[BM]Crusher

MassStorageDrivers in the $OEM$ folder do not work properly it's never worked to my knowledge, hence everyone adding them through txtsetup.sif or whatever its called... i've never seen this asms error... maybe put a fresh copy of the ASMS folder back into I386

I previously posted about this, but no one replied with an answer... maybe it's been covered elsewhere but I missed it :/ now that I'm using SP2, I can't make svcpack.inf install the SP2 critical updates? I put them in the svcpack.inf but it doesn't install anything

go back to your own winnt.sif from previous installation... take out the raid driver pack... install the raid drivers you need manually what raid drivers do you need? i can help you with the installing of them err.. when you went back to xpsp1 did you copy the disk contents off the CD? if so, check that you don't have an unattend.txt, unattend.tx_ or winnt.si_ file

my memory is bad I can't remember what I had for breakfast this morning... and I ran officeshrink yesterday or the day before hahahha.. I'm fairly positive I had a progress bar (like an office installation progress) and when it was finished I saw the "Office setup completed successfully" although, I did not get the "Shrink finished" message...

oh yeah, I have officeXP installed on this computer too and officeshrink still worked so to speak

I used officeshrink on this PC Here which has had windows running on it for about 6 months at least (definitely not what I would call a fresh installation you should see the 'All Programs' list) It worked so to speak... it shrunk my office2003... the officeshrink process was still running in the background but I just killed it after a while.... I've tested the shrunken office and it installs fine and works too...

i use CDIMAGE.EXE to make my ISO files and it always works... I extracted the MicrosoftCorporation.img from an original WindowsXP CD (using ISOBuster) and use that as my boot image... cdimage -lXPSP2_EN -t08/23/2001,13:00:00 -h -n -m -o -bc:\NEW\cds\winxp\Boot.img c:\XP-SP2RC1 c:\XP_SP2.ISO

this is how I did it (I run office setup off the CDROM, during RunOnceEx) ::: Make it fit onto a Windows CD with ease... Word, Excel and Publisher in 295mb (it fits on my cd with ease... but I am using nLite as well) 1) use the "Custom Installation Wizard" to create your Unattend.MST file (choose options for what programs you want etc etc) 2) copy your entire Office CD Original Source to "C:\Office" 3) place your Unattend.MST file in the same directory 4) Use "OfficeShrink" and point it to C:\Office\Setup.exe and C:\Office\Unattend.MST.... tell it to install to C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\Install\Applications\Office 5) Once it has finished you get the message "Office setup completed successfully" 6) Make your install command = %systemdrive%\install\applications\office\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb- or, make Office install off the CD (saves copying 300mb of office setup files to the hard drive during text mode setup) Same as above, except these steps different: 4) tell it to install to C:\XPCD\Office (instead of in the $OEM$ directory) 6) make your install command = %systemdrive%\install\office.cmd 7) make "office.cmd" and place it in $OEM$\$1\Install office.cmd: @echo off echo. echo Installing Office 2003 Professional echo. echo Please wait . . . echo. for %%i in (C: D: E: F: G: H: I: J: K: L:) do if exist %%i\CD.txt set CDROM=%%i start /wait %cdrom%\office\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb- exit Note: this batch file won't work unless you put a file in your cd root named CD.txt I've tested this a few times now... works...

yes it is... in that case, just remake the image see if it works second time

use nero to burn it.... no emulation... image file... 4 sectors.... it could just be a corrupt image as well... have you got virtual pc 2004? if not download a trial.. use that to test it (you don't have to burn the image to test, just mount it off the hard drive)

for directx9 and media player9, install them through svcpack.inf (using instructions from MSFN unattend guide)... that way they are installed and the computer has rebooted once before it installs any programs.. still, i have never heard of nero not working because directx9 isn't installed... maybe you mean media encoder 9 series? some of nero ultra might require media encoder 9 for adobe reader, use the instructions from MSFN unattend guide to extract the actual MSI out of the setup.exe, it makes for a much easier installation with a less complicated install switch why do you have nero in there 3 times? i only install nero once using this switch: start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\Nero\Nero6316.exe /SILENT /NOREBOOT /SN=INSERT-VALID-CDKEY-HERE /WRITE_SN and everything in nero works as far as i can tell (using it for at least a month now creating cd and dvd works fine) with WinRAR 3.30, the correct install switch is: wrar330.exe -s i've found encrypted admin password doesn't work properly? you should really set something for FileSystem (LeaveAlone or ConvertNTFS) -To just install NIS 2k3 with NAV just use the msi /qn switch. -But to install NIS 2k3 without NAV I found a ghetto way. Basically just remove the NAV msi from the NIS folder and it will just install NAV. Not fully tested but it did work when I tested the ISO, NIS installed without NAV. REG ADD %KEY%\190 /VE /D "Norton Internet Security 2003" /f REG ADD %KEY%\190 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\NIS\NIS\NIS.msi /qn REBOOT=REALLYSUPPRESS" /f for java try j2re-1_4_2_01-windows-i586.exe /s /v"/qn ADDLOCAL=jrecore IEXPLORER=1"

i had an administrative install share of office 2003 and tried to shrink it to no avail... i had to copy the original CD contents to a folder, make an MST file and put in there, then run the shrinker and it worked great (except for it still running in the background) @buckeyeXP - I am pretty sure I had the newest version when I did it too... I'll download it again now anyway

if you disable system file protection, will the directories still come back?

