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  1. Thanks for all your work, and your reply ilko! Ever since Bart started with the subject Bootable, I find the atmosphere and the quality among people who work on that really great. Now and then I look at it, and discover very useful products and manuals. USB sticks? Multiboot? Of cóurse sysadmins are looking for that! And these experiments are really fun.. I was VERY satisfied with my first USB-stick, that did the ultimate job in 30 minutes! Okay, let there be some bugs.. not really my problem (yet), being just a customer. And I look forward to multiboot-sticks and multiboot installations on one partition. Just for fun, if I have the time. But I am thinking about you.. It's fun to start all this, but as with anything, there come the bugs and the nags, the exceptions and the fixes you have to find fot everything. That is the hard work. I hope you survive all that, and that the whole business will keep on giving you pleasure. It is really useful what you do.. :-) I do not even see that option in Nlite 1.4.9.1, so there can't be to many people getting into trouble by that.. Where is it?.. How can you do that manually? Do you mean unpacking SP3, and copy everything into i386 or so, overwriting all existing files? What is MPI? Not Windows Media Player? What do I have to look out for?.. Just answer, if you have any time.. I am sure, you do all you can, and I'll wait for updates.. I know all about being too busy. :-) I just hope you like what you do.. :-)
  2. Got a perfect result! Within 30 minutes I can have a brand new WinXPsp3 on my desktop, installed from my USB-stick, completely updated, and even configured as I want it, and done while I did my laundry. :-) And everything I want to add and install, is already at hand on the inserted USB-stick. Breath taking! Nothing but compliments to the authors.. But some advice and remarks from this newbie.. (correct me if I’m wrong.) 1. Install WinSetupFromUSB in the default directory. First I installed it under Program Files; That gave problems. The USB-stick I made could boot and install, but gave error messages in the first phase, saying files could not be copied. (I don’t know which files, but there were a lot.) 2. Better not partition the USB-stick? First tool I found to format my 8 GB A-data stick, that really worked was UT165_UFDUtility_v3.2.4.0.exe. That could partition the stick in a Public part and a Secure (password protected) partition. So I created a public part less than 2 GB, assuming (wrongly) I had to format it FAT. Later I installed WinSetupFromUSB, and formatted that public part FAT again, using PEtoUSB. But while installing XP the USB-stick I made gave error messages; it could not copy Bootfont.bin, ntldr and NTdetect.com. (but it did copy all the rest) So I used the same utility again to make the whole stick public, resulting in one partition of 8 GB. Then I used WinSetupFromUSB, and formatted the stick NTFS with the HP Format Tool in that. No errors anymore, when installing XP. 3. Hal.dll Error: Watch closely what you boot! The automatic startup choice may fail. Immediately after booting from the stick, a window appears, telling there is a “first part” and a “second part” in the boot process. And after a few seconds it will start the selected part. If there is nothing on the HDD yet, it will automatically select- and boot the first part. And after files are copied in the install process, the system will reboot, and in the window it will automatically select- and boot the second part (from the HDD). But this can fail, especially when something went wrong before, and you are trying again. Then it may boot the second part, while there is (almost) nothing on the disk. This results in a Hal.dll error. Just reboot, and when the message “first part” appears on screen, press Enter. Someone did a great job, making sure, the PC starts from the HDD and not from the stick, once XP is installed. 