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  1. Hello everyone. I noticed that some Vista users on here along with a friend of mine were experiencing a strange bug with Windows Vista's explorer view settings. Well after failing for months now to experience the issue for myself, it finally happened. However, I found a fix and want to share it in hopes that it will help someone else. Basically, the explorer view settings would be shared among different folders and view settings would be forgotten. If I chose to show the Music sort headers in the Music folder, my personal user folder would also change to the Music headers, and if I changed those settings within the personal folder, they would also affect my Music folder. Changing icon view settings in either folder would also affect the other one. Other folders would also not remember their settings, for example, grouping by type would simply revert to the default details view upon closing and reopening the folder. Here is a link to the fix (guide not made by me, I take no credit for it): http://www.geekscribes.net/blog/2011/06/05/solved-windows-doesnt-remember-folder-view-settings/ It seems to also affect Windows 7 given that the guide also mentions that OS, but seems to be either more prevalent in Vista or it may be that I don't use Windows 7 as much. Anyway, I hope this helps some of you who have been experiencing the issue with Vista and maybe Windows 7 too. I would also like to mention that turning off automatic folder type detection did not fix the issue for me, so I don't recommend trying that. -2008WindowsVista
  2. Boot Win 7 Paritition copied to Empty space after Win XP on old HDD? I plan to upgrade my main OS from Win 7 SP1 x64 to 8 to 8.1. But to take the risk out of it... I copied my main Win 7 Partition from my SSD to Empty space on old HDD after Win XP partition. (at night.. so I dont have to wait around for 200+ GB going over) SSD 240 GB: [system Reserved: 200 MB] [sSD_P1 240GB] HDD 320GB: [Win XP 33GB] [sSD_P1 Copy 240GB ][Free Space][OEM Recovery partition] I copied this using Paragon HDM 12 Pro I did not copy the [system Reserved] partition as I wasnt sure how it would fit in.. and since its 200 MB, should be easier to "move" / "copy" if needed. Now, I read that there is a way to make Win 7 bootable without the SysRrv 200 MB partition. Or do I need to copy the 200 M partition? Is there a way to make the Win 7 boot while letting the rest of the MBR & booters (Win XP and OEM Recovery) continue working? What way should I follow? What steps should I take? PPS: Once this experiment is successful, I'd like to upgrade my SSD with Win 8.. But I am wondering if I should keep the 200 M partn around or merge it.. It just creates additional 'partition's to worry about. What are the pros & cons of that?
  3. I have been experiencing an issue on work solely with windows 7 laptops and desktops. our domain is set up an working normal for the most parts, using server 2012 . the problem is once the machines are on the domain the local admin accounts somehow turns into a local account , randomly . in order to restore we usually have to boot into safe mode use the default admin account which is usually turned off and recreate the local account to be granted back access. have any of you guys experience such with windows 7 machines ???
  4. Hi All, I have a problem in windows 7 pro 64 bit. The icon for safely removing hardware doesn't work anymore. When I click on it nothing happens. I tried the - RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll - workaround but all I get from that is a message that the usb device is not removable. Any ideas what could be the problem. Chris
  5. Hi Everyone, I have created an unattended file which auto-joins to the domain, but it still prompts me to create a local user account. How can this part be skipped? I know you can use the firstlogon commands to delete the account, but I was wondering if there was a way to do it without even creating the account? Thanks Jonny
  6. EDIT: I suppose I'm trying to understand two things, is it 'normal' to get a few hundred pagefaults when loading up programs? The other part would be to understand if getting ~100k ISR count for hal.dll a minute is normal. I use a Wireless N USB adapter in the front of my case in a USB 3.0 slot for the internet. When this is disabled I still get pagefaults but the Latencymon report comes back fine with no high reports of latency although the ISR counts are roughly the same. It is currently my only means of internet in a 3 story building. I also just want to add performance wise my PC seems entirely stable. I replaced the HDD this week and that seemed to be the huge cause of any problems, but since numbers wise everything in LatencyMon looks the same I just want to make sure there isnt anything else wrong with my machine currently. I previously had a machine with nasty pagefaults where the main culprit was my HDD was actually failing. I received a new SSD this week and reinstalled Windows 7, since then things have been insanely faster. I went from very low settings in multiple games with hiccups to max settings. It's really depressing how long the bad HDD had been bottlenecking my performance and I was in denial. ANYWAYS, Latencymon posted below as well as an xperf going to be pasted. Would love any help on where to look next, I've installed all drivers I could think of. SSD has been updated to most recent firmware, Intel Speed Tech has been disabled in BIOS and the bios is up to date (Sabertooth p67 3602 version). High Performance has been selected in Windows as well. XPERF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B597DIrOwkw0UHF2THlQaGlESk0/view?usp=sharing
