LR 4.1 / 4.2 Install Paradox

Hello.
So, I have LR as a part of the creative cloud. I initially installed LR 4.1 as a part of the creative cloud through the application manager. Recently, the program prompted me to upgrade to 4.2, which I visited the install site and downloaded / installed the update.
However, when I was in the Adobe App maniger, it said that I still had Adobe LR 4.1 installed. I thought that was wrong, because I had upgraded to 4.2. So I tried to uninstall. However, the uninstall tried to find the installer, but couldn't. So that didn't work. So, I tried uninstalling 4.2 through Program manager, then re-installing 4.1 (to get the uninstall fine recovered) then would do a complete uninstall of 4.1 and then install 4.2 fresh.
Unfortunately, 4.1 won't install (via Creative Cloud aplication manager) it errors out, and 4.2 won't install either, because it's still looking for the 4.1 (un)installer file before it comtinues. I have manually located this file on my computer and pointed the installer to it, but it won't take it.
In the meantime, I am not able to get to either version, meaning I'm locked out. Help!
R

Many a times its due to Windows installer / registry issues -- Try using the Microsoft Fix it tool (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2438651#reso3)
and check.
Regards,
Ravi

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First, it would be a good idea for you to specify what distro of Linux you're using, as not all are supported by Adobe.
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NO_VALUE /cartridges NO_VALUE /options NO_VALUE /demos NO_VALUE
/seedloc NO_VALUE /sid cprtest /orahome
/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.5 /orabase /u01/app/oracle /dbloc
/u02 /clususer NO_VALUE /cluspswd NO_VALUE /nodeinfo NO_VALUE
/gdbName cprtest.parkrussell.com
Invalid Exit Code. The following result code will be used for
configuration tool: 1
Configuration tool Oracle Database Configuration Assistant
failed"
Workaround: There is obviously nothing I can do to fix this
problem. It appears to be an internal bug in ./runIns.sh.
Therefore, I selected "Next" and executed "dbassist" directly.
6. dbassist
I executed:
dbassist
Problem: I got the following error:
"JNLS Execution:oracle.ntpg.jnls.JNLSException
Unable to find any National Character Sets. Please
check your Oracle installation."
Workaround: Press "OK" and ignore the error.
7. dbassist (cont.)
I selected the following options:
Create database
Typical
Copy existing database files from the CD
Global Database Name: cprtest.parkrussell.com
SID: cprtest
Problem: I got the following error:
"CD-ROM drive not detected on this system.
Database not created."
(Note: I've been running the installation scripts from the
CDROM drive this entire time. "df" shows the CDROM drive
mounted on /mnt/cdrom. "ls /mnt/cdrom" works too.)
Workaround: Abort (which generated the additional error: "Unable
to create database. DBCA-00003: No CD-ROM drive detected.") and
run dbassist again, this time using different parameters.
8. dbassist, again
I executed "dbassist" again and selected the following options:
Create database
Typical
Create new database files
Hybrid
Concurrently connected users: 5
Options: Oralce interMedia, Oralce JServer, and iM demos
Global Database Name: cprtest2.parkrussell.com
SID: cprtest2
Create database now
Problem: I got the following error:
"ORA-01012: not logged on"
Workaround: Try, try again.
9. dbassist, one last time
Executed "dbassist" once more and selected the following options:
Create database
Typical
Create new database files
Hybrid
Concurrently connected users: 5
Options: Oralce interMedia, Oralce JServer, and interMedia
demos
Global Database Name: cprtest3.parkrussell.com
SID: cprtest3
Output creation script
Then, I executed (from the "oracle" Unix account):
cd /u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.5/install
setenv ORACLE_SID cprtest3
./sqlcprtest3.sh
Problem: I got the following output:
"Oracle Server Manager Release 3.1.5.0.0 - Production
(c) Copyright 1997, Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.5.0.0 - Production
With the Partitioning and Java options
PL/SQL Release 8.1.5.0.0 - Production
SVRMGR> SVRMGR> Connected.
SVRMGR> ORACLE instance started.
ORA-01012: not logged on
SVRMGR> 2> 3> 4> 5> 6> 7>
8> 9> CREATE DATABASE "cprtest3"
ORA-01012: not logged on
SVRMGR> Disconnected."
