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  1. Borec, the RunOnce exit in the Unattended section causes the included code to be run (once) during the T-13 phase of installation. It is not associated with a user. You will need to do that with the Registry key as the other two responders are pointing out. I cannot help with the key definition. Enjoy, John.
  2. GrofLuigi, heck no, the more the better! tchjgangel, I have not used the Language Group and am on a machine without nLite right now and cannot take a look. I would like to point out two sources: the nLite web site (includes Chinese language Guide) and the help text in various pages. I don't see one on your language group picture, but when a ? in a circle is available, please click on it for more information. When I get a chance to look closer I will let you know. Enjoy, John. EDIT: tchjgangel, I did a search here on "language groups" and got lots of hits that may be useful. Please do some searching. Enjoy, John.
  3. Lyken, don't have a clue what your are asking - change the IE Home Page using nLite (yes)? Many posts on that here - please search. Enjoy, John.
  4. Borec, I doubt you have found a Windows or nLite bug. So, 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.
  5. Borec, I suggest you add it via the RunOnce exit in the Unattended Task. The nLite author/owner has been on hiatus for some time and it is not known if future development will be done on nLite. Enjoy, John.
  6. ljmartz, I am no expert on doing Repair installs (have done a couple), but I would suggest you need to do so with the exact same CD as the original install. If you do want to try an nLited Repair, be sure to see the Unattended Mode restriction in the Unattended Task. I suggest the best idea here is to do a fresh format and install. This will result in a cleaner faster system. It will require some more work for you. Now, your Preset question. You don't find them somewhere although there is a blank one for you to start with. Presets are created when you run nLite to save your selected options, hot fixes, drivers, etc. In some Tasks there are pull down list at the bottom that have pre-defined options for that Task. There are many posted in threads here you can look at to see what others are doing. Here is a standard inculcation of mine: 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.
  7. elcaminojake, one of the main advantages of using nLite is that hot fixes are integrated into the source and often increase the source only very little. There are also Update Packs on RayanVM that are integrated into nLite. You have taken an approach that is counter to the very nature of nLite. You should be able to fit it all on a CD with no problem, unless you add a bunch of stuff. In that case (my ISO is >2.6 GB) use a DVD. Enjoy, John.
  8. tchjgangel, checking items on this list will prevent you from removing components of these items from your source. I do not use it, but it can give you some protection from accidentally removing pieces of something you need. Enjoy, John.
  9. Masterwill21, also, 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.
  10. elcaminojake, glad you fixed your problem, but what was it? - dirty source? Enjoy, John.
  11. elcaminojake, clueless here. So, post screen shots of some of your errors and 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. When you say several machines, I hope they are personal, because nLite's license agreement does not allow business use. Enjoy, John.
  12. TranceEnergy, nice to hear from you. I looked at the link you provided and was wondering what SPTD is and why I might need it? There is little explanation on their site. Is it free? Does it improve performance, security or what? Thanks, John.
  13. 5eraph, thanks for your reply. I should have known you were on top of this. I will add your code to my IE8 Tweaks the next time I update it. Have you listened to Windows XP Start.wav? The volume is so low I cannot hear it unless I run my speaker full blast. When is the Navigating sound used? Thanks, John.
  14. I noticed that IE8 on my VM and my new hardware the pop-up sound played very quiet or nonexistent. I chased it down and found that IE8 uses the Windows sound files instead of the Windows XP files. These are present in the IE8.cab and are reflected in the .inf file. My older system has a rather loud pop-up and information bar sound and I guess when IE8 was installed over IE7, the sounds were not changed. When IE8 is installed before IE7, it must install its sounds. I can hear these sounds if I turn my speaker volume up all the way, but not when at a normal level or with other things playing (radio, etc). I suspect this is not a big deal for most, but I had become dependent on the sound to alert me to the bar at the top, so I was missing them on my new machine. I found the Registry keys and exported them from my old machine and they correct the problem. Here is a .reg file from my XP x64 system: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Explorer\BlockedPopup\.Current] @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\ 00,5c,00,6d,00,65,00,64,00,69,00,61,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,\ 77,00,73,00,20,00,58,00,50,00,20,00,50,00,6f,00,70,00,2d,00,75,00,70,00,20,\ 00,42,00,6c,00,6f,00,63,00,6b,00,65,00,64,00,2e,00,77,00,61,00,76,00,00,00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Explorer\SecurityBand\.Current] @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\ 00,5c,00,6d,00,65,00,64,00,69,00,61,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,\ 77,00,73,00,20,00,58,00,50,00,20,00,49,00,6e,00,66,00,6f,00,72,00,6d,00,61,\ 00,74,00,69,00,6f,00,6e,00,20,00,42,00,61,00,72,00,2e,00,77,00,61,00,76,00,\ 00,00 It is hard to see what is going on in this format, but the sound file %SystemRoot%\media\Windows XP Information Bar.wav is replacing the one without the XP. If you are interesting is hearing the difference, go to the media folder and right click the files and select Play. Enjoy, John.
