MSFN Technology Forum MSFN Forums http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php Sat, 25 May 2013 20:08:46 +0000 120 Free OST to PST Converter Software http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163085-free-ost-to-pst-converter-software/
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Quick download page: http://www.osttopst-software.com/free-demo.html]]> Sat, 25 May 2013 20:08:46 +0000 http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163085-free-ost-to-pst-converter-software/ Is nLite for me? http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163084-is-nlite-for-me/
and I hope you'll have some patience with a (very) insecure newbie. I'll shoot off right away and try my best to not let this post get too long.

I need to reinstall my Windows XP Pro SP3 on a new machine since my old one is about to kick the bucket (10 ys. old motherboard starting to act up). I'm more or less a technical illiterate - a DAU - and it took me great pains and lots of time to get my OS run the way it is. I got rid of Windows Media Player, Windows Security, Automatic Updates, Windows Firewall, a bunch of services and other stuff. On the security site, my system fully relies on only three components: an old Sygate Firewall, Timefreeze (a tool that freezes/sandboxes your C: drive that I always start before going online), and Sandboxie to sandbox the browser. Of course, the usual suspects like SAS, MBAM etc. are there as well. You might sneer, but the system didn't see any virus/malware/whatever nuisance for three years. It hasn't seen any Windows updates for appr. the same time. Yes, I know I'm a crackpot.

Anyhow, my computer has reached the end of its life span and I've got a new one, with a flashy new motherboard, a new hdd (s ata as opposed to my old ide). All I'd have to do is installing XP on it (I got a oem cd that already has sp3). I'm thinking with horror at the long times it took me to get my system to the status it is now and thought I might use nLite to get the same result with less hassles. I printed out detailed guides how to make such an ISO cd, got a XP SP3 update pack (xable) and I reckon I could get such a cd done.

But I have a few questions, some (or most) of which might sound utterly stupid to you. I hope you'll bear with me.

1. What exactly do I have once the ISO thing is burned? Is it still Windows XP or is it some nLite/Windows mix? Is that new OS it creates still compatible with the original Windows CD? For example, when right now I figure I need something from my Windows CD that I never installed before, say freecell.exe or some other nonsense, I put in the Windows cd, select add/remove Windows components, and get the thing. Would that still be possible with the nLite installation? Is it still a normal, albeit trimmed down, Windows XP? Such as mine is right now?

2. The 'new' computer has Windows 7 installed. I don't want that, I want my old XP. So I'll have to wipe the hdd, format it and then I'd like to create my usual 5 partitions again - one (C:) for the system and the others for my other stuff. I've read in the webs that nLite won't partition well in an 'unattended' install. I don't really need it to install 'unattended', I won't mind babysitting it all the way to the welcome screen - but I do need my five partitions. Will it do this just as the normal installation cd does?

3. I read through the forum and noticed all the threads about 'sata' drivers etc. Most of it was technical Chinese for me, but I do understand that my new computer does have a sata hdd. Without really understanding what all those many threads were talking about, is it wise for someone like me to start on the nLite experiment at all? I just don't have the technical know-how to wise up on the whole subject. I couldn't even tell you what the difference between the new sata drive and my old ide drive is - as far as I'm concerned they both have 250 gb.

Apropos hdd - in a month or two a second hdd will move into the comp, and I figure it will be a sata II, too, as according to the tech guy who helps me in case something needs a screwdriver this is the in thing to have. Could I just install it and have XP act as it always did when something new arrived? (This basically brings me back to point 1.)

Oh - the tech guy won't be of much help for nLite. He told me he knew nothing about it and a normal XP installation might be the better option.


And lastly,
4. The XP SP3 Updatepack from 'xable' I mentioned above - if I 'slipstream' this into the ISO cd, could I still see what exactly I'm updating? I remember the last time I've been to windows update - somewhen in 2010 - and the dang thing installed some trash on my computer (Media Player or Silverlight or whatever), and it took me ages to get rid of it. For that, they never saw me again and my computer wasn't any poorer for it.


