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Worked perfectly! I have created new installer files for NT4 now, TXTSETUP and LAYOUT, that include all files up to and including SP6a. I have a REG file that I need to convert to INF. Happened faster than I thought... Anyway, more later

Wow, this is an unlikely process. The amount of work required to just get Regsnap working was re-god-darn-diculous. And after all the trouble, it didn't work in NT4. For whatever reason (it just won't take a snapshot. It does nada). So. I got it on the VM. I am looking for other NT4 compatible versions of registry comparison software. That's where I stand at the moment.

Yeah, ok, I am feeling like I do have some spare time here and there. This shouldn't be too, too hard. I believe that I have all of the hotfixes, but does anyone know where there is a 100% listing of ALL of them? Before someone says "Google is your friend, Fred!" know that each site that lists them all have fewer of them than I have now... so something's wrong somewhere. damian666, can you send me a boot sector for nt4? I have one somewhere but I am not finding it.

Waves Hey, Tain! Well, damian666, this is something that The Fellowship Of The Slipstream has been discussing off and on and off for a loong time I have started compiling the SP6a registry information. If someone wants to be so kind as to install NT4 in a VM, install regsnap, then add the SP6a and see what new files were added (registry settings too if you want) then we can get this underway, I suppose. I could do this too I guess. I am in a position to do this insofar as narrating a method and editing NT install INFs. This is crazy, here we are talking about slipstreaming NT4 purely for academic study and "just because" even though none of us use it LOL

No, no, you're right... they always pull that little gotcha. I wonder if all the files needed are copied over... as for registry edits, those are easy. I forget the name of the snapshot compare tool to see how an NT system has changed, but if I found it, I'd figure it out and make an INF file to eliminate the need for the last step of re-applying SP6a.

