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1.	Solve : Retrieving Hardware Temperatures?
Answer» If you are here, you have most likely been directed here by ONE of our members asking for your computer temperatures. To find out the temperatures hardware is currently running at, I SUGGEST downloading HWMonitor by CPUID. Quote from: Website HWMonitor is a hardware monitoring program that reads PC systems main health SENSORS : voltages, temperatures, fans speed. The program can be found here: http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php Once downloaded, extract the program and run it. (It does not require installation) When you run it, it will DISPLAY all your hardware information, including temperatures. Either attach a screenshot of the HWMonitor window to your next post or post all your temperature readings in your topic, including which hardware devices the temperature readings are for.

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Solve : Retrieving Hardware Temperatures?

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If you are here, you have most likely been directed here by ONE of our members asking for your computer temperatures.

To find out the temperatures hardware is currently running at, I SUGGEST downloading HWMonitor by CPUID.

Quote from: Website

HWMonitor is a hardware monitoring program that reads PC systems main health SENSORS : voltages, temperatures, fans speed.

The program can be found here:
http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php

Once downloaded, extract the program and run it. (It does not require installation)
When you run it, it will DISPLAY all your hardware information, including temperatures.

Either attach a screenshot of the HWMonitor window to your next post or post all your temperature readings in your topic, including which hardware devices the temperature readings are for.

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2.	Solve : How To Find What Service Pack Your Windows XP PC Has Installed?
Answer» Follow these steps to find out what service pack is currently installed in your Windows XP system. 1. CLICK on Start and then CONTROL Panel. 2. Click on the Performance and Maintenance link. Note: If you're viewing the CLASSIC View of Control Panel, you won't see this link. Simply double-click on the System icon and proceed to Step 4. 3. In the Performance and Maintenance window, click on the System Control Panel icon at the bottom of the window. 4. When the System Properties window opens it should DEFAULT to the General tab. If not, choose it manually. 5. In the System: area of the General tab you'll find the operating system version and the service pack level. See the screen shot below for an idea of what you're looking for. Note: If you don't have any service pack installed, you won't see "Service Pack 0" or "Service Pack None" - there will be no reference to a service pack at all.

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3.	Solve : How do i check my post for responses if i forgot to check box?
Answer» I WOULD like to VIEW some of my RECENT or past posts, but neglected to CHECK the 'notify by email' box. How does one get to view them. I've entered my USERNAME in the search box and nothing appears.

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4.	Solve : How do I open a ISO, Zip, 7-Zip, IMG, or archive file??
Answer» Quote from: Dias de verano on February 04, 2009, 02:48:31 AM First archiving tool to use the ZIP format, maybe. Yep, that's what I meant- I'm pretty sure both ARC and ARJ are older formats the ZIP... (as confirmed by your soliliquoy) They are all, pretty much, differently named bundles of implementations of common compression methods, notably the Lempel-Ziv-Welch method, first published in May 1977. You can get LZW libraries for MANY programming languages and roll your own if you have a mind to. Is there one that uses Huffman compression? Or is that just another name for LZW? Quote from: Dias de verano on February 04, 2009, 04:07:03 AM roll your own if you have a mind to. Like Microsoft with the OLD .??_ files on most of their DMF MEDIA. I think the most annoying thing about the old ( And- Of course, a lot of the different implementations can/do use the same algorithms and SIMPLY have different file formats. The interesting thing is to say, Zip something, then RAR that ZIP, etc... and continue using different archivers to see how small it will get... which is generally when the space saved with each subsequent compression is less then the space overhead for the format itself. Why? It amuses me. I once created a 50 megapixel 24 bit BMP image consisting of a uniformly black image with one white pixel in the top left hand corner, the file size was around 150 MB, then I compressed it using Winzip's "best" method, I forget just how small it got, about 20 KB I think. Quote Is there one that uses Huffman compression? Or is that just another name for LZW? Huffman published his paper in 1952, his teacher had worked with Shannon (another big name). A variation called adaptive Huffman coding is somewhat related to the LZ family of algorithms, and has the ADVANTAGE of being patent free. You find Huffman everywhere! Huffman coding today is often used as a "back-end" to some other compression method. DEFLATE (PKZIP's algorithm) and multimedia codecs such as JPEG and MP3 have a front-end model and quantization followed by Huffman coding. Modified Huffman coding is used in fax machines to encode black on white images (bitmaps). It combines the variable length codes of Huffman coding with the coding of repetitive data in run-length encoding. Quote from: BC_Programmer on February 04, 2009, 02:23:11 AM Zipping files is a bit more a pain, but still not beyond grasp- pkzip /eX C:\windows\system\.INI INIS.ZIP Forgot how weird IE was... Anyways, I personally just put PKunzip in an empty folder, and drag the ZIP file on top of the PKUnzip program. Did that on my desktop by accident once....WinRAR has an anti-virus scan button.try using Powerarchiver does lols more than izarcI prefer 7-Zip, the best free ware.