Workaround: Beats me.
10. sqlplus
I attempted to execute sqlplus, but got the following error
message:
"/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.5/bin/sqlplus: Permission denied."
The execute bit was not set.
Workaround: I executed:
chmod a+x /u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.5/bin/sqlplus
sqlplus
I gave up for now... there were just too many things wrong with
this installation, starting with the very first command I was
supposed to execute (./runInstaller).
I can't fathom why Oracle's installation script has so many bugs.
Am I just doing something terribly wrong?
Please help.
null

I'm using enlightenment version 0.15.5-41, which is more recent
than the 0.15.5-37 version (containing the Oracle installer
patch) that you recommended. Unfortunately, it fails when using
this version.
I also tried installing Oracle using twm, with enlightenment
disabled. This didn't help either.
Furthermore, the errors that I'm encountering in the OUI are
not just toward the end of the installation. They happen from
the very beginning, right after I enter "./runInstall", and
continue every step of the way.
Calvin Mitchell (guest) wrote:
: Check out my thread: "Assistants Failure Toward end of Oracle
: Install" to see where i've gone with this.
: if your running Enlightenment as your window manager you need
to
: upgrade to 0.15.5-37, that will solve the OUI error.
: Let me know if you solve any of your problems.
: Chris Russell (guest) wrote:
: : I can not get Oracle 8.1.5 to install onto Linux RedHat 6.1.
: The
: : Oracle installation script generates several errors. I have
: : tried several attempts, using different options, but they all
: : generate errors.
: : Please help. The Oracle Installation scripts appear to be
very
: : buggy... or perhaps they are incompatible with the standard
: : RedHat 6.1 release. Either way, it is very frustrating.
: : I have documented one of my (failed) installation attempts
: below.
: : Does anyone have any words of wisdom?
: : I am installing Oracle onto a Dell Latitude CPi PC w/ 128MB
: RAM,
: : a 366MHz Pentium II, and RedHat 6.1 (using the standard Linux
: : 2.2.12-2 kernel). RedHat was installed using the standard
: "Gnome
: : Workstation" configuration.
: : The Oralce CD is labeled:
: : "Oralce 8i Enterprise Edition
: : Release 8.1.5
: : for Linux
: : (c) Oracle Corporation 1999"
: : I got this CD about one week ago at Oracle OpenWorld '99 in
Los
: : Angeles... it should be their "latest & greatest" version so
: far.
: : 1. Pre-Installation and ./runInstall
: : I created an "oracle" Unix account w/ groups "oinstall" (the
: : primary group) and "dba" (a secondary group).
: : I created directories /u01 through /u04, belonging to oracle.
: : I setup .cshrc and sourced it, containing:
: : umask 022
: : setenv DISPLAY `hostname`:0
: : xhost +
: : setenv ORACLE_BASE /u01/app/oracle
: : setenv ORACLE_HOME ${ORACLE_BASE}/product/8.1.5
: : setenv ORACLE_SID cprtest
: : setenv PATH ${ORACLE_HOME}/bin:${PATH}
: : setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH ${ORACLE_HOME}/lib
: : setenv NLS_LANG US7ASCII
: : I downloaded jre116_v5 and installed to /usr/local/jre.
: : Finally, I executed (from the "oracle" Unix account):
: : cd /mnt/cdrom
: : ./runInstall
: : Problem: I got the error (from ./runInstall):
: : Initializing Java Virtual Machine from
: /usr/local/jre/bin/jre.
: : Please wait...
: : Error in CreateOUIProcess(): -1
: : : Bad address
: : Workaround: Executed the following commands instead:
: : cd /mnt/cdrom/install/linux
: : ./runIns.sh
: : 3. runIns.sh and root.sh
: : I selected the following options (from ./runIns.sh):
: : Source: /mnt/cdrom/stage/products.jar
: : Destination: /u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.5
: : Oracle 8i Enterprise Edition 8.1.5.0.0
: : Typical (585MB)
: : Installable Components: Oralce Intelligent Agent 8.1.5.0.0
: : Global Database Name: cprtest.parkrussell.com
: : SID: cprtest
: : Directory for Database Files: /u02
: : Then (when instructed by ./runIns.sh), I attempted to execute
: : (from the
: : "root" Unix account):
: : cd /u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.5
: : ./root.sh
: : Problem: I got the error:
: : "bash: ./root.sh: Permission denied"
: : The execute bit was not set.