How to create a fully slipstreamed Windows NT 4 Service Pack Everything After 6 / Unofficial 7 March 6, I am pretty much done. Bearwindows did a LOT of work already -- but all of this comes before doing his process. Thanks to Nateklomp for his links, which I grabbed from his post -- much appreciated. 1. We’re going to assume the use of NT Server. 2. Get the Service Pack and hotfixes: [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsp/SP/6.0a-128/NT4/EN-US/sp6i386.exe"]Service Pack 6a[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsp/patch/q299444/nt4/en-us/q299444i.exe"]q299444, the Post SP6a Rollup[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsrv40/Patch/Spooler-fix/NT4/EN-US/Q243649.exe"]q243649.exe[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsp/Patch/Q304158/NT4/EN-US/Q304158i.exe"]q304158i.exe[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsp/Patch/Q314147/NT4/EN-US/Q314147i.exe"]Q314147i.exe[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsp/PatchSH/Q318138/NT4/EN-US/Q318138i.exe"]Q318138i.exe[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsp/Patch/Q320206/NT4/EN-US/Q320206i.exe"]Q320206i.exe[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsp/Patch/Q326830/NT4/EN-US/Q326830i.exe"]Q326830i.exe[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntterminal/Patch/Q329115/NT4/EN-US/Q329115i.EXE"]q329115i.exe[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/6/d/36d7bf6a-56b3-4e56-b332-e4bd4ced994e/Q810833i.EXE"]Q810833i.EXE[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/3/f/93f82d57-0f2f-40ab-9873-f41d0384e5ee/Q815021i.EXE"]Q815021i.EXE[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/a/9/0a95e33a-2bb7-4e0a-b389-8eaac99ef364/Q817606i.EXE"]Q817606i.EXE[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/2/c/b2cef22e-f8a7-4029-af63-87011a64586c/Q819696i.EXE"]q819696i.exe[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/c/3/0c33cde6-931b-437d-985e-a9351111691f/WindowsNT4Server-KB823182-x86-ENU.EXE"]WindowsNT4Server-kb823182-x86-enu.exe[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/c/4/0c43ffdb-58fc-4231-83c6-4bfa69f70680/WindowsNT4Server-KB823803-x86-ENU.EXE"]WindowsNT4Server-KB823803-x86-ENU.EXE[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/b/0/eb0efc08-a68b-4635-9287-7894b33276eb/WindowsNT4Server-KB824105-x86-ENU.EXE"]WindowsNT4Server-KB824105-x86-ENU.EXE[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/4/164a5dcf-f241-4bc0-8ed1-31d39fe88d9b/WindowsNT4Server-KB824141-x86-ENU.EXE"]WindowsNT4Server-kb824141-x86-enu.exe[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/2/1/6216d162-1283-4e05-a505-3dc67b70155c/WindowsNT4Server-KB824146-x86-ENU.EXE"]WindowsNT4Server-kb824146-x86-enu.exe[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/0/1/f01c0522-76bd-4889-a620-fd10992489b6/WindowsNT4Server-KB825119-x86-ENU.EXE"]WindowsNT4Server-kb825119-x86-enu.exe[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/f/1/9f14b3d5-9d44-47e2-8ba6-e562512ff7e2/WindowsNT4Server-KB828035-x86-ENU.EXE"]WindowsNT4Server-KB828035-x86-ENU.EXE[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/0/8/1088f645-20b8-44ee-aafa-47b2fab94b7d/WindowsNT4Server-KB828741-x86-ENU.EXE"]WindowsNT4Server-KB828741-x86-ENU.EXE[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/d/7/6d7fcda4-1d50-49e7-b4dd-501fa54909c6/WindowsNT4Server-KB835732-x86-ENU.EXE"]WindowsNT4Server-KB835732-x86-ENU.EXE[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/b/3/ab36f6c2-67b8-4711-8d9a-0cf06b4153e1/WindowsNT4Server-KB839645-x86-ENU.exe"]WindowsNT4Server-KB839645-x86-ENU.exe[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/4/e/44ec3f6b-3033-481f-a746-af19f8a2e850/WindowsNT4Server-KB841533-x86-ENU.exe"]WindowsNT4Server-KB841533-x86-ENU.exe[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/e/1/de1dd54f-a6b9-4206-8496-418a1709ae95/WindowsNT4Server-KB841872-x86-ENU.exe"]WindowsNT4Server-KB841872-x86-ENU.exe[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/e/c/fec9efe8-b73d-4731-aedf-461f90d5a77f/WindowsNT4Server-KB870763-x86-ENU.exe"]WindowsNT4Server-KB870763-x86-ENU.exe[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/0/1/9013c8d2-1586-4913-ae2f-8fa4a27224ea/WindowsNT4Server-KB873339-x86-ENU.exe"]WindowsNT4Server-KB873339-x86-ENU.exe[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/1/16145263-1a0d-4421-a6ac-112e200cf804/WindowsNT4Server-KB873350-x86-ENU.exe"]WindowsNT4Server-KB873350-x86-ENU.exe[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/9/8/6982ee0f-933a-4e90-9fb9-376c89ad3475/windowsnt4server-kb885249-x86-enu.exe"]windowsnt4server-kb885249-x86-enu.exe[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/5/7/a57ea457-fac7-42fa-bb7f-dc1782a03d4e/WindowsNT4Server-KB885834-x86-ENU.exe"]WindowsNT4Server-KB885834-x86-ENU.exe[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/3/f/83f2502c-6196-41a7-b2a4-11199a50a5e6/WindowsNT4Server-KB885835-x86-ENU.exe"]WindowsNT4Server-KB885835-x86-ENU.exe[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/c/b/2cb94fd1-9180-4338-a353-ab17004ae347/WindowsNT4Server-KB885836-x86-ENU.exe"]WindowsNT4Server-KB885836-x86-ENU.exe[/url] [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/e/4/2e4d50d5-854c-48c3-a928-80c5ddc958e4/WindowsNT4Server-KB891711-x86-ENU.exe"]WindowsNT4Server-KB891711-x86-ENU.exe[/url] q243649 is supposedly contained in q299444, the Rollup, but you need one file from it. Random note, because you might need to know this: The last publicly available versions of NTKRNLMP.EXE and NTOSKRNL.EXE are both version 4.0.1381.7268 from 11-Oct-2004 and are found in hotfix 885835, which is listed above. I am not aware of a more recent version, including nonpublic fixes. 3. Get some Microsoft libraries and add-ons: [url="http://www.download.com/Microsoft-Windows-Installer-Windows-NT-2000-/3000-2216_4-10049516.html"]Windows Installer 2.0 Redistributable[/url] [url="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-008.mspx"]OLE Automation[/url] (we will use OLEAUT32.DLL) [url="http://support.microsoft.com/?id=932590"]MSVCRT.EXE[/url] [url="http://support.microsoft.com/?id=259403"]MFC and OLE DLLs[/url] Get the [url="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4B6140F9-2D36-4977-8FA1-6F8A0F5DCA8F&displaylang=en"]InstMsiW package[/url] for Windows NT (requires validation! LOL!). It won't actually install in NT thanks to Microsoft being clever, but it doesn't matter, we're integrating it. Use something like WinRAR to extract the contents. Rename sdbapiU.dll to sdbapi.dll (delete the 'U'). Get the [url="http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/cab/2.0/w98nt42kmexp/en-us/cabsdk.exe"]CAB SDK [/url]. Extract the files into a folder called CABSDK. [url="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/259403"]C++ runtimes.