darrylp

hmm, i've seen two of my mates dvd players, offer this choice. they are the only two with disks from other regions, so i just assumed it was standard to the drive mechanism (or electrics) rather than something just put into a computer drive. but interesting anyway. thanks.

err, like doesnt it take the drive something 5 different regions before it will lock down onto what is the then currently being played region ?

i remeber seeing somewhere about using the win2k drivers for ISA network cards. i had done this once. search for ne2000 on xp or something like that. of course means accepting its not a signed driver for xp, but it worked fine on an old box i was using.

hi everyone, okay hers the deal i've got two machines and of course two legal copies of win xp pro. one is a plain oem version of xp pro, of which i've done a slipstream copy of it with sp1 included. ( i havent used it to re-install yet, but it should be okay, as win2k versions used to work okay ) so my serial number is on my normal home workstation. i also have a toshiba laptop ( which came with xp pro ) and it also has its own serial number. but it comes with a set of preinstalled recovery cd's now i need to do a re-install... so do i go the route of using the slipstreamed sp1 disk with my toshiba serial ? and only put the newest drivers and apps and so forth, or do i have to do the whole upgrade thing with sp1, and then the drivers and put back my apps. (the presupplied apps are not used, by me so they arent important... i use a newer virus scaner than came with the laptop.) thoughts ? or has anyone used large OEM keys on a normal oem disk with sp1 slipstreamed into it ?

yeah i had heard something like that, a friend had tried to use an OEM disk to add the recovery console option on his sony vaio laptop.... it wouldnt accept it. saying it wasnt the right cd or something like that. go figure.

well the serial went in just fine, had to reactivate the copy, but again no problems on that front. just waiting for this damn thing to re-install all the critical updates now. thanx for thoughts everyone.

i did think i'd try it, but i cant remember how late in the process xp asks for the key, it was a long time ago i put on my home workstation, and i didnt fancy wasting an hour or more ( which i'm fairly sure this laptop is going to take to install xp pro on. ) of course i've got drivers on a cd ready. a slight side line.... i've got several encrypted folders, or stuff, even removable media encrypted - dont worry i have a backup of the key used to encrypt. for safety sake should i decrypt these files/folders first ? i've got the laptop drive partitioned, so i'll only format the first partition for the reinstall if i go the slipstream approach, the recover cd's will probably fdisk the drive back to one partition, this being part of the reason i want to go the slip streamed approach. i know i dont have to repartiton and format , which i am guessing will automagically be done with the toshiba recovery cd's.

so has anything been done from microsoft to allow this to work when the temporary internet files arent in the original location ? as noted earlier, i've got temp interent files residing on a ram disk.... and i guess i need this patch installed, but of course it dont work. well not tried re-applying for a week or so. i noticed that the text on the page has been updated, but not the patch file. has anybody put the folder locations back to default, installed and then put back onto a ram disk ? i'd do this if it works, but its a pain setting it all back onto my ramdisk. thoughts / solutions anybody ?