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Thanks for your help Memmoch. We'll work with this script and see what we can come up with. I'll respond with our results.

Yeah basicly. It just bothers me that this is happening. Very weird issue that I've never seen before. Edit. Oh I just wanted to add as well, that if the screen gets minimized at anytime it doesn't come back up. So if the script allows the window to minimize we may have some issues bringing it back up unless we can choose displays.

yeah, running the app from the server. Running it as a seamless app. I just went down to get a better idea of whats going on. This is the issue that I'm seeing. It seems when the agents use the 'restore down' 'maximize' button (the one in between the X and the _) the application seems to go off screen. Like it's defaulting to a second unknown monitor and the agent can't do anything to bring it back to the first monitor. This is also happening on their desktop appication (that they use when citrix is down) but they can bring that back to the 'main screen'. Very weird... and it seems that it is only happening sporadically.

Good call. I'll have to try this. Do you think this would have any issues with Citrix? We're going to try it out nonetheless on a test server.

Hmmm that might be a good option. We are also discovering that the application may in fact be 'restoring' but doing so off screen. Do you think this .pif file would correct that as well?

I am looking for a Windows command line that will STOP a window from minimizing. Here is the issue we are having. In our call centre, our agents are locked down with GPO restrictions. These are compete locked down solutions which also impedes the right click functionality in Windows. One of our applications has a bad habit of minimizing when an agent moves to another program window and we are unable to ‘restore’ the window. Rather than deconstruct our GPO’s and restrictions, which would be a very time consuming endeavor I might add, I am looking for a command line that will stop the application from minimizing. Something like this: start "Title: notepad" /max "c:\windows\notepad.exe" This command maximizes a window on start up. I would need one that impedes this. Something like this if it existed: start "Title: notepad" /disableminimize "c:\windows\notepad.exe" Does that make sense? Oh, and I can’t use 3rd party utilities for this. This has to be an inherent function of windows. I am also open to suggestions.

Thanks for you're help cluberti but I figured it out. I just re-arranged the order of installation and it seems to be working. Thanks again.

