Incroyable HULK

I should add that with this method, you will now have a proper BOOT folder (wich contain setupldr.bin) and also you will be able to put your source files anywhere you want as long as you specify the correct path under txtsetup.sif under the SetupSourcePath = "\xxxx" remember that this path is the root of the source files where the I386 folder stand (and $OEM$ folder if you go Unattended). Do not point inside the I386 folder it won't work.

Ok, now i'll get straight to the end: In order to boot from a renamed folder (once I386), you have to edit 2 .bin files follow this and watch for I or i 386 Here is a step by step instruction for adding Windows XP (English version): 1) Make a folder named 'xpen' under 'c:\easyboot\disk1' 2) Copy 'win51' and 'win51p' (from root directory of original CD) to 'c:\easyboot\disk1' 3) Copy I386 folder to 'c:\easyboot\disk1\xpen' 4) Copy wxp.bat from 'c:\easyboot\resource' to 'c:\easyboot\disk1\xpen', and run it there 5) Copy w2ksect.bin in 'c:\easyboot\disk1\ezboot' to a new file xpen.bin 6) Start EasyBoot, click 'Tools'->'Replace Text', browse file 'c:\easyboot\disk1\ezboot\xpen.bin', and specify 'I386' as "Text to Replace", 'XPEN' as "Replace to", then click 'Replace', 1 occurence should be replaced 7) Do step 6 to 'c:\easyboot\disk1\xpen\setupldr.bin', and replace 'i386' to 'xpen', 4 occurences should be replaced 8) Open 'c:\easyboot\disk1\xpen\txtsetup.sif' by NotePad (or UltraEdit), search for 'SetupSourcePath', and change [SetupSourcePath = "\"] to [SetupSourcePath = "\XPEN"] (not include []) 9) Set the menu item's command as 'run xpen.bin' 10) Save menu file

Ok, second step... Have you build a simple Windows CD with only one boot sector using EasyBoot for example? If you follow the documentation provided in EasyBoot, you should be able to Create Windows XP bootable CD 1) copy directory i386 from Windows XP CD to C:\EasyBoot\disk1 2) copy win51 to C:\EasyBoot\disk1 for Windows XP Home Edition, copy win51ic to C:\EasyBoot\disk1 for Windows XP Professional, copy win51ip to C:\EasyBoot\disk1 3) (Optional) copy autorun.inf, readme.htm, setup.exe to C:\EasyBoot\disk1 6) (Optional) create directory C:\EasyBoot\disk1\SP, put all files needed (such as IE6, Windows XP sp1) here Please make sure you have the following files: C:\EasyBoot\disk1\ezboot\w2ksect.bin C:\EasyBoot\disk1\i386\bootfix.bin C:\EasyBoot\disk1\i386\setupldr.bin C:\EasyBoot\disk1\win51 C:\EasyBoot\disk1\win51ic or C:\EasyBoot\disk_xp\win51ip 2. Make ISO file Run “Program Files”->"EasyBoot"->"EasyBoot", click "Make ISO" button, the dialog will appear: 1)select CD file directory to 'C:\EasyBoot\disk1' (default) 2)(MUST) set boot image to 'C:\EasyBoot\disk1\ezboot\w2ksect.bin' 3)use default option, select "Joliet" if you need to keep filenames with small letter 4)set CD Volume to ' WINXP' 5)set output ISO file to 'C:\EasyBoot\iso\winxp.iso' 6)click "Make" button to generate bootable CD image file

First off I suggest you calm down. Then, cannot find ntldr is not caused by a missing file (it could be but let's check other thing first) The first thing to know is this message is a simple warning comming from the BIOS of your PC. It is just telling you that it cannot find a boot string on the hard drive. If you want to boot from a CD, you have to make sure that the CD-ROM drive has priority over the Hard Disk in the boot sequence of the PC. If not, your BIOS won't look at your CD and you will get this kind of message you are complaining about. To enter the BIOS of your computer, you have to hit the DEL key (it can be another key depending on the manufacturer) Check this first and come back to us

Must it be a batch file? Because you could do it easily with Winnt.sif...

