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Hi, Actually, Windows assigns drive letters according to specific rules.. It always looks for first primary MS-DOS partition and sets as C. then goes on to look for 2nd, 3rd, 4th hard disk (primary) and sets those first as D, E, F, before coming back to logical drives on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd harddisk. I'm confusing...but these articles will help.. I've got the same problem too. May have to look into creating a batch file or script in the unattended? http://www.microsoft.com/learning/books/tr...olutions/89.asp http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...=kb;en-us;51978 creating script http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documen...kb_cnc_boaj.asp

take this out and try ;XP and 2k3 ;NoInstrumentation disables windows user tracking. ;NoSMHelp removes help from the startmenu. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoInstrumentation"=dword:00000001 "NoSMHelp"=dword:00000001

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Hello maybe wanna check your spelling... silly but it does make a difference..

Hi.. Yup, upon checking the smallicons does not stick..cos something about windows shell not having fully loaded and thus it wun stick?? i tried adding a 2nd runonceex but that didnt work either..so after fooling ard i made this simple workaround.. simply create a batch file to apply the smallicons.reg and put that into the windows startup folder...then delete it! e.g. startup.cmd (you gotta adjust the paths yourself!) @ECHO OFF IF EXIST d:\cd.txt set cdrom=D: ECHO Applying small icons REGEDIT /S "%userprofile%\start menu\programs\startup\smallicons.reg" ECHO Removing all traces of startup DEL /S /Q "%UserProfile%\Start menu\programs\startup\*.*" ECHO Configuration Complete ECHO Your computer has been fully configured and is now ready to use... EXIT smallicons.reg ;Use small icons in both Windows Explorer and IE [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\SmallIcons] "SmallIcons"="yes" copy it using your preferred method (i just add a line in cleanup.cmd to copy startup.cmd +smallicons.reg over to "%userprofile%\start menu\programs\startup" Now after runonceex is completed and rebooted, windows shell will load and run startup.cmd automatically...and then deletes itself after it's done! voila. clean, damnned smallicons is finally registered, etc! no need for reboot/log off even.. I use this to delete the internet explorer link that cleanup.cmd wasn't able to del...cos the windows shell hasn't loaded at that point either..and also the reg tweak that makes .cmd open with notepad by default... hope this helps someone

It's weird, but i never used to have that problem until recently. I swear i didn't change a thing, it just popped up. But if I just leave it alone it goes away by itself. and the program still works. The SCSI controller I get is D346PRT. So i say heck it, i've got other things to worry about... My switch is this : %cdrom%\install\Daemon\daemon.msi /qb /norestart

Hi, I hope somebody can help me. When I try to install windvd using the switch setup.exe -s, an error occurs that reads something like "Catastrophic failure - Error extracting support files". This did not happen before, only recently. The only things I've changed are I used nLite and for runonceex.cmd, I changed it to run from Cdrom. I know nLite is not the problem because when I installed a clean version in VPC, the same problem still pops up. My switch for windvd. This worked when I was running runonceex from C:\. REG ADD %KEY%\120 /VE /D "WinDVD" /f REG ADD %KEY%\120 /V 1 /D "%cdrom%\install\WinDVD\setup.exe -s -f2c:\logs\windvd.log" /f REG ADD %KEY%\120 /V 2 /D "%cdrom%\install\WinDVD\3rdPartyApp\InterActual\install.exe" /f REG ADD %KEY%\120 /V 3 /D "regsvr32 \"C:\Program Files\Intervideo\DVD6\IAManager.dll\" /s" /f REG ADD %KEY%\120 /V 4 /D "REGEDIT /S %cdrom%\install\WinDVD\windvd.reg" /f REG ADD %KEY%\120 /V 5 /D "pskill msiexec.exe" /f One time after I've installed XP, I went in to try to manually install winDVD, and ended up succedding, but I've no idea what I did. I changed registry permissions, I changed Temp drive permissions and other weird things, but i've no idea which caused it to work in the end. Can somebody give me advice? Thanks a lot in advance

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I use this "start /wait %systemdrive%\install\dvdshrink\dvdshrink314setup.exe /silent"

Hi, was reading through and saw this, and couldn't resist... http://www.virtualplastic.net/html/desk_reg.html#mask

Here's another for the IE-->Advanced Settings ;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ;Use java 2 v1.4.2_04 for <applet> (requires restart) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Plug-in\1.4.2_04] "UseJava2IExplorer"=dword:00000001