Actually I have two .Sif files. One that creates one whole partition, and the other one that lets me specify the partition sizes. If I'm not mistaken you want help with configuring your .Sif file so you can have a partition select. Here take a look at mine: ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="1" UnattendedInstall="Yes" floppyless="1" OriSrc="\\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%" OriTyp="4" LocalSourceOnCD=1 AutomaticUpdates = Yes [setupData] OsLoadOptions="/noguiboot /fastdetect" SetupSourceDevice="\Device\LanmanRedirector\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%" [unattended] DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS FileSystem=LeaveAlone NtUpgrade=No OverwriteOemFilesOnUpgrade=Yes OemPnpDriversPath="Drivers\000_Chipset\GX60\Intel 800 Series Integrated Chipset A06;Drivers\001_Network\GX60\Intel 10 100 LOM A04;Drivers\002_Graphics\GX60\Intel 845 GGL Integrated Video A08;Drivers\003_Audio\GX60\Analog Devices ADI 198x Integrated Audio A15;Drivers\000_Chipset\GX270\Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility A13;Drivers\001_Network\D410\Dell Wireless 1470 (abg) Dual-Band WLAN miniPCI card;Drivers\001_Network\GX270\Intel 8254x 1000 Integrated Network A01;Drivers\002_Graphics\GX270\nVidia 128 MB DDR Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 A05;Drivers\003_Audio\GX270\Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Digital;Drivers\000_Chipset\D600\Intel Mobile Chipset A06;Drivers\000_Chipset\D600\Dell Notebook System Software A10;Drivers\001_Network\D600\Intel ® ProWireless 2200 BG A03;Drivers\001_Network\D600\Dell TrueMobile 1400 Internal Dual-band WLAN Card A04\AR;Drivers\002_Graphics\D600\ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 A04;Drivers\003_Audio\D600\SIGMATEL STAC 9750 AC97 A06;Drivers\004_Misc\D600\O2Micro O2711EC1 PCMCIASmartCard Controller A01;Drivers\004_Misc\D600\SMC Fast IrDa A02;Drivers\005_Modem\D600\Conexant D480 MDC V.92 Modem A07;Drivers\002_Graphics\D800\nVidia GeForce FX Go5650 A03;Drivers\002_Graphics\D800\nVidia GeForce4 4200 Go A06;Drivers\004_Misc\D800\Texas Instruments PCI 75104510 Cardbus Controller with SmartCard A02;Drivers\005_Modem\C400\PCTel MDC A11;Drivers\001_Network\GX280\Broadcom 57xx Gigabit Integrated Controller A00;Drivers\002_Graphics\GX280\ATI 128MB PCI-Express x16 (Dual VGA or DVI) Radeon X300 A00;Drivers\003_Audio\GX280\Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! 24-Bit;Drivers\002_Graphics\X300\Intel Graphics Technology 830M, Extreme Graphics 855 GM, v.6.14.10.3775, A01;Drivers\002_Graphics\GX280SL\Intel 915G Graphics Controller A01;Drivers\003_Audio\GX280SL\Analog Devices ADI 198x Integrated Audio A17;Drivers\000_Chipset\D410\Intel Mobile Chipset A07;Drivers\002_Graphics\D410\Intel Graphics Video A01;Drivers\003_Audio\D410\SIGMATEL STAC 975X AC97 A02;Drivers\002_Graphics\D810\ATI Mobility Radeon X600 A02;Drivers\003_Audio\D810\SIGMATEL STAC 975X AC97 A01;Drivers\004_Misc\D810\Texas Instruments PCI 6515 Cardbus A00;Drivers\005_Modem\D810\Conexant D110 MDC 1.5 v.92 A02;Drivers\003_Audio\GX620\Analog Devices ADI 198x Integrated Audio A23;Drivers\002_Graphics\GX620\ATI 256MB Radeon X600 A01;Drivers\000_Chipset\GX620\Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility A11;Drivers\002_Graphics\GX520\Intel 945G Graphics Controller A00" [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword= "P!fja#hst68" OEMSkipRegional=1 OemSkipWelcome=1 TimeZone=35 AutoLogon=Yes AutoLogonCount=1 [userData] ProductKey=******************* FullName="********" OrgName="*******" ComputerName=%MACHINENAME% [Display] BitsPerPel=32 Xresolution=1024 YResolution=768 [TapiLocation] CountryCode=107 Dialing=Tone AreaCode=416 [setupMgr] DistFolder=C:\windist DistShare=windist [identification] JoinDomain=%MACHINEDOMAIN% DoOldStyleDomainJoin=Yes [Components] OEAccess = Off [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes ProcessPageSections=Yes [RemoteInstall] Repartition=No UseWholeDisk=No [WindowsFirewall] Profiles = WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall [WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall] Mode = 0 [OSChooser] Description="Windows XP SP2 Corporate *Partition Select* *Production*" Help="Created September 29th 2004 By Brian Brohm." LaunchFile="%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%\templates\startrom.com" ImageType=Flat I believe the Bolded parts are the only things you need to specify for the partition select but I gave you my whole .Sif file just in case you wanted to take a look and compare. Hope that helps.

