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All the Addon Maker does is (optionally) integrating hotfixes, and making a silent SFX out of it for unattended installations. It simply uses basic parameters like /quiet /passive /norestart, similar to what HØLLØW already mentioned. Edit: I forgot to add that chon_ is having problems with RunOnceEx, which runs after the user logs in. So obviously, something else is wrong.

With the list you can verify if the minimum set of required files is present (and properly registered etc.) on the XP machine that gives the registration error.

Yes, NT != 9x. You can't compare them like that. Most likely cause is that System does not have a complete/normal User Profile. Not really. The NT system account is designed for this purpose. It's an internal account, does not show up in User Manager, cannot be added to any Groups, nor can it have User Rights assigned to it. For more information, see: How the System account is used in Windows.

Try Dependency Walker to verify dependancies. Also, this error could be caused by a hosed registry (wrong entries and such). A registry clean tool like CCleaner might fix this.

Did nLite generate a WINNT.SIF file, is it in your i386 folder, and if so, could you post that?

Indeed. Also, many applications come as MSI's. MSI's can be editted with a tool like Orca, so you can fill out the serial in the MSI file itself. For other programs you can always make an export of the registry key(s) that contain the serial and registration info; this way you can simply import it with "regedit /s serial.reg". The only programs that really are a pain to pre-register are apps that use uniquely generated serials based on your specific hardware-ID's (like Sound Forge and Acid).

Seems the wrong driver gets installed (VMware cdrom).

Windows XP, classic mode.

Well, of course you need to install Icacls.exe first, else it won't work. Edit: Oops, this is the Windows 7 section. I overlooked, so my comment doesn't apply in this case.

Gosh had an excellent tutorial somewhere on MSFN. The secret of reducing size or something. I bet eXPerience got the idea from Gosh.

Not true. @chon_ You might want to try the excellent Onepiece's Internet Explorer 8 addon by Onepiece and Nonno Fabio. They also provide a Universal Addon Creator. The resulting Addon + SFX can be installed at any time (SVCPACK, cmdlines.txt, et cetera) and you can pre-configure any (registry) setting you like as well.

Just wondering. Why do you have the DHCP lease time set so short? This causes a lot of unneeded broadcasting. When 50% of the lease time has passed, the client will attempt to renew the lease with the original DHCP server. And any time the client boots and the lease is 50% or more passed, the client will attempt to renew the lease...

Correct, there is no graphical configuration of IPv6 settings, the command to add an address is indeed: “add address [interface=]<string> [address=]<IPv6 Adress>” For example: add address interface="Local Area Connection" 2002:c023:9c17:51a:bc51:a6:a34b:a8df::1 This should "hardcode" it. Edit: More information can be found on the Technet ipv6 pages.

/offtopic, but anyway @pm*, you better not advertise your e-mail address in your signature, unless you like spam a lot.

Indeed, Acronis True Image will do it, or else use similar HDD cloning tool like Ghost.

Maybe a tip for the next time. You can save your nLite configuration as a preset. This way you only have to load the preset and you're good to go.

That things loves dust due to its open design, that I can tell you.

Also try adding: OemFilesPath="..\$OEM$" in the [unattended] section.

No Linux for me, I prefer FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD.

RMA

From what I understood, he insists on using a batch file instead of a tool, and the batch file I linked to, does exactly what he wants. In fact, it does even more, since that particular batch file accepts ANY file name as an argument.

The already mentioned RegShot would probably be your best bet. Wise Installer and SMS Installer have good options too, but both are far from free.

Your motherboard (RAM sockets) could be toast, since it happens when you shuffle RAM around. Time to RMA? ps. Don't rely on tools like CPU-Z too much, they're known to show incorrect/false results on occasion.

Oh, does v9 still open a browser? If that's the case, you could also use Windows native taskkill command. TASKKILL /F /IM firefox.exe TASKKILL /F /IM iexplore.exe etc.

Ashampoo Burning Studio 9 uses Inno Setup, so it should be possible to install it silently with /sp- /silent /norestart.