[How To Disable Ie, Oe, And Show Desktop Quick Launch]

I already know how to enable the quick launch toobar, but I would like to disable the use of the following icons in the Quick Launch. When you create a new user they are populated automatically. I looked in the def user profile under application data\Microsoft\internet explorer\Quick launch and the folder does not exist. i am working with windows 2000 and again qould like to keep the quick Launch but disable these icons from auto populating new profiles. thanks in advance for any responses.

[dell Gx520 with dvd writer]

I only include the drivers for the laptop and desktops in the environment at the time. Any additional info would be helpful.

[dell Gx520 with dvd writer]

I am having a problem with Dell GX520 with DVD writer. I have an unattended cd that works great for all the Dell equipment in my environment except for the 520 with a DVD writer. I am using Pyron's method which works for all laptops and desktops in my environment except this situation. I have checked the txtsetup.sif to make sure there is no space after the end of file marker. What happens is the Pc first comes up it goes into an endless reboot. This model uses the intel chipset and I have tried dirvers directly from dell and Intel. I have even tried copying all the cats and inf files to the $OEM$\$$\INf directory and that does not see to work. The only thing that seems to work is running a silent install of the drivers using the setup with silent switches. I would like to see if there is a way to get this to go without doing the silent install. I have used the R96614 driver from dell. I would appreciate any feedback. This site is the greatest !!!!!

[Integration of NVIDIA's nForce RAID and AHCI drivers]

Just dropping a quick ?. I get an error message during the initial setup of windows not during driver detection stating that windows could not copy nvuide.exe. Does anyone know how I can get rid of that error. It works when the system comes up, but the thought is this is unattended I dont like hitting escape to cancel the copy.

Thanks in advance for any help with this issue.

[Silence of the foxes]

I am having a problem with forecastfox installing I keep getting a disk/io error message on startup. When I uninstall this extesion then reinstall it works fine. I read somewhere that you need to copy the forecastfox directory. I have found a forecastfox directory in the profile directory. Where do I need to copy this directory to in the SOF structure and at what level do I copy from? I appreciate any help.

Thanks,

[Windows Source on hidden partition]

Just wondering if anyone has tried placing their windows unattended on a hidden partion for recovery purposes? If so are there any resources out there that cover this topic? I guess the hard part would be unhiding the partition then starting the install. Any thought ?

[Sysprep prompting for computername and to joing do]

I am having a problem with windows 2000 and sysprpe.inf. On my images I am being prompted for computername and to join a a domain even though in my sysprep.inf I am telling it a computername and to join a workgroup: Here is my sample sysprep.inf:

[NT4Preinstall]

OemBannerText="Windows NT 5.0 - Dell Computer Corporation"

[unattended]

OemSkipEula=YES

KeepPageFile="1"

[GuiUnattended]

OemSkipWelcome = "1"

OEMSkipRegional= "1"

TimeZone=35

[userData]

ComputerName="Computer"

FullName="Company"

OrgName="Company"

ProductID = "xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx"

[Networking]

[identification]

JoinWorkgroup="USAGNT"

Can anyone shed some light as to what may be wrong. I will look on the ocmputer to see if there is a sinn.sif fiel anywhere that may be interfering. This is really starting to be a pain. Thanks in advance for any help.

[Sysprep and win2k problem]

Here is a copy of my syeprep.inf file

[NT4Preinstall]

OemBannerText="Windows NT 5.0 - Dell Computer Corporation"

[unattended]

OemSkipEula=YES

KeepPageFile="1"

[GuiUnattended]

OemSkipWelcome = "1"

OEMSkipRegional= "1"

TimeZone=35

[userData]

ComputerName="Computer"

FullName="Company"

OrgName="Company"

ProductID = "xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx"

[Networking]

[identification]

JoinWorkgroup="USAGNT"

I make a directory c:\sysprep and copy sysprep.inf, sysprep.exe, and setupcl.exe

I then run the command sysprep c:\sysprep\sysprep.inf

For some reason as the PC is running through the mini setup I still get prompted for the Computername and It wants me to join a domain when I am telling it to join a workgroup. Can anyone shed some light on this subject ? Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.

[Assigning a variable the result of a function]

That worked like a champ ... Do you have a guide or book you can direct me to so I can understand exactly what you are doing ? I appreciate your help...