cluberti, Argh, I had to make some modifications to my Autoexec.cmd for the installation of Windows Media Connect to take place. Namely the .Net installs had to be moved up in the installation chain do to dependencies. NOW my installations are not waiting/pausing until the first installation is done before proceeding. I don't think I messed anything up here. Can you take a quick look? Argh! cmdow @ /HID @Echo Off rem PP=%SystemRoot%"\System32\RIS Installation Files\Applications\ SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Programs" /f REG ADD %KEY%\000 /VE /D "Microsoft SMS 2003 Client SP1" /f REG ADD %KEY%\000 /V 1 /D "\"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Applications\Ccmsetup.exe\" SMSSITECODE=CTR" /f REG ADD %KEY%\010 /VE /D ".NET Framework v1.1 w/ SP1" /f REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D "\"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Applications\netfxsp1.exe\"" /f REG ADD %KEY%\015 /VE /D ".NET Framework Security Update" /f REG ADD %KEY%\015 /V 1 /D "\"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Applications\NDP1.1sp1-KB886903-X86.exe\" /QN" /f REG ADD %KEY%\020 /VE /D "Windows Media Player 10" /f REG ADD %KEY%\020 /V 1 /D "\"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Applications\MP10Setup.exe\" /Q:A /C:\"setup_wm.exe /Q:A /R:N\"" /f REG ADD %KEY%\025 /VE /D "Windows Media Connect" /f REG ADD %KEY%\025 /V 1 /D "\"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Applications\wmcsetup.exe\" /Q" /f REM REG ADD %KEY%\030 /VE /D "Windows Media Player Codecs" /f REM REG ADD %KEY%\030 /V 1 /D "\"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Applications\codecs.msi\" /QN" /f REG ADD %KEY%\035 /VE /D "HighMAT Support in the Windows XP CD Writing Wizard" /f REG ADD %KEY%\035 /V 1 /D "\"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Applications\KB831240.exe\" /QR" /f REG ADD %KEY%\040 /VE /D "Microsoft Windows Journal Viewer" /f REG ADD %KEY%\040 /V 1 /D "\"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Applications\Microsoft Windows Journal Viewer.msi\" /QN" /f REG ADD %KEY%\045 /VE /D "Microsoft VM" /f REG ADD %KEY%\045 /V 1 /D "\"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Applications\JavaVM3186.exe\" /c:\"javatrig.exe /exe_install /l /qq\" /q:a /r:n" /f REG ADD %KEY%\050 /VE /D "Microsoft VM Update" /f REG ADD %KEY%\050 /V 1 /D "\"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Applications\KB816093.exe\" /c:\"javatrig.exe /exe_install /l /qq\" /q:a /r:n" /f REG ADD %KEY%\055 /VE /D "Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (v1.9)" /f REG ADD %KEY%\055 /V 1 /D "\"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Applications\KB890830-V1.9-ENU.exe\" /q" /f REG ADD %KEY%\060 /VE /D "Windows Genuine Advantage" /f REG ADD %KEY%\060 /V 1 /D "\"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Applications\LegitCheckControl.msi\"" /f REG ADD %KEY%\065 /VE /D "Importing Registry Tweaks" /f REG ADD %KEY%\065 /V 1 /D "REGEDIT /S \"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Batch Files\RunOnceEx_RegTweaks.reg\"" /f REG ADD %KEY%\070 /VE /D "Administrator Rename" /f REG ADD %KEY%\070 /V 1 /D "\"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Batch Files\Rename.vbs\" /f REG ADD %KEY%\075 /VE /D "Cleanup" /f REG ADD %KEY%\075 /V 1 /D "\"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Batch Files\RunOnceEx_Shutdown.cmd\" /f EXIT

Thanks Sonic

Sonic, i was looking to do this. Would you happen to have a link to a post which tells me how to do this? Integrate MP10 that is.

Thanks for the suggestion... never thought that it could be my Media Player installation. Going to change it up right now and give it a go.

