http://neosmart.net/forums NeoSmart Technologies' support forums for EasyBCD, Windows Vista, Linux, OS X, programming, hardware, and more. Experts from around the globe, 24/7! en Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:42:30 GMT vBulletin 60 http://neosmart.net/forums/http://neosmart.net/images/nst-mini.png http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/TgjeZoM1nlk/showthread.php Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:47:51 GMT I had a multi-boot setup, with Vista and some Linux distros. Yesterday I installed OpenSolaris for a try, and when I attempted to open EasyBcd for... I had a multi-boot setup, with Vista and some Linux distros. Yesterday I installed OpenSolaris for a try, and when I attempted to open EasyBcd for reinstall Vista's bootloader as primary, I got the message window "Valid BCD Registry not Detected" "... let EasyBcd correct... etc". Then I click yes, but EasyBcd is unable to perform the reparation and don't loads (I tried with all drive letters).
I would like get rid of OpenSolaris grub :@ and reinstall Vista's booloader. Can you help me please?
Thank you. ]]> EasyBCD Support oxk4r http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2974 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2974 http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/UHC3gR9Rw3w/showthread.php Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:17:23 GMT I tried to install xp on a vista machine by following instructions I originally found on a forum some 4 days ago. It directed me to go into disk... I tried to install xp on a vista machine by following instructions I originally found on a forum some 4 days ago. It directed me to go into disk manage (manage) and ad a vista directory/partitions and , I was stupid enough to al;so change the letter of s of the vista hd. Once I began the XP installation from vista things moved normally until the restart process when no longer was there a partition to be reckognized. I tried R-studio from a n xp machine to which I attached the Vista drive via USB (special adapter w?individual power). With R-studio I seem to be able to see some of the files but, when recovered, they were invisible in XP. I tried Knoppix and Ubuntu with the same result (except that once mounted the drive inubuntu, I could see the drive and two partitions (raw) and unallocated. I have tried mos everything except formating the drive.
Acronis was unable to help... and, I really need the images in that drive. Any ideas?

Editor 13x ]]> The Vista Corner editor13x http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2973 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2973 http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/cikvXWiDnNY/showthread.php Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:12:05 GMT I've got an issue with IE 7 under Vista and am hoping from some guidance here, as the HP solution was to uninstall Flash, and I can't seem to log into newsgroups at Microsoft to post a question...

I almost exclusively use FF 3.0 for browsing, but as we all know, some sites force you to use IE...whether we like it or not...my issue is that if I attempt to run IE with the Flash player disabled, I can't get ANY page to load...on the flip side, if I enable Flash, then I am bombarded with Flash advertising on pages, as well as the annoying sounds contained within the ads...

I have also "reset" all the setting for IE via the tools option within the browser, to no avail...

I have attempted to download and reinstall, but the Microsoft site apparently doesn't want me to do this either, as it states its already installed...

Or will I be forced to reinstall Vista in an attempt to get IE to work properly?...

Any insight would be greatly appreciated...

Dave ]]> The Vista Corner FoodSnob http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2972 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2972 http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/A4pKs1osYRo/showthread.php Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:39:52 GMT Hi all. I had to recently reformat my vista drive and reinstall vista (64 bit home premium) and I am no longer able to boot into XP which is on a... Hi all. I had to recently reformat my vista drive and reinstall vista (64 bit home premium) and I am no longer able to boot into XP which is on a different partition of the same drive. (Vista on C:\, XP on F:\)
I have set up the boot loader like this:


There are a total of 2 entries listed in the Vista Bootloader.
Bootloader Timeout: 30 seconds.
Default OS: Microsoft Windows Vista

Entry #1

Name: Microsoft Windows Vista
BCD ID: {current}
Drive: C:\
Bootloader Path: \Windows\system32\winload.exe
Windows Directory: \Windows

Entry #2

Name: Windows XP
BCD ID: {249b7309-bec4-11dd-be20-001e8c70fa7b}
Drive: F:\
Bootloader Path: \NTLDR

I suspect it has something to do with the boot loader path, as when I first added the XP entry it said something about NTLDR being missing?
I changed the drive to F:\ from C:\ in an attempt to point it in the right direction but there is obviously something else I am missing. Is there something I need to do to alter the boot loader path to make it so the XP can boot again?