Well, sorry for the long post; and I hope it didn't come across as too dumb. nLite sounds like a wonderful idea to have a trimmed down Windows in an easier fashion than what I went through to get to my current version, but I'm not quite sure if I have the skills to handle it. I'm just not the technical wizard who looks at a code and knows all about it.

And of course, my four questions above nag at me.

Thanks a lot for your patience to read all this,

Steampunk]]> Sat, 25 May 2013 16:16:11 +0000 http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163084-is-nlite-for-me/ computer name with answer file http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163083-computer-name-with-answer-file/ http://www.danscourses.com/Windows-7/how-to-create-a-wim-system-image-file-with-windowsaik-and-windowspe.html

with this link i created my wim file and pe disk. i then created my xml file. i've attached it to this post.

i have a rollout that is due very soon and i've checked every resource i could find online and either they don't work or there are steps that are confusing me or unnecessary.

does anyone even know of any kind of a support line that i could call and speak to someone??

for anybody in the nyc area, the beer would be on me for anyone who provides a viable answer.

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]]> Sat, 25 May 2013 16:01:22 +0000 http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163083-computer-name-with-answer-file/ <![CDATA[WFW3.11 won't start with UMB memory driver, even EMM386]]> http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163076-wfw311-wont-start-with-umb-memory-driver-even-emm386/
I have been messing with some really old pcs, a 386DX and a 486DX2 ... both have the same award BIOS btw..
It appears that in both machines 3.11 won't start if a UMB manager is activating UMB blocks. This happens with both EMM386 and TheLastByte managers...

You can get 3.11 to load even with the above managers if you use the "DOS=NOAUTO" value on config.sys, without any HIGH/UMB parameters so DOS loads low. Ofcourse you don't get UMBs even with the managers running but 3.11 boots.

I also tried adding EMMExclude=A000-FFFF to [386enh] or the /D:x switch, neither helped.

I know this is old stuff but if you have any tips I will appreciate it :angel

Thanks in advance! :thumbup

edit: I forgot to add, I am using DOS7.1 (from 98SE) with a FAT32 drive... not so stock but it worked perfect with rloew's fat32 patch on a different 486 that had PCI slots and a way newer BIOS...]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 20:14:33 +0000 http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163076-wfw311-wont-start-with-umb-memory-driver-even-emm386/ XP slow to shutdown after a router change http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163075-xp-slow-to-shutdown-after-a-router-change/ I changed out a old Verizon DSL route for a Linksys wireless router (using the wired connection) and by doing so the system is slow to shutdown. I remember reading something about network conflicts connected to the O/S, but don't remember the terms which makes searching impossible.

I use static IP addresses for my three PC's and two TiVo DVR's which are on the network. No firewalls. This happened right after I swapped routers.]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 18:12:40 +0000 http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163075-xp-slow-to-shutdown-after-a-router-change/ 516.bmp Transparent spwizimg.dll http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163066-516bmp-transparent-spwizimgdll/ So I decided to just do it myself and have had it for 3 days but dsl went down.
Mine turned out better than the others with minor thing like the corners with a little black, still way better
This should work on Windows 8 but I haven't tested yet

You will have to Mount boot.wim image 2
open Mountdir\sources\spwizimg.dll and replace the 516 and also the 517, 518 for the background.
File is also found on my Win 7 SP1 at
Mountdir\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-i..dia-branding-client_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17514_none_09a26c968a9af0e5\spwizimg.dll
I use Restorator on 64 bit

screenshot

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And the file. Its pink and I don't know why but works like above here
Attached File  516bmp.zip (84.28K)
Number of downloads: 0]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 00:02:26 +0000 http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163066-516bmp-transparent-spwizimgdll/ xml unattend file http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163065-xml-unattend-file/
i have entered my company's admin username and password.

not sure where to go from here and am desperate.

