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XP SP3 varifies every driver and boot program?!!

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by link470

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Wow, I'm having a really wierd issue with XP SP3. Most machines went alright. But I just formatted a new machine here I'm building for a client on the side, installed windows, all new components. I connected to the internet, ran Windows Update and installed drivers as I usually do, however this is doing something I've never seen a fresh install of windows do on boot. EVERY TIME Windows boots up, it gives me a security warning of if I want to load each driver. EVERY TIME. Even if I uncheck "always ask before opening this file". Anyone else come across this yet? Just to see if it was a fluke, I reinstalled 3 times. I'm on my third try. Each time doing drivers, windows update, and office 2003 install in different order.

Here's two screenshots I took, right after login.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/link4scott/sc1.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/link4scott/sc2.jpg

It's really really annoying. I swear I've seen something like it befor...

Oh...Oh wait...

http://www.windows-guru.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/uac1.jpg"

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by rob miners

Has Vista previously been installed on this drive. If it has goto Darik.

You can use the Hard Drive Makers Testing Utility to Test the Drive

Hitachi / IBM - DFT "Drive Fitness Test"
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
Works with all manufacturers

Western Digital "Data Lifeguard"
http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp#dlgtools
Works with WD drives only

Fujitsu "FJDT"
http://www.fel.fujitsu.com/home/drivers.asp?L=en&CID=1
Works with fujitsu models only

Samsung "hutil"
http://www.samsung.com/Products/Hard...ties/hutil.htm
Compatability unknown...

Seagate "Seatools"
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools
Works with Seagate drives only

If the Drive tests out OK then use this to wipe it. Autonuke should do it.

Darik's Boot and Nuke

http://dban.sourceforge.net/

Recreate your Partitions and you should be good to go.

by link470

Vista hasn't been installed before. This is a completely fresh install on a new machine I'm building for a client.

It looks to me like Internet Explorer popups so I tried disabling Intranet settings and that didn't work.

by Former member

I will check on this new thing with the SP3.

Please post back if you have any more problems or questions.

by oh smeg

Where the drivers/software are not Digitally Signed for use with Windows.

As I have not as yet ventured to installing the SP3 as a new install from scratch I haven't seen anything like this. But I've just finished Slipstreaming SP3 to a Work install Disc so I'll give that a shot and get back to you.

Not something that has been mentioned though from M$ in relation to SP3.

Col

by oh smeg

With 756 MEG of RAM on a SIS M'Board with AC97 Sound.

It went smoothly without any problems and I'm not getting any Driver Requests to confirm that I want to use them even on the AC97 Sound Drivers which are Not Digitally Singed with M$.

I've installed M$ Office 2003, Word Perfect 12, Corel Draw X4 and a bunch of utilities and haven't got any requests to approve the installation of any software or hardware.

Over all it looks smooth with no real problems.

Just for your Information I slipstreamed SP3 to the XP Volume License CD with nLite I didn't add any Drivers including the SATA Driver and installed it as if the machine was new on a Blank Wiped HDD. I applied the ASUS Drivers for the M'Board after XP with SP3 was installed and to be quite honest on this hardware it looked like a conventional install with no differences.

I hope that is of some assistance to you.

Cheers

Col

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