Jito463

What the heck? I'm glad you didn't get fired, but come on. They let you off the hook with just a warning letter because the CD looks "pretty"? Not very bright, are they.

Instead of running the "IF" commands from the GuiRunOnce, create a batch file that gets copied to the HDD during the setup process (using OEM Preinstall) then put this command in the batch file: FOR %%d IN (d: e: f: g: h: i: j: k: l: m: n: o: p: q: r: s: t: u: v: w: x: y: z:) DO IF EXIST %%d\WIN51 SET CDROM=%%d %CDROM%\Software\start.cmd Or, alternatively, instead of running a batch file from a batch file, just put the commands from the start.cmd into the batch file on the HDD, and run the programs from there.

Double check that it's not named winnt.sif.txt

Depends on if the restore disc is an image restoration or an actual Windows setup disc. If it's the former, I highly doubt it. If it's the latter, you should be able to edit the files and add the winnt.sif to automate the process without any issue.

umm, nVidia driver for a Ati Radeon? How does that work?

The driver install window should never popup when installing Alcohol or Daemon Tools. Try scrapping ALL your switches and using just /qn Reboot=ReallySuppress. That's all you need, trust me.

I think he means during the install it defaults to multi-user profiles instead of one profile for all users.

Been keeping an eye out for it myself. Strange indeed. Guess they must have found a bug that needed fixing.

I always check new/unknown spyware and adware removal tools against this list: http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm Very clear and detailed listings of numerous rogue and suspect anti-spyware software.

If you're getting corruption of files, it could be HDD, RAM, CPU, IDE cables, IDE controller (meaning MoBo) or even weak PSU (which would cause several of those componets to act oddly). The only way to track it down is to start swapping out components until you find the bad part(s). Good luck.

You are correct, sir. (arcane reference ) Opera - So easy to use, no wonder it's number 1.... Oh, wait. It's not. But it should be

lol, I got such a kick out of that, Green. I think I'm gonna use that in my sigs from now on

XP Home cannot log into the Administrator account except from Safe Mode.

Just do as I suggested in your previous topic. Copy deltree.exe to your System32 directory and call it from your batch files. Works like a charm on my preinstall setups. If you can't find it, I can rar it up and e-mail it to you.

I don't believe this will work. Primarily because in a RIS setup, it has to contact the domain server so it can easily grab that info while doing it. In an unattended CD setup, it has no reason to contact any server so it does not think to look for a machine name outside of itself, which is designed to generate a random name. There's probably a way to set it via a reg key called from a vbs script in which you could specify the computer name to use. Not sure how you would go about this, but I'm sure it could be done.

Note the $ in bold. It should be % If you read your error messages, you'll find out a lot about what went wrong.

Why not implement the WUv5 updates into your XP CD? http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=28527&hl=wuv5

Umm, yeah. Just use the one in the download...

An autoexec.bat file should work fine. If that's the command you always use, then that should be all you need in the autoexec.bat file.

That doesn't list how to change the driver names setup.exe /qn DRIVER0=xxxxbus DRIVER1=xxxxscsi reboot=ReallySupress Replace the xxxx with whatever you want. Technically you can rename the entire filename (barring the .sys extension), but I think this is a better method imo.

Your problem then is with your system, not with your discs. You should replace your IDE cable for your optical drive. You might also check your RAM and CPU for problems.

http://www.pc-magic.com/des.htm#mf Magic Folders and Encrypted Magic Folders. Great programs. The Encrypted version is the same as the normal version but you can both encrypt the files (duh!) and also scramble the filenames. The scambling function is nice because if someone bypasses the program they still don't know what files they've got because the names/extensions are all scrambled up.

A few problems I notice. WMP9 is already included in SP2. You don't need to install it Same goes for DX9b. DX9c is already installed, so you don't need those. You don't need -c if you don't enter a comment. This is probably your problem, though. Notice the /, which should be a \. *EDIT* lol, just beat me

I don't believe RD will delete empty directories. What I did was copy deltree to my System32 directory and use it to remove my copied install directories like so:

www.spywarewarrior.com is a great resource for checking various different spyware products out. He has a list of "Rogue Anti-Spyware" products that either rip-off/clone popular products (such as Ad-Aware and Spybot) or that are adware/spyware supported themselves (making their usefulness dubious at best) or that have a consistent record of false positives making them unreliable. Very handy resource. Any time I hear about a new product, I usually check up on it there. Giant Anti-Spyware did rank in their trusted section. Of course, then again so did PestPatrol, and their free "online scanner" found Virtual Bouncer on my machine after an up-to-date scan with both Ad-Aware SE 1.05 and Spybot S&D 1.3 found absolutely nothing on my machine. Not to mention that I know about VB and there is no way in the world I would allow it on my computer. So I guess you can draw your own conclusion from that.