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DISM /Remove-Driver /Image:<dir>:\<mounted_image_path> /Driver:oem<#>.inf Turn off feature
DISM /Disable-Feature /Image:<dir>:\<mounted_image_path> /FeatureName:<feature_name> Turn off features (multi)
FOR %i IN (<featurename1> "<feature name 2>" <feature-name-3>) DO DISM /Disable-Feature /Image:<dir>:\<mounted_image_path> /FeatureName:%i Unhide packages (optional)
Remember, removing components with Win Toolkit does NOT typically remove much if anything from the ISO, but rather those components will not be installed so your installed size will be smaller. If the smallest Win7 ISO is your overriding desire, then you will probably be happier using a different tool.
To unhide, got to the uninstall location in regedit and delete all the SystemComponnent reg values to show
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Guys! I have seen lots of members starting new threads for already discussed problems. We always ask them to search in forum or post the existing thread links. So I decided to make this thread. I searched the forum and tried my best to cover all frequently asked problems with their solutions. I request all members to go through this thread first and then post their problems. All problems covered in this thread: 1. Task Manager/Registry Editor/Tools -> Folder Options disabled. 2. Search window opens while double-clicking on drives. 3. "Cannot find copy.exe" Error while double-clicking on drives. 4. Folder opens in a new window? 5. A sub-folder with the same name is created under parent folder. 6. My Documents/My Computer opens automatically at windows startup. 7. "NTLDR missing" Error at system startup. 8. "Hal.dll is corrupt or missing" Error at system startup. 9. "Windows\System32\config\system file missing or corrupt" Error at system startup. 10. Not able to boot into Windows 2000/XP/2003 after installing Windows 98. 11. Windows XP Boot loader related problems, like adding/removing entries. 12. ScanDisk starts running at windows startup. 13. "CMOS checksum error. Defaults loaded." Error at system startup. 14. How to reset system BIOS password? 15. "Stand By" option is greyed out in shutdown dialog box and I can't use it. 16. Windows Login Screen has changed to "Classic Logon Box" automatically. 17. A strange process "ctfmon.exe" running in background. 18. How to recover lost Firefox bookmarks? 19. How to reset the corrupted windows icons? 20. How to make Desktop icons text background transparent? 21. How to get Windows XP Common tasks (Left-side pane in explorer) back? 22. "Copy To"/"Move To" dialog box opens automatically while right-clicking on Start -> Open. 23. Can't set "Show Hidden files/folders" option in "Tools -> Folder Options". 24. Accidentally deleted "mspaint.exe"/"notepad.exe"/etc. file, how to get it back? 25. Taskbar is showing only icons in opened application buttons not showing text. 26. Orkut.com, Youtube.com and Firefox is blocked in the system. 27. I have forgotten my Windows Administrator password. How can I reset / recover it? 28. I can't see any message in chat window of Yahoo! Messenger? 29. All User folders are showing default yellow icon instead of Glass icons in Windows Vista. 30. How can I change Power button in Windows Vista to Shutdown Windows instead of Sleep? 31. Hibernate option suddenly disappeared from Startmenu in Windows Vista. 32. Why menus appear on lest side of cursor in my Windows Vista? So here we start: ------------------------- 1. In my windows Task Manager/Registry Editor/Tools -> Folder Options has been disabled. I'm getting warning message that "It has been disabled by Administrator". How can I enable it again? Sol: Pls visit following threads: All Kinds of Restrictions for Windows 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista How to Enable Tools -> Folder Options and Registry Editor in Windows ------------------------- 2. Whenever I double-click on any drive/folder in My Computer, a Search window opens. Sol: Open regedit and goto following keys one by one:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell In right-side pane, delete the "Default" key. If it doesnt work then delete the key "find" under both. ------------------------- 3. Whenever I double-click on any drive in My Computer, I get following error message: Sol: Enable "Show hidden files" option in "Tools -> Folder Options" and then search for "Autorun.inf" file in all drivers and if you get them in root of any drive (e.g. in C:\, D:\ and so on), delete them. ------------------------- 4. Whenever I double-click on any folder in My Computer, it opens in a new window even I have selected the option "Always open folders in same window" in "Tools -> Folder Options". Sol: Copy following code and paste it in Notepad then save the file with name "vishal.reg" (including quotes). After it run the file and confirm the action:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell] @=-------------------------- 5. Whenever I open a folder, another folder with the same name is created under it. Sol: Your system is infected by a variant of Indonesian virus called Brontok/Rontokbro. It creates a sub-folder in a folder with same name. Most of the times it comes from mobile memory cards. Scan with a good anti-virus and remove the virus. Also download HijackThis and scan your system with it in Safe Mode, then fix following entries:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\SSVICHOSST.exe F2 - REG:system.ini: Shell=Explorer.exe SSVICHOSST.exe O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Yahoo Messengger] C:\WINDOWS\system32\SSVICHOSST.exe O7 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\System, DisableRegedit=1 ------------------------- 6. Whenever I start my computer, My Documents/My Computer opens automatically at windows startup. Sol: Open regedit and goto:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinlogonIn right-side pane, change value of "Userinit" to: C:\WINDOWS\system32\userinit.exe, NOTE: If you have windows installed in other drives, then change C:\ to that drive label. Now goto:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AdvancedIn right-side pane, change value of "PersistBrowsers" to 0 Now log off windows and it should solve the problem. ------------------------- 7. When I start my computer, I get error message: orSol: Boot using Windows Setup CD and enter into "Recovery Console" by pressing "R". Now Log into windows installation and enter admin password. Now give following commands at prompt: copy x:\i386\ntldr c:\ copy x:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\ Where "x" is your CD drive, change it acc. to your system. ------------------------- 8. When I start my computer, I get error message: Sol: Boot using Windows Setup CD and enter into "Recovery Console" by pressing "R". Now Log into windows installation and enter admin password. Now give following commands at prompt: Attrib -H -R -S C:\Boot.ini Del C:\Boot.ini BootCfg /Rebuild Fixboot ------------------------- 9. When I start my computer, I get error message: Sol: Boot using Windows Setup CD and enter into "Recovery Console" by pressing "R". Now Log into windows installation and enter admin password. Now give following commands at prompt: copy %windir%\Repair\system %windir%\System32\Config If it doesnt work, then again boot into "Recovery Console" and give following commands: fixmbr bootcfg /scan bootcfg /rebuild fixboot ------------------------- 10. I have Windows 2000/XP/2003 installed in my system and yesterday I installed Windows 98 over it, after that I'm not able to boot into Windows 2000/XP.2003. I'm not getting option to select the OS. Sol: Windows 98 has overwritten the boot loader. Boot using Windows Setup CD and enter into "Recovery Console" by pressing "R". Now Log into windows installation and enter admin password. Now give following commands at prompt: fixmbr bootcfg /scan bootcfg /rebuild fixboot ------------------------- 11. When I start my system, I'm getting 2 entries for windows XP in the boot loader. How can I remove the duplicate entry? OR How can I change the default OS in windows boot loader? OR How can I change the entry labels in windows boot loader? OR How can I change the boot loader time? Its set to 30 seconds and I want to change it. Sol: There are several way. You can follow any of following: A. Type "sysdm.cpl" in RUN dialog box and press <Enter>. Now goto "Advanced" tab and click on "Settings" button in "Startup & Recovery" section. Now click on "Edit" button and then you can edit the boot loader time, labels, etc. B. Type "msconfig" in RUN dialog box and goto "Boot.ini" tab and then you can change the desired thing. If you want to remove the corrupt/non-working entries, then click on "Check all boot paths" button. C. Enable "Show hidden files/folders" and disable "Hide protected system files" options in "Tools -> Folder Options". Now open C:\ drive and remove the READ-ONLY attribute of "BOOT.INI" file from its Properties. Now open this file and then you can make your desired changes. ------------------------- 12. Whenever I start my computer, Scandisk starts running even I proper shut down the PC last time. Sol: Do as following: A. Open regedit and goto:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session ManagerIn right-side pane, change the value of BootExecute to: autocheck autochk * B. If the above trick doesnt help then give following commands in Command Prompt: chkntfs /x drive_name for e.g., if ScanDisk runs automatically for C: and D: drives, then give following commands one by one: chkntfs /x C: chkntfs /x D: ------------------------- 13. When I start my computer, I get following error message: Sol: Open the cabinet and look for a coin-sized battery in motherboard. Remove it and attach a new one. The new battery will cost approx. 15-20 Rs. ------------------------- 14. I forgot my system BIOS password. How can I reset it? Sol: Open the cabinet and look for a coin-sized battery in motherboard. Remove it and attach it again after a few minutes. All BIOS settings will set to default and the password will also reset. ------------------------- 15. I re-installed my windows and now "Stand By" option is greyed out in shutdown dialog box and I can't use it. Sol: Install VGA drivers from your motherboard CD and the option will be enabled. If you don't have the motherboard CD, then goto the manufacturer site and downlaod the required drivers. ------------------------- 16. My Windows Login Screen has changed to "Classic Logon Box". I want the new Welcome Screen back. Sol: Type "control userpasswords" in RUN dialog box or Open "User Accounts" in Control Panel. Then click on "Change the way Users log on and off". Now check the option "Use Welcome Screen". If you get following error: Then Open "Network Connections" and open Properties of your Internet Connection. Now goto "Networking" tab and select "Client services on Netware" option and click on the"Uninstall" button. ------------------------- 17. A strange process "ctfmon.exe" always runs in background and if I click on "End Process" button, it restarts automatically. Sol: Open Control Panel and goto Add/Remove Programs list. Now click on the Microsoft Office entry and then click on "Change" button. Now select "Add/Remove Features" and click on "Next". Now expand "Office Shared Features" and click on "Alternative