Thanks,

[Assigning a variable the result of a function]

Goodmorning. I am having trouble assining the result of a funtion to a variable in a batch file. I am using compname.exe to generate a computername(compname.exe /d ?s) I want to assign this to a variable so it can be used with sysprep and the UserData section. Here is what I have

Set strComputername = compname.exe /d ?s

echo Computername ="%strComputername%" > sysprep2.inf

Later the sysprep2.inf will be combined using the copy command, but I need this problem resolved. Thanks in advance for any help you provide it is greatly appreciated.

[Need script to modify sysprep.inf]

If you run this on a bas machine wont the serial number be incorrect for subsequent machines? Im trying to use compname.exe like this compname.exe /? ?s to get the serial number and use it as the computername. If you do this on a base machine wont the serial number be wrong for all subsequent machines ?

Thanks,

[sysprep and computername]

Im confused. I could make a batch file that does compname.exe /d ?s > userdata.inf, but when would this batch file run and what would control this batch file running. I would need sysprep.inf to be modded as computer is coming up for the first time to make sure the PC is coming up with the correct serial number.

Also how would I origionally run sysprep? Would I origionally run sysprep with sysprep1.inf which would contain all data except the userdata section which would house the userdata section of sysprep.inf ?

Thanks in advance for you help. I appreciate it.

Jim

[sysprep and computername]

This is a bit over my head. Any link for additional info. Would like to accomplish for both xp and Win2k. I didnt think you could use facoty mode with win2k.

Thanks for any help

[sysprep and computername]

I can always run a batch after the machine comes up using the same compname.exe file, but I was looking for a way to incorporate it into sysprep.inf file. Meaning as the computer is coming up the computername field would be filed in with the correct computername that being the asset tag(serial number).

Thanks for any help you provide in resolving this issue.

[sysprep and computername]

I am trying to automate the computername prefill with compname.exe. I am trying to prefill this with the PCs serial number which is pulled from the motherboard and is accomplised by running the command compname.exe /d ?s . How would you incorporate the winnt.sif when im using sysprep.inf with sysprep.exe ?

Thanks for any input.

[sysprep and computername]

I am trying to figure out a way to prefill the computer name while using sysprep.

I have tiried using compname.exe , but that was not successful.

[userdata]

Computername = c:\sysprep\compname /d ?s

Can onyone offer a suggestion as to how this could be accomplished using sysprep?

Any help you provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Jim

[sysprep.inf and compname]

Can someone confirm that the following is legal in sysprep.inf for win2k and XP

[userdata]

Computername = compname /d ?s

The intention is to automatically use the serial number(asset tag) as the computername

I guess you would include the compname exe in the sysprep directory

Thanks in advance for you help .....

[Hide start button or taskbar]

I will give this a shot...

http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/905/

Thanks for the replies.....

[Hide start button or taskbar]

I mean so you dont see the taskbar or remove the start button from the taskbar. I did not see anything in group policy that would do that.

Jim

[Hide start button or taskbar]

its not an option in the group poicy editor

[Hide start button or taskbar]

I am trying to lockdown a desktop so the user only sees the icons placed on the desktop. Is there a way to hide the start button or the entire taskbar. I dont mean autohide as I dont want it to be visible at all. Thanks in advance for your assistance.

Jim

[All-in-One Guru]

This sounds like an awesome tool. I am not disrespecting any of the existing tools as they are great as well. I am an IT professional and a tool like this could be very useful

[Sysprep - Tried Everything - HELP!]

Ok im going to make it even simpler. We can know in advance which hal a computer uses by simply bringing up the machine with the factory image and copying the hal and kernel off of it. I guess what I can do is create a batch file asking what type of machine are you imaging and then copying the appropriate hal and kernel. I guess after ghositng is completed I could ask the question, run ntfs4dos, copy the appropriate hal and kernel, let the machine come up and detect the hardware. Does this sound like it would work ?

[Sysprep - Tried Everything - HELP!]

I guess Im trying to simplify this. If you had an exe that identified the cpu type then you could make a decison based on that processor type what hal to use. You could have all the different hals and kernels extracted in advance and on the hd. You run this command to detect the processor type then just copy the appropriate hal and kernel to hal.dll and ntosxxx.exe to the windows system directory. I guess in a nutshell that is what I am trying to get out of this.

[Sysprep - Tried Everything - HELP!]

What is that written in ? Meaning can I just copy this code and save out as vbs? It would also need to live in the same directory as the exe as well. Thanks for your help.

Thanks,

Jim