  7. I sometimes make my own customized Windows PE builds, and for some time I wanted to get the full Windows Explorer functionality (Taskbar/Start Menu/File Browser/etc.) working on WinPE. I know that some custom distributions of WinPE 4.0 circulating online have the Explorer (I.e.http://windowsmatters.com/2013/04/30/windows-8-based-pe-boot-disk-with-explorer-shell-and-all-my-favorite-apps/), but I still want to make my own so I could not have all the unnecessary stuff (i.e. Web Browser, DWM) that some of these distros have. Could someone point me to a easy tutorial showing me how could I do this? P.S. By Windows 7 Explorer, I am referencing this hack that allows the Windows 7 Explorer to work on Windows 8 (not 8.1+):http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/157302-windows-7-explorer-for-windows-8/ That hack grabs certain Win7 Explorer files and sets those as the default shell. I remember that working very well in my Win8 install. However, just copying the Win7 explorer files and pasting them to the boot.wim file does not work.
  8. Hi I just made a theme for windows 8.1 since that's the OS im running but i have a question is it possible! to make visual themes/custom themes made with Windows Style Builder .msstyles compatible with other OS's instead of just 8.1 i've seen some people on sites like Deviantart make a theme compatible with windows 8 the theme was for windows 7 but he had *Updated on the description with now compatible with windows 8 so im wondering how is this possible.. do they redo the theme with windows 8 using the .msstyles the theme or some other method i would really apreciate it if anyone knows this so i may change the theme i made for other OS's as well so that people don't need to ask "is this compatible with windows 7?" -Thanks in advance.
  9. Hello, I have a desktop that has Windows 7 and Windows XP installed on separate hard drives. Hard drive 1 contains Windows 7, and that's what the computer boots each time. Hard drive 2 has XP, but the only way I'm able to boot into XP is to disable hard drive 1 in the BIOS. I'd like to be able to add XP into Windows 7's boot menu so I can select which OS to boot when the computer starts up. I tried running these commands (from Windows 7): bcdedit /create {ntldr} /d "Windows XP"bcdedit /set {ntldr} device partition=F: path \ntldrbcdedit /displayorder {ntldr} /addlastI rebooted, but whenever I tried selecting "Windows XP" from the boot menu, the computer just restarts. How do I configure this correctly? I am aware of third-party tools like EasyBCD, but I'm looking for a way to do this using bcdedit on the command-line. Another thing to note is that XP labels its partition (hard drive 2) as C:, but Windows 7 labels hard drive 2 as F: (which is why I specified partition=F). Do I have to do anything extra to make sure that when XP boots, it correctly identifies its own partition as C: and not F:?
  10. EDIT(Title): Capturing/Deploying Standard Windows 7 Image or Why Microsoft is Yet Again Driving Me to Drink I'm almost two years into my one man IT shop gig. My experience trying to use features of Windows to automate things and save time follows this pattern: 1) Come in naive and wide-eyed believing the built-in functionality will do what it says. 2) Clumsily fart around with it until I think I have it working. 3) Realize later, in horror, that it never had the functionality to do what I thought it did and what most IT operations would need. 4) Now jaded with my new knowledge, seek out open-source/third party tools that real people actually use. I have kept the pattern alive trying to capture a standard image of Windows 7 to be used on all machines. I started with this guide: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee523217(v=ws.10).aspx We are a small shop, <15 PCs, running single user licenses from the OEM of Windows 7 Pro. I was able to capture my image using the above guide on a UFD, so I have an Install.wim. However all I have for installation media are OEM recovery disks. How can I get this install.wim captured from a single user license into a version of Windows 7 Pro that I can use? I'll use official MS stuff or 3rd party tools. Activation stuff doesn't bother me, for instance if I have to call or do some other software voodoo to use the license from the current machine instead of the reference machine. I've started down the thread of downloading the Windows 7 Pro iso and messing with rt7lite but I don't know if that will do what I want yet. I'm worried I wasted quite a bit of time to get an OS image that I can't even use without volume licensing (which I'm not sure is cost effective for us yet).
