Octopuss

That's possible, but I am not a hypocrite and don't have anything to hide.

I am trying something a bit funky here. I got a batch file I use to copy various installation files somewhere, and they are launched with different batch. I don't want to change both when files with version numbers in them get updated (and I don't rename them after downloading because I like to keep track of what they are). Anyway, I hoped I could use copy command with wildcards to copy files somewhere and change the destination name. It doesn't seem to work. Example: copy e:\Install\OS\jre-6*.exe d:\win7-64\sources\$OEM$\$1\Install\java.exe /y It looked like it did what I wanted, but then I realized the destination file was like 5kB in size. WTF? Anyone can explain this? Or suggest different approach?

It is my own OLD username which was banned several years ago. If it's technically impossible or too time consuming, I'm fine with it. Just let me know. Cheers.

Ahem?...

I would like to have my name changed to Octopuss. That name is taken by a banned account right now.

That's what I've always used as well, and it always worked. I am not sure whether I tried launching batch files before, though. Must be that. Maybe going only cmd /c would be sufficient? I am still trying to figure out the difference from start (/wait). Sometimes it's a huge mystery.

Also, aren't they supposed to run one after another by design of synchronouscommand in the first place anyway?

I unclearly remember I didn't use exit at all and it did work at some point in past... It's really weird. When I use only start or start /wait, the batch files aren't even executed at all. I really don't understand the differences.

I could use some help with some batch files basics. I am installing various software during FirstLogonCommands. It is done with two different commands actually, one is basic installation package for anything, and the other are some additions for specific machines. The last command starts the WinSAT index "recount" or however is it called. I am not very educated about batch scripting, and I could use some help explaning a few things. What exactly is the difference between simply putting "somefile.cmd" in the command and using "cmd /c" and "start /wait"? I read some documentation on ss64 but it's very unclear to me. I also don't want the commands to run in parallel, I need them to be executed one after each other. edit: Let me elaborate further. <FirstLogonCommands> <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <Order>1</Order> <CommandLine>cmd /c start /wait %SystemRoot%\setup\scripts\install-basic.cmd</CommandLine> <Description>ruzne instalace</Description> </SynchronousCommand> <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <Order>2</Order> <CommandLine>cmd /c start /wait %SystemRoot%\setup\scripts\install-extra.cmd</CommandLine> <Description>ruzne instalace</Description> </SynchronousCommand> <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <Order>3</Order> <CommandLine>cmd /c start /min winsat formal</CommandLine> <Description>WinSAT</Description> </SynchronousCommand> </FirstLogonCommands> Why does the above open command prompt, run the script, BUT doesn't close the window when finished installing what it should? If I type exit it moves onto the next one. I don't get it.

Ah ok. Btw, I think it was mentioned before, but I am not sure, so - which updates are language independant? Only "Security updates"?

But why? I respect your decision, but I don't understand. For example I never install IE9, it just sucks too much. I just want to download as little as possible in order to speed installation up as much as I can. P.S. yesterday I was offered single new update which resolves the "This program might not be installed correctly" stupid error message (at least that's what translated version of the article said, english one looks a bit different for some reason). I jumped up in joy, because this has been occasionally bugging me probably ever since Win7 came out. http://support.micro....com/kb/2762895

Up until this point I was thinking "Yeah the guy is right, and is pretty reasonable too". Now I think "just another dumb Microsoft hater troll" (and I say that even though I do agree Ms is doing some ultra stupid things last years) Stick with your XP which I am sure is best for your laptop from 2003, and I will enjoy some super lame features (like kernel that doesn't crash no matter what crap I try, ten years newer drivers, support for new hardware and other totally useless stuff) and eye candy I was so dumb to happily pay for.

How does having more files in folders thare are not in use slow down the system? Not that I agree with the whole thing (I really hate downloading 1GB of crap everytime I install a machine - OR having to constantly update the downloaded hotfixes I integrate), but I am not quite sure about the performance claim of yours.

Ah FFS, if only you asked two weeks ago. I had fresh install of Win7 with your list of updates integrated, and downloaded remaining stuff based on what I saw in WU. Bah

If it ever sees the light of the day

Steven, I noticed your UL doesn't include .NET hotfixes, can you do that in future? There's at least eight of them last time I checked.

Did you even bother to read my post?????

LOL!!! I am glad I wasn't drinking anything when I read it! Hahaha!

The whole Office thing is funny and pathetic both at the same time. What cracked me up the most was comparing installation of 2003 and 2010. I always install just Word and Excel with the smallest amount of components possible. Checking the very same components, Office 2003 comes up at like 100MB or so, while 2010 eats 700MB. lol Of course, the startup time is a joke as well.

I assume things sometimes change even between minor versions, so let's talk the latest, which afaik is 6u35. Is there any REAL way to disable the auto update feature? These parameters JAVAUPDATE=0 JU=0 AUTOUPDATECHECK=0 don't do anything despite what people claim, so I assume it is not possible to do during installation (and no I do not want to use any repacks). Similarly, [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Update\Policy] doesn't seem to exist (anymore) either. Unchecking the update feature in Control panel adds HKCU\Software\Javasoft\Java Update\Policy subkey with EnableAutoUpdateCheck value with some huge hex string in it, but the data seems to vary, so I am not sure it's an option... Any experiences?

Tripredacus, that's interesting. Looks like we have no control over this then. myselfidem, now you got me. I thought master/slave was only relevant to ATA cables with two connectors. I just kind of plug the cables into the mb, starting with port 0. Redoing the partition/drive letters is actually not a bad idea. I'd have change lots of things though, which apparently is why I simply put F on the new SSD partition back then.

