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@DisabledTrucker...nm...i see what you are saying...but according to a bunch of places, yes/no is correct for cascading...but i see that you are setting cascade using the show reg setting. @MD %ALLUSERPROFILE%???

now, as I understand it, CLASS MACHINE is HKLM and CLASS USER is HKCU...but what about HKCR? There are quite a few reg settings I apply for HKCR and with using ADM, I dont see a way to do this...The reason I want to use ADM is because its more professional, and it also has an undo, that is easily configured...honestly, its not that hard to read...I did do a search to find out about CLASS ROOT (what I think it would be called), but other than that, pretty simple to figure out. Also, how would you apply the adm template in runonceex (or during windows setup) so that at the end of your unattended you could just add some reg settings to the policy key to turn on and off the tweaks...or can this be accomplished (what I mean is, is there a way to add the adm unattendedly, or must it be attended?)

Skitlz, Id like to know how you are doing this...Ive spent a lot of time on my tweaks and they are perfect...if you could let me know how to do these templates, I would appreciate it...and its taken about a month to go through every single tweak that I USE, and fix the data or fix the entire thing...for instance...if anyone is using %systemroot% in a reg setting, you should turn it into reg_expand_sz (thereby prefixing the data with a hex(2)) and you should also convert all c:\whatever to its variable and in turn move it into a reg_expand_sz setting...Ive tested all my tweaks with this setting, yes, its a cumbersome process, but it will ensure that your tweak will work no matter what. On another note...I think it should be noted that ;----- When windows will not set hard drives or optical drives to DMA mode tweak does not mean that windows will automatically place your optical drives in dma mode, because it wont, your cd burner and whatever will still be set in PIO mode only when you do a new install (after installing about 6 times with this tweak and having to change the mode every time, it leads me to believe that this tweak is ONLY for forcing windows to allow you to change the mode setting from PIO to DMA...but you still have to do this youself)...now, I guess some people will get that idea from the label, but maybe a clearer message...something like "this tweak does not mean that your drives will be in DMA mode, you will still have to do that yourself"

no, it actually causes many problems...It sets everything up correctly, but when I connect, IE doesnt find an address...now I know, someone will say it has to do with IE, but how is it, in the same breath, that I can uninstall those drivers and install the ones from my cd, and internet explorer works...I dunno...Ive even gone as far as copying over all the ini/iss files over to the new drivers...something in the drivers break the modem from connecting to internet explorer...I mean, it even says I login and have a connection...so I dunno...as I said, I was just letting people know that what you have posted may not work for them...Im not saying your wrong, so dont take offense...maybe Im a little peeved for not having this info before now, since I spent 3 days fixing this problem...when you drive to your friends house and have to sit there until 12, and you work at 2, and you go back the next day and do the same thing...it gets a little annoying...but i digress...so, maybe adding a note that this may not work for all people would be nice... no hard feelings, cuz at least it works now. On another note, is there a way to get the stdialer to autostart...I tried adding the detting you have for diagnostics to stdialer, and it didnt work...so I thought maybe youd know...again, dont take offense, because I dont mean any...

I would like to add that this method does not work for ALL Alcatel USB modem users...I was loading a friends machine and decided I would use the updated drivers...BAD IDEA...wouldnt connect AT ALL. Loaded the cd that came with the dsl, and it worked flawlessly...there is something somewhere either in the instructions, or in the drivers, that is not allowing the modem to connect...I will try once again using some of the stuff from the dsl cd and the updated drivers and post back exactly what I find...just thought I would let some people know that this does not work for all alcatel modems...

blah blah blahdy blah blah...LOL...thanks raverod.

the newest NVE has fixed the file associations problem with silent installation...I just tested and everything went smoothly (kept taskmgr open cuz I wasnt sure it was gonna work, but sure enough, setup.exe ended, then NVE21221.exe ended)

PS, if you rename his dotnet pack to one name, make sure you rename the one in your svcpack directory, or they will be written 2x and cdimage will not use symbolic links for the file (hence why I res-hacked setup.exe, so instead of it taking up 2x the space on my cd, it only uses the space once).

I reshacked setup.exe to point the autorun setup to dotnetfx (the one ryanvm made) and placed it in dotnetfx...runs fine.

the "disable links folder" tweak is correct...this was the only, i repeat ONLY way to get xp to remove the stupid thing...so dont tell him to delete that line...for some reason, in my case, it needed to be delete altogether, then recreated, then locked...this is one of the fixed tweaks I thought I never posted, so I have no idea how he got it, but who knows...

its the modified date...if the modified date changes, the file will no longer be copied in txtsetup mode, thereby causing the error you get...you should use reshack, and avoid hexeditors or anything else besides the bbu color changer...other than that, if you do use something else, you need a way to change modified date back to 8/4/2004

expand syssetup.dl_ reshack syssetup.dll string table -> 1 -> 1033 -> 12 (should be labeled as Administrator or whatever that translates into in another language...1033 is also the default for english, so you may have something other than 1033)

ok, but do realize that setup hasnt fully finished when cmdlines.txt is run...and from the error, I would say that you need to login with admin rights, which, even tho I thought it was set before cmdlines, may not be after all. EDIT: runonceex ran fine for me in w2k.

honestly, i would not install this in cmdlines.txt...try using runonceex.

another thing...i think it takes more than 5 seconds to delete the install dir...try using a higher value, like 30 and work down from that... UNREALTED, what is wav.exe? and where do I get it?

are you testing in vmware or real pc? the only thing I see wrong with it is maybe you only wait 5 seconds...but other than that, it should work

detahcedprogram from winnt.sif is t-39

where is shutdown.exe...make sure its in system32 directory

wrong forum...device drivers or xpcreate would be the place for this post...leaning more towards device drivers

ya know what, youre right...because honestly, if you can type it in a cmd window, you could just select the software in the app...so, youre right...not really a good suggestion. Well, then, Id have to say this is **** near perfect (near cuz nothing is perfect )

very nice tool...one thing I would like to say is I notice ktool can have parameters passed to it, maybe you could include a parameter string so that say someone could run ktool 1,3,4,7,8,10...which would in turn silently install the first app header listed in file.ini, then 3,4,7,8, and lastly 10, just a suggestion...I would say something about avlable, but you said not to mention the layout...

joebells, I tried that too, ended up setting it myself...try a fresh install, set the folder view exactly how you want...with columns, details, status bar, then export the key for yourself.

well, I have the same problem, like favorites and links folders arent created until I guess after runonceex has executed, I believe one way to accomplish what you are looking to do is at the end of your runonce, add a command to add your cleanup.cmd to runonce (this runs AFTER you are fully logged in, for example, ypager runs here)...Im not 100% sure how useful this is, but I guess if it works, cool.

jito - just remember that if youre video card isnt found by windows (ie, when youre done installing windows, and you cant go higher than 800x600), then windows will not display your winntbbu image...this is why people say to convert it to 640x480 256 colors, so that it will work no matter what.

HKCU needs to be imported at cmdlines.txt stage, not runonceex