User Input" and then select "Not Available" and finally click on Update. It'll permanently remove that ctfmon.exe and your problem will be solved. You can also use 3rd party utility "CTFMON-Remover" to get rid of ctfmon.exe easily and quickly: CTFMON-Remover ------------------------- 18. I just noticed that all my Firefox Bookmarks have gone. The bookmarks list is empty. How can I get them back? Sol: Type "%appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles" in RUN dialog box and then open the "xxxx.default" folder (where xxxx will be random numbers and characters). Now open "bookmarkbackups" folder and you'll get your bookmarks there. Now you can import them in Firefox again. ------------------------- 19. My Windows is showing some wrong icons of files. How can I reset the corrupted icons? Sol: You can use any of following methods: A. Download TweakUI from here and then click on "Repair Icons" in "Repair" section. B. Open My Computer and goto: C:\Documents and Settings\User_Name\Local Settings\Application Data Replace C:\ with your system drive and "user_Name" with your username. Now there'll be a HIDDEN file "iconcache.db", delete it and restart your system. ------------------------- 20. I'm using Windows XP and the desktop icons suddenly started showing an ugly background rectangle behind the text. How can I make the text transparent? Sol: Type "sysdm.cpl" in RUN dialog box and press <Enter>. Now goto "Advanced" tab, click on "Setting" button in "Performance" section and enable the option "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop". ------------------------- 21. I'm using Windows XP and suddenly the Common tasks stopped showing in left-side pane. Sol: Open "Tools -> Folder Options" and enable the option "Show Common Tasks in folders". ------------------------- 22. Whenever I right-click on Start button and select "Open", a "Copy To"/"Move To" dialog box opens automatically. Sol: Open regedit and goto:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Now under this key, delete following 2 keys: Copy To Move To ------------------------- 23. I can't see Hidden files/folders in my computer. Even I enable the option "Show hidden files/folders" in "Tools -> Folder Options", its automtically disabled again. Sol: Open regedit and goto:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AdvancedIn right-side pane, change value of "Hidden" to as following: 1 - To show hidden files 2 - To not show hidden files If it doesnt work, then scan your computer with an anti-virus software. ------------------------- 24. I accidentally deleted my "mspaint.exe"/"notepad.exe"/etc. file, how can I get it back? Sol: You can use any of following methods: A. Goto "%windir%\System32\DLLCache" folder and look for the file, if its there then copy it to "%windir%\System32\" folder. B. Insert your Windows Setup CD and goto "I386" folder. Now look for the same file, it'll present there but the last letter of extension will be "_". e.g., u'll get "mspaint.ex_"/"notepad.ex_"/etc. Now open Command Prompt and goto "I386" folder and give following command: expand mspaint.ex_ mspaint.exe expand notepad.ex_ notepad.exe etc. Now u can copy the file to "%windir%\System32" folder. C. Give following command in Command Prompt: sfc /SCANNOW It'll automatically restore the files. ------------------------- 25. Suddenly my taskbar is showing only icons in all opened application buttons. I can't see any text. How can I get back the full taskbar buttons? Sol: Open regedit and goto:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetricsIn right-side pane, change the value of "MinWidth" to -2300 ------------------------- 26. Whenever I open "www.orkut.com" or any folder with the name "orkut", I get following error with a scary laugh:
Sol: Pls visit following thread: [solution] Orkut.com, Youtube.com and Firefox is Banned in System ————————- 27. I have forgotten my Windows Administrator password. How can I reset / recover it? Sol: Pls visit following link: How to Reset / Recover Forgotten Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Administrator Password? ————————- 28. In Yahoo! Messenger, whenever I send a message or get a message I can't see the contents in chat window. All I can see is a blank window. Sol: Pls download Windows Script from the following link and install it: Download Windows Script ————————- 29. Why all User folders in my Windows Vista show default yellow icon instead of the new glass icons? Sol: Please follow the steps mentioned in following tutorial: How to Fix User Folders Showing Simple Folder Icon in Windows Vista? ————————- 30. Whenever I click on power button in Vista startmenu, it put my system in Sleep state. How can I change it to shut down the system? Sol: In Windows Vista the default action of power button is set to Sleep. But you can change it to shut down like previous Windows versions. Please follow the instructions given in this tutorial: How to Change Power Button in Windows Vista to Shut Down the System instead of Sleep? ————————- 31. Suddenly Hibernate option is missing in my Windows Vista. How can I enable it again? Sol: You must have run "Disk Cleanup". Its a known issue in Vista. There is a solution to re-enable Hibernate option: How to Re-enable Missing Hibernate Option in Windows Vista? ————————- 32. Why in Windows Vista menus appear on left side of mouse cursor? In previous Windows versions, menus used to show on right-side. How can I change it in Vista? Sol: Its a problem which many Vista users are facing. Don't worry, follow the following link: How to Change Menu Position from Left to Right in Windows Vista? A few more problems with their solutions have been covered here.
