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When is the last time you performed a BIOS update?

More than likely not. The recover CD/DVD are tied that systems Manufacture ID. So if the SLP is not supported in the BIOS that this DVD is made for, then your outta luck. You will have to activate by purchasing a new number from Microsoft.

Hello all, I;ve noticed a little something in several machines I have running in my office. I have disabled Vista power managment on all devices, This includes CPU, Disk, Display, Hybrid Sleep..... The problem is, after long periods of crunching code, the power settings are re-applied. I have applications that take a great deal of computing power and require hours to complete, so disabling power managment is my prefered way to ensure that there are no problems during data compiling. Has anyone seen this as well? Oh, everything works on XP with no issues.

Does anyone know how to disable the on resume password feature through script on Vista? It was really clear in XP on how to do this through the powercfg.exe CLI tool. But not so much on Vista. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

in XPSP2/Windws2003SP1 the option to programmatically remove the resume password was availavle through the powercfg.exe CLI tool. Since Vista, I do not see an opton to remove this in an automated fashion. Any ideas on how I can solve this? Thanks.

Weather i add local accounts or not, I continue to get prompted during the unattended install to add a user. What users I do add, are not applied after install. I am using the latest WAIK SIM tool. Thanks in advance for the help. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend"> <settings pass="windowsPE"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <DiskConfiguration> <Disk wcm:action="add"> <CreatePartitions> <CreatePartition wcm:action="add"> <Extend>true</Extend> <Order>1</Order> <Type>Primary</Type> </CreatePartition> </CreatePartitions> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <WillWipeDisk>false</WillWipeDisk> <ModifyPartitions> <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add"> <Active>false</Active> <Extend>false</Extend> <Format>NTFS</Format> <Label>VISTA</Label> <Letter>C</Letter> <Order>2</Order> <PartitionID>2</PartitionID> </ModifyPartition> <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add"> <Active>true</Active> <Extend>false</Extend> <Label>UTILITY</Label> <Letter>D</Letter> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID> <Order>1</Order> </ModifyPartition> </ModifyPartitions> </Disk> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> </DiskConfiguration> <ImageInstall> <OSImage> <InstallTo> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <PartitionID>2</PartitionID> </InstallTo> <InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> </OSImage> </ImageInstall> <UserData> <ProductKey> <Key>GETUROWN</Key> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> </ProductKey> <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula> </UserData> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <SetupUILanguage> <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage> </SetupUILanguage> <SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale> <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage> <UILanguageFallback>en-US</UILanguageFallback> <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale> <InputLocale>0409:00000409</InputLocale> </component> </settings> <settings pass="oobeSystem"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <AutoLogon> <Password> <Value></Value> <PlainText>true</PlainText> </Password> <Username>Administrator</Username> <Enabled>true</Enabled> <LogonCount>5000</LogonCount> </AutoLogon> <TimeZone>Central Standard Time</TimeZone> <StartPanelOff>false</StartPanelOff> <OOBE> <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage> <NetworkLocation>Home</NetworkLocation> <ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC> <SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE> <SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE> </OOBE> <UserAccounts> <AdministratorPassword> <Value /> <PlainText>true</PlainText> </AdministratorPassword> <LocalAccounts> <LocalAccount wcm:action="add"> <Password> <Value /> <PlainText>true</PlainText> </Password> <Description>Test Account</Description> <DisplayName>Admin/Power User</DisplayName> <Group>Administrators</Group> <Name>Dell</Name> </LocalAccount> </LocalAccounts> </UserAccounts> </component> </settings> <settings pass="specialize"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <AutoLogon> <Password> <Value></Value> <PlainText>true</PlainText> </Password> <Username>Administrator</Username> <Enabled>true</Enabled> <LogonCount>5000</LogonCount> </AutoLogon> <TimeZone>Central Standard Time</TimeZone> <ComputerName>CHANGENAME</ComputerName> <StartPanelOff>true</StartPanelOff> <DoNotCleanTaskBar>false</DoNotCleanTaskBar> </component> </settings> <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:c:/vista32_2_installation/install.wim#Windows Vista ULTIMATE" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" /> </unattend>