I'm also running a CPU that supports the extensions (Intel Pentium D 820) which does support the extensions, but the windows store tells me my CPU doesn't. I'm also already running Windows 8 Pro 64bit.This is the info from coreinfo.exe which show it is supported. Glad others are having similar problems with possible processors that should work.I reran coreinfo and i missed that PREFETCHW is not supported by the processor on the system.
But everything else is supported.I find it silly that Windows 8 64bit work, but windows 8.1 didn't. I don't even care about having lots of memory on system.
I just need it for testing some products and software installers to make sure it works well on both 32bit and 64bit systems.I hope something changes that makes it work without some hack.
Drum kits logic pro. No doubt not up to the quality of kits mentioned above, but they may fill in as you get going.If you like the sound but not the pattern, just drag the pattern to the tracks area, then delete it. It's a shame that the really excellent-sounding Drum Kit Designer doesn't have a Jazz Drummer.In the short term, take a listen to the jazz kits in the loop browser. Look for green (MIDI) loops including Cool Jazz, Jazz Brush, and Lounge Jazz. The inserted instrument remains so you can program your own pattern or paste in a custom MIDI drum file. Set the filter for All Drums and Jazz.
While I don't agree (at all) with doing this as it violates the EULA and license you have to run a Windows client OS, as well as cripples the OS kernel in many ways, Geoff Chappell has an article about how the 4GB restriction on client OSes can be bypassed. If you want to use more than 4GB of RAM with an actual legally licensed copy of Windows client, however, you need an x64 license.Read the whole sticky and.all. the links offered thereof at least twice. Then you'll be up to date on the matter. Right thread, but outdated post. This is the.Now, a little contribution:halmacpi.dll 5.1.2600.5574 (xpspsp3qfe.0) from = Patch at 0x17813 (same offset in 5574qfe as in 5512).ntkrpamp.exe 5.1.2600.6419 (xpspsp3qfe.1) from Patch at 0x15 EF1A & 0x1B 3A51 (offsets in 6419qfe do differ from those in 5512).usbport.sys 5.2.3790.5203 (srv03sp2qfe.1) from is also required, but needs no patching.Of course, all the above offsets are for the ENU versions of the files mentioned.I strongly recommend using the reliable n7epsilon's v. 1.4 for the mandatory checksum correction.
As you can see, my windows is localized, so the offsets are different.' - patch ntkrpamp.exe at offset 0x15DF1A from 75 1B to 90 90 '. I'm sorry, but, with all due respect, I have not time nor interest in studying any localized versions (BRZ included).Nor do I have your specific localized (CHT or CHS, I guess.) files to study, in case I found some time to do it.If you grab the ENU version and compare it with the localized one, you'll surely find out the correct offsets.Good luck!BTW, IDA offsets are for the loaded executable, whereas the patching offsets refer to the binary file image before it's loaded, which can be found instead with an hexeditor. Moreover 0x75 means jnz, so the last of the 4 calls shown in you post cannot be the correct place to patch (because it contains no jnz). Get yourself an hexeditor capable of hexstring searching and search for 0x3C017507B8 (for the 1st patch) and 0x3C01751B39 (for the 2nd one). I bet you'll find one occurrence only of each string, even in your localized version, and, if so, then just patch the 0x75XX to 0x9090 in each string, as required. Disclaimer: I guarantee nothing and you agree that whatever you do you do by your own decision and accept all responsibility for the results from your actions.Much later additions:For halmacpi.dll, the hexstring to search for is 0x537417803D (and once found, then patch the 0x74 to 0xEB).These hexstrings ought to be unique (= appear just once in the executable file one intends to patch), and should be universal (= exist in whatever localized version one is intending to patch).
I'm sorry, but, with all due respect, I have not time nor interest in studying any localized versions (BRZ included).Nor do I have your specific localized (CHT or CHS, I guess.) files to study, in case I found some time to do it.If you grab the ENU version and compare it with the localized one, you'll surely find out the correct offsets.Good luck!BTW, IDA offsets are for the loaded executable, whereas the patching offsets refer to the binary file image before it's loaded, which can be found instead with an hexeditor. Moreover 0x75 means jnz, so the last of the 4 calls shown in you post cannot be the correct place to patch (because it contains no jnz). Get yourself an hexeditor capable of hexstring searching and search for 0x3C017507B8 (for the 1st patch) and 0x3C01751B39 (for the 2nd one). I bet you'll find one occurrence only of each string, even in your localized version, and, if so, then just patch the 0x75XX to 0x9090 in each string, as required. Disclaimer: I guarantee nothing and you agree that whatever you do you do by your own decision and accept all responsibility for the results from your actions.Much later additions:For halmacpi.dll, the hexstring to search for is 0x537417803D (and once found, then patch the 0x74 to 0xEB).These hexstrings ought to be unique (= appear just once in the executable file one intends to patch), and should be universal (= exist in whatever localized version one is intending to patch). HTHhal.dll hal.dll+8bc7 0x806e6000 0x80706d80 0x00020d80 0x47f3693d 2/4/2008 19:08:45NDIS.sys NDIS.sys+19530 0xf6d82000 0xf6dae980 0x0002c980 0x48025d03 14/4/2008 03:20:35ntoskrnl.exe ntoskrnl.exe+79d30 0x804d8000 0x806e6000 0x0020e000 0x51d4d90f 4/7/2013 10:08:15I got a crash today.
