Windows 7 - rebuilt upon a trusted, stable, and proven OS from Microsoft - Windows Server 2003 R2
Windows 2003, built to be binary-compatible with Microsoft's consumer product, Windows XP, is more stable and faster than the latter and offers better memory management and increased FPS in video games.
This version of Windows 2003 uses stripped pictures, sounds, and software from Windows 7 Ultimate to offer reliability and a more friendly user-interface.
A full assortment of drivers, tweaks, and software is included as well (see txt for more info)
Installation is fully unattended and takes ~15 minutes - no serial needed

Disclaimer:
Although of questionable legality, this release was made to academic scruples. There is no overtly stolen software, and credit is given where it is due. The image was legally obtained from Microsoft as a trial, and any circumvention of Activation is demonstrated for Academic purposes only.

Features:
* DriverPacks Technology
Automatically Installs Drivers During Setup So Theres No Need For Any Other Clumsy Disks
* Siginet's Server 2003 Post-SP2 Update Pack
Offers The Very Latest In Stability And Security From Microsoft
* DirectX 9.0c (February 2010 Update)
Needed For Many Video Games
* Vista / Windows 7 Look
Many Resources - Icons - Buttons - Animations - Have Been Updated With VistaPack 2.6 To Have A Sleek And Modern And Technological Look - No More XP Cartoonish Icons
* Theme
Offers Aesthetically Pleasing Experience With Theme Made From Windows Media Player 11 Resources
* Windows Extras
10 Fonts - 10 ScreenSavers - Windows 7 Ultimate Sound Schemes - Genuine Windows 7 Cursor - Asian Character Support
* Tweaks
Over 20 .REG Files With Additional Functionality And Advanced Customization For Windows
* 3 Web Browsers
Offers Triple Redundancy For Viewing Any Site - Mozilla (SeaMonkey) + Opera 10.10 + IE6
* Rare Command Line Utilities
Perform Computer Tricks Never Thought Possible With wget.exe + fontreg.exe + pathman.exe + xxmklink.exe + reg2inf.exe + modifype.exe + plink.exe + upx.exe + sleep.exe
* 32 MB Wavetable Synthesis
Upped From Windows 4MB Roland GM Sound Canvas - Featuring Yamaha XG SoundMAX Bank With CD-Realistic Drums (FluidR3) and Guitars (Airfont 330)
* Edit Executables
Just Like Real Programmers Do For $$$ - Integrated Hex Resource Editors Right Into Windows Explorer - Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise - QuickBASIC 4.50 Compiler Edition - Tiny C Compiler - Syntax Highlighting Text Editor With Code-Folding - Full Texas Instruments AMS Environment With TI-92p Emulation
* 6 Windows Vista Games With High Resolution Resources
Freecell, Hearts, Solitaire, Spider, Shanghai, Minesweeper
* Nintendo Emulation
Plug Away At Old Time Favorites - Included GameBoy/GBA, SNES, N64 Emulators
* PDF Document Support
With File Association Icon
* MP3 Editing
Simple Right Click Recording Editing And Encoding Of Any MP3 Music
* HTML Editing
With World Class And Industry Standards Compliant Mozilla SeaMonkey Composer
* uTorrent Integration With BlockList
Includes Latest IP-Filtering Technology For Safe Peer-To-Peer Shares And Association Of .Torrent Files
* CD / DVD Mastering And Burning
Make DVDs and CDs With ImgBurn 2.5.0.0 And Burn Directories On-The-Fly
* Multi-Protocol Instant Message Client
Miranda-IM 0.8.15 With meSpeak Text-To-Speech Plugin
* Advanced MultiMedia Management
IrfanView 4.23 Manages Picture Files While MediaPlayerClassic Homecinema (MPC-HC) Comes To The Forefront To View Most Video Formats With The Coveted DXVA H.264 Processor Offloading Technology And XMPlay 3.5.1.2 Picks Up The Rest Of The Slack To Handle Audio Windows WMA + iPod MP4s M4As and Ogg Vorbis OGGs
* Junk File Manager And Secure Deletion
CCleaner 2.28.1091 Will Keep Any Installation Of Windows Tight And Running Fast And Also Has Options To Delete Sensative Documents And Integrate With The Recycling Bin
* Everything File Search Tool
Offers Mini-SQL File Indexing And Searching Of NTFS Disk File Systems To Find Any File Within Seconds

* Piracy-Free
This Edition Of Windows Is Made With 100% Free And/Or AbandonWare Software

Windows 2003 Server R2 Enterprise Evaluation (180-Day) With Slipstreamed Trial Key

