DisabledTrucker

I dont think I mentioned that I didn't use this to do anything with the ModifyPE, I was just using the ModifyPE program itself, and it refused to work with all the .bmp's and .jpg's I tried it with, (about 5 of each). Maybe I was using it wrong, or didn't use the correct switches when using it, but I couldn't make it work. I knew that the LZX compression was better than Makecab alone, but I didn't notice much in size difference than using it alone when I was compressing them all last night. (About 30 in all.) Could be the files I was attempting to compress were already compressed quite a bit to start with being the reason, as I used Jasc PSP to assure they were as small a file size as possible before I included them.

I notice you say: But when I attempted to use ModifyPE.exe to compress a .bmp or a .jpg file for inclusion into the i386 folder, (fyi, I was trying to replace the default files for the wallpaper,) it only gives an error that it wont work with them. Are you able to overcome this with this utility? Does the .jpg and .bmp files not need to use the ModifyPE.exe program to compress them? Mind you, I used it seperately and not using your program, as I have just now found it. TIA. *EDIT* Also, will using the LZX compression actually benefit those files? One more thing inref: How about a way to do them in batch form? Such as multiple files at a time.

NO there seems to be no difference in them, just that they are packaged for the europeans, but it seems to use U.S. english in them, as I have always used those links to download reader and never had any problems out of using it. There may be small discrepancies when looking through the software itself, but the files that your reading in them are going to be the language that it's written in anyways so it shouldn't matter. For me it really doesn't matter if they spell color, colour, or refer to the bathroom as a John for that matter, it has no bearing on the functionality of the program itself. Being that it's more or less a shell, it really doesn't matter if it's using the "formal" english or the U.S. derivative of it. It's more or less like the Explorer browser for .pdf files, so there really's not much to worry about, if you don't understand a specific wording in the program there is always www.dictionary.com. The .pdf files themselves, if written in American English will be able to be read in that language.

I seen above where it was mentioned that it was or should be listed there if all went well, my question was does the uninstaller actually allow for the uninstallation of it, or does it become a "dead link" so to speak when uninstalling? (Much like some of M$'s files when slipstreamed, though they show up in the folder, you cannot uninstall them it gives you an error if you try to remove them.)

By placing it in the txtmode folder, Windows XP will find it and install it at the F-6 stage and shouldn't need a reference to it in the OEMDriversPath section, though I include the txtdrvers folder there as well. It also sholdn't need any other reference to how to install it other than the files that are in your raid folder for that driver. I do however also include it in the other $OEM$ folder as well for inclusion in the drivers that are copied over to my HDD during the installation phase. Though you have to put the information from the txtsetup.sif file into the setupmgr file, like I show in the one that I have posted in the link above. Though I am unsure if I have the correct settings at this point as I have yet to try it this way. I too used the way you are mentioning last time, but I also included them the way I have them still. Only difference is this time I intend to omit the extra file, if I can. See picture for details.

I couldn't agree more. Thanks as well for the download, I too have been having a time with this, glad someone has finally worked out a solution. Has anyone determined if there is an actual working entry in the Add/Remove control panel for removal of this for updating?

All I did to get them installed was put the entire ethernet section into a folder called LAN and let Windows sort it out, they installed just fine on Win XP SP-1 by themselves. The NRM folder wasn't used in my installation, as I have a Chaintech 7NJS Zenith and it doesn't use the Nvidia Resource Manager (NRM), so I no longer include it as part of my installation. My folder structure is: $OEM$\Drivers\ AGP LAN SM_BUS MemCtrl IDE etc. and in the LAN folder, I put everything that was in the NVidia "Ethernet" folder, not the folder itself, just the installation files, with the exception of the NRM folder and it's contents. I recommend to doing a basic installation of the operating system first (Windows XP SP-2 no customization), then after it boots installing the individual files from an extraction of the 4.24 drivers, then try to install that NRM file after you have everything else installed and see if it installs, if so, then go to http://unattended.msfn.org and look for the link to installing files using the installshield wizard in the applications drop down after first uninstalling them and redo it using the switch, (I believe -r,) to make an .iss file to include in there then read on how to install them using it. Once you have done that, it should install that as well during the installation. *EDIT* I should also mention that I include the WinXP folder (driver folder not NRM folder) and it's contents in the LAN folder as well. Also, from what I can find out from NVidia themselves, the NRM is for NForce3 platforms, so unless your installing on an NForce3 motherboard, it's not likely this portion will work. Why it's included with a 32-bit installation is beyond me since NForce3 is 64-bit. HTH.

