Threads Replies Last Post 18 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18   Clean install Hangs Past 34 Minutes Hi Folks! I always have trouble with installing a new OS -- I would be so surprised if I didn't hit a glitch somewhere. I hope you wouldn't mind seeing if you might have some ideas that would help. Thanks. System: Tyan Trinity AT100 Soket 7 Motherboard 128 MB RAM AMD K6-2 450MhZ CPU ATI Rage Video Card 10 GB WD Hard Drive I was running W98 on this, but I checked the Windows XP Sy... 7 27.04.2007 14:31:03 Restore Factory Settings I just bought a laptop (secondhand) it is a Dell Inspiron e1505. It originally came with Vista Home Premium. The previous owner installed XP Pro. I would like to restore back to Vista. There is only one hard drive that was partitioned into four. One of them, drive D, consists of a recovery restore utility - Dell Factory Image Restore. The instructions are to use F8 after boot and ... 3 26.04.2007 23:16:03 Installing Windows Registry Repair Pro I am trying to install this from a CDrom,and for some reason I can't do it. Can anyone tell me the instructions to how to install it. I need it really badly,before I have major problems with my computer,so answer me as a.s.a.p please,thanks.... 7 26.04.2007 23:10:38 Windows XP upgrade from Windows 2000 I tried to upgrade a Win2000 pro to XP Pro yesterday. When it got to the point where it was installing devices it ran for about 5 minutes then the screen went blank with a blinking cursor. Left it that way for a while, but it never changed. I restarted it and it resumed the install. Did the same thing again. Now it won't even resume the install. I tried the "Last Known Good In... 3 26.04.2007 22:57:12 portfolio server 2007 deployment problem Hi. Mi name is InKyung, and i was deploying the project portfolio server 2007 and i have the following problem. If someone can help me... Line 64:<httpRuntime executionTimeout="1800" maxRequestLength="524288"/> Line 65:<httpModules> Line 66:<add type="Microsoft.Office.Project.PortfolioServer.PSWA.ModularArchitecture.Redirector" name="ModularRedirector"/> Line 67:</ht... 1 26.04.2007 20:40:00 Nooblet scripting coder here - database search question Hello! And yes I know, I'm behind the game here, should have learned this stuff years ago! But I'm working with a couple of scripts that I'd like to get working if at all possible. The idea is logical - I'm using basic scripting to connect to a SQL database (got that to work) and to get a few pieces of pertinent information on the local computer that the script runs on (computer name,... 8 26.04.2007 15:22:06 Setup fails but Knoppix works without problems I am trying to install Windows XP Home Edition on a notebook, but setup fails. Usually I get blank screen after selecteding "Press Enter to setup Windows, Press R to repair". Sometimes it is a blue screen with error message: PFN_LIST_CORRUPT Stop 0x0..04E (0x0..08F, 0x0..040D3, 0x0..040D7, 0x0). Or I can get garbage on the screen. Initially I thought that is is a problem with hardware... 9 26.04.2007 00:28:51 Need help for particular search and other stuff.... I am asking to find out that when you try to do an install but use the option to "Repair this Install" and it asks for the Admin. password, I am fairly sure that I didn't ever use one on the initial install. So I just hit the CR without entering any at all. But no go. What I would like to lknow is if there is anyway to search for that password and just what exactly would you ask to search... 2 25.04.2007 20:18:02 Sysprep on Windows Tablet 2005 I am currently having difficults syspreping on Tablet 2005. I use the same source (an XP SP2 source and use the unattend with tablet 2005 product key). The source syspreps well with the xp pro product key on other platforms but not on this tablet. When I run sysprep with the command sysprep.exe -reseal -mini -quiet. It processes for a very long time and then just stops. The computer d... 1 25.04.2007 15:44:01 Joining and removing from a domain and Sysprep I am using Sysprep to automatically join imaged Pc's to the domain and am having no problem with that. There are three AD accounts that we use to joing Pc's to the domain. The first is the Domain Admin account which we rarely use for security reasons. Another is a "generic" account for our department that our technicians use and gets the most usage. The last one is the one that is include... 1 25.04.2007 13:18:16 WDS XP Deployment Hi all, Well I am almost there with this!! I have my sysprep.inf file in place and the windows install uses this no problem. What i need to do now though is get WDS to answer some of the initial questions itself. i.e. Using UK as default, wiping the hard drive and creating a partition. I can see for Vista you use unattend.xml but how do I do this for XP? Anyone got any ideas... 