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What happens if you extract it? Under nLite I install 7-zip first then use the following code (%Source% is the install media, e.g D:\): rem install & configure Open Office, requires 7-Zip for configuration options "%ProgramFiles%\7-Zip\7z" X %Source%AddOns\OOo_2.4.1_Win32Intel_install_en-US.exe -O%Temp%\OpenOffice If exist %Temp%\OpenOffice\openofficeorg24.msi msiexec /I %Temp%\OpenOffice\openofficeorg24.msi ALLUSERS=1 SELECT_WORD=1 SELECT_EXCEL=1 SELECT_POWERPOINT=1 ADDLOCAL=ALL /Qr RmDir /S /Q %Temp%\OpenOffice If Not exist "%ProgramFiles%\7-Zip\7z.exe" %Source%AddOns\OOo_2.4.1_Win32Intel_install_en-US.exe /S If there are separate installers, you're right to go.

Yes it is, you'll have to go with the HFslip option then

SP5 is a service pack, so you add it at the service pack step. Are you sure you are using the correct source media for your key? Retail, OEM, Upgrade & Corp are all incompatible.

If you are planning to install IE6, SP5 might be more useful.

You can use either HFslip or SP5 under nLite

I've just done a quick test with the switches supplied, the -c, -m & -x switches seem to work as suggested, so you'd be looking at a section like this: rem firewall "%ProgramFiles%\7-Zip\7z" X %Source%AddOns\CFP_Setup_3.0.25.378_XP_Vista_x64.exe -O%Temp% %Temp%\CFP_Setup_3.0.25.378_XP_Vista_x64.exe -s Del %Temp%\CFP_Setup_3.0.25.378_XP_Vista_x64.exe "%ProgramFiles%\Comodo\Firewall\cfpconfg" -m -c%Source%AddOns\CFPsettings.cfg Mind you, I'd exercise extreme caution with this.

JohnHC: Yes, as the main post has not been changed as yet. The alteration will occur with next month's updates.

TranceEnergy: DirectX update will install the x86 SDKs on XP x64, but of course only developers would ever use them. Similarly it installs the DirectX 10 SDKs (does the same on Windows 2000), you don't need them, but they do no harm either. JohnHC: Sorry to shatter your illusions, but I have no such tricks up my selves. If it's not documented, then all I can do is use trial & error with common switches.

JohnHC: If you think it's causing you problems, you can drop the ShutDown command, you'll just have to reboot manually. It's really just the equivalent of choosing Restart from the start menu without closing all your applications first. Properly written applications should have no problem with it. I took a look at that post on the Comodo forums, it looks like a similar method to that used on v2.4. However, I have no intention of getting into repackaging switchless installers for this guide, partly because I don't want to have to say "Trust me". TranceEnergy: As I understand it you don't need the x86 aspects of DirectX on Win XP x64. DirectX is an API that interfaces to the x64 graphics & sound drivers, so as x64 systems don't have (and cannot use) x86 drivers, nuff said.

Yep, sounds like you're looking at AutoIt type solutions. As for firewalls, GeeksToGo are heavily into security (esp. malware removal) topics, I'm sure your answer can be found there. I chose Comodo Firewall to be supported as it's top rated and free, similarly Avast gets good ratings (& free). I'm limited to only supporting one of each type of security (2 anti-spyware) and other driver level software in order to avoid conflicts, also I've only got so much time for testing.

Yo, CokeDude: Try to think of Windows XP Pro x64 as Windows Server 2003 home edition, that's what it really is (note all the hotfixes are in the form WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB******-x64-ENU.exe). It uses the same code base Windows Server 2003 x64, just with the server extensions stripped out. Windows XP (Home or Prof) -> NT kernel 5.1 x86 Windows XP Pro x64 edition -> NT kernel 5.2 x64 They are NOT compatible at the hotfix or service pack level. JohnHC: Never had problem like that, the only thing that comes to mind is some sort of weird driver conflict. A few notes on that revised Run1_XP-64.bat file, my initial testing didn't include applications (OS only). As a result of testing with the full app loadout: 1. Increase the shutdown timeout to 240 (that's when my USB HDD settled down, if paranoid try 300). 2. Make sure start precedes it >> Start ShutDown /R /F /T 240 3. You'll have to add /NoRestart to VMware tools installation. I've reuploaded the file with these changes. Comodo Firewall has never been silent install friendly, version 2.4 had no silent install capability (someone made a switchless installer, but only by installing, repacking & using 1001 reg entries). With version 3 they said silent install would possible but provided no documentation as to how. When asked on the forums one of the mods said to try the "-s", which only "worked" with the extracted installer and in reality the installer crashed when fed that switch. Note that a silent install friendly app will accept -S, /s & /S as well as -s, not Comodo, nor does it give any info when fed /?. As I have no way of knowing what is hard coded into the installer, for now what you get is what you get.

