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Try an alternative script of setting %CDROM%. FOR %%d IN (c: d: e: f: g: h: i: j: k: l: m: n: o: p: q: r: s: t: u: v: w: x: y: z:) DO IF EXIST %%d\CD.txt SET CDROM=%%d BTW, you don't have to go through the whole unattended installation process in order to test RunOnceEx. Just run RunOnceEx.cmd on your virtual machine and reboot.

You see... I've never used nLite. I know what it is, but prefer to build everything manually (or with XPCreate, if I need to integrate the hotfixes). Hence, I doubt I can successfully troubleshoot this problem. There are multiple ways to install your own wallpaper by default. I use makecab <path to>bliss.jpg to obtain bliss.jp_ and copy it to i386. If I want a custom theme, I place its files in $OEM$ and use winnt.sif [shell] CustomDefaultThemeFile="%Systemroot%\Resources\Themes\mytheme.theme"

Well, it is beyond my expertise too I never said I have come up with it. The question was asked at a Russian board, I forwarded it to another board, where I knew a guy who could make it... In fact, the CHOICE command is available in 98/Me (choice.com), but it's been removed in NT and higher. That's where I got stuck and requested assistance. Here's a similar discussion http://www.computing.net/dos/wwwboard/forum/13909.html I think there's a program Installit or something like that... The web site is hosted on msfn, IIRC. It provides GUI and checkboxes, so you mark the apps you want to install and run the installation. MSFN gurus should know the URL. Alternatively, instead of running an application you can run a batch file and install a group of applications from it at once. You can make groups like "Personal", "Office", "Dummy friend", "Smart friend", etc ;-) Actually, since you need a choice for apps, you may need a choice for the registry tweaks too. It can be done the same way, except you cannot run them at T-13 and apply HKCU tweaks to all accounts created afterwards. The workaround is a multiboot, but this is another story

Yeah thats cool & have done that but it does not appear as default as a normal installation of XP would? It would appear as a default walpapere unless [shell] DefaultThemesOff = Yes I hope it answers you question. Otherwise, clarify it.

Maestro Thanks for sharing. Speaking of the batch files... Here's another apporach CLS @echo off TITLE Software Installation :POWERTOY SET Choice= SET /P Choice=Install TweakUI 2.10 Powertoy [y/n]? IF /I '%Choice%'=='n' goto :NERO IF /I '%Choice%'=='y' ( ECHO Installing TweakUI 2.10 Powertoy ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\Install\TweakUI.msi /qn ECHO. ) else goto :POWERTOY :NERO SET Choice= SET /P Choice=Install Nero Burning ROM v5.5.10.5.54 [y/n]? IF NOT '%Choice%'=='' SET Choice=%Choice:~0,1% IF /I '%Choice%'=='n' Goto :EXIT IF /I '%Choice%'=='y' ( ECHO Installing Nero Burning ROM v5.5.10.5.54 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\Install\Nero551054.exe /silent /noreboot ECHO.) else goto :NERO :EXIT EXITIt'll prompt for y(es)/n(o) for every app. Same thing can be done with groups of apps.

Look for bliss.jp_ You can make such files with makecab command.

CDImage can't take over your PC. Boot into your HDD, create the ISO per these instructions. Burn it on a CD, then reboot, get into BIOS and select CD-ROM as the first boot device. After reboot you should be able to boot from CD. And post your boot.ini just in case.

These guidelines are normally aimed at the network installations. Since you are uising the CD, you need to follow the MSFN guidelnes and MSFN members' experience. http://tinyurl.com/4z9jx

Ryan's done a very good job, and I've thanked him in the appropriate thread. However, I'd say XPC users don't need Ryan's pack at all. It's like trying to sit on two chairs. A couple of hacked dlls can be added manually.

Thanks, RyanVM. Very good job!

SAV 8.1 installed with /qn doesn't have that problem. My page file is set to 200 mb. I didn't like SAV 9.x much, and still use the older version. The page file bug is a pretty major one... What theme is it on your screenshot, if you don't mind me asking? Reply in PM - ok.

Thanks for the clarification, GM. I still don't completely understand the purpose of that folder since it does the same thing as FILESCD. Could you please elaborate whenever you have time? Thanks.

I understand the sub-directories idea. I just got confused by the description of the parameter on the xpcreate.ini page My English may be far from perfect, but I take that there's a contradiction. In fact, files in the FILESCD are placed into the root of the CD, not into i386. Do you see what I mean?hevnbnd We've got exactly the same problem: burning DVD+RW on Liteon drive ;-)

Yeah, you never mentioned ;-) Looks like you're on the right track with that link. Certainly, you can place several themes there, and then manually select the one you want. But it won't be really an unattended install ;-) I haven't played much with unattended install of visual styles, so I hope other people will be more specific and helpful.

Luk4S I beleive, you can also use [unattended] UnattendMode = ReadOnly Thus you can specify everything but the product key. Correct me, if I'm wrong.