  11. I want to change the red zone of the image. I want to know if this is part of a particular ddl, or if I have to change the aero theme to change this. Remember that this is the last part of the setup. It does not use arunimg.dll or spwizimg.dll Thanks
  12. Why Windows Vista isn't bad Windows Vista: it's the OS everyone loves to hate. Still today, several years later, I see it being criticized for having high system requirements and being a memory hog. But is it really that bad? I think not. In this article I am going to explain why I believe Windows Vista deserves more respect and really isn't bad, and hopefully convince some of you XP and Windows 7 fans that Vista is a very viable OS, especially by today's standards. So let's begin. Windows Vista, when released, introduced a completely different and totally new kernel and driver model than that of its predecessor, Windows XP. Introducing a new kernel caused compatibility issues with legacy applications, and an entire new driver model caused a number of driver compatibility problems. I'll admit, Windows Vista truly wasn't ready when it was released in its RTM version, as it still caused heavy disk I/O which drastically decreased the life of hard drives and degraded performance. There were also issues with OEMs, that hadn't yet released drivers for Vista or released drivers that didn't work well with the new driver model, and OEMs forced Vista onto hardware that barely met the system requirements for Windows Vista. They also stuffed it full of OEM bloatware which caused it to be even slower for users. However, in this article I'm going to explain how those problems were fixed and are now non-existent in Windows Vista. The Rise of Vista: Service Pack 1 released In 2008 with the release of Vista SP1, tons of issues were resolved, and speed was greatly improved. Some improvements made in Service Pack 1 were: Faster copy times, heavy disk activity was toned down dramatically, and tons of apps and drivers had finally caught up with Vista, but there were still some issues. Vista, even with SP1, was still lackluster and needed some work, to hopefully get people off Windows XP for good. There was still the slow boot up and shut down time, as well as a few instability issues. But soon, Microsoft was going to fix that in its next Service Pack for Windows Vista. Vista at its peak: Service Pack 2 released With the release of Service Pack 2 in April 2009, Vista was finally what I would call ready, and Microsoft had managed to finally advance the OS far ahead of Windows XP. Improvements in Service Pack 2 were: even faster file copy times, boot up time improved dramatically, stability greatly improved, memory (RAM) usage was toned down, UAC was refined to be less annoying (while keeping the OS secure), and support for newer types of hardware was added, including support for blue-ray discs. At this stage, Windows Vista was, in my opinion, a worthy successor to Windows XP, and was almost perfect. However, the hate still raged on in most people's minds. Why people still hate Windows Vista Vista is still hated by the majority today, and I believe I know why. Early adopters that tried Vista didn't give it a second chance. They tried it once, either hated it or loved it, and never looked back at it again. So they just hopped back to the trusty old Windows XP and waited for the next version of Windows to arrive, that being Windows 7. Despite service packs improving the OS, people still didn't give Vista another chance, and forever concluded in their minds that it was a failure. I've also had people tell me that they hate Vista because they "heard bad things about it". And a lot of people just jumped on the Vista hating bandwagon without even trying it, which in my opinion, isn't a smart thing to do. Why Windows Vista deserves more respect Windows Vista introduced many new technologies that are critical to Windows 7's existence. Some people may not realize this, but Windows Vista was critical to Windows 7's success. Had Windows 7 in its form today been released instead of Vista, Windows 7 would've received criticism for the same reasons as Windows Vista. It also had high system requirements (identical to Windows Vista's in fact) compared with XP, and it retained a similar kernel (only slightly refined from Vista) and an almost identical driver model introduced by Windows Vista, which makes it a complete departure from Windows XP as well. Compatibility issues would've existed, and Windows 7 would've been installed on underpowered hardware, just as Vista was, and users