Create your own MULTI-OEM Windows XP DVD…

Create your own MULTI-OEM Windows XP DVD…

I am sure all of you would would like to own a MULTI-OEM XP DVD which when you insert into an OEM Computer which has got SLP 1 strings in its bios will get activated automatically…Well that’s what we are going to achieve after following these very easy steps..It took lots of trial and error and after lots of testing,I have come up with this method..So please do reply if you were successful with this method or not.This method will pre-activate all the following brands of pc’s which have these “SLP 1 strings” in their bios….

SLP Strings                                             CRC Values

[AcerSystem]                                           717B6EF3
[TravelMate]                                            700A8481
[Acer TravelMate]                                    700A8481
[Actebis:SAM#451B]                               9433FB11
[alienware]                                                CE524ABD
[americanfuture]                                        DF5C0058
[AMOI Electronics CO.,Ltd]                    3A887CB8
[AQUARIUS]                                         6FBD72DE
[ATComputers]                                       9561A0BA
[BenQHub]                                             B55014F0
[Brain Technology]                                  BF5F3D34
[Channel Partner Solutions]                     9271294A
[Dell System]                                          B6F0EEFD
[Dell Computer]                                      B6F0EEFD
[Dell Inc]                                                B6F0EEFD
[Dell Quanta]                                          87870F5A
[DIXONSXP]                                        221C8416
[BIOSLOCKFUNCTION ELITEGROUP] 8EE1223C
[emaxs]                                                 4E00A936
[EPSON]                                              74163373
[Equus]                                                  0D59FC53
[Equus Computer Systems]                    0D59FC53
[eveshamvale]                                        A093BD92
[eveshamvale1]                                      A093BD92
[eveshamvale2]                                      A093BD92
[Founder PC]                                         3A0C0121
[Gatewa]                                                A04597C6
[Gateway]                                              C86378C7
[EMACHINES]                                     C86378C7
[GIGABYTE]                                        6C0C2E95
[GREATWALL]                                    47E62C15
[HaierComputer]                                    A94BE5ED
[HASEECOMPUTER]                          1C1187CB
[HEDYCOMPUTER]                            162C7931
[HYRICAN]                                          BB343342
[IBM CORPORATION]                       D7A77612
[LENOVO]                                           5237B729
[LG Electronics]                                    8D3A3465
[iQon.ie]                                                36EDE356
[Itautec]                                                 B489FBF9
[JVC_MPXP]                                       B3F88133
[K-Systems]                                          E39B6289
[KRAFTWAY]                                    2CD5F907
[INVENTEC]                                       0F173609
[Lan Plus]                                             FDAA5E8B
[LEGEND Dragon]                              7B06BD13
[MAXDATA]                                      608BC835
[MEDIONPC]                                     06485F9D
[MEDIONNB]                                     06485F9D
[MEI_CF]                                            89799F58
[Windows_Virtual_XP_F9161D8E7FCC11DDBFAA369856D8959 3] B4FFCA38
[Mitsubishi]                                           71631112
[MCJ Co,.Ltd]                                     DEBD653E
[MSI-PenNote]                                   CDB82950
[MSI-2831-MS]                                 CDB82950
[MSI-PC]                                            CDB82950
[MSI-Notebook]                                 E0A0735C
[MSI-MEGAPC]                                 E0A0735C
[MSI-Desktop]                                    E0A0735C
[powerspec]                                        AA944D37
[WinBook]                                          AA944D37
[NCA_GROUP_LTD]                       2BFDC91E
[NECC1]                                           678752DC
[NECc_]                                            678752DC
[NECC]                                             E32D3612
[NEC-PC]                                          E32D3612
[NEC Computers]                              E32D3612
[NEC_Product]                                  E32D3612
[Optima]                                            1EBD4D64
[Optimaxp]                                        1EBD4D64
[Optimapc]                                        1EBD4D64
[OQO Inc/Zepto/(jja)]                       458AE2C4
[POSITIVO]                                     C90D5E01
[OIMERP]                                         9B5B2D15
[RM plc]                                            DEE9D7D9
[Research Machines]                          DEE9D7D9
[RMplc]                                             DEE9D7D9
[RoverBook]                                      26B94220
[SAMSUNGPC]                               904CF15A
[Seanix]                                             B7FC8D93
[Seneca]                                            6A8B62B9
[Shanda]                                           904CF15A
[SHARP]                                          8432EB94
[Shuttle]                                            DB234D65
[Sony Corporation]                           376E13C7
[SOTEC]                                          E0766DE2
[synnex]                                            6EBE3B48
[Synnex]                                           6EBE3B48
[SYNNEX]                                      6EBE3B48
[SNC302EEH]                                 9509CAD5
[SYSFIC]                                        15367043
[TARGASYS]                                  D0F94E0D
[Tarox]                                             3B7A0685
[Tektronix]                                       44A210FB
[TCL123]                                        D99F7B12
[Time Computers]                            7EB9D890
[Time Computer]                             7EB9D890
[TOSHIBA]                                    A16F9D62
[TRIGEM]                                      DFD180D2
[TSINGHUA TONGFANG COMPUTER] 7870B3C6
[ViewSonic-PC]                             6D264FD2
[ViewSonic-Notebook]                  6D264FD2
[ViewSonic-AIOpc]                       6D264FD2
[ViewSonic-Desktop]                     6D264FD2
[vpr Matrix]                                    5D99A970
[WANLIDACOMPUTERS]           926481E4
[wortmann]                                      515F564A
[ASUSTeK Pegasus]                       2411858C
[ASUS_FLASH]                            2411858C
[HITACHI]                                    BE5CE5BD
[Hitachi]                                         BE5CE5BD
[hitachi]                                          BE5CE5BD
[Compaq]                                     CD4E1902
[Hewlett]                                       CD4E1902
[HP PAVILION]                          06D652A4
[FSC SERVER]                           10045CFA
[FUJITSU SIEMENS]                 10045CFA
[FSC SYSTEM]                          10045CFA
[FUJITSU-PC]                            9CF90CA8
[FUJITSU]                                  D2D64C41
[SIEMENS]                                 D2D64C41
[PRIMERGY]                              D2D64C41
[GENUINE]                                8B2EBECB

