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Where can I find the Xpize version of ntoskrnl.exe? if I check my Xpized system (installed normally with extras) system32 folder, the ntoskrnl.exe file in there is just the original one. Same goes for msgina.dll! I need them to integrate in my uA winxp, well, at least the msgina.dll (logoff/shutdown window).

This trick works, thanks! Above problem remains for Firefox... just get a blank page... mpc is not even started so it can't be mpc in this case. Must be some problem with firefox or the plugin... but Web reported he didn't have the problem.. not sure if he also tested the link above. Annoying thing is, I have to use IE to download the file, and play it. Can't even force Firefox to just download it.

I have chosen GUIRunOnce for installing the controlpanels... but now I want RunOnceEx... Can I just delete the line in WINNT.SIF and add it to my RunOnceEx?

Very strange, just used the current version (5.07) of WLAN driverpack... now my integrated Wlan Broadcom chipset of my laptop did not get installed. DID got installed using previous versions! everything else went fine, I use M2.

@sawwa7 you don't need Authenticity report and Recovery report for your RAR sfx! This could save 1-10%

Ofcourse the islam thing is not in its place there... just like ads are not in their place on Msn Messenger But I was convinced apatch had a lot more options then mess.be patcher... I will test it though.

@BoardBabe, the tweak below works only for the passports that were used before exporting the regpart. But I think only if you run your regtweaks at T12!! Since this is a HKEY_CURRENT_USER tweak. You can run your regtweaks.reg file at T12 by adding a line to your cmdlines.txt file and put both the cmdlines.txt and the regtweaks.reg file in $OEM$. add this line: "REGEDIT /S regtweaks.reg" My cmdlines.txt: [COMMANDS] "RunOnceEx.cmd" "REGEDIT /S regtweaks.reg" "gebruikers.cmd" "CHKNTFS /T:0" "rundll32.exe iernonce.dll,RunOnceExProcess" (btw the last line makes RunOnceEx.cmd run at T12 instead of after the restart.. it is a lot faster this way but thats offtopic. I hope this helps. Also, checkout www.apatch.tk ! It can patch A LOT more then the mess.be patcher!

Ok so I have my shrinked Office2003 now for a while... it was a hell making it work... after that a hell making it install at T12... But it works great now! BUT When I start MS Excel... I get the following message: "MS Excel requires VBA-macrolanguage support to complete this action, do you want to install it now?" Also when I open some excel files... it wants to install this but ofcourse can't find the installation files.. Now I thought about figuring out what files are needed... and adding them to a sfx archive... Perhaps it is also possible to edit the .MST file??

It IS save to remove 'Display adapters' if you are using the Graphics Driverpacks, but I would suggest not to remove 'OLD display adapters'!

After almost 6 years I will upgrade my 1Ghz Athlon system to a Athlon64 system Only if driversupport is good I will use X64 Windows. But I rather have Bashrat spend his little time on the excisting driverpacks (I hope the few problems that are left are fixed with next version)... windows x64 isn't used by many people and there are still some important drivers missing.. I do wonder if it would work if I would create my own driverpack for chipset and masstorage for win x64.. If it is the time, I will test it if there is no 64 driverpack already..

