Shark007

The short answer: Yes Other than the media's capacity, there is no difference whatsoever in placing DATA files onto the media. shark

MBR and NTFS are not related to each other in any way shape or form. That being said, the MBR of a harddrive can be restored (no matter what file system is on the drive, eg. NTFS, FAT32, FAT16, etc) with a microsoft DOS program from days past called FDISK.EXE This command ONLY functions on the 1st drive recognized by the BIOS on the system. Usually, this is the C drive. You will need a DOS boot diskette with fdisk.exe on it. you will NOT 'see' an NTFS file system with DOS. This doesnt matter, because the MBR has a backup hardcoded on the harddrive accessed by the fdisk command utility. This will NOT affect any files on the harddrive, and once again, what file system resides on the drive has nothing to do with the MBR. The command to rewrite the MBR to default is fdisk.exe /MBR shark

Checkout Microsoft's position on this topic: Anti-Malware Engineering Team shark

The dllcache directory is populated from T-9 till T-2. This contains the windows files protected by WFP. shark

war59312, The question is: When and how is this done? Which isnt answered by that page. Bezalel's reply is more fitting, would be nice if he/she quoted a source. shark

My guess would be that you replaced something in the windows installation and now your windows doesnt work. shark.

You can't. Nice try though. shark

No need to post your cmdlines.txt This is a known issue, Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 will not install @ T-13 or T-9 You have to use guirunonce or runonceex. shark

You've been lucky so far. IDE was not designed for 'hot swap' Not only are you risking corrupted data, but ... there is a HIGH possibility to destroy your motherboard. Heed this warning, or you will pay the price. shark

Steffen. i'm sorry, but i've been as clear as possible. I dont have anymore to offer. shark

Just to confirm your directory structure... CD_ROOT --- the entire CDrom CD_ROOT\I386 --- the main installation files (svcpack.inf etc.) CD_ROOT\I386\SVCPACK --- folder where you placed system32.exe If you right click on the system32.exe and choose 'Open with WinRAR' you can drag files into the window and ADD them. In your I386 directory, is there svcpack.in_ ? If this file exists, its a compressed svcpack.inf which you should delete so that windows installation uses the new one you placed there. Your svcpack.inf structure looks fine. shark

Here is a standalone exe [170kb] that i created just for this. It will alphabetize the Start Menu AND the Internet Explorer Favorites. It can be used unattendly if you wish,commandline switch: reorder.exe /S It's as close to a permenant solution as you'll get. Reorder Directories Alphabetically shark

I uploaded it here: This Sample is 186kb contains a single 0 byte file. This file will extract its contents to the system32 directory. shark

wow. you spent a whole month dreaming this up? shark

svcpack.inf goes in the I386 directory as well as svcpack.dll Here is the original svcpack.inf from a SP2 cd. Once you create a self extracting file, place it under the section like this: [setupHotfixesToRun] selfextract.exe of course, you need to place the actual file 'selfextract.exe' into a folder called svcpack which is also in the I386 directory Hope this helps. shark

GuiRunOnce is setup like this to run several commands: HINT: change .bat extensions to .cmd shark

Steffen, i answerred this SAME question over a week ago in This Thread Get WinRAR, learn how to create self extracting files, and you're on your way. shark

Now thats a reply! gunsmokingman, very appreciated. thanks. cluberti...... There really isn't any other way to do what you're asking. Thanks for the info also shark

I use separate HD's with diff OS's. Here is my boot.ini [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP on SATA" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Server on PATA" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect In the above example, 'C' Drive is SATA and 'D' Drive is PATA shark

No, your assumption i am lazy is incorrect. Sorry, i read the page, but didnt understand what i read because i know nothing of vbscript. Yes, if its that easy to do. And by your remarks, i'd have to assume this is easy.I have attempted several times to create a vbscript to turn off restore on D, E, and F drives. I havent been successful. Thank you for your help. shark

Since this was placed in an 'unattended' forum, i'd have to assume the original poster wants an unattended solution. I dont have the solution, but am also interested. [bump]

I'm quite sure that to integrate an MSP you must 1st create an administrative install point from the original msi. syntax: msiexec /a original.msi. Then integrate the MSP, and repackage the product if required. Quite often, an administrative install ultimately uses less space than the original installer when repackaged with high compression. (although i may be wrong) shark

I know nothing of Mcafee. To slipstream am MSP into an MSI .... use this syntax: example: The following describes the command-line options. /p Enables Windows Installer to apply an update to an existing installation. /a Enables Windows Installer to perform an administrative installation of a product on a network share. SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE Directs Windows Installer to create all file names and folders with MS-DOS-compatible file names. Required when you run Windows Installer from the command line. /qb Sets the user interface to the basic level (simple progress and error handling). /L* Turns on logging and sets a path for the log file. The * flag causes the switch to log all information. shark

You can make a self extracting myfile.exe containing your files and place it in the I386\svcpack folder. Within the file svcpack.in_ (svcpack.inf) place your file under the section [setupHotfixesToRun] myfile.exe It will be run/extracted @ T-13min left I dont use $OEM$ either. All my post installations begin thru svcpack. shark

For almost 2yrs i used swgreed's pack updated with my own additions. I recently switched to Satsuki's pack but didnt like the way it takes over the context menu's when right clicking a media file. I voted Satsuki because i created a regfile to change the Satsuki Context menu's to read 'MediaPlayerClassic". shark