Martin H

Nice effort, mate - I hope you succeed with this project of yours Although personally, i would much preffer a basic pack with just all critical security/stability patches and not things like WMP, IE, tweakui etc. Maybe a full and lite version Of course it's your project and hence, your choise Anyway, glad to see you're working on this

Sorry, i won't direct-link to other peoples content, but the download-button is located at the bottom of the tool's homepage and then at the left side(where it states 'regshot.rar' alittle over that button).

Hmm, i would have thought that the fix which Kelsenellenelvian provided you with, would have done the trick, but the reg-entries then needs to be applied sooner... Anyway, you probably allready know that the warning comes from an attribute placed on *.exe's downloaded with IE, and that Kelsenellenelvian's reg-entries would disable the prompts, but you can also just select 'Properties' on all the *.exe's from the share and then choose 'Unblock' at the bottom, to strip that lame attribute off once and for all

Thank's for the tip, mate CU, Martin.

One of the most important things missing from the Regshot tool, is it's inability to output it's traced changes into .reg files. Paraglider then made a Regshot-mod which could output .txt logfiles using REGEDIT4 format. Now a Regshot alike freeware tool named Regshot 2.0 unicode has emerged which resembles the old Regshot very much, while adding some nice extra capabilities... It can output directly to REGEDIT4(ansi) or REGEDIT5(unicode) .reg files. It can make both REDO.reg and UNDO.reg files. It can output directly into INF files. It can make both REDO.inf and UNDO.inf files. It can auto-translate 'HKEY USERS\S-1-5-21[...]' into 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER'. It includes a registry exclude list. It includes an folder exclude list. It features much more advanced configurability than the original Regshot. The homepage and tool is in Russian, but the tool can be changed into english from a drop-down box.. http://czechcup.com/regshot/ Just thought that i would spred the word alittle for anyone that didn't knew about it

Yeah, DVD Decrypter and DVD shrink are both great pieces of software no dubt and i also used them exclusively for a long time, but unfortunetly, then since they aren't updated anymore, then many DVDs cannot be ripped with them(e.g. ARcoSS protected titles from Sony). For a while, there where a great project called RipIt4Me, which where a frontend for DVD Decrypter and some other tools, which made those new titles rippable, but that project unfortunetly also stopped. Currently, then IMHO the best free DVD ripper is DVDFab HD Decrypter, since it is constantly updated to support all the new titles comming out, and then another app can be used for the transcoding process. Personally, then i'm using DVDFab Platinum, since even though there are a free solution available(DVDFab HD Decrypter + another freebee for transcoding), then DVDFab Platinum ripps while trancoding on-the-fly, so you'd just load the disc and press a single button to e.g. get the main-movie from a DVD9 ripped + shrinked to a DVD5, or to get a DVD9 ripped + transcoded to XviD/DivX/AVC etc

Hi Yzöwl Ofcourse Wuhtzu can use whatever method he preffers, and i just wanted to let him know about there being alternative solutions available, but if you saw my post as being non-appropriate then i apologise... The about 13 minutes it takes to run HFSLIP(without cab merge) IMHO makes up for the fact that you'd get a fully patched install source straight from the momment you'd pop the disc into the drive and which additionally dosen't add any extra space or time overhead into the equation of every re-install made from that disc in the feature... Hi Wuhtzu Sorry for butting in to your affairs and of course you should stick to the method which you yourself feels the most comfortable with

cmdlines.txt is parsed even though 'OemPreinstall' in winnt.sif is set to 'No'(or un-defined) and no path needs to be given if the batch/reg-files is in the $OEM$ folder. Environment-variables isn't supported from cmdlines.txt, but direct-paths can be avoided with '..\[...]', and where '..\' references the root of the CD(i.e. one level up from $OEM$(like jjvs also mentioned). Another possibility is to place your batch/reg-files in '\I386\svcpack\' and run them from svcpack.inf's 'SetupHotfixesToRun' section(located in '\I386\'). Edit: Just wanted to mention that the OP posted a new post, while i was writing mine...