I should add that for my messy reg tweaks, associating it with ft000001 would work with unattends, but if you're adding it to your current machine, it might erase the current associations if you have any...so use with precaution! Or you can change the key ft00001 to something else appropriate..i have yet to think of an appropriate name..like.."CDImage".."daemon tools kickass image"? Remember to change the corresponding entries too, like this [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.iso] @="CDImage" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CDImage] "EditFlags"=dword:00000000 "AlwaysShowExt"="" "BrowserFlags"=dword:00000008 @="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CDImage\shell] @="Open" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CDImage\shell\Open] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CDImage\shell\Open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\D-Tools\\daemon.exe\" -mount 0,\"%1\"" and so on and so forth.. Anywayz, I like MCT's way too, nice and clean! But I'm not very good at importing infs...and did I mention that the best thing abt doing this right click mount option is that the program never needs to show up in your systray?!

Hi..this is what i found so far...i haven't tested it out on a new machine yet, so im not sure if this is all that's needed...any help to refine will be appreciated! Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ;these sets associations [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cue] @="ft000001" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bin] @="ft000001" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.iso] @="ft000001" ; i found out that windows randomly generates this set of keys for the cue files I manually added under windows explorer-->tools-->file types [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ft000001] "EditFlags"=dword:00000000 "AlwaysShowExt"="" "BrowserFlags"=dword:00000008 @="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ft000001\shell] @="Open" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ft000001\shell\Open] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ft000001\shell\Open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\D-Tools\\daemon.exe\" -mount 0,\"%1\"" ;these sets the right click open with program lists I want... [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.CUE] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.CUE\OpenWithList] "a"="daemon.exe" "b"="NOTEPAD.EXE" "MRUList"="ab" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.CUE\OpenWithProgids] "ft000001"=hex(0): [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.bin] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.bin\OpenWithProgids] "ft000001"=hex(0): [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.iso] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.iso\OpenWithList] "a"="daemon.exe" "b"="nero.exe" "MRUList"="ab" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.iso\OpenWithProgids] "ft000001"=hex(0): sorry abt the messy code...it's late, and i'm going to bed!

http://www.multi.fi/~dabohlin/My%20files/A...Help/MANUAL.TXT many more commands there! Anyway please let us know if you manage to do the right click option...I'm very interested!

is it okay to just link to other websites? i found it somewhere on the web: daemon.exe -mount <n>,<path> where <n> is the device, numbers 0 - 3 (since daemon tools only max at 4 virtual drives), <path> is to the ISO e.g. i only have one virtual drive: so my command line is: daemon.exe -mount 0,"C:\XPCD.iso"

ooh ya, thanks for the pointer! me i'm logged in all day long..!

Hi, been looking to do this for a long time now so i thought i'll share it and it's all kudos to this thread ! http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=14207&hl= ;Search MSFN forums from address bar directly [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\msfn] @="http://www.MSFN.org/board/index.php?&act=Search&keywords=%s&namesearch=&forums=all&prune=0&result_type=posts&searchsubs=1&CODE=01" Search parameters: Search Where : All forums (search in child forums too) Search posts from: any date Search Where : Entire Posts Result type: Show results as posts (makes it go directly to the highlighted post instead of entire thread..) Hope it helps someone!

