[inf file generation software]

Some reg to inf conversion software in this list:

http://www.bootcd.uni.cc/BartPE_Plugins_Utility.php

[preparing a slim xp cd with a win98 puter]

I have prepared a set of batch files you can run on windows 98 that will

prepare a slimmed down version of windows xp if you have a winxp sp1.

You can download here:

http://home.earthlink.net/~storageplace/jdeboeck98.zip

I ran it fine, but without removing internet explorer, remote desktop

connection, and shell images. The zip includes removing these. Let me

know if any bugs, though ofcourse there shouldn't be.

<quote from the included readme.txt>

For more info, go to http://jdeboeck.msfnhosting.com "Windows XP SP1 in

185MB"

OVERVIEW:

- Files and folders should be placed at the root of the windows xp

installation files (where i386 is an immediate subfolder).

- Prep.bat copies winxp from cd drive g:\. If this is not where your

winxp cd is, then edit prep.bat to reflect this. If you already have

your winxp files on your hard drive, skip prep.bat and start

jdeboeck.bat, which will automatically apply all of the batches

sequentially. If you do not want all the batches applied, edit

jdeboeck.bat (remark out lines "rem ...").

- If your system complains about expand, findstr, or makecab, use the

ones supplied in "jdeboeck\98ish coms\". Copy these to your

"windows\command\" folder. You may want to back up your originals, if

they exist.

- When I changed JDEBoeck's original batches, I remarked out the

original lines as "rem orig ...". Files changed have a "98" in the

filename, except for r-msnexplorer.bat, which I think has an error I

fixed.

IMPORTANT:

- Since prep.bat will delete everything, before anything I copy the

following files to my i386mini folder:

dosnet.inf

runonceex.inf

txtsetup.sif

winnt.sif

- I have found the need to delete the unattend.txt that comes with winxp

cd. Prep.bat does this.

- I had problems with similar file names, like accessories and

accessibility, so I accessibility reads as cessibility.

MISC:

- xpboot.bin is the cd boot image file for the winxp cd. xpcd.nrb is

for Nero cd burning software. Double click on this, drag your xpcd

files and you are ready to burn (assuming xpboot.bin is located in

d:\xpcd\setup\)

- Shortcuts in setup folder point to d:\xpcd\i386\

runonceex.inf shortcut is in case you are using help from

http://gosh.msfnhosting.com

</readme.txt>

[inf file generation software]

Hope this isn't too lame...

Inf File Generator:

http://www.poromenos.org/download.html

Inf-Tool:

http://www.inner-smile.com/dl_inf.htm

UltraEdit32 can do custom highlighting, and you can download inf file highlighting template below (though pretty old):

http://www.ultraedit.com/downloads/additional.html

<quote gosh>

Software to create inf files

Back in NT4 we had sysdiff, that would create a registry snapshot and save it as an .inf file. This was very handy. However sysdiff won't work in windows XP or higher. As far as I know there is no other Microsoft tool to create inf files. There might be 3rd party apps

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