Any help would most appreciated, and sorry if this is a stupid question! Kind regards. ]]> EasyBCD Support crustacean http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2971 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2971 http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/EZiXWOyj7Qg/showthread.php Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:37:50 GMT I created a recovery disk following the instructions on the NeoSmart Files webpage. I then changed my BIOS settings to boot from my CD drive first. ... I created a recovery disk following the instructions on the NeoSmart Files webpage. I then changed my BIOS settings to boot from my CD drive first. When I restart my computer (HP Desktop) I am asked to "push any key to boot from CD/DVD" which I immediately do. It says "Loading Windows Files" then proceeds to a loading bar that says Microsoft Corporation under it like it does when starting up normally (right before it goes to the user accounts where you put in password to finish start up). After that loading page the screen goes black and doesn't do anything. From there I just have to turn off the computer using the power button on the CPU. No keys work or anything. Any help or suggestions? Thanks! ]]> Other NeoSmart-Related Support Yote http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2970 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2970 http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/ocV6iGRmIYA/showthread.php Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:51:46 GMT Ok yesterday i was tweaking some settings in my bios, i found out the memory i have willl run at 2.1V and when i checked it in my bios it was at 1.9... Ok yesterday i was tweaking some settings in my bios, i found out the memory i have willl run at 2.1V and when i checked it in my bios it was at 1.9 so i bumped it up, then when i restarted the pc it gave the BCD error saying the boot file was lost or corupted and hardware has changed etc.... No i didnt already have EasyBCD already installed or backed up but i can assure you i will after all this!!.
So ok heres the deal now, when i try the vista recovery tools the drive doesnt even show up, i know the problem is NOT the hard drive, if i set up vista to completly reinstall it clearly shows that my partitions are still there, Ive read a few of the tutorials i found on the web and tried what i could that applied but nothings worked out.
So now my question is if i move my hard drive to a working (xp) computer as a slave drive can i install Easy BCD and see if or try to have it recover the MBR and then pull the hard drive back out and reinstall it in the correct computer?? at this point i cant seem to think of anything else that might work. I dont understand why Vista recovery wont see my install but apparently something got really messed up.
Any info would be much appreciated.
Thanks
JRockZ
Oh and this is a single boot system single hard drive and single partition on an almost new western digital 160gb drive. will post other specs if needed just let me know. ]]> The Vista Corner JRockZ http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2969 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2969 http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/pXUAKbzF6UM/showthread.php Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:37:20 GMT I've got an annoying problem with IE (Internet Explorer 7).

I set up a profile for my daughter on our laptop, and I set her homepage on Internet Explorer as the cbeebies website.

Now, whenever I load up my profile and load up IE, cbeebies appears as my homepage. Every single time, I set it back to google (and yes, I have clicked on apply!!), and when I log back on the next time, it's reverted to cbeebies again.

I'm using a fairly new laptop, on Windows Vista Home Premium, with a 1.5Ghz Intel Dual-core processor and 2GB RAM. I never had anything like this with my previous (and now dead) laptop, which was on XP.

Can anybody help with this? I know it's fairly minor, but it's very irritating!

I know there's other browsers like Firefox, Chrome and Opera, but I genuinely prefer IE. ]]> The Vista Corner Hordriss http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2968 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2968 http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/7IWoTBGMRNk/showthread.php Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:31:19 GMT I have a 10 GB OEM partition on my Acer laptop, and I was what else it does besides let the user recover the system in case they haven't got a recovery disc handy. Could I use it to reinstall Vista as well? Also, does it have the laptop's drivers and/or other hardware information stored there? ]]> General PC Help Center Octopussy http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2967 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2967 http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/6XhdYsB56uI/showthread.php Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:42:41 GMT i just dowloaded 17.2 yesterday and it was able to get rid of the extra lines on my screen when booting. it seems to work fine. is there work in... i just dowloaded 17.2 yesterday and it was able to get rid of the extra lines on my screen when booting. it seems to work fine.
is there work in progress to be able to edit the on screen discriptions when booting

