^_^

yeah, so an invitation I gave out got wasted. I'll wait a bit, to see if google gets things sorted out

yep, that's why I have unattended windows setup disks. and for those who don't have the time to make one, all you have to do is put the winnt.sif on floppy, and have the floppy inserted during windows setup Of course, you will need to install your programs manually then

you may be right, I'm so tired and sleepy I can hardly think, but it could also be a firewall issue

I've tried linspire/lindows, but I'm not a linux man, so it was kinda hard for me. But I really hate the click'n'run, because it costs $90 per year or something like that for mainline software. So yes, it sucks worse than windows, because I can't figure out how to pirate software onto it

I've have 5 invites to give away iputerfixer.no.spam@gmail.com yes, you have to delete the .no.spam for it to work first 5 emails get's the invites, and don't anyone get greedy, or you'll get nothing at all

with windows XP print sharing, it gives you the option to install drivers for other operating systems like win2000, ME, 98 etc. I suspect the drivers you are using for XP won't work with 2000

my preference in a situation like this would be to backup all files, format and start from a clean slate. and stay away from pr0n sites, they have virii

It sounds like that connection has Windows XP's built-in firewall enabled. Disable it, then test again. - Ravashaak Yup, that would do it. Disable the Windows XP crap firewall, and tell the security advisor to shut up and manage your own firewall. Get Zonelabs ZoneAlarm Pro, it allows local networks while disallowing internet traffic without permissions

this always works for me

the product key is input from the file, and that works fine however, I did need to be there for the initial login, and it seems for something else as well. But it still beats standing there for most of the install process. I'll get used to 2 click installs

mine said it slipstreamed OK using the same extraction process described above, however, it messed up something to do with the NTFS, some ini file error glad I didn't try to put it on my main maching, gotta love the test machines :

sorry bout the code, I'm a member on other forums, and that's how they want us to do it And thanks for your input, I'll definitely try that setup, customized a bit to my needs.

