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CDROM:\i386\winnt32.exe /unattend from the command line. Replace CDROM with the appropriate drive letter. No answer file is required for this. If you do specify an answer file with the /unattend switch, it will do a fresh install so do not specify an answer file if you want to keep the original 2000 settings. winnt32.exe /? for other command line options.

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?act=ST&f=81&t=24997 http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/help/ramdisk.htm

Which ram disk are you referring to? Or are you talking about virtual memory? If it's virtual memory you want to adjust go to Control Panel > System > Advanced Tab, Under Performance click Settings, Go to the Advanced Tab , Under Virtual Memory, click Change.

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421 If you encrypted the folders/files, then it's going to be virtually impossible accessing them. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...q308993&sd=tech http://www.compulink.co.uk/~davedorn/compu.../xpencrypt1.htm

See if the information provided at the following page helps: http://www.mcse.ms/archive59-2003-12-228436.html

Mine came in the mail as well. Big surprise since the page where you can order the CD isn't accepting orders. When I originally ordered the CD, I believe that page was being tested. I used the link from this thread: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=23389&st=230 If I knew I was actually going to receive a CD so quickly, I wouldn't have spent the 14 hours downloading. Here's a list of the files on the CD. It's the English version btw... (VRMSP_EN) sp2.txt

Another method you might consider: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...22ntuser.dat%22 You can start with a fresh ntuser.dat for the default profile and just import any settings you want for all new accounts directly into that. That will prevent any user specific settings you may not want from being present in a newly created account.

I use the same method in my unattended install without issue. It's only for my single home computer however. I've heard there could be issuses if you use it for different computers. Might be a problem if you plan on having different users. See this thread: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=24092&st=0

%userprofile% is a variable which refers to the user folder in Documents and Settings for the current user. If you are logged on as the Administrator, it would equate to: %systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\Administrator

The easiest way would be to place those files in $OEM$\$Docs\Default User. Setup will automatically copy those files over. with xcopy, you would probably need to use this: XCOPY /H %systemdrive%\Install\registry\*.* "%DefaultUserProfile%" /H is used for copying hidden and system files. I'm not sure exactly where you have your install directory but if it's in the same place as most people, the above should work.

Nice find.

No problem. Good luck with your endeavors.

You didn't mention anything about other taskbar settings; just quicklaunch [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "TaskbarSizeMove"=dword:00000000 "TaskbarGlomming"=dword:00000001 "TaskbarSizeMove"=dword:00000000 will lock the taskbar. "TaskbarGlomming"=dword:00000001 will group similar items. You may want to just export the entire key. Lots of settings are stored there.

That's what I meant. Just import them with your other tweaks that are being merged from cmdlines.txt.

You can use the classic start menu and custom themes simultaneously.

After you set your quick launch the way you want it, log out then back in and export this key from your registry: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Desktop] Use the settings that you export in your setup. You need to do it from cmdlines.txt.

If he still has the original folder on his older computer, he should decrypt it then copy it over. If not, I don't think there is any easy way to recover those files. I did find this thread which relates. There is a link to EFS recovery. I'm assuming he used XP's native encryption. http://www.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/micros...03-05/0516.html

Compressing a bmp seemed to work fine for me, with and without modifype. LZX will give you better compression than the Makecab default which is MSZIP.

Great. Glad you got it worked out. Not hard to believe. Flukes like that happen. Guess the last ISO was bad in some way.

Well crikey. I'm stumped. Maybe someone else will find something. In the meantime, If I think of something, I'll post it.

You jerk! Seriously though, you might have better luck if you ask in the application switches forum. He's right about winamp 2.81. 2.91 / 5.0 are listed but not 2.81. Guess it must be different.

Hmm. Does the rest of your winnt.sif work correctly? ProductID and all that?

I've never needed this: OemFilesPath="$OEM$". By default, $OEM$ is used. Try removing that from your winnt.sif. To be honest, I'm not sure where setup will look if you just specify $OEM$ as the path. Edit: Looking at a couple of other Winnt.SIFs, I've seen OemFilesPath="..\$OEM$". I suppose you could either try that or just remove the line altogether...

Can't really see anything wrong with your layout. If the rest of your winnt.sif is working correctly, your apps should be copied over. OemPreinstall = Yes Your install directory is not being copied over? Do you have a Drivers folder in $1 as well? If so, does it get copied over? The way I interpret your layout, you have $OEM$\$1\Install and $OEM$\$1\Install\Apps; is that correct?

You can use this: DEL "%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\Alcohol*.lnk" Just as long as nothing else on your desktop has a filename that starts with Alcohol." Alcohol 120*.link would work as well.