: : Workaround: I executed:
: : chmod a+x root.sh
: : ./root.sh
: : 5. Configuration Tools
: : The Oracle Installer (./runIns.sh) attempted to execute:
: : A. Net8 Configuration Agent
: : B. Oracle Database Configuration Agent
: : Problem: The "Oracle Database Configuration Agent" failed
with
: : the following error message:
: : "One or more tools have failed. It is recommended but not
: : required that these tools succeed for this installation.
: : You can now select these tools, read its details to
examine
: : why they have failed, fix those problems, and retry them.
: : Or, you can click "Next" to continue."
: : When I selected the "Oracle Database Configuration Agent" for
: : more info, I got the following additional details (as the
cause
: : of the error):
: : "A required command line argument is missing."
: : The log file
: : "/u01/app/oracle/oraInventory/logs/installActions.log"
: recorded:
: : "Command which is being spawned is /usr/local/jre/bin/jre
: : -Duser.dir=/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.5/assistants/dbca/jlib
: : -classpath
/usr/local/jre/lib/rt.jar:/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.5/jlib/ewt-
: 3_1_10.jar:/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.5/jlib/share-
1_0_6.jar:/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.5/assistants/dbca/jlib/DBAs
sist.jar:/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.5/assistants/jlib/jnls.jar:/
u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.5/assistants/jlib/ACC.JAR:/u01/app/ora
: cle/product/8.1.5/jlib/help-
: 3_0_7.jar:/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.5/jlib/oracle_ice-
4_03_3.jar:/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.5/jlib/HotJavaBean.jar:/u0
1/app/oracle/product/8.1.5/jlib/netcfg.jar:/usr/local/jre/lib/i18
: n.jar
: : DBCreateWizard /createtype seed /numusers NO_VALUE /apptype
: : NO_VALUE /cartridges NO_VALUE /options NO_VALUE /demos
NO_VALUE
: : /seedloc NO_VALUE /sid cprtest /orahome
: : /u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.5 /orabase /u01/app/oracle /dbloc
: : /u02 /clususer NO_VALUE /cluspswd NO_VALUE /nodeinfo NO_VALUE
: : /gdbName cprtest.parkrussell.com
: : Invalid Exit Code. The following result code will be used
for
: : configuration tool: 1
: : Configuration tool Oracle Database Configuration Assistant
: : failed"
: : Workaround: There is obviously nothing I can do to fix this
: : problem. It appears to be an internal bug in ./runIns.sh.
: : Therefore, I selected "Next" and executed "dbassist"
directly.
: : 6. dbassist
: : I executed:
: : dbassist
: : Problem: I got the following error:
: : "JNLS Execution:oracle.ntpg.jnls.JNLSException
: : Unable to find any National Character Sets. Please
: : check your Oracle installation."
: : Workaround: Press "OK" and ignore the error.
: : 7. dbassist (cont.)
: : I selected the following options:
: : Create database
: : Typical
: : Copy existing database files from the CD
: : Global Database Name: cprtest.parkrussell.com
: : SID: cprtest
: : Problem: I got the following error:
: : "CD-ROM drive not detected on this system.
: : Database not created."
: : (Note: I've been running the installation scripts from the
: : CDROM drive this entire time. "df" shows the CDROM drive
: : mounted on /mnt/cdrom. "ls /mnt/cdrom" works too.)
: : Workaround: Abort (which generated the additional error:
: "Unable
: : to create database. DBCA-00003: No CD-ROM drive detected.")
: and
: : run dbassist again, this time using different parameters.
: : 8. dbassist, again
: : I executed "dbassist" again and selected the following
options:
: : Create database
: : Typical
: : Create new database files
: : Hybrid
: : Concurrently connected users: 5
: : Options: Oralce interMedia, Oralce JServer, and iM demos
: : Global Database Name: cprtest2.parkrussell.com
: : SID: cprtest2
: : Create database now
: : Problem: I got the following error:
: : "ORA-01012: not logged on"
: : Workaround: Try, try again.