[/url] Rename atlu.dll to atl.dll and set it aside, eventually it will go directly into the SP6a folder. We will NOT be slipstreaming the "Patched EXPLORER.EXE for 256 color display." Why? Because it locks the system up on install! Also, TAPI 2.1 is included as of SP4, but download it, extract tcmapp.exe, MAKECAB it, and put it aside. It won't replace anything. You don't need any other files from the TAPI 2.1 since they were all made obsolete by hotfixes. 4. Get the following files from Windows 2000: cabarc.exe cabbench.exe cabinet.dll cabview.dll joystick.dll joystick.sys makecab.exe ntdetect.com ntldr setupp.ini Drag and drop cabarc.exe, cabbench.exe, cabinet.dll, cabview.dll and makecab.exe into CABSDK and replace whatever is there. The only file that should still say 1997 will be extract.exe. 5. Get the necessary third party add-ons: [url="http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/PsTools.zip"]PsTools v2.44[/url] [url="http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/Regmon.zip"]RegMon for Windows v7.04[/url] [url="http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/Filemon.zip"]FileMon for Windows v7.04[/url] [url="http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/ProcessExplorer.zip"]Process Explorer v11.04[/url][b][/b] 6. Dead links? You can also get the hotfixes at http://www.mdgx.com/wnt4.htm 7. FAT32 support. Do you really need it? Probably not. If you do, you have two choices: 7a. Winternals had a read/write driver for FAT32. When Microsoft bought them, they apparently paid those guys to kill it. If you can get it, and it is floating around, then download it. It's 4 files: chkfat32.exe, fat32.hlp, fat32.sys, and scnfat32.exe plus some reg keys. 7b. Ashedel makes two files that replace the NT4 versions that give FAT32 support. I have tried using one, then the other, then both at the same time to try to install NT on a FAT32 drive (not just boot, but install on). It won't work. You have to install to FAT16 and convert that to FAT32 and then it will boot, but it cannot install to FAT32. 8. Extract SP6a into a folder, we’ll call it “sp6a” using the /x switch 9. Extract the post SP6a rollup files from q299444i.exe into a separate folder. Call that folder “q299444i” and use the /X switch again. Rename the BROWSER.DLL in this folder to BROWR.DLL, then rename BROWSER2.DLL to BROWSER.DLL (delete the 2). 10. Extract ALL of the REMAINING hotfixes into SEPARATE folders. Yes, I know! It's a pain in the butt! But see, here's the thing: some of the hotfixes have the same files, and if you extract into the same common folder, they will silently overwrite each other. So you would end up replacing newer files with older ones. 11. Extract ALL of the top-secret nonpublic Hotfixes you happen to have (and if you don’t have any, don’t worry about it) into SEPARATE folders. If you have nonpublic hotfix file KB872952, extract it and rename UNTFS2.DLL to UNTFS.DLL Some of these passworded ZIP files will not be KBxxxxxx .EXE files. If they just extract the files right into the directory, that's okay. 12. Move ALL of these hotfix files, one by one, the files from your many hotfix folders into the q299444i directory (not into SP6a yet!!). Replace anything old with the new one according to filedate. There will be files that don’t replace anything in q299444i. That’s fine, move them over anyway. Delete all of the leftover files that were older (in other words, if a file was older than the destination, we don’t need it). If you set any files aside, like atl.dll and tcmapp.exe, add them now. Here is where we are: all of the hotfix files should be in q299444i. Some will replace what's there because they are newer, some will not replace any because q299444 didn't have them, and some files we got rid of. 13. Now it’s time to manually merge all of the q299444i files into the sp6a folder. Just drag and drop files from q299444i into sp6a, and replace older files with newer ones again using the file’s date as your guideline. Here below are most of the files you will be left over with (in other words, don't bother dragging and dropping them into the SP6a folder, just leave them alone for now): atalk.dll* bone.dll* browser.dll* (Important! This file is NOT the Browser service!!) browser2.dll (will be renamed to BROWSER and go into SYSTEM32) crlupd.exe floppy.sys fp4autl.dll ipx.dll* lmrepl.exe mprdim.dll ncp.dll* netbios.dll* netdtect.sys nmapi.dll parport.sys ppp.dll* regacl40.exe riched20.dll riched32.dll rmiisupd.cmd schannel.dll schmupd.exe smb.dll* snmp.dll* tcpip.dll* trail.dll* vines.dll* winhstb.exe There will probably be a few more too. Don’t worry about it for now. All of the hotfix files are now merged with the leftovers in q299444i. Oh No, you say! What about Registry edits? Relax, I’ve got you covered. 14. *These marked files will be going into a totally new directory in Windows NT called WINNT\system32\netmon\parsers. You need to make edits to TXTSETUP and LAYOUT, like this: [sourceDisksNames.x86] 1 ... 26 27 = system32\netmon\parsers ; new directory for post SP6a NT Server files The files above will be listed like this: atalk.dll = 1,,,,,,,27,0,0 See the END NOTES for more detail on this. Here is where we are: we have merged ALL of the hotifx files into the Service Pack6a. We have a bunch of leftover files from q299444i which are left alone in that directory. 15. Download the Unofficial Direct X 5 Distribution for NT 4. I have no idea, Google for it. Maybe try here. Once you have it, expand it to a folder such as “dx5” and don’t worry about the REG file that is distributed with Unofficial DX5, I have that covered, so delete the REG file. Drag and drop (some of) the files in the DX5 folder into the sp6a folder EXCEPT for these, which you can move to the q299444i folder (remember, q299444i is holding leftovers right now): D3DPMESH.DLL D3DRG24X.DLL D3DRG32X.DLL D3DRG55X.DLL D3DRG56X.DLL D3DRG8X.DLL D3DRGBXF.DLL DIRECTX.CPL 16. Some of those leftover files from hotfixes don't replace files in SP6a, but they do replace files in Windows NT i386. Because of the way the Bearwindows slipstreaming program works (it replaces anything in i386 with the same name from sp6a, whether the file was actually from sp6a or not), we can add the following files from the leftovers to sp6a: certmgr.msc clusapi.dll comcat.dll csvroot.exe dplaysvr.exe dssbase.dll enhsig.dll lmrepl.exe mf3216.dll mfc42.dll mfc42u.dll msvcrt.dll netdtect.sys oleaccrc.dll psxss.exe riched20.dll riched32.dll winhstb.exe wldap32.dll 17. Get http://browsers.evolt.org/download.php?/ie...SP2/ie55sp2.exe Get http://browsers.evolt.org/download.php?/ie.../ie55sp2_nt.zip Extract the following files and put them aside: browseui.dll dispex.dll dxtmsft.dll dxtrans.dll hh.exe hhctrl.ocx hlink.dll iexplore.exe inetcpl.cpl inetcplc.dll itircl.dll itss.dll jscript.dll mshtml.dll mshtml.tlb mshtmled.dll mshtmler.dll shdoclc.dll shdocvw.dll shlwapi.dll url.dll urlmon.dll wininet.dll ZOMG Internet Explorer?!? I know, I know. But we're going to put it as an optional component during setup so that you can have better program compatibility with programs that think they need to see IE. It won't even be a functional browser. We're just dumping IE DLLs optionally. 