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Can you post a copy of your WINNT.SIF file and a brief description of the directory structure where your drivers are located? One quick thing to check is to make sure: OEMPreinstall=Yes is set in your unattend file. Look forward to hearing from you soon.

Have you tried Remote Desktop in console mode? Type: Start --> Run --> mstsc -v:<server name or ip address> /F This will launch Remote Desktop in console mode with a full screen view. Not sure it will help, but might be worth a try.

You can use CACLS.EXE or XCACLS.EXE from the resource kit to set NTFS permissions on the drive partitions you wish to restrict. Make sure the Everyone group and Users group (Windows 2003) are removed from the ACL list. Be careful when you do this though as it may break some applications. Like the others said, users should not be logging on to the server console, only to shares on the server. Restrict their access at the share level. If it is application developers, or junior admins, etc. use restricted permissions. Hope this helps.

According to this section of the unattend guide, it should work: cmdlines.txt, svcpack.inf and [GuiRunOnce] Batch files can also be run from cmdlines.txt or svcpack.inf which runs at the T-13 / T-12 minute stage of Windows XP Setup. cmdlines.txt is useful for tasks such as Adding Users when using the net user method, or importing your HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry tweaks to the Default profile. You will learn more about cmdlines.txt in the Reference section, and you may have used the SVPCACK.INF Method for installing hotfixes; just think of the batch file as another hotfix to add. An example of a batch running from [GuiRunOnce]: Screenshot As you can see in the screenshot, its using a combination of "ECHO." and "ECHO message". Its not a requirement to use those, but it lets you know how its progressing! [GuiRunOnce] is run on first logon. If it does not, try running it from the cmdlines.txt or runonceex.cmd Good luck.

@Moongate, All of the things you are looking to do can be automated. You can configure the Event Logs using a Security Template found in %SYSTEMROOT%\Security\Templates then apply them by running a batch file that calls secedit.exe with the appropriate command line switches so it knows which template file to use. You can install and configure various services by selecting their components in the Components section of your unattend file. See the ref.chm or Unattend.doc in the Support Tools for either Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 respectively. To install Service Pack 4 for Win2K, you can either slipstream it into the i386 source files or call the service pack for installation from the cmdlines.txt file. I would suggest you start by reading the how-to guide on this forum's site if you haven't already done so. Hope this helps. If you have any more questions you can PM me or put up another post.

Microsoft has a resource kit utility, available on their website, called delsrv.exe that will also delete services.

To change the icon manually, right-click on the icon or shortcut and click the change icon button. To do it automatically, I have used a vb script: Set Shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") DesktopPath = Shell.SpecialFolders("AllUsersDesktop") Set link = Shell.CreateShortcut(DesktopPath & "\TDSL.lnk") link.Arguments = "/c g7ggat.def /D /s g7ggat /i tdsl" link.Description = "TDSL link" link.HotKey = "CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+T" link.IconLocation = "c:\glwin\gl.exe,24" link.TargetPath = "C:\GLWIN\gl.exe" link.WindowStyle = 1 link.WorkingDirectory = "c:\glwin" link.Save You set the icon you want to use on the link.IconLocation line, the number 24 represents the 24th icon in the library which is the one I wanted to use. Good luck.

The three entries that deal with partitioning in the WINNT.SIF are: [Data] AutoPartition=0 or 1 [unattended] Repartition= Yes or No ExtendOEMPartition=0 or 1 Check out the ref.chm help file in the Support tools. OEMPreInstall=Yes is meant to help with adding third party drivers to the build that are not included in the base drivers.cab file in Windows. Hope this helps. I too use VMware 4.5.2 and it works for me with the above settings depending on how I want to setup my VM.

VMware uses the AMD PCNET chipset for most of its devices, you could try integrating those drivers, available on the web, into your build. I have tried it and it works fine for me. The Device Drivers forum talks to this issue in a couple of places.

Can you post your txtsetup.sif, and WINNT.SIF files so we can take a look at them to try and help you?

You could try pskill.exe from Sysinternals.com too, it is part of PSTOOLS.ZIP, works well once you have identified the process you want to kill off. Just type: pskill.exe <process name>

I don't believe it is possible either to block URL's with GPO's. You would need to use a host file or some kind of content filtering software like Microsoft ISA server, Websense or SurfControl to block sites from being visited.