: : 9. dbassist, one last time
: : Executed "dbassist" once more and selected the following
: options:
: : Create database
: : Typical
: : Create new database files
: : Hybrid
: : Concurrently connected users: 5
: : Options: Oralce interMedia, Oralce JServer, and interMedia
: : demos
: : Global Database Name: cprtest3.parkrussell.com
: : SID: cprtest3
: : Output creation script
: : Then, I executed (from the "oracle" Unix account):
: : cd /u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.5/install
: : setenv ORACLE_SID cprtest3
: : ./sqlcprtest3.sh
: : Problem: I got the following output:
: : "Oracle Server Manager Release 3.1.5.0.0 - Production
: : (c) Copyright 1997, Oracle Corporation. All Rights
Reserved.
: : Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.5.0.0 - Production
: : With the Partitioning and Java options
: : PL/SQL Release 8.1.5.0.0 - Production
: : SVRMGR> SVRMGR> Connected.
: : SVRMGR> ORACLE instance started.
: : ORA-01012: not logged on
: : SVRMGR> 2> 3> 4> 5> 6> 7>
: : 8> 9> CREATE DATABASE "cprtest3"
: : ORA-01012: not logged on
: : SVRMGR> Disconnected."
: : Workaround: Beats me.
: : 10. sqlplus
: : I attempted to execute sqlplus, but got the following error
: : message:
: : "/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.5/bin/sqlplus: Permission
: denied."
: : The execute bit was not set.
: : Workaround: I executed:
: : chmod a+x /u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.5/bin/sqlplus
: : sqlplus
: : I gave up for now... there were just too many things wrong
with
: : this installation, starting with the very first command I was
: : supposed to execute (./runInstaller).
: : I can't fathom why Oracle's installation script has so many
: bugs.
: : Am I just doing something terribly wrong?
: : Please help.
null

Cannot install windows 8.1 on imac 5k - apple support says "Correct, that machine can't install windows" Boot camp fail

I have a brand new imac 5k, with 4ghz i7, 295x GPU, 3.1TB fusion drive. Bought the machine so I could dual boot - I need windows for VR Dev work.
I've spent the last week and a half on tech support calls with Apple Senior Tech agents, and Microsoft agents as well, and today have been told that indeed this machine cannot run windows 8.1. Apparently Apple engineering knows about the issue, but says the problem is microsoft's. Ugh.
The latest iteration of the issue comes when installing 8.1 onto an external thunderbolt SSD (without even using boot camp) - I go through the EFI installer, convert the drive to GPT, format it as ntfs, but when I select the partition to install onto, the installer says it can't find the partition it just created. Smuh?
I've also tried the install through boot camp. This installation actually worked twice, but the install was unstable. After booting back into osX, then returning to Windows, the windows install went corrupt and couldn't be repaired. Subsequent attempts to install windows yielded a flurry of different errors, including "windows doesn't support GPT in this mode" or "the disk is locked, please unlock the disk" or "MBR must be converted to GPT" (where once I converted to GPT, the drive could no longer be found, despite the operation completing successfully.)
At any rate, it's a huge mess. I'd happily return the machine for a different config, but the company I bought it from will only swap it for a similar model -- so I've spent a pile on a machine that does not function as advertised; apple says "too bad, talk to Microsoft." Microsoft says "too bad, we've never seen this, this is an apple issue."
Has anyone out there gotten windows up and running on an iMac5k with fusion drive? If so, did you have to go through a crazy maze to make it work?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
MC

Michael Conelly wrote:
After much gnashing of teeth, and a half dozen support calls, I'd all but given up. I finally seem to have solved this though - sort of - by installing windows 8.1 on boot camp on an older iMac, then cloning the bootcamp disk to an external thunderbolt drive via Winclone. That worked seamlessly, sticking to winclone's instructions, and I can boot via EFI to Windows 8.1 on the new iMac. So far so good.
