Threads Replies Last Post 18 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18   MINIUM RAM TO LOAD WIN/XP-Pro Hey people just a quick question for my mind bank, i have always thought that you would have needed 256 min ram for win/xp to run properly. But just having cruised ebay for a s/hand laptop i have seen many of them loaded with xp & xp pro with less than 256 am i walking into a trap. Laptop would be used for wordpro/internet no games. ... 3 24.06.2007 19:24:48 Partition does not end on cylinder boundary. Hi, ~ I am trying to use Linux fdisk to prepare a disk to install Windows 98 afterwards ~ I need to set the following partitions ~ 1.) primary ntfs (Windows XP) 2.) primary vfat (Windows 98) 3.) primary vfat (Windows Applications) // - - - - - - - 4.) extended 5.) logical vfat (Data) 6.) logical ext3 (backup, maintenance ...) ~ After setting up my partitions using fdisk an... 3 24.06.2007 10:54:10 the network not working in WINPE2.0 Hi, I have a HP 380G5 server, I loaded the NIC driver into offline Winpe2.0 boot.wim, then try to boot the Winpe2.0, but after the boot load process finished. I can not see any network setting. I run ipconfig, nothing can see. My HP Server have 2G memory, and I'm sure the NIC dirver is correc. I found the oem1.inf ( NIC driver, HP NC373i) in Windows\INF folder. I run drvload ...\windows\i... 1 24.06.2007 10:06:01 How exactly do I install the Remote Desktop Sever Web connection? I want to install the remote desktop server web connection (server side). I click into "add MS components" and then "IIS" and then "web connection" on my Windows XP on the server. But the installation went wrong -- it saids missing some "dll"s and asked me to insert XP service pack 2. But I remember when we install service pack 2, I have installed everything... What's wrong? W... 9 23.06.2007 17:22:13 Windows Secrets! Learn how to optimize and tune up your system,. get rid of boring errors and uninstall unnecessary thing with very useful tips and tricks http://windowsxpsp2pro.blogspot.com ... 2 23.06.2007 00:51:23 nasty turn of events Hi boys & girls. Yeah installed xp Pro Thurs, tried to keep cool, i have a dual boot system networked. back to the point, this installation was on a Dell Box everything went fairly well, i was so pleased until i came home this evening. I had the option of bootin either system and both systems booted, i had no control, after several attempts safe boot etc i managed to boot up one s... 1 22.06.2007 23:06:54 IMAGEX Master Image for various hardware I am old school and still use the sector based imaging program named Symantec Ghost. How has ImageX answered the long lived hardware compatibility issues when deploying one master image to various hardware platforms? Is it possible for me to capture an Image of the Windows XP installation that is configured on one hardware platform and apply the same image to another hardware platform?... 1 22.06.2007 20:14:18 remove from View and Disable Loggoff and Shutdown but leave Reboot I have A client that is asking that I remove from view and disable Shutdown a PC and Logoff a PC. but still allow reboot. We have disabled shutdown from GPO's, but this leaves us without reboot. Would like to do this cleanly and not hack it it will involve over 600 pcs. Been asked to explain why this is not possible. Never had a situation like this. any Help? ... 1 22.06.2007 14:48:01 NTFS drive, Windows 2000 and "Write Signature" A researcher gave me a 320 GB SATA drive from a Windows XP machine that he wants to have access to. I put it in a Windows 2000 machine and in "Disk Management" it shows up as "Unknown". The only option appears to be "Write Signature". Could doing this be a bad thing as far as being able to access the data on the disk? I have used "FinalData Enterprise" to see if there is data on the d... 11 22.06.2007 14:19:34 How to initiate install in WinPE + WDS My scenario goes like this. I installed Windows XP then syspreped end restrated to WinPE where I made wim image (WDSCaputre.exe). Then I uploaded that image to WDS server and added under install images. Now the problem I have is that whenever I restart a client computer it gets into WinPE and then waits in command prompt. But I would like to get to the menu where I would be able to sele... 10 22.06.2007 01:48:00 Can't find second hard drive after reinstall I reinstalled XP on my desktop with two hard drives. Everything was fine except when I deleted the partition of the main drive I didn't do it for the other drive. So I reformatted the main drive I reinstalled XP on but not the backup drive. When I go into Control Panel or System Information the drive is there but I can't see/access the drive from My Computer. Do I have to redo the wh... 5 21.06.2007 13:55:01 using retail CD to reinstall OEM XP? I sent message to MS support but failed to get an appropriate response. - Message: I have a Medion based Microstar computer that has the Operating system files for re installation on the drive, rather than giving a Complete CD (for piracy prevention) However, when the computer slowed to a treacle pace, I went to reinstall. Prior to reinstall I did take a note of the licence stored on th... 5 21.06.2007 09:37:00 Slipstreaming a Windows XP Pro CD/DVD Hi all. I'm a newbie at slipstreaming a windows installation cd with service packs, windows update hotfixes, drivers, installation programs, and customized settings/tweaks, but I've been reading up on the topic and understand the overall process, just not some of the finer details on the steps involved. Hopefully I don't use wrong terms or describe anything inaccurately here, and hopef... 