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Boot off a PE stick, run diskpart, list volume should shed some light...

I'm not at all convinced that it's possible to put SSL through a transparent proxy at all simply due to the fact that the packets don't have enough information about their destination visible... Source: Transparent Proxying with Squid - O'Reilly Media ...is it worth setting up apache or is the above correct?

What, 666,624? That must've been one hell of a street!

Around here, that's even more amazing, believe me!

Electrically and Mechanically! and it's got stamps for both - and it's still in use until I get some Parcans

I know there's some discussion about whether stuff needs testing annually or not.... but the stage lantern this was attached to (a Strand Pat 60 ) hasn't been tested since........ 26th June 1958:D That's got to be a record! And it was in the rig!

Hmmm... I'll check, but I think it'll be ok as it's a machine I've pulled out of a computer room for testing so it's been running xp quite happily and setting it's clock every time someone logged in. I think I may have specified the domain incorrectly - I put cps rather than cps.local - I GUESS that could be it??? (just re-imaging now to try again and find out)

Curiouser and curiouser! netsetup.log shows: 03/15/2011 12:39:58:153 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 03/15/2011 12:39:58:153 NetpDoDomainJoin 03/15/2011 12:39:58:153 NetpMachineValidToJoin: 'TEST5RM2WIN7' 03/15/2011 12:39:58:153 OS Version: 6.1 03/15/2011 12:39:58:153 Build number: 7601 (7601.win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850) 03/15/2011 12:39:58:153 ServicePack: Service Pack 1 03/15/2011 12:39:58:153 SKU: Windows 7 Professional 03/15/2011 12:39:58:153 NetpDomainJoinLicensingCheck: ulLicenseValue=1, Status: 0x0 03/15/2011 12:39:58:153 NetpGetLsaPrimaryDomain: status: 0x0 03/15/2011 12:39:58:153 NetpMachineValidToJoin: status: 0x0 03/15/2011 12:39:58:153 NetpJoinDomain 03/15/2011 12:39:58:153 Machine: TEST5RM2WIN7 03/15/2011 12:39:58:153 Domain: cps\ALASTOR 03/15/2011 12:39:58:153 MachineAccountOU: OU=computers,DC=cps,DC=local 03/15/2011 12:39:58:153 Account: cps\administrator 03/15/2011 12:39:58:153 Options: 0x23 03/15/2011 12:39:58:153 NetpLoadParameters: loading registry parameters... 03/15/2011 12:39:58:153 NetpLoadParameters: DNSNameResolutionRequired not found, defaulting to '1' 0x2 03/15/2011 12:39:58:153 NetpLoadParameters: DomainCompatibilityMode not found, defaulting to '0' 0x2 03/15/2011 12:39:58:153 NetpLoadParameters: status: 0x2 03/15/2011 12:39:58:153 NetpValidateName: checking to see if 'cps' is valid as type 3 name 03/15/2011 12:39:58:262 NetpCheckDomainNameIsValid [ Exists ] for 'cps' returned 0x0 03/15/2011 12:39:58:262 NetpValidateName: name 'cps' is valid for type 3 03/15/2011 12:39:58:262 NetpJoinDomain: status of connecting to dc '\\ALASTOR': 0x0 03/15/2011 12:39:58:262 NetpJoinDomainOnDs: Passed DC 'ALASTOR' NOT verified as DNS name '\\alastor.cps.local' 03/15/2011 12:39:58:262 NetpJoinDomainOnDs: Passed DC 'ALASTOR' verified as Netbios name '\\ALASTOR' 03/15/2011 12:39:58:262 NetpLoadParameters: loading registry parameters... 03/15/2011 12:39:58:262 NetpLoadParameters: DNSNameResolutionRequired not found, defaulting to '1' 0x2 03/15/2011 12:39:58:262 NetpLoadParameters: DomainCompatibilityMode not found, defaulting to '0' 0x2 03/15/2011 12:39:58:262 NetpLoadParameters: status: 0x2 03/15/2011 12:39:58:262 NetpDsGetDcName: status of verifying DNS A record name resolution for 'alastor.cps.local': 0x0 03/15/2011 12:39:58:262 NetpProvisionComputerAccount: 03/15/2011 12:39:58:262 lpDomain: cps 03/15/2011 12:39:58:262 lpMachineName: TEST5RM2WIN7 03/15/2011 12:39:58:262 lpMachineAccountOU: OU=computers,DC=cps,DC=local 03/15/2011 12:39:58:262 lpDcName: ALASTOR 03/15/2011 12:39:58:262 lpDnsHostName: (NULL) 03/15/2011 12:39:58:262 lpMachinePassword: (null) 03/15/2011 12:39:58:262 lpAccount: cps\administrator 03/15/2011 12:39:58:262 lpPassword: (non-null) 03/15/2011 12:39:58:262 dwJoinOptions: 0x23 03/15/2011 12:39:58:262 dwOptions: 0x40000003 03/15/2011 12:40:19:307 NetpLdapBind: ldap_bind failed on alastor.cps.local: 81: Server Down 03/15/2011 12:40:19:307 NetpJoinDomainOnDs: Function exits with status of: 0x3a 03/15/2011 12:40:19:307 NetpJoinDomainOnDs: status of disconnecting from '\\ALASTOR': 0x0 03/15/2011 12:40:19:307 NetpDoDomainJoin: status: 0x3a "NetpLdapBind: ldap_bind failed on alastor.cps.local: 81: Server Down" worries me... I'm certainly not aware of a problem with this DC, though we have two others..... Should I be?!