First of all, did you look here - MSFN's Unattended XP CD Is your runonceex.cmd together in $OEM$ folder with your cmdlines.txt? Anyways, your backslashes are in the wrong places...i'm not an expert, but try this: cmdow @ /HID @echo off SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Applications" /f REG ADD %KEY%\001 /VE /D "Preparing Installation..." /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "Norton Antivirus 2003" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\Applications\NAV03\NAV.msi /QB REBOOT=Suppress" /f REG ADD %KEY%\010 /VE /D "Winzip" /f REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Program Files\winzip\winzip32.exe /noqp /autoinstall" /f REG ADD %KEY%\015 /VE /D "Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0" /f REG ADD %KEY%\015 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\Applications\AdobeReader6\AdbeRdr60_enu_full.exe -p\"-s /v\"/qn\"\"" /f REG ADD %KEY%\020 /VE /D "MSN Messanger" /f REG ADD %KEY%\020 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\MSN\MsnMsgs.msi /QB REBOOT=Suppress" /f REG ADD %KEY%\025 /VE /D "SunJava" /f REG ADD %KEY%\025 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\Applications\SunJava\j2re-1_4_2_05-windows-i586-p.exe /s /v/qn" /f REG ADD %KEY%\030 /VE /D ".Net FrameWork" /f REG ADD %KEY%\030 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\NetFramework\netfx.msi /QB REBOOT=Suppress" /f REG ADD %KEY%\035 /VE /D "Windows Media Player 9" /f REG ADD %KEY%\035 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\WMP9\MPSetupXP.exe /Q:A /R:N" /f REG ADD %KEY%\040 /VE /D "Importing Registry Tweaks" /f REG ADD %KEY%\040 /V 1 /D "REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\regtweaks.reg" /f REG ADD %KEY%\045 /VE /D "Cleaning Up and Rebooting" /f REG ADD %KEY%\045 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\cleanup.cmd" /f EXIT Now i'm not sure about the ADobe reader at all (one too many slashes) but mine executes from a MSI file. try and see if you can execute the file, and cancel out at the earliest time possible, and go to C:\windows\cache\ and see if you got a folder there for this.. if yes, copy the entire folder to your unattended cd and use that instead. the switch should then look something like this: REG ADD %KEY%\015 /V 1 /D "msiexec.exe /i \"%systemdrive%\install\Applications\AdobeReader6\Adobe Reader 6.0.1.msi\" /qb-" /f hope it works!

correct me if im wrong, but I think some of the values in "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" are referenced in the group policy editor, whereas "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" is at a lower level? Think the keys in the former can be used to overwrite the later... anyway the [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "ControlPanelInMyComputer"=dword:00000001 doesn't work for me..

I referenced these from shell32.dll --> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "ListviewAlphaSelect"=dword:00000000 - 30540, "Show translucent selection rectangle" "ListviewShadow"=dword:00000000 - 30541, "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop" "ListviewWatermark"=dword:00000000 - 30543, "Use a background image for each folder type" "TaskbarAnimations"=dword:00000000 - 30530, "Slide taskbar buttons" "StartMenuInit"=dword:00000002 theres a thread about this here --> http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?act=ST&f=70&t=20735 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "UserPreferencesMask"=hex:9e,3e,01,80 seems to control another set of visual effects as well, these links may be helpful in your understanding (but then again, you might already have come across them!) http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techi...entry/55198.asp http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/sampchap/6232.asp [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideMyComputerIcons] "{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000 just controls whether the Control Panel item shows up in "My Computer" this is my set of tweaks to enable classic search...but the advanced part of it is never checked..a bugger I haven't figured out. maybe the pros can help us out ? ;---------------------------------Windows Search------------------------------------- ;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ;Classic search, full path in title bar and address bar. ;Also Disables Search Dog ;Also opens each folder in the same window [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CabinetState] "FullPath"=dword:00000001 "FullPathAddress"=dword:00000001 "Use Search Asst"="no" "Settings"=hex:0c,00,02,00,1b,01,e7,77,60,00,00,00 ;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ;Make Sure windows searches for all files (including those that are not registered) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex] "FilterFilesWithUnknownExtensions"=dword:00000000 ;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ;Change Default Search Options (1 = ON, 0 = OFF) [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "SearchSystemDirs"=dword:00000001 "SearchHidden"=dword:00000001 "IncludeSubFolders"=dword:00000001 "CaseSensitive"=dword:00000000

Hmm I don't know what version yours and mine IE are, but I don't have the The rest are actually in my list ..think you missed it

hmm my last post didn't go through.. well i was saying that I know nothing about editing Hives, too advanced for a newbie like me your tweak list is very impressive, I saw that it contained the entire list of windows explorer-->view tab tweaks, thought i've found a fellow obssessive tweak collector here hee, no offence intended! anyways, here's the entire IE-->advanced tab...hope it's of some use to some people at least, comments welcome InternetExplorer_Advanced.txt

double posted -pooh!-

Hi, great list you got there I noticed you didn't list some of the tweaks you made a note of, did you deliberately leave it out or..? I have the entire section of IE-->advanced options if you're interested.

oops that's true Yeah, the numbers should correspond... basically when you type in cmd.exe "cleanmgr /sageset:number" where number is any number you choose, a set of reg keys are written to the subkeys under "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches" like this: "StateFlags0023"=dword:00000002... you can tweak these keys to your liking to get the desired effect, just set the command key as "cleanmgr /sagerun:number" and there you go! hope i'm not confusing people!