backups. The separate computer could be one of your current servers reborn. Also, I hope that you have a firewall (physical) between your static IP and your server.

RIS isn't an option for me and I can't get BDD to work properly.

The reason why your F11 wasn't working was because that info is kept in the Master Boot Record (MBR) so if you did anything that changes how the HDD knows where the partitions are (like however you formatted it) that information was likely lost. I don't know about the I386 folder tho.... Is this the one located in c:\windows?

I got all this software and installed it on my WDS in an attempt to recreate your problem... except that I'm stuck at the begining where it won't add an OS... I'd like to add that there is almost no documentation on these tools.

I had a similar problem with my domain account, where I had my password changed on the AD. Then before I could log in, it would say it was locked out. My problem was caused by me having an email client (Tbird) open still and it was trying to get my mail the the old password!

Would a similar setup allow me to boot an ISO off the network that was basically an unattended XP Install CD?

I think the main response here is that there is a better way to do what you want, but all the power to you to make it happen!

It is not illegal to re-sell original, modified or even burned copies of Windows. The only thing that is a problem is the licenses. Such as, I could make 100 copies of Vista and sell them without being liable as long as CD Keys are not provided.

http://www.msfn.org/board/PE-20-UK-keyboard-t120322.html What happens if you generate a list of supported layouts? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc765969.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/lcid-all.mspx

Is it at all possible to use a winbom file with this method? I would like to start deploying XP via PXE instead of using the old PE (XP SP2) so we can eliminate the use of CDs for loading Windows. So far we have been unsuccessful in figuring out how to deploy like this. The reason we need a winbom is to point to the cfgsets and the distribution share on the server.

Also, do you mean 2008 and not 2003?

For the client machines, it is more of a preventative measure. The client machines will be CLEAN machines, so that may be an option for them. The server, however, isn't. Offline servicing would be very difficult, and we just can't revert it to a clean state, as it has over 1TB of data on it!

I understand about your two different types of devices on the network, but I am wondering what the reason for the two scopes is.

You know, as far as a matter of fun or testing, I can understand why you'd want to do this. But I think it falls into not being a "best practice" situation. At a previous company, one of my co-workers did just this. He ran a VM within a VM, and this VM would automatically boot up and load another VM. He ended up with a mirrored/windowed effect, and I believe that something bad had happened to the computer because of that. In the end, it became a company policy that said we were forbidden from running VM within VM...

There are server applications that can load a virtual desktop of XP to thin and thick clients. The only one I know by name is Ardence, now IntervalZero. Here are some infos: http://www.brianmadden.com/content/article...-Citrix-Servers http://www.intervalzero.com/rtx.htm

I've done this accidently before. It was a long time ago, and I can't remember how I fixed it. It is possible to do without any registry editing, iirc, and I think you have to fool around with ActiveDesktop to make it go away.

There isn't much biztalk around here. Your question should get more responses if you post it on Linkedin.com's question section.

All this crap about DVDs and technology and advertising and non-skippable previews, copy protection, etc is the #1 reason why I still buy VHS movies.

Yep I've tried everything possible with regards to the MBR. TRIF also helped a little but I wasn't trying to create something of my own. I was trying to duplicate what Ghost does in relation to capturing volume images in ImageX instead. For example, I have access to the same OEM Recovery Partition creation software that Dell and HP uses. We have an image that has Windows on the C drive and the recovery partition on a hidden partition on the same volume. I was able to redeploy the volume image using imagex but not able to recreate the MBR settings that the software writes. Or at least, not properly. We wanted to move totally away from using Ghost, but the further time went on, my project became more and more closer to reverse-engineering than towards software programming. So we dropped the idea because if we were to use that method to deploy, it would violate our EULA with the software provider.