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One observation: you appear to be using switches like "/s" and "/qb" or "/qn" just about anywhere... These are not "magical" switches that will work with any installation! Every installation method has its own switches and difficulties. If I were you, I'd start by reading the Application Switches page and take it from there. You can import .reg files silently by running "regedit /s <regfile>". So, in your RunOnceEx.cmd, instead of REG ADD %KEY%\067 /V 1 /D "\"%systemdrive%\programas\regtweaks dialup.reg\" /f you should use REG ADD %KEY%\067 /V 1 /D "regedit /s \"%systemdrive%\programas\regtweaks dialup.reg\"" /f By the way: the closing quotes appeared to be missing from this line, so I added them myself. You might consider removing the spaces from your installation files, so you don't need to insert extra quotes into your registry entries. Good luck!

Hmmm, pity... That's one of the things Installation Designer does, so it should work. This shouldn't be necessary... The VirusScan 8.0i installation will remove older versions when present. Actually, removing the older version yourself prior to installation of the new version may very well break the "PreserveSettings" mechanism. If you don't install VirusScan 8.0i through the accompanying (extracted) Setupvse.exe, it will not use the settings in Setup.ini, nor will it automatically remove older versions! For this mechanism to work, you should place the following extracted files from the compressed package in one folder: Setup.ini Setupvse.exe Uninst.dll Uninst.ini VSE800.msi Running Setupvse.exe with the "/q" switch should then do the trick!

From the MUI FAQ:

Right! Slip of the mind Sorry all, that post should have read: RunOnceEx creates a progress window, which looks much nicer!

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Check the [sourceDisksNames] section in the corresponding .INF file... It may be looking for the source files in a specific folder, or it may need a "tag file" such as "disk1" to be able to recognize the source folder.

AFAIK Windows 2000 doesn't support the $Docs and $Progs folders. Why don't you try "$1\Program Files" and "$1\Documents and Settings" instead? As long as you're sure that's where the folders end up, I don't think this will be a problem.

Sounds like something that could be solved by running ChkDsk, as LLXX suggested... Have you tried this already?

Yeah, if I were you I wouldn't trust that computer until I'd scanned it thoroughly for all kinds of malicious software...

Very likely, yes, but that problem would also be solved by SysPrep'ing the image.

Check out *this topic*.

Right, I didn't know that... Personally I do use the %KEY% variable, but only for readability reasons. I never type the whole file/registry path anyway; I just copy, paste and edit a similar line You don't agree? Could you please explain why not? IMHO they're not that different...

Could it be that the monitor driver is unsigned? What did you set the DriverSigningPolicy to?

Read up on the Connection Manager Administration Kit (CMAK). More information can be found *here*.

Have you tried scanning your system for viruses/trojans/malware etcetera?

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If you can't or don't want to use Installation Designer, just edit the Setup.ini file and add the following line to the [startup] section: bPreserveSettings=1

You'll need to SysPrep the PC before creating the image, or else all computers receiving the image will share the same Security Identifier (SID), resulting in all kinds of problems. Googling for "sysprep ghost" should return plenty of info. Of course, if you do not posess enough Windows XP and Ghost licenses for all computers that will be deployed using this image, you are in violation of your license agreements.

You're welcome! By the way, the Unattended Windows Guide has tons of info on this subject. Especially the RunOnceEx page should be of interest to you.

It's just a sequential number to make your installations run in the specified order. Any will do. Personally, I use 9000, 9010, 9020... and so on. That way, I can always squeeze in a new installation at 9011 or 9015, just like in the good old BASIC days There is a difference: GuiRunOnce creates a progress window, which looks much nicer. Apart from that they're basically the same. These are all REG ADD switches. Type "REG ADD /?" in a command window for details. These are Windows Installer (MsiExec) switches. Type "MSIEXEC /?" (Windows Installer 3.x only) or see *this document* for details. Sorry, can't help you with that. If it's in a script, it's an environment variable that probably gets set earlier/somewhere else. Where did you get this from?

Now I'm confused... According to the documentation, the Windows Disk Protection component of the Toolkit clears all disk changes when the system restarts. This would effectively remove all viruses, spyware and what not. Like I said, the link was in my first reply... Maybe I shouldn't create "nice looking" links and stick to links that actually say http-etcetera

The link is in my first reply (post #2).

I don't know DeepFreeze, but the Shared Computer Toolkit does the same and is even more decently priced (free)

I think you may need to specify the full path of the renamed file. Try changing the directory before you rename the file. Like this: cd \windows\system32\drivers ren isapnp.sys isapnp.old After you have succesfully renamed the file, you should be able to expand the compressed file to the correct location.

Let me get this straight: Windows Update is trying to install this patch on your computer, but you do not have Office/Publisher 2003 installed?