Soft:
The Following Updates Have Been Integrated In This Release:
* Windows 2003 Server Critical UpdatePack
* DirectX 9.0c (February 2010 Update)
* DriverPacks Chipset 10.02, CPU 9.12, Graphics A 10.0102, Sound A 10.01b2, LAN 10.02, WLAN 10.02
* VistaPack 2.6 ISO Patch For Vista / Windows 7 Updated Icons


The Following Components Have Been Removed
;# Applications #
Accessibility Options
Briefcase
ClipBook Viewer
;# Drivers #
Cameras and Camcorders
ISDN
Modems
Printers
Scanners
;# Hardware Support #
Iomega Zip drive
;# Multimedia #
Images and Backgrounds
Mouse Cursors
Music Samples
Old CDPlayer and Sound Recorder
Windows Media Player
Windows Sounds
;# Network #
Netmeeting
;# Operating System Options #
.NET Framework
Administration Tools Pack
Document Templates
DR Watson
Help and Support
Manual Install and Upgrade
MS Agent
Out of Box Experience (OOBE)
Search Assistant
Server Appliance Kit
User account pictures
Web View
Zip Folders
;# Services #
Indexing Service
UDDI
Windows Media Services


The Following Tweaks Have Been Applied
Boot and Shutdown-Ctrl-Alt-Del at logon-Disabled
Boot and Shutdown-Disable Shutdown Tracker
Boot and Shutdown-Logon Page-Welcome screen
Boot and Shutdown-Setup Prefetch-Cache-Applaunch and Boot enabled
Desktop-Desktop icons size-47
Desktop-My Computer icon-Show
Desktop-My Documents icon-Show
Explorer-Add (un)register libraries in Context Menu
Explorer-Advanced Search: preconfigure options
Explorer-Associate additional file types with Notepad
Explorer-Change Windows Explorer folder view-Tiles
Explorer-Classic Control Panel
Explorer-Disable Beep on errors
Explorer-Disable Prefix: Shortcut to
Explorer-Disable shortcut arrow
Explorer-Disable Web Files and Folders connection
Explorer-Display the contents of system folders
Explorer-Launch folder windows in a separate process
Explorer-Preset Places Bar to-Desktop, My Computer, Network Places, Documents and Pictures
Explorer-Restore previous folder windows at logon
Explorer-Show extensions of known file-types
Explorer-Show hidden files and folders
Explorer-Show Statusbar in all windows
Explorer-Show the full path in the Address Bar
Internet Explorer-Disable Download Complete notification
Internet Explorer-Disable information bar when popup is blocked
Internet Explorer-Disable Internet Explorer link creation
Internet Explorer-Disable Market Place bookmark
Internet Explorer-Disable Media Player 6.4 created bookmarks
Internet Explorer-Disable Outlook Express link creation
Internet Explorer-Disable sound when popup is blocked
Internet Explorer-Enable Google URL-Search
Internet Explorer-Keep IE URL-History for-50 Days (max recommended)
Internet Explorer-Set Homepage-about:blank
My Computer-Remove Search from Context Menu
Network-Disable restoring mapped network drives on logon
Performance-Disable Last accessed Timestamp on files
Performance-Disable Optimize harddisk when idle
Performance-Disable paging of kernel and core-os
Performance-Disable Warn on low disk space
Performance-Disable WBEM logging
Performance-Do not cache thumbnails
Performance-Processor scheduling-Programs
Performance-Run 16-bit Windows applications in a separate process
Performance-Use Windows classic folders / No Tasks Sidepanel
Privacy-Disable Driver Update Internet prompt
Privacy-Disable Error Reporting
Privacy-Remove Alexa
Security-Disable Web Open With prompt
Start Menu-Disable and remove Documents list from the Start Menu
Start Menu-Disable Highlight newly installed programs
Start Menu-Do not use Personalized Menus
Start Menu-My Computer-Display as a link
Start Menu-My Documents-Display as a link
Start Menu-My Music-Display as a link
Start Menu-My Pictures-Display as a link
Start Menu-Number of programs on Start menu-6
Start Menu-Printers and Faxes-Don't display this item
Start Menu-Reduce popup delay
Start Menu-Remove Manage Your Server
Start Menu-Remove Pinned Apps List from Start Panel
Start Menu-Remove Search For People from Search
Start Menu-Remove Search the Internet from Search
Start Menu-Remove Set Program Access and Defaults
Start Menu-Remove Windows Catalog shortcut
Start Menu-Remove Windows Update shortcut
Taskbar-Lock the Taskbar-Yes
Visual Effects-Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing-Enable
Visual Effects-Cursor shadow-Disable
Visual Effects-Menu animation-Fade
Visual Effects-Menu shadows-Disable
Visual Effects-Menu style-Flat
Visual Effects-Show translucent selection rectangle-Enable
Visual Effects-Show window contents while dragging-Enable
Visual Effects-Smooth edges of screen fonts-Clear Type
Visual Effects-Smooth-scroll list boxes-Enable
Visual Effects-Tooltip animation-Fade
Visual Effects-Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop-Enable
Custom-Swap File Size-256MB
Custom-Set Cursor To Windows 7 Style
Custom-1-Click Explorer Interface
Custom-Military Style Time
Custom-Sorted Tile View In Explorer Interface
Custom-Full Hardware Acceleration
Custom-Set User Interface Font To Bold
Custom-Right-Click Image Previews In Explorer Interface
Custom-Command Prompt Color-Light Blue
Custom-Remove "More Themes Online . . ." From Theme Selections
Custom-Add Editors To Right-Click Menu
Custom-Search Everything from Start Menu
Custom-Enable Consolas in Command Prompt


