DanFraser

The quickness thing is I just hate any other computer than mine! I've tried this already, but it installed a horribly messed up Vista that I'm just wiping over. Anyway, I'm not bothered about using vLite to go through things to make the install nice and easy, all I'm after is the minimum needed to make Vista install to C:, Users to D: and both Program Files to E:, which vLite can't do anyways. These drives are partitions on the only drive that has ever appeared in the install screens, and it is in this order, so what would I need? <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend"> <settings pass="oobeSystem"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm=" http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance "> <FolderLocations> <ProfilesDirectory>D:\</ProfilesDirectory> <ProgramData>E:\</ProgramData> </FolderLocations> </settings> </unattend> That's what I think is the minimum. I don't need to edit partitions, I can do that myself. (edited the code for easier reading)

I'm trying to figure out how to get this working. I use Visual Studio and Uni has specified that I use the command prompt compiler. Also, because of Vista 64, i get this funky line in the shortcut: %comspec% /k ""C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\vcvarsall.bat"" x86 With my current workload and organisation (I can't think of a better way of storing all this data without getting lost), I would really love to be able to set it up so that I can right click a folder and open a visual studio command prompt at that folder. Right now it takes a while to open it up, switch it to the folder, and get cracking. Can it be done just like the good old way of "open command prompt here", but using the compiler command window instead? I seem to have an annoying habit of closing the window instead of switching from it, and I am going crazy!

I'm currently trying to setup a tiny little network for some family. They currently have a computer with AOL on XP Home. I've managed to rig it so that with a wireless network card they can access the internet from a laptop. However, a user must be logged in, with AOL open for this to work, and if they log off (either deliberately or screen saver) everything goes to pot and I basically have to re-write the stuff each time this happens. I've got it working beautifully apart from this. Is there any way to force the network options (if possible) to stay user-free and be permenantly on, and to also have AOL as a background service from boot up, but still maintain the illusion it is still the same as before? I know that last bit sounds strange, but they are too used to AOL. I am doing my best to get them off AOL and on to a cheaper much more supportable provider, one which this problem would be oh so simple.

Darn, just a couple of things that need sorting. Visual Studio .NET is not installing from the DVD anymore... I have the correct syntax etc etc (I've been over that many a time, not making my last mistake again). I can get the Windows Component Update disk to silently install what I need. Right now I am trying to figure out whether it could be that the vssilent.ini for the unattend file might be pointing to D:\programs\ as the install folder, or the .Net framework is not installed correctly. Can I slipstream .Net 1.0.3705 into windows? It could be that doing it as that might need a reboot to finalise that install. I'm in the library (no proper net connection...) so I can't post my files, so have a stab in the dark (!) Btw, 1.0.3705 seems to be necessary for the install to continue (don't ask me why, VS7 just does...). Also, is there a way i can just fake a cd from the directories of my XP DVD that are actually on my hard drive? Burning a 4GB DVD (even to an image on a hard drive at 30MB/s) takes ages, and isnt getting practical anymore! Ooh, Anyway to shrink the "DVD" of Visual Studio? I don't need all that stuff there, and surely I can reduce it down from 2.5GB...?

God i feel a right bloody gimp...

[COMMANDS] "useraccounts.cmd" "REGEDIT /S regtweaks.reg" "RunOnceEx.cmd" Looks fine to me, i only added the runonce line for this dvd.

