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Unlocking WinXP's setupp.ini

Display properties -> Appearance tab -> set "Windows and buttons" to "Windows XP style".

No Adaptec drivers?

Maybe you didn't use the correct key and media combination? Volume license media won't accept OEM keys and vice versa. When you enter the key manually, is it accepted? If it is, post your answer file so we can check it for errors.

I'd start by checking the BIOS settings for performance related issues. If there's a "Set all to factory default" option, I'd try that.

Video driver problem? Update to latest & greatest. IE in full screen mode? Press F11 to switch on/off.

Right! That must be the one TS is referring to... I never use those common tasks shortcuts; maybe I should start paying more attention to them

Great site! And it's even made by a Dutchman Thanks for the link!

The default Office (and Windows) save location is the My Documents folder, which can be redirected to another location through Group Policy (User Confiuration / Windows Settings / Folder Redirection).

Isn't that exactly what WPI does? Check out the WPI Forum.

@mazin: excellent work, I'm impressed!

I'd say from Cmdlines.txt, but it's not really easier than doing it from [GuiRunOnce]... Except perhaps that it doesn't require any (auto)logon.

No problem; it's attached to this message (rename to .vbs). ActiveX_BlockList.txt

I'm afraid I don't understand... What "Make new folder" option are you referring to? The two methods you described work, right?

Your registry command removes the entire Language Bar CLSID tree, so you'll probably need to re-import it. FWIW, here's mine: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{540D8A8B-1C3F-4E32-8132-530F6A502090}] @="Language bar" "MenuTextPUI"="@%SystemRoot%\\System32\\msutb.dll,-325" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{540D8A8B-1C3F-4E32-8132-530F6A502090}\Implemented Categories] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{540D8A8B-1C3F-4E32-8132-530F6A502090}\Implemented Categories\{00021492-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{540D8A8B-1C3F-4E32-8132-530F6A502090}\InProcServer32] @="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\msutb.dll" "ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

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You'll have to build your own unattended Windows CD. How to do that is described *here*. I don't think there's an easier tutorial than that.

Absolutely correct. You may even need version 1.0, although most applications that require it will run on version 1.1. But version 2.0 is a whole new beast, so it's generally a good idea to install both 1.1 and 2.0.

That's what these spyware makers want you to think...

You're welcome! Just FYI: in the Windows XP Deployment Tools package there's a Preinstallation Reference (ref.chm) that explains all answer file settings. Everyone that's doing unattended Windows installations should have this lying under their pillow

msjava.exe is not a Windows component, but a spyware program. Apparently your spyware cleaner deleted the exe, but left the startup reference intact. Try to find out from what location the program was started (startup folder, registry key) and remove the reference. Google for "msjava.exe" for more info.

[NetOptionalComponents] SNMP=1 WBEMSNMP=1

You probably won't be able to slipstream it, but it can be installed unattended. This document should get you started: Configuring and Using International Features of Windows.

You could use the For command to parse the output of the Reg Query command and assign the value to an environment variable: ECHO MS Windows XP Service Pack 2 [color="#FF0000"]FOR /F "SKIP=4 TOKENS=3*" %%V IN ('REG QUERY "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" /v CSDVersion') DO SET CSDVERSION=%%V %%W IF "%CSDVERSION%"=="Service Pack 2" ([/color] ECHO is already installed ) ELSE ( ECHO Installing... %CDROM%\KB835935SP2.exe /quiet /forcerestart /n /f ECHO Installation complete. ) ECHO. ECHO.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I have moved the installation from RunOnceEx.cmd to Cmdlines.txt using the switches I mentioned before and it installs completely unattended from there. Oh well