My RunOnceEx.cmd works great except for one line, the "Windows Media Connect" line. Do you think that Windows needs a reboot after Media Player is installed before the Media Connect can be installed properly? I've tried to run the command manulaly without any issues.... It's not craping out or anything, it seems like it is installing, but when I go to the update site to check out to see if it installed correctly, it's still a selection for download? cmdow @ /HID @Echo Off rem PP=%SystemRoot%"\System32\RIS Installation Files\Applications\ SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Programs" /f REG ADD %KEY%\000 /VE /D "Microsoft SMS 2003 Client SP1" /f REG ADD %KEY%\000 /V 1 /D "\"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Applications\Ccmsetup.exe\" SMSSITECODE=CTR" /f REG ADD %KEY%\010 /VE /D "Windows Media Player 10" /f REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D "\"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Applications\MP10Setup.exe\" /Q:A /C:\"setup_wm.exe /Q:A /R:N\"" /f REG ADD %KEY%\015 /VE /D "Windows Media Connect" /f REG ADD %KEY%\015 /V 1 /D "\"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Applications\WinRMSrv.msi\" /QN" /f REM REG ADD %KEY%\020 /VE /D "Windows Media Player Codecs" /f REM REG ADD %KEY%\020 /V 1 /D "\"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Applications\codecs.msi\" /QN" /f REG ADD %KEY%\025 /VE /D "HighMAT Support in the Windows XP CD Writing Wizard" /f REG ADD %KEY%\025 /V 1 /D "\"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Applications\KB831240.exe\" /QR" /f REG ADD %KEY%\030 /VE /D "Microsoft Windows Journal Viewer" /f REG ADD %KEY%\030 /V 1 /D "\"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Applications\Microsoft Windows Journal Viewer.msi\" /QN" /f REG ADD %KEY%\035 /VE /D ".NET Framework v1.1 w/ SP1" /f REG ADD %KEY%\035 /V 1 /D "\"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Applications\netfxsp1.exe\"" /f REG ADD %KEY%\036 /VE /D ".NET Framework Security Update" /f REG ADD %KEY%\036 /V 1 /D "\"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Applications\NDP1.1sp1-KB886903-X86.exe\" /QN" /f REG ADD %KEY%\040 /VE /D "Microsoft VM" /f REG ADD %KEY%\040 /V 1 /D "\"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Applications\JavaVM3186.exe\" /c:\"javatrig.exe /exe_install /l /qq\" /q:a /r:n" /f REG ADD %KEY%\045 /VE /D "Microsoft VM Update" /f REG ADD %KEY%\045 /V 1 /D "\"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Applications\KB816093.exe\" /c:\"javatrig.exe /exe_install /l /qq\" /q:a /r:n" /f REG ADD %KEY%\050 /VE /D "Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (v1.9)" /f REG ADD %KEY%\050 /V 1 /D "\"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Applications\KB890830-V1.9-ENU.exe\" /q" /f REG ADD %KEY%\055 /VE /D "Windows Genuine Advantage" /f REG ADD %KEY%\055 /V 1 /D "\"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Applications\LegitCheckControl.msi\"" /f REG ADD %KEY%\060 /VE /D "Importing Registry Tweaks" /f REG ADD %KEY%\060 /V 1 /D "REGEDIT /S \"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Batch Files\RunOnceEx_RegTweaks.reg\"" /f REG ADD %KEY%\065 /VE /D "Administrator Rename" /f REG ADD %KEY%\065 /V 1 /D "\"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Batch Files\Rename.vbs\" /f REG ADD %KEY%\070 /VE /D "Cleanup" /f REG ADD %KEY%\070 /V 1 /D "\"%systemRoot%\System32\RIS Installation Files\Batch Files\RunOnceEx_Shutdown.cmd\" /f EXIT

Hey Guys, we had the same problem here too. I forget how we fixed it but I was looking through my regedits and I think this might help you out: ;----- ;----- Remove download security ;----- Gets rid of anoying popup for running files you download from internet ;----- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download] "CheckExeSignatures"="no" "RunInvalidSignatures"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments] "SaveZoneInformation"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations] "LowRiskFileTypes"=".zip;.rar;.nfo;.txt;.exe;.bat;.com;.cmd;.reg;.msi;.htm;.html;.gif;.bmp;.jpg;.avi;.mpg;.mpeg;.mo v;.mp3;.m3u;.wav;" Hope that helps. ** Sorry, just realized someone else posted the same reg fix as me. My bad.

I myself was just having that issue about 20mins ago. I had made a copy of our production image (so I could test the integrated patches in a non-production environment) when I started getting that same error. Don’t know if this will help or not but I made sure that I had no spaces in the directory name of the image. For instance: Windows.XP.SP2.Production The test image that I was using was in a directory called Copy Of Windows.XP.SP2.Production After I renamed the directory I restarted the services (all 4) and that seemed to have corrected my problem. Hope that helps a little.