Author Archives: Brian Gonzalez

Description: By Default, A Windows 7 Installation’s C:\Windows Directory is locked out, even to the Administrators Group. This Behavior may be desired by some, but others prefer to allow Administrator access for Registry Imports, File Copies to C:\Windows\System32 Directory. Symptom: “Access Denied” Errors when attempting to copy or save files to the C:\Windows or C:\Users… Read More »

I came across this very useful tool a few years back and threw it in my imaging toolkit and never looked back.  The tool will scan a folder and sub-folders for .inf files and provide data on each supported device by the driver. Tool: FindHWIDs.exe Download Tool Here: https://panaconsulting.egnyte.com/h-s/20140114/3f95120d0a084993 Screenshots: Scanning in progress: Scanning Complete: Example… Read More »

In some cases, mostly during testing,  I want to provide visual prompts within Task Sequence Steps during a Deployment with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT).  The common measures do not work (Popup appears behind MDT Progress Notification Windows,  MsgBox and Wscript.Echo literally pause a script and do not display).  So I built a custom prompting application,… Read More »

1 Download and Install N-Lite onto any XP machine. ( http://www.nliteos.com/ ) 2. Run the software and insert your Volume License XP Installation Media disc when prompted for Windows XP installation media 3. Follow Step-by-Step Wizard and when available choose to "Add drivers" into Installation media. 4. Download and extract latest Intel Mass Storage drivers… Read More »