[boot.ini]

Gee, that command to change the text is fan-fvcking-tastic. many ty's

im about to test but im hoping new installs default to id 1. therefore u can change the current build with id 1 everytime. i'l be running 2 xp installs on 1 partition, one has edited paths (prog files \ win) etc...... sorted me out nice one

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i searched quite hard myself, eventually got to this thread, and there it is... ty senathon <3

[asms error]

OK I actually fixed this now. It wasnt having multiple drives. it was somthing to do with the iso image. I think the reason some computers work and some dont is to do with the way the bios controls the cd drive. What I think is the problem is that the iso format cannot store more that 8 sub directories. and the asms folder has 2 folders which are 9...

how i fixed it? well Instead of nero, i used alchohol 120%. Loaded the iso, did the image burning wizard, Randonly I choose "Raw SAO". Burn, put the disc in, didnt even bother to reformat just let windows boot as normal and it got past the error. at this point i was well buzzin cos this s***ter cost be 5 wasted cd's heh!! hope this helps someone out there

[asms error]

hi, the problem I think is windows is looking in the wrong place for the cd drive. This can be because you have a partitioned harddisk or mutiple hard disks. maybe 2 cd drives? usb memory drives? blah stuff like that. I've found a fix but not for an unattended method

Details by Terry on 02/10/2007 nocrash forum

When the "File 'asms'... " problem occurs, press 'SHIFT F10' for DOS

Type regedit.exe then 'Enter' key

Scroll down and click to highlight HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (must be highlighted!)

Up top L/H side click 'File', then click 'Load Hive'

A window box will appear and, in there, type

%Windir%\System32\Config\System.sav click 'Enter'

When prompted for a name, type Test

Locate and then click the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Test\ControlSet1\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

Delete the UPPERFILTERS and LOWERFILTERS registry keys by left click highlight, right click 'delete' + (are you sure) buttons.

You may have to do this again if there are any "..\Test\Controlxxx\control\Class" entries apart from ..ControlSet001\

Either way, up top left click 'File' , then click 'Exit'

The Microsoft site says the following:................................

If the path in the error message is the correct drive letter for the CD-ROM drive, click OK to continue the Setup program. ..................................................

I did not find that this worked, so I just "Cancel" 'd out and the system restarted in the setup as before "" DO NOT PRESS ANY KEYS "" Wait until Setup does it's work: it gets to the same point, but now, with the registry key changes, it will recognise the CD/DVD ROM drive.

I still need a proper fix tho, I guess u cant access the registry before this error hits??

[different way of changing admin password]

Just thought id submit this in case anyone has some use for it. On unattended installs the administrator password is scripted. So I used the install.cmd to let the user set the password themself.

cls
echo Change password for Administrator
net user Administrator *
pause

If thiers easier ways let me know

cheers