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RickSteele, I am getting a better understanding of all this as I get some experience, but I must still have a fundamental misconception. I only want to stop Windows Defender from automatically scanning on some schedule. In XP I run a .reg file: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scan] "ScheduleDay"=dword:00000008 I tried the same key and value with SOFTWARE changed to WIM-SOFTWARE (and loading the hive) but, was not allowed to set this key. So, I changed to the Policies key as: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM_Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scan] "ScheduleDay"=dword:00000008 I was allowed to change this and indeed on my installed system, I see the \Software\policies key set, but the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scan key does not have the ScheduleDay value set. In Windows Defender-Options the Automatically Scan box is still check but I cannot say that the scans will actually happen. Can you give me some guidance here? How do I simply stop the automatic scans? Thanks, John.

RightBrain, welcome to the forums. Is your computer restarting? If so, then go to My Computer-Properties-Advanced tab-Startup and Recovery-Settings and disable Automatically Restart. This will allow you to see the Stop code - please post it. Sorry but there is just not enough information to speculate what is happening. Some recommendations: go back to 1.4.9.1, always start with a fresh copy of your CD files/folders and run nLite only once. If it is just the ISO build that is failing, you could try an ISO builder/writer such as ImgBurn (what I use). Are you getting any errors running nLite? You should get none running nLite or installing your image. Since changing nLite versions did not help, I would guess it is something with your system - perhaps .NET is damaged. Enjoy, John.

RickSteele, since I could Load but not Unload the hive, I assume I had read permission, but not write to the mounted image. Thanks, John.

OK! Thanks again, RickSteele. I DLed and installed WAIK on my W7 machine. The first time I tried to run your scaled down RegHive.cmd file the Reg Unload got an 'Access is denied' error. I then ran it again (no Load) and included the TakeOwn and icacls commands and the Unload worked. The WIM_Software key is no longer in my Registry. I assume my image now contains my change. I will test the image on my VM later. Thanks and enjoy, John.

RickSteele, I must be missing something very fundamental here. I tried a very slimmed down version of your RegHive.cmd, but I can get only 'System cannot access the file' errors on the Reg Load command. I run RegHive.cmd in a Command Prompt with Administrator privileges (UAC is at the lowest level) and have tried using TakeOwn and icacls to get as high a permission as possible. I had not used the Load and Unload parameters of the Reg command before, so I did some searching. All I find says the file to load from must be a .hiv file type. I hope you can help me. Here is the failing command: reg.exe load HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM_Software "E:\Mount\Windows\System32\config\SOFTWARE"My image is mounted and I can browse to the file. I can't, however, open it with RegEdit (Disk or file system error). The image was mounted (using DISM) on my XP x64 system and I am trying to run the RegHive.cmd on my W7 Ult x64 system. Thanks for your time. Enjoy, John.

princektd and myselfidem, thanks for your replies. With them (mainly Modify Windows 7 Setup Imagery.7z) and by searching my mounted image, I discovered that spwizimg.dll was not replaced by the modified one. The version of maxXPsoft's batch file I DLed did not do these copies. I have added them and no longer have the blue/dove screen of old. Thanks much and enjoy, John.

RickSteele, thanks again. I do use WAIK and have for some time, have an fairly thorough AutoUnattend.xml and have started injecting IE9. I did not use my IE8 tweaks, but customized IE9 and Exported the keys I needed. I Import them on subsequent installs and all seems to be working fine. What I would really like is a way to inject (integrate) SP1. I know RT7Lite will do it but I am beginning to wonder it it has gone dormant. I see only questions (including mine) but no answers lately. I tried to PM bensam56, but his Inbox is full. I would like to know how he injects SP1. Please let us all know if you have an idea. I am not particularly interested in the so called Reverse Integration methods that use Sysprep. I have never used Sysprep since I am a home user not a company support person. Thanks, John.

RickSteele, I have taken a look and it actually looks fairly straight forward. I did not know that Registry changes could be slipstreamed. I have a question, probably need to ask many, but in your batch file an import looks like: reg.exe import ""D:\DISM_Folders\DISM_Temp\GroupPolicyRegistry.reg"Why the double quotes at the beginning of the file path/name? I have been doing my builds (DISM etc) under XP x64. I assume it is OK to do this. Thanks, John.

maxXPsoft, I have used your 7Background batch files and image files successfully. During booting and running, all is well, but during install I still have the old blue/dove screen when "Completing Installation". Can you please tell me what file needs to be changed? After running your two batch files, I did a search for .bmp files and found none of the old blue/dove images. Perhaps it is in a .dll. Thanks for your help and enjoy, John.

