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The windows source is the same with sata drivers nlited, working on cd. Bios settings are the same. I know FAT could really slow but I thought to make a try and see if there was some chance to get U letter for my usb stick. Thanks for advice

Thank you very much for your quick reply. I have to try your test build and let you know asap. I'm using my native language (italian) version. Maybe this is the problem.. Anyway again... thank you!

Hello and sorry for late... I tested your GUI apps with my first usb key (Verbatim) but now I get just this line: 3892 disk [MBR] C: Partition1 (XP_USB) [NTFS] So all of my other partition are invisible and I can't continue with setup. Unfortunately I don't have another USB boot compatible computer so I can't try... Then I tried to use FAT for the USB_drive and at boot I have black screen with only this entry: Second part XP professional setup from hd 0 part 1 In the boot.ini I have entry for the 2nd part only. Nothing for the first part so I can't start txtsetup.

Hello! Very nice tool! I have 2 little problem.. I created Messenger.exe by using your tool 2 times and tried to install WLM on 2 computers. Setup it's ok but when I try to start WLM it runs another setup asking me for a file ....7z in the temp folder. I started the Messenger.exe setup again and then all it's ok. Strange anyway.... The other problem is very strange... When I rebooted my pc, Windows stop just before logon with this message: -------------------------- The system is not fully installed. Please run setup again. -------------------------- When I press OK the computer reboot and this goes in loop. I found a solution here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320279 Anyway everytime I launch the WLM setup created with your tool it change this key in the registry, so I get the Windows error: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup] "SystemSetupInProgress"=dword:00000000 When it's 0 all goes ok, when it's 1 I get the logon error. Any idea??

This is great! I'll try when you release it and when I complete my WinXPsp3 cd with nLite. Anyway I have to find a workaround for the missing U:\ driveletter.. As soon as I can I'll make other test. Thanks ilko_t for the advice

I tested another usb pendrive (Imation Nano 4gb) and it's quite the same. Now I have: 3892 disk [MBR] D: Partition1 (XP_USB) [NTFS] 476938 SCSI disk, Id 0, bus 0, on iaStor [MBR] C: Partition1 (XP) [NTFS] E: Partition2 (XP_data) [NTFS] F: Partition3 (Vista) [NTFS] G: Partition4 (Share) [FAT32] So I think it's impossible for me to install Windows from usb. Furthermore when I try to include the [unattended] section in both winat.sif and winnt.sif I get an error just before the partitioning screen in txtsetup. Some of this: "Impossible to copy \WINDOWS folder. Impossible to find the folder..." So I'm coming back to the classic cd(nlited) setup. I'm sorry. Setup after booting with WinPE is too much complicated to use and to update. Maybe I will try later with Vista on my second partition. Anyway if any of you has a workaround to my problems please let me now. Thank you!!

Thank you both wimb and ilko_t. I will make some test and post results here. Maybe it could be useful for someone... stay tuned!

Ops! I bought a 2gb usb-drive just for xp setup.. Anyway ok. I will try with another stick as soon as I find one. Thanks! Also I noticed another thing.. In my nlited winnt.sif there is this section: [Unattended] UnattendMode=DefaultHide UnattendSwitch="Yes" OemPreinstall="Yes" OemSkipEula="Yes" ProgramFilesDir="D:\Programmi" CommonProgramFilesDir="D:\Programmi\File comuni" FileSystem=* WaitForReboot="No" NoWaitAfterTextMode=1 NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1 DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore NonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore ..that is not present in the version modded by USB_MultiBoot_10. Note that I specify to use partition D for the "Program files" folder and for "Documenti and Settings" too. Is it correct to miss that part?

Hi wimb and thanks for your reply. Let me say USB_MultiBoot_10 is a wonderful piece of code. Yes, my USB-stick is a Verbatim Store-n-go (2gb) and is listed as Removable Devices in MyComputer. I always use USB-stick as drive type at option 0 in USB_MultiBoot_10. Here's my migrate.inf: [Version] Signature = "$Windows NT$" [Addreg] HKLM,"SYSTEM\MountedDevices",,0x00000010 HKLM,"SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\StorageDevicePolicies","WriteProtect",%REG_DWORD%,1 HKLM,"SYSTEM\MountedDevices","\DosDevices\U:",0x00030001,\ 5C,00,3F,00,3F,00,5C,00,53,00,54,00,4F,00,52,00,41,00,47,00,45,00,23,00,52,00,65,00,6D,00,6F,00,76,0 0,61,00,62,00,6C,00,65,00,4D,00,65,00,64,00,69,00,61,00,23,00,38,00,26,00,31,00,35,00,37,00,61,00,64, 00,36,00,32,00,26,00,30,00,26,00,52,00,4D,00,23,00,7B,00,35,00,33,00,66,00,35,00,36,00,33,00,30,00,64 ,00,2D,00,62,00,36,00,62,00,66,00,2D,00,31,00,31,00,64,00,30,00,2D,00,39,00,34,00,66,00,32,00,2D,00,3 0,00,30,00,61,00,30,00,63,00,39,00,31,00,65,00,66,00,62,00,38,00,62,00,7D,00 [Strings] ;Handy macro substitutions non-localizable REG_SZ = 0x00000000 REG_BINARY = 0x00000001 REG_DWORD = 0x00010001 REG_MULTI_SZ = 0x00010000 REG_SZ_APPEND = 0x00010008 REG_EXPAND_SZ = 0x00020000 Thank you very much for your help!

