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I use the WINNT.SIF [Components] SystemRestore=off (if this actually works) I install the Media Player 9 and Movie Maker 2 file via svcpack.inf It works perfectly...

something like this @echo offTitle Cleaning up after Installationecho.if exist %systemdrive%\drivers rmdir /s /q %systemdrive%\driversif exist %systemdrive%\install rmdir /s /q %systemdrive%\installif not exist %systemdrive%\sysprep\sysprep.exe rmdir /s /q %systemdrive%\sysprepif exist %systemdrive%\something.cmd del /q %systemdrive%\something.cmddel %0normally everything would be in drivers and install directories, but yours may be different... in my example, if the sysprep folder has files in it, they won't be deleted (only has the files if I have specified sysprep to run, if it isn't going to be run, the empty dir is deleted) the "del %0" at the end, it deletes the actual cleanup.cmd file off the hard drive

Have a look at the MSFN Unattended XP guide on how to slipstream Media Player 9, Movie Maker 2, DirectX 9.0b all through svcpack.inf file You can install Winamp 5.03a using a special MSI installation file, available through the Application Switches forum (just search for Winamp 5.03a and you will find it).... place this into $OEM$\$1\Install\Apps\Winamp and run it via RunOnce commands With your video driver, simply extract the .EXE file and place it in a directory similar to $OEM$\$1\Drivers\NVDisp (this directory should contain nv4_disp.inf) Then, edit your winnt.sif file and add "Drivers\NVDisp" to your Drivers Path (this works for me and I have tested every version driver, including 56.72 and 60.72) All of this information and more is available from: MSFN Unattended XP Guide

[GuiRunOnce] ; command to install PROSetII - uncomment to install PROSetII after push install Command2="c:\drivers\net\Proset.msi /qn" Command2="\\ghost_server\d\install\start.cmd" start it from winnt.sif, do not have the same entries in sysprep.inf otherwise it will re-run them from there too.... why are they both Command2? most people aren't really using GuiRunOnce anymore (rather, use cmdlines.txt), but I remember when I did use it my commands looked like this: [GuiRunOnce] "%systemdrive%\install\apps.cmd" "%systemdrive%\install\cleanup.cmd" make sure you use a cleanup command like ME2U said, because sysprep re-initialises the runonce commands when it is run

i'm going to look into that

you can run any .exe application i guess

running winrar with -s or /s (depending on version) is silent, except for the "settings" screen, where I normally click "cascaded context menus" and un-tick "program group"... is there any way to avoid this screen altogether and still have my favorite boxes ticked?

we need a little more detail, and some CODE copies of your files (how are you executing all of your programs and sysprep) did you use the msfn unattended xp guide? or another? try something i learnt tonight, use MSOOBE instead of sysprep to add user accounts etc..., check this topic Does Sysprep Add Users?

maybe the machine is so slow it just takes a long time try it on a faster computer?

Nice work Tobe, I saw that a few weeks ago but thought it was too tricky... attempting it tonight though (guess i've learnt a little over the few weeks with everyones help)... So, if I make an OOBEINFO.INI can I put that straight into "$OEM$\$$\system32\oobe" then I don't need an oobe.cmd? Will the "," in the Generate.js (see below) java command cause an error? I have my oobe.inf exactly the same as yours, and placed it in "$OEM$\$1\Install" So doing this, I don't even need to run sysprep? oobeinfo.ini [startupOptions]StartUrl=""Registration=1Offline=1ScreenResolutionCheck=0 [branding]OEMName="Bits & Bytes" [Options]MouseTutorial=0JoinDomain=1AdminPw=1IntroOnly=1AreaCode=08DefaultRegion=12TimeZoneValue=245TonePulse=1Use1394AsLan=0 [OEMRegistrationPage]OEMAddRegPage=0PostToOEM=0RegPostURL="" [signup]ISPSignup=NonePart of my Generate.js (WPI) // OOBEif (document.inner.WPI.chkbox021.checked){ tf.WriteLine("REG ADD %KEY%\\020 /VE /D \"Out of Box Experience\" /f"); tf.WriteLine("REG ADD %KEY%\\020 /V 1 /D \"rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 %systemdrive%\\install\\oobe.inf\" /f"); tf.WriteBlankLines(1); }well, that didn't take long (thanks to your help)

you can use "xplode" i think it's called, or autopatcher-xp.... or just install all the updates through svcpack.inf do a search on the forums and you will find heaps of references to what you are seeking

add another runonce command to reboot, at the end of the first runonce before it reboots the first time.. i've seen this topic covered many times before