nLite has sufficient options for reducing the size... and you can do it to an already configured unattend cd (i did it to mine) i havent seen LiteXP but I'm guessing you can do that to it as well (nLite does enough doesn't it?)

office 2003 ::: Make it fit onto a Windows CD with ease... Word, Excel and Publisher in 295mb (it fits on my cd with ease... but I am using nLite as well) 1) use the "Custom Installation Wizard" to create your Unattend.MST file (choose options for what programs you want etc etc) 2) copy your entire Office CD Source to "C:\Office" 3) place your Unattend.MST file in the same directory 4) Use "OfficeShrink" and point it to C:\Office\Setup.exe and C:\Office\Unattend.MST.... tell it to install to C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\Install\Applications\Office 5) Once it has finished you get the message "Office setup completed successfully" 6) Make your install command = %systemdrive%\install\applications\office\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb- or, make Office install off the CD (saves copying 300mb of office setup files to the hard drive during text mode setup) Same as above, except these steps different: 4) tell it to install to C:\XPCD\Office (instead of in the $OEM$ directory) 6) make your install command = %systemdrive%\install\office.cmd 7) make "office.cmd" and place it in $OEM$\$1\Install office.cmd: @echo off echo. echo Installing Office 2003 Professional echo. echo Please wait . . . echo. for %%i in (C: D: E: F: G: H: I: J: K: L:) do if exist %%i\CD.txt set CDROM=%%i start /wait %cdrom%\office\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb- exit Note: this batch file won't work unless you put a file in your cd root named CD.txt

it's strange... probably a FIXBOOT would have done the trick... it should have at least attempted to boot the operating system... we've gone from amd to intel and visa versa and windows will always at least attempt to boot (good enough to be able to go into safe mode and uninstall the old drivers)...

so... you didn't use the 'Setup Manager' to create your unattend file? go to "Tools -> Folder Options -> View" untick the box "Hide extensions for known file types" make sure your file isn't called winnt.sif.txt

@alanoll - ok i didn't realise so does that mean no one is going to update it for me? (add the ati driver)

I hope no one is forgetting about whimsy's WPI (post install wizard) which is really good and quite easy to use (even i figured it out)... I have been using WPI for quite a while now and think it's great (as a selection program to choose what programs you want to install) oh... one more question to add onto previous post 4) what are the DLL's that get registered as part of 'anti-spy' feature?

I didn't really want to read all the previous pages (i got through about 4 pages then gave up) I have a few problems/questions: 1) is this designed to be used during setup, or use it to create the batch files to use in an unattend cd? 2) howcome, if i try and choose the list of programs i want installed, i can only choose ONE PROGRAM? if I click on Acrobat Reader for example, and then I click on Nero, it will untick Acrobat Reader (and so on and so forth)??? 3) can you add an 'ATI Catalyst' driver install option? so I don't have to go mucking around with the INI file?

you should always run qchain after installing multiple hotfixes.... i don't think it matters what operating system it is (2K/XP/2K3).... qchain verifies that after reboot (when the hotfixes get applied) that only the latest versions of each file are uses (incase multiple updates do the same file) go to microsoft.com and search for +qchain.exe +download and then check the "this article applies to..." section at the bottom to see what operating systems it is designed for

recovery console won't let you do a 'Repair' installation... it will let you do other things like FIXBOOT, CHKDSK etc etc... you can never have 'Repair' on an unattended installation... do what Alanoll said and make a MULTI-BOOT disc that has a normal not touched windows xp, plus your unattended installation (use the MSFN multi-boot dvd guide to work out how to make a cd that has both installations and still only uses the same amount of space) anyway... I am a computer technician (head technician)... I can't say that your problem is common, we upgrade peoples computers all the time and Windows will still boot (98, ME, 2K, XP all the same)... you just boot it into windows and install the correct drivers... i've done all types of upgrades including going from a P166 up to a P4-3.2 without needing to reinstall windows... if your machine isn't even trying to boot the hard drive (if it freezes at a black screen after BIOS and doesn't give you an error or show you the windows boot menu) something else is wrong

you have to disable "hide known file extensions" otherwise when you save a file as "cleanup.cmd" from notepad it will name it "cleanup.cmd.txt" i believe... I don't think you can disable the creation of the empty directories, just use a delete command: RD /S /Q "%programfiles%\MovieMaker" RD /S /Q "%userprofile%\Start Menu\Print Me Internet Printing" please note you have to have the "" around the folder name you want to delete as the %programfiles% variable has spaces in it's name

the nvidia drivers work fine... but i have yet to get the ati4.6 drivers to work properly unattended (I am using the www.radeon2.ru Slipstream Catalyst 4.6 driver which is supposed to work correctly using the DriversPath method but it doesn't) as athlon dude said, read the unattended guide for drivers... it will definitely work for via, intel, nvidia chipset drivers... it works great for nvidia video cards but not the ati properly... what i do with my cd is have a batch file to copy the latest catalyst installer to the desktop.. so once everything is finished i can choose to delete it or run it (not exactly 'unattended' but it works)

yeah regsnap is great... take a snapshot, then go and change the theme to Silver, then take a second snapshot.. it will make you a registry file