would've complained about slowness, and jumped back to XP, just as they did with Vista; which is why I believe Vista deserves more respect. Why Windows Vista is much better than Windows XP Some people might have trouble swallowing this, but Windows Vista truly is a large step up from Windows XP, in many ways. One large criticism of Windows XP was security, and despite Microsoft improving the security by releasing Service Pack 2 for XP in 2004, Vista really abolished that problem at a much higher level. With a stronger Windows Firewall and User Account Control that was refined over time to be less annoying with updates, Windows Vista is much more secure than Windows XP. Windows Vista is also better optimized for modern hardware, and takes better advantage of multi-core processors than Windows XP, and has a full-fledged 64 bit version. XP had a 64 bit version, but it was based on its server counterpart, Windows Server 2003, which caused compatibility issues and was not widely adopted. Windows Vista also has more secure networking, and with Service Pack 1, tests showed Windows Vista outperformed Windows XP in the file copying area, just as Microsoft had claimed to improve with the update. Windows Vista also introduced DirectX 10, which delivered much richer gaming graphics and better performance than DirectX 9.0c which was the last version available for Windows XP. Windows Vista also introduced support for USB 3.0, which was much faster and more efficient than USB 2.0 that was available on Windows XP. Although, most USB 3.0 devices will still work—in a technical sense—with Windows XP because they’re backward-compatible. However, they will fall back to USB 2.0 compatibility and transfer data at about one-tenth of the potential speed of USB 3.0. Also, Windows Vista introduced a much faster, more efficient, and more convenient search. Open any explorer window or open the start menu in Vista, and there's most likely search present there. In Windows XP, all you have out of the box is the classic search from previous versions of Windows. And although it works, it's still not as convenient or as efficient as it is in Windows Vista, because you only have it all in one place, rather than throughout the system like in Windows Vista. Although it really wasn't necessary, Windows Vista introduced a very elegant desktop composition engine known as Windows Aero, which looked, to me anyways, much more appealing than the Luna interface that was in Windows XP. And it was refined to be less resource intensive with Service Pack 2. Windows Vista: a viable choice for many, even today Windows Vista was truly ahead of its time, and by today's standards, it still pretty much meets everything most people would want from an operating system. It's very similar to Windows 7. It works well on modern hardware, as it's optimized for multi-core processors, and works with most of the latest third party software. And it also supports 64 bit computing very well, just as well as Windows 7 in fact. And much better than Windows XP did. I'm not saying we should all just switch to Windows Vista, but if you're still using Windows XP, upgrading to Vista with Service Pack 2 wouldn't at all be a bad idea if your hardware can handle it. Conclusion Well I'll leave you with this, and I hope I helped some of you realize why Windows Vista was really a misunderstood operating system. Today, Windows Vista is much better than it was in its infancy, and is no longer "crap" like people have claimed that it is. As long as you run it on compatible hardware and keep it up to date, it will run just fine. In fact, I use Vista (or server 2008 as a workstation rather, the same as vista pretty much) as my main OS, and it runs just fine. And I don't understand that if someone that likes Windows 7 tried Vista today with Service Pack 2 installed on modern hardware, how they could still hate it- but that's just my take on this. If you know why please explain. Thanks very much for reading! -2008WindowsVista
  13. Nuhi suggested that any further discussion of the new tool should take place here on the vLite forums, for now, so here goes. I have a suggestion for the name of the new tool. nLite was such a success, I think the new tool should retain the nLite name in some form. My suggestion is nLiteX, pronounced En Light Ex. It keeps the familiarity with nLite, avoids the problem of adding 7, 8, or numbers beyond that to the name. It also implies a new, expanded nLite with new capabilities, and ensures that the tool won't need to be renamed for future versions of Windows.