I usually install W8.1 via EFI by using DU and a Free Space partition. The 3TB Fusion is first split into the underlying SSD/HDD physicals. OSX and Windows OSes are installed on SSD via EFI (no BCA). The OSX part and half the HDD are then used to create a new CS volume. The other HDD half becomes NTFS for non-Windows OS files. The Hybrid MBR method is completely unsatisfactory with the 3TB Fusion drive.
How is the TB/Winclone image for performance of the OS (since pagefile.sys is also on the TB)?

Error Level 10: I have this error where a plugin broke that I had to remove because it was not finding it. How do i install it back so it functions?

8/29/2014 7:15am
It seems to me that if Microsoft's platform can not fix it with the troubleshooter that the troubleshooter sucks. It does not know when errors are thrown so your developer sucks on creating software for errors that are popping up in your software?
if a error is thrown in Windows 8 it should catch it upon a thrown error in programming? This hsould be a level 1 ticket. Since when I call you support for error in your product no one wants to address problems in your software and get mea tech to resolve
it?
The question now is how do I fix this and why is it causing me an internal error 500 for my web server install?
I may have other issues but I need access to my web server through my browser I used fsocketopen to troubleshoot it?
It gets back a internal 500 on Gecko process in firefox and on IE it just won't serve out the document in my web server abyss or apache? So the question is what service is broken so I can't serve my [web server] pages out? Let me go through all the event
logs that I have with errors below?
Under Applications:
1) Failure to load the application settings for package microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_8wekyb3d8bbwe. Error Code: 10
2) LMS Service cannot connect to Intel(R) MEI driver. Error level 1
3) Failure to load the application settings for package microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_8wekyb3d8bbwe. Error Code: 3
4) SearchIndexer (3476) Windows: The database engine attached a database (1, C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.edb). (Time=0 seconds)
5) Internal Timing Sequence: [1] 0.000, [2] 0.000, [3] 0.125, [4] 0.000, [5] 0.000, [6] 0.000, [7] 0.000, [8] 0.000, [9] 0.000, [10] 0.000, [11] 0.000, [12] 0.000.
Saved Cache: 1 0: Evenet Id level 326.
6) SearchIndexer (3476) Windows: The database engine started a new instance (0). (Time=0 seconds)
7) Internal Timing Sequence: [1] 0.000, [2] 0.000, [3] 0.000, [4] 0.000, [5] 0.000, [6] 0.000, [7] 0.000, [8] 0.000, [9] 0.000, [10] 0.000. eveent level 105
8) SearchIndexer (3476) Windows: The database engine (6.03.9600.0000) is starting a new instance (0). Error Level 102
Under Security:
1) We might want to check this out here User Account Management changed?
Under Setup: no errors.
Under System below:
1) Name resolution for the name win8.ipv6.microsoft.com. timed out after none of the configured DNS servers responded.Event level 1014
2) Intel(R) 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection
Network link is disconnected.
3) The system has returned from a low power state.
Sleep Time: ‎2014‎-‎08‎-‎29T05:10:07.602701000Z
Wake Time: ‎2014‎-‎08‎-‎29T13:13:47.945773100Z
Wake Source: Device -USB Root Hub : Error level 1
4) The browser has forced an election on network \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{58565081-3013-43B6-AE07-CC89C71F6036} because a master browser was stopped. Event Id 8033.
5) The driver \Driver\WudfRd failed to load for the device SWD\WPDBUSENUM\_??_USBSTOR#Disk&Ven_EPSON&Prod_Storage&Rev_1.00#7&2d369789&0&533536503532383375&0#{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}. Event error 219.
6) The driver \Driver\WudfRd failed to load for the device SWD\WPDBUSENUM\{3c83e4cf-28e9-11e4-827b-b8ac6f8aec21}#0000000000004000. Error Level Id 219.
7) The UMDF reflector was unable to complete startup because the WUDFPf service was not found. This service may be started later during boot, at which point Windows will attempt to start the device again. Error Id 10114.
8) Unable to bind to the underlying transport for [::]:80. The IP Listen-Only list may contain a reference to an interface which may not exist on this machine. The data field contains the error number. Event Id 15005.