Well I have tried a few things but I think I will NOT switch to the svcpack method. I know the problem I get is from IE6 and his RunOnceEx entries. So I've tried a couple of things: 1- added your IE6GO.EXE right after the IE6 installation (batch file launched from cmdlines.txt)= NO RESULTS 2- just added a reboot command as the first thing to be executed in RunOnceEx so this way, IE6 stuff is going on, then the RunOnceEx window is closing but since I ordered the reboot command BEFORE, windows is rebooting and is finishing the rest of my RunOnceEx installation. This is not elegant but now I have 2 options: A- I've read somewhere that you can execute the entries in RunOnceEx immediatly using this command: rundll32.exe iernonce.dll,RunOnceExProcess So if this works, right after IE6 is intalled, the process will be executed... B- The other option is to execute 2 RunOnceEx files. I've seen it somewhere it is possible to break it in 2 separate files. It would be much cleaner! So for now, using method no.2, 814078 is not showing up in Windows Update.

So the svcpack folder and svcpack.inf method is supported in Win2000. Hum... Are you installing ALL your hotfixes from there? If so would you mind posting the full version of you svcpack.inf?

The only way I managed to install 814078 correctly was this way: 1- From cmdlines.txt I launched a batch file to install IE6 silently 2- IE6 is adding some entry in RunOnceEx wich are executed FIRST! 3- All the updates are in a batch file launched from RunOnceEx in the END This way, it is installing properly BUT you will get a few error messages after RunOnceEx is finished and the desktop is loading. Once you reboot, everything is normal and you don't get any error messages. SO this is why I moved my Hotfixes installation to be executed from cmdlines.txt (after IE6) instead of the end of RunOnceEx. This way, Windows reboot before the first logon (and RunOnceEx execution) and I don't get theses error messages... but now 814078 isn't properly installed...

I'm thinking about selling my Swap File... there's a lot of money to be made in this field... I'm still on the floor right now! EDIT: maybe we should move this one to the Funny Farm thread!

Thanks for the suggestion, I've sent a PM to nOBeLium!

We had a long discussion about that here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=31295&hl=

Come on guys, we'd better give him what he ask for... or ELSE I'll start working on the swap file and you do the rest

Well, I've been working a lot on my Unattended Windows 2000 SP4 project. I've been using it a while and now I want to build a final (perfect) version. Still I have some issues I would like to get over with: 1)RunOnceEx.cmd can be used if you copy REG.EXE into SYSTEM32 (you can get it inside your CD\SUPPORT\TOOLS\SUPPORT.CAB) BUT I install Internet Explorer 6 from a batch file (launched from cmdlines.txt) and IE6 is adding some stuff wich is run via RunOnceEx: Navigation Services Internet Tools System Services After thoses get executed, nothing happens. The system is working but the desktop won't show. You have to reboot and then everything is working perfectly. So I find must find a way to correct this OR I could execute shutdown.exe with a delay of 2 minutes (enought time to get over those 3 entries). 1a)My other question: is there a small exe program available wich doesn't look ugly as shutdown.exe? (it looks like a big error message) Maybe something more graphical with a few buttons like Reboot Now and Cancel. 2)Hotfixe 814078. I can get it installed unattended, it always show in Windows Update... I've tried to run this one from a batch file (launched from cmdlines.txt), run it from RunOnceEx, it won't work 2a)Is there a svcpack.inf method available for Windows 2000??? 3)QuickTime. Even with the latest version, I get an error message QTPluginInstall.exe as generated some errors and will be shut down by Windows... this is happening at the very end of the QuickTime Installation 4)OemPnPDriversPath. Is the limit still 4096 caracters? I'll need to do some further testing but not all my drivers get installed... These are non critical issues but I would like to clear them!

You can also add custom information as well with OEMINFO.INI There's no need for an external program! Just hit the Print Screen key on your keyboard and paste into a program (paint, photoshop, etc...)

So TextSetup is going fine (no question asked) But when you get to the GUI part it is asking some question... wich question? Only the name and organisation, only the key, all the information? Can you be more specific?

All I am saying is this is what I get in my svcpack.inf after using the /integrate: option...