  14. I have several users connecting to our main office via Terminal Services Gateway. One user specifically is having issues daily with APPCRASH errors on mstsc.exe. She is running Windows 7 64 bit, all updates installed. Gateway is on a SBS 2008 server. No other users are having this problem. After running the crash dump, it seemed that the issue was upon auto-reconnect. Doing some research, I found that her HKEY_Local_machine\ system\currentcontrolset\control\terminal server entry fDenyTSConnections Key was set to 1. I changed to 0 with no effect. I'm not sure what the next steps to take are. Can anybody analyze this dmp file better than I have done? Application Log Event Detail: Faulting application name: mstsc.exe, version: 6.3.9600.16415, time stamp: 0x524b5b3d Faulting module name: mstscax.dll, version: 6.3.9600.16503, time stamp: 0x52c5f878 Exception code: 0xc0000005 Fault offset: 0x0000000000439b7a Faulting process id: 0x10c8 Faulting application start time: 0x01cf8fc6ce6ffa2d Faulting application path: C:\Windows\System32\mstsc.exe Faulting module path: C:\Windows\System32\mstscax.dll Report Id: 88b5f942-fbc6-11e3-8332-0023245c063b Crash Dump Detail: Microsoft ® Windows Debugger Version 6.12.0002.633 AMD64Copyright © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Loading Dump File [C:\Users\mforsyth\Desktop\mstsc.exe.4420.dmp]User Mini Dump File with Full Memory: Only application data is available Symbol search path is: SRV*C:\SYMBOLS*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbolsExecutable search path is: Windows 7 Version 7601 (Service Pack 1) MP (4 procs) Free x64Product: WinNt, suite: SingleUserTSMachine Name:Debug session time: Wed Jun 25 14:54:37.000 2014 (UTC - 4:00)System Uptime: 0 days 1:13:44.347Process Uptime: 0 days 1:12:24.000...............................................................................................................Loading unloaded module list................................................................This dump file has an exception of interest stored in it.The stored exception information can be accessed via .ecxr.(1144.138c): Access violation - code c0000005 (first/second chance not available)ntdll!ZwWaitForMultipleObjects+0xa:00000000`775f186a c3 ret0:012> !analyze -v******************************************************************************** ** Exception Analysis ** ******************************************************************************** *** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for mstsc.exeGetPageUrlData failed, server returned HTTP status 404URL requested: http://watson.microsoft.com/StageOne/mstsc_exe/6_3_9600_16415/524b5b3d/mstscax_dll/6_3_9600_16503/52c5f878/c0000005/00439b7a.htm?Retriage=1 FAULTING_IP: mstscax!CClientProxyTransport::SetErrorStatus+a000007fe`e7e29b7a 4883b98007000000 cmp qword ptr [rcx+780h],0 EXCEPTION_RECORD: ffffffffffffffff -- (.exr 0xffffffffffffffff)ExceptionAddress: 000007fee7e29b7a (mstscax!CClientProxyTransport::SetErrorStatus+0x000000000000000a) ExceptionCode: c0000005 (Access violation) ExceptionFlags: 00000000NumberParameters: 2 Parameter[0]: 0000000000000000 Parameter[1]: 0000000000000780Attempt to read from address 0000000000000780 DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: INVALID_POINTER_READ PROCESS_NAME: mstsc.exe ERROR_CODE: (NTSTATUS) 0xc0000005 - The instruction at 0x%08lx referenced memory at 0x%08lx. The memory could not be %s. EXCEPTION_CODE: (NTSTATUS) 0xc0000005 - The instruction at 0x%08lx referenced memory at 0x%08lx. The memory could not be %s. EXCEPTION_PARAMETER1: 0000000000000000 EXCEPTION_PARAMETER2: 0000000000000780 READ_ADDRESS: 0000000000000780 FOLLOWUP_IP: mstscax!CClientProxyTransport::SetErrorStatus+a000007fe`e7e29b7a 4883b98007000000 cmp qword ptr [rcx+780h],0 MOD_LIST: <ANALYSIS/> NTGLOBALFLAG: 0 APPLICATION_VERIFIER_FLAGS: 0 FAULTING_THREAD: 000000000000138c PRIMARY_PROBLEM_CLASS: INVALID_POINTER_READ BUGCHECK_STR: APPLICATION_FAULT_INVALID_POINTER_READ LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from 000007fee7e29c46 to 000007fee7e29b7a STACK_TEXT: 00000000`0581fcb0 000007fe`e7e29c46 : 00000000`00000008 000007fe`e7bffd68 00000000`03e0c550 000007fe`e7e3169f : mstscax!CClientProxyTransport::SetErrorStatus+0xa00000000`0581fcf0 000007fe`e7e2bf85 : 00000000`03e0c550 00000000`03e0c550 00000000`0581fe30 000007fe`e7e091cc : mstscax!CClientProxyTransport::GetErrorStatus+0x2600000000`0581fd40 000007fe`e7ef3b69 : 000007fe`e7a0d150 00000000`30000055 00000000`00000000 00000000`03e0f138 : mstscax!CProxyClientSendPacket::OnComplete+0x7500000000`0581fd80 000007fe`e7e07a6b : 00000000`03da4f48 00000000`800706bf 00000000`0581fe30 00000000`72ed6872 : mstscax!CAAAsyncSend::OnComplete+0x2900000000`0581fdb0 000007fe`e7e184a4 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`0581fe30 