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Kittamaru
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Ceptacemia
Fallout Project
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Posted - 2007.12.06 06:37:00 -
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- Removed as It was not true and could cause confusion on the issue. - CCP Lingorm
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Kittamaru
Gallente
Ceptacemia
Fallout Project
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Posted - 2007.12.06 07:50:00 -
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 Originally by: Pepperami
Originally by: Kittamaru
JUST AN UPDATE:
Windows XP Service Pack 2 is apparently IMMUNE to this bug... I have tested this, so have my corpmates. If you have Win XP SP 2 (and you SHOULD) you should be just fine!
I have sp2 and it effected me, are you sure you weren't installing the full client or something?
I'm 100% sure... I deliberately tried this on a separate machine (we have over a half dozen working Pc's in my household... go figure right?) and it worked fine. XP SP 2 does NOT allow the deletion of the boot.ini file. And even if it is deleted, it stores a backup that it will load instead.
Either that or my PC has self evolved somehow... :P
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Kittamaru
Gallente
Ceptacemia
Fallout Project
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Posted - 2007.12.06 07:54:00 -
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I would like to state, for the record.
XP Service Pack 2 should be immune to this... the boot.ini does not appear, but windows should load from the backup. I have re-tested it TWICE now, and can confirm it. Either my PC has self evolved and is able to heal itself, or it works. Period.
Considering I tried it on a second PC, and my corpmates have tried this, I can safely give this a 100% YES SP2 fixes this problem.
And yes, it was a simple typo... how I don't know. This didn't happen on SiSi...
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Kittamaru
Gallente
Ceptacemia
Fallout Project
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Posted - 2007.12.06 08:19:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Lingorm
Kittamaru < That may be for you but I have now reproduced this on 2 Windows XP SP2 machines.
Please see my post as there may be other reasons you wher enot effected.
This issue CAN AND DOES effect Windows XP SP2.
I only have a C: drive
I am running Windows XP Pro SP2
I installed from the patch upgrade
I meet all the criteria... why is my PC acting special?
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Kittamaru
Gallente
Ceptacemia
Fallout Project
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Posted - 2007.12.06 08:24:00 -
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*deep blush* okay... i know why my PC was being uber...
I activated the diagnostic boot sequence (instead of fast boot) so I could see everything... when it tried to load the boot.ini, it couldn't find it. Instead of trying to use the backup, it scanned my PC for some file with a crazy name I wont' try to type out (maybe even a registry key entry, I'd have to check) and from there reconstructed the boot.ini. I know that's what it's doing because it says, and I quote:
warning: boot.ini not found
scanning for local files
constructing boot.ini
I have no idea what in the bloody hell that is... all the custom built rigs in our house are doing it... the two dells and the e-machine, don't. Very, vewwy strange indeed. Must be a custom-rig thing?
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Kittamaru
Gallente
Ceptacemia
Fallout Project
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Posted - 2007.12.06 08:35:00 -
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Originally by: Odeweaver
Originally by: Kittamaru
*deep blush* okay... i know why my PC was being uber...
I activated the diagnostic boot sequence (instead of fast boot) so I could see everything... when it tried to load the boot.ini, it couldn't find it. Instead of trying to use the backup, it scanned my PC for some file with a crazy name I wont' try to type out (maybe even a registry key entry, I'd have to check) and from there reconstructed the boot.ini. I know that's what it's doing because it says, and I quote:
warning: boot.ini not found
scanning for local files
constructing boot.ini
I have no idea what in the bloody hell that is... all the custom built rigs in our house are doing it... the two dells and the e-machine, don't. Very, vewwy strange indeed. Must be a custom-rig thing?
Big pc builders use a custom install.
I appreciate the compliment, but I'm no "big pc builder"... yes, I built most of the computers in our house myself. I have buying a PC and paying for labor plus a rig that just sucks... and most "pre made" pc's suck...
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Kittamaru
Gallente
Ceptacemia
Fallout Project
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Posted - 2007.12.06 08:36:00 -
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Originally by: More Tono
I'll just keep refreshing the page till somebody says something the "computer illerate" can understand. (sigh)
Simply put:
Take the code being supplied.
Copy it into a notepad document.
Save the document somewhere as boot.ini
Take that document and drop it into your root folder "C:" for most people.
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