Hi all! I searched wherever but found nothing to solve my problem. I edit win setup with nlite to assign "Doc&Settings" and "Program Files" folders to the second partition D. When I create the USBstick to install windows I choose to assign drive letter U (modded migrate.inf) anyway in the textmode setup my USBstick take always letter D. So if I continue setup, some folders are created in my usb. When I'm in textmode I see this table: 476938 SCSI disk, Id 0, bus 0, on iaStor [MBR] C: Partition1 (XP) [NTFS] E: Partition2 (XP_data) [NTFS] F: Partition3 (Vista) [NTFS] G: Partition4 (Share) [FAT32] 1962 disk [MBR] D: Partition1 (XP_USB) [NTFS] What can I do to have this instead?: 476938 SCSI disk, Id 0, bus 0, on iaStor [MBR] C: Partition1 (XP) [NTFS] D: Partition2 (XP_data) [NTFS] E: Partition3 (Vista) [NTFS] F: Partition4 (Share) [FAT32] 1962 disk [MBR] U: Partition1 (XP_USB) [NTFS] Can you help me?? Thank you!

Ok. I agree. And I wish to thank you for all what you do here. Your info are very precious to all of us. Thank you very much.

Hi Shark! Have you read my post on to remove some other files?&view=findpost&p=692251#entry692251 What do you think about it? Could be useful?

Ok. Thank you! I created an AIO, as you said, starting with the italian original MSI. I removed the localization folder/file other than my language (italian) in the dir: PFiles\Windows Live\Messenger\PFiles\Windows Live\Messenger\Device Manager\Loc. I left only ..\Device Manager\Loc\16 that is for italian. Then I removed the folder PFiles\Windows Live\Messenger\Program Files and all its content (DrWatson) I replaced the aPatched (plus ResHacked) files in the right places. Edited extracted .msi with Orca as written in your tutorial. Then I packed all with in a WinRar self-exe with the right commands. I tested it and during setup It shows errors about missing folders/files in that Loc dir. So I re-edited .msi with Orca to delete every reference, in the tables, to the file missing file msndevmanres.dll for the other language but IT(italian) and it works well. Setup succesfull and the programs works well. In brief: Delete the other lang files in the Loc dir. Then open .msi with Orca and search for the string "devmanres.dll" (without quotes). In the Component table you will find rows starting like that: V2SHWRESEN.4A20E693_103A_461B_B815_41F28630AA26 V2SHWRESFR.4A20E693_103A_461B_B815_41F28630AA26 ......... Note the Bold text. Delete all the rows except the one for your language (EN I think) Continue the search and you'll find similar thing for the File table. The rows start by: Microsoft.MSN.V2S.HW.EN.DevManRes.dll.4A20E693_103A_461B_B815_41F28630AA26 .......... Delete all but your language. End. Ok now the files are gone with their setup errors. I hope it can be useful. Thank you Shark for your Tutorial!!

Hi all! Thanks Shark007 for sharing stuff here I have a question: can I completely remove this dir? LiveMessenger8.5.1288.816BETA2\PFiles\Windows Live\Messenger\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\DW Then can I remove the localization folder/file other than my language (italian) in this dir? LiveMessenger8.5.1288.816BETA2\PFiles\Windows Live\Messenger\PFiles\Windows Live\Messenger\Device Manager\Loc Have I to edit any table with Orca? Or can I simply delete these folders from the exe with WinRar?? How do you extract files from original msi? Are you using Universal Extractor? My extracted files from *ita*.msi are in a different folder structure than yours..

This is the regedit key to backup: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger Any 10 digits number below the key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger\PerPassportSettings are messenger different accounts on your pc. Example: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger\PerPassportSettings\XXXXXXXXXX HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger\PerPassportSettings\YYYYYYYYYY Hope this is useful for you!