I too have been researching this topic as well, though I am uncertain of the possiblity as M$'s website and ref.chm is of little use in this matter. But from what I can determine, it should be possible to do a txtsetup the way you mentioned, though you may have to make a custom txtsetup.inf file to point to the different directories and set it up in the OemPnPDrivers section to point to the individual folders as well. You should be able to just put the Txtsetup reference in the OemPnPDrivers section of the Unattended.txt file and let Windows sort it out. It shouldn't be necessary to put a txtsetup.inf to point to them in the TxtSetup folder. Putting each individual driver into the different subfolders, Windows Should be able to determine which specific driver it needs and install that one by itself. All I can say is try it out that way and if you have a success or failure please report back so others will know as well.

Here is what I have found for Windows XP SP-2, I believe you also need the Repartition=No in the Unattended part as well. The following is an excerpt edit by me from ref.chm. ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=0;When set to "0" you can partition the HDD yourself, otherwise it installs Windows to the first available partition that has adequate space for a Windows installation and does not already contain an installed version of Windows. Either omit the AutoPartition entry from your answer file or set the value of AutoPartition to 1. If AutoPartition = 1, the /tempdrive command-line option of Winnt32.exe is ignored. If you do not set the value, text-mode Setup installs Windows on the partition where $WIN_NT$.~LS is located. [Unattended] Repartition=No;Specifies whether all partitions on the first drive on the client computer are deleted and the drive reformatted with the NTFS file system. *!Important!* Repartition is valid only when performing an unattended Setup by booting the computer from the Windows product CD. See my attached SystemMgr.txt for what all I have been able to come up with so far for SP-2, it also includes lines such as above which are edited from the ref.chm file for Windows XP SP-2 SetupMgr.txt

Have you found the Cisco drivers yet? From what I have found on Cisco's website, you have to be a registered user and sign in to obtain their drivers. Though this was specific to the iSCSI drivers, I would assume that it would also include all their drivers.

I haven't noticed on the list, nor do I have one, but Asus also has a wireless device that attaches to some of their motherboards, is this also going to be included?

Your welcome, and the edit: *edit* One more thing, I don't know if it will help or not, they do make a cable that you "can" connect a IDE drive either to a laptop computer, or the other way around, if your in need of access to your other hdd. Not sure about SATA though. was in ref: You could if you like, you'd have to research it yourself and incorporate what you needed into the individual files. From what I understand, you have to not only edit the .cab file, you also have to edit several other files within the i386 folder as well. Then your still likely to run into errors from them not being signed drivers. Bâshrat's way puts them all in your $OEM$\Driver folder which Windows XP will look for when it's installing, then will install them as it's installing Windows XP. If your only going to use a few different drivers then what your asking will work fine, Bâshrat's way is to include them all into the mix so you don't have to do them individually for each device. Still, like Bâshrat said, just doing even one driver is a lot of work.

Might I suggest converting the .tiff files to .jpg, .png, or some other format and trying it that way and see if that helps. You can also try using a virus scanner to assure they aren't infected. Also, try opening each one individually and see if they are somehow corrupted. Not having used Picture and Fax viewer much, I really can't help you out other than what I have already mentioned and to suggest that you try using another viewer. The one that comes with Paint Shop Pro 7 Aniversary Edition works great from my experience, which is what I always use, then again, I don't have any .tiff files either.

Too bad I didn't have this information when I was looking for it several months ago, thanks for the info...