It looks like specific driver problem after some googling. I found several discussions where people suggested deleting some registry keys and/or folders in systemroot\system32\spool\drivers and printers, taking ownership of spoolsv.exe file and other voodoo. None of it worked, the **** process and app crashed at the moment I tried to print anything. Interestingly enough everything was ok if I had my father unplug the LJ1022 printer and use the MFC, which leads me to my assumption. The printer is just fine physically, but the driver is obviously doing some nasty stuff. I saved some entries from EventLog. Název události: APPCRASH Reakce: Není k dispozici ID souboru CAB: 0 Podpis problému: P1: PrintIsolationHost.exe P2: 6.1.7600.16385 P3: 4a5bd3b1 P4: ZSR.dll P5: 6.20.1625.0 P6: 462fe8cf P7: c0000005 P8: 000000000002b54c Chyba 1.10.2012 8:46:11 Application Error 1000 (100) "Název chybující aplikace: PrintIsolationHost.exe, verze: 6.1.7600.16385, časové razítko: 0x4a5bd3b1 Název chybujícího modulu: ZSR.dll, verze: 6.20.1625.0, časové razítko: 0x462fe8cf Kód výjimky: 0xc0000005 Posun chyby: 0x000000000002b54c ID chybujícího procesu: 0xcc8 Čas spuštění chybující aplikace: 0x01cd9fa070e7ab1e Cesta k chybující aplikaci: C:\Windows\system32\PrintIsolationHost.exe Cesta k chybujícímu modulu: C:\Windows\system32\spool\DRIVERS\x64\3\ZSR.dll ID zprávy: af8a3b9f-0b93-11e2-975c-6cf049eff0a4" Chyba 1.10.2012 8:46:11 Application Error 1000 (100) "Název chybující aplikace: spoolsv.exe, verze: 6.1.7601.17777, časové razítko: 0x4f35fc1d Název chybujícího modulu: localspl.dll, verze: 6.1.7601.17841, časové razítko: 0x4fb09595 Kód výjimky: 0xc0000005 Posun chyby: 0x00000000000a926a ID chybujícího procesu: 0xd88 Čas spuštění chybující aplikace: 0x01cd9fa06aec46ae Cesta k chybující aplikaci: C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe Cesta k chybujícímu modulu: C:\Windows\System32\localspl.dll ID zprávy: af939ee2-0b93-11e2-975c-6cf049eff0a4" Název události: APPCRASH Reakce: Není k dispozici ID souboru CAB: 0 Podpis problému: P1: spoolsv.exe P2: 6.1.7601.17777 P3: 4f35fc1d P4: localspl.dll P5: 6.1.7601.17841 P6: 4fb09595 P7: c0000005 P8: 00000000000a926a ...yeah the language is klingon Anyway, I ordered new printer, LJ P1102. It cost virtually nothing and is perfectly enough for my father's needs. I will grab the old one and test the hell out of it though, pretty curious about it.

myself, it used wrong disk, but partitioning went as it should. jac, I defragmented the disk just couple days before. So in theory you are absolutely right. But reality check had different opinion At least I have lots of free space on the data disk now, lol.

Allright, I am fairly short-tempered and I just didn't like his tone, it reminded me too much of lots of people on the internets who like to outsmart others and make them look like idiots. That doesn't necessarily make it true though, does it... 90% of the disk was filled with 5-20GB movie files of which I could not find a single trace. There was also some music there, but I could find traces of those files, although reported sizes were only in kB. Yes system is Win7 x64 as stated in my "profile". What actually happened was wrong disk was chosen by the setup, OS installed on it, but after that the correct one was used for boot (at least in the very final stage). Basically after I booted into Windows and realized what happened, nothing was written onto it (by me at least, not sure how much does OS write in the background, but probably very little if anything) I use (and been using for years) File Scavenger for recovery purposes, long scan, both ran on the partitions and disk as a whole. <DiskConfiguration> <Disk wcm:action="add"> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk> <CreatePartitions> <CreatePartition wcm:action="add"> <Order>1</Order> <Type>Primary</Type> <Size>100</Size> </CreatePartition> <CreatePartition wcm:action="add"> <Order>2</Order> <Type>Primary</Type> <Size>51200</Size> </CreatePartition> <CreatePartition wcm:action="add"> <Order>3</Order> <Type>Primary</Type> <Extend>true</Extend> </CreatePartition> </CreatePartitions> <ModifyPartitions> <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add"> <Order>1</Order> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID> <Active>true</Active> <Format>NTFS</Format> <Label>Boot</Label> </ModifyPartition> <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add"> <Order>2</Order> <PartitionID>2</PartitionID> <Format>NTFS</Format> <Letter>C</Letter> <Label>SYSTEM</Label> </ModifyPartition> <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add"> <Order>3</Order> <PartitionID>3</PartitionID> <Format>NTFS</Format> <Letter>F</Letter> <Label>PROGRAMY</Label> </ModifyPartition> </ModifyPartitions> </Disk> </DiskConfiguration> <ImageInstall> <OSImage> <InstallFrom> <MetaData wcm:action="add"> <Key>/IMAGE/INDEX</Key> <Value>1</Value> </MetaData> </InstallFrom> <InstallTo> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <PartitionID>2</PartitionID> </InstallTo> </OSImage> </ImageInstall>

Which meaningful details I completely failed to provide, pretty please? If you don't want to find an explanation (I am not even asking anyone to do so anyway) why do you bother posting here? You know, you are kind of ridiculing me here for not being exactly precise with describing stuff, but you didn't even pay attention to what I wrote in the first place. I might had not said 10 (20, 500, 2323)GB were owerwritten, but I specifically mentioned different (wrong) disk was used for the installation. Anyway, when a mod comes around, this could be locked down because nothing meaningful could be added to the subject. Thanks.