Tark 1. http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/reference.htm#shell 2. Technically, both RunOnceEx and GuiRunOnce methods are the same. In both cases you install s/w upon the first logon. If you've never done unattended install of s/w before, I'd say you may try GuiRunOnce method first. It's pretty straight forward. If everything works ok, you can move on to RunOnceEx, which just looks better. HTH

Hi, All! Sorry, GM, I just found time to test XPC this weekend. Last weekend I was moving my system to the new case. I used XP Pro EN. No hotfixes except for SP2. Yeah, also let XPC handle WMP10. I haven't tried to download any hotfixes. It's a pretty bad idea on dial-up However, I do welcome wget. This is a great GNU utility! I use it at work all the time, and sometimes at home. BTW, IIRC the revent version of wget require two dlls to be placed in system32. Are you using an older version? So I performed pretty basic testing. Everything worked fine except for two minor things. 1. USERFILESCD parameter. I haven't used it before. I placed "MyFiles" directory containing two files in the same directory as xpcreate.cmd. Used USERFILESCD=MyFiles The files ended up in the root of the CDROOT directory. Have I done anything wrong? 2. The ISO didn't get burned. I used a DVD+RW disc with some info on it. The info has not been erased. The xpcreate.ini entries I used: CDBURNER=F: CDERASE=YES CDLABEL=XPCREATE CDSPEED=4 CDTYPE=DVD DVDPLUS=YES The burner is Liteon SOHW-812s, which has been working flawlessly. -- 0:01:40 -- Burning ISO image -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 0:01:40 -- Start CDBURN Code: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @ECHO OFF DVDBURN.EXE F: XPCREATE.ISO /ERASE >> XPCREATE.LOG EXIT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 0:01:40 -- End CDBURN Code: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 0:01:40 -- Burning ISO -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Erasing media before burning Media type: DVD+RW Erasing media Erasing DVD+RW media is not a supported option ((not neccessary)) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 0:01:40 -- ISO Burning completed. From the log I figure XPC doesn't support DVD+RW erasing. Is this correct? The full log is attached. Cheers! LOGFILES.CAB

Hmm... I didn't think about. It's a valid point. I've never had patience to read the EULA. Most likely it does prohibit file modification, but... man, there's just one letter change And it has nothing to do with piracy or illegal distribution\installation. I mean, just don't tell M$ you've done that

Just my two cents. There's a way to have as many winnt.sif files as you want on the CD. I'll tell right away, that this is a multiboot solution. For example, if you want to have regular and unattended installations on the same CD you can go with Bootable CD Wizard (the web site is really slow, but interesting). Actually, the utility is pretty powerful to handle complicated multiboot installations, and it was probably mentioned somewhere in the Multi-Boot forum. That method was suggested by a member of a Russian board, and it didn't take me long to create dual boot DVD (unattended + regular). 20 minutes I spent on reading the documentation and 10 minutes on creating the disc. Well, I played with the shell settings for another hour then ;-)) The idea is to hexedit SETUPLDR.BIN replacing winnt.sif with, say, winn1.sif. Then, the file is saved as SETUPLD1.BIN in i386, and the winnt.sif is renamed to winn1.sif. That's basically it. Bootable CD Wizard uses bootcat.ini as the config file, where the following text defines the available installations: \i386\setupld1.bin;Windows XP Professional Unattended \i386\setupldr.bin;Windows XP Professional Regular I can elaborate if needed. But clearly you can have setupldr2.bin leading to winn2.sif, and etc. It's been said, though, that BCDW doesn't work with setupldr.bin from SP2. The workaround is to use setupldr.bin from SP1. BTW, what if there's no floppy in the config? Where are you gonna put it? Now I have a question. Why did this question pop up in XPC forum?