presently i get

earilier version of windows
vista
vista

this is because i'm triple booting with xp, vista 32, and vista 64.
it would be nice to be able to change the text on the screen to:

xp
vista32
vista64 ]]> EasyBCD Support labrams http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2966 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2966 http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/7zYMekqTPZA/showthread.php Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:44:58 GMT I had XP 32 and Vista 32 in a dual-boot config on separate hard drives. In order to keep XP from deleting my Vista restore points and shadow copies,... I had XP 32 and Vista 32 in a dual-boot config on separate hard drives. In order to keep XP from deleting my Vista restore points and shadow copies, I found out I could use NeoGrub to hide Vista from XP. Following the directions here: http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/hide-vista-partition-from-xp/ exactly, when I rebooted, there was no Vista option at all, just XP and Windows Memory Diagnostic where Vista used to be (with Windows Memory Diagnostic also in its usual place at the bottom). I noticed this in EBCD before restarting, but attributed it to the new NeoGrub way of booting, which I didn't really understand beyond the above blog's description. The Vista drive was also successfully hidden from XP by NeoGrub, so I can't access it except from the Vista install DVD. I installed EsayBCD in XP hoping to fix everything there. I removed the Memory Diagnostic entry and added Vista back in, but still got the same autochk error when loading Vista. Apparently, EasyBCD in XP also did not detect NeoGrub already being installed--the configure button for it was disabled.

The Vista DVD attempted to fix the boot problem, and it did add a "Vista (recovered)" entry to the boot menu, but instead of getting to the desktop after loading Vista, I get the error, "autochk missing - skipping AUTOCHECK." The computer waits there for a little while, then reboots. Is there any way to fix all this without reinstalling Vista?

Addendum:

Update:

I tried installing NeoGrub from XP--no help. In fact, I get no boot menu at all anymore--XP boots automatically. From EasyBCD:

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {7ea2e1ac-2e61-4728-aaa3-896d9d0a9f0e}
displayorder {4beb9cb9-b8c3-11dd-933f-0019b945fb01}
{4beb9cba-b8c3-11dd-933f-0019b945fb01}
{4beb9cbb-b8c3-11dd-933f-0019b945fb01}
timeout 30

Real-mode Boot Sector
---------------------
identifier {4beb9cb9-b8c3-11dd-933f-0019b945fb01}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
path \NTLDR
description Microsoft Windows XP

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {4beb9cba-b8c3-11dd-933f-0019b945fb01}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate (recovered)
osdevice partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {bcfcd38e-be36-11dd-9cbe-806e6f6e6963}

Real-mode Boot Sector
---------------------
identifier {4beb9cbb-b8c3-11dd-933f-0019b945fb01}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
path \NST\NeoGrub.mbr
description NeoGrub Bootloader

Also, when I set up NeoGrub in Vista, I used the Linux tab to figure out what to set (hdx,y) to. Since Vista is the boot partition (I thought), I set them all to (hd0,0). ]]> EasyBCD Support rlipoff http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2965 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2965 http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/uC_Yw4B6SFc/showthread.php Sat, 29 Nov 2008 10:09:38 GMT Hi all, hope someone can help! I just bought an Acer 5930g laptop which hates being partitioned! The original partition scheme was: 1) 9Gb... Hi all, hope someone can help!

I just bought an Acer 5930g laptop which hates being partitioned!

The original partition scheme was:

1) 9Gb FAT32 recovery, type 27;
2) 112Gb NTFS primary, type 07;
3) 112Gb NTFS primary, type 07;
4) 4Gb (limited XP) Multimedia Arcade, type 12.

I shrank partn 2 with a view to putting XP Pro on the unallocated space. As there were too many partitions now, and since I needed some logical drives, I deleted the unwanted partition 4 to make 2 logical drives within an extended type.

Problem is: this will not stick, it disappears and reverts to a default EISA (OEM) type 12 partn after reboot... It doesn't matter whether I use Vista's Disk Management, Diskpart, GParted Live CD, some other partition tool or even whether I edit the partition table itself (with say PTEdit32) using Admin privileges! The Acer setup - or is it Vista - somehow restores the partition scenario prior to the changes I make! Amazing!