3 21.06.2007 09:03:34 Avoiding "Windows Logo Certification" when doing software deployme We use McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i, and, use their McAfee Installation Designer (MID) to customize and slipstream it, adding in Patch 15 + Engine 5100 + Latest DAT + CMA 3.6 to make a silent package for remote or manual installation. When we did the similar thing with an older version, 7.1, we had 0 issues, and not only could install it manually, but, could use SMS to deploy to t... 1 21.06.2007 08:31:03 Default Desktop background for users Hello We want to set a default background for all users that connect to a PC. We found out that this works if: - we set this background image in the default user profile - the user is member of the local administrators group ....but that doesn't work if the user is just member of the local users group. In that case, a blue background is set, but if we go to the display settings, we... 1 21.06.2007 06:38:00 XP image for PXE install. I usually use ghost to create and roll out client computers. I want to setup a windows deployment solution and use the PXE network boot to roll out the OS to the new computers. I setup Windows Deployment Server on a Windows2k3 server, and installed Windows XP and applications on the laptop that I wish to duplicate. Normally I would run sysprep then create a ghost image at this point. How... 3 20.06.2007 17:08:47 Problems loading Windows XP - cd stops with error in pci.sys I am looking for some assistance in overcoming a problem with hardware and to be fair, I have lso posted this question in the HARDWARE area of this forum, but wasn't sure where it was most relevant Notebook - Compaq nc6220 Intel Pentium M770 @ 2.13GHz, 2Gb RAM, Matshita UJ-822Da DVD-RW drive, Hitatchi 60Gb Travelstar HDD - think this covers the pertinent hardware Load XP Installation... 3 20.06.2007 05:58:00 Updates in .cab format for BDD 2007 Hello Is it possible to download all at once MS updates and patches in .cab format that's the only format that Business Desktop Deployment 2007 accept, I understand that another one of creating image with all update is to rip it off fully loaded XP installation, but is there a way to avoid it and have the ability to keep adding new updates as the get released and keep creating new is... 1 19.06.2007 23:39:33 Windows Repairing! Collection of useful tips and tricks for Windows XP from other good sites. Find what you need and solve problem. Enjoy. http://windowsxpsp2pro.blogspot.com ... 1 19.06.2007 20:35:39 WDS windows XP setup I am testing WDS to capture a winxp image. I have created the capture boot image but my PXE machine (high spec and sysprepped) F12 boot to WDS but then takes about 45 minutes 'windows is loading files' to get to the WDS capture screen Why does it take so long to load? Thanks ... 1 19.06.2007 08:57:00 Product Key XP Professional - virtual PC on Vista. This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0028_01C7B1B6.DD0DC5A0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0029_01C7B1B6.DD0DC5A0" ------=_NextPart_001_0029_01C7B1B6.DD0DC5A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have a new Windows Vista Ultimate laptop. I have installed Virt... 3 19.06.2007 07:58:06 XP Useful tips. Speed up your system, repair registry base, uninstall hidden windows components and get rid of boring errors with powerful tips and tricks. http://windowsxpsp2pro.blogspot.com ... 1 18.06.2007 21:08:32 Reinstalling XP on Desktop I have a Gateway Desktop. I have reinstalled many times without problems but is going to be the first time I have done it with a backup drive. On the backup drive I have installed a lot of my games. These are installed on the backup drive but are all on my start --> programs part. My question is do I also have to erase my backup drive and reinstall my games to keep the link or can... 2 18.06.2007 20:13:06 Windows XP tips. Optimize your operating system, minimize background activities, repair registry base, uninstall unnecessary components, get rid of boring errors and make your operating system safer. http://windowsxpsp2pro.blogspot.com ... 5 18.06.2007 00:21:04 XP Installation Problem During installatin, when the screen goes to "regional and language options", my keyboard and mouse are dead and I can't indicate "continue". Both devices work when I start up the pc. Can anyone help? Thanks! ... 1 17.06.2007 04:31:00 18 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18