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maybe you can find it in the registry and just modify it as part of install? or use the SIF file (is that it?) from a floppy and you edit it before installation. I think there are some instructions for installing XP from cd, with the file on a floppy.

use to be like win.com or some other file. And if you just had a file named that - it would work. old days you just needed the first floppy for Win 3.1 or 95. maybe just put some of the root 98/2000 files from the old cd on the new cd? or add the 98 cd to the xp cd? maybe skipping files (try skipping the cabs?)

what's this for REG ADD %KEY% /V FLAGS /D "0x00000030" / try loading the file into the reg and then look for errors with what got added

$Progs = the program files folder - so by putting things in the $PROGS folder means that it will get copied to the c:\program files\ folder on the hard drive. Not necesarrily where you put the install files. also switches for the installs of WinZIP - is it correct?

find where in the registry they are stored and then add it.... do a snapshot before and after and compare. If you got the registry settings, just export from a good config, add to cd, then import as part of install.

what are your reg tweaks? do they create administrator settings that mess it up?

does the cmdline.txt create something that would confuse the PC into thinking that ADMINSTRATOR is used already and create a new ID ADMINISTRATOR.PC_NAME? I am pretty sure that I read in the forum somewhere that because the ID already existed, it creates a new ID with the PC name on it.

it won't recurse - so it needs to point to the folder where the INF is, and if there are multiple folders with INFs (different devices) you'll need to add those too. So if your sound card (for example) had a folder for the sound card's INF and the INF for another piece of the sound card is in another folder, you'd need to add both folders to get a complete install of the drivers.

have you tried looking in the device drivers forum? Seems like that would be a better place to post driver questions!

Do you use the $OEM$\DOCS\ADMINISTRATOR folder on your CD that gets copied over? If it see's an existing one, I think it creates a new ID/profile. If that is the case, then you need to tweak things to get the desired effect, without an existing ADMINISTRATOR folder. Try putting what you want in the Default User folder or the ALL User folder

if you want some complexity....just make a SFX file. (self extracting archive). With that you can tell it where to extract the files to, and all you have to do is run the extraction EXE. in the scheme of things it is more complex then the $OEM$ folder, but less so than xcopy (IMO)

why do you put your install files in c:\program files\ folder? try c:\INSTALL or leave them on the cd, and install from cd. This didn't work: start /wait "%Programfiles%\install\winzip\winzip32.exe" /noqp /autoinstall

yes that part - thanks, but why couldn't you just use set the %CDROM% variable in the install.cmd file too? so it would look like this: @echo off CMDOW @ /HID IF EXIST D:\CD.id set CDROM=D: IF EXIST E:\CD.id set CDROM=E: IF EXIST F:\CD.id set CDROM=F: %CDROM%\Applications\Proof\Setup.exe exit and if that is all that is really needed why do all the CD (change directory) stuff?

VPC = Virtual PC. And - are you actually burning cds or just making ISO images to test with? - UPDATE - looks like you are making ISOs. Look here for that - http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/finish.htm This site might help - http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/winnt_sif.htm

think you can also do it with winnt.sif - [Components] zonegames=off freecell=off hearts=off minesweeper=off pinball=off solitaire=off spider=off

could you put the dlls in the $OEM$\$Progs\Common Files\Ahead\AudioPlugins folder on the cd and let windows copy them over?

instead of RAR files - try SFXs - it makes it easier to extract. also, you can unRAR or extract from the cd to the hard drive, instead of copying the file over and then extracting. half the work. get a copy of VmWare or Virtual PC to test your stuff. Make ISO files and mount them and swap them. Works practically the same. Search the forums for installing from cd - it is a lot faster than copying files over from the cd and then installing. So instead of copying wolf from cd to hard drive and then installing, just install from the cd. you could do something like this - start /wait %cdrom2%\install\Games\Wolf\Wolf.exe /S You just need to define the cdrom2 variable in any bat file that it is used in. not perfect match but look here - http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/runonceex_cd.htm also - \$OEM$\$Progs on the CD equals the program files folder, so you could put some stuff there and it gets copied over when windows installs. if your start.bat is in the %systemdrive%\install folder, it will get deleted when that command is executed, so it will never make it to the point where it looks for cd.bat know what I mean?%systemdrive%\Windows = %systemroot%

what is all that extra stuff for? what is it doing?

my two cents - it is only worth it for the challange - too many things change too often to be a truely effective cd. If you have to install new patches, whats the point!? Also new software versions/DAT updates/etc mean you have to constantly update the cd to be current. Best thing would be a XP unattended install hard drive! A few gig drive dedicated to the installation of XP and stuff would be the best. Then you could easily add new stuff. I just like doing it cuz I'm a geek, like the rest of us here!

also - does this :%systemdrive%\Programmer actually equate to the Program Files folder? If so try %programfiles% instead of what you got -but with your language - it might not work.... I think Continueing is spelled wrong.... also when you first run this: RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\install does it delete the BAT file that calls disc 2? (is the bat file that is running live in that volume?) if so, it will get deleted and not run anything else. Usually that has to be the last thing.

silly question - why do you ???why not save a heck of a lot of time and install from CD???

what tweaks? you can generally call a reg file from runonceex or the other methods w/o a problem. try reading here - http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/registrytweaks.htm

huh? why don't you copy/paste your cmd file into a post. have you tested it?

what have you tried?

I used this program - http://www.tnk-bootblock.co.uk/prods/misc/index.php It has a silent install option. Only thing I had to do was - (1) I copied the files to the adobe install directory. (2) I had to run it later in the install process, well after Acrobat was done. All worked fine.