Shark007

yes, they should have been there. ( in I386) and i dont remember nLite offerring to remove this. strange it didnt ask to overwrite. Shark

I did some further testing with this. I tried it on a SP2.iso image that wasnt as up to date as my working image. After installation, it said I need to download windows update files. But, if you click the 'Details' tab, it tells you that you are about to install the windows installer update. I'm guessing this is a required element of windows update 6 working properly. EDIT - its no longer a guess.. verified by installing windows installer and trying WU6 again. Everything @ WU6 worked properly after installing the updated windows installer Here is a link to the windows installer update Windows Installer 3.1 (v2) further EDIT .... if you download the above update you can extract the 5 updated msi*.* files from it with WinRAR, compress them, and also add them to your I386 folder. BoardBabe, this may be your resolve. Shark

i apologize again. from your posts it seemed you ran regsvr32 frpm cmdlines.txt / this i have not tested and assumed it was at fault for your failure. as stated at the beginning of my post, it works for me. i'm sorry it doesnt for you. Shark

Ad-Aware is one of those programs i just copy over from an already installed system. It doesnt need 'installation'. The advantage here is the latest reference file can go with it too. simply create yourself a selfextracting file that extracts to the program files dir and create an icon for it. Shark

oh?how can you possibly have followed my steps when you dont even know what cmdlines.txt is? cmdlines.txt executes @ -t12. runouncex.cmd is usually executed by cmdlines.txt which in turn loads commands into the registry to run on next boot. i apologize for being blunt. editted to insert the apology Shark

nice catch. was another typo, no, dont place wups2.dll into i386 it wont get copied without further editting a few other files. its easier to just place it, uncompressed, into $OEM$\$$\system32 especially since its a very small file anyway. Shark

To compress a file for the I386 folder i use this command MAKECAB /D CompressionType=LZX /D CompressionMemory=21 filename.xxx Shark

This is how i do it, you can get WU6 installed by going to this URL WindowsUpdate v6 go ahead and install it. the following list of files were taken directly from my system32 folder after installing WU6. I compressed them, and overwrote the existing files in the I386 folder. cdm.dl_ iuengine.dl_ winhttp.dl_ wuapi.dl_ wuauclt.ex_ wuauclt1.ex_ wuaucpl.cp_ wuaueng.dl_ wuaueng1.dl_ wuauserv.dl_ wucltui.dl_ wups.dl_ wuweb.dl_ Next, the file wups2.dll (also taken from system32) is placed in $OEM$\$$\system32 and during the runoncex installation proccess i execute this command: regsvr32 /s %windir%\system32\wups2.dll Everything works great on a clean install. This method defaults to WU6. EDIT to update for all users I've since determined that the following update is required by WU6 Here is a link to the windows installer update Windows Installer 3.1 (v2) if you download the above update you can extract the 5 updated msi*.* files from it with WinRAR, compress them, and also add them to your I386 folder. msi.dll msiexec.exe msihnd.dll msimsg.dll msisip.dll Check for uncompressed versions of these files already existing in I386. Delete them if they exist. Shark EDITTED to bring all the info into one file

This can be installed to any directory you like. Following is a description to install to the system32 folder. change the paths as you wish. installation by *.cmd file ... copy /y "UnlockerDriver4.sys" "%windir%\system32\UnlockerDriver4.sys" copy /y "Unlocker.exe" "%windir%\system32\Unlocker.exe" copy /y "Unlocker.reg" "%windir%\system32\Unlocker.reg" regedit /s %windir%\system32\Unlocker.reg regsvr32 /s %windir%\system32\UnlockerDriver4.sys exit and for the Unlocker.reg file ... Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*\shell\edit.Unlocker] @="Unlocker" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*\shell\edit.Unlocker\command] @="C:\\Windows\\System32\\Unlocker.exe \"%L\"" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Folder\shell\edit.Unlocker] @="Unlocker" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Folder\shell\edit.Unlocker\command] @="C:\\Windows\\System32\\Unlocker.exe \"%L\"" No reboot required, you're good to go. By the way ... the current version available at the time of this post is v1.6.3 Shark

Not sure if this works on outgoing also, but give it a try. In OutlookExpress, go to the text headers, Tools / Options , then to the Security Tab - Remove the check thats in the box for 'Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened ... The following registry entry will remove that check also for unattended users. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0\mail] "Secure Safe Attachments"=dword:00000001 "Safe Attachments"=dword:00000000 Shark

Well, i have to resurrect this topic once again. I have totally moved to this method of updating the installation files. The reason for this resurrection is Shadowpp's post POST and a simple read will inform you that there is not a single 'required' registry entry that has anything to do with making the updated hotfixed file function properly. All registries entries have to do with 'informing' other programs that the updates are installed. Windows Update IGNORES these entries except for the malicious software removal tool, and actually looks at the files in use! I make this statement based on the FACT that windows update sees ALL my files as current and not requiring updates. Shark007

