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RE-activating WinXP Home
I am helping a friend "rebuild" his system. This entailed reloading the OEM
CD's provided by Toshiba to return to the original image.
The system he has is Windows XP (Home) - SP1. As is their custom, Toshiba
has affixed the product activation key on the bottom of the laptop.
I was able to reload the OEM CDs without a problem but have not been able to
connect to the Microsoft Activati...
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12/5/2008 7:41:00 PM |
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Deploying WinXP+SP3 with sysprep
Hello guys,
i am deploying actually about 90 computer by using sysprep and ghost.
i have instyalled on my test computer WinXP+SP3 and Office 2003 and took the
image by using ghost 2003 and sysprep. But when deploying the image the
system prompt for SP3 Cd. after the doploying when users logon to the
computers and try to run officem they are prompt to provide the office 2003
installation ...
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12/3/2008 10:45:33 PM |
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Welcome Screen
I am the Administrator and only user of my stand-alone home PC.
Every start-up requires me to sign in (pressing "Enter" is sufficient). How
can I avoid this? I would prefer to just start the PC, walk away and come
back some time later with the PC running, instead of having to wait around
for the sign in prompt.
Thank you....
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12/3/2008 7:25:22 PM |
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WindowsXP setup
Hi All.
I am having very strange problem with WinXP installation. I am able to
install English WinXP SP3 without any problem.
However, when I try to install on the same PC Russian versions (SP2 and
SP3), neither is successful. Setup returns the error - can't set up
parameter. After that just "OK" button to reboot.
Any suggestions?...
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12/3/2008 7:18:22 PM |
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Imagex Error: 1340 <filename> [Restore Sec. Descriptor:..failed]
I am restoring a WIM containing a capture of XP with Imagex.
About 7% in, I get this suite of error messages (below). Since I did not
know it would cause a problem, I did not exclude them.
Short of mounting the WIM and deleting the log files, does anyone have any
suggestions as to how I could work around this error. This is not the first
time I have gotten it, but the first time it h...
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12/3/2008 1:48:18 PM |
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TRANSERING FILES
Now have a new computer. (And the old one too). Both have XP operating
systems. oOne SP2, other SP3. Would like to "easily" transfer files from old
to new. Have not unwrapped the USB transfer cable I bought at Best Buy,
mainly because it says file transfer between XP and Vista. Have sent a
question to that manufacturer.(XP to XP?) Also have Googled the subject with
varied results. Cat 5 ...
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12/2/2008 2:28:44 PM |
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XP install fail on new notebook
I have a new laptop that I am trying to install XP Professional on. The XP
version is pre SP1 and the laptop has a new hard drive with no other OS. The
installer does the initial file copy ok but when it trys to start Windows for
the first time I get a stop message: 0x0000007B.
HP Pavilion DV7-1020us, Intel P7350 @ 2G, nvidia GeForce 9600M
Any Ideas would be appreciated.
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12/2/2008 6:45:00 AM |
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formatting
How do you format the hard drive?
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Walt ...
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11/30/2008 9:14:00 PM |
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pagefile.sys, can it be deleted?
Hello,
I've seen lots of pages which recommend different methods to delete the
pagefile.sys.
The most popular methods, even posted by MS, include enabling in the local
security policies an option to automatically delete the file during shutdown
or running a script in the system32 folder (pagefileconfig.vbs /delete /VO
c:)
These methods are very popular and everybody uses them... but I...
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11/29/2008 4:45:27 PM |
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System Setup log
when installing XP on my friends pc, i came up against a lot of errrors in
files not transfering from the disk.
it came up in the system setup log
"ERROR:
Setup could not regester the OLE control C:\Windows\system32\netman.dll
because of the following error:
LoadLibrary returned error 126 (the specified module cannot be found)"
it was the same for "netshell.dll" in the same folder.
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11/29/2008 6:45:30 AM |
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Error Code0x800704DD
I have Windows xp Service Pack 2
Each time I click on "Express Update" it returns the error code: 0x800704DD.
Anyone have some ideas on what I need to do?
(Error number: 0x800704DD)
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11/28/2008 9:34:14 PM |
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MDT and copysource:lang setting
Hi,
Has anyone been able to somehow tweak the MDT scripts so that they support
specifying regional settings in the unattend/sysprep files when deploying XP/
win 2003? It's driving me crazy that this is the only thing that keeps me
from creating a fully automated end-to-end solution.
Have anyone had some luck with this?
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best regards,
Trond Hindenes...
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11/28/2008 2:39:00 AM |
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Sysprep is working
Hi,
I am using MDT to deploy Windows XP Pro SP3 everything works fine right up
to the point where I run the capture process.
