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We have a file server that we learned is possible that it may be infected with a virus. This server is on a private LAN that does not have internet access. It is not connected to our domain, but we plan on putting a domain controller on it in the future. It runs Server 2003 Standard 64bit. Because it is not a part of our corporate domain, nor does it have access to it, we are unable (and at this time unwilling) to install our managed Anti-virus client (Trend Micro) on it. So I am in search for a freeware/trialware Anti-virus program that will install on this OS. I know AVGFree will not install. The ability to update it is not a concern right now as we just need something to hold us over until we put the domain controller in. Our future domain controller will run its own Trend Management Console. Also, I am interested in any Anti-virus server software (not an appliance, and can work with the above OS) that is capable of scanning network computers for viruses without installing any client software on them. This software does not require to be free, but should not involve purchasing a crazy amount of software, for example I know that Altiris has/had this capability. Thanks.

Sorry to bump an old topic, but I am also experiencing this problem and there are no other topics about it. In my particular case, I have 4 machines that I cannot install anything that uses an InstallShield installer. All 4 machines use the same image. This problem has likely been in the image since mid-August but we didn't catch it because we typically do not install programs into it. The reason I need to here is because we got a batch that includes a video card. I would like to try to resolve this as the image is provided by our customer and would add a considerable amount of time to our estimated ship date. This is a Windows XP Pro SP2 with all updates possible (critical) without installing Service Pack 3. I am going to leave out the hardware on this one as this does not affect the same hardware using different images. Possible solutions have been tried with no result: - rename/delete c:\program files\common files\installshield\professional\runtime\IsProBE.tlb - delete all files and folders in c:\documents and settings\%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp - full pass using Memtest x86 v3.3 (PASSED) Error being reported: InstallShield error -6006 Applications attempting to be installed: nVidia GeForce driver package 175.16 and 175.19, also nVidia driver located on CD-ROM that comes with the video card. Sources tried for Applications: Network Share, Desktop, CD-ROM Any other suggestions would be great. RESOLVED This issue was caused by a virus being installed in the image. It fortunately has not propogated to the rest of our network. One of the functions of the virus was to change file permissions and block write access to select folders. At least one of these folders was one in which the InstallShield Engine was attempting to write to, thus generating the error.

Is this a folder you created or part of Windows or from a program? If the folder is marked as a Protected System File, it can retain the hidden status even if you uncheck the Hidden box.

If they are infact .msi files, there should be a log for them under the source MSIInstaller, and it will write an event whether there was an error, or if it completed successfully. Are you able to install other programs on the computer at all? Is it only MSI files that are not installing?

Well I tried some stuff out but it turns out that NT 4 won't install on the computer at all. It complains about the APIC and HAL.DLL upon install... the hardware just might be too new. So I am going the Virtual PC route instead. Thanks for the info on Grub4Dos. It looks interesting. I might even use it on a VHD!

Take a look on their site for a firmware update. They usually add more features.

Check out your exclusions list, first off. Also there are some instances where Windows will hide the entries for the updates from Add/Remove Programs (or Programs and Features) but the actual program should still be there if you open IE, for example, and do the Help->About to see the version.

I am baffled as to why you registered for an account here to ask this question instead of doing so on the Asus forums... http://vip.asus.com/forum/default.aspx?SLanguage=en-us Their download site is here. I don't know what socket your motherboard has so I can't take you further. http://support.asus.com/download/download....SLanguage=en-us

Yes you need to set up your WDS in Mixed-Mode. It will then be able to call the setup.exe with whatever options you select and deploy from your distribution share. However, using a WIM isn't going to work, it isn't meant for unattended installs, only for creating drive images. You may have an option of capturing an XP Pro image, and then scripting sysprep to do the unattended work. I have no experience in this option. You can also use the WinPE to call the setup.exe from within the startnet.cmd, and you can point to an unattend file but you can't use a winbom.ini file.

I believe in order to make registry changes to the PE, you need to mount the image, then mount the offline registry hive and make changes that way. I haven't actually tried this yet but it is the only thing I can think of.

There is a lot of information here you can make use of. ImageX (the program used to make WIM files) is an imaging program, and not setup program. I do not believe that anyone has been able to capture an unattended install of XP as a WIM yet. I've tried and so far I have been unsuccessful as to making it work properly. You can make a WIM of an XP installation, but it is hardware dependent, although it is possble to make it more open to redeployment onto other hardware besides what it was captured on. Make sure to check out the WinPE and XP Deployment sections of this forum.