ARGH! It didn't work! The setup stops at the T-12 stage of the setup, but I cannot figure out why. I am going to put everything involved with my DVD into this post so you guys can pick at it all. Please help! First of all, here's a pic of the root of my DVD. It shows what I have done to integrate Visual Studio .NET onto the DVD so that it is easily installed later on. Next, WINNT.SIF : ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" [Unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS UnattendSwitch="yes" FileSystem=* WaitForReboot="No" DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore ProgramFilesDir="D:\Programs" CommonProgramFilesDir="D:\Programs\My Common Files" KeyboardLayout="United Kingdom" [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=* EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=85 OemSkipWelcome=1 [UserData] ProductKey=YEAH RIGHT!! FullName="DanFraser" OrgName="Home" ComputerName=CLIENT [Display] BitsPerPel=32 Xresolution=1280 YResolution=1024 Vrefresh=60 [TapiLocation] CountryCode=44 Dialing=Tone AreaCode=01332 [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 SystemLocale=00000809 UserLocale=00000809 InputLocale=0809:00000809 [Identification] JoinWorkgroup=HOME [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=No [NetAdapters] Adapter1=params.Adapter1 [params.Adapter1] INFID=* [NetClients] MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient [NetServices] MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER [NetProtocols] MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP [params.MS_TCPIP] DNS=No UseDomainNameDevolution=No EnableLMHosts=Yes AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1 [params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1] SpecificTo=Adapter1 DHCP=No IPAddress=192.168.0.3 SubnetMask=255.255.255.0 DefaultGateway=192.168.0.1 DNSServerSearchOrder=192.168.0.1 WINS=No NetBIOSOptions=0 [Shell] CustomDefaultThemeFile = "%WinDir%\Resources\Themes\myTheme.theme" My user account stuff is pretty standard, i know its worked, its always worked, so i'll skip that. Now for my RunOnceEx.cmd cmdow @ /HID @echo off FOR %%i 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 %%i:\CD.txt SET CDROM=%%i: SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Applications" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "Soundblaster Live 5.1 Drivers" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Applications\SBLive\CTZAPXX.exe /q /o /r" /f REG ADD %KEY%\010 /VE /D "Microsoft Office XP" /f REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Applications\OfficeXP\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-!" /f REG ADD %KEY%\020 /VE /D "MBM 5370" /f REG ADD %KEY%\020 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Applications\MBM\mbm5370.exe /VERYSILENT /SP-" /f REG ADD %KEY%\020 /V 2 /D "%CDROM%\Applications\MBM\MBMIO.EXE /s /32 /2 %systemroot%\system32" /f REG ADD %KEY%\020 /V 3 /D "mbm.reg" /f REG ADD %KEY%\025 /VE /D "IsoBuster 1.6" /f REG ADD %KEY%\025 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Applications\IsoBuster\IsoBuster.exe /VERYSILENT /SP-" /f REG ADD %KEY%\030 /VE /D "VLC Player" /f REG ADD %KEY%\030 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Applications\vlc\vlc-0.8.2-win32.exe /S" /f REG ADD %KEY%\035 /VE /D "Nero 6" /f REG ADD %KEY%\035 /V 1 /D "neroinstall.reg" /f REG ADD %KEY%\035 /V 2 /D "%CDROM%\Applications\Nero\Nero6.exe" /f REG ADD %KEY%\035 /V 3 /D "neroinstall.reg" /f REG ADD %KEY%\040 /VE /D "WinAmp" /f REG ADD %KEY%\040 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Applications\Winamp\winamp.exe /S" /f REG ADD %KEY%\045 /VE /D "Ulead PhotoImpact" /f REG ADD %KEY%\045 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Applications\ULEADPI\setup.exe -s" /f REG ADD %KEY%\050 /VE /D "Daemon Tools" /f REG ADD %KEY%\050 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Applications\daemon\daemon347.exe /qn /Reboot=Suppress" /f REG ADD %KEY%\055 /VE /D "DC++ 0.674" /f REG ADD %KEY%\055 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Applications\dc++\DCPlusPlus-0.674.exe /S" /f REG ADD %KEY%\060 /VE /D "Norton AntiVirus 2002" /f REG ADD %KEY%\060 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Applications\Nav2002\setup.exe /qn /norestart" /f REG ADD %KEY%\065 /VE /D "Creative Surround Mixer" /f REG ADD %KEY%\065 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Applications\Surmix2\Setup.exe /s" /f REG ADD %KEY%\070 /VE /D "WinRAR" /f REG ADD %KEY%\070 