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HERE IS THE READYBOOST FILES AND PROCEDURE, INCLUDED IN THE ATTATCEHD RAR FILE!!!
Sorry for going away there without a trace guys, I have been very busy! But this is working 100% for me, with a few little exceptions that dont really affect it at all 🙂 PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT AN INSTALLER AND YOU WILL NEED TO DO SOME MANUAL REGISTRY EDITING. Also, this works for me – I cannot guarantee that it will work for you and i’m SORRY if it causes a BSOD for you it was not my intention! Note also that I tested this in a COMPLETELY FRESH install of 2008 Enterprise 32-bit [x64 PROBABLY WONT WORK and i cant make it work for that as I dont HAVE 64-bit] but yeah. Ummm…
Yeah I will make an installer as soon as I can, unless someone beats me to it 😀 If you have any low-level volume filters already installed this will BREAK it [Bitlocker for example will fail, if thats even possible on 2008] as the registry keys do not accomodate for existing entries it just assumes they are BLANK.. but as i said if you have a FRESH 2008 install it should work well 🙂
If incase you DO get a BSOD, DO NOT BLAME ME. YOU ARE INSTALLING THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK, IT IS STILL IN TESTING STAGES that’s part of the reason why i’ve been so slow to release it but if anyone daring enough wants to try it, I suggest installing a second fresh copy of 2008 on a seperate partition if you are worried…. but yeah if you are happy waiting a LITTLE longer I feel like working on an installer now 🙂 I tried making one with NSIS but its not good enough lol but i’ll find something 🙂 and standard INF method is neither advanced enough…
Anyway files are below. Please note the following MISSING functions though –
– ReadyBoost will not appear in the Autorun menu when a USB stick is interted, you have to go to “Properties > ReadyBoost” yourself
– The .sfcache file on the memorystick will not be hidden, the filetype/file association is not included in the installer. So if you make a 2GB readyboost cache file, dont be freaked out or scared by the 2GB file you can see on your memory stick 🙂
– Windows is ignorant to the RadyBoost sfcache file – i.e. the Windows Backup will attempt to include it automatically as a “user data” file or whatever.AS I SAID YOU ARE INSTALLING THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK AND BY DOWNLOADING IT YOU AGREE TO NOT PUT ANY RESPONSIBILITY ON ME FOR DAMAGE WHATSOEVER PLEASE!
All instructions are included in the “Procedure.txt” file. Follow it carefully. Peace.
EDIT: You may need to take ownership of the winsxs folder or something in order to copy required files there. If you don’t know how to do this, dont ask because that means you don’t have the experience to try out this TEST which is not PROVEN TO BE WORKING FOR ANYONE BUT ME yet!
EDIT2: If you DO get a BSOD and cant get into windows, try doing Safe Mode and reverse every step that the registry files merged. Yes it would be a pain in the ass sorry 🙁 if you are lazy just use LAST KNOWN GOOD CONFIGURATION to restore from the registry backup. BUT this might result in loss of data which is why I CANT STRESS ENOUGH only for EXPERIENCED users to test this for me, EVEN THEN I suggest a FRESH BLANK TEST Server 2008 install ONLY!
Fair enough. I have a GeForce 7300GT [AGP Model] on an old P4 3GHz, DDR1 RAM…. Forceware drivers 175.19. And yeah its x86/32-bit Server Standard. Pretty common hardware apart from that, Gigabyte mainboard with the 875P chipset which was extremely common for a good while and was the pinnacle of Intel technology in it’s day 😉
@impostor wrote:
he wrote, he was a cracker…
which cracker group?
Thats naughty business! I don’t do that stuff anymore and havn’t for a long time, too many more important things to worry about than ripping off hard peoples’ work 🙂
How do i learn this? With too much spare time over the past ten years haha. I can pretty much identify everything in the Windows 5/XP OS registry, classes and handles and all that…. it helps that I’ve been a debugger in previous jobs too!
Im still having trouble making a working installer without screwing with the security/permissions of the registry, therefore exposing Windows to possible threats in the future. I think I need to research how to make custom INF installers. If anyone can help with things like ‘Creating a service with SC.ExE’ and ‘installing legacy drivers via command-line’ please PM me as I am kind of stuck here. Thanks!
@reynier wrote:
Hello it´s real that PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition v4.0 works fine in Windows Server 2008 but it have some issues, for examples some times (not always) when it try to check for updates the system show an error message which continues to be shown until you reset the computer, it’s very unpleasant.
That exact same thing happened to me. Still, its pretty damn good for a 100% free Security System – using it and the Threatfire program [same company] is the best security solution for people who dont want to pay I reckon. Never liked AVG [coz a few years ago AVG failed to stop a virus from infecting my entire home network so i just dont want to give it another chance haha]. PC Tools is groovy tho, shame its a little funny in 2K8.
McAfee Total Protection 2008 worked 100% for me. But i’m annoyed, i bought it a while ago and will not renew my license as the newest version doesnt even have a quarantine and just automatically deletes viruses/malware without an option to ask you first. Garbage in the case of false positives, i cant believe they did something like this.