To check whether your system has these slp strings in your bios or not,you can use “OEMBIOS tool (v1.1)”..Just run it on your system and it will tell you whether you have slp strings in your bios or not.If you have slp strings in your bios,it will give its “CRC Value” as well as the “SLP String” in your Bios.

Requirements:

• Windows Xp Oem untouched iso’s (XP-Pro,XP-Home,XP-MediaCentre and XP-64Bit)
• Iso Editing utilities such as Ultra iso or Magic iso or any other similar softwares for editing the iso files..


Steps To do:

1. First of all get yourself untouched iso images of XP-Pro,XP-Home,XP-MediaCentre and XP-64bit versions and if you don’t have one then you can easily convert your retail or VLK versions into OEM version by following THIS thread.

2. Download “WinXP_MULTIOEM.rar” from the following link and extract the files into a folder on your desktop.

Download LINK:http://www.mediafire.com/?jbbu108eygnp38h

3. Download all the relevant “Uncompressed Oembios Filesets” from the “Oem Bios Archive” from HERE. i.e,download all the oembios filesets and put them in their respective folders in the “OEM” folder in the “WinXP_MULTIOEM” folder you just extracted on your desktop.You have to match the CRC values of the OEM filesets with the foldernames of the folders in the “OEM” folders..

For Example: If you have “ACERSYSTEM” in your bios then its CRC value is “717B6EF3”,so you just download the uncompressed “Acer-717B6EF3” from the archive and then extract only the Oembiosfiles into “717B6EF3” folder in the “OEM” folder in the extracted “WinXP_MULTIOEM” folder.Similarly download all the Other files and put them in their respective folder in the “OEM” folder.

4. There are four folder in your extracted “WinXP_MULTIOEM”..
• XP_HOME
• XP_MCE
• XP_PRO
• XP64
Each of these folders contain “oemscan.ini” file.Now if you are creating an XP Professional MULTI OEM,then copy the “oemscan.ini” file from “XP_Pro” folder into the “OEM” folder in the “WinXP_MULTIOEM”.Similarly if you are making other versions of XP MULTI OEM,then copy their “oemscan.ini” into the “OEM” folder.You can also edit the “oemscan.ini” and keep only those relevant line whose DVD you want to make and delete the other lines.

5. Open your untouched “Windows XP” iso’s with the help of Ultraiso or any other iso editing utility.

6. Now copy the “OEM” folder from the Extracted “WinXP_MULTIOEM” folder on your desktop where you have just put all the Oembios filesets to the root of your Windows XP iso..

