Issues with the board personal messages

[jaclaz]

I received a PM by a fellow member and - for whatever reason - I cannot reply to it, nor I can start a new conversation/ send a new message.

In both cases I got code 403 forbidden.

In the remote case the user (Bacho) happens to read this (there is nothing personal in the message, he was asking about an issue he has with booting an XP installation booting only from a USB stick and failing when the USB stick is removed), the reply would have been:

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 Very likely you are missing some boot files on your C: drive, namely:

NTLDR

NTDETECT.COM

BOO*.INI <-replace the asterisk with a T

Check this thread:

https://msfn.org/board/topic/129891-invalid-bootini-loading-from-cwindows/

it contains the basic informations  on the needed files.

The thread is about a standard installation, if you have a particular install (not on C:\ drive or anyway in a logical volume inside extended, the contents of BOOT.INI needs to be changed accordingly).

After the usual zillion tests, it is not the known BOOT.INI issue alone, it is the link to the other thread in the form of a preview that triggers the behaviour, the text only link allows it BUT this worked on this post (the 4.3 word is present alright), but not on the PM, where I had to remove all occurrences .

 

jaclaz

Edited July 12, 2024 by jaclaz

[Tripredacus]

Did the user leave the conversation? I do not know if that is visible to regular members or not.

[Karla Sleutel]

3 hours ago, Tripredacus said:

I do not know if that is visible to regular members or not.

There's a big blue sign, looking like a round button on the jaclaz's icon, if you point your cursor at it, it says jaclaz is a moderator, the same happens with your profile icon.

[jaclaz]

45 minutes ago, Tripredacus said:

Did the user leave the conversation? I do not know if that is visible to regular members or not.

When I posted here, I could not find a way to send the message, so I posted its contents, later, after having pruned the second instance of the 4.3 word, it was finally accepted.

So the user will likely reply, the risk is that he will accidentally use the by now famous 4.3 word and get a 403 forbidden when replying.

Since Karla posted here, this thread is visible to all members and they can post on it (i.e. it is not read-only).

jaclaz