As to be seen, no more reason / necessarity for me to test the combination which was reported as failing in the first post.

al_jo will fix your issue.

Peter

That looks awesome. Though, unfortunately when I go to download the project, it fails and doesn't go to the download page. I am going to continue trying, but so far it looks like creating my own will be the best option for me.

please have also a look at:

Please use this or this ISO as source (Windows7 x86 sp0) & and a proper download manager when downloading.

This script cannot run in LiveXP.

Peter

BTW: are you still interested that I download and look into the code?

Please tell us the download URLs of LiveXP project and VIPRERescue.script.

I'll have a look into the script source.

Peter

A program is just a program, it is the use that you make of it that may be the issue.

(installed secretely w/o user agreement and knowledge)

Peter

In my humble opinion, every spyware (installed secretely w/o user agreement and knowledge) is illegal, even if it is not intended to bring any harm to the clueless user.

Peter

Are you sure, that you ask your question in the right forum?

Peter

Topic closed.

I got my intended results by using Enterprise SP1 German.

Thanks to all who tried to help!

Peter

Yes, from my perspective the previous situation with advanced members didn't seem very fair to describe the participation of some members in the community so a new category was created this week (didn't announced this change thought). btw: Congratulations!

Peter

Thanks, cdob.

But I need 32 bit version (Sorry, you couldn't know, now I edited in the first post).

Sorry for my unprecise posting.

Peter

Looks like it is what I'm searching for.

But the server URL gives me some concerns.

I'll wait a bit whether there are different links, before I try this.

Peter

Please, would somebody tell a link for an original win7 source CD English Enterprise SP1?

I need this souce for a special test. Only the Enterprise has only one install image.

Ultimate and Home Premium have several images.

Peter 

EDIT: Sorry, I forgot to mention that I'm searching for 32 bit version.

Quote Must be at least 8 characters long. Must contain at least one uppercase letter. Must contain at least one lowercase letter. Must contain at least one numeric character. Must contain at least one special character.

As a possible easyly to fullfill solution:

@Wonko-1

The benefit: I'm sure that you can preserve it in mind, and do not need KeyPass or similar.

Peter

In spite you did not ask for this, I'll send you by mail a package filled with bullsh**.

Because it is for free, I'm sure that you will appreciate it.

Peter

BlaBla ...

The Dism.exe is not from my system. It is coming from LiveSystempro.7z.

BlaBla ...

Peter

Interesting, how other sites handle this issue:

The forum's SW is a bit poor in this case, but click the grey / multicolor bar below here.

(Link to the site not allowed here)

Peter

When you would have taken part, instead of criticising afterwards, there would have been already 3 submissions.

Peter

I just described my configuration, and that this solution is the best for me. Evaluation, critics, tests, etc. of my solution are not asked.

I did not suggest to anybody to do similar.

Peter

Several years ago I decided for a simple solution.

I use KeePass to maintain my passwords.

I only have to remember my master password for KeyPass.

With KeyPass all passwords can be generated according the server's rules, and look as strange as "1cPgT5IPcVDQNc6UGcHw".

Because they are really not keepable in mind, at my car keychain (which I usually have with me, when I'm out of my home) I have an USB stick with KeyPass and it's database.

In my home FireFox with the KeyPass plugin does everything necessary.

Peter

Maybe Peter finds some time to create and upload a special version of the project that is "frozen" so that other users can replicate the results. This would be interesting to keep in future years from now.

Everything I published during the competition, was part of the actual multiPE project which I changed accordingly

When you download multiPE from the download center, you can reproduce the "downsized" PEs by

• Start the multiPE project
• Choose a source CD folder
• Using  multiPE > Tools > WB Manager
• Choose W7_Micro, W7_Nano or W7_Pico resp and click "Restore Set"
• Click the blue "Build" triangle

For the future, W7_Micro, W7_Nano or W7_Pico will not be changed because they are "experimental", not "productive"

BTW: The W7_Standard ISO is also rather small with about 110 MB.

