Francesco

Where's the problem just put a big warning to warn the user that they should use that as last resource. Or at least if you don't want to put it sticky at least put visible references in the other sticky threads or in the nLite FAQ. I've saw it only one but I thought it was linked in the sticky threads however I was wrong and i've never been able to find it again. I've searched: "restore nlite components", "restore remove components", "reinstall removed components", "reinstall components", "add removed components" and a lot more other different combinations and none of those searchs showed me the page. At the end after even trying to search it through service names (!) I still wasn't able to find it.

You have used 2 applications, XPize and VTP 5, that alter system files (expecially explorer.exe): those utilities are probably the source of your problem. I don't see why explorer.exe should crash when nlite doesn't alter files that have to do with explorer.

Please could some forum administrator set the "restore removed components" guide sticky? Trying to find it in the forum without knowing the exact name is pratically impossible! Couldn't that guide at least be linked in the nLite FAQ? Thanks in advance. P.S. does somebody remembers its url?

Hmm, it just works fine for me. But I do not have :\WPI, on my disc it is :\Install\WPI, :\Install\Programme and :\Install\Treiber so WPI is in the Install folder. If you want, you can download this archive and see my structure in there. But the explanations are german. P.S.: Sorry for not answering your PM, I had some problems with my Internet in the last days. I have tryed that way too (:\Install\WPI ) and it doesnt work for me. It works perfectly for me you surely didn't use the correct environment variables to invoke the files. What do you means with "you surely didn't use the correct environment variables to invoke the files"? Maybe you need to read this too: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...mp;#entry553557 I keep the Install folder in the cd root and I never had a problem with it. The problem you're having is related to the CMD command that uses as its path the WPI one and doesn't have a switch to specify another path. Learn to use START(startx) and the /PATH switch and you will solve the problem.

Hmm, it just works fine for me. But I do not have :\WPI, on my disc it is :\Install\WPI, :\Install\Programme and :\Install\Treiber so WPI is in the Install folder. If you want, you can download this archive and see my structure in there. But the explanations are german. P.S.: Sorry for not answering your PM, I had some problems with my Internet in the last days. I have tryed that way too (:\Install\WPI ) and it doesnt work for me. It works perfectly for me you surely didn't use the correct environment variables to invoke the files.

Just invoke the application you don't want WPI to wait for with another start command.

The items that doesn't have the active configuration assigned should be hidden. If you have an item 'Firefox' only assigned to configurations Mark and Anna, the item 'Firefox' should not be visible in the list when you choose the configuration Home. Then you can equal profiles with configurations. You can create different config files to keep applications separed what you are asking is a real mess to implement (and surely it will require more than a Save button to get it working)

I think you didn't look at WPI well: there are profiles and the profiles are ONLY used to automatically select the default switches of the items. However they aren't saved as you want: you have to edit the configuration and specify for each item the profiles where it should be selected by default.

What about adding a button on each news that allows submission to digg.com?

Hi, It would be interesting to save selections as profiles seperated from the config. So you have the possibility to maintain your one config independent from profiles you like to install. You could prepare different profiles for the same config and install them unattended by calling them through the command line. Thats my wish for WPI 5.4 What would the sense of that be? You can already create as much profiles as you want and install them from the command line.

nitro: duh!!!!!! have you anything less intelligent to say? go back play with your lego blocks or please be helpful My question was about how come windows stacks so many devices on IRQ 20-23 and how to spread that a bit. Why does it stop at 23, when I though anyway irq could not go over 15? francesco: my hard drives are Seagates, and yes I do have a nforce mobo. I also was having 0x000000F4 bsod and I think the fix for it fixed also my 0x00000077 bsod... didn't get it in a day, hope it'll keep this way Usually those 2 errors have to do with HDs, for example when they're broken or there are problems with the power supply.

I think you have a NFORCE mb and a Maxtor SATA2 HD. Is that so? If so I suggest you to change the HD as soon as possible because it's incompatible with your MB. If you can't return it then you have to disable SATA2.