The Following Software Is Automatically Installed In This Release:
7-Zip 9.10
CCleaner 2.28.1091
Everything 1.2.1.370
Greenfish Icon Editor Pro 2.0
ImgBurn 2.5.0.0
IrfanView 4.23
Miranda IM 0.8.15
mp3DirectCut 2.11
Vista Games 0.1
-Freecell
-Hearts
-Solitaire
-Spider
-Minesweeper
-Shanghai
Project64 1.6
VisualBoyAdvance 1.8.0b3
ZSNES 1.51
Opera 10.1.1893
QuickBASIC 4.5
Resource Hacker 3.5.2.82
SeaMonkey 1.1.18
Streamripper 1.64.6
Tiny C Compiler 0.9.25
uTorrent 1.8.5.17414
Virtual TI 2.5b5
XMPlay 3.5.1.2
XVI32 2.51
zMUD 3.62a
Really Slick Screensavers 0.1
CPU-Z 1.53.1
MPC - HomeCinema 1.3.1249.0
Sumatra PDF 1.0.1
Contig 1.55
GNU Wget 1.11.4
UPX 3.03w
FontReg 2.1.2.0
SmitFraudFix 2.424
Notepad2 4.0.22b5(mod; rev5)
Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise
Inno Setup Unpacker 0.22
XXMkLink 1.00
Modify PE 0.8
PuTTY Link 0.60
PuTTy 0.60
WinDirStat 1.1.2.80


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This post is a rundown of a recent troubleshooting adventure (If you don't know what a rundown is, ask Charles). I write these little post-mortems for a couple reasons. For one thing, I will need this solution (or some part of it) again at some point and my little pea brain is not going to retain all of this information. But what I usually do retain is the knowledge that somewhere on my blog I have a post about an issue with a Win2k3 64 bit CF install - or as Tevye would say, "Somewhere in the good book it must say something about a chicken!" The other reason is to benefit those of you in the ColdFusion universe who may be struggling with this issue. The Muse is all about community. If you are battling an install where the installer is failing silently after the splash screen, then this post will likely be a valuable read for you. If it doesn't solve your problem send me a note via Ask-A-Muse and I'll see if I can think of anything else you might try.

I was tasked with installing and optimizing ColdFusion 8 Enterprise 64 bit on a new server for a customer. I do this kind of task pretty often for companies who wish to have a clean and fully optimized install for migration. The new server was running Windows 2003 64 bit "Web Edition". Previously (in Windows 2000 I believe) the Web Edition would only support 2 Gigs of memory. But 2003 server supports up to 8 Gigs. I wanted to use 64 bit because the server was going to manage a large pool of modestly trafficked sites. It really didn't need the full fledged "multi-server" install. It just needed a nice big heap size. For that purpose the standalone Jrun install is perfect. In short order however, I found myself pitted against Win2k3 in a no holds barred install death match. Here's my story.

First things first. This customer has standardized on Apache - which is a very good choice. IIS performs well and is often easier to manage for windows sys admin types, a fact which often makes the Linux admin types (who think "GUI" is an adjective closely related to the noun "nougat") snicker. I have no objection to either and no stake in the argument. But the choice of Apache did present me with a problem. The official Apache site does not have 64 bit binaries for Apache. This is important because I didn't want to contend with a mixed environment. I wanted the Web server, OS and CF to all live in the same happy 64 bit space. Luckily - like most well supported open source projects - I found the recompiled binaries for 2.2 from another vendor, tested and installed them. Problem 1 solved. On to the install.

I opened my freshly downloaded 64 bit install file and "installanywhere" started unpacking the files. Eventually I was greeted with the main splash screen for the install. You know the one. It has a little "English" (or whatever language) drop down box and an "OK" button at the very bottom. I clicked "OK" and waited. The progress bar went up to about 80% and the splash screen disappeared to be replaced with ... nothing. In the words of Borimir, "What is this new devilry?" (and Sean Bean says it so well).

Over the next 10 or 15 minutes I tried various things.

