Martin Zugec

Why not directly modify/rewrite boot.ini?

Hi Farstridder, CWS is really ugly guy Did U try CWShredder (new one!!!)? I know version U R talking about - U must access infected computer from network - it is based on rootkit named Hacker Defender (by some strange accident it is originally from my country). In winnt U will find two files with same name and different extension - one of them is sys, sorry, I cant remember details... This rootkit hide some registre key, processes and one running service. More information can be found here: http://www.megasecurity.org/trojans/h/hack...fender1.00.html BTW common antispyware products wont help as U might notice - instead use antivirus (CWS is not problem, problem is rootkit). eTrust got this in database, I am sure about it... P.S.: 2DigeratiPrime: This is not true. Firefox is not resistent against this threat... it is combination of virus/spyware

Of course there could be problem For example U cant have MsdosInitiated=1, there must be always value 0... I would also recommend using smaller partition (2GB-4GB) and expanding this partition during OS installation...

U CANT use words longer than 8 characters! Never forget, this is common mistake But now I see where is your problem The setup dont stop on that screen - it is just paused for specific time (sometimes 10s, maximum I saw was like 400 minutes). This is because smartdrv switches. Try to run smartdrv without switches and count, how long it will stop on this screen

Ok, how big partition U have? Looks like it is too small... One change - before SP2 every version of windows needed just 2GB partition, now recommended value is 4GB... Also try to use /t:c, it is location of temporary files

Winnt32 is for upgrading... U cant run it from dos, instead U have to use winnt.exe... Instead of /unattend: use /u (e.g. /u:c:\temp\unattend.txt) I never used UDF - instead I used alter.exe to modify settings from batch file... For winnt32/winnt comparison, have a look to deploy.chm

If U want to disable WU, just write down (on cmd) wmic service wuauserv call ChangeStartMode "Disabled"

Problem is I got it in czech language... If U will wait till next week, I am working on translation to EN. What is the error U got? First common error is Setup was unable to install Windows Boot Loader, it is problem with boot medium. Second is setup was not able to copy files, it is because U got too small partition (I recommend using 2GB->4GB, depends on OS)

Network install is great I got one even in my home I am using small boot medium (about 700kb), that automatically perform gdisk, restart, automatically configure network card and run installation. I got implemented features like connecting NTFS volume (from dos) etc... With properly prepared unattended installation with adequate structure there is almost unlimited space to automate processes - once I was preparing unattended installation for one school. Computers were reinstalled every night - they decide in which class they R, found out what lessons will be there next day and automatically installed only needed SW. Combination of PXE and WOL automated this process. It was great feeling to stand in middle of the room, watch at clock and at 10pm all computers start up and began with installation... I think I really impressed management of that school

Hmmm, dont U have Dell notebook by accident? There was known flaw in that case (I got D600, but older got this problem)... IMHO this was solved by Dell (new firmware). MOF is needed for alias used by WMIC. I use WMIC(WMI) for most management solutions. After installation of SP2 there was recompilation (which is normal in way MOFs works), but there was rapidly increased speed of accessing namespaces - even MS dont know why

Hi! Finally someone using network setup $OEM$ must be INSIDE i386 directory if U R performing network install

2prathapml: 100% agreement... I was making SP2 deployment for few hundreds computers and if U follow few recommendations, U wont have any problem: NEVER install SP2 on running system, if U R not sure the computer is ok. Instead use slipstreamed SP2. If U R making enterprise deployment, use ACT 4.0 - U will solve a lot of problems before U deploy SP2. 2Zxian: Ad Wireless - with SP2 I created my wifi network at home - build AP, set client, export to USB and import to other computers... NO problem at all. Ad performace: SP2 speeded up my computer. It is because during DEP implementation they recompile core system files and find a few security/performace bugs. Also it speeded up my MOF repository (I still dont know why ) Ad antispyware - Microsoft agreed a long time ago that this is the problem. That is why U were able to found on their site recommendation to download&install AdWare or Spybot - this is not usuall habit of MS as we all know. Giant is best antispy company (with best technology). I was making seminar on this topic, that was in time, when Giant was founded. Cant see any reason why MS should develop their own solution if they can buy know-how. The same situation as with Connectix... About document - there is a lot of them... From 3 Steps to protect your pc to Spyware related topics (http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/default.mspx)

2Yzöwl: Yep, this spreadsheet is really great thing!

2Zxian: If U want to know why is SP2 better, study MS documentation first... Things like Zone Lockdown, MIME preservation etc. strongly enhance security... BTW I am using WFW and I am GREATLY satisfied, specially that I am mobile user (GP - Domain/Standart profile, netsh configuration...)

Using this directly after ROE and didnt find any problem... But if U want it other way, that I can provide two solutions 1.) Using sleep + t 00 2.) Using PowerOff (http://users.pandora.be/jbosman/applications.html) with timer on

Here U go: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/desktopde...ddoverview.mspx I would recommend Enterprise edition, there are much more informations

Heh, thats the problem I got recordings from my prezentations (http://www.wug.cz/files/pict/wug18112004P/martin_zugec.jpg) and also web page (http://www.supersupport.org), but both of them in czech language This solutions R extremely powerfull, but quite expensive But if you would like to try SMS, go to MSVL - extremely useful thing directly from Microsoft, I recommend it to everyone! www.microsoft.com/technet/ traincert/virtuallab/default.mspx Also I would recommend BDDE: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/desktopde...nt/default.mspx Nice 40MB of deployment documentation from Microsoft

Hmmmm, t 00 should not display this window... Or try using wmic os where Primary="TRUE" Call Reboot

Information someone might find useful (it is not meant for slipstreamed WMP10) - Windows Media Enterprise Pack can be used to create customized msi package http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsme...deploypack.aspx

Sorry, I cant remember other "secret" options IndexCatalog is meant to include additional .cat file to installation... I am working as deployment consultant for big networks (1000+ PCs), but I must say I really appreciate work U do here for home deployment... This forum is something I was really looking for for a long time, I am only sorry that here isnt category like deployment systems (Unicenter, SMS) and inventory systems (OCS for small companies, UAM)

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Well, if I remembed right, there was no profit from using lesser value than 999999... Even with this value the amount of requested ram is really small...

...or use EFS (Encrypted File System), in that case just dont forget to export recovery certificate!

IMHO crp-ms means usage of memory - better compression, but need more physical memory...

Check VirusBulletion - Nod32 is no.1