*EDIT* One thing I must make mention of before you read the rest, you should be using a hardware firewall with any kind of broadband connection, even if you only have one computer. This is mostly for your security while on the internet, and as cheaply as you can pick up a router for these days, it's not reasonable to not have one! *EDIT* Not really, think about it, you only have access to at most 252 different possibilities for an ip address in any given range. For example, most routers, will allow you to assign 192.168.0.2-192.168.0.253, Usually 192.168.0.0-192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.100 or 192.168.0.254 is being used by the router itself. Therefore your only left with 252 different possible address selections, if you maintain your network properly, your going to be going into the configuration sheet at least once a month to change your ip dchp addresses anyways, wep password as well, if your running a wireless network, so why not just skip using the dhcp and make them all static then you don't have to have all your ip addresses in a single line. For another example, say you have 10 computers connected to your network, you can have them seperated out to 192.168.0.5, 192.168.0.12, 192.168.0.70, 192.168.0.89, 192.168.0.110, 192.168.0.114, 192.168.0.200, etc., instead of 192.168.0.101-192.168.0.110, which if one of those aren't there and you're on a wireless network, you're leaving the door open to any wannabe who wants to get onto your network, because they can just grab the next available ip address in the dhcp before they hack the wep. If it's static ip, then they have to know exactly what the next ip address is before they can even gain access to it. Some routers such as the ones that comes with Comcast Home Networking only allow for dhcp assigned addressing and limit you to only being allowed 5 connections from 192.168.0.10-192.168.0.14, which is a major screw-up on the isp's part from the security prospective. Now if you only have a small few computers, 3-5 then having them seperated amongst the 252 possibilities in the ip range that your working with is a great idea and also a better way at securing your network than using a dhcp assigned address. Mind you, you should be using a firewall, (software,) as well as your router, to help keep people from being able to access your computer from the internet. If you can gain access to the internet, then no matter what your ip address is, someone can gain access to your computer from the internet, dhcp or staticly assigned. Though no solution is 100% safe from any kind of attacks on the internet, the only thing that will help is a properly set up firewall as well as a virus scanner that also runs in the background while your connected. Sure they may be using vital resources of the computer, but with computer speeds what they are today, as well as the bandwidth available, your computer really shouldn't notice that they are running, and the slowdowns that you may encounter would be from attacks on your computer. From the program itself having to use more resources to defeat the attacks. The problem is most people don't configure their security settings for their firewalls nor do they configure their settings for their virus scanners, instead turning them off or making them really lax in their protective abilities, which they need not be, if time was taken to set them up properly. Which not being set up properly could be the reasoning behind the massive usage of resources that they are consuming. To bring a long story to a close, the best way to secure your network is to secure each computer that is connected to your network, using all the tools accessable to you, to your advantage. Including, but not in any ways limited to, using firewalls and virus scanners as a first line of defence against those attacks. If you are attacked, (notice someone using your network without your consent, (wirelessly,) or via the web,) you can always go into your routers, and softwares, set up page and change some settings to help lock it down further. One thing I recommend, if your router has the possiblity is to put all the MAC addresses of your computers that you are using on your network into a control list that will block others from being able to obtain an ip address to begin with, and make sure your not using a dhcp assigned address. (Usually found on wireless routers.) Look for a section that allows you assign the static ip addresses and set them up there as well, so your router knows exactly where to look for the computers that should be on that network. Also, make sure you have your firewalls and virus scanners properly set up, if you can't do this yourself, then either look for the information which is scattered all over the internet, (try looking for the companies forums first if available,) or ask someone else to help you set it up. In the long run you'll be happy you did. HTH.

Yep, thought others who may have a hard time finding it, could use the link. That has all the 6.02 versions there, the full and the update for each language that's listed.

For those of you who don't know how to obtain the full version of the adobe reader, or if you want it in a language other than english, check out this Link to Adobe's downloads.

Thanks, all I wanted to know, maybe once the CD's are released someone can update this if it's different. Also, thanks for the complete list. @msbhi22, those are SP-1A disk labels. *EDIT* Aaron, or one of the powers that be, if you can make this a sticky or link to this for those who are interested, pointing directly to Jotnar's post with the actual download in it, it would be greatly appreciated. TIA. *EDIT*

I know Windows doesn't, I do...

Personally I have all but the tablet version that I use on different PC's around here. But I run Pro mostly. *EDIT* I use the Pro version because it's got most of what I need on it as well as being much more secure than Home. The MCE edition, I use to watch/record videos on, then I port them to the Pro to convert to WMV. Which I can then send to the Home computers for viewing. I for one sure dont...rofl

another way you "could" attempt to do it is use: xcopy (cdrom):\*.* C:\WIN98SE\*.* /E /I /V and see if that will work. I know when it gives me a hard time sometimes doing it in WinXP that's what I end up doing and it usually works. *NOTE* You have to do that from a command prompt, if you have the Powertoy "CMDHerePowerToy", you can just right click the drive your Win98 cd is in and bring up a CMD window that way. Otherwise use the run box and put in "CMD" w/o the quotes, then press enter and then type in "CD (CDROM):" to get to the cdrom drive that has your cd in it. From there follow what I said above. Also, note that you need to change "(cdrom)" to represent your actual cd roms drive letter. ***EDIT*** I should mention too that I used "C:\WIN98SE\" as an example, you can use whatever drive you want to save it to by substituting that drive letter for the one I used above.

I know I did that before I had asked, but it should tell on MSDN, where you go to download the cd's somewhere what the name of the CD is in that format. I know they used to have it and had a list of them that you could access without an MSDN account, but I can't get back into that anymore, because it seems they moved it to the MSDN site. *EDIT* The list you could access without the account, not the actual downloads.

I had to let my MSDN account go when I got disabled, or I would look it up myself. It should tell on that portion of the website what the new CD name is by now, since it's been sent for CD creation. And I hadn't realized when I first typed it which was which untill I went back and relooked again at them to make sure, but now I have it straightened out.

I've been to tacktech in fact I had mentioned it in the opening of the thread, is why I had asked what it was. I had been naming mine X2PFPP_EN, without the "W" but I wasn't sure if that was correct. I hadn't thought to add the extra "W" there. I was hoping someone who has a MSDN account could tell us what M$ was saying it was supposed to be named. I know that sometimes they change it. Also, I went back and re-edited the names for GOLD and SP-1 just as I believe you all were posting those above.

You mean that M$ hasn't yet decided on a name for the CD yet for SP2?