If i may just come with a little suggestion here, then i would recommend you taking a look at HFSLIP, as opposed to the old and ineffecient svcpack.inf hotfix integration method. You would then save some 100MB on your install CD + a considerable amount of install time additionally just wanted to be sure that you where aware of there being alternative solutions available... http://hfslip.org/

You define admin-rights to non-existing user 'WindowsDalia' instead of the user 'mermaid' which you have setup to autologon(in autologon.reg)... Change to : net localgroup Administrators mermaid /add

Hi Dislocated Time I have slipstreamed my drivers with HFSLIP a couple of weeks ago and so i would just like to recommend two nice tools to use in that process : Roufneck's DrvComp(a spinoff from Acheron's Driver Compressor) filters everything out that isn't referenced in the INF's, but remember to uncab the destination files afterwards. daddydave's Drivercab Helper edits the INF's according to Oleg_II's instructions.

Hi Mordac85 Thank's for your input mate and your remark about not using a blank password makes perfect sence to me now(after having though about it alittle more) CU, Martin.

@dll32 I'm very sorry mate, you where absolutely right in what you said to me I knew from my many nLite'd WinXP iso's, that autologon with blank password worked perfectly on WinXP and hence, i just assumed that it would also work with Win2k, and so i then just made a nLite'd Win2k iso and extracted the 'NLITE.IN_' and 'WINNT.SIF' files and checked them out, but without actually doing a test run in VirtualBox... I have then now actually tried it out in a VM, and found that you where absolutely right in what you said! So, i just wanted to say that i'm sorry for posting wrong info to you, mate... Anyway, i'm not really that much bothered about this issue anymore, and i just decided to bite the bullet and use a password... CU, Martin.

If something cannot be install propperly at T-13, then install it at first GUI logon instead. The MSFN Unattended guide contains detailed instructions on how this is done ...

You are most welcome Tomcat76, and thank you for your reply Fred

I was just studying the batchfile code and then where wondering why HFSLIP sets 'SFCFIX=1' whenever 'FDVFILES\SFC*' is true ? I'm asking because i have just started using Fred Vorck's fileset, and unless 'SFC.DL_.OFF' or 'SFCFILES.DL_.OFF' is renamed and placed into '\Replace\I386\' or '\HFEXPERT\APPREPLACEMENT\', then SFC isn't disabled... I'm myself disabling SFC and so i'm not having any problems with this, but i where just thinking that if someone where to select to delete CAT files, even though SFC weren't disabled, then it wouldn't be that good... If i'm totally wrong here, then i apologise in advance... :DELCATS IF "%DELCATS%"=="0" GOTO :START IF "%DELCATS%"=="1" GOTO :START IF EXIST FDVFILES\SFC* SET SFCFIX=1 IF EXIST "%ALTSRCDIRS%REPLACE\I386\SFC*" SET SFCFIX=1 IF EXIST "%ALTSRCDIRS%HFEXPERT\APPREPLACEMENT\SFC*" SET SFCFIX=1 IF EXIST SOURCE\cdromsp5.tst SET SFCFIX=1 IF EXIST HF\w2ksp5* SET SFCFIX=1 IF NOT DEFINED SFCFIX GOTO :START

They don't have to be, as Tomcat76's list is just an example... The 'HF\NOREG' and 'HF\BASIC' subfolders are an optional advanced feature for Type 1 updates. They are meant for updates which dosen't need any post-setup commands or reg-entries from their INF files(HF\NOREG), or who dosen't need any post-setup commands and only an identifier reg-key from their INF files(HF\BASIC). HFSLIP has hardcoded support for some of the updates which needs more reg-entries, than just the identifier reg-key... More info here : http://www.msfn.org/board/Experimenting-fe...er-t100448.html

Sorry, i don't know the answer to your problem, but atleast i can tell you that 'RunOnceEx' + multi-line 'cmdlines.txt' entries does work on Win2K also...

OK, i have just now passed the txtmode copy stage in VMware and without a single copy error this time, so you where absolutely right Thanks alot for all your help, mate CU, Martin.