18. Now is the time to add whatever else will go into Windows NT such as an ASPI driver or some libraries or small freeware apps, etc. Open my TXTSETUP file and search for the word “newfiles” and you will see what I added. If you don’t want to add something or don’t have it, comment it out with a semicolon. Then open LAYOUT and do the same thing. See the end note. 19. Copy the i386 folder from your CD to your hard drive. Name it “i386bak” You will also copy i386 again to the C: drive at the next step also. It’s just good to have a backup, trust me. 20. No go here and follow this process: http://www.bearwindows.boot-land.net/winnt4.htm 21. When you’re done, move the new i386 directory to whatever drive you were working on. You’ll also need the CDROM_S.40 file. 22. You'll have leftover stuff that you'll wonder about. Files like crlupd.exe for example. You won't know where it came from or how you got it or if it's important... but if I don't make mention of it or tell you to replace a file in i386 with it, then it can be deleted. The astute reader will notice that I have been updating this every few days. March 6 Registering DLLs on bootup will be tough; not only is IERNONCE.DLL required, but new versions of EXPLORER and SHELL32.DLL that IE installs are required, too. Microsoft issued post SP6a hotfixes for EXPLORER.EXE and SHELL32.DLL but the shell32 causes problems with some software, and that defeats the purpose of running an OS in the first place. Because I have a nonpublic beta of NT5 that predated Win2000, I might try running that version of explorer and shell32 to see if it even works. The IE Desktop Update is NOT just available with IE 4. It's available with IE 5, 5.5, and 6, but Microsoft hides it from you. You have to start the install and edit the IESETUP.CIF file in the TEMP directory to make the Desktop Update option visible. The "Update" replaces EXPLORER and SHELL32 with HTML-aware files that are older than the versions from hotfixes. No thanks. END NOTES Here are the extra files I added to TXTSETUP and LAYOUT. This list is good for BOTH files. ; ; newfiles ; intelata.sys = 1,,,,,,,4,0,0 ; [url="http://www.bearwindows.boot-land.net/winnt4.htm"]http://www.bearwindows.boot-land.net/winnt4.htm[/url] pnp680.sys = 1,,,,,,,4,0,0 ; [url="http://www.bearwindows.boot-land.net/winnt4.htm"]http://www.bearwindows.boot-land.net/winnt4.htm[/url] ultra.sys = 1,,,,,,,4,0,0 ; [url="http://www.bearwindows.boot-land.net/winnt4.htm"]http://www.bearwindows.boot-land.net/winnt4.htm[/url] viadsk.sys = 1,,,,,,,4,0,0 ; [url="http://www.bearwindows.boot-land.net/winnt4.htm"]http://www.bearwindows.boot-land.net/winnt4.htm[/url] vmx_mode.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,1 ; VMWare video driver vmx_fb.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,1 ; VMWare video driver vmx_svga.sys = 1,,,,,,,4,1 ; VMWare video driver anf1024.bmp = 1,,,,,,,1,1,0 ; Wallpaper 1024x768 anf800.bmp = 1,,,,,,,1,1,0 ; Wallpaper 800x600 chkfat32.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; winternals FAT32 driver fat32.hlp = 1,,,,,,,21,1,0 ; winternals FAT32 driver fat32.sys = 1,,,,,,,4,1,0 ; winternals FAT32 driver scnfat32.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; winternals FAT32 driver TTFExtNT.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; ttfext.exe Type 2 Hotfix ;IErnonce.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; Only from IE with Desktop Update, avail at [url="http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/browsers/ie/32bit"]http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/browsers/ie/32bit[/url] D3DPMESH.DLL = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; New DirectX 5 file D3DRG24X.DLL = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; New DirectX 5 file D3DRG32X.DLL = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; New DirectX 5 file D3DRG55X.DLL = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; New DirectX 5 file D3DRG56X.DLL = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; New DirectX 5 file D3DRG8X.DLL = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; New DirectX 5 file D3DRGBXF.DLL = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; New DirectX 5 file DIRECTX.CPL = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; New DirectX 5 file joystick.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ;win2k add-on joystick.sys = 1,,,,,,,4,1,0 ;win2k add-on CTL3D.DLL = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ;microsoft 3D controls add-on CTL3D32.DLL = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ;microsoft 3D controls add-on qchain.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; Microsoft extra file wnaspi32.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; Adaptec extra file PFE32.EXE = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; extra file from Programmer's File Editor omnifs32.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; extra file from Norton Ghost 8 deskmenu.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; extra file inuse.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; extra file tcpconfg.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; extra file reboot.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; extra file shwshars.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0,showshares.exe ; extra file CPL.CFG = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; licensing data tweakui.cnt = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; Powertools tweakui.cpl = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; Powertools tweakui.hlp = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; Powertools atalk.dll = 1,,,,,,,27,0,0 ; system32\netmon\parsers from q299444 bone.dll = 1,,,,,,,27,0,0 ; system32\netmon\parsers from q299444 ipx.dll = 1,,,,,,,27,0,0 ; system32\netmon\parsers from q299444 ncp.dll = 1,,,,,,,27,0,0 ; system32\netmon\parsers from q299444 netbios.dll = 1,,,,,,,27,0,0 ; system32\netmon\parsers from q299444 ppp.dll = 1,,,,,,,27,0,0 ; system32\netmon\parsers from q299444 smb.dll = 1,,,,,,,27,0,0 ; system32\netmon\parsers from q299444 SNMP.dll = 1,,,,,,,27,0,0 ; system32\netmon\parsers from q299444 tcpip.dll = 1,,,,,,,27,0,0 ; system32\netmon\parsers from q299444 Trail.dll = 1,,,,,,,27,0,0 ; system32\netmon\parsers from q299444 VINES.dll = 1,,,,,,,27,0,0 ; system32\netmon\parsers from q299444 nmapi.dll = 1,,,,,,,27,0,0 ; system32\netmon\parsers from q299444 parser.ini = 1,,,,,,,27,0,0 ; system32\netmon\parsers from q299444 browr.dll = 1,,,,,,,27,0,0,browser.dll ; system32\netmon\parsers from q299444 msasn1.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; hotfix file itircl.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; hotfix file lmmon.