I am guessing that you (or something) changed a setting on the desktop. Make sure that File and Printer Sharing is still enabled, that you haven't changed any authentication settings (such as disable/delete the Guest account), didn't require a password or anything relating to user accounts. Verify that the share still exists and doesn't require a password.

It is possible that the driver on the CD has support for Vista while the driver on the website does not. The same story goes for the Creative X-Fi PCI Express card where the drivers on the CD work but the ones on the website do not. When you try to install the driver from the CD, does it give you a warning about the driver? I would not recommend using the one from the website at all. I would imagine that it plain out won't accept that one.

Bandwidth statistics will only be available from the router itself, presuming it has that feature. As far as what websites are visited, you are looking at Windows level audit/logging option. You are going to need to read up on your router, and/or log into its internal page to see what logging it does. Typical Linksys wireless routers, for example, usually only show DHCP information, but I don't have one of those to tell you for sure.

It sounds like the computer is attempting a network boot as it's first device instead of the hard drive. Do you have a network cable plugged into it? Also when it boots, see if it tells you what to press to configure the device. For example, some Network Boot Loaders have you press SHIFT + F10 to configure the NIC. And with that you can select the boot order, which I believe the default should be PnP/Bev or something similar.

What about third-party bootloaders?

I am interested in creating a website using the stock IIS that comes with 2003 Server. If I create one there, how easy would it be to migrate that website to another 2003 or 2008 server? Also are there any articles relating to website migration I can read up on?

Media Player plays audio using the system's default audio device. Make sure your sound card is selected in the Sound Devices control panel, and isn't set to "Default Audio Device" as it usually is.

That is surprising to me also. I have never seen memtest halt during a test... it usually will keep testing on and on (longest I've ran was over 700 hours) and errors appear with big red bars that go across the screen.

I am not certain if this file is redistributable, however you can extract the original from your Vista DVD.

If you are using an IP address, and it gives you this message, it means your computer is not able to connect to the host. Basically it isn't really worded that way, but it basically can't resolve the path. Ideas: 1. The IP Address on the PC has changed. 2. Make sure you added the NOTEBOOK_COMPUTERNAME\USER account to the Everyone (or Administrators or whatever) group on the Home PC. 3. When you log on to the notebook as local, is it still joined to the domain or is it set for workgroup.

98 has floppies. I believe the number was around 35. I've done a 98 install with floppies. I think it was 33 but you had two extra disks. An emergency boot disk and something else. So ya, 35 does indeed sound right. The problem with 98 on floppies is that maybe disk 32 was bad and you'd be screwed because it would be 2 hours in that you'd find that out. Also Windows NT 3.51 had a floppy install as well. I wanted to revise my previous statement. NT 3.51 had a 5.25" floppy install..

I have recently come into the "possession" of a computer at work with three hard drives. I wanted to see if I could install 3 OSes on it, but not sure which ones I should put on it. How about some recommendations? I also want to make sure that the three I pick will be able to work from a boot.ini or other bootloader. The computer isn't overly powerful, and was designed to be used as a security video recorder. One of the OSes I would like to install is Windows NT 4 (probably server) but not sure about the other two. OSes that are not to be considered: - Vista - Server 2003 - Server 2008 - Windows XP - Windows 98 What do ya think?

OK so you are using an XP computer as the network share, so you aren't using WDS then. You should be able to break the wpeinit process (Ctrl+C) when it is running in the startnet.cmd after you feel that it isn't doing anything anymore. I would say it should complete within 2-3 minutes before moving along to the next item in your startnet.cmd. After you break it, you should be able to launch notepad by just typing it at the prompt. Notepad is included in the default WinPE that comes with the current WAIK and OPK. Afterwhich, you can view the wpeinit's logfile to see if it has any interesting info in there. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc748941.aspx I use the OPK and not the WAIK. It is basically the same thing, but due to licensing reasons, Microsoft requires us to use the OPK and not the WAIK.

I had this problem today when trying to deploy a known-working Ghost image of Vista Home Premium. I chalked it up to being a hardware issue or incompatibility and just installed it from an unattended CD.