2 25.04.2007 11:32:03 Upgrade? I have a win98 machine and a W2K machine. We would like to upgrade. The machines both have the power to run XP Pro. Is XP like 2000 in respect to upgrading? I was running 98SE, I stuck in my 2000 Full edition CD and it upgraded for me. Will the full version of XP do that? Or do I need to get the upgrade CD's.... 8 25.04.2007 11:28:15 BDD Hi, I am trying to use BDD with WDS to install Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista. Unfortunately we use IBM Tivoli Config Manager and SMS 2003. All the Builds and OS's and Applications and drivers is pulled into the BDD WorkBench, the Windows PE boot images is pulled into WDS, the client can connect and start the WinPE environment. But the Unattended environment does not work at all, all th... 1 25.04.2007 11:24:01 Stop error I had to replace my motherboard, cpu, memory and graphics card recently and when I start my computer, I get a stop error. The error is 0x0000007B. I know that it has to do with the boot drive. I've tried using the recovery option using my XP CD with no luck. I've tried fixboot and fixmbr, with no luck. I've updated my BIOS, unplugging all my drives except my boot drive, removed my ata co... 8 24.04.2007 18:52:01 Chipset Driver - Sysprep question My first attempt at a Master image was foiled by a Latitude D520 grabbing the wrong chipset INF. The master image was built from an Optiplex GX520 that uses the 945G chipset. The D520 uses the 945GM chipset, but for some reason kept grabbing the 945.inf file for the desktops... my question, if I build a new GX520 master image with my apps/settings, and I don'nt install the chipset ... 2 24.04.2007 12:49:55 Want to reformat, partition, add Linux, lost XP CD My dad's Toshiba laptop is about three years old, and as such has collected an extreme level of trash on its drive. I brought up the topic of reformatting, to clear the trash, as well as the viruses and spyware that are probably sitting around. Since the drive will be clean, the idea of partitioning part of the drive for a Linux install seemed good. Then I realized that I can not find th... 3 24.04.2007 08:16:04 Unable to complete XP repair install I've been trying to do a XP Home Edition repair install for a very long time now. I've restarted it a lot of times but in the "Installing Windows" section when it says setup will approximately complete in 25 mintues it starts "copying files", I get this "copy error" "Setup cannot copy the file licwmi.dl_. Ensure that the disk labeled 'Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 1 CD' is in ... 2 24.04.2007 08:04:03 Inter forest roaming profile migration I want to migrate a roaming profile from forest1 to forest2. Data on server has to be migrated, locally stored profiles will be deleted when workstation is migrated. No or limited user interaction during migration. Upon first logon, the user will download the migrated roaming profile from new server to the client. My goal is, i want to retain user-settings and data (outlook profile, of... 1 24.04.2007 07:58:02 How to find Password and other help needed I am asking to find out that when you try to do an install but use the option to "Repair this Install" and it asks for the Admin. password, I am fairly sure that I didn't ever use one on the initial install. So I just hit the CR without entering any at all. But no go. What I would like to lknow is if there is anyway to search for that password and just what exactly would you ask to search... 1 24.04.2007 03:54:57 Error number: 0x8DDD0009 I've been going at this issue for almost two days now. I recently had to reformat and reload my wife's laptop in the hope to resolve some issues she was having with it. Everything reloads fine. She's running Windows XP Home Edition Sp1. I launch Windows update configure it to use microsoft update. Scan her computer using express and download and install BITS, Windows Installer, Wind... 4 23.04.2007 21:08:17 Scrol arrow key on keyboard doesn't work I have a laptop Acer Aspire 5102 WLMI. My scroll arrow key on my keyboard doesn't work and i don't know the reason. There is an option on my keyboard that can activate the scroll key by pressing F12+(a button called Fn), which is not working either. Can anybody tell me the reason for this and how to fix the problem? Thanks guys. ... 1 23.04.2007 14:56:04 Installing XP SP2 on new HD - computer reboots to "step 1" Installing XP SP2 on new HD - computer reboots to "step 1" (the very beginning of the XP install process) I have a virgin Windows XP SP2 disc (just rec'd replacement from Microsoft). I am installing it onto a new 250GB Seagate HD. Regardless of what I do, after the CD first boots up and examines the HD, Partitions & Formats the HD and begins to do the XP install - as soon as we reach t... 6 23.04.2007 03:42:00 Upgrading Home to Pro I'm trying to upgrade about 10 machines here at work to XP Pro (they were bought by my predecessor with XP Home) and I'm trying not to spend more money than necessary on the upgrade. I seem to recall that you can use the full-install CD to perform an upgrade install *without* wiping the system and installing from scratch. Is this correct? If so, it would likely save us some money as the upgra... 7 23.04.2007 03:37:47 MS Office 2003 Once installed, is there a way to find the Product Key on the computer? Thx. Fleming ... 6 23.04.2007 03:23:13 USB devices not recognized The electricity blinked and now my computer does recognize any of the USB devices (ie: scanner, printer, external hard drive). 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