Hi, All! This guide have been originally created for the "Unattended in Russian" web site. I've decided to share my experience with the English speaking audience. Hopefully, some of you will find the guide useful. This is my first guide in English, so I apologize for any possible grammar errors ;-) All images are hosted at photobucket.com. PM me if that service suddenly becomes unavailable. The stamp on the images is my nickname at the Russian board forum.oszone.net Introduction Microsoft has released six CDs with Office 2003 MUI packs for different languages. The Office 2003 MUI packs are available only for the volume licensing customers. The SP1 for Office 2003 MUI has been released simultaneously with the Office 2003 SP1. In this guide I'll explain how to integrate MUI SP1 in the original MUI files and prepare the MUI pack for an unattended installation. First off you need to download the SP1 for MUI. Please note, that the SP1 files are different for each of the six CDs. Select the one you need, and make sure you download the full version of the update. I'll be operating with the Russian MUI pack, which was originaly released on the fifth CD. My MUI SP1 file name is MUI2003SP1CD5-kb843187-fullfile-enu.exe. Make sure you modify all the commands according to your file name. Stage 1 - Creating an Administrative Installation Point. Insert your original MUI CD in the CD-ROM, go to Start->Run, and use Browse to navigate to the muisetup.exe file on the CD. Run it with a switch /a You'll see an administrative installation window Select the location for the admin point and click Next. I have selected C:\OfficeMUI_Admin. Accept the license agreement, choose the language you need and click Install. You'll see the notification window upon completion. Stage 2 - Unpacking Office 2003 SP1 for MUI All we need is just one command MUI2003SP1CD5-kb843187-fullfile-enu.exe /Q /C /T:C:\MUISP1 Note, that I'm unpacking the SP1 to the C:\MUISP1 folder. This is how the folder will look after you unpack the SP1 Now we have different update (.MSP) files for different languages. I'm using MUISP1_RUSff.msp. Check this M$ KB article to determine the file you need. Stage 3 - Integrating SP1 into the MUI installation files Again, there's just one command msiexec /p C:\MUISP1\MUISP1_RUSff.msp /a C:\OfficeMUI_Admin\MUI.msi SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb /Lie C:\muilog.txt Note, that /Lie C:\muilog.txt is optional. I've added these switches in order to create the log, and make sure the integration completed successfully. Now we have integrated the MUI SP1, and have the updated installation files. Let's prepare an unattended installation now. Office 2003 MUI installation Method 1 - Custom Installation Wizard The procedure is similar to configuring Office 2003 files, and you'll get an MST file at the end. I will not cover this method in my guide, so you can try and see how it works The command for an unattended installation will be something like ECHO. ECHO Installing MUI for Office 2003 Professional ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\OfficeMUI\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=my_mui.MST /qb- Method 2 - Setup.ini I like this method better, because it seems shorter. Locate a file setup.ini in Files\Setup. The file is pretty much self-explanatory, because it contains all the necessary comments. I'll just stress the sections pertaining to silent unattended installation. [Display] Display=Quiet CompletionNotice=No These two parameters specify the automatic installation and supress the completion notice window respectively. [Cache] PURGE=1 Removes the cache files after the installation is complete. If you configure the setup.ini, you will not need any switches during an unattended install. The command will look something like ECHO. ECHO Installing MUI for Office 2003 Professional ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\OfficeMUI\setup.exe Final Note From my observations, upon unattended installation of the MUI pack, Office 2003 language interface automatically matches the system language interface. I don't know how to explain it better, so I'll use an example I. You have Windows XP Professional English. You install Windows MUI from cmdlines.txt and specify Russian as the default system language. Then, you install Office 2003 and Office 2003 MUI pack from RunOnceEx. Your Office 2003 language interface matches the system language, which is Russian. II. You don't have Windows MUI pack, and simply install Office 2003 and Office 2003 MUI pack, then your Office interface language stays English, because the system interface language is English. In this case you have to enable Office interface language from the Office Language Settings. Note, there are three options in the menu: same as system, English and Russian. That's it. The installation approach is different from the one offered by Microsoft. Click. They advise to create a chained installation, but I think the setup.ini method is still shorter. Thanks for your attention

exXtreme Have you tried to integrate SP2 in the Windows installation CD, then take the muisetup.exe file found in %windir%\MUI, and use this file to replace the muisetup.exe from the MUI CD?

Hi, All! I've searched through XP, Unattended and Customizing forums, but couldn't find any info relevant to my question. If you recall something, please provide me with the link. I'm trying to find a tweak that customizes time delay for toolbar's auto hide (auto show) feature. The toolbar I have in mind is created as the follwing (I'll copy/paste an explanation from another website): Right click menu also contains Auto Hide feature, but how do I change the time delay for the autohide? To be exact I'd like to change the time delay for auto show. Can someone point me in the right direction? I'm aware of alternative toolbars (i.e. Y'Z Dock has Sensivity setting, which regulates the "show toolbar delay"). I'm not interested in third party apps at this point. Thanks for your attention to my question.

Go to Folder Options->File Types, find URL type, and change the default action from Print to Open. HTH

Ooops, I missed that one, sorry. Ok, I'll give it a try, thanks for your reply.

Hi, All! GM, as far as I can see, XPC has become a real one-click tool for creating an up-to-date Windows XP/2k CD. Great job! I should definitely update my page about XPC ;-) However, I need a clarification before I do that. I haven't tried the new version yet. I have read this whole thread, and didn't find the definite answer to my question. I'll give some background first. I'm on dial-up, and I can tell the same about many Russian users. I never use Windows Update, and download all updates manually. Consequently, I don't need XPC's downloading abilities. I was pretty much satisfied with the previous version, although I can see the advantages of the new one. I understand how to turn off the downloading in xpcreate.ini. I thought I could run XPCREATE.CMD once, get all the directories, then place all my updates in the directories, and the second run of XPCREATE.CMD would start the slipstreaming process. However, the following statements makes me wonder whether my approach will work. Is it a valid approach? To be more specific... Do I still need the first free utilities? Do I have to place Qchain (Q815062_W2K_spl_X86_EN.exe) in SVC-HF1? Do I need anything else to use the new version, if the downloading is OFF from start to finish? Thanks for your attention.