I've been searching for this: "Add Network Connections to Right-click My Computer" Unfortunately, I only found the regtweak to add this to My computer: EDIT: I did some research, now I have a very nice "My Computer right-click Menu"! Check the code below for: - how to sort the items in your right-click menu (basic) - give your own titles to your items (making it more clear for your mother to understand ) - add custom items like "defrag pc" ! [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell] @="none" ;------------------------------------------- ;add System Control to right-click My Computer [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\aManage] @=hex(2):53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,65,00,6d,00,62,00,65,00,68,00,65,00,65,\ 00,72,00,00,00 "SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\aManage\command] @=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,\ 00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,00,6d,00,63,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,\ 65,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,\ 00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,63,00,6f,00,\ 6d,00,70,00,6d,00,67,00,6d,00,74,00,2e,00,6d,00,73,00,63,00,00,00 ;------------------------------------------- ;add Control Panel to right-click My Computer [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Control Panel] @="Configuratiescherm" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Control Panel\command] @="rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL" ;------------------------------------------- ;add HardwareList to right-click My Computer [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\DevMgr] @="Hardware-overzicht" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\DevMgr\command] @="mmc.exe %%SYSTEMDRIVE%%\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\devmgmt.msc" ;------------------------------------------- ;add Find... to right-click My Computer [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\find] @=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,\ 00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,53,00,\ 48,00,45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,38,\ 00,35,00,30,00,33,00,00,00 "SuppressionPolicy"=dword:00000080 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\find\command] @=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,00,45,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,\ 65,00,00,00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\find\ddeexec] @="[FindFolder(\"%l\", %I)]" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\find\ddeexec\application] @="Folders" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\find\ddeexec\topic] @="AppProperties" ;------------------------------------------- ;add Network Connections to right-click My Computer [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Netwerkverbindingen] @="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Netwerkverbindingen\command] @="control ncpa.cpl" "AppID"="{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}" ;------------------------------------------- ;add Remove Software to right-click My Computer [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Programma's verwijderen...] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Programma's verwijderen...\command] @="control appwiz.cpl" ;------------------------------------------- ;add (alternative) systemcleanup to right-click My Computer [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\taskComputercleanup] @="Computer opschonen..." [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\taskComputercleanup\command] @="C:\\CCleaner\\ccleaner.exe" ;------------------------------------------- ;add Defrag to right-click My Computer [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\taskDefrag] @="Defragmenteren..." [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\taskDefrag\command] @="C:\\Program Files\\Raxco\\PerfectDisk\\PerfectDisk.exe" If you copy paste this to a text file first, you will see there are some strange names, for example the second item, Control Panel, I have called Configuratiescherm. This is the Dutch word. But this also shows you can replace the Dutch word with anything you want! It won't effect the function. Also, you might notice the ";add (alternative) systemcleanup to right-click My Computer " and "add Defrag..." You can put the path to your own favorite Cleaner (mine is CrapCleaner) and Defragger. The last thing wich might be interesting, is sorting! Again the 2 final items, systemcleanup and Defrag: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\taskDefrag] @="Defragmenteren..." I've put the word 'task' in front of Defrag... I could also have put 'zzzzz' instead of 'taskdefrag'. Reason: I want Defrag to show last in my menu. It sorts the TASKS alphabetically, NOT the names you give that appear in the menu! it is also the reason why I called the first task aManage instead of just Manage (that's btw the SystemControl item, I don't know how it is actually called in the English version, but it is the part of Windows where Services and stuff like that can be found). good luck. perhaps at least Network Connections could be added to the tweakfile, Defrag and systemcleanup are also very handy. EDIT again: Just to make it clear: adding your own program, with a unique title and unique position to Right click of My PC: for example: ;------------------------------------------- ;add ...........see Defrag above for a good example to right-click My Computer [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\ give a number for the position and the taskname] @=" give a title wich appears in the menu" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\give a number for the position and the taskname (identical to above)\command] @="give full path of the location of the program you want to run" Good luck with this! BTW, I am still looking for: - a WORKING regtweak to add "My network places" to My Computer. - regtweak to remove "Map Network Drive" and "Disconnect Network Drive" from My computers rightclick menu

Sorry for creating a new topic... couldn't find a suitable topic to place these... I have 3 questions: - Is it possible Wihu restarts automatically, without me having to press the 'completed' or 'done' (or something similar, I use Dutch version) button? (the 'restart' box is checked automatically... but still have to press the 'done' or 'completed' button.) - Wihu changes the path of My Documents etc for me. If I create a useraccount, when pressing next (twice) I get a warning message about systemfolders that are being moved. How to disable this warning? - is it possible that wihu creates a folder? (I want it to create D:\shared docs) This is what I have so far: [Environment] DefaultProfilesDir = HKLM:SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\ProfilesDirectory Personal = D:\%ThisUser% My Pictures = D:\%ThisUser%\My Pictures My Downloads = D:\%ThisUser%\My downloads My Music = D:\Music My Video = D:\Movies Common Documents = D:\Shared Documents ;help.x = helpfile.rtf Not working (logical cos they are no shellfolders): My Downloads and Common Documents How do I get wihu to create these folders? I want WIHU to do it because if I install on a new harddrive, I create partition D:\ (at the beginning of Windows setup) but ofcourse it has not been formatted yet! I was really impressed when I discovered WIHU to give a message it will format the unformatted partition WiHU is great, but a bit more documentation would make it complete!

