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November 1, 2012, 1:31 pm

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guys wanted to know if I can enter commands silent wpiw
directly in the program or do I have to create it with winrar?

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November 1, 2012, 7:30 pm

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Hi guys, if i do this:

WIN+R -> cmd /k echo Hello -> ENTER
WIN+R -> cmd /k echo World -> ENTER

I'll have 2 different CMD shell windows: the first displays "Hello", while the second "World".

Do you know if is it possible to launch the second command in the same CMD shell window of the first one, to have:

Hello
World
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Thank you in advance

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accessing htpc shared folders via internet

November 2, 2012, 12:28 am

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i have my htpc running win7 and can access my shared folders via lan on my android phone with es explorer
all i have to do is put in my ip address and user, pass etc and it works well.
i noticed in its link on the phone it list it under smb://192.168.1.10/
how would i access it over the internet in the same program? i know i would have to forward some ports but its just not working

i have forwarded 445 to the htpc ip address 192.168.1.10 and put it in the program as
(my dns server):445 but its not working? i can get it to access other things over the internet like sickbeard, utorrent, remote desktop etc and i know my ports are getting forwarded just dont know how to access my files

any help?

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Guide to Installing and Updating Windows 2000

November 2, 2012, 1:31 am

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Okay, in a response to my forum thread, "Windows Update on Windows 2000", I have decided to provide a good guide on how to properly install and update Windows 2000. Be warned that this guide on how to install and update Windows 2000 is lengthy and not a easy thing to do.

On 4 June 2012, Microsoft updated the Windows Update Agent to version 7.6.7600.256, which is a out-of-band update to deal with the Flame virus that has hijacked and even infected even secure PCs by tricking them into believing its malicious payload is actually an update from Microsoft. And as such, Microsoft implemented a hardened Windows Update infrastructure so that the Windows Update client will only trust files signed by a new certificate that is used solely to protect update to the Windows Update client and by strengthening the communication channel that is used by Windows Update client to protect it in a similar way.

However, the latest version of the Windows Update Agent resulted in the error code of 0x800B0109, thus breaking Windows 2000 compatibility. And by default, as Windows Update does not work properly with Windows 2000, users no longer have any method of installing updates directly from the Windows Update website. This is not a limitation for existing installations of Windows 2000 made before 4 June 2012, because the product is no longer supported and as such, no further updates are being produced. However, this is a serious and crippling limitation for anyone re-installing Windows 2000 on or after 4 June 2012.

So...to get around this, here are the complete instructions that are required to install and update Windows 2000:

A. INSTALLATION PROCEDURES
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1. Partition, format your hard disk and install Windows 2000 from CD-ROM. Depending on the speed of your computer and hard disk, it should take at least 30 minutes to get the operating system installed.

2. If you use the Windows 2000 with a service pack below Service Pack 4 (such as the original release), you will need to apply Service Pack 4: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=4127 (file name: W2KSP4_EN.EXE: 129 MB)

(NOTE: If you already have installed Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 integrated, skip this step.)

3. Apply the appropriate drivers for your motherboard that is compatible with Windows 2000. This includes Windows 2000 compatible drivers for video, sound card, chipset, networking, etc.

B. COMPONENTS REQUIRED TO ACCESS WINDOWS UPDATE
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4. Download the full version of the Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 installer: http://www.jcu.edu.au/pub/Microsoft/ie/6.0sp1/

The file name is ie60sp1.exe has a datestamp of 2002-08-29 and the size of the file is approximately 77.6 MB. Internet Explorer 6 is included with Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. The browser can be installed on Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a (with 128-bit high encryption), Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition and Windows 2000.

5. The latest version of the Windows Update Agent (datestamp 2012-06-04 18:43) will not work correctly with Internet Explorer 6 on Windows 2000 (or even Windows XP/Windows Server 2003). If you go to the Windows Update website and see a dialogue box asking you to install the Microsoft Windows Component Publisher, you need to select No and close Internet Explorer. If you select Yes, then Windows Update will not work correctly and will most likely cause Internet Explorer 6 to crash and according to submix8c, you will most likely have to re-start the Windows 2000 installation from scratch all over again. To work around this, you will need to do the following:

1. Download and install Update Rollup 1 version 2 for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (KB891861): http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=18997 (file name: Windows2000-KB891861-v2-x86-ENU.EXE, download size: 31.2 MB)
After you install Update Rollup 1 v2, you need to restart the computer. By installing Update Rollup 1 v2, this will stop Windows Update from crashing Internet Explorer 6 even if the browser is no longer officially supported.
2. Download WinZip. I recommend downloading WinZip version 8.1 SR-1 (datestamp: 2003-02-11 08:10:00; filesize: 1.81 MB): ftp://ftp.odot.state.or.us/PONTIS/PONTIS4.4.3/Unsupported/winzip81.exe
3. After installing WinZip, you will need to download and install 7-Zip. Using 7-zip will be needed to extract the contents of the Windows 2000 Root Certificate Update executable.
4. Download the Windows Update Agent v256 (WUAv256.zip) and extract it to an appropriate directory of your choice. I recommend extracting the file, WUAv256.cmd to the \WUA directory.
5. Download the 7-Zip Command Line executable (7za.exe) and extract it to the \WUA directory.
6. Download wGet 1.11.4 and place it in the \WUA directory as well.
7. Execute WUAv256.cmd. This will download CABARC.EXE, PARTCOPY and XVI32.EXE as well as download Windows Update Agent 7.6.7600.243 (WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe). The installer will extract the contents of the WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe file to the \WUCAB sub-directory for which the files will get hex-edited and the \WUCAB sub-directory deleted upon completion. When the batch-running installation of the Windows Update Agent is complete, rename the file WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe to WUA.EXE to install Windows Update Agent 7.6.7600.243. When it is complete, you can delete the \WUA directory.
8. Download and extract the contents of the Windows 2000 Root Certificate Update in a temporary directory. Install the rootsupd.inf file by right-clicking on Install in Windows Explorer.
9. When all of the producers to get Windows Update in Internet Explorer 6 on Windows 2000 working, you can now click on the Internet Explorer icon and go to the Windows Update website. Upon accessing the Windows Update website, you will be greeted once again with a Security Warning asking you whatever you want to install and run "Windows Update" signed on 2012-06-04 18:13 and distributed by Microsoft Windows Component Publisher. Click on the checkbox, "Always trust content from Microsoft Windows Component Publisher" and select Yes.

If Windows Update continues to operate after allowing Windows Update to install the Microsoft Windows Component Publisher publisher, the pre-Windows Update installation instructions were performed successfully. If Windows Update fails to operate correctly, then (1) remove the WUWebControl Class from the Downloaded Program Files dialogue in Internet > Settings in the Control Panel, (2) remove WUWEB.DLL found in \WINNT (or WINDOWS)\SYSTEM32 directory and (3) re-apply the Windows Update agent in step 7.

C. UPDATING WINDOWS 2000 COMPONENTS
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9. Now that you can access Windows Update under Windows 2000 once again, Windows Update will be required to perform a software upgrade for some of the Windows components. To perform this procedure, click on Download and Install Now to continue. By doing that Windows Update downloads and installs the following:

1. Windows 2000 Update for Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.0 and WinHTTP 5.1 (KB842773):
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=19949 (file name: Windows2000-KB842773-x86-ENU.EXE; download size: 695 KB)

2. Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=25
(file name: WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe; download size: 2.5 MB)

After the software upgrade of the components that I listed above are completed you will need to restart the computer.

6. You can opt in and proceed to upgrade to Microsoft Update where you will receive a list of updates for Windows and other components of the operating system. It won't be that big of a deal since Microsoft uses ActiveX to scan the system for software updates.

After updating to Microsoft Update has been completed, on the update page, you will need to select the Custom button where it will give you a list of all of the old updates that are available after you performed the pre-Windows Update procedures. When downloading and installation of a update has been completed (and at some cases, the computer has been restarted), you will need to repeat this procedure until downloading of all of the updates have completed.

7. Now that you have accessed Microsoft Update, you will need to install all of the high priority updates first. Here's a huge list of old updates found in Microsoft Update:

1. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB979309)
2. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB978601)
3. Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 (KB982381)
4. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB977816)
5. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB980218)
6. Cumulative Security Update for ActiveX Killbits for Windows 2000 (KB980195)
7. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB979482)
8. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB979559)
9. Security Update for Outlook Express 6.0 for Windows 2000 (KB978542)
10. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB980232)
11. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB981350)
12. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB979683)
13. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB978037)
14. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB977914)
15. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB975560)
16. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB978706)
17. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB971468)
18. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB972270)
19. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB951748)
20. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB974318)
21. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB974392)
22. Update for Windows 2000 (KB955759)
23. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB973904)
24. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB971961)
25. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB974112)
26. Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 for Windows 2000 (KB958869)
27. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB969059)
28. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB974571)
29. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB956844)
30. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB973869)
31. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB958470)
32. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB973507)
33. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB960859)
34. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB961501)
35. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB970238)
36. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB952004)
37. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB960803)
38. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB959426)
39. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB923561)
40. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB960225)
41. Update for Windows 2000 (KB967715)
42. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB954600)
43. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB956802)
44. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB955069)
45. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB957097)
46. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB958644)
47. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB950974)
48. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB952954)
49. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB944338)
50. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB950749)
51. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB896423)
52. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB943055)
53. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB943485)
54. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB937894)
55. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB923810)
56. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB938827)
57. Security Update for Windows Media Player 6.4 (KB925398)
58. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB926122)
59. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB935839)
60. Update for Windows 2000 (KB927891)
61. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB920213)
62. Security Update for Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5 Service Pack 3 (KB927779)
63. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB925902)
64. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB928843)
65. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB924667)
66. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB918118)
67. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB926436)
68. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB923980)
69. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB924270)
70. Update for Windows 2000 (KB922582)
71. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB923191)
72. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB917008)
73. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB920670)
74. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB920683)
75. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB921398)
76. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB914388)
77. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB913580)
78. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB908531)
79. Security Update for Windows Media Player Plug-in (KB911564)
80. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB900725)
81. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB905749)
82. Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 for Windows 2000 (KB905495)
83. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB896422)
84. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB896358)
85. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB905414)
86. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB899589)
87. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB901017)
88. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB893756)
89. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB899587)
90. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB901214)

Total download size: 61.4 MB

8. Reboot after applying the high-priority updates. After that, check to make sure that there are still any high priority updates left, the next time you visit Windows Update. If not, proceed to installing the optional software components.

9. Install Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1 (download size: 23.1 MB). .NET Framework v1.1 has one high-priority update, .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 (download size: 10.2 MB). After installing the Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1 SP1 update, another reboot is required. After rebooting, go to the Windows Update again and download these two high-priority updates:

1. Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 Security Update for Windows 2000 and Windows XP (KB979906)
2. Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1 Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB971108)

Total download size: 20.2 MB

Install the updates above. No reboot is required.

10. Next, download and install Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 (download size: 22.4 MB). Rebooting is not required. When you access the high-priority updates again, you see the following:

1. Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 (KB110806) (x86)
2. Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (KB947746)

Total download size: 26.8 MB

Apply the security update for Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (download size: 3.2 MB) before applying SP1 (download size: 23.6 MB). After that, apply Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP1, download and install the following updates:

3. Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB971110)
4. Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 Security Update for Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (KB953300)

Total download size: 6.5 MB

After you apply the high-priority updates, you will need to apply .NET Framework v2.0 Service Pack 2. While Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 SP2 isn't officially available for Windows 2000, it will work. You can download it here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=1639 (file name: NetFx20SP2_x86.exe; download size: 23.8 MB)

And after applying .NET Framework version 2.0 SP2, you will need to apply the high-priority updates:

5. Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and .NET Framework SP2 Security Update for Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP x86 (KB979909)
6. Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 Security Update for Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP (KB974417)

Total download size: 11.7 MB

11. Install the rest of the optional components, including the following:

1. Microsoft Base Smart Card Cryptographic Service Provider Package: x86 (KB909520)
2. Root Certificates Update

Total download size: 860 KB

12. Now after that is all done, you will need to download the following two updates that must be installed separately:

1. DirectX 9.0c End-User Runtime
2. Windows Media Player 9 Series

First of all, the DirectX 9.0c End-User Runtime for Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 family common components is a 308 KB download and depending on the speed of your internet connection it will take a average of from 4 minutes up to a hour to download DirectX 9.0c onto the hard drive.

After the download and installation of DirectX 9.0c End-User Runtime is complete the computer must be restarted. And once DirectX 9.0c has been installed, it cannot be removed.

After the computer is restarted, Windows Update will show two high-priority updates for DirectX 9.0c:

3. Security Update for DirectX 9 for Windows 2000 (KB975562)
4. Security Update for DirectX 9 for Windows 2000 (KB975560)

Total download size: 1.9 MB

After the security updates have been applied, you will need to download the offline DirectX 9.0c February 2010 End-User Redistributable and extract the contents to a directory of your choice on your hard drive: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=9033 (file name: directx_feb2010_redist.exe: 104 MB)

After the DirectX 9.0c February 2010 End-User Redistributable has been installed, you will need to restart your computer.