The offsets changed are as you posted before.I use /hal= and /kernel= switch for loading modified files. I got a crash today. The offsets changed are as you posted before.I use /hal= and /kernel= switch for loading modified files.But. Let me understand this right:1.
) You located the points to patch using the search hexstrings I provided, instead of fixed offsets, right?2. ) You fixed the checksums, using pechecksum.exe (as recommended) or using modifype.exe, right?3. ) You replaced usbport.sys by the one reccommended, right?4. ) It worked, right? Your XP machine became able to see and access more that 4 GiB RAM, right?If all the above is right, please do post a new screenshot of the machine's My Computer's Properties, please.Now. You've got a crash.
Was it a BSOD? Was it a Black Screen? Was it a Full Freeze? Or did the machine just turn off?And what exactly were you doing at that precise moment? Please do bear with me, my crystal ball is out on the shop, for tunning (again!).
I got a crash today. The offsets changed are as you posted before.I use /hal= and /kernel= switch for loading modified files.But. Let me understand this right:1.
) You located the points to patch using the search hexstrings I provided, instead of fixed offsets, right?2. ) You fixed the checksums, using pechecksum.exe (as recommended) or using modifype.exe, right?3. ) You replaced usbport.sys by the one reccommended, right?4. ) It worked, right? Your XP machine became able to see and access more that 4 GiB RAM, right?If all the above is right, please do post a new screenshot of the machine's My Computer's Properties, please.Now. You've got a crash.
Was it a BSOD? Was it a Black Screen? Was it a Full Freeze?
Or did the machine just turn off?And what exactly were you doing at that precise moment? I got a crash today. The offsets changed are as you posted before.I use /hal= and /kernel= switch for loading modified files.But.
Let me understand this right:1. ) You located the points to patch using the search hexstrings I provided, instead of fixed offsets, right?2. ) You fixed the checksums, using pechecksum.exe (as recommended) or using modifype.exe, right?3. ) You replaced usbport.sys by the one reccommended, right?4.
) It worked, right? Your XP machine became able to see and access more that 4 GiB RAM, right?If all the above is right, please do post a new screenshot of the machine's My Computer's Properties, please.both 1 to 4 are 'Yes'.Then, congratulations!Now, was only because of your instigation that I came upon the idea of small unique search hexstrings unlike to change on localization as a method providing universal patches. And your success using them on a CHT version (which I did not investigate, all my work was done on the ENU version) constitutes the proof-of-concept for this method. So thanks!Now, as for your BSOD: if your debugging is right (and I do think it is), then the problem is solved for now. Let at least one week of intensive use pass before putting VPCNetS2. If no other BSOD happens, I think you can consider VPCNetS2.
Sys really was the source of the problem. In that case, maybe searching for a later, newer version of that file might be in order. Let's wait and see. Of course, please do keep me posted on what happens next, OK?
I got a crash today. The offsets changed are as you posted before.I use /hal= and /kernel= switch for loading modified files.But. Let me understand this right:1. ) You located the points to patch using the search hexstrings I provided, instead of fixed offsets, right?2. ) You fixed the checksums, using pechecksum.exe (as recommended) or using modifype.exe, right?3. ) You replaced usbport.sys by the one reccommended, right?4. ) It worked, right?
Your XP machine became able to see and access more that 4 GiB RAM, right?If all the above is right, please do post a new screenshot of the machine's My Computer's Properties, please.both 1 to 4 are 'Yes'.Then, congratulations!Now, was only because of your instigation that I came upon the idea of small unique search hexstrings unlike to change on localization as a method providing universal patches. And your success using them on a CHT version (which I did not investigate, all my work was done on the ENU version) constitutes the proof-of-concept for this method.
So thanks!Now, as for your BSOD: if your debugging is right (and I do think it is), then the problem is solved for now. Let at least one week of intensive use pass before putting VPCNetS2.sys back.
If no other BSOD happens, I think you can consider VPCNetS2.sys really was the source of the problem. In that case, maybe searching for a later, newer version of that file might be in order. Let's wait and see.