  15. Identical input to nLite should indeed produce identical installed Windows systems on identical hardware. I have used several different ISO creators (nLite default, ImgBrn and mkisofs) and all the ISOs are a little different in size. Here is a simple experiment on the compression question: take an .XX_ file from your original CD and extract it, then create a new .XX_ file using makecab (in Command Prompt). I think you will find that the created file is larger than the original but the two extracted files will be identical (I use the hash and size). Interesting invitation on Win98, but I am immersed in XP x64 and will stay here for as long as possible. Enjoy, John.
  16. Multibooter, you make a good point. I have never even used Win98. You are probably correct about the two OSs conflicting but I would still try the lowest possible (is 8x really the slowest) and possibly be concerned about the interchange problem between the two optical drives. Have you ever run a cleaning disk on the drives? Perhaps the bottom line is simply that you have a workable solution, so stick with it. BTW, the nLite web site does not list Win98 as a supported OS, so you are most likely correct about the Win98 testing. Enjoy, John.
  17. Multibooter, I have never had any trouble with CDs/DVDs burned with nLite. I have had trouble with an ISO (>2.6 GB) created by the default ISO builder but the optional mkisofs corrected this problem. I suspect you have a write speed problem. Try writing with a slower speed. Enjoy, John.
  18. exssrerion, you can, but you need to take special care in adding an SP. Please see this excellent thread on building x64 ISOs. Enjoy, John.
  19. seanrolsen, if you added an SP, making an XP ISO under Vista will not work. Except for the Vista comment. From here, 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.
  20. amitureuser, that is very kind of you, but really not necessary. Some time in the past someone wanted to contribute to nLite, but found that the PayPal link had been removed. You might look there (nLite site), but please contribute in your own name. I give some time, but I have learned a huge amount about this stuff from reading and helping others. You can add most hardware drivers by extracting the driver file(s) you have and pointing nLite to the .inf file. There are also Driver Packs that include many drivers and Windows can pick as it needs. Please see the RayanVM forum for discussions on them. There are also AddOns for installing applications. See also the RayanVM site and the discussion above on AddOns. RayanVM also has update packs that can bring your installation disk up to date hot fix vise. Drivers go into the nLite Driver section while AddOns and Packs go into the Hot Fix section. I use Windows Post Install (WPI, see forum below) to install applications as well as the RunOnce exit in the Unattended section of nLite. Hope this helps. Enjoy, John.
  21. Kingbeezz, your CD looks like a Recovery disk to me. Some have had success but some have had problems with Recovery disks. Be sure to allocate a folder for your copy from the CD - you are doing it correctly. Enjoy, John.
  22. amitureuser, I found these drivers but am not sure they are the correct ones. You might give them a try. Mainly check the sticky thread above about Intel drivers. Fernando 1 is the driver expert around here and he is your best source of information on them. Enjoy, John.
  23. amitureuser, you will need text mode drivers if your HDD is attached via SATA, even if your are not running a RAID. I still don't have enough information to help finding drivers. What is your MB, chipset, computer vendors and models? Did you build or buy this machine? Enjoy, John.
  24. amitureuser, what you have is a mess! Don't use some SP3 you found on some site. Use ONLY the SP that the Windows DL site offers. Windows setup disks and SPs never contain text mode drivers for SATA. If your HDD(s) is/are attached via SATA, you need the correct text mode drivers. So, start over with a fresh copy of your original CD files/folders, add the MS SP3 and the proper text mode driver(s) for your MB/SATA controller. You can add SP3 to your original CD if it is a valid and legal MS CD no matter what SP it may contain (except for SP3). BTW, what is the source of your CD? If you need help identifying your needed text mode driver(s), please provide us with relevant information, such as links to where you got your drivers. Enjoy, John.
  25. Kingbeezz, you should always start with a fresh copy of your ORIGINAL CD files/folders. I copied all of my original CD contents into a folder and when I get ready to run nLite, I make a new folder containing a fresh copy of the files/folders. It is not enough to delete some files and precede. NLite alters files when it runs (an SP is integrated into the source files) and sometimes things get fouled up when it is run multiple times against the same folder. I suspect when you place the CD into your optical drive, you get the Auto Start screen, which is an option list of things to do, such as Install Windows. Please go to My Computer and right click the CDROM and select Explore. You will see a Windows Explorer view of all the files and folders on the CD. Please get a screen shot (Alt-Print Screen) and attach it here. Enjoy, John.
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