Magellan456

Thanks, i'll see what i can do with this.

I didn't think about this one Bobby100. That's a good idead! Like you said, to registry snapshot wouldn't work with all applications... but there's a way to work that around, i'm sure. Lets say that it's possible to use a variable like %cdrom% for the installed path in the reg key instead of a Hard Drive letter, i could modify the registry to look for %cdrom% instead of the default installation path. The question is : Is it possible to put a variable in the registry that could always point to the cdrom i'm using ? And another way could be that i create a windows architecture on my CD-Rom with it's own registry. I know that the process could be very difficult because i don't want the installed programs to think that my CD is in fact the OS i'm working on. You get it ? If, let's say, i try to do a registry cleanup with Reghealer installed on my cd, hmm... i'm not sure how good would be the results if i reference the CD registry to the cd-rom architecture (%cdrom%/windows/system32) for exemple. I think the there wouldn't be any problem to use antivirus or antispywares as you can select the drives to scan. Besides that, i think that it would take a lot of time to modify the registry correctly... but maybe... maybe that's possible Any ideas ?

Thank you, i already know about those. I probably didn't ask my question well enough because the answers you gave me are not the one i'm looking for. I'll try to explain a little more clearly what i'm looking for. I made a tech cd with all the utilities i use to diagnose/clean/repair computers. This is a normal cd ,made with Autoplay Media Studio that boots in windows. From the menu i made, i can install antivirus, anti-spywares, etc... like normal applications. I sometimes had problems installing some applications because the system was too corrupted. There's my need. I'd like to create a cd-rom with an autorun.inf that could boot into windows. Don't misunderstand, i don't need a bootable cd to SEE windows, like bart's PE or some Live Linux cd. I already have these. Do you follow my point ? Instead of installing Kaspersky antivirus on the user's computer, i would have it installed on a cd-rom. Somehow, it would be like running windows from a cd, on windows. I hope it's more clear now.. I know that this request can be misunderstand easily, but i'm not looking after the easy answer (WinPE, Bart's PE, Knopix). I didn't read any thread about such cd or never heard anything similar. Have you any idea ?

Hello, I was wondering if it was possible to create a CD with installed programs on it. I'll explain. I'd like to have a CD that could boot into Windows but inside it, there would be installed programs like antivirus, antispywares, cleaner... etc. I don't want them to be installed on the computer but only usable from my CD. I imagine a CD with a windows architecture. Is that possible ? and does any of you knows where i could get information about how to do so ? Thank you, Magellan456

I never thought about a sfx file... That's a good idea. Does the program get registered with your regkeys ? Or you have to enter a serial after the installation ?

It took me around 5 hours, but i finally did it ! I went onto Remote Adminstrator site and found that there was information about silently installing this program in the help file that comes with the program. Yeah, it looks alike the thread you gave me, but only one dll is required. The difference i did was two searches inside Regedit for first: remote administrator and then for: radmin I exported as much as i could the keys that were really pointing to this program. Then, i used Setup Factory 6 to build up an autoinstalltion. This insallation is completly silent and integers a working serial. I can't really tell you more since i used a Setup Factory 6 to work this issue around. The only help i can give you is to really deep-search your registry for references files. That's what's is going to make a difference for a registered program or an unregistered one. Add your keys to your installation and Test it. Good luck! ant thanks for your help.

Hi, i've found the forum for installing remote administrator 2.2, but i didn't find anything. Any help ? Thanks

Thanks AaronXP. Now my cd works like a charm. Cheers, Magellan456

Could you be more specficic Aaronxp ? What do you mean by launch a batch file from RunOnceEx containing the xcopy commands ? Would i have to create a .cmd file containing the xcopy command about winzip and put it in the $oem$ folder afterward ? And if so, do i add a line at the end in my runonceex.cmd pointing to this .cmd file ? You're also suggesting me to Otherwise add a cmd.exe /c before the xcopy command. What does the /c stands for ? Thank you, you're really nice to help me through this one pal, Magellan456