Peter

Hallo Forum

 

Seit Tagen suche ich schon eine Info, wie man in seinen Beitrag ein Bild (jpg / png etc.) als Vorschau einbaut.

Finde aber nichts.

Deshalb meine Fragen: Kann man noch Bilder hochladen in MyMedia, und wie?

Hab früher mal welche hochgeladen, weiß aber nicht mehr wie. 

Eingefügt werden sie dann wohl uber "Image" im Editor des Forums?

Wenn man zB. eine zip-Datei zum download anbieten will, wie kann man das machen?

Vielen Dank für jede Hilfe.

Gruß T.

Du kämpfst hier noch gegen die "Einschränkungen für neue Mitglieder".

Bilder etc. in Posts einfügen, kann man erst, nachdem eine bestimmte Anzahl von Posts gemacht wurden.

Ich glaube, das sind 50, dann hast Du es ja bald geschafft.

Die Einschränkung ist übrigens gegen Spammer: Mal kurz im Forum anmelden, und dann nach Herzenslust Schrott posten ...

Zip-Datei:

Wenn es etwas "Ordentliches" ist (Keine Nonredistributables, etwas, was im Sinne des Forums von allen Benutzern gebraucht werden kann, ...) Kannst Du im Download Center Deine Datei anbieten. Ich glaube, hier gibt es keine Mindestanzahl von Posts.

Peter

In overall, what do you think about the theme?

Not my taste / favor

Peter

With FF 19.0 I see it correct.

Peter

I'm not sure whether this issue can be solved on the forum's site.

You have it in the appearing paypal forumlar, and the formular is filled with informations you can setup as paypal user at paypal.

Peter

There is a small "security" aspect.

When any user clicks the "Donate" button, he gets a page displaying your paypal registered e-mail adress as recipient.

Upgrade your paypal account from "private" to "business", and then you can define what is displayed (in my case now pscEx).

The upgrade is not combined with any costs or fees increase.

Peter

Yes, I see!

Peter

I've did some changes on the forum skin, now it is showing the paypal button on forum topics as well.

Where?

I use the IP.Board scheme

Peter

I tried, could create my donate button.

Peter

You opened the "default" hive.

I suggest not to use the API, but regular WinBuilder code. That makes everything more understandable.

RegHiveLoad,WB-Software,%target_sys%\config\software
RegWrite,HKLM,0x?,WB-Software\Wow ...
...
RegHiveUnload,WB-Software

Take care that the \Software\ part is missing in the suggested code.

Peter

Hive_Load,Default

RegWrite,HKLM,0x3,SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\TeamViewer\Version6,SecurityPasswordAES,"XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" (Removed it here for Security Purposes)
RegWrite,HKLM,0x4,SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\TeamViewer\Version6\DefaultSettings,Autostart_GUI,"00000001"
Hive_Unload,Default

You write into the local registry, rather than into the mounted hive.

Should be (see the %reg%)

RegWrite,HKLM,0x?,%reg%\SOFTWARE\...

Peter

Sounds that you found the joker

I'll make a drive backup and the try!

Peter

is a step too late

The first introduction to that method has been made in 2009: http://reboot.pro/to...ity/#entry76322

At that time Vista PE projects have been in the very beginning, and Win7 was unknown.

The idea was fully supported by the LiveXP development team and Lancelot created the keys for developers asking for it.

After he and some other people decided to make the revolution here, become bakers and forget or fight against their previous "life", I continued as "key generator".

Using a completely unneeded certification tool for something that makes little sense

Intelligent people can find the sence in the above link.

If they see only little sence, why they did not give their concerns 4 years ago?

BTW: @Wonko: You are well known here as person with sharp and logical behavement.
But due to the above quoted post I have some concerns: Even if something only makes little sence, the tool to perform the "something", cannot be unneeded gererally.

It can only be "not needed" for the individual user, when he decides not to process the "something".

and that additionally requires "begging" to get included in the "private club

At the stone-aged Lancelot time as well as now, nobody has to beg for a key.

