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ok, why not, i'll give it a try.

Great! thanks a million, actually i compared my current registry with the hive files to understand it, now i'll try to import all my registry settings.

ive tryed using it but something seems to be wrong, heres the script, a short version just to show what i'm trying to do. <XPinstall> <config> <hidewindow>Setup-Kazaa Lite K++</hidewindow> <show total='6' after='2' /> <font face='Tahoma' antialias='true' small='8' large='14' /> <window width='500' position='6' fixmain='0' /> <windowmode>Standalone</windowmode> <colours> <header back='#003399' fore='#FFFFFFAA' image='#XPINSTALL#\images\head.png' /> <footer back='#003399' fore='#FFFFFFAA' image='#XPINSTALL#\images\foot.png' /> <progress border='#FFFFFFAA' back='#00000000' fore='#FFFFFFAA' /> <main back='#4A6FD6' fore='#FFFFFFAA' current='#FF8000' description='#FFFFFF' image='#XPINSTALL#\images\main.png' /> </colours> <strings> <title>Installing.....</title> <complete>complete</complete> <copy>Copying #1# (#2#/#3# - #4#)</copy> <move>Moving #1# (#2#/#3# - #4#)</move> <delete>Deleting #1# (#3#)</delete> </strings> </config> <items> <item name='Installing..... '> <file name='Installing...' command='execute' program='D:\Slipstreaming Project\Completed\customization\Software\KAZAA\kazaa.exe' arguments='/silent'/> </item> </items> </XPinstall>

Thanks but the link only had info on inf files, hive*.inf files are different .I'm trying to edit the hive files present in windows setup, they are inf files which have pre installation registry and are loaded before the first reboot.

well, opening the files told me that HKCR=HIVECLS.INF, HKCU=HIVEDEF.INF and HKLM=HIVESFT.INF and HIVESYS.INF. Untill now this is what i've figured out as the format, HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour","RunCount",0x00010003,0 HKLM=Hkey Local Machine between " and " the folder path "RunCount" value name 0x00010003, meant to signify the type of data i.e dword, sz etc next value is the data value, also i think the values are in hex, so Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters] GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize="256960" TcpWindowSize="256960" Tcp1323Opts="1" DefaultTTL="64" EnablePMTUDiscovery="1" EnablePMTUBHDetect="0" SackOpts="1" TcpMaxDupAcks="2" MTU="1500" would be [Addreg] HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters","GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize",0x00010003,0x3EBC0 HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters","TcpWindowSize",0x00010003,0x3EBC0 HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters","Tcp1323Opt",0x00010003,1 HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters","DefaultTTL",0x00010003,64 HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters","EnablePMTUDiscovery",0x00010003,1 HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters","EnablePMTUBHDetect",0x00010003,0 HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters","SackOpts",0x00010003,1 HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters","TcpMaxDupAcks",0x00010003,2 HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters","MTU",0x00010003,0x5DC is this right, i needed a way to add common registry settings for the entire system one time only, if i'm successfull i'll post the codes.

by the way here's my log file office.log

I used both the tools shrinkoffice as well as officeshrink2, both reduced my source to the exact same amount (74.9Mb), both of them gave quite a few errors but i guess its normal cause Officexp is tying to copy the files to one place and at the same time your app is trying to copy it somewhere else . I've done a silent install of the reduced source and it works like a charm .

forgot to mention one thing, XP Home Slipstreamed to sp2 didnt ask for activation

ok, got it, for some reason the error came only when i slipstreamed everything in w2k if i did the same thing in xp home (ie the os) the cd installed without any errors. Also the xpsp2 error dissapeared when i slipstreamed xpsp2 in Home. now i'll try using xplode, cause my custom install using winnt.sif worked without any errors.

now whenever i try to slipstream xpsp2 into Xp i get an error saying, 'The procedure entry point _wcstoui64 could not be located in the dynamic link library msvcrt.dll'

even i thought i was breaking some cd protection by directly copying the files so i made one iso without slipstreaming, that one installed without problem.

nope all files are uppercase

yup, also when xp copies the stuff from $1 it converts the folder names to uppercase, but my main problem is the curruption of files after slipstreaming.

nope its a XP Home build 2600, the cd came with my Dell laptop and they have added some of their stuff in it. The file gets currupt only when i slipstream it so i downloaded xpsp1a again and slipstreamed but i again got the same error, now i'll try again with a xpsp1 i had downloaded.

whoops, sorry vga.sys not found.

whenever I slipstream xpsp1a into my Xp home and try to install it it gives an error saying vga.sys currupted, this happens during the text mode when files are being coppied, if i copy the files from the cd and ,make an cd without slipstreaming it installs without any problem. Also the cd came with my dell laptop and not brought originally from microsoft so the $oem$ folder has dell stuff which installs without any problem but my script doesnt work, heres the script ECHO. ECHO Installing Adobe Reader 6 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\AdobeReader6\AdbeRdr60_enu_basic.exe -p"-s /v\"/qn\"" ECHO. ECHO Installing DirectX 9.0b ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\DirectX9b\DX9NTopk.exe ECHO. ECHO Installing Flashget 1.4 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\Flashget\fgf160.exe /S ECHO. ECHO Installing Kazza Lite K-plus-plus 2.41 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\kazaaLite\klitekpp243e.exe /silent ECHO. ECHO Installing MSN Messenger 6.0.0602 Final ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\MSN\MsnMsgs.msi /QB ECHO Installing .NET Framework v1.1 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\NetFramework\netfx.msi /qb ECHO. ECHO Installing OO Defrag Professional 4.0.508 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\OO_DefragPro\OO_Defrag_pro.msi /QB ECHO. ECHO Installing WMP9 and Movie Maker 2 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\WMP9_MM2\WMP9_MM2_ENU.exe ECHO. ECHO Installing WinRAR 3.20 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\WinRAR\wrar330.exe /s it returns an error saying 'file not found' is the script right. Please someone help me with this.