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b-man, for one thing you have removed VBS files - "Administrator VB scripts" in your Remove Components section of your Last Session. Enjoy, John

jeepster, looks like Kelsenellenelvian has done some good research for you. The only suggestion I have at this time is to use the CD without adding SP3 and see if it works. I assume you have a valid key. You might try direct integration of SP3. You do this by running SP3 in a Command Prompt with the switch /I:full path. Where full path is the path to your folder containing the files/folders from the CD (place in quotes ", if the path contains blanks). Please let us know what you learn. Enjoy, John.

Fernando 1, you are probably correct, but I thought it was worth a try, particularly that Avedis was thinking about trying a Floppy drive with the Makedisk.exe. Here is the code at the end of the txtsetup.oem from the Makedisk: [HardwareIds.scsi.BUSDRV] id = "PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_008E", "nvatabus" id = "PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_00D5", "nvatabus" id = "PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_00EE", "nvatabus" id = "PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_00E3", "nvatabus" id = "PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0036", "nvatabus" id = "PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_003E", "nvatabus" id = "PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0054", "nvatabus" id = "PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0055", "nvatabus" id = "PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0266", "nvatabus" id = "PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0267", "nvatabus" id = "PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_036F", "nvatabus" id = "PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_037E", "nvatabus" id = "PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_037F", "nvatabus" id = "PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_03F6", "nvatabus" id = "PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_03F7", "nvatabus" id = "PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_03E7", "nvatabus"Many of the device codes refer to SATA as in SATA/RAID. Maybe it means nothing, but seems curious to me. Enjoy, John.

b-man, here it is in your Last Session - "Explorer-Classic Control Panel". Enjoy, John.

oao, if you will reread my reply in your other post, you will see that I asked that you post in Kurt_Aust's tutorial. He is much more likely to see it there. I am not a moderator and cannot delete posts. John.

oao, this looks like a duplicate. If it is, please delete all the content and change the title to something like 'Moderator - sorry duplicate, please remove'. John.

Avedis, I would like to see the Last Session from your SP3 run and still a screen shot. If your are interested in trying the Makedisk approach, please DL and combine the two attachments in my previous two replies and point nLite to the .inf files there. Please let us know and post your Last Session after the run. Enjoy, John.

Here's the second half. Enjoy, John.

b-man, I see you have taken out and changed a ton of stuff. I see nothing obvious that would cause your symptoms, but perhaps someone who has seen the problem can comment. I trust you have stuck to my standard admonition: Please attach (not paste) your Last Session.ini. Make sure to always start with a fresh copy of your CD files/folders, do all your work in one nLite session and integrate only one SP. Please report when you have a solution, so others can benefit. My only suggestion is to run a series of experiments to find the culprit. I hope you are using a virtual system for your testing. Thanks for your Last Session. Enjoy, John.

Just a note concerning why the VBS file was missing in my nLited output. I specified "Administrator VB scripts" in my Component Removal task. I guess it is part on the Safe removal Preset. Enjoy, John.

oao, you need to ask these questions of Kurt_Aust (in his post) since it questions his procedures. Enjoy, John.

oao, what error messages? Please post a screen shot. Thanks, John.

nyfirefly11, the answer is 'yes' and yes it has been covered before. Please do some searching of these forums. Enjoy, John.

Avedis, I assume you are running all your SATA drives on the internal (nVidia) controller? The source folder I am talking about is just the folder you copied your CD contents into and point nLite to. It is the folder that contains the Last Session.ini. Your last posted Last Session looks funny. "Target = Windows XP Home Edition SP1 - 5.1.2600.1106 - English (United States)" at the top still says SP1. Usually it says SP2 if you integrated SP2. Otherwise the Last Session looks fine.I am now wondering if you really got SP2 integrated. Again, post the screen shot I asked for and we can see for sure. I failed to respond to an earlier question about using XP Compatibility Mode. This is a good idea and may help - again, seems to help some people. To emphasize, DL SP3, do not extract it and using a fresh copy of your CD run nLite and integrate SP3 by pointing to the DLed file. Fernando 1 will need to answer your MBR question - I don't know. Please let us know how you make out. BTW, I edited one of my previous replies and asked about your ultimate goals. Please let us know. Enjoy, John. EDIT: Fernando 1 and Avedis, I DLed the Makedisk for the nVidia drivers from the ASUS site and ran it on my VM. Attached are the floppy files from them - one here and one in the next post to avoid the 200KB limit. Please let us know, Fernando1, if these are any good.

oao, I use Windows Post Install (WPI) for these types of installs. See the sub-forum a couple below nLite. Kurt_Aust's tutorial shows how to install TweakUI. BTW, he just issued the January update. WPI contains a utility called Universal Silent Switch Finder (USSF) that can tell you the switches to install many programs for no intervention. In the case of TweakUI (no install), I just copy to a folder in My Documents and stick a shortcut into my Start Menu. I am not familiar with most of your programs, but am curious about UPHClean. I discovered the 64 bit version recently and DLed it but have not used it. Does it help with long shutdown times? It is possible there is an AddOn for one or more of your utilities. See the AddOn sub-forum above and do some searching here. Enjoy, John.