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; hotfix file mprdim.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; hotfix file TIMEZONE.EXE = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; hotfix file quartz.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; hotfix file regacl40.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; hotfix file prebind.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; hotfix file mprapi.ste = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0,mprapi.dll ; hotfix file NIRCMD.EXE = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; hotfix file html32.cnv = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; hotfix file CREATALS.EXE = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; hotfix file tcmapp.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; from TAPI 2.0 redistributable glut32.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; library file msvcp50.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; library file msvcp60.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; library file atl.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; library file CABARC.EXE = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; CAB SDK cabinet.dll= 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; CAB SDK cabview.dll= 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; from win2k EXTRACT.EXE= 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; CAB SDK MAKECAB.EXE= 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; CAB SDK unzip.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ;http://www.info-zip.org/Zip.html#Downloads zip.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ;http://www.info-zip.org/Zip.html#Downloads UnRAR.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ;http://www.rarlab.com/rar/unrarw32.exe chess.inf = 1,,,,,,,20,0,0 ; gnuchess GNUCHESS.DAT= 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 ; gnuchess GNUCHESS.EXE= 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 ; gnuchess GNUCHESS.HLP= 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 ; gnuchess GNUCHESS.LAN= 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 ; gnuchess ob1.inf = 1,,,,,,,20,0,0 ; Off by 1 Browser OB1.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 ; Off by 1 Browser libeay32.dll= 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 ; [url="http://offbyone.com/offbyone/"]http://offbyone.com/offbyone/[/url] SSLeay32.dll= 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 ; [url="http://offbyone.com/offbyone/"]http://offbyone.com/offbyone/[/url] paperch.inf = 1,,,,,,,20,0,0 ; Paper Changer by James Emerton pc.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 ; [url="http://www.nonags.com/software.asp?id=3105"]http://www.nonags.com/software.asp?id=3105[/url] Pc.hlp = 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 ; [url="http://www.nonags.com/software.asp?id=3105"]http://www.nonags.com/software.asp?id=3105[/url] pc.ini = 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 ; [url="http://www.nonags.com/software.asp?id=3105"]http://www.nonags.com/software.asp?id=3105[/url] TCLOCKEX.CNT= 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; [url="http://www.rcis.co.za/dale/tclockex/index.htm"]http://www.rcis.co.za/dale/tclockex/index.htm[/url] TCLOCKEX.CPL= 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; TClockEx TCLOCKEX.DLL= 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; TClockEx TCLOCKEX.EXE= 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; TClockEx TCLOCKEX.HLP= 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; TClockEx TCSET.EXE = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; TClockEx pdh.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; Winternals file procexp.chm = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; Winternals file procexp.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; Winternals file psexec.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; Winternals file psfile.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; Winternals file psgetsid.exe= 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; Winternals file Psinfo.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; Winternals file pskill.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; Winternals file pslist.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; Winternals file Pstools.chm = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; Winternals file psloggdn.exe= 1,,,,,,,2,1,0,psloggedon.exe ; Winternals file psloglst.exe= 1,,,,,,,2,1,0,psloglist.exe ; Winternals file pspasswd.exe= 1,,,,,,,2,1,0,pspasswd.exe ; Winternals file psservce.exe= 1,,,,,,,2,1,0,psservice.exe ; Winternals file psshtdwn.exe= 1,,,,,,,2,1,0,psshutdown.exe ; Winternals file pssspend.exe= 1,,,,,,,2,1,0,pssuspend.exe ; Winternals file psversn.txt = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0,psversion.txt ; Winternals file Filemon.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; Winternals file FILEMON.HLP = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; Winternals file Regmon.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; Winternals file REGMON.HLP = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; Winternals file sync.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; winternals utility contig.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,1,0 ; winternals utility ; Internet Explorer and related iefiles.inf = 1,,,,,,,20,0,0 browseui.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 dispex.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 dxtmsft.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 dxtrans.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 hh.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 hhctrl.ocx = 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 hlink.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 iexplore.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 inetcpl.cpl = 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 inetcplc.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 itircl.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 itss.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 jscript.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 mshtml.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 mshtml.tlb = 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 mshtmled.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 mshtmler.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 shdoclc.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 shdocvw.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 shlwapi.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 url.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 urlmon.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,3,3 wininet.dll = 1,,,,,,,2,3,3