4. Copy additional files and folders Afterwards to the stick. Once the stick is ready, you can simply copy/paste files and folders to it in Explorer, or remove them. So you can add manuals, Activation data, and installation programs. And what’s even better: you can edit (update) those added files, because the stick simply is a HDD. This is a big advantage compared to a CD, that cannot (easily) be edited. Aaahh.. too good to be true!.. Warning: If you added extra files to your source-folder with your XP-install files, these will NOT be copied to the stick by WinSetupFromUSB. Add them manually afterwards. So if you used Nlite to update the install files in the source folder, and you added your own files and folders there (to let Nlite create a XP-install ISO), and you use the same folder now to make the bootable USB-stick, the added files and folders will NOT be copied to the stick. Add them afterwards in Explorer. 5. Use Nlite first, to create the newest XP files. (for newbies: ) If you create an USB-XP-installstick, you want the newest updated XP-version, right? That takes some time, but is fun and useful.. WinSetupFromUSB needs a folder with all XP-files. So you copy everything from your XPsp1 or XPsp2 CD to that folder. But then, first use Nlite to update that folder by slipstreaming the newest files into that. You can even pre-configure the new XP-look and choose options. And you can do an unattended installation, is you fill in all the questions at the XP-installation in advance. Nlite is fantastic! OK, it takes some time to do it.. First you have to download: - Service Pack 3 for your XP-type and language. - Nlite. - .Net Framework 2.0 or higher. Nlite needs it to be installed.. - Windows Updates Downloader, to download all essential XP-updates after SP3 at once. - Use WUD to download all these updates. Nlite operates as a Wizard. First you specify the folder with the XP-files, that will be changed. Second, it gives 8 options for slipstreaming and configuring. To avoid errors, I used Nlite 4 times. a. Only select Service Pack in Nlite. Slipstream SP3. Start Nlite again and.. b. Only select Hotfixes.. in Nlite. Slipstream Internet Explorer 7. (1 file, found with WUD) Start Nlite again and.. c. Only select Hotfixes in Nlite. (be sure IE7 is not in the folder) Slipstream all essential Updates (Hotfixes). Now better make a copy of the folder first, because during the next step many things may go wrong, especially forgetting to fill in a field for an unattended installation. I don’t trust Nlite to do it all well in several sessions, and I saw the advice here often, to do it all at once. So if something goes wrong at the later XP-installation, delete everything in the folder, paste the copied files back, and start again. d. Select everything you want in Nlite (except SP and Hotfixes.) Click Next. For every selected category you’ll get many options to choose. When done with the last category, be sure to Save what you chose; Below, click Preset > Save Name: X. If you are not satisfied with the XP-installation later, run Nlite again, and load that preset in the third Nlite window; Select the shown preset X, and below press Load. And after making the last change; again press Preset below > Save to X. Still not good? Replace all files in the source folder, and start Nlite again, and load Preset X. Nlite, at the end, will make a bootable ISO, or CD-Image. But you don’t have to. You can use the same source folder in WinSetupFromUSB to make a bootable USB-stick for XP-install. Don’t forget to add your own files and folders to that stick, after making that. 6. Kiss.. Man!.. Who do I have to kiss for all this?!.. I offer a sheep to Odin or something.. But to keep everyone satisfied, a donation might be the best..
  3. I had another look at it.. But I can't see any of such links, either in the UL files, nor in the ULZ files, as they are displayed in WUD 2.22.. So if I am right, it's only the descriptions.. I might do them.. But thanks anyway.
  4. Thanks, I missed the new beta-version 2.22. Martin's Dutch x86 file is in there. But it's a bit old: 50 updates (also no SP2), instead of the 75 there are now. But the new .ULZ files give a bit of a problem: - They can't be opened. So if I wanted to add something, I must build from scratch. - If I make a new UL, I can't use it instantly, and have to wait until you make an ULZ file of it available. So there goes a bit of the fun.. And at the moment, with Dutch, we're better off with WUD 2.21 (and my file here) than with 2.22.. But I will see If I'll find the time to complete my file, adding Dutch descriptions..