13. Lastly, download the Windows Media Player 9 Series media player. The size of the download is 13.3 MB.

After downloading Windows Media Player 9, you will need to get it configured prior to using it. When that's done, there will be the last eight remaining high-priority updates as follows:

1. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB977816)
2. Security Update for Windows Media Player 9 for Windows 2000 (KB979402)
3. Security Update for Windows Media Format Runtime 9 for Windows 2000 (KB954155)
4. Security Update for Windows Media Format Runtime 9 for Windows 2000 (KB968816)
5. Security Update for Windows Media Player 9 for Windows 2000 (KB973540)
6. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB952069)
7. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB941569)
8. Critical Update for Windows Media Player Script Commands (KB828026)

Total download size: 15.8 MB

Total number of inital updates applied: 118
Total download size of all updates found on Microsoft Update: 189.8 MB

D. POST WINDOWS UPDATE NOTES
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After the installation of all of the base updates have been completed, you will need to remove the uninstallation updates which were made. They can be found either in the \WINNT (or \WINDOWS) directory. Use your right mouse button and delete the hidden directories that contain the $NtUninstallKBxxxxxxx$ where it refers to a update that was applied to Windows 2000. By getting rid of the uninstallation files, 206 folders will be removed and up to 343 MB will be freed.

The initial size of the Windows 2000 directory after the updates have been applied will top out at 1.37 GB. On hard disk drive that has 10 GB or less, that is quite a lot.

You will also need to consider installing other components, including runtime libraries for Visual Basic 1 through 6, Visual Studio 6, 7, 7.1, 2005 and 2008 as well as other libraries as the software that you install requires them.

After running into numerous problems, all of the updates that were available for Windows 2000 were performed in Microsoft Virtual PC with 256 MB of physical memory allocated. Believe me, installing and updating Windows 2000 either on a real PC or in a virtual machine can take hours and it is a lot of hard work to get everything working right.

I hope that the instructions are useful enough for anyone who wants to re-install and update Windows 2000. Please consider downloading and saving the updates and burn them on to a CD or ISO image incase Microsoft ever decides to de-commission the Windows Update website in the near future.

I'm so terribly sorry that this is such a long forum thread, I would like to thank tomasz86 and submix8c for helping me on how to get Windows 2000 to access Windows Update again. I don't know how much longer that the Windows Update website will remain up, but without your help, updating Windows 2000 would have been an impossible thing to do.

If you have any questions regarding this guide on how to install and update Windows 2000, please let me know and I will get back to you!

Coming soon, I will provide a guide for installing and updating Windows NT 4.0.

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WinSetup problems with Antivirus rescue cd.

November 2, 2012, 3:18 am

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I used WinSetup to put multiple Rescue CD grub4dos compatible iso linux files for loading antivirus programs from usb pen drive.
All of them give errors with not being able to find/install the linux filesystem. For example in Kaspersky Rescue CD I get :
dracut Warning: Can't mount root file system

Dropping to debug shell.

Dracut:/#

In AVG/Avira/DrWeb I get errors as well but DrWeb doesn't get errors but just seem to load for ever it's linux based system files.
Why is there a difference? Some suggest I need to use newer grub4dos version. If I use WAREZ and fedora/kubuntu there are no problems at all.
I don't want to use like 4-5 cd when one usb pen drive can do the same thing. It is not ahci/driver related problem.
Maybe I need to extract those antivir iso's and use another method for importing? I used WinSetupFromUSB_1-0-beta8.exe

Just a thought - I used NTFS and maybe those linux based rescue cd's want SysLinux based option from WinSetup?

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November 2, 2012, 6:33 am

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I have just been given a new MEDION computer with on-board video. How can I assign more of the main RAM to video use? Is this even possible?

Alternatively can I add a separate Nvidia video card with 1GB RAM?

(Main RAM is 4GB)

Thanks

Mac

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Help ! Flash Drive Gone ! - WinSetupFromUSB with GUI

November 2, 2012, 2:14 pm

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Hi Guys....

Got a yellow exclamation and driver's cannot be loaded for my Flash Drive after trying to install WinXP as a self bootable...

Tried HP Flash Drive Utility and Windows disk managment, cant get my laptop to see the flash drive at all...