Windows 2003 running DHCP, Active Directory, WINS. 5 Windows 2000 boxes, 2 Windows XP boxes. The computers all have their drives shared, printers too, and file and print sharing is on. The XP computers have traditional networking switched on, that is to say, the ForceGuest setting in the Registry is zero. May or may not be significant: at the moment, in the interest of expedience, the XP machines have blank passwords. The Windows 2000 computers and the 2003 server show up on ALL Network Neighborhoods. The XP computers do not show on ANY Network Neighborhoods, not the server's, and not even their own. There are no conflicts, no error messages, all machines are updated to their current patch level (XP=SP2+all post hotfixes to Nov, Win2k=SP4+Rollup+all post hotfixes to Nov). NetBEUI is not installed on any machine, FWIW (I understand it doesn't need to be, I'm just throwing that in). AD is properly configured and the XP machines show in the list of AD resources in the user list. The XP machines are reachable if one manually types the UNC pathname in the Explorer bar, such as \\XPmachine1\drivec etc. The machines were not configured with anything screwy, like Registry settings to disable administrative shares or anything like that. I have searched around for this but I find only obvious cures that don't apply to me (i.e. bad NICs, TCP/IP misconfigured, no netbeui with Win 98 machines on the network, wrong workgroup or domain name, etc. None of that applies.) Any help is most appreciated.

