[BM]Crusher

that update won't install if you are running it via a limited account... you have to be part of the administrators group to install it... also, I don't think it will install if you don't already have service pack 1 installed but as long as you slipstreamed the service pack onto your cd, it should work fine (i run the same patch through my svcpack.inf and it works) howcome you guys have so many updates installing? I only have 20 items in my list all up (including Qchain, DirectX9.0b and MP9) and that is every single critical update that there is

you can replace most of your $OEM$ structure with a self-extracting archive if you make a self-extracting SFX RAR archive (or zip if you prefer) and run that as the DetachedProgram it will do what you want! obviously, OEMPreinstall=YES must be set or it won't even bother looking at your OEMPnPDriversPath Compress your entire DRIVERS directory and Place your SFX archive into $OEM$\$1 winnt.sif [unattended]OEMPreinstall=YESOEMPnPDriversPath="Drivers\001Mon;Drivers\002Mon;etc"DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore [GuiUnattended]DetachedProgram="%systemdrive%\SFX.exe"Arguments="extract %systemdrive%"I don't know the command switches to extract an SFX archive to a directory, so just replace the ARGUMENTS line with the correct switch(s)... This will run the self-extracting archive while GUI mode setup is active before it searches for drivers...

in your winnt.sif, if you put it in the OemPnPDriversPath section and add the DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore entry, windows will automatically select the best driver (out of the original, and the one you provide) OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\Adaptec"DriverSigningPolicy=Ignorethe "Drivers\Adaptec" folder is stored under $OEM$\$1 the only problem is, this will only work with UnattendedInstall=YES, otherwise it will ignore the drivers path and won't find your updated driver

/QN

i found a use for it! i'm using it already now i'm using it to update all my iso files and create a whole bunch of new images, all with $OEM$ folders, SvcPack folders etc... /me thanks himself I'm interested, the Product Key feature, does that actually work? does it modify the winnt.sif ?

I have a copy of this file hosted HERE as well Wow whimsy you have been busy! Does this mean, I can have one directory structure with all my tricked up modified files, then be able to make customised ISO images with ease? I didn't understand the description (it's too early) so I guess I'll just have a look and see.. You say it's hard to understand? Harder to understand than the WPI scripts? I hope not If I like this, I'll be sure to thank myself

I think his original quetion meant: I get a progress window appear, but how do I make a seperate progress window appear for the hotfixes? I mean, I can't imagine if my hotfixes and EVERYTHING were on the one progress list, it would scroll off the screen by a long shot even at 1280x1024... can you get more than one progress list to appear on the screen? just install the hotfixes through svcpack.inf, I mean, that's what it is there for (who cares if it takes an extra minute or two, this is supposed to be an unattended installation anyway you just go and have a smoke)

wow that's sweeeet Alanoll ! That will finally fix my boot screen issues hooray Now i can add that option back onto my WPI page... I couldn't work out a way to tell if the computer was MP or SP but now you have given me this lovely chunk of code which I am going to rape and pilledge until it is unrecognisable!

I'd suggest changing [GuiUnattended] TimeZone plus, everything under [RegionalSettings]

Download the REF.CHM file which will explain the settings for winnt.sif (unattend.txt) to change to make your language and keyboard settings what you need

oh well... if someone works out how to change it, be sure to post here (or a new topic if this one is history) i'd guess it wasn't in the registry, more of a dll thingy...

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]"DAEMON Tools-1033"="\"C:\\Program Files\\D-Tools\\daemon.exe\" -lang 1033""AnyDVD"="C:\\Program Files\\SlySoft\\AnyDVD\\AnyDVD.exe" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents\IMAIL]"Installed"="1" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents\MAPI]"Installed"="1""NoChange"="1" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\OptionalComponents\MSFS]"Installed"="1"I just messed with it then... this is my edited registry file (I deleted about 5 things from the startup list, but made sure it still loads daemon tools and anydvd) Tested and works perfectly... just do a fresh install, export the RUN key, then edit the file to look a bit like mine (just change the startup items obviously, leave the other stuff in there)

i have no idea how to do this the easy way i'm sure you can make a registry file to delete specific values from the RUN key... but I don't know how to do that.. I'd just delete the whole key and replace it! if you did a fresh install with vmware or something, then export the RUN key of the registry to a .reg file... edit the registry file so you can delete the s*** you don't want to run... then during RunOnce program install, have a registry file that deletes the whole RUN key and replaces it with your modified one

fair enuff

even if you had specified an admin password, even if it is an * you should still be able to auto login with the account you created i have admin password set, use the same method as you to create my autologin user account and it works fine.. only difference i can see is that i set a password for my auto login account

if the error specifically states textsetup.sifas the file that it cannot copy, that is actually the wrong file name (should be txtsetup.sif) if it really is telling you "textsetup.sif" is missing, check your dosnet.inf or similar and make sure there are no extra settings for a "textsetup.sif" to be copied...

jrzycrim, you could just put it in the $OEM$\$1\Documents and Settings\Sam\Favorites folder ($1 defaults to the drive windows is installed to) but, I agree with killerbee... a self extracting (silently) rar or zip archive that extracts to the %userprofile%\Favorites folder would do the trick the best... just make sure that you run the self extractor after the first boot through RunOnce (so it logs in with the user name) or it will put it in the Administrator folder (if run from cmdlines.txt)

i believe the instructions from the MSFN Unattended XP guide tell you to run the MDAC hotfix from it's own batch file... I don't know why... Q832483.EXE /C:"dahotfix.exe /q /n" /qthat is what I have in my MDAC.CMD I don't konw why yours is not patching correctly, looking at the logs it seems the updater thinks the data access components aren't installed on your computer.. xp home or pro?

I think you should let us have it

I deleted that key out of the registry and it still asks me to confirm changing the extension.. do i have to reboot for the changes to take effect?

brilliant! that prompt is annoying gosh is the man! HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/Advanced/Folder/SuperHidden/WarningIfNotDefault

yeah most of the links are bad, i've already downloaded the three or so from there that the links actually worked i can host this sort of stuff so the links never go bad that would be nice also, i've done some searching but couldn't find any downloadable message in a bottle files (msgina.dll) i found some links but they were bad too * I'm not very artistic i could make them myself but they would look crap

maybe 'cd creator image recorder' doesn't create the boot sector for the ISO properly? it should be no emulation, 4 sectors and the Load Segments should be 07C0 use cdimage.exe from microsoft

is there somewhere to find some pre-modded winntbbu.dll files? I can host them on my web server if anyone is worried about bandwidth or space issues (unlimited space, unlimited bandwidth) if you wan't your setup screen hosted, Private Message me with a valid download link for it, then I can upload it

in Nero, when you use the microsoft image, you select: no emulation 4 sectors and it boots... I guess it would be the same for the win98 one? Although, why not use CDSHELL I am positive it gives you a "Boot from first hard drive" option... plus it's a lot easier to add items to the menu and have it load image files (like norton ghost, partition magic or whatever you need)