Avedis, This is not true for integration. That is why I asked you to DL SP3 and install it - I knew you had only SP1 from your Last Session. You did the correct thing with your SP. I don't quite understand what you mean by "and pointing it at I386". Did you get a successful integration message from nLite? How far did you get in the installation? The first mode is the text mode (no graphics, copies files after format), then the GUI mode. Did you get into the GUI mode? Were you asked for your key or any other information? Have you cleaned the MBR from the Raptor as Fernando 1 suggested? Does your MB have more than one SATA controller, or only the SI? Your problem does not look like the problem others have had with using W7. Please post a screen shot of a Windows Explorer view of your source folder after running nLite. Good luck, John.

Avedis, Fernando 1 has just straightened me out. So you can get by without a SATA text mode driver but you will need at least SP2. Since you are running W7, integrating an SP my not work but you can try it - seems like some have success. Please DL SP3 from MS DL Center. When you run nLite, select the first Task, Service Pack, and point to SP3. Please let us know what you learn. Enjoy, John. Fernando 1, thanks for the information. I thought all SATA connected install drives required a text mode driver for all XP. Thanks, John. EDIT: Avedis, I not sure where you are ultimately headed. I noticed that you have used very little of nLite except to include a driver you won't need if you can get SP3 added. It is possible to add the SP on any system running XP without nLite. You then could install that and run nLite in the XP and build an ultimate version of XP with the tweaks, hot fixes, drivers etc from there. Please let us know what you want to do and we may be able to help. Enjoy, John. Fernando 1, could Avedis use the text mode driver from the ASUS site, install XP without an SP, then run nLite and do the rest?

Avedis, adding an SP will not correct your driver problem. I took a quick look at the Asus site and was unable to find the drivers. What is the MB model. Please give us a link to your Asus download page if you can. The Last Session.ini file is found in the source folder after running nLite. Please do not post the _u.ini file for this has your CD key and other private information. I could be wrong, but I think you would need to place the HDD that you are installing XP on as the first in the boot priority list. I should point out that I have never done a dual boot install and know that Fernando 1 is much more knowledgeable than I. I guess the safe thing to do would be to temporarily remove the SATA cable from the SSD to see if you can get your XP install working. You would then need to unplug the Raptor to go back to W7 (sounds like I need to learn how to do a dual boot install). I am sure Fernando 1 will get me straight soon, but I think he is in Germany (+6 to +9 hours from US). Installing from a SATA optical drive should not be a problem. I install from an LiteOn SATA drive. Please help us find the right drivers from Asus. If you are running nLite under your W7 system, that can be a problem for creating an ISO for XP, especially if you are adding an SP. Enjoy, John.

Woagie, posters have reported problems with Vista creating ISOs for XP and integrating a Service Pack. Enjoy, John.

Avedis, so we can have a better picture of what you are doing, please attach (not paste) your Last Session.ini. Make sure to always start with a fresh copy of your CD files/folders, do all your work in one nLite session and integrate only one SP. Please report when you have a solution, so others can benefit. Enjoy, John.

oao, You need to ask Kurt_Aust.You can name the files/folders anything you wish, as long as you are consistent. Enjoy, John.

Woagie, as -X- says, it is not recommended to use W7 to create an ISO for XP. A number of people have successfully done so, however. Integrating a Service Pack will very likely not work, so I would avoid that. The best bet is running under XP and a virtual system is an option. VirtualPC, VirtualBox and VMware Server are all free. Enjoy, John.

oao, I get my update list from Kurt_Aust's tutorial. Is booogy running x64? Install WMP11 Slipstreamer in the normal Program Files (x86) folder. Enjoy, John.

Thanks, gamehead200. I should have said I am running IE8 on XP x64. Thanks, John.

I have been having increasing difficulty with being logged off the Forums. When returning to the forum after accessing another site, I am no longer logged in. Just now I had to clear my cookies and cache to be able to login. What can be done to prevent this? Thanks, John.