7. Also copy the “WINNT.SIF” file from “WinXP_MULTIOEM” that is their on your desktop to “I386” folder in your iso i.e, “\I386\WINNT.SIF”



8. Now just save this edited Windows XP iso,and you have made your own MULTI-OEM Windows XP DVD.


NOTE:
1. I have not included oembios filesets in the “WinXP_MULTIOEM.rar” file.
2. Many thanks to “xehter” of msfn,Freestyler,and mr_smartepants of siginet for all their explainations and clarification without which this method would not have been possible.
3. Sometime,if your bios have more than ONE slp strings,the “oemscan.exe” will match the first foung slp string in your bios and insert those filesets.One way to circumvent this is that you put those line in the “oemscan.ini” whose filesets you want to be inserted.

List of Free or Open Source Security softwares that can compete with their shareware alternatives

Here is a list of free or open source softwares that can compete with most of their shareware alternatives..And almost in all categories we have got pretty good list of capable softwares..So,I thought why not prepare a nice list of good open source and free softwares that will be useful to lot of pc users..I know it is quite a difficult task to prepare such list and it can never be considered complete..So please help me in making this list as comprehensive as possible..

Antivirus /Internet Security Suite
* AVG Anti-Virus Free 9.0.851 Build 3009

Supported platforms: 2000/ XP/ XP Pro x64 Edition/ Vista/ Vista x64 Edition/ Windows 7/ Windows 7 x64 Edition
     Homepage - http://free.avg.com
      Size: 89.5 MB

Download Freeware

*  COMODO Internet Security 5.0.158836.1079/ 4.1.150349.920

    Operating systems: Windows 7 / Vista / XP SP2
Homepage - http://www.comodo.com
Size: 47.4 MB


Download COMODO Internet Security 5 for Windows 32bit
Download COMODO Internet Security 5 for Windows 64bit

Download COMODO Internet Security 4 for Windows 32bit
Download COMODO Internet Security 4 for Windows 64bit

Download COMODO Internet Security 3.14.130099.587 for Windows 32bit
Download COMODO Internet Security 3.14.130099.587 for Windows 64bit

* Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0.375.0 Beta/ 1.0.1963.0

Well it is free for only genuine Windows users..But it has got some nice reviews,so there is no harm in trying it out.. ALL-IN-ONE INTERNET SECURITY. Comprehensive Internet protection featuring antivirus, firewall, antispam, web safety and proactive defense tools.
Homepage - http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
Size: 11.3 MB
Download Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0.375.0 Beta

Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0.1963.0 All Downloads
Download for Windows XP 32-bit
Download for Windows Vista/WIN7 32-bit
Download for Windows Vista/WIN7 64-bit

Download Latest Definitions 32-bit
Download Latest Definitions 64-bit

* avast! Antivirus 5.0.594 - Final

Its latest version is pretty solid and is very highly rated..
Works on Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 (32/64 bit).
Homepage - http://www.avast.com
Size: 45.3 MB
Download avast! 4.8.1368 Home Edition - Free
Download version in your language

* Avira AntiVir Personal 10.0.0.567 - FREE Antivirus (Updated)

Operating systems:
- Microsoft Windows 2000, SP 4
- Microsoft Windows XP Home or Professional, SP2
- Microsoft Windows Vista (32 or 64 Bit)
- Microsoft Windows 7 (32 or 64 Bit)
Homepage - http://www.free-av.com
Size: 42.0 MB
Download
Mirror

Malware Removal Tools
* Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.46

Even though the Full version is not free,the only different between the full and free version is that there is no online protection.But it is very effective tool to clear malware and spyware infections
Homepage - http://www.malwarebytes.org
Size: 5.86 MB
Download

* Dr.Web CureIt 6.00.2.05140 [2010-08-15]

This utility can quickly clean an infected system, but it is not a permanent tool to cure your computer in case of infection.

Homepage - http://www.freedrweb.com
Size: 46.1 MB
Download

* UnHackMe 5.95 Build 348

This is a great utility to have for clearing virus and other rootkit infections.But it is advised only for advanced computer users.
Homepage - http://www.greatis.com/unhackme/
Size: 9.43 MB
Download UnHackMe Stable

Anti-Spyware Tools 
* Spybot - Search & Destroy  1.6.2.46 - Final

The best free Antispware out there and infact a must have software on any computer as far as security is concerned.
Homepage - http://spybot.info
Size: 15.6 MB
Freeware
Download SpyBot - Search & Destroy 1.6.2 Final
Mirror
Download Update

