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finally i got it to work, been testing like crazy with different setting and virtual PC take about 1 hr to install but it got it to work. I dont a couple different ways but i think this way work. instead writing a script to detect the number of processor i just tell it to set it to a specific kernel. I know that i use single processor so i just put the line below in my cleanup.cmd file. Also put the singkrnl in the system32 folder in $$ instead outside of it like the guide said. bootcfg /RAW /A /Kernel=singkrnl.exe /ID 1 bootcfg /Timeout 0

not sure about the key, but the boot problem was because i didnt run a modifype.exe, the instructions in the guildes were unclear.

yup, just error once i get to the unattend. but i finally got the boot screen to work. Everything go smoothly now.

dman, i do own a pro copy. war59312, sent u email.

what about modifies files to make unattended install? still the same way for all types cuz i'm trying to get the boot screen to work for couple of days now.

yeah i know that but how come my pro cd ask for corp key? Does the cd matter? i though the cd doesnt matter because the key determine what verions it is (home, pro, or corp)

anyone?

what u mean dont use coporate version?

I did my unattend installation but when it come to the part where it validate the key, it pop up the screen and ask for my key. I enter my win xp pro cd key but it wouldnt take it. I read it carefully and it asking for a volume licensed key. I guess it want the coporate key instead of the pro version key. Where can i set it to look for pro key? thanks.

i followed the guide (http://unattended.msfn.org/advanced/cosmetics/bootscreen.htm) but i cant seem to get it to work. First i create my boot screen with booteditor. In the guide when it said to click the "make" button, it said "The file you just created is really just a zip file that you can upload so others may use your same images. It's saved in your Boot Editor directory under the name you called it, with the extension bootscreen." I went into my booteditor folder and i only see my boot screen dragon.bootscreen and no zip file. is this suppose to happen? Second when i take the ntoskrnl.ex_ from my original sp2 slipsteamed and do an expand -r ntoskrnl.ex_ to extract out to ntoskrnl.exe. Went into my system32 folder and renamed the original ntoskrnl.exe to ntoskrnl.bak. But for some reason windows just create itself a new ntoskrnl.exe. I just pasted the ntoskrnl.exe i extracted and over wrote the window's. Third i do the test thing and put the newboot.exe into $OEM$\$$\ and renamed it singkrnl.exe but shouldnt it goes into $OEM$\$$\System32 since the original ntoskrnl.exe is there????? Fourth, created the batch file and add the line [GUIRunOnce] "%systemdrive%\install\bootscreen.cmd" into my .sif file. Which line in the batch file tell it where to locate the singknrl.exe? Can some one help me out? are there any alternative "member" guide to this? Thanks.

been looking but links are all broken. very sick and tired to deleting the string manually. thanks.

thanks alot. I got one question though, i ran the registry and it did edit it in the option but did not effect until i reboot. is this suppose to happen?

for some reasons when i did my unattened cd everything worked great but then text of an icon have like a solid background and not transparent. I did have a few registries hack in my unattened cd but none of them could have effect the the drop shadows setting. So i just wanted to know if any know the registry hack to make window xp use drop shadows for icon labels on desktop? thanks.

what's the recommended amount of ram? currently i set it at 128 but b4 i set it at ~ 200 and it always froze. My comp have 512 MB or ram. i tried vmware but still froze anyway for some unknown reason. Also i dont have another rig to test it on. Thanks for the suggestion anyway. I just wanted to know what else people are using to test their unattend cd.

Hi all, i know that using virtual PC or vmware i can test out my images to error but i just wondering are you guys using any other methods cuz it take quite a long time for virtual pc to work and just to test through the whole thing. If there are better way can you guys show me? thanks.

i still dont understand? i already read the UI guide but still dont understand much. how do i convert the runonceex syntax to batch file syntax? also what's in cmdlines.txt?

i'm just starting to learning all these unattending installs. I followed the guide and come across the batch files. You guys know all about that. I dont! anyway .... when cmdline.txt is mention it refered to the file .cmd right? Like start.cmd? i'm confused about the terminology. If the cmdline.txt refered to the .cmd file then i want to ask what's the different between cmdline.txt and RunOnceEx.cmd? I looked in the example codes of the two files and see the code to install the same application but different syntax. For example: start.cmd: ECHO. ECHO Installing Flashget 1.4 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\flashget\fgf140.exe /S ECHO. ECHO Registering Flashget 1.4... REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\Applications\flashget\register.reg RunOnceEx.cmd: REG ADD %KEY%\035 /VE /D "Flashget 1.4" /f REG ADD %KEY%\035 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\apps\flashget\fgf140.exe /S" /f REG ADD %KEY%\035 /V 2 /D "REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\apps\flashget\register.reg" /f I see in some of the application switch post, people listed instructions in the "RunOnceEx.cmd" format, how do i convert it to "start.cmd"? I'm very new in all these batch and command line stuffs. Please give me some pointers. Thanks.