Try Webroot Software's SpySweeper, it's not free, but industry comparisons rank it at the top of the antispyware software for personal and corporate use. Check out ZDNET, InfoWorld, or CNET for reviews.

You could use this method to change to the boot directory: cd\ cd %SYSTEMROOT% Not sure if it will work on Win 98 but you could try it.

You could start by looking here: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documen...fc_por_SIMW.asp If it is only DNS that you are seeking port info. for, it is port 53, TCP and UDP. Other ports are listed in the documentation. ISA is doing what it is designed to do. By nature, most all of today's firewalls are configured to fail closed. You will need to create rules in ISA to allow traffic between various servers or networks based upon the ports required for the applications therein to function correctly. Hope this helps.

Take a look at this URL, this product might help you get where you want to be, but it's not free. http://www.veritas.qassociates.co.uk/stora...ragecentral.htm

I don't believe Win2K has a system restore feature, but it does have the recovery console capability. Check MS support site for how to set it up.

@jmedwid Could you send me a copy of the HTA screen you use in a PM? thanks.

I do mine with vbScript like this: 'Create Windows Explorer Desktop icon Set Shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") DesktopPath = Shell.SpecialFolders("AllUsersDesktop") Set link = Shell.CreateShortcut(DesktopPath & "\Explorer.lnk") link.Arguments = "/n,/e,c:\" link.Description = "Explorer link" link.HotKey = "CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+E" link.IconLocation = "%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe" link.TargetPath = "%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe" link.WindowStyle = 1 link.WorkingDirectory = "%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%" link.Save 'Create Windows Explorer Quick Launch icon Const OverwriteExisting = True Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") If objFSO.FolderExists("C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\") Then objFSO.CopyFile "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Explorer.lnk" , "C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\", OverwriteExisting Else Set objFolder = objFSO.CreateFolder("C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\") objFSO.CopyFile "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Explorer.lnk" , "C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\", OverwriteExisting End If If objFSO.FolderExists("C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\") Then objFSO.CopyFile "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Explorer.lnk" , "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\", OverwriteExisting Else Set objFolder = objFSO.CreateFolder("C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\") objFSO.CopyFile "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Explorer.lnk" , "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\", OverwriteExisting End If objFSO.CopyFile "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Explorer.lnk" , "C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\", OverwriteExisting

Try the resource kit utility CACLS.EXE. Here is a short synopsis. Cacls filename [/T] [/E] [/C] [/G user:perm] [/R user [...]] [/P user:perm [...]] [/D user [...]] filename Displays ACLs. /T Changes ACLs of specified files in the current directory and all subdirectoriies. /E Edits ACL instead of replacing it. /C Continues on access denied errors. /G user:perm Grants specified user access rights. Perm can be: R Read W Write C Change (write) F Full control /R user Revokes specified user's access rights (valid only with /E). /P user:perm Replaces specified user's access rights. Perm can be: N None R Read W Write C Change (write) F Full control /D user Denies specified user access.

Have you checked to make sure that Netbios is enabled? If not, enable it. I would also check to make sure that NTLM authentication is enabled. Check to see if Local or Domain security policies do not disable this method. Good luck.

I would suggest you use a packet sniffer like Ethereal and WinPcap to sniff the traffic on the machine where you ran across port 18002. It does not appear to be registered to any one application. Using a sniffer will help you to track the traffic on this port. Good luck.

Try adding INDEXSRV_SYSTEM=OFF to the [Components] section of your unattend answer file. Works for me.

The base OS, XP SP2, is not the problem. I would bet that either a component of Office 2000 Premium or a program like Publisher, is selected to install and it cannot find the source files. Have you tried an Administrative Install and then customized with the Office Resource Kit to select/deselect the components you want to install. If not, try it. It's pretty straight forward to setup. Good luck.

Do you have any registry or security settings that clear the pagefile at shutdown? If so, you may want to disable. I have seen this symptom you mention before and it was the pagefile clearing itself that was the culprit. If that does not work, make sure that all your programs are closed completely before shutting down. Sometimes the process is still running in the background and takes a while to complete. Try and ID what processes are running when SYSPREP initiates and go from there. Good luck.