*SUPERAntiSpyware 4.41.1000

Homepage - http://www.superantispyware.com
Size: 8.73 MB
Download SUPERAntiSpyware Free Edition 4.41.1000 Final
Download SUPERAntiSpyware Portable Scanner

Firewalls 
* Comodo Firewall 4.1.150349.920

One of the best and most highly rated firewall

Homepage - http://personalfirewall.comodo.com
License: Freeware
Size: 55.8 MB
Download x86
Download x64

* Online Armor 4.0.0.45

Online Armor runs on Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 32 bit only - Win 64 is in Beta.
Size: 11.6 MB
Download Online Armor FREE

* ZoneAlarm Free 9.3.014.000

Homepage - http://www.zonealarm.com
Size: 44.5 MB
Download ZoneAlarm Free


*  PC Tools Firewall Plus 6.0.0.88

Platforms: Designed for Windows 7 (32/64bit), Vista (32/64bit) and XP (32bit)
Homepage - http://www.pctools.com/firewall/
Size: 10.2 MB
Download Final

Essential Softwares for a new Windows install

Essential Softwares for a new Windows install

It is quite often that we have to reinstall windows either due to some virus problems or due to some hardware failures.And to get the system back to its peak performance we have to install many other essential softwares.And quite often we do forget to install some of them as either we don't have them at hand at that time or we simply forget to install them..So here i will try to put together a list of of all essential softwares that we should install at the times of Windows reinstallation so that we don't have to worry about any incompatibilities later...I know we can add to this list all the Free softwares and other others required for day to day work,..But i have kept it simple and to the minimum basic..If you want i can also add the list of such free alternative softwares..

EDIT: If the mods consider this thread to be posted on applications forum they can please move it there..I just thought that it will more useful to post it here...thanks

1. Microsoft .NET Framework

Homepage - http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
Download Link:

* Download Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 (x86) - 23.8 MB
* Download Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 (x64) - 46.2 MB
* Download Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP 2 (IA64) - 52.2 MB

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 Redistributable
Download Link:
size-235MB

* Download .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
* Download .NET Framework 3.5

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0.30319.1 - Final

* Download .NET Framework 4 Online Installer
* Download .NET Framework 4 Offline Installer

2. DirectX End-User Runtimes 9.29.1962 Redistributable (June 2010)

  Homepage - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/

Size: 95.6 MB

Download DirectX End-User Runtimes Redistributable

3. Sun Java SE Runtime Environment 6.0 Update 21

Java allows you to play online games, chat with people around the world, calculate your mortgage interest, and view images in 3D. These applications, written in the Java programming language and access from your browse, are called "applets". Corporations also use Java applets for intranet applications and other e-business solutions.

Homepage - http://java.sun.com
Size: 15.5 MB
* Download

4. Adobe Flash Player 10.1.82.76

It is required to be installed on the system to view the web based videos from sites like youtube,google videos and other such flash content based sites on the net.

Homepage - http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/
Size: 2.65 MB

Download Adobe Flash Player for (Internet Explorer & AOL)
Download Adobe Flash Player for (Firefox, Netscape, Safari & Opera)
Download Adobe Flash Player for Linux
Download Adobe Flash Player for MacOS

5. Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.7.609

Homepage - http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/
Size: 8.05 MB

Download Full
Download Slim

6. K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 6.3.0

After installing this codec pack,we will be able to play almost all types of video and audio files available on the net.So,no more "Unable to play this media" error...

Homepage - http://www.codecguide.com
Size: 18.6 MB

Download Full - 14.4 MB
Download Standard - 10.4 MB

7. Microsoft Silverlight 4.0.50524.0

Though you don't need to install this plugin,but more and more sites are using this and you have to intsall them to browse them properly..
Homepage - http://www.silverlight.net

Size: 5.96 MB

Download

8. Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Packages

Homepage - http://www.microsoft.com

          Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package

Size: 4.83 MB

Download (x86Bit)
Download (x64BIT)

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable

Size: 1.73 MB

Download for x86

Download for x64

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package

Size: 2.5 MB

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package (x86)

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package (x64)

9. Compression Tools
I am posting links for both & zip and Winrar...& zip is an excellent compression tools and maybe one that compressess the best among its category and very easy to use..Winrar on the other hand is also equally good,and also most popular compressiosn software.