Sysprep starts up but it just sits on a screen reading "Sysprep is working".
I have left this running overnight and there is no change and the computer
seems to be doing very little.
Any ideas?
Scott...
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11/28/2008 2:29:00 AM |
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can ctrl+alt+del "lock computer" be disabled on the client?
Hi,
the org I work for has a number of clients that are used by multiple people.
Despite being trained to use ctrl+alt+del for log on ONLY, many users are
locking the workstation, rendering it unusalbe by the next person. We do
not want to disable this feature at the user level becauseit would be
nighmare. Can the 'lock computer' function be disabled on the client? Or
alternativel...
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11/27/2008 7:34:38 PM |
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Sysprep and Windows XP SP3
In some of my older images I've been settings things like UI theme and
desktop background in the Administrator user profile. Well with XPSP3 no
matter what profile i set or what options are configured, It launches with a
fresh profile like it is out of the box. What am i missing? is this new
settings in the sysprep.ini file? am i needing to use an updated Sysprep?
(I'm using the one from...
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11/26/2008 8:43:42 PM |
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XP-PRO-SP2 reinstallation "refresh" failure
Dell Optiplex 320 xp pro sp 2 system had explorer error on boot (along with a
shfolder.dll error from DRwatson) and would not boot except into safe command
mode. After reading, I decided to reinstall the xp sp2 OS on top of the
existing non-working OS in the c:\windows directory.
Reinstalled xp pro sp2 over the existing system and it does not complete. It
gets to about 29 minutes t...
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11/25/2008 11:05:01 PM |
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Ran Sysprep and Partition Letters Changed!!??
I am building a custom install of WinXP SP3 for our school district on a HP
6730b notebook. I re-installed XP with our Enterprise copy of XP so that when
Sysprep runs I can put our Enterprise CD-Key in the Sysprep.inf file and that
is taken care of. The only questions during Mini-Setup we have to answer are
accepting the EULA and naming the machine. All other setup questions are
automati...
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11/25/2008 1:32:18 PM |
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Unwanted Fax installation attempt on boot.
I run XP sp3 with all updates.
When I boot after everything is done the computer tries to install "FAX". I
don't use windows fax and on my screen windows installer tries to install
fax until it asks for a disk.
I get rid of it by clicking cancel until it is gone. It goes through this 3
full times until it is finished showing up.
Task master doesn't have a call for fax to be loaded o...
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11/25/2008 8:19:22 AM |
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XP Pro Ugrade to Newer XP Home
Trying to install XP Pro upgrade on newer version of XP Home (SP 3 is removed
but still showing in system info). I get the new/old mismatch message....
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11/25/2008 2:21:46 AM |
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WinXP SP2 fails to boot in normal mode, except after a boot to Safe Mode
Userenv is posting errors at logon:
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Sunday, November 23, 2008 1:01:09 PM
Error 1208: An extended error has occurred.
Error creating database.
----Configuration engine was initialized with one or more errors.----
----Un-initialize configuration engine...
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Then, following the troubleshoot instructions, I find the foll...
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11/25/2008 12:34:55 AM |
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Driver issues after upgrade from ME to XP Professional SP3
I don't know if I am sking this in the correct group, but here it goes. I
have an older laptop that had Windows ME installed. I have upgraded it to XP
PRrofessional SP3. I am trying ti upgrade the memory, but it is not able to
read it. Right now I have 128MB of RAM and I am trying to add 256MB. When I
turn on the latop, this is the error I receive:
Windows could not start beacuse the...
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11/24/2008 3:05:37 AM |
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windows xp pro repair
Is there an option on the xp disk for a repair only? I would like to do a
repair and not a fupp reinstall if possible?...
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11/23/2008 9:01:05 PM |
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Installation of WIN XP 64bit
I am trying to install WinXP 64 bit onto a new computer that I am building. I
have 2 300 gig SATA hard drives setup as a RAID. I also have a floppy disk
that has the driver/controller on it. Whenever I boot up the computer, the
WIN XP 64 CD loads and I press the F6 key while XP64 is loading drivers. XP
proceeds normally and then asks me to load in my RAID drivers so I load in
both driver...
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11/23/2008 4:02:00 PM |
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boot.ini order
Is there a way to find out the numbering of controllers and disks in
boot.ini, and how it relates to real hardware?
Which physical controller gets multi(0) and which gets multi(1) and so on?
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11/22/2008 6:37:59 PM |
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How to re-Install my windows XP SP2 with updates
Message: I have installed all the required updates and SP3 for my computer, I
would like to reinstall my software (SP2), Is there any way I can copy these
updates from my computer onto CD so that I don't have to download them all
again?...
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11/21/2008 9:47:49 PM |