well, I made myself a nice "unattended" cd that worked, but it does have the several places where you need to click next, which I would love to know how to circumvent. but at least I don't have to stand there and input data the whole time. here's my msbatch.inf ; MSBATCH.INF ; ; Copyright (c) 1995-1998 Microsoft Corporation. ; All rights reserved. ; [BatchSetup] Version=3.0 (32-bit) SaveDate=07/24/04 [Version] Signature = "$CHICAGO$" AdvancedINF=2.5 LayoutFile=layout.inf [Setup] Express=1 InstallDir="c:\windows" InstallType=3 ProductKey="betchawishedIleftitin" EBD=0 ShowEula=0 ChangeDir=0 OptionalComponents=1 Network=1 System=0 CCP=0 CleanBoot=0 Display=0 DevicePath=0 NoDirWarn=1 TimeZone="Eastern" Uninstall=0 NoPrompt2Boot=1 [System] Locale=L0409 SelectedKeyboard=KEYBOARD_00000409 [NameAndOrg] Name="Owner" Display=0 [Network] ComputerName="Workstation" Workgroup="PROPHEAD" Display=0 PrimaryLogon=Windows Clients=VREDIR Protocols=NETBEUI, MSTCP DefaultProtocol=MSTCP Services=VSERVER Security=SHARE [MSTCP] LMHOSTS=0 DHCP=1 DNS=0 WINS=D [VREDIR] LogonDomain="PROPHEAD" ValidatedLogon=0 [VSERVER] LMAnnounce=0 MaintainServerList=2 [OptionalComponents] "Accessibility Options"=0 "Accessibility Tools"=0 "Briefcase"=0 "Calculator"=1 "Desktop Wallpaper"=1 "Document Templates"=0 "Games"=1 "Imaging"=1 "Mouse Pointers"=0 "Paint"=1 "Quick View"=0 "Windows Scripting Host"=0 "WordPad"=1 "Address Book"=1 "Dial-Up ATM Support"=0 "Dial-Up Networking"=1 "Dial-Up Server"=0 "Direct Cable Connection"=0 "HyperTerminal"=0 "Microsoft Chat 2.5"=0 "NetMeeting"=0 "Phone Dialer"=1 "Virtual Private Networking"=0 "Baseball"=0 "Dangerous Creatures"=0 "Inside your Computer"=0 "Jungle"=0 "Leonardo da Vinci"=0 "More Windows"=0 "Mystery"=0 "Nature"=0 "Science"=0 "Space"=0 "Sports"=0 "The 60's USA"=0 "The Golden Era"=0 "Travel"=0 "Underwater"=0 "Windows 98"=0 "Desktop Themes Support"=0 "Internet Connection Sharing"=0 "Microsoft Wallet"=0 "Personal Web Server"=0 "Web Publishing Wizard"=0 "Web-Based Enterprise Mgmt"=0 "Microsoft Outlook Express"=1 "Baltic"=0 "Central European"=0 "Cyrillic"=0 "Greek"=0 "Turkish"=0 "Audio Compression"=1 "CD Player"=1 "Macromedia Shockwave Director"=1 "Macromedia Shockwave Flash"=1 "Multimedia Sound Schemes"=0 "Sample Sounds"=0 "Sound Recorder"=1 "Video Compression"=1 "Volume Control"=1 "America Online"=0 "AT&T WorldNet Service"=0 "CompuServe"=0 "Prodigy Internet"=0 "The Microsoft Network"=0 "Additional Screen Savers"=1 "Flying Windows"=1 "OpenGL Screen Savers"=1 "Backup"=0 "Character Map"=0 "Clipboard Viewer"=0 "Disk compression tools"=0 "Drive Converter (FAT32)"=0 "Group policies"=0 "Net Watcher"=0 "System Monitor"=0 "System Resource Meter"=0 "Web TV for Windows"=0 "WaveTop Data Broadcasting"=0 [Printers] [InstallLocationsMRU] [Install] AddReg=RunOnce.BatchDelay,Run.Installed.Components,Skip.PCMCIA.Wizard,Registry.WinUpdate [RunOnce.BatchDelay] HKLM,%KEY_RUNONCE%,BatchRun1,,"%25%\rundll.exe setupx.dll,InstallHinfSection Delete.MSN.Icon 4 %10%\msbatch.inf" HKLM,%KEY_RUNONCE%,BatchRun2,,"%25%\rundll.exe setupx.dll,InstallHinfSection Delete.Welcome 4 %10%\msbatch.inf" HKLM,%KEY_RUNONCE%,BatchRun3,,"%25%\rundll.exe setupx.dll,InstallHinfSection Delete.Regwiz 4 %10%\msbatch.inf" [Run.Installed.Components] HKLM,%KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS%\>BatchSetupx,,,">Batch 98 - General Settings" HKLM,%KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS%\>BatchSetupx,IsInstalled,1,01,00,00,00 HKLM,%KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS%\>BatchSetupx,Version,,"3,0,0,0" HKLM,%KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS%\>BatchSetupx,StubPath,,"%25%\rundll.exe setupx.dll,InstallHinfSection Installed.Components.General 4 %10%\msbatch.inf" HKLM,%KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS%\BatchSetupx,,,"ICW" HKLM,%KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS%\BatchSetupx,IsInstalled,1,01,00,00,00 HKLM,%KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS%\BatchSetupx,Version,,"3,0,0,0" HKLM,%KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS%\BatchSetupx,StubPath,,"%24%\progra~1\intern~1\connec~1\icwconn1 /restoredesktop HKLM,%KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS%\>BatchAdvpack,,,">Batch 98 - Advanced Settings" HKLM,%KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS%\>BatchAdvpack,IsInstalled,1,01,00,00,00 HKLM,%KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS%\>BatchAdvpack,Version,,"3,0,0,0" HKLM,%KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS%\>BatchAdvpack,StubPath,,"%25%\rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %10%\msbatch.inf,Installed.Components.Advanced" HKLM,%KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS%\>Batchwu,,,">Batch 98 - Windows Update" HKLM,%KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS%\>Batchwu,IsInstalled,1,01,00,00,00 HKLM,%KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS%\>Batchwu,Version,,"3,0,0,0" HKLM,%KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS%\>Batchwu,StubPath,,"wupdmgr.exe -shortcut" [Installed.Components.General] AddReg=Browser.Settings, Shell.Prep BitReg=Shell.Settings [Installed.Components.Advanced] DelFiles=Connect.Icon, OLS.Icons, QuickLaunch.Icons CustomDestination=Custom.Dest RunPostSetupCommands=DirCleanup [Custom.Dest] 49070=DesktopLDIDSection,5 49050=QuickLinksLDIDSection,5 [Connect.Icon] connec~1.lnk [Delete.MSN.Icon] DelReg=MSN.Icon [MSN.Icon] HKLM,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{4B876A40-4EE8-11D1-811E-00C04FB98EEC},,, [DesktopLDIDSection] HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders",Desktop,OLSFolder,"%25%\Desktop" [OLS.Icons] americ~1.lnk at&two~1.lnk compus~1.lnk prodig~1.lnk themic~1.lnk aboutt~1.lnk abouto~1.txt services.txt [DirCleanup] rundll32.exe advpack.dll,DelNodeRunDLL32 %49070%\%OnlineLong% [Delete.Welcome] DelReg=Registry.Welcome [Registry.Welcome] HKLM,Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run,Welcome,, [Delete.Regwiz] AddReg=Registry.Regwiz [Registry.Regwiz] HKLM,Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Welcome\Regwiz,@,1,01,00,00,00 HKLM,Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion,RegDone,1,01,00,00,00 [Registry.WinUpdate] HKLM,Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer,NoDevMgrUpdate,0x10001,0 HKLM,Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer,NoWindowsUpdate,0x10001,0 [Browser.Settings] HKCU,%KEY_IEXPLORERMAIN%,"Start Page",,"http://www.google.com" HKCU,%KEY_IEXPLORERMAIN%,"First Home Page",,"http://www.google.com" HKCU,%KEY_IEXPLORERMAIN%,"Search Page",,"http://home.microsoft.com/search/search.asp" HKLM,%KEY_IEXPLORERMAIN%,"Search Bar",,"http://home.microsoft.com/search/search.asp" HKCU, "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Help_Menu_URLs","Online_Support",,"http://support.microsoft.com/support" [Shell.Prep] HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\Components\0",Flags,01,00,00,00 HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\main",Show_ChannelBand,0,"no" [Shell.Settings] HKCU,"Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\Components\0",Flags,0,20,1 [QuickLinksLDIDSection] HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders",AppData,QuickLaunch,"%25%\Application Data" [QuickLaunch.Icons] viewch~1.scf [Skip.PCMCIA.Wizard] HKLM,System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\PCMCIA,SkipWizardForBatchSetup,,1 [DestinationDirs] Connect.Icon=10,alluse~1\desktop OLS.Icons=49070,Online~1 QuickLaunch.Icons=49050,Micros~1\Intern~1\QuickL~1 [Strings] KEY_RUNONCE="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce" KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components" OnlineLong="Online Services" KEY_IEXPLORERMAIN="Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main" any suggestions are appriciated