Chair to Keyboard interface error

your two setups could be "Default" for the desktop and "Complete" for the notebook... or you can modify them by ticking/unticking the boxes

if you are using your cmdlines.txt to install all of your 3rd party applications, you can do the following: cmdlines.txt "progdir.cmd""apps.cmd"progdir.cmd reg /import progdir.regprogdir.reg [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion]"ProgramFilesDir"="d:\\Program Files""CommonFilesDir"="d:\\Program Files\\Common"Place your progdir.cmd and your progdir.reg in the $OEM$ folder (where cmdlines.txt is).... This also assumes you are using a file "apps.cmd" to install your RunOnce commands (modify this line to suit your setup, for example my own cmdlines.txt uses WPI.CMD to load WPI Post Install Wizard).... Using this, all normal Windows applications (like IE, wordpad etc) will install to the default program files directory... then it will modify the registry before your 3rd party programs are installed, therefore they will install to the modified program files directory... This may or may not work

I'm using the following sysprep command: Sysprep.exe -quiet -nosidgen -reboot -mini -reseal -activatedIt works, as far as asking me what my Real Name etc is, but it never asks for a User Account name? Is this because I already have set up a user account using cmdlines.txt (useraccounts.cmd) or is there a setting in the sysprep.inf that I have stuffed up? I want it to create user accounts? Is this possible? The reason I want it to be able to add accounts is: Normally, I would not tick the "SysPrep" box of the WPI install screen and it will set it up with my own settings.. however, if I run my CD on a friends computer, I need to tick the SysPrep box so that I can change the Real Name etc... but it leaves my account name still?

sounds like you have attempted to slipstream the rollup update and haven't copied all the files correctly... Start again with a fresh XP cd copy, then slipstream it to SP1a only... use svcpack.inf to install all the other updates

That sort of batch file would have been super easy, but on this Windows XP machine I'm on now, it doesn't seem to support the "CHOICE" command, so instead, do what I recommend and GET WPI TO WORK (Windows Post Install)... This is what I use... I set the defaults to what I want on my main system, but it's easy to change for whatever system, just tick/untick the boxes.. WPI

hmm.. i just thought of an easier way @echo offreg /import %systemdrive%-drive.reg

my way of doing it might be slightly easier, maybe (for me it is, I know nothing about registry editing)... I have a batch file something like this: @echo offif %systemdrive% == C: goto :c_driveif %systemdrive% == D: goto _drivegoto :error:c_drivereg /import %systemdrive%\install\imports\c-drive.reggoto :end_drivereg /import %systemdrive%\install\imports\d-drive.reggoto :end:errorecho Silly drive letters like %systemdrive% not supported!:endso as you can see, I have a similar need as you do of adding entries to the registry that will obviously not be the same if the drive assignment for %systemdrive% is different.... I just have different copies of the registry files that point to different drive letters like above... I hope this helps a little

i can tell you that pause definitely doesnt work.... i was doing similar to you to see what worked... try one that does this start mshta wpi.htaand you get a CMD window stay on the screen until you close it off, with the Title being "mshta wpi.hta" it just sits there forever

what about winamp 3? winamp 5 doesn't have the "enqueue" playlist feature, and doesnt seem to have crossfading either

I was playing around with sysprep the other night and although it doesn't do exactly what I want it to do, at least I did work out the correct command line syntax: sysprep -quiet -nosidgen -reboot -reseal -mini -activatedThis works, I don't get any messages, it reboots and runs the mini-setup, where I get to type in Name, Organisation, Computer Name and Admin Password... but, it doesn't ask me to type in any user account names? Can I make it ask for user account names too?

.cmd files work, because I made my DetachedProgram = "%systemdrive%\install\wpi.cmd" WPI.CMD: start %systemdrive%\install\wpi\wpi.htaand that executed. At T-39 minute, it brought up an "Open With" dialog box, asking which program I would like to use to execute wpi.hta, but Microsoft Application Host wasn't in the list (and obviously no registry entries to set .hta files as applications).... At first I stuffed around adding the required registry keys to the hive files, but I couldn't get the syntax correct, so then I stuffed around with a batch file that would add the required registry settings, something like this: WPI.CMD @echo offif %systemdrive% == C: goto :c_driveif %systemdrive% == D: goto _drivegoto :error:c_drivereg /import %systemdrive%\install\imports\import-c.reggoto :end_drivereg /import %systemdrive%\install\imports\import-d.reggoto :end:errorecho Must have been too lazy to add more drives. %systemdrive% is not supported.goto :veryend:endstart %systemdrive%\install\wpi\wpi.hta:veryendi dumped mshta.exe and reg.exe in my $$\system32 folder.... for the import-c.reg, import-d.reg etc, I went into regedit and searched for all ".hta", "htafile" and "mshta.exe" references I could find and exported what looked like the correct stuff, I just changed the drive letter for each of the registry files... however, this didn't fix the problem.... in the end it didn't work, but i felt i was getting close... several times the command prompt window would stay up on the screen but the .hta file would not execute...

why would you need to extract the hotfixes anyway? I have every hotfix on my cd and none of them had to be extracted? you don't need to have the Catalog entries unless you are slipstreaming the rollup update, I install all of my hotfixes through the [setupHotfixesToRun] section...