Probably because if they did a lot of warez groups would make their IRC bots putting the content on the rarhost.

Calculating it on the number of commands instead of the command file sizes for each item is the same for me it's still an improvement. Also getting the size of the command sometimes it's inaccurate, for example if you use msiexec to launch an installer. The code however will be pratically the same: instead of summing the size of each file of the commands you just have to sum 1 for each command.

Application 1: - Command1=path\setup1.exe (size=30mb) - Command2=path\setup2.exe (size=40mb) Application 2: - Command1=path\setup1.exe (size=10mb) - Command2=path\setup2.exe (size=20mb) First of call calcolate the sum of all the sizes of the executable that the command points to: TOTALSUM =30+40+10+20; then create a new variable with a 0 value CURRENTSUM = 0; and after each command has been executed just sum to that variable the size of the last executed command CURRENTSUM += LASTCOMMAND; Then you will just need to make CURRENTSUM/TOTALSUM to find out the current percent of commands execution. For example: After command1 of application 1 has been executed the percent will be 30/100 = 30% After command2 of application 1 has been executed the percent will be 70/100 = 70% and so on. Naturally you should make an if to find out if TOTALSUM = 0 before setting the percentbar value because in that case CURRENTSUM/TOTALSUM would cause a divide by zero exception.

I've found a better idea. You know the MS baseline analyzer? If I run it with a schedule now it automatically makes automatic updates get the updates even for office! This should finally fix the problem.

I can't I have too much PCs at home to install updates on all of them every time. Also I can't leave the PCs i've repaired without MU.

With the latest office 0day exploits you can get infected by worms just by opening a word file this is why downloading all the office hotfixes by hand is not a good idea.

Whether you visit Microsoft Update/Windows Update manually or the system does its automatic check, the code being executed is common (otherwise it would be a duplication and 2 sets of code to maintain & patch).The current workarounds are to switch from Microsoft Update (back) to Windows Update, or to clear the .MSI files in the %systemroot%\Installer folder. If you clear the MSI files you can't uninstall anything without the installer. **** somebody should report this to MS to have this mess fixed.

I also have another suggestion however this surely takes too long to get implemented in a single version change. Pratically removing all the Command1 Command2 Command3 and replacing everything with a big list box that allows the user to insert every action they want to perform (for example integrate a registry file execute an application register a dll and so on) also it would be cool to have the same listbox for application requirements (for example MBs of ram CPU type or things like that). That would be really really cool and also easy to use because there won't be only commands anymore but the users could have wpi perform different tasks other than executing files.

What about giving more space in the percent bar to bigger setup files? It's not that hard just sum all the file sizes of the commands and then start from 0 when the progress dialog starts and use (CURRENTSUMOFSIZES)/TOTALSUM to find out the current percentual of installation.

The problem is that often users press the wrong keyboard combinations and they switch keyboard layout without realizing it. I can't disable the key combinations because some of the users don't use italian keyboard. I meant a windows command to include in my unattended setup

Any idea if the english keyboard layout can be removed? I have italian xp so I don't need it. I've searched for any command to delete those pesky keyboard layouts but I wasn't able to find any. Any idea if nlite will ever support english keyboard removal?

.... Yes, I've removed NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS into my slipstream MCE 2005. With your suggestion, I will tray a new slipstream with "NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS protocoll" abled. ...... Hi, I had tray, but didn't resolve it. It's very dificult to understand. I had tray with event log, but when the installation don't complete, the event says :"Installation completed". If someone has other suggestion, he's well acepted. I would like understand, because original MCE 2005 need 30 min, but my slipstream MCE only 15 min and >50 % into hard drive. Thank you, Alessandro Try to see if you removed host for universal plug&play and SSPD service

Err since when can Flash be removed from nLite? Also where can I find the installer for flash without having to register on adobe.com?