9) The supersafer64 service failed to start due to the following error:
The system cannot find the file specified. Event ID 7000.
10) The SNMP Service encountered an error while accessing the registry key SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SNMP\Parameters\TrapConfiguration. Error: 1500.
11) The SAS Core Service service failed to start due to the following error:
The system cannot find the file specified. 7000
12 The World Wide Web Publishing Service (WWW Service) did not register the URL prefix http://*:80/ for site 1. The site has been disabled. The data field contains the error number. 1004
13) The driver \Driver\WudfRd failed to load for the device SWD\WPDBUSENUM\_??_USBSTOR#Disk&Ven_EPSON&Prod_Storage&Rev_1.00#7&2d369789&0&533536503532383375&0#{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}. Error level 219
14) Name resolution for the name win8.ipv6.microsoft.com. timed out after none of the configured DNS servers responded. Error level 1014.
Now I need help with all these error since Windows 8 with maybe 15 applications is failing after no setup errors? What would cause these we need to find out? Since I can not use your product with so many developer errors? and to put out a products that doesn
work is pointless? So please call me and have some help me through the errors and tell your support to stop ignoring the errors that broke the products?
Sincerely, William Dunlap {removed} N. Academy blvd, 201, Colorado Springs, CO 80910 http:\\interfacesone.fnhost.org
{removed}. I need a tech to help me get my web server up?

So now you don't release the security breaches in windows 8. You mean to tell me that you can use Powershell - Using WMI to breach security in VB apps on the web by getting my file structures?
What is this all about?
1 Set VPN NIC Settings
    2 Get Network Data from servers
Set VPN NIC Settings
$error.clear | out-null
cls
$ErrorActionPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
if ( $Args.Count -ne 1 ) { "
Not enough arguments
Usage :
   script.ps1 server
"; exit }
$server = $Args[0].ToLower()
"We are working with $server"
$netAdapt = get-wmiobject -class Win32_NetworkAdapter -computer $server
if (!($netAdapt)) {
   "Failed to connect to the target server!"
   exit(5)
foreach ($card in $netAdapt) {
   IF (!([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($card.NetConnectionID))) {
       if ($card.NetConnectionID.CompareTo("VPN Virtual NIC") -eq 0) {
           $myID = $card.DeviceID
$NAC = [wmi]"\\$server\root\cimv2:Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration.index='$myid'"
$guid=$NAC.settingID
"Setting DNS Toggles"
$dnsToggle = $NAC.SetDynamicDNSRegistration(0,0)
if ($dnsToggle) {
       "Success"
   } else {
       "Failure"
$strShowNicKeyName = "SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\$guid\connection"
#$strShowNicKeyName
$reg = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey('LocalMachine', $server)
$regKey= $reg.OpenSubKey("$strShowNicKeyName",$true)
$showIcon = $regKey.GetValue("ShowIcon")
if (!($showIcon -eq 1)) {
   "The icon is hidden.. Setting it now"
   $setIcon = $regKey.SetValue('ShowIcon',1,'DWORD')
   } else {
   "The icon is visible already."
"Script Ends"
Get Network Data from servers
$myfile = get-content servers.txt
echo "Server   IPs   Subnet   GW" | out-file "Results.txt" -Append
foreach ($server in $myfile) {
   Write-Host "Looking at $server"
   $colitems = Get-WmiObject win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -computer "$server" -Filter 'IPEnabled = "True"' | select ipaddress,ipsubnet,index,defaultipgateway
   foreach($objItem in $colItems) {
   Write-Host ""
   $myip = $objItem.IPAddress -join " "
   $mySubnet = $objItem.IPSubnet
   $myGW = $objItem.DefaultIPGateway
   $temp = $objItem.index
   $myid = Get-WmiObject win32_NetworkAdapter -computer "$server" -Filter "index = $temp" | select netconnectionid
   $myid = $myid -replace "@{netconnectionid=",""
   $myid = $myid -Replace "}",""
   echo "$server   $myip   $mySubnet   $myGW   $myid"
   echo "$server   $myip   $mySubnet   $myGW   $myid" | out-file "Results.txt" -Append
Is this possible on any machine with power shell and if so how is access done?