I know this is about silent switchless sfx 7zip.... but some people also want silent extraction of a 7z archive (no program in the archive that requires installing)... I have a 7z archive with lots of files sorted in 2 folders (windows and program files), these are extracted to %systemdrive%. I do it like this, a cmd file started from my RunOnceEx containing: 7za.exe x %cddrive%\XPCD\InstallApps\SYSTEMDRIVE.7z -y -o %systemdrive%\ (I have 7za.exe in my system32 folder by then..) Now, this works... BUT it does not extract .exe files!!!!! I tried several older versions of 7za.exe, as well as the newest (nonbeta) one... same problem.. tried on several machines... can't figure it out. For example, in the archive systemdrive.7z: program files\Exact Audio Copy\EAC.exe Now the Exact Audio Copy folder is created in program files... and all eac files are extracted to that folder EXCEPT EAC.EXE !!! It is an extremely annoying problem... I hope anyone can bring some sense cause it is really driving me crazy! (BTW if I extract with Winrar gui or 7zip gui, .EXE files DO get extracted). EDIT: found the problem... after many weeks.. seems it could not overwrite some files, resulting in an error that was not noticed (no report). I thought "-y", 'yes on all queries' meant 'overwrite all' but for that the -aoa switch is required: 7za.exe x %cddrive%\XPCD\InstallApps\SYSTEMDRIVE.7z -aoa -y -o %systemdrive%\ The strange thing is, because of this, none of the .exe files were extracted. I have lots of files and programs (eac, patched MSN files, pdfreader, encoderfiles (xvid etc) some themes and other system32 stuff) in 1 7zip pack, this saves time during setup, and makes the entire process more simple.

Ow djeezz how stupid of me... I didn't know bootscreen, logonscreen and settings are part of "Extra's"! I do know how to modify files in i386 folder, so Bootscreen, Logonscreen, Screensaver and Wallpaper I can do, and I suppose I should use the installer of TaskSwitchPro itself (T.exe in folder Windows\XPize) But how do I add Custom Icons? (C:\WINDOWS\XPize\FileTypeIcons) there must be a regtweak or something to register the .ico file in this folder with the corresponding file type I suppose.. Oh and good work Xpero, Xpize is really great... every xp pc should use it! Btw, the msgina.dll is integrated, but then one will have 2 different styles for logonscreen and for the shutdown dialog... perhaps the logonscreen shouldn't be part of extra's? Or msgina.dll not part of standard Files.. just a suggestion!

I've just integrated Xpize into my i386 folder of my unattended cd install... Then tested on VirtualPC... Unfortunately, I still see the old bootscreen, old logonscreen, no 128pixels icons (not even when I select large icons). I didn't got any errors when integrating... so I don't understand why this has happened. EDIT: did not used Xpize before!

Well, you know all the other driverpacks? Like Sound etc.? This one is called BASE, means you can't do anything without it... all other driverpacks are 7zipped archives with the drivers ordent in them (sortof). So if you wan't to use the driverpacks, you need BASE, to integrate it in your cd etc.

I really think it is a pity there is no guide... I think there are a lot of people wanting to use WIHU, but they simply can't figure out how to get things working..

I am also using the regtweaks, I have set Shell Folders and User Shell folders to D:\Music. So not a MY music folder anymore, but just one folder (the same for every user). In the Startmenu, it appears as: Music (instead of My Music) and it refers to D:\Music Did the same for Movies, but unfortunately that one doesn't appear in the startmenu!

If I integrate XPize in my Windows CD (i386) using the switch... will this be the same thing like the "My Way" method? but I understand I don't have to add the logon screen anymore?

