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If you are referring to your winnt.sif then use the setupmgr.exe from the deployment tools package. http://unattended.msfn.org/index.htm

Can you use $OEM$ folders on an Office install disk? I thought that was only for a Windows installation.

Yes, you can. The order makes no difference. I'm still curious as to why this matters.

;SetupMgrTag is commented so it apparently doesn't get read but, because it is only a comment, why would you want to eliminate it? I don't know what you are asking here. Which command line?

Yes, except that if you call the cmd script from GUIRunOnce, it will execute at the same time that RunOnceEx would try to run. I would need to populate the registry before that point. It is not that big of a deal, I can stick with my old method. It works, just not as pretty as a RunOnceEx. I was just curious if there was another way of doing this.

Or.....put it in your Control Panel. ;Show TweakUI at Control Panel [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D14ED2E1-C75B-443c-BD7C-FC03B2F08C17}] @="TweakUI" "InfoTip"="TweakUI" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D14ED2E1-C75B-443c-BD7C-FC03B2F08C17}\DefaultIcon] @="%SystemRoot%\\\\System32\\\\tweakui.exe,0" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D14ED2E1-C75B-443c-BD7C-FC03B2F08C17}\Shell] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D14ED2E1-C75B-443c-BD7C-FC03B2F08C17}\Shell\Open] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D14ED2E1-C75B-443c-BD7C-FC03B2F08C17}\Shell\Open\command] @="tweakui.exe" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D14ED2E1-C75B-443c-BD7C-FC03B2F08C17}\ShellFolder] "Attributes"=dword:00000030 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\{D14ED2E1-C75B-443c-BD7C-FC03B2F08C17}] @="TweakUI"

Updated to what? It already has a page dedicated to SP2. What more are you looking for?

I'm not 100% sure but I think you might have to have "OemPreinstall = Yes" under the Unattended section of your winnt.sif.

I have a multiboot XP cd that will load a different winnt.sif based on the boot selection. These different winnt.sif's load unique cmd scripts in the GUIRunOnce. I would like to convert to RunOnceEx but I can't see a way to create a different script for each user. All the tutorials show the script being loaded in a cmdlines.txt but that would be universal. Is there a way to load a different cmdlines.txt based on which winnt.sif the boot loader loads? Can the RunOnceEx registry entries be done from a cmd in winnt.sif?

That just tells Windows where else to look when finding drivers for the hardware it finds. I you don't have an Nvidia card, it will not install the drivers for it.

There is an option to disable this when building your transform (MST) file. It is buried somewhere in the page that offers hundreds of options to change. You have to look for it.

IcemanND, Is that a space between the quotes for password or should I just put nothing there?

Okay thanks. The one and only user is myself. My current setup does not require a password and I also have it set to autologin. This was achieved using TweakUI after install. I just wanted to recreate that during my unattended install. I guess with autologin, having a password is no big deal.

On the display issue: could it be a function of your driver that you are installing? For the other issue: did you remove everything from your GuiUnattended except AdminPassword=* EncryptedAdminPassword=No

I want to add myself as a user automatically with useraccounts.cmd and autologin.reg as referenced in the MSFN guide. How do I specify no password? Do I use "DefaultPassword"="" or "DefaultPassword"="*" in the regfile? In the cmd file do I just leave a space after the name; "net user John /add"? Or, should I place a single asterisk there or delete the space all together?

MSFN Unattended The advantages listed are at the bottom of the page. But, there are only the 2 I listed above.

Yeah, but the interface would be the only thing affected. This does almost nothing for saving space on your CD though. The basic installer for 6.02 is 11.8 MBs. The basic 6.01 is only 8.7MBs and the update is another 4.2MBs. So, you only save 1 MB. I think I'll stick with the English version I have and apply the update. Both can be done automatically.

Well, I'll be darned! What is the difference between an English installer and English (Central European)?

Everybody agrees that there is an installer for the update. What Dragonrage is looking for is an Adobe installer that install Acrobat 6.02 already updated. I don't think it exists. You have to install 6.01 and then install the update.

Okay, sorry for offering my thoughts. I thought that's what you were asking for. If you only want to hear from Alanoll why don't you PM him.

Not exactly a "huge list" but it is a bit better for the reasons above (from MSFN Unattended Site)

I thought that Xaudio=1 installs all the audio components making all the components you have listed below that redundant.

Is there any way to trick Office into doing an admin install so that I can slipstream? My version is also from the Action Pack and it does not support it. By the way, I found an alternate source for Orca.msi without installing the SDK. Orca is on this page

Thanks, I assume that this can be automated? If so, should I do it from my cmdlines.txt?

Can I add to my $OEM$/$Docs/user/My Documents folder during install? I seem to remember trying it once a long time ago and it messed up the creation of my user account on first login. I think I tried ".../Ed/My Documents" and ended up with another acct named something like "computer.Ed". I can't remember exactly the names, I just remember it got messed up. Is there a way to populate my personal My Documents folder and not run into problems?