iamtheky

if you right click on your desktop and go to properties, desktop tab, and click 'customize desktop...' Do you have the My Computer options (place on desktop/change icon)?

i call the silent install of .net from cmdlines.cmd @ T-13. I dont really have the option to slip it anyway as it is required the end users be able to uninstall from the control panel. And btw Nlite is for personal use and not for distro copies. you will have to put "net stop msiserver" between 1.1 and the next executable as 1.1 is not fond of giving up the installer service. and why not go 3.5sp1 and leave yourself only having to install 1.1 867460 928366 3.5 attached is an .au3 for installing 3.5 that waits for the limited UI progress window to close then finishes, seems to be an effective way to prevent it from allowing subsequent installs to start prematurely. NET3.5.au3

http://www.swiftcd.com/faq/autorun.html

you should type the following (use the alt code in the cmd window, do not type 'a-l-t-+-0-2-3-2') echo alt+0232>e.txt echo alt+0024>a.txt you will see the output files have the characters that Yzowl placed into the file. That most certainly is the remedy.

If there are keys remaining in the runonceex it will resume from reboot (to the same blue screen and progress box) and finish. the following lines would install dotnet -- reboot -- resume and install wmp11 -- only displaying the desktop after the final key is ran. REG ADD %REGKEY%\001 /VE /D "installing dot net 3.5" /f REG ADD %REGKEY%\001 /v 1 /D "d:\source\DOTNET35\dotnet35.exe /q /forcerestart" /f REG ADD %REGKEY%\009 /VE /D "Installing Windows Media Player 11" /f REG ADD %REGKEY%\009 /v 9 /D "d:\source\WMP11\wmp11.exe /Q:A" /f REG ADD %REGKEY%\009 /v 10 /D "d:\source\WMP11\KB954154.exe /passive /norestart" /f

hogwash, it should be an outlet for your creativity which would not have a correct or incorrect. I probably wouldnt listen to the songs i wrote, but those i wrote them for enjoy them. Ghey as that is look up overhand style or the dude with no arms playing with his feet (open tuning at its finest), there are plenty of original ways and means to get pretty sounds out of a 6 string box. Its a little selfish to not let me hear your music because you didnt write it edit: I suppose you can go listen to my schysse acoustic one-offs as well to gather inspiration from others mediocrity. www.iamtheky.com

Not being able to ping is definitely an issue, did you set static IPs? The sharing is unnecessary \\%computername%\c$ (driveletter+$ or any other system share) - if you are an admin on both boxes you can touch everything by default.

For a full explanation of your machine accounts: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc780850.aspx "as for the asp.net user, this is the M$ explanation" If one works with asp.net development work then he/she must keep that account,otherwise ASP.net projects will no longer function correctly.

I dont know what percentage wrong you can be if you are 200% sure but.... adding these lines to the security template you apply will work: [system Access] NewAdministratorName = "new.admin.name" NewGuestName = "new.guest.name"

Default administrator is only hidden when you create another account with administrator privileges. This is a product of XP not Nlite. Since you are already in the gp why not just alias the default administrator to sysadmin then you can be the "super admin". You could then create the other two users in the .cmd via NET USER commands. I would guess the driving factor is that if you have to explicitly specify admin rights you are less likely to inadvertently hose your system.

alt+0232 and alt+0024 display fine in the command prompt. I assume you are ensuring that the font package you are using to create the .cmd is also installed in the load. Easiest way would be to check the alt code in charmap, copying them from there cant hurt either. A little difficult to guess at without being provided 1) the current .cmd 2) screenshots of the current results

local groups and users are indeed local. They will just be overridden by domain rights/users when added if there are conflicts. Control panel users and groups is a limited wizard, I recommend right clicking my computer and going to manage to handle local users and groups configuration.

The runonceex resumes where it left off, why would you need multiples? I install .net3.5 with a /forcerestart, so dependent apps have it available, and it reboots and picks up where it left off. Increment the autologon in the .sif by 1 for each reboot.

this in the .sif ? [unattended] OemSkipEula=Yes

Is that a "./runonceex"? how about some backslash action

please post your runonce.cmd again in its current state, the nlite line should be of no consequence. what happens when you double the .cmd? do the items end up in the registry as they should?

You are not by chance trying to load this on a different machine with very different hardware. Like a SATA drive?

I started two steps ahead, my bad. This part went smoothly via manual methods, I only use Nlite as a hammer. I put the cmdlines.txt in the $oem$ folder with two lines .\install\runonce.cmd .\install\cmdlines.cmd This article will set you up. http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/18/

http://128.175.24.251/forensics/timechange.htm

Yes I copy them all into the d drive. That way they can be re-ran by the end user if something failed during install. Most of the time its just dependent hotfixes in the runonce, like the WMP11 example; but I have had to start doing it with server 03 hotfixes cause they brutalize my install. folder structure being -I386 -$oem$ -d -WMP11 Runonce.cmd ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @echo off cls SET REGKEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx REG ADD %REGKEY% /V TITLE /D "WMP11 Example" /f REG ADD %REGKEY%\001 /VE /D "Installing Windows Media Player 11" /f REG ADD %REGKEY%\001 /v 1 /D "d:\WMP11\wmp11.exe /Q:A" /f REG ADD %REGKEY%\001 /v 2 /D "d:\WMP11\KB954154.exe /passive /norestart" /f ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All M$ hotfixes accept /passive /norestart arguments (at least all I have encountered). Hope that helps.

These show two very different ways. UPnP = http://www.msfn.org/board/Unattened-Install-UPNP-t88773.html P2P = http://blogs.msdn.com/peerchan/archive/200...s-on-xpsp2.aspx

What components are you believeing you need to add or remove after installing those applications? and why not use the .sif? http://www.msfn.org/board/lofiversion/index.php/t35634.html

googled "rktools silent" and hit the first return. http://remstate.com/2008/05/21/the-windows-resource-kit/

mmmmm borderline warez discussion. I'll do my best to keep this newsworthy. I believe the average pirate would circumvent the activation. Takes far less time with no exposure, and it has been consistently cracked in beta stages. Whats the point of stealing something to walk back in to the store and ask how to turn it on? Even in 1999 they were just making their own. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1.../counterpr.mspx

Gpedit.msc works fine in both VPC and Vbox for me. believe that error may be "the specified module could not be found" in the ENG version. There are plenty of hits on that. The following is a post that at least outlines how he determined .dlls were not registering and one where the MVP suggests reregistering the gpedit.dll http://www.msfn.org/board/lofiversion/index.php/t18644.html http://www.tech-archive.net/Archive/Window...04-08/0602.html