DirtDevil

No... Think inf files never get modified but by users. As long as you don't modify them they remain unchanged. Inf files jut contain information on what to do with some software to get it installed. NP!

Huh? Why not modify sysoc.inf manually? Just open it with notepad and delete all hide... If you want all hide to be deleted when installing (unattended) compress sysoc.inf (using makecab) und replace sysoc.in_ in your I386 directory. That's it

As far as I know CLS is the command to clear the screen. It get's executed through the command.com. Reading your script... I think it wouldn't matter to delete the cls command. The script would continue without problems. Maybe the command.com was not loaded already when running this script...

Thanks for your interest but this doesn't do it. These "random numbers" do not equal my registry entries. DisableUSWC is not even included in my registry... Maybe these numbers depend on the device installed but somewhere a default value for hardware acceleration must be stored. I cannot find it :cry:

Right... It's that Properties -> Settings -> Advanced -> Troubleshoot --> Hardware Acceleration thing. But I want to activate / set it to full unattended. So I need to know where this information is stored... registry? Could you help?

Does anyone know how to set hardware acceleration to full in Windows 2003 unattended? I allready tried to search the registry using tools like RegMon or RegShot. But it seems like the information on hardware acceleration is not stored in the registry. Anyone know where windows stores these values?

So, you want to install your drivers, huh? Ok! It's getting a little difficult now. You first have to find out wich of your INF-Files will start the installation of your hardware (modem). Go to: Open the hardware dialog and start to install the drivers manually. Tell Windows to select the folder with the *.inf by yourself. Hopefully the hardware setup will select the right inf itself. Remember this inf file. Open this inf file with notepad. How to proceed depends on what is stored in this file. Show me the whole content of this file and I think about how to execute the installation.

Yep, uhm that's wrong... It has to be like this: using 1,,,,,,,2,0,0 means your drivers get installed to your System32 directory. If you want them to be installed into the DRIVERS directory use = 1,,,,,,,4,0,0 instead. But the System32 directory is the right place to get them copied to...

Start to compress these files using makecab. Example: makecab C:\path\to\files\1.cab makecab C:\path\to\files\1.inf makecab C:\path\to\files\1.sys You should now have 3 new files: 1.ca_ 1.in_ 1.sy_ Copy these 3 files to your I386 directory. Now look for dosnet.inf in the I386 directory and open it with notepad. Add the files to [Files]: d1,1.cab d1,1.inf d1,1.sys Now look for txtsetup.sif and open it with notepad. Add the files to [sourceDisksFiles]. 1.cab = 1,,,,,,,2,0,0 1.inf = 1,,,,,,,2,0,0 1.sys = 1,,,,,,,2,0,0

You don't have to put it into the drivers.cab. Compress your files using makecab via cmd and copy your files into the I386 directory. Then you have to edit dosnet.inf and txtsetup.sif. dosnet.inf: [Files] d1,YourFile d1,AnotherFile d1,FilesETC txtsetup.sif: [sourceDisksFiles] YourFile = 1,,,,,,,2,0,0 AnotherFile = 1,,,,,,,2,0,0 FilesETC = 1,,,,,,,2,0,0 Windows will now install these files on your hd.

Can anybody help or give some information?

Is there some way to create a custom user while installing Windows 2003?

I tried to integrate a .reg-file onto the win2003 disc to activate some services when installing from this CD on a PC. for example: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ImapiService] "Type"=dword:00000010 "Start"=dword:00000002 "ErrorControl"=dword:00000001 Activating the ImapiService works just fine , but the ThemeService will not be activated this way : [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Themes] "Type"=dword:00000020 "Start"=dword:00000002 "ErrorControl"=dword:00000001 I saved this entries from my registry and put it onto another CD. Like I said... the ImapiService and some other services start and work just fine after install. But why doesn't themes start?

Ah, K! Thank You! Thought it be more than that. But this info helps alot already.

I'm about to experiment with some drivers and wonder what is in those catalogue-files. Is there some way to open it? To have look on what information is stored in it? How driver-files are managed or whatever... So, I'd like to know how these catalogues work. Can someone help me? Thanks in advance