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : mstscax!CAARpcClientChannel::HandleIOCompletion+0x15b00000000`0581fde0 00000000`773959ed : 00000000`30000055 00000000`03e0f138 00000000`03da4f48 00000000`00000000 : mstscax!CAagIO::AAGIoThreadFunc+0x10000000000`0581fe50 00000000`775cc541 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0xd00000000`0581fe80 00000000`00000000 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0x1d SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 0 SYMBOL_NAME: mstscax!CClientProxyTransport::SetErrorStatus+a FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner MODULE_NAME: mstscax IMAGE_NAME: mstscax.dll DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 52c5f878 STACK_COMMAND: ~12s; .ecxr ; kb FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: INVALID_POINTER_READ_c0000005_mstscax.dll!CClientProxyTransport::SetErrorStatus BUCKET_ID: X64_APPLICATION_FAULT_INVALID_POINTER_READ_mstscax!CClientProxyTransport::SetErrorStatus+a WATSON_STAGEONE_URL: http://watson.microsoft.com/StageOne/mstsc_exe/6_3_9600_16415/524b5b3d/mstscax_dll/6_3_9600_16503/52c5f878/c0000005/00439b7a.htm?Retriage=1 Followup: MachineOwner---------
  15. Error Code: 0×80070490 ERROR_NOT_FOUND (lolwtf?) I've tried everything I can without having to pay Microsoft support. I downloaded the service pack installer straight from the Microsoft Download Center, I've run the little update readiness tool, and I've installed the Service Pack on a clean boot with AV disabled. The only thing I haven't tried is setting everything back to manufacturer's settings and trying to install the service pack from that point. I've found [this](http://beerpla.net/2011/05/06/how-to-fix-error_not_found-0x80070490-during-windows-7-sp1-installation/) which specifically covers my issue, but I can't find the error_not_found that I should be finding on step 2, no matter what phrases I use to find it. Other info: Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium, Norton AV (disabled), still in clean boot state upon the SFC scan. Sorry that I didn't do an intro topic. This is a problem for a work computer and I'm just about to leave for the day, so I just wanted to get this topic in as soon as possible. Thanks! Also, I did a system diagnosis with Norton and it says my hard drive is about to fail. Not sure if this might be causing the issue. I have the CBS log, if you want me to upload it. I just wanted to wait because I'm not sure if that has any sensitive information on it.
  16. Hi there, I've been trying to make a Windows 7 AIO install disc with integrated updates for the past 3 days. I managed to merge all the editions into one ISO that worked successfully, but then decided it would be a good idea to integrate all the updates thats been released too so I picked up RT Se7en Lite which may I add is really buggy but it does just about work, and figured after using it that it only integrates stuff for one edition Is there a way to do just two ISOs the 64bit and 32bit and then integrate them (and all the editions ie Starter, Home Premium etc...) together into one ISO? I use a lot of Vms for testing things on different editions and need to install about a 1GB of windows updates every time which is far too long and uses a lot of bandwidth. Cheers
  17. I have a Canon i850 (old) printer on my Windows XP (32-bit) desktop computer that I want to access on my Windows 7 laptop to print files. I set XP to share the printer on the network. I can access the printer remotely and print easily from Linux, which uses CUPS drivers. However, there seems to be no Win64 driver for this printer. When I try to access the printer remotely from my Windows 7 laptop, it asks me for a driver, which I can't find. Windows Update fails to find one, also. The XP/2000 driver fails to install because it is a 32-bit monolithic driver, which will not work with a 64-bit kernel. The strange thing is that I can connect to the printer on my laptop with the USB cable, and a driver installs, and the printer works perfectly. But when I connect remotely, it doesn't find a driver. Is there some way to use the USB printer driver over the network and be able to print? If not, can I set up something like a print spooler on the XP machine which can handle this?
  18. I'd like to apologise if this has been asked before, but I searched and didn't find the answer I was looking for. In 1.2, the Windows 7 "setup folder" method of creating a USB installer seems to be missing (a previous beta version had that feature where you can point to a directory containing Windows 7 setup files/directories). Is that no longer supported in favor of ISO to USB or are there steps I am not aware of in creating a Windows Setup using a source from a directory? Please advise, thank you.
