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Please read and familarize yourself with the usage policy of HFSLIP. It is for personal use and not corporate use.

Is this for a home machine? May I suggest looking at tomcat76's "what goes where" list.

Yes, you can check your OS for updates using hfnetchk. Look at this link and about 1/2 way down is a post by tomcat. Download the zip file and follow the instructions. I have been using this method ever since he posted that zip. Yes, it still works like a champ. No webbrowser is required. Very nice utility imho.

dirt - this forum isn't made to be a comparison of "mine is smaller than yours" - if you asked this at the NLITE forum they would say search. Everybody has different needs/wants/goals of their operating system. Most need functionality, some need network connectivity, some need this, some need that. The more you need/want, the larger the iso will be. Here is a link for your viewing pleasure of someone who has an operating system in about 10 meg. Are his goals different than yours? If you choose to make 2k smaller, there is a readme in the hfcleanup reducer set you have downloaded. In it, is instructions on how to make your own reducers. If you are struggling to make an iso that is smaller and had less functionality, then generate some additional reducers, test them and share them with the community.

I echo 7yler's response. You have IE5 and IE6 hotfixes in there. You have to choose one or the other, not both. I haven't reviewed the remainder of your hotfixes, instead I'll leave that task to you.

Very cool program. When composing a new message (such as right now), the characters seem a bit skewed with respect to the cursor. To top it off, even after the program is closed out, some editing functionality seems to go away. Also, when composing email using yahoo, I cannot see the lowercase k character. When selecting text using notepad2, I cannot select entire lines of text.

Welcome to the board. 1. All of that extra INF stuff is used, but the header depends on whether the hotfix is a type 1 or type 2. 2. I suppose there could be a speed penalty by processing individual INF files, but I haven't compared the time it takes for installation. Maybe a 5-10 second penalty? I'm not sure how NLITE works as it is closed source. However I seem to recall a command line tool to manipulate text files and to create new text files. The exe slips my head but there was some talk about it a few years back, maybe it was even on the nlite board. Sure, you can use the HFLSIP logo.

Perhaps the reason it's not working for you is because you are using the Collossus/Warez edition of XP?

Thanks TC, but can you provide a link on where to get it from?

Can someone point me to the IE6 cab files for NT4?

If you have placed your sfc.dl_ in the REPLACE\I386 folder, the program would have prompted you. HFSLIP is expecting a virgin source in the source folder. As far as the I have read the instructions request, it has been answered many times on this forum and I will leave it up to you to search.

Don't run with HFCLEANUP on a non-english source and you'll be OK. If you must reduce, use NLITE instead. It's easier and it's supported (hfcleanup is not supported anymore).

For argument sake, lets say the files you want to compress is located in a folder called INPUT. Create a folder called OUTPUT and the the compressed files will end up here. Open a dosbox in the root of the INPUT and OUTPUT. Put this code in your dosbox. FOR /F %I IN ('DIR /B INPUT') DO makecab HF\%I /L OUTPUT If you prefer, you can change the %I to %%I both times if you want to use it in a batch (cmd) file. You'll need to place the cmd file in the same directory as the input and output folders.

Arie, I have a slightly modded source folder, I have added in some sata drivers and manually modified the correct setup files. All works fine without hfslip (verified via VM and real box). I currently use that modified source folder as my source folder.

I glanced at it, but didn't want to take the fun away from you to compare your list of hotfixes to tomcat's list of hotfixes. If your list agrees with TC's list, you'll be OK.

IIRC, qfecheck checks things in the registry. When manually running updates, entries are put in the registry for new and old file versions. So in other words, qfecheck is better suited for a normal installation, where normal is intended to mean using a factory install cd and manually installing updates.

Just as the johndoe says, you have to manually create the HFEXPERT folder. I've used bugs' pack for a while. I think I modified the INF somewhat so that all the ICL files reside in the HFEXPERT\WIN folder (so there is no need for a program files copyover post install). Also, I put the INF file in HFEXPERT\CODECS. On a sidenote, this tweak is for 2k. The newer OSs already have these icons.

If you are running on a system that was heavily nlite'd, there is an option to remove command line things. Here's one thing you can do see if your variables are OK. Click start/run type in CMD. Type SET and hit enter. Please post what the PATH variable is.

new2 - you really have to visit tomcat76's hotfix list site to get the essential hotfixes. You have a mixed bag of ie5 and ie6 updates as well as oe5 and oe6 updates. You need one or the other. Once you visit TC's site, select what you want to slipstream on top and grab all the files on the bottom. Your HF folder should not have files that aren't listed.

If I were you, I would see if the problem lies with hfslip or nlite or a combination of both. So in simpler terms, run hfslip and test via VM to see if you can repeat this error. Then run nlite on the sourcess folder and see if you can repeat the error.

There is something called hfcleanup to reduce the sourcess during hfslip execution. But please be advised that it is not supported anymore due to lack of interest. Details are on the hfslip website. I may also suggest visiting unattended.msfn.org for details on how to set up keys and how to set up a winnt.sif file. There are two automated ways to set up this file, one is a deployment tool that resides on your xp installation cd and you can always run nlite to get it. In either case, you can simpliy copy the winnt.sif file to either your source\i386 folder or your fix folder prior to running hfslip.

Dumb q, but can't you compare your list to tomcat76's list yourself? If it's not on the tomcat's list, it's not a requirement for the OS to be up to date. In fact, a quick glace at Tomcat76's list and the_guys list both do not list KB870669, therefore, it's not needed.

I decided to mess around a bit, and can offer some help for a change. Instead of the show desktop file, use this code instead. Parse it during t-13. If a folder doesn't exist, it creates it on the fly and then creates the show desktop shortcut. Maybe this can be put in the hfslip.cmd? I simply put this cmd file in my HFSVCPACK folder. IF NOT EXIST "%userprofile%\application data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch" MD "%userprofile%\application data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch" echo>"%userprofile%\application data\microsoft\internet explorer\quick launch\Show Desktop.scf" [Shell] echo>>"%userprofile%\application data\microsoft\internet explorer\quick launch\Show Desktop.scf" Command=2 echo>>"%userprofile%\application data\microsoft\internet explorer\quick launch\Show Desktop.scf" IconFile=explorer.exe,3 echo>>"%userprofile%\application data\microsoft\internet explorer\quick launch\Show Desktop.scf" [Taskbar] echo>>"%userprofile%\application data\microsoft\internet explorer\quick launch\Show Desktop.scf" Command=ToggleDesktop How do you make a post with code without automatic carriage returns?

Here is a link to the HFSLIP website. HFSLIP is pretty stable as long as the instructions are followed, it just one of those small prices to pay for not requiring dot net framework. Can you please ZIP and post your hfslip.log file so we can see what you are trying to do?

Are you sure that your hard drive isn't corrupted?