since I put zonealarm pro on, the google toolbar is pretty useless to me anymore.... but I still use www.google.com as my homepage/search engine

well, the unattended will ask where you want the windows installation on your hard drive, at least mine does after that, it is unattended and you can specify partition size by creating a partition in setup, after that it is unattended BTW, I would make the windows partition bigger than 8 GB, as it still will fill up quickly unless you set the swap and temp folders to a different drive, and don't put alot of program on the machine

ok, to make this one work, you HAVE to put a folder called $Progs in your $OEM$ folder so that it copies it to your windows installation in the Program Files folder, then the following code will work start /wait %systemdrive%\"Program Files"\winzip\winzip32.exe /noqp /notip /autoinstall

I'm not a fan of RAID anyway, but I would be intrested in how this is resolved RAID doesn't add the performance I expected it to >.<

I suspect it should be: REG ADD %KEY%\020 /VE /D "Winzip 9 Full" /f REG ADD %KEY%\020 /V 1 /D "%Programfiles%\winzip\winzip32.exe" /notip /autoinstall /f as the " is for filename, not switches

are your filename extentions hidden in the tools menu?

I used ECHO. ECHO Installing WinZip ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\"Program Files"\winzip\winzip32.exe /noqp /notip /autoinstall echo Cleaning Up... Please Wait del "%allusersprofile%\start menu\WinZip.lnk" del "%allusersprofile%\desktop\WinZip.lnk" that worked well for me, plus it deletes the id*** stuff on desktop and start menu :-)

Even if someone were to manage to code a perfect OS with NO security holes, there still WOULD be a NEED for patches. New technology comes available all the time. If I build an OS based on today's standards, what do you do when PCI-X comes out and you don't support it? You have to write an update (ie, PATCH) to be able to support the new hardware... And security holes aren't always based on errors in the OS. Many exploits exploit features of the OS that ARE coded correctly. Regardless the size of the OS or how many errors may be in it at the beginning, patches will always be required. Mac OS X was built from the ground up. Support for older software programs is done by emulating another version of Mac OS instead of basing the OS on that and recoding (ie, Windows XP and it's notorius Legacy support). It is a VERY well written OS and it still requires patches.... OK, I agree patches are necessary, what I'm not happy about is the sheer quantity and the seriousness of the vunerablilities that are being patched. In any other industry, this would be considered neglect

Very true, all of the above! Then again, I suppose if people would stop trying to exploit all the vulnerablilities, it would be much nicer too But why so many patches and fixes? Most people in dialup don't have the bandwith for these huge patches, and they are also the dummies that can't even run a simple software firewall

it would be nice if they would just make the OS so it didn't need patched

what is the temporary folder that winzip extracts to when loading or, maybe I should just ask if there is a way I could just extract the installation files

I just found this info on a dutch website this is what I'm going to try next ECHO. ECHO Installing ZoneAlarm Free 3.7.202 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\ZoneAlarm\zasetup37_202.exe /s /noreboot obviously one would have to change filenames for different versions