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Solve : How do I open a ISO, Zip, 7-Zip, IMG, or archive file??

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Quote from: Dias de verano on February 04, 2009, 02:48:31 AM

First archiving tool to use the ZIP format, maybe.

Yep, that's what I meant- I'm pretty sure both ARC and ARJ are older formats the ZIP... (as confirmed by your soliliquoy) They are all, pretty much, differently named bundles of implementations of common compression methods, notably the Lempel-Ziv-Welch method, first published in May 1977. You can get LZW libraries for MANY programming languages and roll your own if you have a mind to.
Is there one that uses Huffman compression? Or is that just another name for LZW?

Quote from: Dias de verano on February 04, 2009, 04:07:03 AM

roll your own if you have a mind to.

Like Microsoft with the OLD *.??_ files on most of their DMF MEDIA. I think the most annoying thing about the old (

And- Of course, a lot of the different implementations can/do use the same algorithms and SIMPLY have different file formats. The interesting thing is to say, Zip something, then RAR that ZIP, etc... and continue using different archivers to see how small it will get... which is generally when the space saved with each subsequent compression is less then the space overhead for the format itself.

Why? It amuses me. I once created a 50 megapixel 24 bit BMP image consisting of a uniformly black image with one white pixel in the top left hand corner, the file size was around 150 MB, then I compressed it using Winzip's "best" method, I forget just how small it got, about 20 KB I think.

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Is there one that uses Huffman compression? Or is that just another name for LZW?

Huffman published his paper in 1952, his teacher had worked with Shannon (another big name). A variation called adaptive Huffman coding is somewhat related to the LZ family of algorithms, and has the ADVANTAGE of being patent free. You find Huffman everywhere! Huffman coding today is often used as a "back-end" to some other compression method. DEFLATE (PKZIP's algorithm) and multimedia codecs such as JPEG and MP3 have a front-end model and quantization followed by Huffman coding. Modified Huffman coding is used in fax machines to encode black on white images (bitmaps). It combines the variable length codes of Huffman coding with the coding of repetitive data in run-length encoding.
Quote from: BC_Programmer on February 04, 2009, 02:23:11 AM

Zipping files is a bit more a pain, but still not beyond grasp- pkzip /eX C:\windows\system\*.INI INIS.ZIP

Forgot how weird IE was...

Anyways, I personally just put PKunzip in an empty folder, and drag the ZIP file on top of the PKUnzip program.
Did that on my desktop by accident once....WinRAR has an anti-virus scan button.try using Powerarchiver
does lols more than izarcI prefer 7-Zip, the best free ware.