Thank you for your help, mate modifype.exe reports 'Could not open file', for each of the files in the 'for' loop. I always make my silent switchless installers by myself manually and so i find it strange that the headers are borked, but they must be, then... They are all 7z SFX installers and i'm using Oleg Scherbakov's modified version of the 7z SFX module for installers, as it features some extra functionality like e.g. running msi's directly and hiding the console window with batchfiles etc. Anyway, it's not really a problem for me, since i'm normally always just using the "RunOnceEx from CD" approach for installing my apps, but i where just momentarilly thinking about if i should switch over to using the HFGUIRUNONCE folder instead, and then when i tried it out, then i though that i had found a bug and which i then wanted to report... Again, thanks alot for your help, mate CU, Martin.

I just wanted to report that i'm getting txtmode copy errors when trying to install silent switchless installers from the HFGUIRUNONCE folder(i have tested it 4 times now). I have then tried to change the names of the installers to straight 8.3 format(without spaces or punctuation), but still i get the same errors. The errors only shows with *.exe files, but not *.msi or *.reg files. Here's the error message : Thank's in advance.

Hi Tomcat76 Thank you very much for clearing that up for me, mate CU, Martin.

Hi tommyp Thank you very much for answering my questions and for letting me use the hfslip logo in my signature About the "maybe 5-10 seconds speed penalty", then that is of course totally neglible then Again many thanks for your help and efforts in making hfslip so awesome; it's very much appreciated CU, Martin.

@TommyP and Tomcat76 I am interessted in getting to learn how hfslip works internally, and the only thing im alittle unsure of is the reg-entry adding part, and so if you guys could please enlighten me alittle on this, then i would really appreciate it Ok here goes... As you know, then with update packs like RyanVM's and Xable's, then the authors of those packs makes a single inf that includes all the captured reg-entries that's been set by the updates and which is then executed at T-13. However, with hfslip, then all the original infs from the updates are instead moved to \I386\ and executed from T-13(from RunOnceEx). Those original inf files contains alot of stuff in them in addition to reg-entries, but hfslip then makes a header on those inf's, so that only some of the parts are executed and not all of them. Am i getting this right so far ? Anyway, from my understanding of the cmd syntax, then for non Win2K platforms, then the [DefaultInstall] section which hfslip has made and will run, is only defined as : AddReg=Product.Add.Reg' But for Win2K platforms, then the [DefaultInstall] section is instead set to : AddReg=Product.Add.Reg,keys.add,MSI.AddReg,Actsetup.Reg,User.AddReg,Base.IE.AddReg,Common.Add.Reg,Ap pCompatSetup.reg,NoPrompt.AddReg,RegisterActiveSetup,Reg.WPD,MTP.AutoPlayRegistration,reg.devices,Re g .Codecs,Fraunhofer.Reg,V9Reg.Core,V9Reg.Core.AddOnly,V9Reg.Univ,WMP.ARP,V9.RegPUI,WMPAddReg.PUI,WMPA d dReg.OSPUI,V9Reg.XP,WMP.SPAD,WMP.Reg.IEHard,Reg.WMDMHandler I then have two questions... 1. Why is all that extra stuff only needed for Win2K and not for the rest. 2. For Win2K(Which i'm using), then is there a notisable speed penalty(in install time) by using the method that hfslip uses for applying those reg-entries in comparisson to if it was done like in the update packs ? Btw, i'm not trying to suggest that hfslip should change how it works, but i'm just interessted in understanding and getting to learn these things Also, i can see that this method is making hfslip non-language dependant Also, do you guys know how nLite sets those reg-entries ? Finally, then i would like to ask TommyP if i can have his permission to use the hfslip logo in my signature, since i would like to advertice for hfslip, whenever i make a post in other sections of this forum Thank's in advance.

I guess you've gotten that "command_n" stuff from TechNet : What that paragraph states, is to exchange those "command_n" parts with your own stuff and not to use them litterately... Correct 'cmdlines.txt' : [Commands] "rundll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection nLite.inf,U" "RunWPI.exe" Btw, MSFN has a nice unattended guide linked at the top of the forum...