Windows Server (7959) Questions and Findings

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  1. _spinner_

    _spinner_ MDL Addicted

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    #41 _spinner_, May 13, 2011
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    hey dudes,

    offtopic, already played with it, a lot of us can use reshack or photoshop......
    We did not create a "the best fake screenshot" thread......

    :bangin:
     
  2. Pegatron

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    Media Monkey

    Media Monkey doesn't play any audio files after scanning the library and restarting. Tried on multiple installs and versions of Media Monkey.
     
  3. Pegatron

    Pegatron MDL Member

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    Scratch that. After I turned on Desktop Experience Media Monkey started working.
     
  4. eric1987

    eric1987 MDL Novice

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    Starting services?

    So I unlocked and activated my 7959 but I cannot start any services! When I try to add a feature it gets an error and force closes on me. Does anyone know how to fix that?
     
  5. meandmeme

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  6. Pegatron

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    Theme

    I used to have the new close, minimize and restore buttons in 7959, but I can only get windows basic themes right now. What happened & how do I get it back. Anyone?:confused:
     
  7. 3ricky113

    3ricky113 MDL Novice

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    I did know that a long time before...
    I was the first one with the SLC.DLL but some stupid peeps say that windows 8 crashes with my slc.dll:(
     
  8. Pegatron

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    I think I've unlocked everything that's known, but aero is not working anymore. I just want the new close, minimize & restore buttons. They're gone.
     
  9. Pegatron

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    Themes in Build 7959

    I don't know how or when it happened, but my close, minimize, & restore buttons are those from Windows basic theme, and I want the new metro style. Does anyone understand how all that works?:confused:
     
  10. Pegatron

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    Themes in Build 7959

    Does anyone know how to change back and forth between metro/basic/aero/aero-lite themes in build 7959? I'm stuck on basic right now, no matter what theme I choose in personalization.
     
  11. BlackZer0

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    Click on Default theme in personalization
    Then press ctrl-shift-f9
     
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  12. Pegatron

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    Ctrl + Shift + F9

    That's not working. I've had this same issue before with 7955. Aero goes away and will not come back.
     
  13. Thomas1124

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  14. NaiveUser

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    have you guys explored those extra folders (BuildBinaries etc.) in install.wim ?
    WinDiv building/testing toolchain ?
     
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  15. NaiveUser

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    in Debuggers\sdk\lib, there are three folders for .lib files: "i386", "amd64", and "woa".
    woa == Windows On ARM
    first ARM bits I've seen.
     
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  16. Thomas1124

    Thomas1124 MDL Junior Member

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    yes, 1.5 months ago..you are a bit late on that case.
     
  17. NaiveUser

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    very cool. ;) any new stuff there ? where is the discussions ??
     
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  18. bored_neo

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    There's a new driver called condrv.sys. It takes over console routing from csrss.exe so now CON is a symbolic link to \Device\ConDrv\Console instead of being handled specially by kernel32.dll.

    Also, this driver calls some display functions in ntoskrnl.exe. Maybe this means that the console will work even if the UI isn't started? :biggrin:
     
  19. NaiveUser

    NaiveUser MDL Senior Member

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    so Windows 8 is actually MS-DOS 8 ? :D
     
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