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Did you modify or delete the desktop.ini file in the folder? The actual folder name is Documents; it's the desktop.ini that causes it to be displayed as "Shared Documents".

Why bother removing programs if you're going to format and reinstall anyway? First you'll need to install Windows XP Professional, then you'll be able to install the MUI pack. Having said that, Windows MUI packs are only available to enterprise customers, so it might not install on an OEM version.

The MSDN version of Windows XP Tablet PC Edition is most likely on a volume license media that will only work with a volume license key. The key provided with your tablet PC is probably an OEM key.

Have you tried leaving out the OemFilesPath entry? According to the documentation, this only needs to be specified if the $OEM$ folder does not exist under the i386 folder of the distribution share point, and in your case it does exist there. Also, I think you're supposed to leave out the $OEM$ part (so, if the full path is \\Server\Share\MyOEMFiles\$OEM$, you should specify the OemFilesPath as \\Server\Share\MyOEMFiles).

AFAIK Windows Vista will include functionality to achieve this. Don't think it is possible in earlier Windows versions without a third-party product.

How? I prefer to keep it simple, and apparently it can be done this way...

I deploy Win2k SP4 through a flat CD RIS image and install all mentioned components from Cmdlines.txt. Directory structure: [Options] SaveUninstallInfo=0 Quiet=C ShowErrors=0 [Welcome] Display=0 [SetupChoice] Display=0 [Custom] Display=0 SetupMode=2 [Download] Display=0 [PrepareSetup] Display=0 [DiskSpace] Display=0 [Progress] Display=1 [Finish] Display=0 [Reboot] Reboot=0 [Upgrade] ReinstallAll=1 Hope this helps!

Entry should be in the HKCU hive: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "StartMenuInit"=dword:00000002

Can be done through a GPO (Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / System / System Restore / Turn off System Restore) or by changing the corresponding registry value: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\SystemRestore] "DisableSR"=dword:00000001 XP only!

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I can't get Windows Media Player 10 to install unattended, despite having followed the instructions in the Unattended Windows guide (I think ). Here's what I do: RunOnceEx.cmd: reg add %KEY%\045 /ve /d "Windows Media Player 10" reg add %KEY%\045 /v 1 /d "%windir%\regedit.exe /s %SystemDrive%\Install\WMP10\MP10.reg" reg add %KEY%\045 /v 2 /d "%SystemDrive%\Install\WMP10\MP10Setup.exe /q:a /r:n /c:\"setup_wm.exe /q /r:n /DisallowSystemRestore\"" MP10.reg contains the following settings I collected from various topics in these forums: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences] "AcceptedPrivacyStatement"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences] "AcceptedPrivacyStatement"=dword:00000001 "FirstRun"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences] "AcceptedEULA"=dword:00000001 Yet still the EULA is displayed before the installation starts After clicking "I Accept" the installation runs automatically, but when it is finished, WMP 10 starts and asks if I want to add files to the library, which is obviously unwanted in a "silent" installation. I have tried various switch combinations (/q or /q:a, /NoMigrate) to no avail. Anyone know what I am doing wrong?

Just type "help" in a command window and be amazed

Interesting concept... Personally, I have SpywareBlaster installed on my system. Every time I have downloaded protection updates, I import my settings into our Default Domain Policy (User Configuration / Windows Settings / Internet Explorer Maintenance / Security / Security Zones and Content Ratings). This way, all Restrited Sites and Privacy settings are applied to all users in the domain. No need to install SpywareBlaster on all systems. The only SpywareBlaster settings that can't be imported directly into a GPO are the "Internet Explorer protection" settings. These settings are actually a list of known spyware/malware ActiveX controls, which are blocked by setting the "kill bit" in the registry for these controls (check How to stop an ActiveX control from running in Internet Explorer for details). I have written a VBScript that exports all relevant settings to a .REG file, which is then imported on all systems through a Group Policy Startup script.

Check out the internal ASSOC command: Displays or modifies file extension associations ASSOC [.ext[=[fileType]]] .ext Specifies the file extension to associate the file type with fileType Specifies the file type to associate with the file extension Type ASSOC without parameters to display the current file associations. If ASSOC is invoked with just a file extension, it displays the current file association for that file extension. Specify nothing for the file type and the command will delete the association for the file extension.

AFAIK, if you want to add files to the RIPrep image, you'll have to recreate it.

Why would you want to reformat your drive before re-installing the OS? Windows Setup will take care of that...

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=75514

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