There is no automatism which sends the key to every reboot.pro developer, but a PM of a serious reboot.pro member with the request has been and is still sufficient.

Peter

I prefer to call this a "bug in my PC setup"

Peter

Archive verifies wit 7-zip 9.20.

 

Wonko

I have 9.20 installed.

But some associations were still to 4.65 ...

Peter

I cannot unzip

Peter

Hi paraglider Thank you for your interesting. I never received an email yet. But I can wait. Also, I know pscEx's mail box is not open to all users of this site. Am I wrong ? Best regards

Sorry, Max!

Because I did not get a PM, I have had the opinion you did not want to PM me.

My PM box is not blocked.

Maybe the forum's software locks something.

Can you try again?

Independent from that I'll PM you.

Peter

I love FIREFOX

I am busy upgrading my pe to WIN7PE_SE

Can you give a list of system dependency's?

FireFox seems to moan about missing things like

msdmo.dll

api-ms-win-core-com-l1-1-0.dll

ect...

That is caused by a violence of my standard "App Script Rule":

A good app script has to be self supporting. It must not assume that the parent project offers every (rarelly used) file which is needed.

Unfortunatelly this rule is not understood by many bakers.

Peter

BTW:

After a change in [variables] according my above post, and after adding one line to [Process], I got this in multiPE:

I tried to use the script in multiPE, and "was attacked" by a serious bug:

[Variables]
%CustomCopy%=?
%DownloadFolder%="%GlobalSupport%\Downloads\%ProgramFolder%"
%ProgramExe%=firefox.exe
%ProgramFolder%=Firefox
%ProgramTitle%=Firefox
%SumatraPDFComponent%=%ProjectDir%\Apps\Supplementary\Office\SumatraPDF_universal.script
%TargetFfxIni%="%TargetDir%\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox"

Here %ProgramFolder% is used in definition of %DownloadFolder% before it is defined. The value can be very random, depending on the script build history until 'now'.

BTW: Would be nice if you do not download firefox on every script run.

It should be downloaded when not yet on the user's pc, or when wanted in the interface GUI.

Peter

 I'm not happy because I can not complete my project,, I bought ten cds for burning iso in them.

Unfortunately, when i run pc form bios and select cd boot option, automatically display mark as minus in black screen

 

please help me, maybe this program ( EzPE) does not work correctly

Try to follow exactly the description here

.

Peter

And yes, I am trying to make a Windows OS that runs from a USB drive and can have portable programs added to it.

Then the projects with e "PE" in the name are not suited for you.

I'm very confused because multi pe uses winbuilder to work?

Yes, multiPE is a WinBuilder project.

Briefly explained:

multiPE is a collection of batch scripts, containing WinBuilder language script lines.

WinBuilder is the batch processor which processes all scripts.

The result is a bootable ISO you can burn to a CD, or some bootable contents written onto an UFD.

Peter

OOPS

Corrected.

Peter

WBS2RegPrg does not know API.

It builds a *.reg file from WinBuilder "RegWrite" scriptlines.

But try this: Replace the highly sophisticated "reg_add" API command simply by "RegWrite,HKLM".

Maybe it is also necessary to replace a "%reg%" by "WB-Software" or whatever is applicable.

If that works, I'll add to WBS2RegPrg.

Peter

All of the projects I have tried so far have failed. 
Does anyone have a project that actually works to run Win7 from a USB stick?

I would very much appreciate if anyone knows of one that works that they'd let me know

Let us clarify first:

When you want to boot a real Win7 OS from and UFD, AFAIK there is no WinBuilder project which can create this. Maybe there are some tutorials how to ceate w/o WinBuilder.

But I assume that you want to create a Win7 PE booting from an UFD.

And here in post #2 I already suggested multiPE. Creating a bootable Win7 PE UFD, is one of the standard functionalities of multiPE.

When you have had no succes right now with multiPE, maybe you did something wrong.

Follow exactly these instructions.

Peter

OK

Please send me a PM, when this (IMO unnecessary) "download improvement" has been solved.

