ewingum

Well, I've created a vb utility that recieves as a parameter the time (in seconds) to wait before restart/shutdown. it should be used like this ShutDownTim /r[optinal] x[optional] where x is the time and /r (or -r - note that it is not case sensitive) is the parameter for restarting. x can be between or equals to 0 and 60. (0<=x<=60) if there are no parameters or invalid parameters, it will reset/shutdown without waiting (as if x was 0). For example: shutdowntim /R 30 - this will restart the computer after 30 seconds. Works like charm, feel free to use it. If someone wants to host it on their website, feel free to do so with credits (Created by Ewingum). ShutDownTim.exe

Check the Video Resolution Changer here: http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/downloads.htm For me it actually didn't work, but it is worth a shot. I search for a more general solution than the drivers solution (I'm creating those unattended CDs for installing on multiple computers with different configurations), but if you need the CD for one computer only it is the ultimate solution - please note that there is no oroblem in using the drivers-integrated cds for other computers - it just won't install the newly integrated drivers (thus having the resolution problem)

since we are already at it, is there a way to run an unattended setup of Norton AV/Systemworks 2004?

Tnx is there a way to have a timeout and yet to have no warning screen (this RPC-is-terminated-so-i-have-to-shutdown like screen)?

Indeed, i guess this is the problem. weird that i haven't noticed. {EDIT: now i remember that i thought that since the CMD is already loaded at memory it will noe cause problems and execute the shutdown command anyway. i have to say that it seems to me weird that it hadn't worked, tough i think it is indeed the problem (i don't see any other reason)} so i guess that i'll register the RD at RunOnceEx in the registry thru this cmd, so it'll restart and remove the folder after the restart. Tnx! and now for the second problem btw, how can i create an xpcreate generated cd with sp2rc2? i slipstreamed it to CDSource but it than downloads SP1a setup to slipstream it instead :-\ p.s. - i really appriciate ur work! Two thumbs up

I'm creating unattended windows xp cds using XPCREATE (i posted my question here and not in XPCREATE's forum because it is not XPCREATE-specifiec questions). i'm using RunOnceEx.cmd in $OEM$ to install after the first logon (Using RunOnceEx in the registry) several updates and apps and to call a cmd (which is the last procedure that is registered thru the RunOnceEx.cmd) that is contents are: cmdow @ /HID @echo off net user aspnet /delete DEL "%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\Java Web Start.lnk" DEL "%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 1.2.lnk" RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\install\ shutdown.exe -r -f -t 00 EXIT now, the problem is that the computer doesn't restart at all. I want the computer to restart without a warning, so using -t xx where xx is not 00 or just -r -f (that automatically calls -t 30). i don't care to have a delay of like 10sec but if it will eventually restart after 10sec. Any suggestions? Another problem is that the windows does not change the resolution of the screen. in the winnt.sif i wrote: [Display] BitsPerPel=32 XResolution=800 YResolution=600 Vrefresh=85 and because that didn't work i used the 1365VidChng.exe that is on http://unattended.msfn.org . i wrote on RunOnceEx.cmd: REG ADD %KEY%\025 /VE /D "Setting screen resolution" /f REG ADD %KEY%\025 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\1365VidChng.exe 800x600x32@85 -q" /f Again, it seems to activate the file but it does not change the resolution. Thanks