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Applications\WinRAR\wrar342.exe /silent" /f REG ADD %KEY%\075 /VE /D "Keyboard Drivers" /f REG ADD %KEY%\075 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Applications\Keyboard\Keyboard.exe" /f REG ADD %KEY%\080 /VE /D "Adobe Acrobat Reader 705" /f REG ADD %KEY%\080 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Applications\Acrobat\AdbeRdr705_enu_full.exe /S/v/qn" /f REG ADD %KEY%\085 /VE /D "Quicktime 7.0.3" /f REG ADD %KEY%\085 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Applications\QuickTime\QuickTimeInstaller.exe /S/v/qn" /f REG ADD %KEY%\090 /VE /D "nLite 1.0rc3" /f REG ADD %KEY%\090 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Applications\nLite\nlite1.0rc3i.exe /sp- /silent /norestart" /f REG ADD %KEY%\095 /VE /D "SiSoft Sandra 2004" /f REG ADD %KEY%\095 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Applications\sandra\sandra2004-989-Win32-G3N.exe /sp- /silent /norestart" /f REG ADD %KEY%\100 /VE /D "Clearing up" /f REG ADD %KEY%\100 /V 1 /D "clearup.cmd" /f pause exit which moves into clearup.cmd (placed in system32) cmdow @ /HID @echo off title Clearing Up FOR %%i 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 %%i:\CD.txt SET CDROM=%%i: sleep.exe 5 start /wait %CDROM%\Applications\WMP\MP10Setup.exe /q:A /c:"setup_wm.exe /Q /R:N DisallowSystemRestore" sleep.exe 5 taskkill /f /im winamp.exe taskkill /f /im NAV*.exe /T taskkill /f /im MBM5.exe xcopy /S /E /Y %CDROM%\Applications\NUpdate\*.* %programfiles%\Common Files\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs\Incoming\*.* sleep.exe 1 attrib -R "%programfiles%\Motherboard Monitor 5\" /S start /wait REGEDIT /S mbm.reg xcopy /S /E /Y "%CDROM%\Applications\MBM\Files\*.*" "%programfiles%\Motherboard Monitor 5\*.*" start /wait neroinstall.reg taskkill /f /im winamp.exe sleep.exe 10 xcopy /Y %CDROM%\Applications\Winamp\Winamp %programfiles%\Winamp\*.* sleep.exe 1 mkdir %allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Isobuster shortcut /F:"%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Winamp.lnk" /A:C /T:%programfiles%\Winamp\Winamp.exe /W:%programfiles%\Winamp shortcut /F:"%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\mbmstart.lnk" /A:C /T:%programfiles%\Motherboard Monitor 5\mbm5.exe /W:%programfiles%\Motherboard Monitor 5 shortcut /F:"%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Isobuster.lnk" /A:C /T:"%programfiles%\Smart Projects\IsoBuster\IsoBuster.exe" /W:"%programfiles%\Smart Projects\IsoBuster" shortcut /F:"%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Excursion.lnk" /A:C /T:%programfiles%\Excursion\mIRC.ExCurSioN.exe /W:%programfiles%\Excursion sleep.exe 2 net user aspnet /delete DEL "%systemroot%\*.bmp" DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\*.jpg" DEL "%systemroot%\system32\dllcache\*.scr" DEL "%systemroot%\system32\*.scr" shortcut /F:"%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\install2.lnk" /A:C /T:install2.cmd /W:%%systemdrive%%\WINDOWS\system32 sleep.exe 2 start /wait %CDROM%\Applications\Java\j2re-1_4_2_06-windows-i586-p.exe /s "/v/qn REBOOT=Suppress WEBSTARTICON=0" sleep.exe 60 shutdown -r -t 00 -f exit Looking at that, ive just seen that i have added a OOBEINFO.INI in the system32 folder (in $OEM$\$$\system32 of course). Could that affect it? Near the end, that creates a shortcut to install2.cmd in the install drive root, which itself is placed in the startup folder, to instal visual studio .net after the last reboot. @echo off title Installing Visual Studio .NET ECHO Locating installation DVD drive letter... ECHO. FOR %%i 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 %%i:\CD.txt SET CDROM=%%i: ECHO Located... ECHO. ECHO Installing Windows Media Player 10 start /wait %CDROM%\Applications\WMP\MP10Setup.exe /q:A /c:"setup_wm.exe /Q /R:N DisallowSystemRestore" sleep.exe 1 ECHO Done ECHO. sleep.exe 1 ECHO Now installing Visual Studio .NET start /wait %CDROM%\setup\setup.exe /NO_BSLN_CHECK /unattendfile vssilent.ini sleep.exe 5 ECHO Installation of Visual Studio .NET ECHO is complete. The computer shall be ECHO rebooted once again to finalise the ECHO computers' setup in one minute. sleep.exe 60 shutdown -r -t 00 -f exit Obviously not hidden by cmdow as it does let you know whats going on. Thats pretty much it really. If you can find anything wrong, or make any suggestions, it would be really appreciated! (if you want to know how i set up visual studio .net in this way, don't hesitate to ask, i have tested this independently).