Help !

maxmix

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Guide to Installing and Updating Windows 2000 Professional

November 2, 2012, 1:31 am

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1. Windows 2000 Update for Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.0 and WinHTTP 5.1 (KB842773):
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=19949 (file name: Windows2000-KB842773-x86-ENU.EXE; download size: 695 KB)

2. Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=25
(file name: WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe; download size: 2.5 MB)

1. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB979309)
2. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB978601)
3. Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 (KB982381)
4. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB977816)
5. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB980218)
6. Cumulative Security Update for ActiveX Killbits for Windows 2000 (KB980195)
7. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB979482)
8. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB979559)
9. Security Update for Outlook Express 6.0 for Windows 2000 (KB978542)
10. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB980232)
11. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB981350)
12. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB979683)
13. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB978037)
14. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB977914)
15. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB975560)
16. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB978706)
17. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB971468)
18. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB972270)
19. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB951748)
20. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB974318)
21. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB974392)
22. Update for Windows 2000 (KB955759)
23. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB973904)
24. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB971961)
25. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB974112)
26. Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 for Windows 2000 (KB958869)
27. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB969059)
28. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB974571)
29. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB956844)
30. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB973869)
31. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB958470)
32. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB973507)
33. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB960859)
34. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB961501)
35. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB970238)
36. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB952004)
37. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB960803)
38. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB959426)
39. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB923561)
40. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB960225)
41. Update for Windows 2000 (KB967715)
42. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB954600)
43. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB956802)
44. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB955069)
45. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB957097)
46. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB958644)
47. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB950974)
48. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB952954)
49. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB944338)
50. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB950749)
51. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB896423)
52. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB943055)
53. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB943485)
54. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB937894)
55. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB923810)
56. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB938827)
57. Security Update for Windows Media Player 6.4 (KB925398)
58. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB926122)
59. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB935839)
60. Update for Windows 2000 (KB927891)
61. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB920213)
62. Security Update for Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5 Service Pack 3 (KB927779)
63. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB925902)
64. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB928843)
65. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB924667)
66. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB918118)
67. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB926436)
68. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB923980)
69. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB924270)
70. Update for Windows 2000 (KB922582)
71. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB923191)
72. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB917008)
73. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB920670)
74. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB920683)
75. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB921398)
76. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB914388)
77. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB913580)
78. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB908531)
79. Security Update for Windows Media Player Plug-in (KB911564)
80. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB900725)
81. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB905749)
82. Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 for Windows 2000 (KB905495)
83. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB896422)
84. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB896358)
85. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB905414)
86. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB899589)
87. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB901017)
88. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB893756)
89. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB899587)
90. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB901214)

Total download size: 61.4 MB

8. Reboot after applying the high-priority updates. After that, check to make sure that there are still any high priority updates left, the next time you visit Windows Update. If not, proceed to installing the optional software components.

9. Install Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1 (download size: 23.1 MB). .NET Framework v1.1 has one high-priority update, .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 (KB867460) (filename: NDP1.1sp1-KB867460-X86.exe; download size: 10.2 MB). After installing the Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1 SP1 update, another reboot is required. After rebooting, go to the Windows Update again and download these two high-priority updates:

1. Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 Security Update for Windows 2000 and Windows XP (KB979906)
2. Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1 Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB971108)

1. Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 (x86) (KB110806)
2. Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (KB947746)

3. Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB971110)
4. Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 Security Update for Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (KB953300)

5. Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and .NET Framework SP2 Security Update for Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP x86 (KB979909)
6. Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 Security Update for Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP (KB974417)

Total download size: 11.7 MB

11. Install the rest of the optional components, including the following:

1. Microsoft Base Smart Card Cryptographic Service Provider Package: x86 (KB909520)
2. Root Certificates Update

Total download size: 860 KB

12. Now after that is all done, you will need to download the following two updates that must be installed separately:

1. DirectX 9.0c End-User Runtime
2. Windows Media Player 9 Series

3. Security Update for DirectX 9 for Windows 2000 (KB975562)
4. Security Update for DirectX 9 for Windows 2000 (KB975560)

1. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB977816)
2. Security Update for Windows Media Player 9 for Windows 2000 (KB979402)
3. Security Update for Windows Media Format Runtime 9 for Windows 2000 (KB954155)
4. Security Update for Windows Media Format Runtime 9 for Windows 2000 (KB968816)
5. Security Update for Windows Media Player 9 for Windows 2000 (KB973540)
6. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB952069)
7. Security Update for Windows 2000 (KB941569)
8. Critical Update for Windows Media Player Script Commands (KB828026)

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Porblem With SetupComplete.cmd & win32 batch Scripting!

November 3, 2012, 7:11 am

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Hello All my fnz! Hope u All r fine right now....
Ok i m in A porblem with windows batch Scripting. I have made a Setupcomplete.cmd which wil be used to install Application.ok my App installation directory is in Dvd drive..how Can i Detect Cd or Dvd drive in win32 batch file??? Or Cd or Dvd drive has a Variable like Windows installation Drive(%SYSTEMDRIVE%) ?

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Help With BSOD STOP Error.....

