[BM]Crusher

I've built quite a number of AMD-64 machines and I am very, very impressed. I think the best things about the AMD-64 architecture are: 1] They're a lot cheaper than the comparitive speed Pentium IV 2] They're extremely fast at running 32bit code as well as being future proof for 64 bit code (obviously) 3] The mainboards are cheaper than the comparitively spec'd Intel mainboards 4] They finally sorted out their thermal issues 5] Just like a P4, you cannot break it easily as it has a heat spreader (finally) I think it is bad they have already moved from Socket754 to Socket939 in such a short time period... But, I would highly recommend purchasing an AMD-64 over a PentiumIV for a gaming computer........ however, we still recommend PentiumIV's for business computers, based on their reliability under adverse conditions (heat + no maintenance)

usually install will pause at this stage and ask you what folder you want to extract files to, because: you have not extracted qchain.exe properly.... you are running the self-extracting download from microsoft.... before you make next copy of your cd, run qchain yourself, it will ask you where to extract, put it somewhere, then overwrite the qchain.exe you have on your cd (you just ran it) with the new one (you know what i mean?) i've never seen it pause to ask an extraction question apart from qchain... are you running any service packs? (through svcpack.inf)?

how are you creating the account? no good putting it in oobeinfo.ini that is only for windows welcome you have to run a batch file that adds the user account, then you can add the autologon.reg and it will autologon... something like @echo off net user "SuperXP" password /add net localgroup Administrators "SuperXP" /add REGEDIT /S autologon.reg you might want to add the password never expires option though you should try and keep the FullName, ComputerName and UserName different though or you might run into problems

it shouldn't be the nero installation doing it... i silent install the same version as that and it works i tested it the other day on an old computer here at the shop

oh... is this what you mean by testing runonceex? is there any way to run the runonceex list without rebooting windows?

Hotfixes for Service Pack 1 thread - tells you all the hotfixes you need and none that you don't

for the log file, just use command line redirection... for example: @echo off echo This is the start of my log file >%systemdrive%\install.log echo Installing Nero echo Installing Nero >>%systemdrive%\install.log start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Nero\Nero6.exe /SILENT >>%systemdrive%\install.log echo Nero install finished >>%systemdrive%\install.log echo Nero should be finished now, press any key to continue pause >nul echo Registering Nero >>%systemdrive%\install.log echo Registering Nero regedit /s %systemdrive%\install\Nero\nero.reg >>%systemdrive%\install.log echo Nero Registration finished, press any key to continute echo Nero registration completed >>%systemdrive%\install.log pause >nul echo Copying shortcuts echo Copying shortcuts >>%systemdrive%\install.log copy %systemdrive%\install\stuff\links\*.lnk "%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs" >>%systemdrive%\install.log echo shortcuts copied >>%systemdrive%\install.log echo shortcuts copied, press any key to continute pause >nul As you can see, to create a log file, you just redirect the output to the file. If you want to create a new log file (or overwrite an existing log file), make the first redirection use a single > If you want to append an existing log file, make the redirection use double >> If you want to hide output altogether (like hiding the pause message) you can redirect to >nul @gosh - i'm looking on your site now I cannot find the "how to test runonceex" in fact i cannot find anything at all to do with runonceex and i've been looking for a few minutes now

don't forget if you're making you own .theme file and basing it off the Luna.theme file, you have to delete the lines referring to MUI.. like Wallpaper.MUI=@themeui.dll,-2036 or the wallpaper you specify will not be applied (the themeui.dll,-2036 specifies the Bliss background no matter what you specify as your image) Of course, if you are using a different theme (or a premade theme), don't worry about it and forget i even posted it

For Daemon Tools and Acrobat Reader, use the MSI installation method instead it's much better... (MSFN have instructions in the Application Switches thread I think) Don't use spaces at all.... they are just confusing Convert to a RunOnceEx installation method, it's cleaner.... instead of running your batch file through GuiRunOnce, execute it from cmdlines.txt instead (it will run at T-13) For the RunOnceEx method, the actual numbers don't really mean anything... as long as they are in order (mine goes from 001 to 005 to 010) I leave a bit of a gap in between numbers in case I want to add something near the start of the list later (i could put it in as number 2 or 3 for example) Make your batch file look similar to this one:

no reply for Zoster?? i'm interested if your batch is being executed too..