I have 5 videofiles, created once with Nero Recode. They all are in .mp4 container and play just fine here... (have Media player classic & ffdshow only.) I am not sure with what version they were created. They don't have a menu or subs though, but recode files with menu/subs can only be played in Nero Showtime (not sure). So if one only uses the 1st pack (or 1st and 2nd but removes Showtime with NCAB) he can't play these files (recode WITH menu/subs) anyway... is this correct? I was looking at the file Nero_Installer.cmd, extracted from Nero_Custom_Setup.exe. Trying to search the part where the files in DSfilter are registered. I located a few parts :Transition and :DSFilter-ShowTime. If I would remove the items under these lines, is it correct the DSfilters won't be registered?

If you use WIHU, you can set it up that it will create the My docs etc on for example D:\ and that it will have the name of the User account. With wihu you can create users very easy at the end of your unattended install. I have it like this: The last item in my RunOnceEx is Wihu. It starts, now user accounts can be created. Next. Now some optional software can be selected. Finish. wihu performs the tasks and after reset, it is like this: Created 2 users: John and Maria: My documents = D:\John My pictures = D:\John\My pictures My dowloads = D:\John\My downloads My documents = D:\Maria My pictures = D:\Maria\My pictures My dowloads = D:\John\My downloads Music = D:\Music Movies = D:\Movies Downloads = D:\Downloads Shared Docs = D:\Shared Documents The nice thing about Wihu, if you have created 2 partitions at the beginning of Windows Setup, only the partition on wich you install Windows is formatted, right? so the second one has to be formatted before these folders can be created! If wihu detects this situation, it will automatically format the partition. BTW: I don't recommend placing the Documents & Settings folder apart... since this folder contains a lot files that are totally not of any use if you would for example reinstall the C drive... so I just have the documentfolders above apart... and the "Documents & Settings" still on C, but without my docs or shared docs or so.

no need for asking if a new Winamp comes out... just be patient!

Actually, this method is better... I am using NCAB as well because this one still has bugs (like Coverdesigner not starting from nero express)... but this method doesn't need installing! only extracting and registering. Wich means: a lot more space can be saved, since installers are not needed. And a lot more files are removed... And since it only has to extract... time can be saved as well! It is that I don't have any time to look into the problems of the Nero Source Stripper and Custom Install Builder... and also because NCAB is working quite well... but since my CD is almost full (and I don't want to use a dvd since a lot pcs don't have dvdplayer) I might put some time in this one again.. btw lang packs were never a problem with this method. Does anyone have the file "Nero Custom Installer Creator" v1.2.4 (latest) still on the pc? I would like to do some testing... please pm me.

actually, I would never have noticed my mediaplayer is using Nero dvd codec for playback... if playback was ok.. the video is flashing alot... if I activate post processing however, playback is fine (but cpu is high..) I don't think any functionality is lost if the codecs aren't registered as the default codec for dvd playback... I've created my nero pack with version 2.02 I think... only selecting: Nero, Nero Express, Nero Tools and Cover Designer. To be able to transfer movies from my DV cam to pc I have Nero Vision Express also, but ONLY nero vision, no nero digital and non of the other extra programs in the vision express pack. So i am not sure if it isn't a flaw in the app builder... that the dvd codecs should be removed if one doesn't select Nero Digital? K-Lite's Codec Tweak Tool: that would mean after unattended install I would have to perform an action... Another option (just thinking of it!) is to register/associate my cyberlink decoder AFTER nero is installed EDIT: for now, I renamed NeVideo.ax to NeVideo.ax.bak, now Nero dvd decoder isn't used for dvd playback. (automatically falls back on other installed codec... in my case cyberlink.) I was just wondering if the codecs are really necessary if one doesn't use Nero Digital and other apps of the Vision pack.

@vcBlackBox: Could you please (add an option to) remove the nero dvd decoder and mpeg2 nero decoder? It is extremly annoying when playing DVDs in Media Player Classic (it uses Nero thingie... wich opens a new window... instead of using Cyberlinks decoder or ffdshow).