I think that then I can come back ito the core discussion.

Peter

First: Bienvenido a nuestro foro!

Second: I'm sorry that I cannot help directly.

The project you use is not originated in this forum. It only uses Winbuilder as batch processing engine for the project.

But maybe I can give you general hints:

The command logged with error result, should generally work well. Maybe there is an hardware issue in your PC.

Try manually in cmd window

move %BaseDir%\Target\Win7PESE\ProgramData %BaseDir%\ISO\WIM\boot.tmp

Replace %BaseDir% by your actual path, and do not forget to enclose in quotes, when %BaseDir% contains spaces.

If you get errors here, you see the reason.

The log tells about a process time of about more than 1 hour.

It is rather disappointing, to wait one hour and then getting the message "Sorry"

You should try one of the projects which are offered in reboot.pro for download, e.g. multiPe

That will finish in about 3 minutes (In the first start it perhaps downloads some files. That will need about 0 .. 20 minutes, depending on your current configuration.)

Peter

Can we come to a discussion that may improve Wim Mounter rather than counting peanuts?

Peter

Maybe WimMounter needs a check, whether the wim to be mounted, is already mounted?

You can see it in Registry HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Wimmount

Peter

Does not work: Following errors:

 

 Unrecognized command: [Hive_Load,HKLM]
  Writing new values on registry hive..
 Unrecognized command: [reg_add,0x1,"%reg%\ControlSet001\Services\dcrypt","group","System Bus Extender"]
...

Unrecognized command: [Hive_Unload,HKLM]

You do not have an API script included in your project.

Peter

WHAT is the problem?

I cannot reproduce. The URL is ok.

But I'm rather shure that I came to a page telling about 'cracked' and offering the download via torrent.

Peter

"Portable" is a very good finding!

I like portables!

Will try it before the "standard" one.

Peter

EDIT: OOPS: Appearently it is is cracked and offerred via torrents (inspite the URL looks very serious).

Not a candidate for reboot.pro, nor for me.

Just to compare the URLs:

Original: http://www.freedomsc...s-downloads.asp

Waret: ftp://ftp.freedomscientific.com/users/hj/private/WebFiles/JAWS/J14.0.1037_Portable-32bit.exe

IMO already the use of freedomscientific.com comes into the near of "that is a crime"

@Ivan: I try to do really everything (I can do) to fullfill the needs of members, but i'll never intentionally offer some illegal stuff.

NO!!!!!!!

I'm working well with XP (besides some smaller issues like the above one), and never want to get Win7 and never never never Win8 in my standard update circles.

Peter

OOPS! that is the third possibility: I'm becoming blind!

Peter

Maybe in the mean time I missed something, or in the mean time the board software removed something.

Or made my age me simply "blind"?

I wanted to give the new file "IntegrateDrv" some stars.

But how?

Peter

Very creative idea!

I like it (Did not test yet)

Peter

To give fun, I can report a personal experience wich may be just the opposite of Wonko's experiences.

Long time ago, in the end of the seventies, I had to port an existing system. Not only to a new database, but also to a new hardware.

Therefore a "Write new from scratch" was the best solution at that time.

When I explored the existing system, I got a database key, let it name "xyz" here, where I could not identify how it was used in the running system.

Asking the users for the purpose of the key, gave such senceful replies like "We need it". The most sophistcated reply I remember was "That is real money for us"

I decided to include xyz in the new entry mask, and to store in WOM (Write Only Memory)

The porting has been a full success, everything worked well, and all users were happy.

I would like to know how many time has been accumulated in the life time of the porting, by typing xyz sencelessly into a field.

Peter

I'll give the jaws demo version a trial.

Peter

In #1 are both assumptions wrong.
With the background of my name, and because I could bend my joints unusual, I got that nickname.

To #2: I wrote like here posted. I assume he understood that as beggar behaviour.

Peter

That is my nickname I have had in school.

But where does Google have knowlwedge about this

Today no private data remain private

Peter

Hi Ivan!