TranceEnergy: You're right, that's a cleaner way to do it, or you could look at it as one less thing for the end user to have to do (& possibly stuff up). The current method is a holdover from my Windows 2000 guide. In that guide I have UpdatePrep.bat delete all the x64.cab files from the extracted DirectX, this saves 27MB on the install media compared to the unextracted file. Of course as hardly any x64 boxes would only have a CD drive, space used on the install media is not a big deal like it is with W2K boxes. I'll implement the change on the next update. JohnHC: Try the attached batch file (be sure to rename it back to a .bat file), I've modified the shutdown command so that it should allow the Administrator account to fully initialize. You'll also have to re-run nLite and drop the "Pause" at the end of the RunOnce commands (as below) and put the UNextracted DirectX installer at \RunOnce. TimeOut /T 40 CMD /R %Source%Run1_XP-64.bat Define BO protection, as (thankfully) I can't smell you from here, is it perhaps already working?

Quick reply before I go to work: 1. Connect to the torent, it's in the \AddOns folder. Basic info here. 2. Correct. 3. Not that I know. 4. I haven't encountered this problem, but try removing the shutdown command and manually rebooting, see if it consistently goes away.

June updates Deletions: Hotfix\470-IE6.0sp1-KB948881-Windows2000-x86-ENU.exe Hotfix\480-IE6.0sp1-KB947864-Windows2000-x86-ENU.exe RunOnce\Windows2000-KB941568-DX9-x86-ENU.exe Additions: Hotfix\500-Windows2000-KB950760-x86-ENU.EXE [493,792] Hotfix\510-IE6.0sp1-KB950759-Windows2000-x86-ENU.exe [4,207,688] RunOnce\Windows2000-KB951698-v2-DX9-ENU.exe [1,008,704] RunOnce\WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe [6,136,176] There you are Muryot, go for it son

June updates Deletions: Hotfix\250-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB941568-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\350-Windows-en-US-KB943729-x64.exe Hotfix\390-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB948881-x64-ENU.exe Hotfix\400-IE7-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB947864-x64-ENU.exe Modifications: Merge dotNET\ & Defender\ into RunOnce\ (as there are now several other core OS updates) Rename Hotfix\800-*-KB925876-*.exe to 095-*-KB925876-*.exe (now just one of many optionals) Additions: Hotfix\ @ 040-WindowsServer2003-KB942288-v4-x64.exe [4,691,480] Optional, Windows Installer 4.5 @ 350-Windows-en-US-KB943729-x64_b9de932f286c62685fed238462a38d734b36ff18.exe [889,912] Forum Thread Optional, Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions @ 390-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB951698-x64-ENU.exe [5,493,808] @ 400-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB950760-x64-ENU.exe [670,256] @ 410-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB950762-x64-ENU.exe [766,000] # 420-IE7-WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB950759-x64-ENU.exe [37,173,808] Direct link to .exe % EXTRACT the latest (Jun 08) DirectX redistributable to \DirectX_9c [78,559,776] Direct link to .exe MD5: 938C77A3DDF6A8806E05BFAD71CA133D SHA1: 9F6EFE6F4A40EA3E1615CC70EDAD72AFF95C737D RunOnce\ @ WindowsServer2003.WindowsXP-KB951376-x64-ENU.exe [831,024] @ WindowsUpdateAgent30-x64.exe [6,880,112] AddOns\ TweakUIPowertoySetup_amd64.exe [164,920] I have to say that it inspires confidence when the version of KB943729 (Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions) posted on the Windows download site is not only outdated but still not fixed after more than 2 months. Added Windows Desktop Search and Comodo Firewall (requires 7-Zip) to the supported applications list but removed Orbit downloader as the latest installer launches an IE session. TweakUI is a unofficial Microsoft powertoy that acts as a one stop shop for User Interface configuration. This is the (hard to find) x64 version, unfortunately it does not seem to have a silent install option. HJW & TranceEnergy: As I've noted previously, this guide will use the official Microsoft installers whenever possible and the applications installed by Run1_XP-64.bat will be ones I use or can test. This means I can't include all your AddOns and/or suggestions. However, if you wish to designate one particular post or a separate topic as a repository for your additions, I'll link to it in the main post.