RickSteele, thanks much. I will take a look. Enjoy, John.

ebernard, great. Glad I could help. Unfortunately this is a common problem in nLite. Enjoy, John.

mritter, thanks. I do remember now the screen size issue and e-mail. The text selection problem seems to be new, but I guess I can live with it. Thanks, John.

ebernard, thanks for the Last Session.ini and thanks much for the translation. In general, we do not need to see the _U.ini, but I see you have removed the key and other private data, so OK. Did you start with a fresh copy of your CD files/folders on your second run. If not you were asking for unpredictable results. Always start with a fresh copy of your CD files/folders and run nLite only one time doing all your work. I also see you are running nLite under W2000. I don't suspect that this is a problem but it is a problem running nLite under Vista (or W7) and integrating a Service Pact. I do not think nLite should have swapped your mouse buttons if not told to do so. Unfortunately nuhi (nLite owner/author) has not participated here in over a year, so any problems found (very few) must be worked around. Please let us know about your starting point and we'll go from there. Enjoy, john.

ebernard, without your Last Session.ini we would only be guessing. So, please attach it as requested in BOLD RED letters above. Enjoy, John.

maxXPsoft, thanks for your reply. Enjoy, John.

I have found several theme packs (.themepack) and would like to add several to my unattended W7 install. Perhaps I can simply extract the .themepack file into a folder and point my unattended.xml to the .theme file in the folder, as <Themes> <CustomDefaultThemeFile>c:themefiles\theme1.theme</CustomDefaultThemeFile> <DefaultThemesOff>false</DefaultThemesOff> </Themes> placed into the Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup step. Thanks for any help/comments. Enjoy, john.

MontyBrench, welcome and perhaps. There are a number of people reporting here who have tried it. Please search on recovery disk and the like and see what you can find. Enjoy, John.

GhostAvatar, thanks for your reply. I understand your copy suggestions, but really don't like them. I hope mritter will comment so this can be corrected. I had my resolution set to my real screen resolution (1920x1080). I set it to the next lower resolution and accomplished exposing the Task Bar. It is not a very elegant solution (and not needed before) and again I hope mritter takes a look. Thanks, John.

SamsDaddy010106, welcome, I think there are some discussions on older version of MS Office (maybe 2007). Please search here for those. Since you posted in the nLite forum, I should point out that the nLite license agreement does not allow business, only personal use. Please read the agreement in the nLite folder. Enjoy, John.

I have just upgraded to 8.1.0 (from 8.0.3) with some trauma. My theme setting was ignored along with other settings. I set the timer and failed to set the option to ask before starting install, so the install started, causing me to panic. Now for my questions. I cannot seem to highlight on the command line. I discovered that if I held ctrl, I could highlight the whole line (used to copy a command), but I cannot seem to highlight a small portion - just nothing happens. I would also like to have the taskbar available when I am in WPI so I can make side trips. My theme covers the entire page. I tried the option to open Normal and it does. I see a brief smaller window which quickly blows up to full screen. I would much appreciate to know how to get around these problems. Thanks, John.

I brought over a .reg file from my XP x64 install that turns off the daily scan in Windows Defender. It does not run in my W7 install. I tried running the file on my installed system and got an error message saying unable to update Registry. Using regedit also fails. There must be some protection for this key/value preventing the update. Is there any way for me to circumvent this behavior? Thanks, John.

bgm1961, you are welcome to ask your questions here. There are many people with good and varied knowledge here. Thanks for the Last Session.ini. You should always start with a fresh copy of your CD files/folders and run nLite only once doing all your work. This trips up many a new user and causes untold grief. I have never used XP Home, but I suggest you create a new account in Unattended, giving it administrative privileges and auto log it. Then you will not need to fool around with the Administrator account and Safe Mode. Enjoy, John.

maxXPsoft, I was going to give this a try on my next manual build but cannot find the 7background_dlls.rar. The 7background.rar file is on Mediafire and I DLed it OK. I was also wondering if it is OK to copy the same .dll file to the System32 and SysWOW64 folders. The two original files are not the same. I can modify the files myself if I know what to change. Thanks, John.

Is it possible to simply run RT7Lite to integrate SP1 Beta and do nothing else? I have a working process that creates my ISO but would like it to include SP1. An alternative would be to use a process similar to RT7Lite to integrate SP1 directly using DISM or whatever it uses. I installed RT7Lite on my W7 Ultimate x64 and pointed to my source. By looking at the Registry, I see that both the boot and install images were mounted. I then quit and saw an extended Cleaning Up window. The Registry reflected that both images were unmounted. If I had added SP1, would they have been unmounted with commit? Or are mounted images always unmounted with Discard when RT7Lite is terminated. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks, John.

conrad77, don't know what "WMP11 INTEGRATOR" is. With nLite, I use WMP11 Slipstreamer by Booogy. It is compatible with nLite. Searching will find the DL. Enjoy, John.