Spaceboy

Here's some (requires gui replacer): http://guireplacer.edot.ch/board/index.php?showtopic=2

Don't think NTswitch works with VLK versions. You'll probably need to do a repair install.

So you can get to the login prompt? If there was a problem with the letter assignments you wouldn't be able to get that far, Windows wouldn't boot up at all. Do you get any error messages when you try to login?

Have you tried the official Nvidia Forceware Drivers? Had a similar problem with my Geforce 4 TI4200, with latest Drivers. Only lower resolution modes were available after installing. The 61.76 Forceware Drivers on the other hand, worked fine. May be worth giving them a try, as they're meant to support pretty much all Nvidia Cards. You can get them from the following link: http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=824

Have you set set your start menu speed (MenuShowDelay) to 0 by any chance? It's a bug in Windows 2k3 and causes the cpu usage you mentioned.

Got the demo a few days back. Runs fine on my PC (2003 Professional). Did you enable Hardware Acceleration?

SP1 RTM? The latest beta service pack was 1218. SP1 final isn't meant to be released till next year as far as I'm aware.

The following should work:

First of all try running the file manually to see if it works as expected. Also, when you installed Windows, did you install to a clean formatted partition, or over the top of an existing Windows Partition?

Shell pack 2 (in the download section) contains all the system dll files you need.

Like I said, create a self destructing batch file that executes a reg file on first boot. After reboot tweaks should be applied. For the desktop shadows you can add the following tweak to HKCU2.reg (or whatever the name of reg file is you've specified in the batch file): Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ;Configure Advanced Visual Effects [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects] "VisualFXSetting"=dword:00000003 ;Configure Start Menu/Show Protected OS Files [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "ListviewShadow"=dword:00000001 WIth regards to Visual Styles of Windows/Buttons, that should be applied automatically if you've created a theme file and configured the theme service to start on bootup, as per the following thread: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=9878

You could try creating a self destructing batch file that applies the tweaks the first time you log in as a user. Put the batch file in $Docs\Default User\Start Menu\Programs\Startup. The batch file will be removed from the user's startup folder after execution, but will remain in the Default user account, and executed whenever a new account is created. My batch files looks like this: CLS @echo off cmdow @ /HID ECHO. attrib -R "%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\HKCU.cmd" DEL "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\*.*" /q REGEDIT /S %systemroot%\HKCU2.reg DEL "%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\*.cmd" EXIT All additional registry tweaks are in HKCU2.reg, which is in the $$ folder of the CD.

Ok, thanks.

Ok, thanks for the help. I've found the theme problem anyway. It was the following entry in my theme file: [VisualStyles] Path=C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Keramik4\Keramik4.msstyles ColorStyle=NormalColor Size=NormalSize The path is wrong as I was installing to drive H. Can I specify a variable rather than a fixed drive letter for the theme file?

Well, all the theme files were copied over correctly. So were all Nvidia Driver Files, along with my Wallpaper. I've set my theme via winnt.sif as follows: CustomDefaultThemeFile="%Systemroot%\Resources\Themes\Keramik4.theme" My Dosnet.inf looks like this: [Version] signature="$Windows NT$" DriverVer=10/01/2002,5.2.3790.0 [Directories] d1 = \I386 [Miscellaneous] ProductType = 2 MinimumMemory = 134217728 DestinationPlatform = i386 ServicePack = 0.0 [UnsupportedArchitectures] halcbus.dll = %cbus2_mp% halcbusm.dll = %cbusmc_mp% halmca.dll = %mca_up% halmpsm.dll = %mps_mca_mp% halncr.dll = %ncr_mp% missprocfeat I'm using the standard Nvidia Driver that comes with Windows. When I boot up the graphics driver is corectly set. Theme files are in $$\Resources\Themes. Here's my complete winnt.sif file: ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" [Unattended] UnattendMode=ProvideDefault OemPreinstall=Yes OEMSkipEULA=Yes UnattendSwitch="yes" TargetPath=\WINDOWS WaitForReboot="No" OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\002_graphics;Drivers\004_sound" OemSigningPolicy=Ignore DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore KeyboardLayout="United Kingdom" [GuiUnattended] EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=85 OemSkipWelcome=1 [UserData] ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx FullName="xxxx" OrgName="" ComputerName=xxxxx [Display] BitsPerPel=32 Xresolution=1152 YResolution=864 Vrefresh=60 [LicenseFilePrintData] AutoMode=PerServer AutoUsers=5 [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 SystemLocale=00000809 UserLocale=00000809 InputLocale=0809:00000809 [Branding] BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes [URL] Home_Page=http://www.google.com [Identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes [Components] msmsgs=off paint=off autoUpdate=off iehardenadmin=off iehardenuser=off Indexsrv_system=off [Shell] CustomDefaultThemeFile="%Systemroot%\Resources\Themes\Keramik4.theme" [GuiRunOnce]

I've got a couple of problems with my Custom win2k3 CD. I've used the method Gosh suggested at http://gosh.msfnhosting.com/server2003.htm. Anyway, I tested the cd in vmware and had no problems. Theme Service started fine, and theme was set on startup. However, after installing to my hard drive I've had a couple of problems: 1) My default theme/wallpaper wasn't applied at startup 2) Possibly related to the above problem, my resolution at startup was only 640x480, even though I have the following set in my winnt.sif: [Display] BitsPerPel=32 Xresolution=1152 YResolution=864 Vrefresh=60 Windows finds the correct drivers for my card as well. Any ideas?

http://www.gosh.msfnhosting.com/server2003.htm

I'm trying to edit a hive file with regedit. Whenever I go to load the file though, regedit exits. The event viewer shows the following error: The application, C:\WINDOWS\regedit.exe, generated an application error The error occurred on 03/09/2004 @ 01:43:11.906 The exception generated was c0000005 at address 0100C865 (regedit) The solution here doesn't work either. Any ideas?