Should work with multiPE and every XP source CD. Can you give me a legal URL where I can download the XP source CD you used? I'll try with this.

I already thought about jaws.

What me prohibited was the price. Therefore in May 2012 I asked the jaws company whether I can get a free licence.

Question:

I'm the current developer of WinBuilder, and developed a PE containing NVDA.
I would like to also offer commercial products like JAWS.

The reason which hinders me, you can read here: 
http://reboot.pro/16844/#entry155172
Question: Is it possible to get a free license, because I do not really need the product? Maybe that helps you to sell it some more.

Answer:

Sehr geehrter Herr Schlang,

ich nehme mal an, Sinn und Zweck ihrer Unternehmung ist durchaus der Broterwerb im weitesten Sinn. Und da ist es wie bei uns, die dafür notwendigen Werkzeuge müssen angeschafft werden. Auch wir haben eine große Zahl von Softwarelizenzen angeschafft, dies ausschließlich Testzwecken dienen.

Mfg

Tobias Winnes
Vice President International Sales
Freedom Scientific

It seems that they really do not understand the issue, or do not want to accept that I do every reboot.pro work for no money,

Peter

Version 71 is uploaded.

What's New in Version 71

First:

Maybe this tutorial helps: http://reboot.pro/to...ine/#entry14153

Second:

Interface values can be changed from outside, and then WinBuilder can be started via command line.

Translation: It is not sufficient to create an [interface_czech]. for full language translation it is also necessary to change the "_default.txt" file which contains the WinBuilder GUI translations.

The number of characters must not necessarily stay constant, as long as the string fits into the available space.

Peter

...  that independently developed .scripts or projects ...

As very sophisticated philosoph, you should recognize, that we here are speaking about the "Non-existent" private Winbuilder 083x, which by mistake is declared by somebody as "Test version"

I do not know any restrictions for scripts in 083. Maybe you to try to distinguish between "Scripts" and "Projects".

And with WinBuilder 082, I do not know any restriction for any script / project.

Peter

Winbuilder 83.0.0.X currently should only be used in the multipe project.

To be more precise:

Winbuilder 83.0.0.X currently should only be used in the multipe projects wich are due to reboot.pro's license conditions.

Peter

I can not find The .img file with virtual harddisk after finishing creation of bootable USB stick.

The project is fully functional, but where is The virtual harddisk file? Or must i manually copy it from some Multipe subfolder to The root folder of USB stick to make it work?

The script portable manager and Clamwin portable can create virtual local disk T: i see it on my computer, which is building The project.

Should be done automatically when you create the USB stick.

To compare: In my system it is on <usb>\multiVHD\multiPA_VHD.img.

In the PE this image is mounted as T:

Maybe I made a mistake.

Please post the log.

Peter

A vhd is only writable if its on writable media. Its not writable on DVD.

The Virtual Hard Disk is an image placed "anywhere" and a writable file.

The VHD is written to the local host, and in case of booting from CD / DVD automatically opened.

That is good for PE's  you only use in your local PC. For system administrators, of course, that does not work when they use the DVD on several systems.

Full use of the  VHD feature is possible only when you create a USB stick. Then the image is optionally copied to the USB stick.

There is a current manual workaround for use on DVD boot:

Copy the VHD image onto a local (or USB removable) disk, and manualy create an ImDisk hard disk from it.

Peter

BTW: Now version 70 is available and should (hopefully) solve the issues.

Peter

I hope (and am rather sure) that it will fullfill your requirements.

Peter

I developed with regard to your "ClamWinPortable" question!

So the answer is a clear "YES".

Try to add "!multiPE Portable Apps" and maybe read http://reboot.pro/to...tc/#entry167011

I did not try your description about placing swap file in this virtual hard disk. But I'm sure, you do not need a swap file in the PE.

Peter

Maybe this topic is better placed in "Tutorials". If yes, some admin may move there.

In XP (nativeEx and LiveXP) ice-age, app scripts got hard coded whether they should run directly from CD, or be included in the (provided by the nativeEx functionality) RAM disk.