i noticed this is an old post im replying to, but this maybe useful to anyone using WMIC this is a java tool that gives wmic scripts, in all languages, batch, vbs, c++, ect..ect.. http://www.robvanderwoude.com/wmigen.php
Actually, since MS owns the copyright to the software, they are within their rights to control how the software is distributed, whether it is modified in any way or not.
REG ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce /V Cleanup /D "CMD /C DEL %WINDIR%\system32\WinToolkit*.* & RMDIR /S /Q %windir%\WinToolkit"The next version will add this automatically at the end of the installation process.
As part of my final year project (if approved). I will be focusing a lot on threading. Currently Win Tookit uses background workers with apparently are bad for performance.
I've been experimenting and here are some results compare the current method used by Win Toolkit and a new method.
Parallel will also use more CPU cores and I will let you choose in Options how many you want to use. By default it would be ProcressorCount - 1, so if you have a quad core with hyperthreading (8), it will use 7 by default.
Test 1: The test was to get the MD5 values for 1300+ MSU files. -------------------------------------------- Not Updating GUI:- Current: 19270ms (19 seconds) New: 5499ms (5.4 seconds) 350% speed increase!
When updating the GUI:- Current: 38417ms (38.4 seconds)New: 9576ms (9.5 seconds) 401% speed increase! -------------------------------------------- Test 2: The test was to get the MD5 values for 55652 files.
When updating the GUI:- Current: 500754ms (501 seconds / 8.34 minutes) (testing....)New: 13334ms (13.3 seconds / 0.22 minutes)
3755% speed increase!
----------------------------------------------------------- The results so far look very promising!
Imagine integrating EVERY gadget, EVERY wallpaper, EVERY custom files, EVERYTHING except Updates + Drivers being integrated at the same time as everything else.
To improve Win Toolkit greatly and also a learning experience for me. I've decide do redo all exception handling, error boxes, log saving and uploading. I've been wanting to do this for a very long time as there has been a long standing issue when uploading error logs, which has affected about 95% of uploaded error logs. Basically the log file has weird ASCII characters, squares, etc... Which makes it unreadable.
This issue of course helps nobody but rewriting it is a huge task! A lot of it will be backend code so you shouldn't really notice it. So now you're probably wondering how the changes will affect you. So here are the improvements I will be implementing.
NOTE: No personal information is sent in logs. Just details about the computer hardware and the error details.
Your benefits: Exceptions will be shown in YOUR language but when uploading and writing to a file. It will also add English if possible. This means in your log file, it will show both languages. Error logs file name will start with version number and then a unique error number. Easier to find a specific error. My benefits: Uploaded error logs will be uploaded in both languages so I can understand it. Upload logs will start with the unique identifier so that all errors which are the same will be group together. This will save me HUGE amount of time. Get rid of useless logs which help nobody Other Changes: Better log layout Error logs will automatically upload in the background there and then rather than at close. I may add a balloon tip near the clock to show when one has been uploaded/saved. Uploading will upload the string directly rather than the text file which is where most things of wrong with the characters. It's a huge task and I will be dedicating tonight to get it done. The biggest change you will notice is that exceptions will be shown in your language and bugs will get fixed quicker!
Any questions, small requests or suggestions for this?
Stage 1 (Done): Make new abstract class and efficient methods to get the job done. Record relevant details to help solve errors. Record more exception details such as stacktrace. BIG: Make logs readable from any language. Have a simple code to know which bugs are big, small or unhandled errors. Automatically give similar errors a unique ID so all the same bugs are grouped together. Show exceptions in user language. Stage 2 (W.I.P): Gradually upgrade old error messages into new ones with more detail Show more information to user by clicking a more detail button.
from this post i decided to make a command line batch with some useful features:
- installation and portable mode - easy creation from command shell (batch directory in system PATH) - adds entries to context menus (extract config from exe and add compiling batch to directory) - sfx module selection (silent, dialogs or custom) - bit selection - multiple runprogram modes: > "file.ext /switches" > "config.txt" in target folder > "!template" from ini file - automatic utf-8 encoding - customizable settings in ini file - predefined config.txt environment - upx compression - silent and verbose run - md5 file creation - it's all batch!
help file explains more specific features and usage changes might still happen
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