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Sometimes .msi must be launched by the setup.exe (same as nero for example) but you can bypass this sometimes. But, in general just the .msi is okay too (sometimes with .cab files). Example.cmd: @echo off echo Install of ... start "Install" /w TheMSIFile.msi /qb qb = Quiet with Bar

mine method ++

I think it's driver issue, try to not install audio driver.

Your license must be used one time in one moment. While this rule is okay, you can change your hardware without any restrictions, but you must call Microsoft to activate it after 3 internet activations (in oem version). If you have a oem version like Acer, Dell and co. you must always phone Microsoft to activate windows. Windows Product Activation ask re-activation when motherboard is changed radically, sometimes windows is blind and no problem but sometimes it see minor changes and you must re-activate. I havn't found the perfect law to find when WPA ask re-activation yet.

You can read the guide too http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/8/

in fact you want to have the popup "New hardware found" ? and choose correct driver ?

Do you want to run your batch in "boot execute" section ? I mean in same environment like chkdsk ? I have asked that http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=63781 but no replies.

I use this regfile to clear lower filters ... REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}] "UpperFilters"=- "LowerFilters"=- [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdr4_2K] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdralw2k] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdudf] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UdfReadr]

I think Bâshrat the Sneaky 's guide is the best answer.

Do you use any unattend setup of windows xp or regular windows xp disc ? http://download.nvidia.com/Windows/nForce/...tional_whql.exe Drivers for nForce3, download it and open it, find txtsetup.oem in folders and copy the content of folder containing txtsetup.oem to floppy, during start setup press F6 to load drivers for SATA.

PRO.msi is for Microsoft Office only, and several versions exist too ... You must pickup from your original disc.

hum, with just ICS it seems to be impossible ... I think you must use third dhcp server, with that you can specify mac adress of your pc and assign IP adress and no gateway to disallow internet. For the sharing data, you can exclude some ip to access to server data with third firewall too with custom rules. But the client can access to other pcs with sharing enabled, and the server can't manage that.

PIO is old method to dialog between peripheals and uc, DMA (Direct Access Memory) is fatest method. On the net, there are several detailled articles about DMA ...

@rockinrider55: I love this kind of problem's description ! We can find the solution easily ^^ Please more details ...

Why not installing WinXP in spanish ?!

Try to reinstall Windows Update v6 core client available here http://sonic9.free.fr/files/Updates/WUv6.exe after reboot and retry ... You can reinstall MS XML 4 SP2 too ... Good luck

You can also use silent post-install, I use that method and works great ! Intel INF ------------- 1) Download last version from Intel.com 2) Extract files into a new folder 3) Repackage all in the new folder into a auto extractible archive (like winrar) and set run after uncompression : "setup.exe -OVERALL -S"

Please post your detailled hardware configuration. Download & Install the latest drivers for your chipset (VIA, Intel, nForce, SiS ...) from proper website. I have seen same symptoms on Intel platform with ASUS P5GD1 with PATA drivers are set to PIO Mode instead DMA ... I have flashed bios and reformat system and all done.

If you use the key of your sticker, you MUST activate windows by phone or by internet. The AutoActivate = Yes allow to silently activate by the net, it works for the first time, if you reinstall more than three times it doesn't work, you must phone Microsoft. The WPA.dbl method doesn't work since SP1 ! The easy way is to create your custom from your original dell disk, with the generic key, windows is automatically activated if material is from Dell. Search on the forum, there is a topic about the process.

For Windows Media Player (used in a cmd batch) ::Détection de la version de Windows Media Player set wmpver=9 reg query HKLM\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\10.0 >NUL if %errorlevel%==0 set wmpver=10 if exist WMP%wmpver%_911565.exe echo - Windows Media Player, Hotfix if exist WMP%wmpver%_911565.exe start /wait "" WMP%wmpver%_911565.exe /quiet /norestart For service pack, use the same system but with this regkey ( I don't use SP1 ... I update all systems to SP2 ^^) HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\CSDVersion

This option is hidden on my system with PATA disk and a PATA-USB disk. Perhpas it's just for SCSI ...

What want to do with bootfont.bin ?!

Normally, you install Win98SE on first partition of your disk, and after when you install WinXP from win98, the xp's setup manage the startup menu to allow boot win98 or winxp ... I havn't easy solution for you sorry, try to search in Windows 98 section perhaps. Goodluck.

For post-install ForceWare ------------------ - Download ForceWare drivers, extract content to C:\NVIDIA (with Winrar for example) - Edit setup.iss and change in last lines BootOption to value =0 to avoid reboot. - Create a batch with these commands to install start /w setup.exe -s

Look time & date into BIOS directly after boot, if it's correct it's Windows problem if not it's motherboard/cmos/cmos battery problem.