Very generally, 1. get the hotfix 2. extract the contents using the /X switch 3. find a file or files in the extracted hotfix that match Windows system file(s) 4. rename it to have the same name as the file it's replacing (i.e. if it ends in .EXE and it's match is .EX_, rename it that way) 5. drag - drop - replace into I386 6. done At step 4, you can also compress the file, which will rename it automatically.

If I could vote this post up, I would. I will wager a box of CrackerJack that the caps on your mobo are going or have gone bad. This is a classic symptom.

It's nothing you can control; it happens when you delete a certain DLL. Now, I know that that's hardly the specific info you were looking for, but I did this in Windows 2000 many years ago and I have NO recollection which DLL is responsible, but when you pull Active Desktop, the tab goes with it. I am sorry my memory fails

Try adapting this process. This guy made a universal driver that works with SATA and integrating it into XP might work for you.

Check the HFSLIP subforum; pinned at the top, you will see two lists of Windows 2000 hotfixes that are kept current.

HFSLIP is compatible with foreign language versions. BTW, for hotfixes, the_guy keeps a nice updated list in that subforum and takes care to note when one fix replaces another.

Well, this one's easy. Put this in an INF file, like AXANT5 or one of the HIV files... HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteRegistry","Start",0x10001,04,00,00,00 It sets RemoteRegistry Service to disabled. Warning, you won't be able to use any fancy remote admin tools on any of your users' PCs though. Windows Tour, you just have to know the filename and comment it out from TXTSETUP. You might benefit from running nLite but then comparing pre- and post-Windows files to see what nLite is actually deleting.

It was still in TXTSETUP. I had a modified TXTSETUP in FIX. From this I take it that if the FDV fileset is not being used, then HFSLIP modifies files like TXTSETUP first and then copies the FIX files over... and in so doing put my TXTSETUP that still had a SP4 entry in it. This isn't the first time that having certain files in FIX has messed me up... I gotta watch that.

Just as an aside, I will be editing the instructions on my site soon. TC's content is meant to get users up to speed without having to slog through 100 pages of text. My guide is a bit more "mind numbingly comprehensive" as one guy on mp3car forums once put it. I can add some of these questions to my instructions' coverage when I edit it. Which I do plan to do... once I finish the house... (and here I'm jealous of Tommyp who never had to plaster any of his walls )

OK, here I am at work, trying to cobble together a slim Win2k with IE6 for compatibility purposes with PC Anywhere. I had something working fine. I am using 1.7.0. I always select Option C. During the blue stage of setup, it says "unable to copy sp4.cab" and I choose continue anyway. Setup proceeds as normal, of course. I am posting because: 1. I wanted to say "hi, all!" 2. I wanted to see if it's something someone else has had before I go diving into troubleshooting it. 3. I know it's no big deal, trust me. I'm just racking my brain since I didn't really "do" anything that would have triggered this! I can certainly choose not to combine cabs, and I can probably figure this out... In the ultimate irony, way back I stumbled upon the driver.cab and sp4.cab entries in the INF files and suggested to tommyp that we try having HFSLIP combine them. That was on a Friday; by the following Monday he had it working... so I really ought to know what the problem is. Just frustrated since I have to set up some PCs and I wanna go home for the weekend! Awesome work as always, Tomcat and Tommyp! EDIT: I had a customized IE.IN_ in my FIX folder. For some reason a little voice is telling me to include that.

Yes, it's wasting resources. Don't remove it, though. Though Gosh's reply is short, that's a major undertaking being suggested.