Hi. Good news, my cd works now. But, since i'm here, i'd like to know something. My Winzip is not installing during my setup. I knew this one would be though because it uses " a lot. Maybe you could help me with that. When i was using [GuiRunOnce] with hotfixes.cmd i had this for winzip: Echo Installation de Winzip 9.0 xcopy %systemdrive%\winapps\winzip\*.* "%systemdrive%\Program Files\WinZip\" /I "%systemdrive%\Program Files\WinZip\winzip32.exe" /cleaninstall Echo. As you can see, it uses a lot of " and the problem comes when i put \ in RunOnceEx to uses " commands. Here's my RunOnceEx.cmd using winzip: REG ADD %KEY%\130 /VE /D "Installation de Winzip 9.0" /f REG ADD %KEY%\130 /V 1 /D "xcopy %systemdrive%\winapps\winzip\*.* \"%systemdrive%\Program Files\WinZip\ \" /I \"%systemdrive%\Program Files\WinZip\winzip32.exe\" /cleaninstall" /f I put a \ separated by a space by choice in the line (...)systemdrive%\Program Files\WinZip\ \" /I \"%systemdrive%\Program(...) Maybe that's the problem... Another thing i'd like to know, if you don't mind, is how can i create a menu at the end of the installation asking the user wich applications he'd like to install, such as Norton Antivirus, Spysweeper, Winrar...etc. I've seen menu like this in some threads but i didn't find how to do it. Thanks a lot for your support! Magellan456

Ok. Hi, here's the winnt.sif, RunOnceEx.cmd and cmdlines.txt Winnt.sif ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" [unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS Repartition=No UnattendSwitch="yes" WaitForReboot="No" [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=* EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=35 OemSkipWelcome=1 [userData] ProductKey=removed FullName="Usager" OrgName="" ComputerName=Utilisateur [TapiLocation] CountryCode=107 AreaCode=819 [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 Language=00000c0c [identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes [Components] msmsgs=off RunOnceEx.cmd : cmdow @ /HID @echo off SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installation des applications" /f REG ADD %KEY%\001 /VE /D "Preparation de l'installation..." /f REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\prepare.cmd" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "Pack Reseau Avance" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\Q817778.EXE /Q /O /N /Z" /f REG ADD %KEY%\010 /VE /D "Mise a Jour de Securite pour Ms Data Access Components" /f REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\Q823718.exe /T:%systemdrive%\install\tmp /C:\"%systemdrive%\install\tmp\dahotfix.exe /q /n\" /Q" /f REG ADD %KEY%\015 /VE /D "Installation de Microsoft Windows Media Player 9" /f REG ADD %KEY%\015 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\MP.exe /Q:A /R:N" /f REG ADD %KEY%\020 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\q828026.exe /Q /O /N /Z" /f REG ADD %KEY%\025 /VE /D "Installation de .NET Framework v1.1" /f REG ADD %KEY%\025 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\frameworks\netfx.msi /qb" /f REG ADD %KEY%\030 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\frameworks\lpack\langpack.msi /qb" /f REG ADD %KEY%\035 /VE /D "Installation des mises a jour systeme" /f REG ADD %KEY%\040 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\Q322011.EXE /Q /O /N /Z" /f REG ADD %KEY%\045 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\Q327979.EXE /Q /O /N /Z" /f REG ADD %KEY%\050 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\Q330994.exe /Q:A /R:N" /f REG ADD %KEY%\055 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\Q810243.exe /Q /O /N /Z" /f REG ADD %KEY%\060 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\814078.EXE /Q:A /R:N" /f REG ADD %KEY%\065 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\Q817787.exe /Q:A /R:N" /f REG ADD %KEY%\070 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\Q819696.exe /Q /O /N /Z" /f REG ADD %KEY%\075 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\q820223.exe /Q:A /R:N" /f REG ADD %KEY%\080 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\Q821253.exe /Q /O /N /Z" /f REG ADD %KEY%\085 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\Q822603.exe /Q /O /N /Z" /f REG ADD %KEY%\090 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\Q824146.exe /Q /O /N /Z" /f REG ADD %KEY%\095 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\Q826939.EXE /Q /O /N /Z" /f REG ADD %KEY%\100 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\Q826942.EXE /Q /O /N /Z" /f REG ADD %KEY%\105 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\Q832483.EXE /T:%systemdrive%\install\tmp2 /C:\"%systemdrive%\install\tmp2\dahotfix.exe /q /n\" /Q" /f REG ADD %KEY%\110 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\B833998.EXE /Q /O /N /Z" /f REG ADD %KEY%\115 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\hu10021.exe /Q:A /R:N" /f REG ADD %KEY%\120 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\setup53.EXE /Q:A /R:N" /f REG ADD %KEY%\125 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\wm9code.EXE /Q:A /R:N" /f REG ADD %KEY%\130 /VE /D "Installation de Winzip 9.0" /f REG ADD %KEY%\130 /V 1 /D "xcopy %systemdrive%\winapps\winzip\*.* \"%systemdrive%\Program Files\WinZip\ \" /I \"%systemdrive%\Program Files\WinZip\winzip32.exe\" /cleaninstall" /f REG ADD %KEY%\135 /VE /D "Installation Adobe Reader 6.01 FR" /f REG ADD %KEY%\135 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\WINAPPS\adobe\Adobe.exe -p"-s /v\"/qn\"" /f REG ADD %KEY%\140 /VE /D "Installation de Kazaa Lite 2.4.3" /f REG ADD %KEY%\140 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\WINAPPS\KLite\klite.exe /silent" /f REG ADD %KEY%\145 /VE /D "Installation de Ad-Aware 6" /f REG ADD %KEY%\145 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\WINAPPS\aware\aaw6.exe /s" /f REG ADD %KEY%\150 /VE /D "Installation du Msn Messenger 6.1" /f REG ADD %KEY%\150 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\WINAPPS\msnmess\MsnMsgs.msi /QB" /f REG ADD %KEY%\155 /VE /D "Installation de la barre d'outils Google" /f REG ADD %KEY%\155 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\WINAPPS\google\google.exe" /f REG ADD %KEY%\160 /VE /D "Application des optimisations de la base de registre..." /f REG ADD %KEY%\160 /V 1 /D "REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\tweaks.reg" /f REG ADD %KEY%\165 /VE /D "Nettoyage et Redemarrage" /f REG ADD %KEY%\165 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\cleanup.cmd" /f EXIT cmdlines.txt: [COMMANDS] "RunOnceEx.cmd" There's all the files i'm using. Thank you Magellan456

