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Has anyone else had a behavior change with the balloon pops? I had a registry treak that no longer works after I slipstream SP2 into my build. Roger

The reason I went to Microsoft was the provided solution in the forum didnt meet all the critera I had for the taskbar. It would turn on the quicklaunch bar for everyone by adding it to the ntuser.dat, but would not change the size. We have spent months trying to figure it out and now I have exact control over rather than using someone elses code. As-sassin notice my method uses HKLM, not HKCU, and I get my own code rather than use someone elses. I add my HKCU at the 13 min mark and I add HKLM at first login (GUIrunonce in winnt.sif). Roger

Absolutely I have tested this and using it even today... I add it to the 13 min mark and the quick launch bar is enabled for all users. Roger

As a matter of fact YES I HAVE!! After several weeks with Microsoft, we came up with a solution. 1. Load windows without enabling the quicklaunch bar 2. Enable the quicklaunch bar and slide the Quick Launch Bar to the desired size 3. logoff, then logon with the same account again (assumed to be Admin account) 4. Save out the following key. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Desktop] "TaskbarWinXP" -- if you are running SP1 or "Taskbar" -- for all versions of XP Copy the above key value to these keys: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Desktop] "Default Taskbar" "Default Taskbar (Personal)" 5. Add this to you 13 min reg tweak and the quicklaunch bar will be added with you custimized settings Roger

if exist o:\ris.cmd start /wait o:\ris.cmd

here is what I do set BRAND=Dell set MODEL=GX260 set CDType=RW CD/DVD :OEMINFO Echo [General] > %SystemRoot%\System32\OEMINFO.ini Echo Manufacturer = "Desktop Engineering" >>%SystemRoot%\System32\OEMINFO.ini Echo Model = "%BRAND% %MODEL%">>%SystemRoot%\System32\OEMINFO.ini Echo. >>%SystemRoot%\System32\OEMINFO.ini Echo [Support Information]>>%SystemRoot%\System32\OEMINFO.ini Echo Line1 = "%BRAND% %MODEL%">>%SystemRoot%\System32\OEMINFO.ini Echo line2 = "%CDType%">>%SystemRoot%\System32\OEMINFO.ini Echo Line3 = "Build Date: %date%">>%SystemRoot%\System32\OEMINFO.ini Echo Line4 = "Built by Desktop Engineering">>%SystemRoot%\System32\OEMINFO.ini Echo Line5 = "Image File: %Model%-XP-V8.GHO">>%SystemRoot%\System32\OEMINFO.ini echo Line6 = "Internal XP Build Number: %BUILDNO%">>%SystemRoot%\System32\OEMINFO.ini Roger

I have never been able to get past the text part of the build, but I have been able to get past some of the file copy, what is your winnt32.exe command?

Ok heres the drill I set my user folder this way... CMDLINES.TXT REGEDIT /S HKCU.reg HKCU.REG Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ;Data locations [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders] "Personal" ="D:\\Data" "My Video" ="D:\\Data\\My Video" "My Music" ="D:\\Data\\My Music" "My Pictures"="D:\\Data\\My Pictures" so in other words NO, it is NOT a joke Notice the double backslash, manupulate your string to have the double backslash and try again... Roger edit if that is not what your looking for, please post some more information on what your trying to do...

Have you tried HOMEPATH =D:\\Alexander Roger

Mine works every time, are you using i386 as the source dir with the proper $OEM$? Roger

Ok as to that, I would run diskpart to get multiple drives (even if they didnt have the drive letter I was lookig for) Then I would reboot and WinPE would take a drive value of E: and then my script would build the drive correctly after I wiped the drive. Roger

RTM=Release to Manufacturer or Release to Market Roger

After much struggling with this i found that BartPE doesn't work with diskpart... When I changed to WinPE directly, all my problems went away. Try a third part application if you havent already. Roger

They are defined in the same way. Here is a book to pickup also... Microsoft Windows XP Registry Guide / Jerry Honeycutt. Roger

Try this http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default....9ffa6d9.xml.asp Roger

In WinpE you dont get a my computer icon if you open notepad and browse for files, this registry key can set that icon so it looks normal to the end user... Roger

Nevermind, I found it [HKEY_Local_Machine\Test\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\DefaultIcon] @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\ 00,5c,00,65,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,\ 65,00,2c,00,30,00,00,00 Roger

for WinPE, you dont have a desktop icon so I'm looking for a registry setting...

Ok minor brain cramp, I cant remeber where to set the icon for My computer and my searching this forum is also not producing anything. Anybody remeber this off the top of their head? Roger

add a pause in the cmdlines.txt to see if its even running.. ;remove comments for testing ; "cmd /k c:\" ; "cmd /c pause" Roger

There are several ways to do this, but using the sysprep is probable the most efficient. Sysprep.inf [GuiRunOnce] "cmd /c command.exe" Let me know if you need other ways to do this... Roger

Dekstop shortcuts are not stored in the registry... they are stored in various locations... C:\Documents and Settings\<User>\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\ C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop Roger

Oops, fixed it in the post... R

\i386 contains setup files from CDROM --\$OEM Contains all supplemental files for OS --|--\textmode contains drivers for mass storage --|--\$$ Equivalent to %windir% --|--|--\help contains help files --|--|--\System32 contains files for the system 32 dir --|--\$1 Equivalent to the root of the drive windows is to be installed --|--|--\<pnpdrivers> contains new or updated PnP drivers --|--|--\Sysprep all file for the sysprep --|--\<drive letter> files to be copied to the respective drive --|--|--\<misc> any files are valid --|--\$Docs contains user profile files --|--|--\Administrator --|--|--\Default User That what your looking for? Roger

Not sure you looked ver hard, but here it is... ;show hidden files (1 = ON, 0 = Off) [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "Hidden"=dword:00000002 "HideFileExt"=dword:00000000 Roger