any ideas???]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 21:52:47 +0000 http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163065-xml-unattend-file/ Internet Explorer 11 http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163064-internet-explorer-11/ Thu, 23 May 2013 19:26:36 +0000 http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163064-internet-explorer-11/ Windows 8.1 Impressions http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163063-windows-81-impressions/ Personally I'm hoping for a re-inclusion of the classic (non-skinned) desktop, but I won't hold my breath.]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 19:23:20 +0000 http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163063-windows-81-impressions/ Windows 8 x64 Update file Error http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163062-windows-8-x64-update-file-error/ I am using Windows Updates Down-loader v2.50 Build 1002.
I used Windows 8 x64 ENU Update List and it download updates with no problem except only one file can't be downloaded.
I downloaded it manually and it have been changed from v1 to v2.
the update file -> Windows8-RT-KB2781197-x64.msu changed to Windows8-RT-KB2781197-v2-x64.msu
the update link -> http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38256
Direct download -> http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=38256

Thanks nice Software helped me alot.]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 18:21:29 +0000 http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163062-windows-8-x64-update-file-error/ <![CDATA[Toshiba Satellite A200: [Fn]+[F9] - doesn't work]]> http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163061-toshiba-satellite-a200-fnf9-doesnt-work/ Toshiba Satellite A200 laptops, with Vista Home Premium 32-bit operating system, in which the key combination turning the touchpad on/off - [Fn]+[F9] - doesn't work.]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 17:20:19 +0000 http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163061-toshiba-satellite-a200-fnf9-doesnt-work/ Keeping the icon of a program in the desktop link? http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163060-keeping-the-icon-of-a-program-in-the-desktop-link/ While I tried to establish a link of a program(name is hotkey) on the desktop of my laptop the program icon did not show up on desktop but was exchanged by a void icon which normaly indicates that the link is invalid. How can I fix it? Thu, 23 May 2013 14:55:01 +0000 http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163060-keeping-the-icon-of-a-program-in-the-desktop-link/ Moving boot manager from one disk to another http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163059-moving-boot-manager-from-one-disk-to-another/
I have a problem, please help. At the moment I do have 2 operating systems on my PC, Windows Vista x64 and Windows 7 x64. My Windows Vista is installed on C drive and Windows 7 on D drive. Those are 2 individual HDD, not partitions of the same disk. When I power up the system, after POST and all I get prompted to chose what OS I should like to load. And here comes the problem. The boot manager (Windows standard, I didn't installed a third party boot manager or anything) has some files (I think they are bootmgr, grldr, NTDETECT.COM and ntldr) located on C drive. What I want ? I want to (if possible) renounce to Windows Vista altogether (so, complete uninstall) and to use only Windows 7 from now on. Since there will be just one OS, I don't need the boot manager, but if necessarily needed, I want to move it from drive C to drive D, since drive C won't be compatible to my new motherboard. So, how do I delete Windows Vista and how do I get rid of that boot manager ? Currently I need drive C just because boot manager is there, otherwise Windows will reporte ntldr is missing. Thanks.]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 14:19:12 +0000 http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163059-moving-boot-manager-from-one-disk-to-another/ Windows SP1a http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163056-windows-sp1a/

I have built a SP1a update list. Just wondering how I can get Windows Update Downloader to use/open my custom list? Or how can I compress the list into *.ulz format so I can double-click open it automatically?

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]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 09:42:41 +0000 http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163056-windows-sp1a/ XenApp 6.x Session Printer creation is SLOW http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163055-xenapp-6x-session-printer-creation-is-slow/
I have the following issue on a Windows 2008 R2 Server with Xenapp 6 or 6.5

If I assign session printers to the users it tooks 10 to 20 seconds per printer if the printer is connected.

I noticed that if I manually install printers on one of the Citrix servers by browsing to the printserver and double clicking on the shared printer, it says "downloading driver" for each printer I install, even if the printer being installed uses a driver that has already been installed. I compared this to our old 2003 environment, and connecting to a shared printer that uses a driver that is already installed is instantaneous.

can someone help me?


Best Regards,

Luc]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 09:34:37 +0000 http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163055-xenapp-6x-session-printer-creation-is-slow/