William Dunlap

[Guide] Install and run Windows 7/8 from an external drive without using bootcamp (works for late 2012 iMacs with 3TB drive)

This is a copy of a post from my blog, you can also Read it on my blog...
Introduction
After I received my new iMac with a 3 TB Fusion Drive, I was disappointed when I realized that Bootcamp was not running on this model and prevented me from installing Windows on it. I wanted to take advantage of the powerful iMac hardware to play games but I couldn't.
There are a few ways of working around this limitation, but I found most of them quite complex and most of the time they required formatting the internal hard drive or repartitioning it and go for a brand new installation of Mac OS X. I was not comfortable with that.
But there is another way, and that is to install Windows on an external hard drive, using either USB or Thunderbolt. Personally I used a Lacie Rugged 1 TB drive that has both USB3 and Thunderbolt connectors. Both work very well.
This guide may interest you if:
You have an internal hard drive of more than 2TB and you can't run bootcamp at all (like late 2012 iMacs with a 3TB drive)
You have limited space or you don't want to dedicate disk space on your internal hard disk drive to a Windows installation
What this guide will make you do:
It will make you erase all your data from your external USB3/Thunderbolt hard drive
It will make you install Windows on your external USB3/Thunderbolt hard drive
It will make you install bootcamp drivers
What this will not make you do:
It will not make you modify anything on your internal Mac hard drive
It will not make you use or install the bootcamp assistant
It will not activate the Preference Pane for the default boot drive. You have to boot by pressing the ALT key to manually select your boot drive each tome you want to boot Windows.
What you'll need
An external hard drive with a USB3 and/or Thunderbolt connector. This drive will be formatted so ensure you saved your files before going further. You can use either an SSD drive or a classic hard drive.
A Windows 7 or 8 install DVD or ISO (check whether to install 32 or 64 bits versions based on your Bootcamp drivers) and the corresponding Windows serial number.
One of the following:
Mac OS X with a Windows 7 or 8 Virtual Machine (use VMWare Fusion or Parallels Desktop for example. Note: VMWare Fusion seems to have some issues with Thunderbolt and USB3. Plug your drive to a USB2 enclosure or hub to work around this -it worked for me-, or use another VM software) → Read the important note below
A PC running Windows 7 or 8 → Read the important note below
Windows AIK (free) running on your Virtual Machine or on your PC, or just the imagex.exe file (the rest of the Windows AIK package is not needed)
Download imagex.exe
Download Windows AIK (this download and installation is not required if you have already downloaded imagex.exe)
Bootcamp drivers for your Mac. You can get these either by running bootcamp from your Mac (Applications > Utilities > Bootcamp) or, if like me you have a 3TB drive and can't run bootcamp at all, use the direct download links here.
A USB stick to store your bootcamp drivers
IMPORTANT: If your Mac has a 64 bits processor, your Windows Virtual Machine on OSX, your Windows installation on your PC and your Windows DVD/ISO must also be in 64 bits!
Step by Step guide
Step 1: Get the install.wim file
If you have a Windows ISO file:
Mount the ISO
If you're on OS X: double click on the ISO file
If you're on on Windows 7: Use a software like Virtual Clone Drive (free)
If you're on Windows 8: double click on the ISO file
Open the mounted drive, then go to the "sources" folder and locate the "install.wim" file. Save this file to C:\wim\ on your Windows installation or virtual machine.
If you have a Windows DVD: open the "sources" folder on the DVD and locate the "install.wim" file. Save this file to C:\wim\ on your Windows installation or virtual machine.
IMPORTANT: If instead of a "install.wim" file, you have "install.esd", you can not continue this step by step guide. And an ESD file can not be converted into a WIM file. So you must get a version of the Windows installation DVD/ISO that has an install.wim file.
Step 2: Clean, partition and format your external hard drive
On your Windows installation or virtual machine, plug in your external hard drive (can be plugged using USB2, USB3 or Thunderbolt at this stage)
Open the command prompt in administrator mode (cmd.exe). To run it in administrator mode, right click on cmd.exe > Run as admin.