Hi, Thanks for the Informat AaronXp. Unfortunatly i just finished trying my cd and the RunOnceEx command didn't lunch. I'm now trying to figure out why. Maybe you can help me. I've put the files: cmdlines.txt and RunOnceEx.cmd in the $OEM$ forlder. My cleanup.cmd and prepare.cmd files are in the $OEM$\$1\Install Folder. I have mofified my winnt.sif and removed the [GuiRunOnce] section as proposed above. There's maybe a problem with my svcpack.inf. I'm using it to put some hotfixes during installation... maybe i need to add something to it. Note that the hotfixes in my svc pack where sucsessfully installed during my installation. I don't really know what went wrong. Any help is welcome! Thank you, Magellan456

Thanks, that's what i thought but i wasn't quite sure. I went through the XP guide, but it wasn't clear enough though. Thanks to you, i know now ! Goodbye, Magellan456

Hi, i've read threads about the RunOnceEx.cmd but i'm not figuring out how to put it in winnt.sif. I was using a batch file wich i called %systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\hotfixes.cmd in the [GuiRunOnce] section before but then, i've read that you could replace the GuiRunOnce section by RunOnceEx to have a graphical view of what is installing on your computer. I'd like to know how to add the RunOneEx in winnt.sif. Do i have to delete the GuiRunOnce section and replace it with RunOneEx ? If so, do i have to call a file such as RunOnceEx.cmd somewhere ? Thanks for your support, Magellan456

Hi Chris, Make sure the path of your loader and the name is the right one. If you're trying to test Erd2003 by itself(without the xp integrated) the correct file is not loader.bin but bootsect.bin. If your using CDShell for your boot menu, the boot sector file is in the Boot directory. Otherwise, if eveything above doesn't work, you should look inside your loader.bin with an hex editor to see if it points to the correct dir or file. Good Luck, Magellan456

Thanks all for your answer. I'll try that this weekend! Byebye Magellan456

oh i c! I already got this one! lol Well, thank you for sorting things out. Magellan456

Just curious... Where can i find this ultimate XP CD guide ? Thank you, Magellan456