Starting with Vista, NightMan invented the choice "Run from RAM", "Run from CD".

The app has been either included in the generated WIM, or copied to the "Rest of the world" in the generated ISO.

This method is used by most currently existing PE2 / PE3 projects.

With PE3 projects, the option to generate multiboot CDs, came up.

Here the first issue: (Example for the next is Opera-CD by Medevil, which can be run strictly from CD)

You generate a multiboot CD with PE1, PE2, PE3. All of the projects have Opera-CD. So it is burned three times with 6 MB to the final CD.

To avoid this redundancy, the option "Boot from BootMedia" is the solution. When creating the final multiBoot ISO, Opera-CD is only copied once to the root of the CD, outside the different PEx images. Shortcuts are adjusted to this configuration.

Now a small challenge:

You have an app which usually could run "Boot from CD" or "Boot from BootMedia".

But unfortunatelly this app sometimes updates some data from internet and writes them into the running PE, and therefore the data must be writable. Example: A virus scanner needs the latest data.

First solution: "Run from RAM" is not the best one:

When you are working with an old PC with maybe only 512 MB of RAM, RAM size could be insufficient to store the data. And next boot, you have to download the latest definitions again, ...

Better solution: "Run from VHD" (Virtual Hard Disk). The Virtual Hard Disk is an image placed "anywhere" and a writable file. All the new virus definitions are written into this file and available next boot.

FAQ: Where can I find all this functionality?

Answer: In multiPE

Peter

I do not want to try the "must-not-be-mentioned" tool. And therefore I do not know whether it creates WIMs?

BTW: After getting wimgapi.dll with re7zip, multiPE uses WimCaptEx to create the final PE WIM

Peter

re7zip can create wim files?
That's news to me.

Maybe I missed something. But I do not know that "Creating WIM" was anywhere the question.

IMHO we spoke about extracting some needed files from anywhere in the sky, without the need to download and install hundreds of megabytes.

Peter

multiPE version 070 is uploaded!

What's New in Version 70

Thanks for reporting!

The typo was already detected and will be fixed in version 70, to be released in some (Latin) hours.

The ntoskrnl issue is a real bug.

You can fix it in your multiPE installation:

With an text editor open %BaseDir%\Projects\multiPE\PEFactory\PEFactory.ScriptPEFactory.Script and replace the line

If,%CopyLevel%,SMALLER,5,Begin
by

If,%CopyLevel%,SMALLER,4,Begin

Peter

 
Did you post from bed with your new Windows Phone or iPhone or what?

You are right: Samsung Tab 10.1 N

And to "new": You seem not to read everything carefully. I already some months ago reported about my new Tab.

Peter

Maybe you could download the MS files from the internet using JFX's utility - it would be easy to add and make it all legal.

Nuno offers a different utility re7zip, which I use in multiPE. One of the advantages is that, compared to the other alternity, re7zip is fully supported in this forum.

Peter

I suspected that, too. But I did not want to wake up sleeping tigers by a question.

Peter

...  but again the project in itself is a project (and nothing more) ...

Did you ever look into the scripts?

Download the project and search for e.g . "stupid" or "nazi".

Maybe you get a surprize ...

Peter

Peter

BTW: Time for me now to go to bed and forget all of your constructive questions / suggestions.

sub-thread closed for me. I have some more important things to do.

Independent from my previous posts, just an answer to Medevil's question:

multiPE will never be one of the projects building from Win8 sources.

I'm currently preparing publishing of version 70, and I'm removing all Win8 stuff.

Reason: I feel as engineer, and for a real engineer a good solution is a solution with a high efficiency.

multiPE is thought as project which can help in emergencies. It is not intended, as other projects do, to offer an 'license free full Windows OS'.

In an emergency situation, I usually do not want to hear my favorite MP3 music. So, why include full audio support into the project?

And in case of running a rescue system, I really do not need Wallpapers or Win7 Pins or Win8 tiles ...

etc ...