* 7-Zip 4.65

Homepage - http://www.7-zip.org

Size: 1.02 MB
Download 7-Zip 4.65 (32-bit)
Download 7-Zip 4.65 (64-bit)
All Downloads from Webpage
Download 7-Zip 4.65 Portable

* WinRAR 3.93 - Final (Shareware)

Homepage - http://www.rarlab.com

Size: 1.30 MB

Download WinRAR 3.93 Final 32-bit
Download WinRAR 3.93 Final 64-bit
All Downloads
Download WinRAR Unplugged 3.9.0.1

10. Pdf Readers

* Adobe Reader 9.3.3

Probably the most widely used pdf reading software..

Homepage - http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/
Size: 26.1 MB
Download Adobe Reader 9.3.3 Update (includes Acrobat.com on Adobe AIR) 2000/XP/Vista/2008/ 7, English
Download Adobe Reader 9.3

* Foxit Reader 4.1.1 Build 0805

Homepage - http://www.foxitsoftware.com
Size: 6.69 MB
Download [exe]
Download [msi]
Download [zip] Standalone

11. Office Suite

* OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 - Final

Well i must say,this has improved a lot and is giving tough competition to Mocrosoft office,..If you are a casual user and just want to use some office suite for your daily use,this is a good choice..
Homepage - http://www.openoffice.org

Size: 133 MB

Download OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 Final for Windows
Download OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 Final for Linux
Download OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 Final for Mac OS
All Downloads
Download OpenOffice.org Portable

Create a Multi-OEM Windows Home Server DVD..

Create a Multi-OEM Windows Home Server DVD...

After Following the below steps you can create a Multi OEM Windows HOME Server DVD.The WHS PP3 will be fully activated when you install it on the following brands of pc which have these slp strings in their bios...

You can find out the slp strings in your Bios by using OEMBIOS tool (v1.1) from the downloads section

SLP Strings                          Oembios CRC

1.Acersystem                            [CRC-9851DBEB]

2.Altos                                      [CRC-9851DBEB]
3.Dell system                            [CRC-99735910]
4.Dell Computer                         [CRC-C20D8FF5]

5.Compaq                                  [CRC-C0023D89]

6.compaq                                  [CRC-C0023D89]
7.COMPAQ                               [CRC-C0023D89]
8.Proliant                                   [CRC-C0023D89]
9.Hewlett-Packard                      [CRC-C0023D89]
10.hewlett-packard                     [CRC-C0023D89]
11.HPQOEM                             [CRC-D05D250E]
12.IBM CORPORATION              [CRC-F35DA4D2]
13.NEC_Product                        [CRC-5B988ABF]
14.FUJITSU-SV                          [CRC-8AB19700]
15.FSC SYSTEM                       [CRC-FB6F8F08]
16.FUJITSU SIEMENS                [CRC-FB6F8F08]
17.FSC SERVER                       [CRC-FB6F8F08]

Steps to create a MULTI-OEM DVD...

1.Get yourself an untouched Windows Home Server OEM DVD..

Code:
en_windows_home_server_installation_disc_x86_dvd_x14-24276.iso
hashes:
SHA1:1A40F0B56A38168E6186C1715FCBC0F25090811
ISO/CRC: 6A2D6C5

And if you don't have one then you can use the steps explained by Freestyler to Convert an WHS PP3 trial into an OEM DVD as explained here http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/15307-Convert-Windows-Home-Server-PP3-Trial-to-OEM?p=288702#post288702

2.Download the following archive and extract it on your desktop..

Download:http://www.mediafire.com/?twnj3minnny

3.Download the relevant Oembios filesets as shown in the OEM folder from http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/3339-Server-2003-OEM-SLP-Keys...You must use only uncompressed oembios files..

4.Then use Ultraiso or any other iso editing software that you are familiar with and put the "OEM" folder and "CD.txt" file in the root of the WHS OEM iso..and also put the modified "install.cmd" from the downloaded files into the "\FILES\Install\install.cmd"...Just look at the below image,and this is how your iso image should look after putting all the folders and files in their places.

5.If you don't want to insert any KEY during the WHS set then modify the "pid.inf" in the "\SVR_2003\I386\" directory of the WHS iso.

6.Then just recompile the iso and you can now use this Multi-OEM DVD on any of the above brands and they will all be fully pre-activated..

NOTE:
**.You can delete the folders in the "OEM" folders which you dont want and also edit the relevant lines in the "oemscan.ini" in that folder as you wish..
**.I have not included the oembios filesets in the downloaded archive as then the download size will be more than 100MB,and i have also not included any WHS slp keys..You have to search google to get them..
**.All of this was possible because of "xehqter" from msfn and Freestyler who explained the concept in clear words and to many others whom i may not know directly..Thanks