perhaps it won't delete some of the folders because files are in use? (like the program files folders for example) this is what I do and it works: @echo off Title Deleting crappy shortcuts ECHO Deleting start menu shortcuts... RD /S /Q "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\PrintMe Internet Printing" DEL "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Windows Update.lnk" DEL "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Set Program Access and Defaults.lnk" DEL "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Windows Catalog.lnk" DEL "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Windows Movie Maker.lnk" DEL "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Adobe Reader 6.0.lnk" DEL "%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Windows Media Player.lnk" DEL "%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Remote Assistance.lnk" ECHO Deleting desktop shortcuts... DEL "%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\Adobe Reader 6.0.lnk" DEL "%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\CloneCD.lnk" DEL "%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\PowerDVD.lnk" DEL "%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\ISOBuster.lnk" DEL "%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\Nero StartSmart.lnk" DEL "%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\DAEMON Tools.lnk" DEL "%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\BSplayer.lnk" DEL "%UserProfile%\Desktop\Ad-Aware 6.0.lnk" DEL "%UserProfile%\Desktop\CDex.lnk" DEL "%UserProfile%\Desktop\Winamp.lnk" Note how some of mine aren't in %AllUsersProfile%? Maybe your stuff is in the %UserProfile% directory too?

if only it was that easy this forum probably wouldn't even exist... and i probably wouldn't have as many grey hairs either you could use AutoIT to generate installation scripts for ANY program you want to install... but not for windows installation you still need to do an unattended install still, it is much easier just to find the actual silent installation switches for your programs, rather than having to create a whole stash of scripts... what programs do you install?

Please... if you need any more informatoin about the differences, try downloading the XP SP1 Deployment Tools and reading the deploy.chm here is an excerpt:

winnt.sif is the answer file for WINDOWS SETUP... sysprep.inf is the answer file for MINI SETUP / WINDOWS WELCOME you cannot have an unattended windows setup without winnt.sif just as you cannot have an unattended or partially unattended mini setup / windows welcome without sysprep.inf you always have to have winnt.sif to have unattended installation... you dont have to use sysprep if you don't want to... and yes, you are correct, most of the settings are the same for winnt.sif and sysprep.inf basically, most people won't need to use sysprep...

same as always... you extract the xpSP2.exe file to a folder, then inside that folder you will find I386\Update\Update.exe run that with the following switch: Update.exe -S:C:\Share (where C:\Share is the directory containing your CD source) or just use nLite to slipstream it

@raverod - what does it matter? you can slipstream sp2 over the top of sp1 it makes no difference i slipstreamed my disk to sp1 6 months ago... last month i slipstreamed sp2 rc1 into the same disk... this month i slipstreamed sp2 rc2 into the same disk... it works perfectly... what logic dictates that you cannot slipstream sp2 into an sp1 cd? what about all those people that have actual SP1 or SP1a windows cds? does that mean they can never slipstream sp2 because they don't have a super old cd? that just doesn't make any sense

Your reg is not enough... you forgot the most important part (the first line here) plus you forgot to add the App Path

@big poppa - yesh, alanoll already enlightened us with that thread

then you had it correct already i forgive you but seriously, I have not found that tweak to make a licking difference... i've been using that tweak since 2K came out, but through benchmarking different applications (like sysmark and content creation winstone etc...) i have found it to make zero difference...

i think he means that you did not specify which build number of RC2 you are using (the most common is 2149 i think)

@rustycaps: you shouldn't have to use that registry tweak to get alcohol installed correctly... it would only connect to the internet if local driver database doesn't contain any matching PnP ID's corresponding to the hardware being installed...

sysprep is only used if you run sysprep.... you usually run sysprep after installation is finished... so you need both winnt.sif and sysprep.inf if you want to use sysprep.. only use sysprep if you want to use the same CD on multiple computers easily sysprep just runs the 'windows welcome' or 'mini setup' after installation is finished

surely you can do that yourself? by the way, check your setting for "SecondLevelDataCache"=dword:200 it depends what processor you have... the "200" setting equals 512k processor cache (as in P4C processors) if you have an Athlon XP it has to be set to "100" for 256k cache or if you have an Athlon64 with 1MB cache set it to "400"... but it doesn't make any difference anyway

there should be no difference installing apps on SP2 compared to SP1... all of my apps install on SP1, SP1a, SP2 RC1, SP2 RC2... however i have read in a previous post in the Application Switches forum that Alcohol120% will not install correctly in silent mode if you do not have the DriverSignPolicy=Ignore set in your winnt.sif maybe that might help you i'm not sure... Maybe I shouldn't post either? Still, XtremeMAC was using SP2 and installing the same apps as you are without problem so I thought his post was fully justified... Perhaps for Alcohol do what XtremeMAC says and use the MSI installer, not the EXE installer?

those files are supposed to be there... i used nLite to slipstream RC1 and then later on RC2 onto my personal unattend CD and I have not had a single problem with either RC1 or RC2 they are great!