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Hmmm... those 2 are used for SCSI disks I believe. Definately not used for booting from IDE ! -- Ninho arcsetup.exe and arcldr.exe do appear to be required. I would attach the archive with all ntldr, NTDETECT.COM, arcsetup.exe, and arcldr.exe; but MSFN.org forums seems to limit attachment size to 200K (attachment would be like 303 KB).I think arcsetup.exe and arcldr.exe have something to do with ARC paths. EDIT: For SCSI, Ntbootdd.sys is often used. By default, Ntbootdd.sys is not installed when not necessary.

I have edited the initial post to this thread to appear more concise. I have also bolded all sentences ending with "?". I would appreciate answers to any of the questions.

Thamks Yzöwl. I have found the information.

How can shortcuts be created from a batch file?

Does anyone still have this? I think it is:http://www.emulator.netsons.org/page.php?p...d=11&lng=en

After Windows installation you may try having the value "OOBETimer" at [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WPAEvents] set to something different (maybe setting it null), then running "%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a" (to invoke the activation wizard where product key may be entered and activawtion may be performed).Invoking sysprep with a sysprep answer file (for non-Product Key things) after installation may allow for what you want (less the activation).

I am creating a Winnt.sif file for application in a mostly unattended installation (only some of text mode attended). I have questions regarding things of Winnt.sif. I have so far developed the following Winnt.sif file: ;SetupMgrTag [Data] ; AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" [Unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=No ; TargetPath=\WINNT TargetPath=* [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=* AutoLogon=Yes AutoLogonCount=1 OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=020 OemSkipWelcome=1 ; DetachedProgram="cmd" [UserData] FullName=" " ComputerName=* [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=13,17,3,2,5,16,4,12,15,7,8,10,11,9,6,14,1 [Identification] ; JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes ;[GuiRunOnce] [Components] chat=On iisdbg=On indexsrv_system=Off ; media_utopia=On The "unattend.doc" document from the Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Deployment tools list for the [Networking] heading that "This section header must be present for unattended installation of networks.", but does not list any parameters for the section. When creating a Winnt.sif file using the Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 deployment too "setupmgr.exe", a parameter "InstallDefaultComponents=Yes" may be created. Is Microsoft's "unattend.doc" documentation lacking? What parameters are available for the [Networking] section and what do the parameters do? The [Components] section supposedly has answers to whether certain Windows components are to be installed. For all of the components for which installation is optional from the [Components] section, if a component is set to "Off" (not install), can the components be installed later once the operating system is available? (Like using Windows Component Wizard invoke-able from Add/Remove Programs) I would like to have Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4 setup have the organization identification null and the computer automatically generated. How can this be done? Does setting "UnattendMode" in the [unattend] section to "FullUnattended" not allow for any stoppage of the execution for user input (such as selection of partitions)? EDIT: I have attached an archive containing the "unattend.doc" answer file reference document. unattend.zip

It should be noted that Windows Media Player 9 includes Roxio or Adaptec (I forgot which version is actually used) CD burning engines. If a newer version of the burning engines are installed on the same Windows instance and Windows Media Player 9 is then installed, a blue screen error will appear on reboot (and reboots into normal mode after that). The DivX Player (6.x versions) are examples of applications that use newer versions of the Roxio or Adaptec burning engines Applications that Roxio or Adaptec burning engines should be installed in ascending order of the version of its included burning engine components.

This would not work if the file is accessed at the driver level.

Thank you Yzöwl. The information satisfied my questions.

On Windows 2000 and Windows XP family operating systems exist the COPY command. Its usage is given as the following: Copies one or more files to another location. COPY [/V] [/N] [/Y | /-Y] [/Z] [/A | /B ] source [/A | /B] [+ source [/A | /B] [+ ...]] [destination [/A | /B]] source Specifies the file or files to be copied. /A Indicates an ASCII text file. /B Indicates a binary file. destination Specifies the directory and/or filename for the new file(s). /V Verifies that new files are written correctly. /N Uses short filename, if available, when copying a file with a non-8dot3 name. /Y Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an existing destination file. /-Y Causes prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an existing destination file. /Z Copies networked files in restartable mode. The switch /Y may be preset in the COPYCMD environment variable. This may be overridden with /-Y on the command line. Default is to prompt on overwrites unless COPY command is being executed from within a batch script. To append files, specify a single file for destination, but multiple files for source (using wildcards or file1+file2+file3 format). COPY with the /B argument should copy in binary mode; while COPY with the /A argument should copy in ASCII mode. If an ASCII text file is used as a source copied using the /B argument with COPY, would the file be duplicated? If an non-ASCII but not empty file is used as a source copied using the /A argument with COPY, would the file be duplicated? What happens when a source file is copied using COPY without the /A or /B argument?

Thank you James_A. Sorry about the incorrect credit given before edit; it is now fixed.

I am looking for information on what specific update patches are included in Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 and would like assistance in finding the information. Microsoft Knowledge Base provides useful lists for Windows XP Services packs, but I could not find such a list for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4. For Windows XP serivce packs the pages are: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324720 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811113 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946480

Try deleting the file at the command line (you may have to use a wildcard mask). If it fails you may try booting to the Recovery Console and deleting the file.

I have attached an archive with the original ntldr and NTDETECT.COM files from a Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4 installation.

I thought I had already replied to DarkShadosw post above much time ago. Apparently the post had failed to post. Thank you DarkShadows; your response was quite helpful (all parts of it).

Yu can try running:RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %SystemRoot%\inf\wmp.inf,UninstallThe DRM may not be uninstalled, however.

For 2.: Perhaps something is wrong with the Explorer's icon cache. On Windows 2000 (perhaps XP too), a file "ShellIconCache" is located at %SystemRoot%. Perhaps deleting the file (make a copy first) may fix the problem.

I have made what I believe to be an important doscovery from the Microsoft Knowledgebase article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/828930/en-us : So it seems that the answers to the above question may be No and No.

This inquiries in this post only apply to Windows patches released after year 2002. I note that Microsoft Corporation states to have included QChain functionality ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296861/ ) into the hotfixes released after December 2002. Does the order for which patches are installed, without running the standalone QChain.exe application at the end of the running of a set of updates, matter? Does the order for which patches are slipstreamed into an installation source matter?

An article aboult the change in WGA on Windows XP has made been made on the msfn.org front page today, August 28, 2008.

Does hibernation and resume from hibernation also improve when ntldr ntdetect.com are replaced?

If the association is applied to the user specifically the association information would be found in [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes].

@iheartsims: If the product CD is in CD-like condition (that is, not warped in shape) and data sections of the disc are not completely destroyed, it may be possible to read the disc using a better quality optical drive (perhaps retail (avoid OEM) LG drives). If tthe disc may be fully read, the contents should be backed up. An image file may be created to store the contents of and represent the media backed up. In this case, it would be best to use an image format that does not store the media characteristics. Standard ISO or CDRWin images (.bin/.cue) are recommended.

Did you miss this? That's Windows 2000 for ia64 (Itanium). It *is* a Microsoft product. No.How can you be sure; the original poster did post "you've probably havent heard of it".