November 3, 2012, 10:10 pm

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Hi, I get a BSOD Stop error every 3 weeks or so and I don't know why. It is a error IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL STOP:0x0000000a (0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000, 0xfffff800030f3f74). I usually have to restore it to get it back, but I have no idea how to figure this out. I've looked at the dump file and at least for me, I can't tell what the problem is. WhoCrashed seems to think it's a 3rd party driver, but does not say what that driver is. Here is the error I received.

Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-WER-SystemErrorReporting
Date: 11/3/2012 5:17:22 PM
Event ID: 1001
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: HK-12
Description:
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x0000000a (0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000, 0xfffff800030f3f74). A dump was saved in: C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP. Report Id: .
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-WER-SystemErrorReporting" Guid="{ABCE23E7-DE45-4366-8631-84FA6C525952}" EventSourceName="BugCheck" />
<EventID Qualifiers="16384">1001</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2012-11-04T00:17:22.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>54586</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="0" ThreadID="0" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>HK-12</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="param1">0x0000000a (0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000, 0xfffff800030f3f74)</Data>
<Data Name="param2">C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP</Data>
<Data Name="param3">
</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

Here is my system info from TSG SysInfo:
Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.2
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Service Pack 1, 64 bit
Processor: Intel® Core i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9
Processor Count: 4
RAM: 16337 Mb
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670, -2048 Mb
Hard Drives: C: Total - 476937 MB, Free - 25589 MB; E: Total - 953866 MB, Free - 5672 MB;
Motherboard: MSI, Z77A-G45 (MS-7752)
Antivirus: Norton Internet Security, Updated and Enabled

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Req. suggestion for method for customized win7 inst.

November 4, 2012, 1:50 am

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Hi everybody

My first post in this forum.

I have been searching and digging a lot for days to find out a way for :

1- creating a custom install media to install win7 SP1 x64 on my system with latest updates ( need offline package up to date) and latest drivers ( I have them downloaded like ATI graphics, sound and others) injected within installation media. Self boot /install media
2- later on i need to create a hidden partition containing this ( above) media copied in it so a key press at boot time brings a new installation from media created in step-1

I found a lot of ways

a- RTsevenlite ( website currently down for me )
b- vLite
c- windows OPK
d- windows automated installation kit.
e- 7customizer
.... and others

I have found that most reliable and official ways to build such an image is using microsoft deployment methods using windows OPK or Windows Automated Installation kit.
Windows OPK is targeted to system builders and only available to channel partners.

windows AIK is for enterprise, perhaps for network deployment ( I will not be deploying over network )
windows AIK is free download ( may be under some license terms )

I can experiment and learn windows AIK for my purpose using virtual machines but I need to have two huge downloads for that matter :
- The Windows® Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows® 7 KB3AIK_EN.iso 1.7 GB
- The Windows® Automated Installation Kit (AIK) Supplement for Windows® 7 SP1 waik_supplement_en-us.iso 1.3 GB

So I am planning to download and experiment them in a virtual machine ( to setup a VM windows and install and run WAIK in it. Then build my Custom media for windows 7 sp1 x64 for my particular system.

I think of using the WAIK for later for my other win7 systems ( one or two to achieve their custom mathced installation media and boot time recovery media )

for recovery purpose I have been experimenting with GHOST and ACRONIS times back. but I wish to create a solution like a branded system recovery method. Just press a key at the bios boot time and it deploys a custom made image to bring things to factory installed state.

That's all my understanding and I need advice/suggestion, am I on the right track?
Should I download and go ahead for the two huge WAIK file and start playing ?

Thanks

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Disable System Restore

November 4, 2012, 12:35 pm

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I want to disable System Restore with the Autounattend.xml. Is this Ok?
</settings>
<settings pass="specialize">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-SystemRestore-Main">
<DisableSR>1</DisableSR>
Nevermind Solved. I forgot -Main"processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="NonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> At the end

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Silent install of Optional Programs in setup files

November 4, 2012, 3:01 pm

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Hello guys.
I have a question and i hope that you help me.

If i set "Silent mode installation", many times i've programs that also installs optional applications automatically.

For exemple, if i install CCleaner in silent mode, WPI installs CCleaner and Chrome that are in setup..

How can i avoid this?

It is a problem of lots programs that install automatically other applications, toolbars, etc....

Thanks in advance.

Regards, kayo.