Is it from within the Acer-customised-BIOS, is it coming from one the OEM partitions, is it Vista itself, is it Acer restore-ware within Vista? What is it?? :wtf:

And what are those 2 tiny partitions that are only picked up by GParted? A 1Mb partn right at the beginning and a 5Mb partn between the (shrunk) Vista partn and the newly-created XP partn?

Further, I seem to remember that after simply enabling or disabling boot-time recovery in the BIOS (Alt+F10 option) or after entering the recovery out of curiosity (exiting without actually doing it) this had some effect on the partition scheme too, though my frazzled brain can't recall exactly how... :??

Actually, I can't get into recovery now, after forcing a power-off while the PC was constantly looping-booting into the Acer recovery partition! I got out of that only with the Vista repair CD I made from the ISO off this website!

So what is going on here? Any ideas? Have Acer mastered self-regenerating partitions that are genetically-encoded into the machine? :x

Or am I missing something obvious?

How do I get those logical drives? I'd like to try out Ubuntu at some point, apart from the need for data storage areas! (Man, this Acer keyboard sucks!)

HEEEEEELP!! :S

Addendum:

I should add, to fill in a gap above, that after deleting the partn 4, I incorporated it into partn 3. Oops! ]]> The Vista Corner Tariq http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2964 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2964 http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/EZrHGIxcQqw/showthread.php Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:58:15 GMT The metal bar on the inside no less. The wire was there. The connectors were still there. But the insides were all melted. All GONE. Uploading... The metal bar on the inside no less. The wire was there. The connectors were still there. But the insides were all melted. All GONE. Uploading pics now of the damage.





That is the 2 towers that were holding the wire. Notice how the 1 bar is bent down. Yeah that is the wire that decided to bounce and come down in my back yard.





There you can see the mark it left on the ground. There are a coule patches dug up. That is where the wire arced on the ground it left those divots in our back yard.





There they are up close. That is what it looks like close up by them. Here is where the dirt got charred itself. DIRT!



If you look real close to the piece that is under the single blade of grass you will see the char marks.



That is the tree that the wire was on. My daughters swing was hanging from that tree all summer....



That is where the internet and cable came in from. Nice char marks on them.

So time for the full story. Yesterday at about 9:45am EST i am just about to get ready to go over my sisters house for Thanksgiving. I am doing a final check on email.

All of a sudden i see a bright *** flash. Like lightning but worse. Then i hear a boom that is so loud it sounds like a anti aircraft missle just hit my ears. I RUN downstairs cause the baby was down there and she was scared...

Wife is still out like a light. That didnt wake her. As i get to my daughter and pick her up yet another flash and BOOM. So i look outside and the wire that would eventually end up on my tree and across my backyard is dancing in midair like it was alive. It was bouncing like the ropes of the WWE do when people are thrown against them. This thing is just going OFF.

I get upstairs and change the baby's diaper. Get the wife up and tell her to get baby ready and i dial the Power Companies Emergency Number. IT IS A FRAKING AUTOMATED SERVICE!!!

I flip out. I cant get anyone on the line and as soon as i end the call there is another flash and BOOM. So i dial 911 Emergency Services. This one just made my morning. Talk to this chick. Now i am not sexist but this chick was dumb.

First i try to explain what was going on. I tell her that there is a power line down in my back yard. That last big boom finally bent the supports and dropped the line. She then proceeds to start typing something on the PC console she is at and then asks me again "What is your emergency"

So i tell her again that there is a power line down in my back yard. She tells me that she has already notified NYSEG (The power company over here). She then proceeds to say "Is there anything Emergency Services can do for you today?"

Right then another BOOM. Now i see smoke coming from somewhere in my backyard. I am a.) ****ed at the power company for their lack of emergency service numbers and b.) ****ed at this ***** on 911 telling me that the power company was notified and everything was under control. I am sorry but WTF did you jsut say to me lady?