The update rollup1 must be installed either thru runonceex.cmd or guirunonce of WINNT.SIF because 'windows' hasnt become 'media center' yet at the time hotfixes are installed. It installs fine thru either of the above methods. Shark

To start explorer in 'C' drive simply use this as this as the target for your shortcut. explorer.exe /e,/select Shark ps: to have it start on 'My Computer' use this as the target. %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

Alrighty then... This method intrigued me enough to delv into it even deeper. Attached is a list of files I 'simply' dropped into the i386 folder. These files were acquired from 2 sources. many of the files were taken directly from Ryan's RVMUpdatePack1.2b1Full.cab this covered alot of nice things like WU being already up to date, etc. I also ran Ryan's _cabupdate.exe to update the driver.cab Many thanks to Ryan for sharing his hard work. the remainder of the files as i mentioned earlier in this post were taken from i386 as hotfixes updated them using /integrate option. A list of hotfixes i used for this is also attatched. I then used a fresh copy of SP2, added all the files mentioned above to the the i386 folder and used /integrate on 'one single' hotfix [KB885836.exe] I did nothing more than overwrite the existing files in the i386 folder. I also have the mrt.exe tool run during setup. Windows Update shows NO critical updates. oh, i also remove windows messenger with nlite. The Baseline Security Analyzer results are also attached. The one failure it reports 'MS05-009' is due to the fact that i 'partially install' windows messenger 5.1 to get the handwriting feature's in MSN 7.0 working. So it wants me to reinstall windows messenger 5.1 Shark

it is incorrect to contain it all in a single set of quotes The above is incorrect because of the quotation marks either use the quotes like this: "OEMPNPDRIVESPATH"="drivers\net" or none at all. Quotes are required if you have a space in your path like this: OEMPNPDRIVESPATH="drivers\ethernet drivers\net" also, the OEMPNPDRIVESPATH must lead to the *.INF file Shark

This method of updating post SP2 is quite interesting and effective. Thru my own testing using this sort of method and my own files which i snagged from the i386 folder after running /integrate on the fixes and using the files in yet another untouched i386 installation folder with NO svcpack file/folder to test. i've been abale to install ALL post SP2 updates except for KB885836. This single update KB885836, i still install with /integrate and have NO critical updates @WU. (mrt.exe is run during setup to satisfy WU also) EDIT: mrt.exe uses /q for a silent installation lukar, thanks for bringing this to my (our) attention. Shark

I also use a modified shell32.dll I integrated the hotfixes as mention earlier in this thread. The hotfix deletes the existing shell32.dl_ and places the new shell32.dll directly into \i386 without compressing it. Do your mods to this new shell32.dll file and place it back into the i386 folder. Also found in \i386 is the file svcpack.in_ expand and edit it by removing "KB890047.exe /q /n /z" from the section [setupHotfixesToRun] Leave the other entries there. recompress it with the command "makecab svcpack.inf" repalce the existing svcpack.in_ with the new one just created. Remove KB890047.exe from the i386\svcpack folder This procedure installs the hotfix info required by windows update and allows the use of the newly hotfixed and modified shell32.dll unattendly. BEGIN EDIT the hotfix contains 3 other files that are not hotfixed. fldrclnr.dll - v6.0.2800.1579 sxs.dll - v5.1.2600.1579 xpsp2res.dll - v5.1.2600.1612 these files are older than SP2 files which have version - v5.1.2600.2180 except for fldrclnr.dll in SP2 its v6.0.2900.2180 END EDIT Shark

My Canon i470D has an *.inf file. I install this like any other driver, by placing its path in the WINNT.SIF file as follows: [Unattended] OemPnPDriversPath="drivers\CANON;drivers\nvidia" I leave the printer turned on during the installation of windows and when windows is ready to use for the 1st time so is my printer. Shark

sorry asta, but that wont work. use the information in the following post ScreenSaver installation info good luck with your unattended cd. Shark

You cant 'upgrade' to a Media Center 2005 Installation. It requires a clean install. Shark

Do you have more than 1 burner installed? If so .... From the toolbar in nero, goto recorder \ choose recorder and select your dvd burner. This is hopefully the correction you need. Shark

That didnt give me an answer either so i created a regfile as follows: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0\mail] "Secure Safe Attachments"=dword:00000001 "Safe Attachments"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0\mail] "Secure Safe Attachments"=dword:00000001 "Safe Attachments"=dword:00000000 and THIS did solve my problem. Thanks for the assistance. Shark

asta, i attempted a regsnap to no avail BEFORE asking for help. a key was changes in HKEY_USERS which is machine specific. anyone able to give me some real help? shark

Outlook Express blocks attachments by default. I'd like to change the default to allow attachments. In OutlookExpress, under tools\options\security there is a checkbox entitled 'Do not allow attachments to be saved or openned that could potentially be a virus' it is checked by default Does anyone have a reg tweak to have this unchecked by default? thanks, shark

thanks for this asta. shark