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Sorry, I don't have your answer but you will get a better response by posting in the dedicated Nlite forum here.

Oops, wrong posting. My bad, please disregard and forgive the bufoonery.

Has anybody upgraded to 6? I reactivated and looked at a reg snapshot but saw no new entries. There were also no new file entries on the system partition.

After upgrading from ver 5 to the new ver 6 my Roboform requires reactivation. Does anybody know if there is a new reg entry that I will need to copy to register it silently next time? My old reg data is still there but the new version isn't using it.

Thank you very much. I did not have the modules folder there at all. Works great now.

I am trying without luck to get cdshell working. I am using Flyakite's cdshell.ini as a starting point. But, I can't get past the first few lines. Here is the error message CDshell gives me: I tried pulling line 2 out but then it said that "print" was not a valid command. I am using CDShell ver 2.0 and all files are in /boot. Here is my modified cdshell.ini: boot: cls print "\n" print "Press Enter to boot from DVD... \n" getkey 5 boot 0x80 if $lastKey == key[enter]; then goto time # When no key found... goto boot # Function to display time of day time: set hour = $timeHour set ampm = "am" if $timeHour > 12; then set hour = $timeHour - 12 if $timeHour > 12; then set ampm = "pm" set time = "$hour:$timeMinute$ampm" # Function to display date date: set month = "n/a" if $dateMonth == 1; then set month = "Jan." if $dateMonth == 2; then set month = "Feb." if $dateMonth == 3; then set month = "Mar." if $dateMonth == 4; then set month = "Apr." if $dateMonth == 5; then set month = "May." if $dateMonth == 6; then set month = "Jun." if $dateMonth == 7; then set month = "Jul." if $dateMonth == 8; then set month = "Aug." if $dateMonth == 9; then set month = "Sep." if $dateMonth == 10; then set month = "Oct." if $dateMonth == 11; then set month = "Nov." if $dateMonth == 12; then set month = "Dec." set date = "$month$dateDay,$dateYear" # Printing the Interface menu: set textColor= color[grey on black] set boldColor= color[cyan on black] cls print c "\n\cXXÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ<\c0B$time $date\cXX>ÄÄ \n\n" print c "\cXXAdvanced Multi-Boot DVD v1.7\n\n" print c "\cXXÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ \n\n" print "1) Windows XP Professional - Normal \n" print "2) Windows XP Professional - Ed's Computer \n" print "3) Windows XP Professional - Other Computer \n" print "4) Ghost 8 \n" print "5) Partition Magic \n" print "6) Windows 98 Boot \n" print "\n" print "Q) Quit to Command Prompt \n" print "R) Reboot \n" print "ESC) Boot 1st Harddisk \n" print c "\n" MainKey: getkey 20 boot 0x80 if $lastKey == key[1]; then chain /PRO1.DAT if $lastKey == key[2]; then then chain /Eds1.DAT if $lastKey == key[3]; then then chain /othr.DAT if $lastKey == key[4]; then memdisk Ghost8.ima if $lastKey == key[5]; then memdisk /Partmag8.IMA if $lastKey == key[6]; then memdisk /boot.IMA if $lastKey == key[q]; then end if $lastKey == key[r]; then reboot if $lastKey == key[esc]; then boot 0x80 end What am I doing wrong?

I just looked & I cant seem to find the services.reg descriptions on page 2. Can ya point it out ? Actually, it is the third post. The descriptions are the commented lines. Here is just a small excerpt as an example: ;Disable Messenger Service (to block spam. Does not affect MSN or Windows Messenger) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Messenger] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Remote Registry Service [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteRegistry] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Windows Time Service [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Error Reporting Service [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ERSvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 Most of the reg files posted here are commented. Most will comment even if for their own use. Mine is commented so I can remember what each tweak does and also to make it easier to search.

The second post in this topic on page one has all the services annotated.

b837e19483d00fe9aad3b435b51404eeacc35fb5d6dba92e662fe86a6dc59a84 is the password encrypted.

You also might consider changing your admin password now that it is on the web!

You might want to blank out your product ID before posting to the web.

Thanks guys for all the help. This looks very "doable".

Is it possible to create an unattended cd that has multiple winnt.sif's? I would like to build a single cd (or dvd) that has two different answer files so that I can install on both mine and my wife's computer and choose the appropriate answer file for each computer.

I wondered about this as I tried it and ended up with a directory named "ed.eds_Computer". How do I copy over files and directories into my user folder in docs and settings? I want to copy over my favorites and some files into My Documents. What is the $Docs folder for if you can't actually copy over files into the user's My Documents folder?

Yes, I understand if you have multiple computers to set up. That's why I only asked of home users. I see the need for it in a business with lots of computers. I guess I was just questioning myself because I am always complaining that there is not enough time in the day yet I will spend hours debugging a macro that might save a few keystrokes off some given task. Same thing here, I have spent way more time on this than it will ever save me.

Yes, I tend reformat often also but usually I will use a Ghost image that I take after a clean install and after applying all the tweaking I want. Restoring from an image file is much easier than reinstalling Windows, even from an unattended install. Like you, I enjoy the challenge though. Thats mainly why I'm doing it. I will build my master unattended cd right after SP2 goes final but then I will probably use images after that.

I am asking strictly for the home users out there. How many of you (I mean us) are building unattended CDs for home use? I have and I realized that I have spent countless hours over many, many days putting it together and tweaking it. All to shave a few minutes off of a normal installation. Is it really worth spending 20+ hours in an attempt to avoid interacting during a 30 minute installation? I am not trying to provoke an argument but that is just my own observation. Having said that, I will probably still work on my unattended CD. I just wondered if anybody else has thought about this.

Try removing one of your RAM modules and testing each of them one stick at a time.

Why don't you just use nlite to remove components? It will do it all for you automatically. Google "nlite"

Mine is set to decimal of 10 and hexadecimal of 0000000A. Plus, this is set in the Start Menu options where it also shows ten. There has to be something else. Somehow, somewhere, I have turned off the tracking. I imported my regtweak.reg file manually after the unattended install is over. I have the following tweak commented out: ;Remove Frequent Programs List from the Start Menu ;[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] ;"NoStartMenuMFUprogramsList"=dword:00000001 ; ;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] ;"NoStartMenuMFUprogramsList"=dword:00000001 I figured that would be what would do it, but again, I do not import that and I double checked my reg file and these entrys are not there.

That is set to 10 but the Start Menu does not show any programs on the left side other than the ones I have "pinned".

Can anybody tell me what is the tweak that turned off the recently run program tracking in my start menu? I copied some tweaks and I thought I understood all of them but I somehow turned this feature off and I would like to get it back again. Thanks in advance.

How can I install an application that only has an .inf installer? I don't even care if it is done silently, I'd just like to install it automatically through my RunOnceEx file.

Thanks, I'll give it a try. I did read those words on Bart's site but my confusion was because these words are also posted: Plugin included with PE Builder, but the user needs to buy the program: Disk Commander by Winternals. ERD Commander 2002 by Winternals.

Will BartPE give read and write access to NTFS without purchasing the $150 ERD Commander? I read over Bart's website but this point was unclear.