An XP based multiPE would be sufficient for most cases, but sometimes a Vista or Win7 based one offers some more drivers ...

Peter

 Do you have enough free time to go on and on and on with this senseless war?
Wonko

Why do you judge as war when I report my unsuccessful trial with the project?

Or do you think that my opinion

I'm in doubt whether this is according the reboot.pro license http://reboot.pro/about/license

is agressive?

BTW: War against Warez is never senceless, but mostly w/o success.

Peter

EDIT: original "off agressive" is a typo. Changed to "agressive"

I tried the project pointed to by Wonko's forbidden link.

Result:

After about 20 minutes build, VMware came up, and Win8PE (?) told me something in German, with the sence like "There appeared a fault on the system. It has to be restarted. Informations are sent to ???"

log does not show any warnings or errors.

Peter

BTW: I saw WinBuilder.exe included in the downloaded package.

I'm in doubt whether this is according the reboot.pro license http://reboot.pro/ab...icense

Serious multiPE users have no issues!

Peter

That you can download since several hours from http://nativeex.exec...Builder_83.zip. And you can use it, provided you have the friends password.

About 'cannot say': see my post above.

Peter

As long as you only want to detect client os then your code is ok. However server os like w2008r2, w2012 share the same major / minor versions as the client os. You also should look at wProductType:

 

http://msdn.microsof...3(v=vs.85).aspx

You are right, but IMHO it is not reasonable to create a new variable %HostOSType% telling the user about the functionality (client / server / domain controller) of the host in the network.

I do not know any WinBuilder script where this information is needed.

BTW: The title of this topic tells about 'latest stable ...'. This is currently WinBuilder 082. Max's video shows use of 083.

To avoid misunderstandings: 083 is not supported by the WinBuilder author Nuno Brito. It is currently only tolerated by him.

BTW2: For me, I added Win8 detection in my 'private' WinBuilder 083.

Peter

The answer is simple: When WinBuilder 82 has been published, a regular Win8 host was not yet known.

Here the code to evaluate %HostOS%:

procedure GetWinVersion;
var
  osVerInfo: TOSVersionInfo;
  majorVersion, minorVersion: Integer;
begin
  osVerInfo.dwOSVersionInfoSize := SizeOf(TOSVersionInfo);
  if GetVersionEx(osVerInfo) then
  begin
    minorVersion := osVerInfo.dwMinorVersion;
    majorVersion := osVerInfo.dwMajorVersion;
    if majorVersion <= 4 then
      HostOS := 'NT'
    else if (majorVersion = 5) and (minorVersion = 0) then
      HostOS := 'W2000'
    else if (majorVersion = 5) and (minorVersion = 1) then
      HostOS := 'XP'
    else if (majorVersion = 5) and (minorVersion = 2) then
      HostOS := 'W2003'
    else if (majorVersion = 6) and (minorVersion = 0) then
      HostOS := 'Vista'
    else if (majorVersion = 6) and (minorVersion = 1) then
      HostOS := 'Win7';
  end;
end;

The 'Hidden' issue:

Never intended to have WinBuilder files hidden. I do not have any opinion what happens when an Admin starts a hidden App, or the app wants to access a hidden file.

Peter

There are no special premissions neeeded.

Propably one or more DLLs needed by your application is missing.

Add Depends to the PE.

Run it, and see which is missing. These missing files add to your crystaldiskinfo.script

Peter

To avoid misunderstandings:

multiPE does NOT create an universal PE which can mix XP, Vista, Win7 functionality on demand. That's technically impossible.

But multiPE can create one CD / UFD containing PE1 / PE2 and PE3. Whenever technically it is possible, apps like a WEB browser, are only ONCE on the ISO / USB.

The decision which PE has to be booted, must be made by the user during boot of the ISO / USB.

Peter

I'll do so.

But please give me some Latin hours (for mid European people like you and me that means some days) to implement.

I's not the easiest task ...

The beginner's tests are successful.

Peter

 
Sure, but as said it is not needed at all (at least when connected to IMDISK Ram usage when used as "filedisk"  and not as "ramdisk").