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5.	Solve : How to create a Windows PE boot disc?
Answer» I've done 64-bit batch files as well. Just Edit -> Replace in Notepad anything referencing x86 with AMD64. You'll also have to modify 4-Drivers.bat as well with the correct paths to the 64-bit drivers you want to inject.Hi killerb255 Thanks so much for your reply.....sorry to ask a stupid question...here goes.. I have an Intel processor and installed windows 7 64BIT ...I noticed that there was a folder for ia64 ...why do I use the amd one instead of this one? Sorry, that has been bugging me and I thought it would be nice to get som clarification on that ....might help others as well. Thanks a bunch! bookie56IA-64 = Itanium processor. Those are used in super-high end servers. AMD64/x86-64/EM64T/Intel64 = means the same thing for the most part: 64-bit instructions on an x86 processor. Since AMD came up with it first, AMD64 is the common name used by Microsoft.You guys are aware the Posts in the FAQ section are for info only and not for responding to ? ?Go ahead and delete any posts that aren't relevant to the FAQ, then. I amended the relevant posts to ACCOMMODATE 64-bit PE, so the extra discussion can be deleted...i have done all the steps but finally i got just an 135mb iso & when it boots it stucks at a dos mode where i can just type commands GUI interface is not coming what to do??There is no GUI. If you get a gray-ish wallpaper with a black command prompt, then you got what you're supposed to get.Hi, I'm new to this forum~ I am using a Windows 7. After a forced shutdown few days ago, I found that the computer won't boot. (before the selecting USER page, it freezes at a black screen) (You can read Microsoft article kb974719 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974719) to find out more about my problem.) The solution to my problem is starting the system using PE disk, and I found your post very helpful in creating a PE disk. (I used a XP computer to create the disk.) After creating a PE disk following your steps, I tried to boot with the censored. However, it did not progress form the dos box, and the prompt SAID: "X:\windows\system32>wpe init" After reading several posts from various forums, my theory is that my problem appeared b/c I created my PE disk on a XP. (also, my XP computer couldn't create a ISO image for 64 bit PE disk. My Windows 7 has 64bit system, so that may have been the problem) Do you know why it does not progress at the dos box? Can you help me with this? Thanks... (I am a novice and I APOLOGIZE if I have not been very clear with what I meant)Mikely, do not hijack another thread. This is an FAQ. Did you see where it said "Do not post questions here"? Anyway, for 64 bit Windows you need 64 bit PE and if you have a valid license you can download a 64 bit Windows Repair CD image from Microsoft. If you wish to discuss this more, start a new thread in the Windows 7 section of the forum. As the man said earlier, just replace "x86" with amd64 and voila!Quote from: jmaur004 on December 20, 2010, 09:00:35 AM As the man said earlier, just replace "x86" with amd64 and voila! Just a quick heads up....the FAQ section is not for general posting....

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Solve : How to create a Windows PE boot disc?

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I've done 64-bit batch files as well. Just Edit -> Replace in Notepad anything referencing x86 with AMD64.

You'll also have to modify 4-Drivers.bat as well with the correct paths to the 64-bit drivers you want to inject.Hi killerb255

Thanks so much for your reply.....sorry to ask a stupid question...here goes..

I have an Intel processor and installed windows 7 64BIT ...I noticed that there was a folder for ia64 ...why do I use the amd one instead of this one?

Sorry, that has been bugging me and I thought it would be nice to get som clarification on that ....might help others as well.

Thanks a bunch!

bookie56IA-64 = Itanium processor. Those are used in super-high end servers.

AMD64/x86-64/EM64T/Intel64 = means the same thing for the most part: 64-bit instructions on an x86 processor. Since AMD came up with it first, AMD64 is the common name used by Microsoft.You guys are aware the Posts in the FAQ section are for info only and not for responding to ? ?Go ahead and delete any posts that aren't relevant to the FAQ, then.

I amended the relevant posts to ACCOMMODATE 64-bit PE, so the extra discussion can be deleted...i have done all the steps
but finally i got just an 135mb iso & when it boots it stucks at a dos mode where i can just type commands
GUI interface is not coming
what to do??There is no GUI. If you get a gray-ish wallpaper with a black command prompt, then you got what you're supposed to get.Hi, I'm new to this forum~
I am using a Windows 7. After a forced shutdown few days ago, I found that the computer won't boot. (before the selecting USER page, it freezes at a black screen) (You can read Microsoft article kb974719 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974719) to find out more about my problem.)

The solution to my problem is starting the system using PE disk, and I found your post very helpful in creating a PE disk. (I used a XP computer to create the disk.)
After creating a PE disk following your steps, I tried to boot with the *censored*. However, it did not progress form the dos box, and the prompt SAID: "X:\windows\system32>wpe init"
After reading several posts from various forums, my theory is that my problem appeared b/c I created my PE disk on a XP. (also, my XP computer couldn't create a ISO image for 64 bit PE disk. My Windows 7 has 64bit system, so that may have been the problem)

Do you know why it does not progress at the dos box? Can you help me with this?
Thanks...

(I am a novice and I APOLOGIZE if I have not been very clear with what I meant)Mikely, do not hijack another thread. This is an FAQ. Did you see where it said "Do not post questions here"? Anyway, for 64 bit Windows you need 64 bit PE and if you have a valid license you can download a 64 bit Windows Repair CD image from Microsoft. If you wish to discuss this more, start a new thread in the Windows 7 section of the forum.

As the man said earlier, just replace "x86" with amd64 and voila!Quote from: jmaur004 on December 20, 2010, 09:00:35 AM

As the man said earlier, just replace "x86" with amd64 and voila!

Just a quick heads up....the FAQ section is not for general posting....

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