Type the following and hit enter to open the disk partitioner utility:
diskpartType the following and hit enter to list your drives:
list disk
This will display a list of disks mounted on your computer or virtual machine. Make sure your drive is listed here before you continue.Identify the disk ID of your external hard drive. Replace # by your real external disk ID in the command below:
select disk #Clean all partitions by typing the following (warning: this will erase all data from your external drive!):
clean
Create the boot parition by typing the following followed by the enter key:
create partition primary size=350
This will create a 350MB partition on your external driveFormat the partition in FAT32 by typing the following:
format fs=fat32 quick
Set this partition to active by typing:
active
Assign a letter to mount this partition. We will use letter B in our example. If B is already used on your PC, replace B by any other available letter:
assign letter=b
Windows will detect a new drive and probably display a pop-up. Ignore that.Create the Windows installation partition using all the remaining space available on the external drive by typing the following:
create partition primary
Format the new partition in NTFS:
format fs=ntfs quick
Assign a letter to mount this partition. We will use letter O in our example. If O is already used on your PC, replace O by any other available letter:
assign letter=o
Windows will detect a new drive and probably display a pop-up. Ignore that.Exit the disk partitioner utility by typing:
exit
Step 3: Deploy the Windows installation image
Still using the command prompt in admin mode (you didn't close it, did you? ), locate the imagex.exe file mentioned in the "What you'll need" section and access its folder. In our example, we have put this file in C:\imagex\imagex.exe
Type the following and hit enter (remember to replace o: with the letter you have chosen in the previous step):
imagex.exe /apply C:\wim\install.wim 1 o:
This will take some time. The Windows installation image is being deployed to your external driveOnce done, type the following to create the boot section (remember to replace o: and b: with the letters you've chosen in the previous step):
o:\windows\system32\bcdboot o:\windows /f ALL /s b:
If you get an error message saying that you can't run this program on your PC, then most probably you are running on a 32 bits installation of windows and you're trying to deploy a 64 bits install. This means you did not read the important notes in the beginning of this guide
If you get an error message on the options that can be used with the BCDBOOT command, then it's because you're installing Windows 7, and the /f option is not supported. If that is the case, remove /f ALL from the command and retry.
Step 4: Boot from your external drive and install Windows
Plug in your external drive:
If you've done all the previous steps from a Windows PC, unplug your external drive from your PC and plug it to your Mac, either on a USB3 or a Thunderbolt port.
If you've done all the previous steps from your Mac using a Virtual Machine, ensure the external drive is plugged in to a USB3 or Thunderbolt port. Using USB2 should also work but you'll get very poor performance so I don't recommend doing that.
Reboot your Mac and once the bootup sound is over, immediately press the ALT (option) key and release it only when the boot drives selection screen appears. If you did not get the boot drives selection screen, reboot and try again. The timing to press the ALT (option) key is quite short. It must not be too early or too late.
On the boot selection screen, choose "Windows" using the arrow keys on your keyboard, then press enter.
The Windows installation starts. Follow the on-screen instructions as normal. The installation program will restart your computer one or 2 times. Don't forget to press ALT (option) right after the bootup sound, and boot on Windows again each time to continue the installation.
Step 5: Install bootcamp drivers
Once the Windows installation is complete, plug in the USB stick where you stored the bootcamp drivers (see "what you'll need" section), open it and right click on "setup.exe" and select "Run as admin". Follow the on-screen instructions.If you have an error saying that you can't run this program on this PC, obviously you have installed a 32 bits version of Windows and the bootcamp drivers for your Mac are made for a 64 bits version. You have to restart the whole guide and make sure to get a 64 bits version of Windows this time!
Once the bootcamp drivers are all installed, reboot and press ALT (option) after the bootup sound to boot on Windows again. And Voilà, you have Windows installed on your USB3/Thunderbolt drive running on your Mac.
Now each time you want to boot on Windows, press and hold the ALT (option) key after the startup sound and select "Windows", then press Enter.

Hi i'm trying to follow your guide, I installed windows 8 on bootcamp to do it planning to remove it after the operation is done, but i get stuck at part 3: every command i give to imagex i get a pop-up ftom windws asking how do I want to open this kind of file install.wim and imagex does nothing, what do i have to do to stop those pop-ups?

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