Wonko

Now I know, but unfortunatelly not before! Nobody is perfect ! (And I'm nobody )

Peter

I think the issue is solved by this thread: http://reboot.pro/to...se/#entry166387

Thanks Wonko and Medevil, and please excuse double thread use, my despair trial.

Peter

Thanks, Olof!

I'm going to implement in my project.

Peter

Limiting the memory through boot parameters is of course a perfect (foolproof) solution , but seemingly a solution to a non-problem .

Limiting would only be for my personal tests, not in the delivered project!

Peter

That is a huge thread and I have not followed all the background, so I think it would be better if you just ask your specific question here.

 

When you for example mounting an image file from the host HD, you can either do that by copying the image file to memory or let ImDisk use the image file directly. When ImDisk uses the image file directly, there is no memory needed for holding an image in memory, since all disk I/O goes directly to the image file. On the other hand, if you select to copy the image file to memory, ImDisk needs to allocate a virtual memory block the size of the image file to hold the disk image data. There needs to be either physical or pagefile memory needed for this, otherwise the memory allocation fails and you get an error message saying that the virtual disk could not be created.

Thanks, Olof, for that fast reply.

Maybe I made the question too complicated.

Simply, for me there is only one question:

I boot with e.g. 512 MB host memory (into XP PE): About 100 .. 200 MB are used for the PE and some apps.

There is NO swap file.

Can I now use ImDisk to mount a 1 GB file on a HDD, image created by ImDisk, and filled with some apps?

IMO I understood your explanation with 'Yes'. Can you confirm?

Thanks!

Peter

Exactly!

Thanks, Medevil!

Now I have only to put the knowledge into the boot sequence!

That will take a while, but is doable!

Peter

Maybe I report an issue I have here:

Extracting into ANY folder, works well.

But trying to extract EZPe3 into the root of any drive, gives the error(s) (translated from my German error message)

The compression method in <file> is not supported.

Peter

Just for the record:

That is not a "WinBuilder produced ISO", but an ISO which is build by the "Batch Processor" WinBuilder, using a certain project's scripts.

Peter

Hi Olof,

I'm rather sure that you do not follow the multiPE project, but I'm sure you can give a fast answer to this question:

http://reboot.pro/to...-22#entry166385

which perhaps makes my concerns obsolete.

Peter

What about a VM?
It will be slower, but you have total control on the amount of Ram assigned to it.

Or otherwise run IMDISK and make in it a drive using "virtual memory" (i.e. without making a backing image).
The size of the volume should be subtracted from available memory (but you will have probably to reduce anyway the pagefile to the bare minimum , if you have set it up as a fixed size based on a multiplier iof the 4 Gb or if it is "automatically managed").


Wonko

Maybe you understood my issue not completelly (Sorry for my low English knowledge).

Currently in a physical running PE (no emulator!) I'm using ImDisk, to open an existing image on one of the host's HDDs. Size of the image is predefined (In current tests 1 GB, but can become more or less). Works well on my 4 GB host.

The question is: How ImDisk manages that image of 1 GB, when the whole hosts's memory is only 512 MB?

To test this, I'm looking for an ability to artificially decrease the available memory of the current running REAL system.

Peter

I think that ImDisk can give you a solution.

 

I'm currently experimenting with it, and will you hold actual with the results.

 

Peter

@Janusz!

Good news!

I managed to run ClamWin portable in an USB booted XP PE from a Virtual Disk Drive.

All steps have been done manually, and now I have to write a script doing that automagically.

That will work not only for ClamWim, but for any other portable app the user defines.

The only open question is memory: On my test system I have 4 GB. I do not know how to restrict to lower values for tests.

Maybe Google or somebody here is my friend ...

Peter

Sebus!

You are becoming my nightmare!

Thanks for your "Intolerance"

I'm sure that you help me to make mutiPE to a 110% optimized project!

Let's find how to bypass Bily theDoor's "monopoly brake".

Peter