Sorry being thick here as usual - where in the XML does that need to go? I tried putting it at the end and got an error "Windows cannot parse or process the answer file [c:\windows\panther\unattend.xml] for pass [specialize]. the answer file is invalid

It might - it certainly renames the PCs ok, but doesn't join them to the domain I'm going to post my unattend.xml - can anyone see why it's not joining the domain? - - - - en-US 0409:00000409 en-US en-US en-US - - true CPS CPS - removed Never - - - true Work 1 true true GMT Standard Time - - fred true - - - removed true local account tony Administrators;Users; albus - 0409:00000409 en-UK en-UK en-UK - - ReplaceMe1 false CPS CPS - 32 1024 60 768 - - - cps removed removed

Looks about right to me - not sure about the ghosting to D: bit as we don't use it like that, our site is small enough to get away with either imagex-ing or ghosting from a usb hdd as and when - or multicasting if I'm doing a whole room in the holidays. As I said above, XP goes like a dream doing this so it's a real letdown that 7 doesn't AFAIK... using the unattend.xml does improve matters somewhat however - at least all you have to do is log on locally after imaging, change the computer name and connect to the domain manually, but that's SO clunky comapred to minisetup in XP Thank goodness it's Friday

...or not. Same result as before any more ideas, anyone?

ah erm well you see... actually, in my defence, I've been trying to get 7 working all morning, and compared to the looks-like-it's-drawn-on-see-through-acrylic-but-takes-half-your-processor-power-to-do-it Aero scheme, Fisher price is preferable you see...[/ClutchingAtStraws]

Ah ha! that's the stuff!! I'm on it - will post the results here

"citation needed":cool: I agree, nor is there much between 2000 and XP (5 and 5.1), XP just looks nicer

Here's the proof: (type winver at a command prompt) So we had: Windows NT4 (eee them were't days - who needs USB anyway?) Windows NT5 (Win2000) Windows NT5.1 (XP) Windows NT6 (Vista) Now we've got Windows version 6.1 which is windows 7??:confused::confused: Thank goodness it's Friday

I'm trying to create a good Win7 image while I've got time to do it. For a goodly few years we've had Win XP imaging off to a fine art with sysprep and an answer file, you simply deploy the image by whatever means (we use all of Imagex, Ghost and remove-the-hard-disk-and-bung-it-in-another-pc), reboot the machine and it prompts for any items not specified in the answer file, most usefully the computer name. 10 mins flat and you have a PC correctly named (typos permitting) back in the domain, ready to go. 7 and Vista seem incredibly clunky in this regard - but I've followed bits of this: How To Image and Deploy Windows 7 a Complete Guide - Using sysprep and imagex and used the tool on the site to generate an unattend.xml file in which I've put all the data items, except computer name. BUT On reboot, there doesn't seem to be any prompting for missing items - instead, what I get is a randomly named machine in a workgroup with the same name as the domain I specified in unattend.xml:mad:. Long story short, is there a way of getting 7 to prompt for a computer name on the first boot after sysprepping, like there used to be in XP?

New version of Photoshop HA! we're still on V6!

There is some stuff we got from Asda that worked... I forget what it was called but it looked like small green crystals and smelled strongly of citronella - you removed their poop and sprinkled it (the repellant!) liberally. Edit: This is the stuff http://www.amazon.co.uk/Get-Garden-Repellent-Crystals-450g/dp/B000LS57O0

Cheers guys, that's what I thought but just wanted to check

Put simply, If we don't have any 64 bit programs on our workstations, is there any point in installing 64 bit Windows 7 on them?

Hang on a minute - they (the government) know how many people were here last census, they know how many have since died and been born (compulsary registration of both), and how many have since entered and left the UK (passport control). They also can find out where everyone lives (electoral roll)... so why do we need a Census again? Given everything else that's been cut surely this is a waste of money?

and you dont' want to ask about 6b.....

and microchips?

in fact, here's the form they'll need to send Remote Desktop Access Staff sign up blank.xls