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Well, the /f def. didn't work for me. I know because I watched it without the cmdnow running, and it was prompting me every time I ran the script. As for the returns, I didn't put them in - they were automatically put in when I pasted the code in. I will use code tags next time. Thanks. Tim

Well, I've figured it out. When I numbered the reg keys, i.e 001, 010, etc. I stupidly put 030 for two sets. So whichever ran first, either AIM or Tight VNC, would install, and then the script would ask me to overwrite the earlier install. Stupid me. Thanks, I think I am all set until the next problem. Tim

Of course not - the post window just wouldn't let me put it in as I have it.

Thanks guys, I figured out that it was definitely not svcpack.inf by watching it on VirtualPC today - the file runs fine. Here is my RunOnceEx, it flashes briefly, is hidden by cmdnow, and then the whole setup hangs. cmdow @ /HID @echo off SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Applications" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "Adobe Reader 6" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\Applications\AdobeReader6\AR6.msi /qb-!" /f REG ADD %KEY%\010 /VE /D "Spybot Search & Destroy" /f REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\Applications\Spybot\spybotsd13.exe /silent" /f REG ADD %KEY%\020 /VE /D "AIM 5.5" /f REG ADD %KEY%\020 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\Applications\AIM\Install_AIM.exe /s"/f REG ADD %KEY%\030 /VE /D "AVG 6.7" /f REG ADD %KEY%\030 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\Applications\AVG\setup.exe /HIDE /@ avg_net.cfg"/f REG ADD %KEY%\030 /VE /D "TightVNC" /f REG ADD %KEY%\030 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\Applications\TightVNC\setup.exe /silent"/f EXIT

Well, I guess that is what I will do. I did run the hotfixes, one by one, on a fresh SP1 system, and they all worked. So its something else. I will start over tomorrow. No wonder people use RIS and SMS to push out images/updates. Tim

Okay, I confirmed that one of the files, WMP9MM2.exe was missing from my Updates Folder, so I added that. I also deleted the Direct X 9 update, 839643.exe, and now have it running from my hotfixes.cmd file since it needs to be run after DX9. However, Windows still hangs at T-12. I can't for the life of me figure out why - all of the files are there now, and I don't get any error messages at all - it just sits there. Next step would be for me to try to run each update manually and make sure they work, but I'd like to avoid this is possible. Help! Tim

Is SVCPACK.INF case sensitive? Yes, I am running a cmdlines.txt flile, which runs my RunOnceEx.cmd file. Thanks, Tim

My unnattended setup used to work fine, however I have now added updates to svcpack.ini for the first time, and it is not working anymore. It hangs at Registering Components, with 12 minutes left. Its been going for several hours now, and nothing else has happened. I've done everything as explained in the unnattended guide here. Here is a copy of my svcpack.ini - [Version] Signature="$Windows NT$" MajorVersion=5 MinorVersion=1 BuildNumber=2600 [setupData] CatalogSubDir="\i386\Update" [ProductCatalogsToInstall] [setupHotfixesToRun] JS56NEN.exe /Q:A /R:N Q819696.exe /Q /N /Z /O Q823182.exe /Q /N /Z /O Q824105.exe /Q /N /Z /O Q824141.exe /Q /N /Z /O Q825119.exe /Q /N /Z /O Q826939.exe /Q /N /Z /O Q828035.exe /Q /N /Z /O Q828741.exe /Q /N /Z /O Q831167.exe /Q:A /R:N Q832894.exe /Q:A /R:N Q835732.exe /Q /N /Z /O Q837001.exe /Q /N /Z /O Q837009.exe /Q:A /R:N Q839643.exe /Q /N /Z /O Q840374.exe /Q /N /Z /O WMP9MM2.exe Q828026.exe /Q /N /Z /O qchain.exe DX9NTopk.exe Thanks for all your help! Tim