So now i go off. I know it is being recorded. I proceed to tell this idiot on the phone that i have a baby in this house, that there is smoke raising from my backyard from this power line that has come down and that she may want to think about notifying the State Police (No locals Cops here) and the Fire Department cause of the smoke coming from MY BACKYARD. Not from the neighbors MY HOUSE.

At this time the Wife was downstairs and hysterical. I tell her to call her father and see if she can go crash there. I run back up stairs and change my clothes to the first thing i can find. A pair of shorts and a T Shirt. I grab the babies diaper bag, juice, some snacks and get the wife organized for the stuff she needs.

We get out the door and are loading up the car when the first set of Volunteer Fire Fighters get there. I tell them what i know, wish them luck cause i was getting my family away from it.

Dropped the wife off at her dads place to sleep for the day before she went to work. I went off to my sisters house where we stayed there for the day and then went to dinner together.

Sadly the cat was left in the master bedroom. Just no way to get the kitty and everyone else. I had to much goin thru my mind to worry about kitty. but she had food water and her litter box with her in the room.

I had basically shut down the main power to the house. Just in case. I didnt know what else to do with that.

Got a call from the wife at 7PM as she was at work and said that she stopped home to see that the wire was off the ground and being put back up and that power was on. Sadly after the wire dropped to the ground it had arced a few times and fired, literally fried the wires, ground box and the splitter i had for my cable/internet hook up. That was all replaced today.

So that is my story. ]]> The Water Cooler Makaveli213 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2962 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2962 http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/Jb0vG4q8QK0/showthread.php Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:48:39 GMT Hey everyone, im running windows Vista 64bit ultimate, and my rig specs are as follows AMD 6000+ (Thermoelectric liquid cooled) Asus M2N4-SLI... Hey everyone, im running windows Vista 64bit ultimate, and my rig specs are as follows

AMD 6000+ (Thermoelectric liquid cooled)
Asus M2N4-SLI Motherboard
2x 8800GTX's
2GB XMS2 Pro RAM
2x 150 GB Raptors

My main problem right now is with the Asus support CD i have (Drivers and all that) It says on the CD that it has 64bit support. When i go to run the Asussetup.exe it goes to load then gives me the error message "Cannot Execute Kernel Mode Drive Service" and then "Can't Load ASUSHWIO.DLL" Then "Can't Load ASCDDMI.LL" i tried to go on the website, and when i went there i didnt know what to download! I am pretty noob at this being i was hoping a support CD would actually do its job....Can anyone help me! i really am having alot of trouble with this! ]]> The Vista Corner Lunchbox http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2961 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2961 http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/apfB41_cOt8/showthread.php Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:24:21 GMT I have one hdd partitioned into 4 logical drives right now: 0: My factory recovery partition 1: Vista, primary 2: Fedora 10, root 3: Fedora... I have one hdd partitioned into 4 logical drives right now:

0: My factory recovery partition
1: Vista, primary
2: Fedora 10, root
3: Fedora swap

The fedora install is fresh (obviously, it's 10), but I formatted the last two sections and just set up the new partitioning today (during fedora's install). I did [/b]not[/b] install grub to the mbr like the wiki instructs and installed it to the first sector of boot partition.

So that install is working yay. I reboot back to vista to set up eBCD and add the linux entry entry, selecting partion 2, and checking the box that grub isn't in the mbr (i've tried both to be sure, but i'm 99% I check that box). So I reboot and I come to Vista's Boot Loader and I see both options, Vista works and Fedora 10 just boots to the grub interface.

I'm sure i'm missing some minor step here but can anyone help me out?

Thanks in advance. ]]> EasyBCD Support innuendo http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2960 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2960 http://feeds.neosmart.net/~r/nst_forums/~3/uqFBMQdKtlI/showthread.php Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:25:02 GMT I ahve tried over and over to get the newest updates from Micosoft, but keep getting error code 80070490. Please help Thanks *Addendum:* I ahve tried over and over to get the newest updates from Micosoft, but keep getting
error code 80070490.

Please help
Thanks

Addendum:

sorry for mispellings, tired of working on this ]]> The Vista Corner lostdog http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2959 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2959