• Downloaded a new install file.
• Used a "known good" install file.
• Turned off DEP with using /noexecute=AlwaysOff in the boot INI file.
• Cleared out the TEMP directory on the off chance that there was a locked file.
• Changed the TEMP directory to an empty folder with the "Everyone" group given full access.

None of this worked and I was left scratching my head.

Finding some Clues

Having exhausted all the "easy" ideas I proceeded to dig around in the temp directory looking for clues. Actually, I opened the temp directory, emptied it, then clicked on the install file again and watched. The install file created a "1" directory in which it placed another directory (Ixxxxxx) which contained 2 folders called "installerData" and "windows" and a funky file called sea_loc.



Before clicking ok on the little button I copied these 3 objects to a new folder. Then I clicked "ok". The error crapped out as before.

Ignoring the temp directory I went to the new location where I had stored the files created by the installanywhere process. I surmised (correctly) that these were all the install files "unpacked" and that I could likely start the install using a file contained in one of the folders. The "installerdata" folder had a couple of archives and manifests in it, but the "Windows" folder had a file titled "adobe_cf.exe". It also had a file called "cfinstall_err". I opened this file and found that it contained a summary of system stats and variables that the installer needed, but there were no errors - at least nothing I could hang my hat on. The file contained Java configuration information (version, class path, temp directory etc) - but it really resembled a config file - or perhaps a standard output file. It did not appear to be an error log to me.

I decided to execute the adobe_cf.exe file. Sure enough it displayed the "splash" screen. I clicked "OK" like before and the install failed silently - just like before. But this time I was watching the folder. I noticed that 3 files were written to it right away. the was an xxxxxxx.notes file (a cryptic string as a file name) an xxxxxx.details file and a file I was all too familiar with called hs_err_pidXXXX.log. What's this? A hotspot compiler error? I'm used to seeing these on sick servers in the /runtime/bin directory - but on this server Java was throwing me a hotspot error during the install.

The file contained mostly memory registers and I found little usefulness in anything past the header. Here's what the header looked like.

# An unexpected error has been detected by Java Runtime Environment: # # EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x0000000077ef65ca, pid=3020, tid=3836 # # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (10.0-b19 mixed mode windows-amd64) # Problematic frame: # C [ntdll.dll+0x365ca] # # If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit: # http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp # The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code. # See problematic frame for where to report the bug. # .... later on... Java version 1.6.0_04

Not much to go on, but at least I had a place to start. I did some googling and found no references to this specific error (win2k3 + 64 bit + ntdll.dll). I did find some version compatibility notes relating to JNI and a 64 bit JVM. That got me thinking about he JVM version. Hmmm I thought... whatever JVM the installer is using isn't playing nice with this version of windows. In fact, one fairly common fix for a hotspot error is to upgrade or downgrade the JVM (depending on your specific issue). So, thought I, I will install a different JVM and see if the system picks it up from the environment (there was a path clue in the HS file as well - pointing to a Java file buried deep in the Windows directory.

I downloaded and installed the latest and greatest JVM (1.6.0_18) and tried again. Not only did it produce the same error, but it indicated the same old Java version (1.6.0_04) nothing had changed apparently. How do I get this installer to use a different JVM to go through it's paces?

Aha Moment

Going back to the folder I noticed a file called "adobe_cf.lax". Eureka! This file contains a good number of settings that seem to be environmental setup for the JVM. Here's a small snippet:

lax.stdout.redirect=cfinstall_err .... lax.user.dir=. .... lax.stderr.redirect=cfinstall_err .... lax.resource.dir=Windows ... lax.nl.java.option.java.heap.size.initial=16777216 ... lax.nl.current.vm=resource\\jre\\bin\\java.exe

Hmmm... standard out and standard error both directed to that "cfinstall_err" file. And look at that - I have a specific JRE directory. Ignoring the warning at the top of the page to "not make any changes to this file" I edited the "current.vm" to point to the new 64 bit Java.exe I had just downloaded. My new string looked like this:

lax.nl.current.vm=c:\\jdk1.6.0_18\\jre\\bin\\java.exe

When I fired up the install and clicked on my "ok" button one more time, sure enough the install launched and completed without incident. I ran the Apache connector script, located the CFIDE Admin, set up my new JVM settings and request settings and I was off and running.

An Additional Insight

CFG Matt Woodward suggested I try a "silent" install (instructions here). This is actually a pretty easy process that involves building a properties file and specifying it as an argument to the install file (launching the install file from the command line). I did not have an adequate test of that idea and (now that the problem is solved) I have no test machine currently throwing a hotspot error on install. If the issue is that he GUI features of the JVM that ships with CF don't cooperate well with the version of windows I was using, then I suspect a silent install will probably work. Hopefully an intrepid reader can try that approach first and give us an update before using my work around solution.