Hi, I hope i'm posting in the right section. I've made an unattended version of XP Pro and i added Ghost 8 in the boot menu. Yesterday, i tried to do the same thing with Partition Expert but i found that it was a little bit more complicated. I've read threads on this forum about it, and it seems that the only program that allows it to boot from dos is BDCW. I'd like to integrate in with CDShell if possible. My script is almost done and i don't really feel like creating a new one with a new menu program. It's been hard enough already. Thank you, Magellan456

Hello Chris. Have you tried with winrar ? You should give it a go if not, just to see. The switches i use with cdimage are: -h -j1 -b -o -m Later, Magellan456

By the way, i haven't tried this with VMware... i used MS Virtual Pc 2004. MAgellan456

Ok Chriss Lee, Here's what i can remember of what i did First of, when i realised the my erd2003 wasn't working of my xpcd, i tried to isolate the problem by trying to make an iso of erd2003 and see if that would work or not. So i opened erd2003.iso (the original one created by Winternal's admin pack4.1) and tried to extract it with WinIso in new folder. I then tried to made an iso from this new folder by using cdimage while looking at the entire creation process. I use the -j1 switch and put everything else as we usualy do (except the -0 option to make sure everything would be the same as the original iso... just in case !) I used the original boot file that comes with the iso wich is called bootsect.bin . That way, i would have an identical image of Erd2003... That's what i tought though! .....Time passed.... sun goes up, sun goes down.... (I won't tell you how many things i've tried to resolve this problem, cause i'm sure i will run out of space!) Finally, after eliminting all the possible causes for that bug, i was at a point where i was thinking that it could be the cdimage.exe that wasn't set correctly... But, i came across a thread on this forum (i think) that was talking about WinIso and problems occuring with it with Large files (3 gb... or more) I didn't go through all the thread but it rang a bell. What if ? So, i contacted Gosh and told him about my problem and here's what he told me: "I've used different versions of erd commander 2003 in the past and never had any problems. I have seen that winbom error, but ive never seen the registry error. The winbom error is probably harmless. NTLDR loads the registry so it can load the current control set and start type 0 and 1 services (boot and system). An example of a boot service is fastfat.sys and ntfs.sys. If these drivers weren't loaded early in the boot process, you couldn't access the hard drive, and obviously couldn't load the registry. Therefore, im thinking setupldr.bin (which is ntldr just renamed) is hexed wrong or something is wrong with it. Only use cdimage. Don't use anything like winiso. Also don't run erd commander from the hard drive, since the registry might be written to. If you have to, make sure everything is read only." Finally, i extracted the files with Winrar and everything was ok! I hope it helped you a bit, Bye, Magellan456

YES !!! I finally made Erd2003 works fine ! The bottom line is : DO NOT USE WINISO at all!!!! I think that, somehow, it doesn't do the job correctly. I've been noticing that when i open an iso image from it, it puts everything in capital letters and i think that HEX values needs to be case sensitive to work correctly... so it may be the problem... But then again, i'm not quite sure of this supposition. Anyhow, now the program works fine and after 2 longs days, i won't forget not to use Winiso i think! Farewell Everyone, Magellan456 By the way, i used Winrar for the extraction of the iso image of Erd2003... i thought you might like to know it!

I'm starting to lose faith... I've made so many test and i'm still stuck wiith the same errors. Finally, the boot file is not the problem... I mostly think that it has to do with the compilation. I'm using cdimage.exe (gui) beta to compile my iso, but i'm sure there's something i'm doing wrong with it. I'm looking for the long file name option. I know i must use the nt switch too. Nevertheless, i found that the problem wasn't the hex modications nor the bin files. I'm desperate...

Hi, I finally think i found the problem. I first tought it was a problem coming from MS Virtual Pc... but i ran the original ISO of ERD Commander 2003 with it and it worked fine. Then, i thought it could be the cdimage program... but again, it was not it. I finally extracted the original ISO of ERD Commander 2003 and made a bran new one with the files extracted with WinIso. There's the problem!!! Like MS OS, i think that ERD 2003 uses a boot files that's hidden from our sight and somehow, we have to find what it is to make ERD 2003 work. I need your help for that one, since i don't really think that i could create one from a simple boot disk... But, i'm going to search on Barts's Site.... I know his good for those. I hope it helped! Magellan456 I'll get back to you if i find a final answer to that annoying problem. Between, i anyone knows how to extract an hidden boot file, let me know please... it could be really usefull! Thanks