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Corsair CSSD-R60GB2 SAW AS RAW

November 4, 2012, 3:56 pm

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Hello everybody,

I have a SSD Corsair CSSD-R60GB2 which was initially formated as NTFS from windows comander program afterwards whole disk encrypted with bestcrypt. It is connected at my laptop PC through a e-sata cable with an additional usb power cable supply, and mounted in windows as a removable device.
Normally when the computer is shutting down the SSD is automatically dismounted and I usually manually disconnect the usb cable by myself from the laptop. However one day I forgot to do this, and when I powered on the laptop the SSD wasn't recognized by the windows 7 and saw it as RAW.
I managed to decrypted it with the help of the rescue files from bestcrypt, but windows did't recognized the decrypted disk with a valid filesystem partition.
First I used teskdisk to reconstruct the MBR and restore the MFT from it's backup. I found a valid NTFS partion there and I wrote it on the disk but the error is still there. I am attaching a lot of log files from different programs I used to gather more details about my problem.

If you have any ideas about a possible solution please give me an advice.

Thanks and I appreciate your help.

Grillsar

Attached File(s)

Corsair CSSD-R60GB2.rar (437.71K)
Number of downloads: 1

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Newer Version of K-Meleon Just Released

November 5, 2012, 1:11 am

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For anyone here using the K-Meleon browser ... a newer version of K-Meleon by rodocop was released on Oct 28, 2012. Everything is at the K-Meleon Forum ... I will post links further down. Just discovered it yesterday and so far it seems to work OK on Windows XP. I am not sure about it working on Windows 98SE ... I have no 98SE setup at present to test it on ... perhaps with KernelEx it might work, I was using a newer version of K-Melelon with Windows 98SE for two years with KernelEx installed. I am also not sure about Windows 2000 ... I do have an older computer (Pen 3) set up but will test it later in the week. Those already familiar with K-Meleon will notice a fairly modern newer version ... according to rodocop, there are more things to be done but for now, it seems to be a good working version, at least to me.

This is at the K-Meleon Forum ... under the General tab

http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/forum/

... then you will see " CommMeleon2??? Oh, No! K-Meleon Twin+ is here!!! " by rodocop.

http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/forum/list.php?1

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CommMeleon2??? Oh, No! K-Meleon Twin+ is here!!!
Posted by: rodocop
Date: October 28, 2012 02:14AM

Comrades!
I'm very glad to inform you that my work wasn't stopped (as you believe, I think) and now I can introduce to you the Ultimate K-Meleon ever.

K-Meleon Twin+
K-Meleon Twin+

ALSO Twin ALTERNATIVE DOWNLOAD LOCATIONS
(as I've got some negative feedback about downloading from my russian comrades)

All you have to know about new build was (or wasn't) discussed earlier:
here
here
here
and there

All I want to say now is here:

1) It's double portable build (1.7 folder inside 1.6 folder) - it was conceived that 1.6 is the main browser and 1.7 is secondary one on demand (sometimes it renders sites more correctly, but 1.7 branch still has more crucial bugs)

2) It's based on 1.6beta2.5 from JamesD and db+ builds from dugbugoffice. No new binaries - we still need C++ coders and this is problem

3) But KM Twin+ has all the modern compatibility thanks to incorporated GoogleChromeFrame. This part of pack was inspired by disrupted's work.

Now, you can install ChromeFrame by pressing just one button on toolbar (with blue Chromium icon) - simply press and answer 'Yes' and 'OK' to get it installed.
Next time you'll start KM the same button will open currently opened page in new tab inside KM with Chrome engine!
No more incompatible pages!

4) Other original stuff are

1. the Icon Selector toolbar, which lets you to select 1 of 7 icons for you KM (you can assign 2 different icons to Twins in order to distinguish them easy in simultaneous work (when you open 1.7 from 1.6 - new window is created, so you can use two different KMs in parallel);
2. button to quickly switch opening diverted windows/tabs from fore- to background (corresponding bug is now fixed in kmprefs.jar)
3. Privoxy webfilter is here to replace AdBlock in KM-1.7 or even add more content filtering power for KM-1.6. The only one drawback of using Privoxy is that it prevents you from using Keyword Autosearch and thereby it blocks the possibility to open pages by simply typing some peculiar keyword in URLbar and hitting Enter (my favourite trick in KM!)
4. upgraded AppLauncher (by disrupted and Alex Tarantul) which has now button for every App (IE, Mark text editor and KM1.7). Feel free to add more other apps by changing kmm-file! But remember - you'll need bmp-icons!

More useful stuff are bookmarklets - 5 different online bookmarking services (highly recommended to add site to your cloud bookmarks by 2-3 clicks!) and about 20 different JavaScript-tools for some useful (or just funny) operations with pages and content.

Give them a try - and have fun!
Use KM Twin+! Enjoy K-meleon concept and full compatibility!

Feedback is welcome!

