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Yeah, I don't know that it helped with the spanish thing, it seemed to be more of a shrinker/installer I think I need a spanish version of 2003 and XPpro

but why do this when you can just add the installation into your batch file on the unattended cd? I just walk away and return when it's done anyways, so if it takes an extra minute, it doesn't bother me

better scan for virii and adware also Fixed oopsie-> http://housecall.trendmicro.com/start_corp.asp for virii http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download for adware you never know, I've seen adware do some strange stuff

I've not noticed a difference in computer speed with SP2, but then again, I put alot of tweeks into my installation. Secondly, SP1 does have lots of fixes after the release, then Microsoft made a rollup update that could be integrated. However, after you slipped in the rollup update, you couldn't slipstream SP2 later. so you had to go back to the original files, and slipstream SP2 into those. No problem unless you've since lost your original disk like I had but if you really really don't want SP2, better turn off the automatic updates, or you'll get it anyway

WindowsME can be a fine operating system, but you have to select the proper drivers for it to be stable Basically, even some of the drivers it loads thru the installation process won't work properly. Only use Win98 or Win9x drivers or stability problems will beset you. Go thru the device manager 1 by 1 making sure you have proper drivers and you'll be fine. WinME has more features than Win98, plus lots more things are plug and pray such as flash drives, external drives, digital cameras etc. But don't forget XP, tis the finest Microsoft has offered to date

yes, even SP1 integrated will solve this problem I had a friend have this problem with a 160GB drive, and as soon as I slipstreamed SP1 for him, and made a new CD, it all worked properly He was so happy So, good luck with your procedure, follow the directions and you'll be a happy camper

could it possibly be a firewall issue? or maybe the sysadmin is playing a joke on you and blocked access outside the network because he has noticed your computer ip is constantly on the internet instead of working

yeah, it should work, the only problem would be if it's been activated too many times. Then you'll have to call microsoft for a manual activation. Takes about 15 minutes on the phone, and you have to read a lot of letters and numbers in to the operator but anytime I've had to do this, the operators were very nice :-)

If you are running windows XP, just right click the file, and select openwith then point the wizard to Nero. If nero isn't in the menu, then click browse and point it to the "C:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero\nero.exe" file once nero opens the file, it bring up the burn cd dialogue box I'm sure you'll know how to proceed from there. BTW, driver support as well as software support of 64 bit operating systems is horrible, so I wouldn't bother trying to use this as an operating system at this point. ZoneAlarm won't work, and I'd have doubts as to whether Norton will either. Good luck finding audio drivers as well, so far the only drivers I've seen for Asus boards are network drivers in 64 bit architecture

I've been searching the forum on how to do this, but evidently I haven't entered the right search terms. I've looked thru the custom installation wizard on how I might be able to do this, but see no language options Is this not an option, or do I need a Spanish Office CD to do this? I'm also experimenting with installing XP in Spanish, as there is an option in the setupmgr.exe to set language. wish me luck, and any tips would be appreciated

Did you just upgrade to SP2? I've seen several compatibility issues with modems after upgrading to SP2 The computer just started doing screwy things, but was fine after the modem was pulled

maybe I'm so behind the times, but I still use the batch files with the start /wait thing so I'm not familiar with the reg add %key stuff but is there a way to install firefox via the batch files? plus, why did people get away from batch files?

well, hopefully after that the poor guy gets his lappytop all sorted out

ah, good link to add to favorites :-)

probably needs a plugin installed I've used the FireFox, and got so irritated at the need for additional software to do stuff I like to do, I've switched back to IE yeah, yeah, bring on the flame

I would be intrested in seeing your whole winnt.sif, your batch files, and the contents of your cmdlines.txt then it would be a lot easier to diagnose what's going on. the other thing I didn't understand about your latest post was the win_sp_pro_sp2\$oem\$1\install\* path Is that what you call the folder you have your xp setup files in? just curious I'm sure since you made it this far, you know to make the path in your batch files identical to what is created on the C:\ drive from the $OEM$ folder just checking the basics

I used getdataback from http://www.runtime.org when I accidentally deleted my partition on my external Hint: don't leave your usb cable connected when you plan to delete a partion using xp setup, because it will load usb drivers and that drive will be accessible and can be deleted but for ntfs, the getdataback did work, but plan on spending some money

during the setup, it does give you a place to delete the partition that will remove all operating systems, plus any data on the drive so backup your data, and have fun

well, at least I figured that one out on my own I actually read the tutorial to figure out why it wasn't precopying and then everything else would fail good tutorials, shame people don't read them

OK, yeah, that worked, but now we have other issues Seems that ZoneAlarm isn't supported in this environment, nor are most of the drivers such as for sound on this Asus board. I did find a 64 bit network driver, but no sound. And I don't even want to know if Norton would work. I read the Corporate 8.1 would work, but only with an Itanium processor We all know AMD is top of the food chain right now, so somebody better get with it So it's not as much fun as it might seem to be, new technology sucks sometimes

Well, I hadn't run into that at this point but yeah, guess now I'll have to put a line in my batch file to remove the +r attribute

well, I like using my cmd batch file, it's so ez to reconfigure after all, I put it on a floppy, so I can change serial numbers to match my customers serial numbers. Plus, I have the option to echo out any lines I don't wish to install in a particular computer Then again, I just put in the basics for people so I don't have to worry about 3rd party license issues. so they get the media player upgrade, adobe reader, winzip, zonealarm, and adaware. Freebie programs that if they want the full version, then they can upgrade and pay themselves so, yeah, I'm a fan of batch files

Yep, it works even with account creation by script and autologin enabled so it's a keeper

ECHO Creating ISO... CDIMAGE.EXE -lAB1PXFRE_EN -t09/06/2003,07:00:00 -h -j1 -m -b64bit.img D:\MS_OS\AMD64_XP D:\64bitXP.ISO is this the correct code to create and label an image file to create a cd? I legally downloaded the 64bit operating system from Microsoft months ago, and am finally getting around to messing with it. So, obviously I'd like to try unattended installation with some other programs installing at the same time. Thanks for any knowledge I did extract the boot image file once I burned the CD from the microsoft iso file

Thanks prathapml, that's an excellent idea why didn't I think of that? . And I'll be testing it out shortly, and will post the results in this thread