I have been reading this site for AGES, and have done many slipstreamed disks and whatnot. But now I am going for BIG. I am going to try and use a DVD with XP SP2, updated drivers, Visual Studio .NET, just about every program in the application switches forum, with my own theme, using runonceex. I have been going at this for ages (about 14 days just doing this), reading up on everything. It's also my first time using runonceex. Visual Studio will be copied across in its directory format (as outlined in numerous microsoft help pages), and installed at the end of runonceex with a batch file (hidden of course ) I just managed to squeeze it in to 4GB!

Yes... Until I come back online to check this thread, i'll try out other ideas, as a couple of other things are still laughing at me...

I'm almost there. I'm almost finished with creating my powerful CD/DVD! NO! ARGH! **** you stupid little annoyance! WHY!? WHy did you have to do that to me!!?? I'm sure everyone has been through that... My start menu options are missing!!! Right click the start button, click properties, make sure you are on the start menu tab, click customise next to start menu, and click the advanced tab. Look in the white box. Got a list of what should be shown on the luna theme start menu? Good. I haven't! This is really annoying because it's not showing a few folders i like to quickly access on the start menu. I have attached my reg tweaks file, just in case the answer is in there. RegTweaks.txt

Thanks for the quick reply! Especially on the Winamp part! That sleep thing will also be useful. Thanks for setting me on my way!

