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Hi spachtler, Thanks for that link, I'll give that Audiograbber solution a try! -Greg

Hi, Downloaded latest version of InstallRite from company's web site. Installed on a stable system. Had severe error at end of install where the checkboxes are to have it in Startup group and to join the email list. Restarted system. When running InstallRite and trying to access the Help, clicking on a help topic claims it can't find the .hlp file. I've developed software for over 20 years. This is, to put it nicely, crap. Also, it isn't free if it has mention of an order form in the help and registration and all that garbage. Others experiences are obviously different and apparently others are willing to tolerate it, but not me. Am going to look into the Universal Silent Switch Finder, and then investiage other software similar to InstallRite. However, at this point I don't feel I can trust the results of InstallRite, seeing as how it errored so easily and can't even seem to find it's help file. -Greg

Hi, Searched the forum for these apps but didn't find any of them: Audiograbber, FTP Explorer, Gnucleus, Total Recorder Tried to determine what installers these are using but can't find any info. Have also looked through the various early threads with no results. My apologies if I overlooked any or all of these, please point me in the right direction if you can. -Greg

I'm a blind computer professional. I've managed to create an unattended XP CD that works great except for one thing: being blind, I must get sighted help to navigate and respond to the text mode partitioning and format screens, which makes the process not quite "unattended" I've read everything I can find on the subject, but everything seems to point to Bart's PE or WinPE. I did some reading on Bart's PE, but quite frankly find it sounding like it's used to build the unattended CD I've already got. I haven't read anything yet which leads me to believbe that I haven't totally wasted my time. DISKPART has the capability to run it's commands from a script, and I have a grasp of the commands I need, so that part of the puzzle is solved. Unfortunately, nothing tells me where or how to launch the necessary DISKPART /s scriptname.txt command, unless it's in relation to WinPE or using something like Bart's PE, which as I said seems overkill for the work I've already done. To me, the logical thing is a .cmd file of some name placed somewhere in the existing structure necessary for an unattended install, but nowhere in my research does anyone describe this - it's always "use WinPE or Bart's PE" - which is a load of garbage. There has to be some way to accomplish this other than one of those two apps. Would appreciate any help I could get at this point. Screen reader software, which normally allows me to fully use everything on the computer, can't be loaded in any way prior to the very first text mode screens that appear, so previously I've been stuck with having to get a sighted person to read things to help me fill in the blanks - it's a pain the sighted don't realize it is until they're also faced with being blind. I mention this as an aside in the hopes that all of those who have sufficient eyesight to do installs, whether that be on an enterprise or individual level, might appreciate what you have to be thankful for.