  19. WinPE 4 and Windows 7 storage driver (critical) problem Hi @all i'm triyin to create a universal staging platform. As base i want ot use a WinPE 4 x64 image which gets delivered via PXE and then start the setup process in unattend mode from a network share. The installation works fine on VMWare or machines where the hardware is already supported. i've only a problem with hardware which needs driver included. The setup starts but stops with the Error "Windows cannot locate the disk and partition specified in the unatted answer file's <ImageInstall>. Make sure the setting references a valid partition and restart the installation" Further investigation shows that the setup needs a driver to continue the installation. The same behaviour is shown if i use a DVD as installation media. After providing the driver Required, the installation will complete without any interruptions. But i would like to do this in unattend mode. The logfile "setupact.log" shows me the installation cannot continue because of the missing driver: 2013-12-18 11:01:56, Info IBSLIB DiskRegionSupportsCapability:Disk [0] is BLOCKED against capability [CanInstall] for the following reasons... 2013-12-18 11:01:56, Info IBSLIB LogReasons: [bLOCKING reason for disk 0: CanInstall] Windows needs the driver for device [intel® C600 Series Chipset SATA RAID Controller]. Click 'Load Driver' and load the required device driver. Usually the driver needed for the setup are taken from the boot.wim. As using WinPE 4 for booting, the drivers are incompatible to the OS getting installed. Injecting the Win 7 drivers into the WinPE 4 image will cause the WinPE stop from working (stuck at boot). What i've tried so far: - including the dirver in pass "windowsPE" <driverpath> ... --> setup start and "expands Windows sources" but fails with error: "windows cannot continue because a reqiuired driver could not be installed" setupact.log says: 2013-12-18 13:45:37, Error [0x0602a9] IBS CallBack_AddDriverPackageIntoDriverStore:Failed to install the driver package [c:\drivers\storage\iaAHCI.inf]. Driver package is [Critical]. Error code is [0x32][gle=0x00000032] 2013-12-18 13:45:37, Error [0x0602ab] IBS CallBack_AddDriverPackageIntoDriverStore:An error occurred while installing the driver package [] offline GLE is [0x32][gle=0x00000032] 2013-12-18 13:45:37, Info [0x0640ae] IBSLIB PublishMessage: Publishing message [Windows installation cannot continue because a required driver could not be installed.] - inject the driver into install wim --> failed - same error - combining both steps above --> fails too Is there any possibility to provide the drivers needed for the installation? thanks!
  20. It is possible to modify Taskbar to have more command on right click on taskbar? Like in the picture, when click dreapta to have more commands (not context menu, not right click o desktop) Tks
  21. Hi guys! Hoping to join active forums of enlightened, generous citizens to: Fix Bugs Identify and Implement opportunities for improvement Share knowledge Connect with script gods find the latest.... everything save the world I've stumbled here in my daze, hopping from one glitch/UI annoyance/User experience functionality wish to another... stickies and blogz and bookmarks are beginning to bulge... Looking forward to learning, and sharing. to music, exploration, and the pursuit of happiness! Jonny (Dell XPS L502x woohoo! 64-bit: hmmm Windows 7 Currently Still on Home Premium
  22. I came across this nice update released for Windows 7 SP1: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2852386 that adds the ability to Windows 7 (like Windows 8) to delete outdated/superseded Windows updates by using a new option in the Disk Cleanup wizard. Edit: Looks like MagicAndre knows about it already: http://blogs.technet.com/b/askpfeplat/archive/2013/10/07/breaking-news-reduce-the-size-of-the-winsxs-directory-and-free-up-disk-space-with-a-new-update-for-windows-7-sp1-clients.aspx
  23. I created a customized wim for 32 bit Windows 7 and have been trying to deploy it through MDT Litetouch but have run into an odd problem. It takes all of the settings I add in the LiteTouch script, it applies the WIM, it installs driver and then it runs the full OOBE. It should be grabbing the computer name, password, etc. from the LiteTouch script but instead it is ignoring the MDT process and acting like a standard WIndows 7 install. The odd thing is I used the exact same process for a customized 64 bit Windows 7 image and it is running flawlessly. Any suggestions?
  24. I have windows 7 ultimate that i bought last year, and now i want to format my computer but i want to make an unattended version for my one and to include the security updates on that version. Is there a place that i can find and download easly windows 7 updates? I search on microsoft windows 7 update and find this: http://search.microsoft.com/en-us/DownloadResults.aspx?q=Security%20Update%20for%20Windows%207&ftapplicableproducts=%5eWindows&first=241&FORM=PEME8 I search for updates that start from 1.5.2012 until today. How and where can i easly find and download them? Where can i find them?
  25. Windows 7 SP1 ESU Update Lists are no longer available for download, and this thread can be retired!
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