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Certainly 3.26GB is better than 3GB. @cc333 Yes that is probably my complaint. Streaming or watching videos is the problem. Being spoiled after all these years (to think that old videos on Youtube look grainy and bad) I need to have the best quality I can get. Back onto the topic, aside from the obvious "games!" answer, you could also use it as a file server on a network and/or as a backup for your files. Hindsight tells me that putting backups on hard disks has been more reliable than backing up to CD-Rs...

In my experience, a dual core is a minimum CPU and 4GB RAM would be what I want. I've tried lesser configurations and always run into problems. I am thinking about everything that I like or want to do online. Using a lower spec system would limit that, and I would not consider such a system capable of handling the internet, nor try to use it as an every-day pc for internet access.

I had used this last week because I was away and needed a servicing DISM... it made me wonder if there was a tool like this that could also grab the files needed to build a WinPE. As that was my second step after the DISM idea didn't work, I then had to get the full ADK.

I figured there was more than one VCR with HDMI out. It could definately be something for someone with more modern setups. And it would be cheaper than getting a Framemiester. I have my equipment split into format, so no longer find a need for upscaling any 4:3 source into a 16:9 display.

Well, you already accepted this (new-to-you) PC so you must have some ideas as to what to do with it. I personally would consider such a system to be obsolete for the modern internet, but there are still many things it could do. I often see PCs as being tools to accomplish specific tasks. My own XP computer, for example, merely handles the lightweight task of playing music.

I still use VHS and have 2 VCRs connected at home, plus maybe 2-3 as backup in case one goes bad. This is partly true. vinyl still has a good sound, especially in the case of DBX. VHS' counterpart for quality is S-VHS, but this was only used in Japan. S-VHS players/recorders will still be the pinnacle of the community with one exception: the apparently only HDMI VCR, a BluRay combo player the Panasonic DMP-BD70V. What is missed is that some people can have nostalgia for things other than quality. VHS is not a horrible, useless technology even today. There are many instances of things that were not made on other formats even to this day. The media and the players are cheap and can be a better alternative. You can have the same movie on VHS for 50 cents or less, than their 4:3 counterpart on DVD. The players are cheap enough that you can gamble on players and test tapes until you can find one that does not eat tapes. My main VCR has been used at least once a week since it was purchased in the late 90s and has never eaten a tape.

OK right. So if designing an installer that can do both, you would only be able to potentially use it on a system that also supports both which is quite rare by now. Because, the trick of using 32bit WinPE to install 64bit Windows won't help if you can't boot the OS afterwards in most cases.

It seems you are jumping the gun then. I had presumed that one would test a 32bit install, then the 64bit install and once it is found that both are working, then try to make a combined version. Official support for EFI booting (GPT disk) is Windows 8.0+ (32bit) and Vista SP1+ (64bit). You must determine what hardware you will be working with, and then build a solution for that. Rather than trying to create the perfect solution for everything. In order of what is I have worked with, most common to least: 1. UEFI board that only allows booting 64bit EFI applications (common notebook or desktop board) 2. UEFI board that only allows booting 32bit EFI applications (common tablet or SOC system) 3. UEFI board that allows booting 32 and/or 64bit EFI applications (seen on some early UEFI 2.3.1 hardware from Intel) 4. Legacy board that uses UEFI emulation to boot 64 bit EFI applications (MSI's 2.2TB Infinity) 5. UEFI board that allows booting 64bit EFI applications from network, usb or memory and 32bit EFI applications from the hard disk (custom BIOS from manufacturer) The main issue which jaclaz refers to is the bootable media itself. You make your EFI media to boot on either 32bit or 64bit platforms. I have a myself a 32bit EFI USB key and a 64bit one. I am not aware if anyone has been able to make a single bootable device be able to have both architectures on it. For the Windows setup itself, it doesn't matter so much. You can likely use a 32bit WinPE 4+ and that Setup can install 32bit or 64bit images. If not using setup, then it opens up even more possibilities.. such as you just have commands to apply images using DISM.

I have this problem occasionally. When I create a new folder, rename it and try to open it, Explorer will say "cannot find New Folder." But certainly, it is not called New Folder anymore. If I try opening it again, it works. I would be interested in a fix also.

Normally, Windows 7 32bit does not have the ability to boot in EFI mode. What method did you use to get that to work?

Green Tea Kit Kat is from Japan I believe.

Welcome to the MSFN!

Another place that can launch startup programs is from Task Scheduler.

What is RS1? Anniversary Update comes out on August 2 and the free upgrade period ends July 29. We will have to wait to see if some update comes out July 30 to remove the GWX stuff... but I suspect that instead there will be changes made where you could pay for Windows 10 right there.

Yes in English, 大阪市 is Osaka City. It is typed as Osaka. Oshaka exists in Japanese (おしゃか) but I do not know what it means. The Japanese pronunciation is different too.

That graphic may only be correct for a few days, if it is still the same as previous. People who had upgraded to 10240 prior to 10586 being released, who then were updated to 10586, found that the "go back to your previous OS" feature was either missing or would put them back to 10240. If there is a new Win10 update coming on August 2, a similar scenario could happen again.

DX12 will be what will eventually get me into running Windows 10, but I probably would use Steam as the shell instead of explorer.

Use (at least) the WinPE from the ADK for Windows 8 (not the RC version). The WAIK for Windows 7 WinPE does not work well enough in EFI mode. I had to abandon it entirely. WinPE3 x64 worked on the first generation of UEFI 2.3.1 boards (Intel 67/77 era) well enough, newer boards saw issues like this.

Probably none of those. Disable the service and see what happens.

Wanting to go back and actually doing it is two different things.

Is there a specific reason that you want to use Excel to do this?

The only thing I still use imagex for (besides legacy deployments that I haven't converted yet) is for /info and for /export to new .wim file. MS did say that with the release of ADK for Windows 8 Preview that imagex was deprecated, yet still kept releasing new versions even up until now. I think that DISM doesn't return the XML like imagex /info does yet.

Corporate social media accounts have been becoming "cutesy" and less business-like to better relate to their users. As most people who are using social media are not so serious.

Perhaps look in your PE to see if anything gets put into the DISM.log file. I have not used that old version of DISM in some time, am using DISM from ADK for Windows 10. You could say "one DISM to rule them all"

@dco47 We have a policy of not directly linking to places offering for download things that are not explicitly allowed to be redistributed. If you know of a way or a tool that can get this from a Microsoft hosted website, you can post it here instead.