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Why do people install Release Candidates which are by nature meant for testing purposes and then complain if something isn't working anymore?

But your SATA/RAID drivers on diskette, boot from your Windows XP installation disc and press F6 when offered at the beginning of the setup to install your drivers and it should all work fine and you won't have any need for nLite.

Not sitting behind my test machine at current, so doing this by heart, so forgive any mistakes I might make. I might have discovered a bug in the latest HFSLIP release. When you add all updates to your HF folder, IE7 and WMP11 and run HFSLIP the first time, everything goes well. The second time you run HFSLIP you'll get an error during the setup process regarding WMP11; something like unreg2.exe cannot find a certain DLL-file? Like I wrote, doing this by heart, but I"ve got screenshots on another machine if required, just currently not within reach. Anyway, I figured out what's causing this problem. When you run HFSLIP for the first time a subfolder is created in your HF folder for WMP11. This folder is not deleted at the end of the process. The second time you run HFSLIP, it sees this subfolder which is then empty (might have been empty the first time already, didn't check) and that's when the problem starts. HFSLIP runs fine, but you'll get this error during the setup process of Windows XP. Hope this is enough for now for some first troubleshooting, but when I can I'll add my LOG-file and some screenshots.

Then it's set to FullUnattended in your WINNT.SIF -> Change it.

It might simply be blocked inside the game itself. Are you sure that it did work before in the game itself? Have you recently updated the game?

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Greyed out options mean that they don't exist, that they don't have any effect. Just right-click on your desktop for example and you'll see that the Paste option will be greyed out. This simply means that it's unavailable. If you would copy a shortcut for example, then the Paste option will become available again. In your case, the fact that it's greyed out means that it's not enabled, so there is nothing to worry about.

No, that won't work. The easiest way to add fonts is to install them via SVCPACK.INF using fontinst.exe. Create a silent, self-extracting archive to run via SVCPACK.INF containing the following command: fontinst.exe /F fontinst.inf The contents of fontinst.inf: [Fonts] font.ttf

Then you must have RAID switched on in your BIOS, eventhough you state that it's not the case. Update to the latest BIOS and check all settings again. Also check your Windows settings if you haven't mirrored your drive.

You could use $OEM$ folders for that for example, or silent, self-extracting archives (which don't install).

I'm basically doing the same as you. I use HFSLIP to integrate all required updates and such. I install most applications via home brew, silent, self-extracting archives via SVCPACK.INF. I import Registry tweaks and such via SVCPACK.INF as well. I install Office 2003 from CD-ROM via RunOnceEx. Applications which are not SVCPACK.INF compatible are installed via RunOnceEx as well. And a short note on Microsoft .NET Framework, I install RogueSpear's silent installation packages for version 1.1 SP1 and 2.0 SP1 via SVCPACK.INF first, followed by any applications which depend on either, and I install RogueSpear's Lite version of version 3.5 first via RunOnceEx, also followed by any applications which depend on version 3.x. Oh, and I also use HFSLIP to integrate my own drivers, such as SATA, audio, et cetera.

You're asking a way too general question which therefore cannot be answered easily. What would you like to achieve? What is the reason why you're considering virtualisation? What is your current setup? What is your budget? Also, split your topic in various separate topics, each covering one part; one for Citrix, one for Oracle, et cetera, as all serve a different purpose. Besides that, you're posting your question in the Windows XP topic, but your question does not belong here.

Or your first hard disk was not recognised during setup and Windows was therefore installed on your second hard disk, leaving the old installation on the first hard disk?

Ehm, no it is not See my questions posted above; why would you want to surf the internet using administrative rights? Users who use an administrative account for normal day use are foolish in my humble opinion

And what exactly isn't working?

One a clean build, make a snapshot of your Registry using for example Regshot. Next, change your settings and make another snapshot. Compare both snapshots and you'll easily see which Registry settings have changed. Add those to a REG-file and import it during your unattended installation, for example via SVCPACK.INF.

Why would you want to install KB893803 first of all as it's outdated? Second of all, simply run all your added files with the supplied parameters and you'll find out which one is the culprit easily, as it will show you the same screen.

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Can't you simply disable this via the settings of Windows Desktop Search? (Why would anyone even want to install Windows Desktop Search?)

Make sure that your UnattendedMode is set to FullUnattended and that you've answered all questions which are asked during setup. Normally you would set this in the [unattended] section of your WINNT.SIF, but I believe that nLite does this for you, so it should be somewhere in the settings.

Why not use normal Microsoft methods to add drivers to your installation disc, such as via WINNT.SIF? By heart I would say that this should work on Windows Home Server too.

By heart I would say that creating a silent installer for Office 2007 works the same way as for Office 2003, so I would advise you to read the Unattended Guide. In short, download the Resource Kit for Office 2007, create a transform file and create a silent, self-extracting archive of your installation files or an add-on for nLite; for that, see the nLite web site as you're bound to find more information on that there, or simply download any pre-built add-on, extract it's contents and study it to learn how it was built.

A scheduled batch script could do the trick, depending on how sophisticated you want it all to be.

I still don't understand why people would want to install all versions of Microsoft .NET Framework via RunOnceEx. If you would install Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 and 2 SP1 via SVCPACK first, you can then install any application depending on either afterwards via SVCPACK as well. Note: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 cannot be installed via SVCPACK, so you will have to install it via RunOnceEx still. If you would choose to install all versions of Microsoft .NET Framework via RunOnceEx, you cannot install any applications depending on either earlier than RunOnceEx, meaning that you cannot install any of these specific applications via SVCPACK.

You could use $OEM$ folders for example or create a self-extracting archive which places your files on the desktop.