@vcBlackBox Sorry to report this is not working either I think I will move to another strategy since I only require the PowerDVD codec to enable DVD viewing in Windows Media Player... So I'll just drop the Codec CLVSD.ax into system32 and then use a RegTweak to enable the DVD playback in Media Player and Register the codec

Root! I:\XPCD

@Alanoll sorry, the -f1"setup.iss" option is not filling up the values... Anyway, I have to run a simulation to test among other stuff. I will report in a few minutes. Maybe it is possible to OMIT this value in the setup.iss so it will look for the %ProgramFiles% variable in the windows registry?

I have an installation of PowerDVD unattended with the standard setup.iss file. Sometimes, my Program File Folder is on the D:\ drive and sometimes on the C:\ drive. Can I put a variable %Program Files% in front of the path instead of an absolute path? [{6811CAA0-BF12-11D4-9EA1-0050BAE317E1}-SdAskDestPath-0] szDir=D:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD Result=1

@mimo78 Ok, now I get it! I am using a similar method to obtain the list of Hotfixes in my Sticky... @Stuntgp2000 Yes, some of them can be integrated but not the majority. I tried once and I found that I didn't want to mess up my stuff as I prefer to only have one method for each system for the hotfixes installation instead of 2 or 3 ways. Win2000 = batch file WinXP SP1 = svcpack.inf manually WinXP SP2 = /integrate: BTW, you can get the list of available switches for a hotfixe using /?

I suggest you do not dare to much with RyanVM

I'd like to switch my program installation to the CD-ROM method as I did for Windows XP SP1 and SP2. There is a slight difference between the way I call RunOnceEx for Windows 2000 Here is a sample of my runonce.txt (parsed as runonce.reg later) Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx\zz02] "1"="%systemdrive%\\winnt\\regedit.exe /s %systemdrive%\\install\\Applications\\Nero\\register.reg" "2"="%systemdrive%\\install\\Applications\\Nero\\NERO.exe /silent /noreboot /no_ui" "3"="%systemdrive%\\install\\Applications\\Nero\\FR.exe /silent /noreboot /no_ui" @="Nero Burning ROM Reloaded 6.6.0.1" Can I add the %CDROM% variable by adding the code at the beginning? IF EXIST D:\CD.txt set CDROM=D: IF EXIST E:\CD.txt set CDROM=E: IF EXIST F:\CD.txt set CDROM=F: IF EXIST G:\CD.txt set CDROM=G: ... OR now that I have added reg.exe to the system32 folder, maybe I can use a regular RunOnceEx??? cmdow @ /HID @echo off IF EXIST D:\CD.txt set CDROM=D: IF EXIST E:\CD.txt set CDROM=E: IF EXIST F:\CD.txt set CDROM=F: ... SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx REG ADD %KEY%\002 /VE /D "Nero Burning ROM Reloaded 6.6.0.1" /f REG ADD %KEY%\002 /V 1 /D "REGEDIT /S %CDROM%\Applications\Nero\register.reg" /f REG ADD %KEY%\002 /V 2 /D "%CDROM%\Applications\Nero\NERO.exe /silent /noreboot /no_ui" /f REG ADD %KEY%\002 /V 3 /D "%CDROM%\Applications\Nero\FR.exe /silent /noreboot /no_ui" /f

@prathapml You mean in the svcpack.inf right? So it would look like this (numerical classification): [CatalogHeader] [Version] BuildNumber=2600 MinorVersion=1 MajorVersion=5 Signature="$WINDOWS NT$" [SetupData] CatalogSubDir="\I386\svcpack" [SetupHotfixesToRun] KB834707.exe /q /n /z KB873339.exe /q /n /z KB885626.exe /q /n /z KB885835.exe /q /n /z KB885836.exe /q /n /z KB886185.exe /q /n /z [ProductCatalogsToInstall] KB834707.cat KB873339.cat KB885626.cat KB885835.cat KB885836.cat KB886185.cat

@peachy [CatalogHeader] [Version] BuildNumber=2600 MinorVersion=1 MajorVersion=5 Signature="$WINDOWS NT$" [SetupData] CatalogSubDir="\I386\svcpack" [SetupHotfixesToRun] KB886185.exe /q /n /z KB885836.exe /q /n /z KB885835.exe /q /n /z KB873339.exe /q /n /z KB885626.exe /q /n /z KB834707.exe /q /n /z [ProductCatalogsToInstall] KB886185.cat KB885836.cat KB885835.cat KB873339.cat KB885626.cat KB834707.cat