  5. I used windows-xp-x86-ENU.ul to make windows-xp-x86-NLD.ul (Dutch) I just edited the English version in Notepad, and saved it as a Dutch version. (I just prefer Notepad, not used to work with .XLM files..) There may be a better way to do things, but giving an example on this forum may be useful. Note: I just saw Martin's post here: He is Right. My method does not include the change of Descriptions or Links. But if you want to do that too, it may be easier to work in Excel in stead of Notepad. But anyway.. First this: How to retrieve URL's from updates in an other language? JCarle had a good answer: On the page of an update: first change to your Language.. Then click Edit > View Source.. In the Source Window: Click Edit > Find > type in: "window.open". If you scroll a touch to the right, you'll see the HTTP download URL. But I used a Download Manager, i.c. Download Accelerator Plus (DAP). When I click the Download button of an update in my language, DAP immediately showes the URL, and it can be copied. How I did it.. ************* Right click the English version of the .UL file, and open it with Notepad. (I choose always to open in Notepad, but Excel-users may not.) Save the file though "Save as", and change the name a little bit: Change ENU to the 3 characters of your language. (example: Dutch = NLD) In the file itself, on line 2: also change the 3 characters of the language. Don't change the date: you will not get more updates then in the English version. All updates are in a row. Each update begins with <update id = ....> and stops at: "</update> Start with the first update. Copy the file name of the update. Thats everything between <filename> and </filename> Go to www.microsoft.com. Above in the search-field, paste the name, and click Search.. This leads to a Search Page. Leave that open, until all the work is done. Changing the first update: Right click the Link "Download details: update for..", and open it in a new window. At Choose Language: choose your language, and click Change. Some updates (about 5) require Validation of your Windows installation. That means, your Windows has to be legal, or "made" legal. So click the button next to "validation required". That gives the download page. Now there are two methods to copy the URL of the download: 1. JCarle's: view the source code to see the URL,and copy it, or.. 2. Having a download manager like DAP: Just click Download, and copy.. Close the Update Page, and close DAP. In the .UL file, in the first update, select everything between <url> and </url> Then paste (the new URL) over that. Also change the file name: Just change "ENU" to the 3 characters of your language, that's all. (If the name does not contain "ENU", then nothing has to be changed.) Ready. Do all (73) Updates in this way. So: - Copy the English name of the file. - Paste it in the Microsoft Search Page, and click Search.. - Right click the Link "Download Details...", and open in a new Window. - Choose your language, and click Change. - Validate, if asked. (only 5 updates asked for that.) - Click Download. (or use JCarle's method) - Copy the URL (in the download manager, or in the Source Code.) - Close the download page, or the source page, and the update page. - In the file: select the current URL (= everything between <URL> and </URL>) and paste the new URL over it. - In the file name (= everything between <filename> and </filename>) change ENU to your language. Done all 73 of them (or more in the future)? Save the file! Done! WOD.exe will automatically see the file, if it is in the same folder. There where 2 exceptions: 1. KB896344. It's only there in English and japanese. My dutch XP refused that because of the language. So appearenty the file is only related to those versions. 2. KB917344. It had not only one download button, but 15 or so for each language. DAP didn't pick it up, so you have to use JCarle's method. I didn't know his method then, and used download manager Getright for that. But in Getright it is more work to retrieve the URL. But so I found out, that the file names of the files in my language, could not be found via Google or the Microsoft site. Note: WUD failed to start here once, due to a fault in my file. The cause was a URL that was either too long, or had a fault. Appearently WUD is very sensitive to that. But that is a good warning. Good Luck!
  6. Oops!.. But I didn't see your version as a topic title here, nor was it included in WUD.. Perhaps you can post a link to that here, or even better: attach it again here. Or just leave it, then it will be included in newer versions of WOD. Indeed descriptions and links can be useful, but of course getting the files themselves was the main point. I didn't see them, because I edited in Notepad, and it was not that obvious. Reading in English is often not a point, and the links are still usefull: you're two clicks away from the dutch version. Of course I am a bit dissapointed.. But the credits go to you!
  7. Thanks jcarle! Nice initiative. Here is windows-xp-x86-nld.ul (Dutch, Nederlands) (see attached file.) Made by editing xxx.ENU.ul (english version) in notepad. Updates until Aug 10 2006 Checked the thing out, and it seems to download everything. Left out: KB896344 that appearently only applies for English and Japanese versions. (my Dutch XP did not accept it, because of the language.) I did it just for fun, remembering Bart's (BartPE) motto: "Because being an admin is hard enough..". But I cannot be a permanent helper. But the file here is a good start, and makes the future job easyer. Greeting from Holland! Serge. (and Yés, some Europeans still love to work with sóme Americans, in the meanwhile watching the interesting fruits of American democracy.. Grinn..) windows_xp_x86_nld.zip
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