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Unflag Bad Sectors?
Message #212179
make a boot disk that bypasses the troublesome root drive. basically need NTLDR, NTDETECT.com, NTBOOTDD.sys and boot.ini.. This should allow you to boot into NT and bypass boot drive. You then can mangle to your heart's content and then do a restore. – Bob Chronister, 70363,246 @ 24-Jun-1994, 09:02:03 CDT…
Bad sector un-flag?
Message #210776
I'm looking for a way to un-flag bad sectors on my DOS boot partition. The July version of WinNT malfunctioned several times on reboot because of my improperly terminated SCSI bus, and its version of 'chkdsk' runs on start-up, and it marked some sectors as bad when they actually aren't.…
The driver for your CDROM is checking all possible devices on its bus and timing out on the ones not present. As far as I know there is no way to prevent this behavior, but you might try calling the vendor. I ended up getting a SCSI CDROM and putting…
#NT startup delay
Message #181617
I have a minor NT startup problem to which I would like an answer. startup sequence is . . . 1. "OS Loader" screen appears – normal 2. "Microsoft (R) Windows NT (TM) – – – -" appears then long pause – 15-20 secs. screen flashes then 3. "Microsoft (R)…
Well, there's \\.\tape0 as one guess. But I think that requires the special tape-related function calls, and not the standard file-open calls. So much for Unix-like orthogonality… Read action !
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tar for NT Tape Drives
Message #169030
Thanks John. 'tar' on NT must be a subject whose time has come. Also keep me posted as to what you find. BTW, do you know what name to access a tape device with under NT? Thanks….Tom 1: Well, there's \\.\tape0 as one guess. But I think that 2: requires…
Robert, You will need to write your app as a service. See the services overview in the NT SDK docs. If you have any programming problems with NT, ask in MSWIN32 (and pray for an answer). -Ronald- Read action !
Sorry, your question was a little confusing… >> …without or automatic logon… If you mean, "without logon, or with automatic logon", we can work it out. You can set up an AutoAdminLogon to automatically log the system on as a specific user upon bootup. If, however, you meant without *any*…
#NT autostart
Message #168634
Does anybody know, how I can start applications after booting without or automatic logon ? This is necessary for my application, because it runs on a server without a user. Thanks, Robert. There are 2 Replies. Read action !
Nigel, I sent this yesterday, bu just in case you didn't receive the reply, here it is again. Tom O. [ms] —— You can change the default background bitmap used at the Windows NT logon screen by modifying a value in the Registry. To do so, use the following procedure:…
Startup Bitmap
Message #167769
Does anyone know how to change the bitmap NT displays when it puts up the Logon Dialogue. The system seems to use WINNT.BMP in the SYSTEM32 directory and replacing this changes the bitmap, but it seems that there should be a registry entry for this. Nigel Longton via Mikes account.…
#Startup Bitmap
Message #167751
Does anyone know how to change the bitmap NT displays when it puts up the Logon Dialogue. The system seems to use WINNT.BMP in the SYSTEM32 directory and replacing this changes the bitmap, but it seems that there should be a registry entry for this. Nigel Longton via Mikes account.…
tar for NT Tape Drives
Message #167346
Does anyone have a tar utility that works on NT tape drives? I have gtar, available over in Win32 SDK (I ftp'd mine), but it appears to have no way to access the Tape device (I have an Archive QIC150). In the registry, the archive entry has a Device Name…
Nigel, I've enclosed a Windows NT Knowledge Base article which explains how to do this. Tom O. [ms] ———— You can change the default background bitmap used at the Windows NT logon screen by modifying a value in the Registry. To do so, use the following procedure: WARNING: Registry Editor…
#Startup Bitmap
Message #167240
Does anyone know how to change the bitmap NT displays when it puts up the Logon Dialogue. The system seems to use WINNT.BMP in the SYSTEM32 directory and replacing this changes the bitmap, but it seems that there should be a registry entry for this. Nigel Longton via Mikes account.…
RemoteStart an NT Srvice
Message #166789
Thanks for the reply. I need to remote-start programatically, i.e. in code in an app that I am writing, but I will take a look at netsvc.exe and see what I can learn from it. KM Read action !