No activation possible, no softmod solution, no biosmod, what now?

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  1. Yen

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    Thanks a lot offon7544, thanks flagmax and frwill and......

    I've learned much this day....:)

    Next days I'll repack new invisible WoW, have to go now--I'm very excited...:)
     
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    #482 offon7544, Nov 6, 2008
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    nothing is impossible ;)
    and knowledge is shared
    good night !
     
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  3. Yen

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    #483 Yen, Nov 7, 2008
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    Offon7544, I have one more question:

    System Vista and XP dual boot: (configuration of member apoorvasheth, remember?)

    XP installed first at C:\
    Vista installed second at D:\

    Result: bootmgr AND ntldr are both found at XP partition, bootmgr is not found at Vista partition.

    What is the right command for bootsect.exe /nt60 X:

    X= Vista partition, or X= XP partition (where bootmgr is located)?:confused:

    I think X has to be Vista, but where does it search for bootmgr (grldr after patch)? Does it search at all partitions or XP partition only?
    What about bootsect.exe /NT60 All?

    Thanks again.
     
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    Yen, i have the same dual boot configuration, i'm sure X is the partition where bootmgr and BOOT folder are located, in other words, it's C:, as far as in Vista they are always on C.
     
  5. Yen

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    Thanks a lot for your info.
    I'm just thinking about to make the installer. So I just have to instruct to install it from Vista to where bootmgr is located. At both scenarios, Vista only, Vista and XP dual......the problem to resolve is: When you boot to Vista, Vista gets C:\, when you boot to XP, XP gets C:\ same problem I've had to resolve at NOMBR version.

    I have to make the installer universal. I hope the command bootsect.exe /nt60 without a given drive letter will update the current partition (partition at command prompt) which will be the one that's chosen by the user at install.

    I'll pack it at weekend.:)
     
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    #487 offon7544, Nov 8, 2008
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    Hi yen,

    This is where bootmgr is found, but for info ntldr and bootmgr are always in the same partition, "the system partition"

    -system partition have bootmgr and/or ntldr
    -boot partition have Windows folder

    This is not an error boot partition contain windows folder !
    This is system partition that contain the boot flag.

    EDIT :
    So, on a multi-boot system, you have always 1 system partition, and 2 or more boot partition...

    EDIT 2 :
    You can use the command :

    EDIT 3 :
    If you have just one system (vista or XP) on just one partition, system partition and boot partition are on the same.
     
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    WoW 5.2 works but not totally invisible menu. Could you make it totally black for MBR version as it Vista only OS? Thanks for your effort again!
     
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    what text do you see?
     
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    First splash screen showing NTFS text.
    Second splash screen showed (hd 0) I guess.
     
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    #494 Yen, Nov 9, 2008
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    I've decided to discontinue WoW MBR gldr.mbr!

    Thanks! The user has to choose the partition where bootmgr is located, so installer will be at right partition already.
    Do I need full control of bootmgr to apply bootsect.exe?

    Prompt is at partition where bootmgr is located (installer):

    @ echo off
    cd..
    takeown /f \bootmgr
    icacls \bootmgr /grant administrators:F
    \wow5\bootsectgrldr.exe /nt60
    cd..
    exit
    or

    @ echo off
    \wow5\bootsectgrldr.exe /nt60 /force
    cd..
    exit
    bootsect will work without given drive letter, right?
     
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    #495 offon7544, Nov 9, 2008
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    No do not work without drive letter.

    EDIT :
    Nothing to do with bootmgr, bootsect rewrite bootsector of the partition.
     
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    can anybody please provide me the solution