The -s switch now works with the (extracted) latest version, at least on XP x64 (tested under nLite) rem compressor/decompressor utilities msiexec /I %Source%AddOns\7z457-x64.msi /Passive rem firewall "%ProgramFiles%\7-Zip\7z" X %Source%AddOns\CFP_Setup_3.0.25.378_XP_Vista_x64.exe -O%Temp% %Temp%\CFP_Setup_3.0.25.378_XP_Vista_x64.exe -s Del %Temp%\CFP_Setup_3.0.25.378_XP_Vista_x64.exe Defaults to "Safe Mode" on both Firewall & Defense+

The -s switch now works with the (extracted) latest version, at least on XP x64 rem compressor/decompressor utilities msiexec /I %Source%AddOns\7z457-x64.msi /Passive rem firewall "%ProgramFiles%\7-Zip\7z" X %Source%AddOns\CFP_Setup_3.0.25.378_XP_Vista_x64.exe -O%Temp% %Temp%\CFP_Setup_3.0.25.378_XP_Vista_x64.exe -s Del %Temp%\CFP_Setup_3.0.25.378_XP_Vista_x64.exe Defaults to "Safe Mode" on both Firewall & Defense+

Oh come on, I've got the XP x64 one to do first (working on that currently).

In my tests for this guide I found:

For Windows 2000 here's one option.

Partly it's a difference in objectives, the purpose of my guide is to have an install media that's fully up to date as far as Windows Update is concerned. That is, the main focus will always be on security related bugs and just for that there's well over half a GB of downloads already. OK, so I add some popular runtimes, but they're marked as optional. Also most of the hotfixes listed by Boooggy are for fairly exotic circumstances, it's probably safe to say that the vast majority of users will never encounter the situations described (if it was a common occurrence then they would be pushed out by Windows Update). Another reason is that there is no page at the Microsoft download center for many of the listed hotfixes (which goes against the open and standardized as possible philosophy of this guide).

I've taken a look at the event logs. On the host there are some DCOM errors, but the times don't match to when I was installing XP x64 in VMware server (and they didn't cause a reboot either). On the guest there are exactly the same paired errors (same ID numbers), but as far as I can tell they resulted in no actual problems (certainly no reboots). Checking the ID string in the registry returns "HWDeviceCustomProperties", not particularly useful.

JohnHC: 4GB? That's a bit cheap, I'd recommend at least twice that. I allocate a 16GB dynamic virtual HDD on a USB HDD attached to my laptop when testing. With the full application loadout that I test it uses 6GB. To your host computer, your VM experiments just look like another application, admittedly one with more intense disk usage and deeper hooks than most. Probably the best comparison is to an Anti-Virus scan. In other words it's extremely unlikely that your host crashing has anything to do with the guest installing .Net 3.5 1. As the .Net installation was crashed midway, the installation would have been damaged. The download would most likely be something to do with the repair. 2. It did not crash the host, these are not the droids you're looking for... 3. Try again, hard to see how it's anything but a freak coincidence. 4. I've never had any problems installing .Net 3.5 in at least 10 trials. All my install tests are done with the VM having no net connection and I recommend real installs be done the same way. Vista is a bit different in that it checks for driver updates as part of the install, hence installing while connected behind a router makes sense in Vista's case. TranceEnergy: The problem with the WMP11 slipstreamer was that WMP11 would not initialize in limited accounts (Boooggy said there were some other problems as well), so if you only run as an administrator, you wouldn't have come across the problem. Also the limited account problem was a regression bug, it didn't exist in version 0.96 or earlier of the slipstreamer (but KB941569 wouldn't integrate). That being said, I don't use WMP11 either, I use Media Player Classic (less resource use and I don't have a music library to manage). The one thing I'd really like fixed is the Windows Update service when IE7 is integrated, my method of altering the link's properties, while it works, is a bit dodgy.

I think that all but the most annoying / demanding / self-righteous jerk should consider you a brave man for even making the attempt. I certainly couldn't have tried, my guide being as it is the result of trial, error and google.

May hotfix addition: Hotfix\490-Windows2000-KB950749-x86-ENU.EXE [3,036,896] Added option for using either slipstreamed .Net 1.1 silent installer (saves 31MB) or the 3 original Microsoft files.