Just Search Dog? That's all you want? ; ; search assistant / dog ; HKCR,"SrchUI.SearchAssistant" HKCR,"SrchUI.SearchAssistant.1" HKCR,"SearchAssistantOC.SearchAssistantOC" HKCR,"SearchAssistantOC.SearchAssistantOC.1" HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Classes\SrchUI.SearchAssistant" ; Search Assistant Control HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Classes\SrchUI.SearchAssistant.1" ; Search Assistant Control HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search","SearchAssistant" HKCR,"CLSID\{14D2CFFE-6656-4BEC-8D9E-DDE6F2D4EAE5}" ; Search Assistant HKCR,"CLSID\{2AD1B782-53A4-4CDA-8A81-CD4DC6D716D4}" ; Search Assistant character HKCR,"CLSID\{47C6C527-6204-4F91-849D-66E234DEE015}" ; Search Assistant Control HKCR,"CLSID\{68F2D3FC-8366-4A46-8224-58EFA2749425}" ; HKCR,"CLSID\{9461b922-3c5a-11d2-bf8b-00c04fb93661}" ; Search Assistant OC HKCR,"CLSID\{AC1B0D5D-DD59-4FF0-93F8-A84373821606}" ; HKCR,"CLSID\{B791A095-A4AC-4312-8894-5B7E8FF5B3CD}" ; Search Assistant Tip Service HKCR,"CLSID\{FFAC7A18-EDF9-40DE-BA3F-49FC2269855E}" ; HKCR,"CLSID\{2E71FD0F-AAB1-42c0-9146-6D2C4EDCF07D}" ; SearchAssistantOC HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{14D2CFFE-6656-4BEC-8D9E-DDE6F2D4EAE5}" ; Search Assistant HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{2AD1B782-53A4-4CDA-8A81-CD4DC6D716D4}" ; Search Assistant character HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{47C6C527-6204-4F91-849D-66E234DEE015}" ; Search Assistant Control HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{68F2D3FC-8366-4A46-8224-58EFA2749425}" ; HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{9461b922-3c5a-11d2-bf8b-00c04fb93661}" ; Search Assistant OC HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{AC1B0D5D-DD59-4FF0-93F8-A84373821606}" ; HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{B791A095-A4AC-4312-8894-5B7E8FF5B3CD}" ; Search Assistant Tip Service HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{FFAC7A18-EDF9-40DE-BA3F-49FC2269855E}" ; HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{2E71FD0F-AAB1-42c0-9146-6D2C4EDCF07D}" ; SearchAssistantOC HKCR,"TypeLib\{ECA4E801-17AE-4863-9F5C-AF4047AABEE0}" HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{ECA4E801-17AE-4863-9F5C-AF4047AABEE0}" ; Search Assistant 1.0 Type Library HKCR,"Classes\Interface\{F74F2E3B-CEF7-4856-A170-8258A35CE375}" ; ISearchAssistant HKCR,"Classes\Interface\{72423E8F-8011-11D2-BE79-00A0C9A83DA1}" ; ISearchAssistantOC HKCR,"Classes\Interface\{72423E8F-8011-11D2-BE79-00A0C9A83DA2}" ; ISearchAssistantOC2 HKCR,"Classes\Interface\{72423E8F-8011-11D2-BE79-00A0C9A83DA3}" ; ISearchAssistantOC3 HKCR,"Classes\Interface\{0C061EC1-EB5C-45CF-AD26-E94B40BB2DE9}" ; _ISearchAssistantEvents HKCR,"Classes\Interface\{1611FDDA-445B-11D2-85DE-00C04FA35C89}" ; _SearchAssistantEvents Edit: One should not infer that this is from nLite source. This is all Registry data for Search Assistant, that's all. I don't know which file nLite stores the code to destroy Search Dog.

Wanders out of the HFSLIP lab Stretches Tightens robe Oh, hey gluka. What's going on, man! Windows XP and Vista are fine to run on. I suppose I should fix that on the site. Sorry about any confusion. BTW, some virus checkers are now reporting my SFC.DLL as infected with the 'Banker' Trojan. There is no infection, just so you're aware if you see that message.

BTW, it has nothing to do with SFC. Here is the deal with this file. I hadn't had my coffee so I made like 5 posts explaining it. Here is the deal with LAYOUT BTW, hi all! Long time no see, etc etc.

Maybe everyone knows this, and if so, sorry. All of those updated files in the USP5 that get overwritten by hotfixes are non-regression tested and only available for download by folks having specific issues. For example. The USP5 has newer USB files that are not in hotfixes. These are special files only for people who had problems with USB devices. Are these files better? Probably, and MS devs do know about them. MS just won't issue them officially because they don't want to test them since they were modified only to deal with specific issues that only some users had. Now multiple this by all of those new files. Part of Gurglemeyer's work was, us, "conning" Microsoft into giving him the download links to all of these 'special' files only intended for people in need of fixing specific issues. Again, are they better? Probably. It's not really possible to know. It was a great effort on his part getting them, but he had some health problems and is focusing on life away from the computer ;-) We wish him all the best but he kept his method closed-source. It can be duplicated, but he didn't leave his "notes," special MS-only tools*, and individual file collection behind. We all wish him well. Unfortunately USP5 hits a dead-end due no one having access to his original material, and there's no real way around that. * For example, he was known to use compression tools that MS did not release for public use.

This REGINST section stuff makes a big difference in Windows 2000 but in XP, added stuff in the Registry doesn't slow the OS down as much because of the different (better) way the Registry is loaded in XP. In Win2k, the whole thing is loaded into memory. In XP, it's not loaded into paged pool memory. As a related point of interest, check out the relative Registry size differences between the OS's. Win2k at the top, scroll to the bottom for XP. It's the DOS window in each graphic.

? Jeez, that's really odd. The devs are pretty careful. But I suppose it depends on what you update. If you manage to only update some libraries, and not the apps themselves, then yeah, that would happen (but why would you update only libraries?) That's kind of like putting new DLLs in Windows instead of installing upgraded versions of your apps.

Oleg, what version of IE does Win Fundamentals report? I mean, I guess it doesn't have IE in it, but what version do the DLLs and Explorer have?