Rearm Wizard - The Premier Rearm Solution for Windows 7 and Office 2013

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  1. Carlos Detweiller

    Carlos Detweiller Emperor of Ice-Cream

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    It's only the VBScript stuff that doesn't work.
    1. I got my Repair entry back by running RecAgent /disable followed by RecAgent /enable.
    2. Inside RE I did the registry steps manually (Load hive, delete WPA subkey, unload hive).
    3. Got my 5 rearms back.

    For the real tests I should set up a few VMs. But first need to sleep a bit.
     
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  2. timesurfer

    timesurfer MDL Developer

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    Thanks for helping

    Hopefully, with people testing we'll knock off the problems one by one

    1. Question, what is running service or process wise when personalization window is open cause we got to close that after theme is restored if in notification

    2. And hide the check.bat console at logon

    These things are undesirable things as we would rather have them run silent

    s1ave77 and Humphrey give positive results but I haven't gotten it to completely work? I will do test stuff for both rearm and theme functions

    Hopefully some good feedback will come soon...
     
  3. Carlos Detweiller

    Carlos Detweiller Emperor of Ice-Cream

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    #543 Carlos Detweiller, May 11, 2013
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    It is handled by Explorer.exe, what it shows is:
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    "c:\Windows\Explorer.exe" /factory,{ceff45ee-c862-41de-aee2-a022c81eda92} -Embedding
    Not an extra process. o_O And running it manually doesn't do anything.

    If you run the check as e. g. SYSTEM, it will run invisibly. Running under the credentials of a logged user will show the window to that user.
     
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  4. s1ave77

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    In that case it didn´t show any messagebox, and won´t reinstall rearm, as tested so far. So i guess it´s impossible to make it fully hidden.
     
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  5. timesurfer

    timesurfer MDL Developer

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    #545 timesurfer, May 11, 2013
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    We've got to fix these things cause it's pointless to have my check.bat and but stuff that pops up for user

    I think the way we have things written might need to be thought about again. It's possible to consider writing things differently so everything works

    I think I'm going to put the console message instead of the MS msg box

    Do you still have the check.bat write code to do that?

    I can't find that?

    Thanks
     
  6. Carlos Detweiller

    Carlos Detweiller Emperor of Ice-Cream

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    I have now setup 6 test VMs, freshly installed, in Trial.
    -Windows 7 Starter
    -Windows 7 HomeBasic
    -Windows 7 HomePremium
    -Windows 7 Professional
    -Windows 7 Ultimate
    -Windows 7 Enterprise

    Could you do some kind of test document I can follow to get consistent results? Simple steps are sufficient.
     
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  7. timesurfer

    timesurfer MDL Developer

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    IR6 works for all of them with almost 0% problems which is why the rearm concept is so cool as it's not hardware dependent ;)

    The first post download is untouched as MD and I did it long ago, so if you have problems then try that version

    The test method for the my two new ideas is in past posts

    We're not really testing for IR6 install but for the non-manual rearm and theme restore so really it is not necessary to test different OS's as the only difference in testing would be the default key install upon rebooting (That key install is what takes so long upon entering windows after IR6 install)

    Thanks for testing :worthy:
     
  8. Carlos Detweiller

    Carlos Detweiller Emperor of Ice-Cream

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    Will test the AutoKMS stuff, snapshots are great. :rolleyes:

    @TS: There are a few issues we need to test, especially with the lower SKUs. Will add them to this post upon encounter.

    1. Neither Windows 7 Starter nor Windows 7 HomeBasic have support for themes, and there's no Personalize item for them.
     
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  9. Carlos Detweiller

    Carlos Detweiller Emperor of Ice-Cream

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    AUTO_KMS:

    Two questions to the Auto_KMS. It worked and activated 7EnterpriseSP1 immediately.
    1. The service start type is Manual, and the task trigger is set to System startup. That means a system with Auto_KMS needs to be restarted at least once every 180 days to stay activated?
    2. The installation of AutoKMS came at the cost of two Rearms (before:3, after: 1)?

    I will check with Professional, too, to rule out any oddities of the Enterprise.

    D420:

    Still testing, how long does that stubborn Windows need to black out the screen? Otherwise, it worked and booted into RE, then restored full Rearms. Currently doing time travel with that VM. More to come.

    OK, Rearms expired, grace expired, Notification. The Check task came up and asked to reinstall. I did and the RE procedure restored full Rearms, again. That part definitely works.

    However, no theme was backed up and no theme restored. Screen stayed black and I had to restore the theme manually. Is that backup stuff already in?
     
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  10. deagles

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    #553 deagles, May 13, 2013
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    It's possible to hide console window completely (run as SYSTEM) but in this case it will wait for user input infinitly.

    I don't think it's possible with batch to close that single window, because it's run as a explorer.exe thread...

    @Carlos: I wrote you a pm ;)
     
  11. timesurfer

    timesurfer MDL Developer

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    Our tasks worked hidden until lately which I've interpreted is due to what is written in code and how it's processed via cmd?!

    IR5 and IORRT tasks run stuff hidden so we're solving this problem?

    There we're many things that we're thought impossible during the rearm concept of 3 years development but myself, MD or others wen't past that limit!

    I sit in there being an answer even though myself and others might not be conscious to it right now

    :shisha:
     
  12. Carlos Detweiller

    Carlos Detweiller Emperor of Ice-Cream

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    Hrm, looks like the Theme backup doesn't work because the user name contains a space.

    File Not Found - Test

    The user name is Test Subject, it seems to stop at the first space. o_O
     
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  13. s1ave77

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    Can you test with this version: View attachment 21996
     
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  14. Carlos Detweiller

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    Will do that next, just need to reset the VM to squeaky-clean install state.
     
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  15. timesurfer

    timesurfer MDL Developer

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    Hi s1ave77, did you change somethings cause I posted your DB master copy and my without remarks and without pause copy?

    On the same page our we? :yoda:...lol

    This is why I re-post static and changed stuff to be clear for all who read including me ;)

    Let's all sync in :om:
     
  16. Carlos Detweiller

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    #559 Carlos Detweiller, May 13, 2013
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    With S77D420 it's the same, sorry. I inserted a set and a pause command directly after the environment variables initializing. Here are the troublesome entries I suppose:

    Code:
    theme=Test
    themefile=C:\Users\Test
    It looks like they still are truncated at the first space. I think the problem lies with lines 9 and 10 in check.bat.
     
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  17. Carlos Detweiller

    Carlos Detweiller Emperor of Ice-Cream

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    Looks like I need to correct my previous statement re: Auto_KMS:
    KMS activation does set your Windows 7 Rearm count to 1, no matter what it was before. Had it go down from 5 to 1, and up from 0 to 1.
    That one Rearm is to satisfy OOT grace that follows the 180 days. Then Rearms are at 0.
     
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