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You can pickup a windows xp home from a friend to install your system. It's more "tolerated" than downloading iso ...

If I remember there is AutoPatcher. But I prefer install manually all updates with a batch file and all post-updates (there is the list on the forum with links). The main batch code is for %%? in (KB*.exe) do start /wait "" %%? /q /o /n /z

Be careful to set UILanguage to English if your have RTM english. For me, testing deployement with French keyboard I must use :

Windows AIK French version : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/thankyo...;displayLang=fr testing in progress ...

Good job !

Remove user "Cecil Britton Adm" from list. Remove his profile data "Be" This case can be done with creating a new user and rename it later, data profile keep the first name. If you use "Cecil Britton Adm" account, you must keep "Be" folder and you can't rename it easily ...

Doesn't need to use bold & big text ... How can we found a solution without any informations about your method ? Begin to post your winnt.sif perhaps. Post details of your problem, error message ? bsod ?

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/...n/MS06-067.mspx Say the KB922760 is Cumulative Updates for Internet Explorer 6 only, no Internet Explorer 7 ... I'm wrong ?

oups ... delete me

Internet Explorer 7 breaks RunOnceEx part. So you must copy runonceex.dll of Internet Explorer 6 system to IE7 before launch WPI. For me, I use this command in my script if '%OS%'=='Windows_NT' copy /y iernonce.dll %systemRoot%\system32\

If no malware found, set regkey and set permissions to Read only for system and all users.

For me I use this regtweak and I never had problem with .avi ... [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler]

Try to kill "explorer.exe" after registry change and re-run "explorer", settings will be saved.

I have searched that for long time and the solution is : from a cmd : net use * /d /y

1) Disable net bios support ( http://www.petri.co.il/disable_netbios_in_w2k_xp_2003.htm ) 2) Disable File sharing in properties of local network connection IMHO, that should be enough ...

I have keep it for reinstallation (of an Acer system), I had some missing files errors if I havn"t the folder. I don't why ... perhaps acer sysprep bug ...

I think RyanVM study the switchless .net framework 3.0 ...

Removed KB925486, KB924496, KB918899, KB917734 and KB917344 for WinXP SP2. is just because IE7 & WMP11 ?

If I remember pbk doesn't save logins/pass (credentials) of the connection ...

You compress/cab any file to file.ex_ with this util http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=80717 It use makecab command to compress files, the same method as files on winxp cd.

ipconfig works great if only one connection is etablished ... If there is two or more connections, there are more IP, more complicated to treat ... But you can pickup just the ip begin with 192.168. for example : @echo off for /f "tokens=2 delims=:" %%? in ('ipconfig^|find "Adresse IP"^|find "192.168."') do set ip=%%? set ip=%ip:~1% echo IP : %ip% pause edit: Replace "Adresse IP" by your language, try ipconfig and look the text ... (Adresse IP is for French version)

Thanks for the tip.

Yes WPI.hta run fine. But RunOnceEx isn't executed in fact. Can you confirm with WPI 1.2 lite or WPI < 5.5 ? edit: it seems a known issue, ie7 seems to break RunOnceEx ... edit2: To fix issue, we can pik up "iernonce.dll" from IE6 (thx to theunknown)

Does anyone has problem with IE7 installed on system, and running WPI Lite 1.2 ? For me, when I click on Continue, .hta exist but nothing is done ... I have tested the same WPI in virtual machine with IE6 it's ok, I have installed IE7 and re-run IE7 and nothing done after "Continue".

To prompt question : @echo off echo Name ? set /p variable1= echo You have entered : %variable1% pause