jrzycrim

I'm lovin' the latest winamp version. That msi installer is great!

messgae removed. posted in the wrong thread!

Nope. Your thinking of GUIRunOnce and RunOnceEx. cmdlines.txt executes at T-12 minute stage... http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/timeline.htm Cheers,

That's cool. Glad you got it working. I wasn't sure if any of the other differences between mine and yours was the problem. Guess it was.

I have a small file called random.com It will generate a random number between a minimum value and 65535. Not sure if this will be helpful but you might give it a try. Syntax: Random [min value] [max value]

I import my registry settings from cmdlines.txt. Place both your registry file and cmdlines.txt in the $oem$ directory. cmdlines.txt [COMMANDS] "regedit /s regtweak.reg" Replace 'regtweak.reg' with the name of your registry file. Cheers,

Well ****, that sucks. Maybe someone else will have an idea. Here is what my winnt.sif looks like. [Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" [Unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\Windows UnattendSwitch="yes" Hibernation=no FileSystem=* WaitForReboot=No

In my winnt.sif, I left out Repartition=No in the [unattended] section. I'm prompted with the options that let you select and format which partition you want to install the OS.

I see that the original post is a couple of days old but I'll respond anyway... You can use the CMDOW utility to postion your window. cmdow @ /mov [ left ] [ top ] example: cmdow @ /mov 100 0 The above example will position your window 100 pixels from the left and 0 from the top. Just make this the first line in your batch file. you'll have to fool around with the numbers to get the exact center. Cheers,

The background is black because you disabled the welcome screen. The background color for the default user is black in your case. I use the classic logon as well. What I did was export the following keys from my registry: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors] And then changed HKEY_CURRENT_USER in each to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT and imported these to my registry. They should look like this: [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager] [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Colors] [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop] I left out the actual values in these keys but this should give you an idea. This will make your logon screen use the same theme as when you are logged onto windows. Not exactly what you are looking for I suppose but this will give you an alternative to a black screen. You can, of course, tweak the settings to your liking. You don't have to copy everything over such as your wallpaper or even the particular theme you are using. Personally, I like having my logon screen look like my windows theme. Of course, everyone's tastes are different. Cheers,

If you export the following two keys from your registry and include them in your registry tweaks for your Unattended Install, you should be set. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] Any HKEY_CURRENT_USER settings applied during GUIRunOnce or RunOnceEx will not stick. They should be applied from cmdlines.txt or at any point before the first logon.

System Propteries | Advanced | Performance | Settings | Visual Effects is where that particular effect can be disabled: Fade or Slide Menus into View and Fade out Menu Items after Clicking Which other effects do etc. refer to? Edit: Most of the effects your looking for can be found in the following Reg Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] Icon Size: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics] Value Name: "Shell Icon Size" (32 is the value for small icons, 48 for large) Hide Underlined Letters for Keyboard Navigation [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] Value Name: "UserPreferencesMask"

okay, I've been up too late. You also need to export this key from your registry: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] (settings removed as they are not necessary) Cheers,

You realize that my settings will probably be different from yours. I only left the visual Effects settings for this example: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects]"VisualFXSetting"=dword:00000003 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\AnimateMinMax]"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ComboBoxAnimation]"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\CursorShadow]"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\DragFullWindows]"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\DropShadow]"DefaultValue"=dword:00000001"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\FontSmoothing]"DefaultValue"=dword:00000001"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ListBoxSmoothScrolling]"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ListviewAlphaSelect]"DefaultValue"=dword:00000001"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ListviewShadow]"DefaultValue"=dword:00000001"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ListviewWatermark]"DefaultValue"=dword:00000001"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\MenuAnimation]"DefaultValue"=dword:00000001"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\SelectionFade]"DefaultValue"=dword:00000001"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\TaskbarAnimations]"DefaultValue"=dword:00000001"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\Themes] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\TooltipAnimation]"DefaultValue"=dword:00000001"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\WebView]"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001"DefaultValue"=dword:00000001What you should do is launch RegEdit and navigate to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects] Right click on that key and select Export then save. I import my tweaks from cmdlines.txt as I mentioned earlier. cmdlines.txt [COMMANDS]"REGEDIT /S regtweaks.reg"Place both the regtweaks.reg file (or whatever you named yours) and cmdlines.txt in the $oem$ folder. Cheers,

What works for me is exporting this reg key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects]and then import these settings from cmdlines.txt. Any HKCU settings won't stick if imported from a GUIRunOnce or RunOnceEx batch. Good luck @Edit: I don't use the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE...VisualEffects settings and mine work just fine.

You might want to run a Disk Check. Just right click on your C: drive, select properties then tools. under Error checking (at the top) click check now. It will have to reboot and then run the check before windows logs on since that is your system partition. Then try replacing your file. If it doesn't let you then try doing it in safe mode w/command prompt. If that doesn't work, try using the recovery console. http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/wxprcons.htm I'd recommend putting your good file on the root of your hard drive (C:\ ) to make it easier... Once you are at the command prompt, type in these commands: cd C:\windows\system32 copy c:\WMASF.DLL exit Good luck.

This may be of some help to you: http://www.theeldergeek.com/qos_bandwith_reserve_setting.htm Cheers,

Have you tried Google?

That's a variable which resolves to the name of the particular file you are opening.

Thanks. That's from a Stepen R. Donaldson fantasy series. 'The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever". I'm not really a big fan of fantasy, but this series is excellent. About my signature, hee hee, I was originally going to use CrzyJim but decided that was a bit gay. So I shuffled a couple of letters around. I guess it's kinda weird in that sense. It's not as cool as Jersey Criminal I suppose.

Jesus, that's totally gay. I wonder who the genius behind that was.

Only critical updates are included in the list. These are recommended updates. cheers,

What you need to do is launch regedit, Navigate to each key I listed above, Right click on the Key, select Export, then save it. It will save as a .reg file. You need to do this for both keys. Make sure your power settings are how you want them before exporting. You should import these from cmdlines.txt. If you have your own .reg file, just copy the data from the reg files you exported and paste them into your own registry file.

I haven't tested this but try exporting these two registry keys after setting your power configuration the way you want: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Power] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg\GlobalPowerPolicy]Cheers,

Many people here use a command line application called cmdow http://www.commandline.co.uk/cmdow/ It's useful for hiding windows. Once you have this program, you can put this as your first command in your batch files: cmdow @ /HID That will hide your window.