Also, I gave the trial of Kaspersky Internet Security 8 a go – it crashes every now and then. And it really slows my computer down.
Now, I heard that BitDefender is excellent for gamers [has a Gamer Mode] and allows a heck load of advanced customization too, so im downloading the trial right now and gonna give it a run 🙂 plus it’s gotten good to excellent ratings in most articles i’ve read, including the Security Suite roundup in last months issue of APC [probably the biggest/best PC Magazine here in Australia]
NOD32, FYI, has kinda gone downhill. Detection rates for Virus are good, but other Spyware/Malware detection rates are pretty low compared to the ones i’ve said above. Believe it or not, Norton is still the cream of the crop [in regards to Bang for Buck factor, if your PC is a beast and u dont mind mising a few FPS in games hehe]
Ah but im not trying to start a “What is the best AV” argument here hehe – i’m just expressing my personal opinion! If anyone wants to correct me or comment on anything ive said, feel free to 🙂 Peace
FYI, for other games there is a software [commercial sadly, but I bought it!] called TCPCom that allows any game that can use “Null Modem” to work on a TCP-IP network! Of course, you can only play 1vs1 🙁 but it works flawlessly!
Also, do a google for the Hi-Resolution patch for C&C Gold – Tiberium Dawn [the original Command and Conquer] at 1024×768 is awesome!
Spore works 100% for me! No need to disable Aero/DWM at all, not running in compatibility mode either haha!
But, it’s wierd. My younger step-brother runs Vista SP1 Home Premium [all updates on] and sometimes it crashes on bootup. I found out that after I uninstalled PC Tools AntiVirus it would only happen extremely rarely.
What is an “Open License”? I did a bit of research when I saw that there are 1 User Device CAL’s for only $30, and from what I read I think it is simply a license to allow a user to logon/connect to a Server 2008 network – and not an actual license for the Server. So buying one of these is useless unless you actually already own Server 2008, Correct?
I saw $450 US for a Standard Server 2008. Pretty good.
Haha cheers man, it’s working fine ey it was no trouble and sorta fun 😛 im using it right now but sadly is still eluding my efforts to make an easy installer without breaking the system, or doing it manually [which takes 30 minutes, 5 reboots and an accompanying guide] but yeah no need to thank at all because I am just as happy as anyone is about this 🙂 and I hope nobody thinks im being a huge fake here, just hold out for another day or two and I will provide a download link as soon as the kinks are worked out ;D I wont ‘spam’ again until its done!
Making the installer is being a real pain in the a$$. Trying to figure out a SAFE way that will work on ALL 2008 systems. Having trouble finding a program that APPENDS to a REG_MULTI_SZ value instead of just overwritting it [which would most definately break many systems that have non-standard services installed, such as AntiVirus and Defrag tools and such].
Eh, i’m going to install an extremely cut-down version of Server 2008 now haha and do it all from scratch with a damn complex batch file, thanks to the fancy command-line tools in the new NT6 family [such as SC.EXE].
Yeah i know its a pointless post, but I was expecting to have it done by now but jus thought i’d give you guys an update. Not long now hopefully. Peace.
SUCCESS!
Everything seems to be working. The ReadyBoost tab appears, the cache file creates properly, and the loading-light on my USB stick was always thrashing about so it seems to be good! Although, it did crash my system when i tried to shutdown… I’m pretty sure I know why it did that though and I HOPE any stability issues will not happen again, it should be working anyway maybe i should double check everything…
…but its 11:10pm here in Chittaway Bay, Australia; and I have work tomorrow. Alas its Saturday and i will be home at midday – then I will do some quick tests and such to make sure its all right, then clean it all up and make an installer for someone daring enough to test it! Stay tuned… Peace
Don’t worry, I wont go down without a fight I want this pretty bad too! I havn’t given up yet 😉 just got home from work, will spend a few more hours on it today now im fresh and rested and see how we go 🙂 pray to your gods to bestow me with great intelligence! Nevermind, I’ll do it lol.
IM STUCK!!!
I don’t know how the hell I even got this far to be honest, I have no idea how to get the ReadyBoost tab to appear – I’m pretty sure I found the right registry keys, but for all I know it could be some other DLL with the dialog data that Vista has but 2008 doesn’t…. eh I think i’ve burnt myself out for the day 🙁 maybe i’ll call it a night. Damn.
EDIT: I just noticed that the vLite tool has matured quite a bit. I’m going to build an extremely cut-down copy of Vista [keeping ReadyBoost of course] stripping EVERYTHING else, then use Process Explorer to watch the ReadyBoost detecting/enabling process with NO FILTER AT ALL to find every damn DLL and Registry Key thats read or changed during ANYTHING to do with USB and/or ReadyBoost functions!
@aviv00 wrote:
i have e4300 too with ds3 965g gigabyte and i tested vista long ago
and then tried the first server 2008
its was gr8 and from that point never got back to vistathe boot time is long to me too but im using hibernation and waiting for the new server [server 7 hopefully will fix the boot time ]
should be in month or later so im not worry about it much
Windows 7 in a few months? Try a few years… they are aiming for 2010.