_____________________________________
Using K-Meleon-1.6.17db+ / KM-16-S2014
______________________________
Recommending K-Meleon Twin+
Try and discuss it!!!

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It has Google Chrome available, which I don't completely understand at this point ... there is also a new updated list of User Agents and there are many more than in previous versions of K-Meleon.

So I just posted this to call your attention to this newer version to try out. As earlier versions, there is no install and once you have all the settings to your liking, you can just copy the folder to save or add to as many computers as you want.

... added: On the 2nd day using this newer version, I had a crash with just the browser and had to delete and replace the KM folder ... simple enough to do but it is still a "work in progress" at this point ... rodocop talks about changes in newer version updates. Still a good working browser at this point with some glitches every now and then.

...

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Newer Version of K-Meleon Available

November 5, 2012, 1:30 am

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I just posted about this newer version of K-Meleon at the Windows XP forum. I don't know if it will work on Windows 98SE with KernelEx installed ... I don't have a 98SE setup at present to test it on. It seems to work very good on XP so far ... just discovered it yesterday so I am still learning things. When I did have my Windows 98SE setup, K-Meleon 1.5.4 and K-Meleon 1.6.0 were my main browsers ... you need KernelEx with KM 1.6.0.

Anyone interested in trying out K-Meleon Twin+ can go to the K-Meleon Forum or read my post at the Windows XP forum ... I have more detail and links posted. Not going into much detail here since I am not sure it will work with Windows 98SE with KernelEx installed. Someone who uses K-Meleon with 98SE maybe can test it out and let others know for sure.

...

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Application development for Windows Phone 7

November 5, 2012, 2:10 am

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Hello,

I am using a Nokia Lumia 800 that has Windows Phone 7 OS. To be honest I found that Windows Phone 7 is a really good OS. I am developing a VoIP app for the phone and there is a guide that provided valuable information during the development.
The guide contains useful code examples (if you are interested: http://www.voip-sip-sdk.com/p_511-windows-phone-platform-voip.html). I thought to share this information with you because I belve there are some who are intereseted in this topic and will find my information to be valuable.

Regards,

MG

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PE4.0 x86 Boot failure related to image size

November 5, 2012, 3:15 am

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Hi!

First post here for me, here goes.

I have created a WinPE-boot for our WinXP-deployments, we are using some PowerShell scripts hence using 4.0, which crashes and reboots on loading now that I've updated the ADK 8 from RC->RTM.

As soon as the file size of the boot.wim goes somewhere above 600Mb's and any module (Scripting/WMI/MDAC/HTA/PowerShell) is integrated and enabled it crashes on load.
The strange thing is that it works with the image files that came out with the RC of ADK 8.0, the one released in conjunction with MDT2012.

Currently my testing environment consists of a VMWare Workstation 8.0.4 machine but the same issue exists regardless of which hardware I am running.

Any ideas appreciated!

Btw.. Is there any way I can set some debugging params with bcdedit (like not rebooting the PE environment upon blue screening).

Update edit: This is NOT happening with the x64 image so might just be a bug in the ADK?

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Best practice for HKCU adds/app installs needed

November 5, 2012, 9:43 am

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Hi pros,

In the past, I found out some tricks to successfully tinker a customized Windows XP installation including default user profile & system settings, unattended apps (Flash plugin) and paths (winnt.sif).
I'd like to get something similar for Windows 7 x64 sp1. I realized a working autounattend.xml and a $oem$ structure.

This is my current situation:
I can't use autounattend.xml (oobeSystem, FirstLogonCommands...) for running scripts (cmd) that peek into %UserProfile%, because no user exists then.
A RunOnceEx mechanism is gone, so I'm looking for some sort of substitute to execute my scripts at a later date (T+x instead of T-x).

For the nonce, there are shortcuts.cmd (moving & deleting links), userpics.cmd (tidying up "usertiles") and views.cmd (customizing Windows Explorer view via registry).
I don't want to create users, I only adjust the local Administrator account (no domain stuff either). Optionally, I'd also like to initiate a few silent installers (Flash plugin etc.).

There should be several ways to achieve this, like manipulating the file install.wim with DISM or executing scripts afterwards.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

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UIU IMages

November 5, 2012, 10:39 am

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Anybody have any exeprience with using Big Bang UIU (Universal Imaging Utility) to image Windows 7 devices? I want to use it and have it prompt me for a computer name, which it does and then I want it to join it to my domain. The joining to the domain part is not working. Just curious if anyone uses this tool and if there were any tricks to it. I contacted Big Bang but have not heard back from them yet.

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