Well, as everyone knows, a cd is never finished! But there are a few things I want to ask to get mine as close as possible to what I want it to be like. First, to clear up a few problems with programs - .net framework. This runs, but not silently, according to the /? from dos, it says the silent install is /Q, so, I added that, and it doesn't work. Suns' Java... No matter what I try, its never silent! Perfect Disk - This, is a strange one (for me). Did the iss file trick, and now it is only click next a few times, but i dont have to enter any info. Any ideas on these programs? Nero installs fine (now, anyway). But it moans about only being a demo and that the key has expired. NEVER had this problem installing nero manually, only now, and it also moans about cannot be run in this language, and I am thinking its something to do with the commands i have for installing it - ECHO Installing Nero 6 Ultra ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\Nero\Setup.exe /silent /noreboot /no_ui /sn=***KEY*** /write_sn REGEDIT /s neroreg.reg neroreg.reg: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ;Removes the Nero Filter Check From startup [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] "NeroFilterCheck"=- It reinstalled fine after an uninstall and reboot. By the way, this is the only method I have gotten to even get it silently installing. Winamp. Will anyone ever find something to install this program!!?? I have tried lots of stuff on these forums, including an autoit script. But even that gives an error! Is there someway to just copy the files across, and if needed, write some reg keys? This is version 2.81 btw, dont ask why! I like this one the best. Now for a MBM5 tip. I do not take credit for this, it was in another post somewhere, but I found a way to save your settings, so that with this below, and the next step, when you have reinstalled, all you have to do is reboot again, and mbm will start with windows, with your settings intact. install.cmd - ECHO Installing MBM 5360 start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\MBM\mbm5360.exe /VERYSILENT /SP- start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\MBM\MBMIO.EXE /s /32 /2 %systemroot%\system32 copy %systemdrive%\install\Applications\MBM\mbmiodrvr.sys %systemroot%\system32 start /wait REGEDIT /S mbm.reg mbm.reg - Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\mbmiodrvr] "Version"="32" "Type"=dword:00000001 "Start"=dword:00000000 "ErrorControl"=dword:00000001 "ImagePath"=hex(2):53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,00,\ 62,00,6d,00,69,00,6f,00,64,00,72,00,76,00,72,00,2e,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,00,\ 00 "DisplayName"="mbmiodrvr" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\mbmiodrvr\Security] "Security"=hex:01,00,14,80,90,00,00,00,9c,00,00,00,14,00,00,00,30,00,00,00,02,\ 00,1c,00,01,00,00,00,02,80,14,00,ff,01,0f,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,\ 00,00,02,00,60,00,04,00,00,00,00,00,14,00,fd,01,02,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,\ 05,12,00,00,00,00,00,18,00,ff,01,0f,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,20,00,00,00,\ 20,02,00,00,00,00,14,00,8d,01,02,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,0b,00,00,00,00,\ 00,18,00,fd,01,02,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,20,00,00,00,23,02,00,00,01,01,\ 00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\mbmiodrvr\Enum] "0"="Root\\LEGACY_MBMIODRVR\\0000" "Count"=dword:00000001 "NextInstance"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_MBMIODRVR] "NextInstance"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_MBMIODRVR\0000] "Service"="mbmiodrvr" "Legacy"=dword:00000001 "ConfigFlags"=dword:00000000 "Class"="LegacyDriver" "ClassGUID"="{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}" "DeviceDesc"="mbmiodrvr" "Capabilities"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_MBMIODRVR\0000\Control] "ActiveService"="mbmiodrvr" The original code was for a newer version. All I did for that part was change the setup filename, and make sure the directories etc were correct for my setup. What I did next, was create another batch command file, which will be started when the first one ends (start install2.cmd at the end, before 'exit') and in that one, i put this: ECHO Setting Up Motherboard Monitor For First Run copy %systemdrive%\install\Applications\MBM\Data\*.* "%programfiles%\Motherboard Monitor 5\Data" ECHO. just copy your data folder from your mbm directory to the folder for mbm on your cd/dvd, and there you go. Then as I said before, reboot, and it should all be waiting for you. You don't have to use a second install command file, thats just me and neatness, helps me split up the important stuff like .net wmp9 etc, and then different programs in the next one, and stuff like moving files about. Does anyone know how to make the batch file wait for a certain amount of sceonds before moving onto the next line? Hope you can help with my problems! DanFraser

EDIT: WHOOPS! I just realised what the subject looks like!!! Could someone change it? To get towards completing my XP DVD, I am looking for reg keys that can get rid of the tedium i go through after finishing booting XP for the first time after installing. I already have a ton of reg keys setup on my CD, but there are others I would like to find out if they exist or not. I havent had much luck searching for most of these, so I decided to post. Here's the list: 1: I have the reg keys for this, but how do i differentiate between ticked and unticked in them, for the visual effects in windows (shadows under mouse etc)? eg: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects] "VisualFXSetting"=dword:00000003 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\AnimateMinMax] "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 etc... 2: Hide inactive icons. I want this off!! 3: Launch Browser In Separate Process ;----- ;----- Launch Browser In a Seperate process ;----- [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BrowseNewProcess] "BrowseNewProcess"="Yes" Doesn't seem to work...? 4: Is there any way to map network drives via the registry? Is there any way to do it automatically at all? 5: Show hidden files and folders? 6: Turn off 'Hide extensions for known file types'? 7: Turn off 'Highlight newly installed programs' in the start menu? 8: ... I'm sure there were more! Oh well, I would be very grateful if someone, or multiple people knew the answers to the above! I know they look trivial, but i'm sure many out there hate the little things you have to do over and over! DanFraser