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okay, apparently %systemroot%\system32\shmgrate OCInstallHideOE is only for Windows XP. for Windows 2000, this command works to hide the OE icons: "%SystemRoot%\system32\rundll32.exe" "%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll",OCInstall HideOE and this command works to show the OE icons: "%SystemRoot%\system32\rundll32.exe" "%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll",OCInstall ShowOE http://www.jsifaq.com/SUBP/tip7700/RH7753.htm

i'm pretty sure that won't work, because i put IE6 installation as the last entry in RunOnceEx, and all of the winnt.sif stuff runs before that, right? so the IE6 installation would overwrite anything i had in the components section of winnt.sif. i'll try this for now and see if it works. if it doesn't work, is there another place during my install i can add the IE6 installation that will be affected by what i put in winnt.sif? cmdlines.txt?

i have an Unattended Win2k CD, and want to install IE6 but disable access (automatically remove icons) to Outlook Express. it'd be nice if i could slipstream IE6, but apparently that's not an option. right now i have IE6 install after everything else during my automated install. i found the registry entry to get rid of Outlook Express: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\>{881dd1c5-3dcf-431b-b061-f3f88e8be88a}] @="Outlook Express Access" "IsInstalled"=dword:00000000 but this entry must be put in the registry after IE6 is installed, and if i do it at the very end of my unattended install after IE6 setup reboots the machine and says it's installing "Browsing Services," "Internet Tools," and "System Services," it corrupts the system and explorer.exe crashes every time the system is booted. is there any way i can do an unattended install of IE6 that will automatically disable access to OE? if not, is there some other solution? i can't delete the icons themselves, because they will only reappear. the only solution i've seen is this registry entry, which right now i'm having to do manually after windows is installed.

it's completely understandable that i'm getting an error. i'm just happy to be saving myself time in the first place by using an unattended CD. it would be nice to fix the problem, though. is there any way i could slipstream the patches themselves? i'd rather not use XPCREATE, especially when i already have my unattended CD doing pretty much everything i want it to, although i'm willing to try anything.

i have a Win2k Unattended Install Disc set up, and it installs all of my needed applications using RunOnceEx. i have had quite a few problems with IE6 SP1--various conflicts with OS patches i install and registry tweaks i run (like the one to remove access to OE). some of them i have gotten around by rebooting the machine after installing all of my other software and patches, and then installing IE6. however, from time to time, on certain machines i get an error saying explorer.exe has crashed. from then on, when i log into the machine explorer.exe crashes and the only way around this is to cancel the IE6 install during the unattended installation and then do it manually later on. it crashes after IE6 installs, then reboots, then says it's installing "Browsing Services," "Internet Tools," and "System Services." although it'd be nice to figure out why it's crashing and fix the problem, i'm honestly sick of messing with it. if anyone has any idea as to why it's crashing, feel free to let me know. otherwise, is there any way i can just slipstream IE6 SP1 into my install from the beginning so i don't have to worry about installing it during RunOnce Ex? this would save me a lot of hassle, as well as a couple of extra reboots during the install process. i'm open to any suggestions. thanks for the help.

is everyone that replied that they were able to get APM enabled during install using Windows XP? i think part of my problem might be the fact that i'm using Windows 2000. i'm pretty sure the lines i need to put in the registry that will enable APM is: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\Current\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\NTAPM\0000] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\NTAPM\0000\Control] "ActiveService"="NtApm" cause those are some of the lines that are changed when i manually enable APM. but i'm having trouble with these lines, cause they keep giving me the error: Cannot import apm.reg: Not all data was successfully written to the registry. Some keys are open by the system or other processes. all of these commands: give me the error: Error: Access is denied. honestly i think some of these aren't even necessary in Windows 2000 as these keys don't exist. my problem is the fact that these registry keys seem to be locked and so i cannot import the information in them. i've tried doing it during safe mode, as well as during my unattended install during RunOnceEx, cmdlines.txt, and [GuiRunOnce] in winnt.sif, but no luck. any other suggestions? has anyone using Windows 2000 had any success with this?

i want to enable APM automatically during my unattended Windows 2000 install. it's the only thing i haven't yet figured out. i'm pretty sure this is what needs to go in the registry: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\ApmActive] "Active"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ApmActive] "Active"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Hardware Profiles\0001\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\NTAPM] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Hardware Profiles\0001\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\NTAPM\0000] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Hardware Profiles\Current\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\NTAPM] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Hardware Profiles\Current\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\NTAPM\0000] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\0001\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\NTAPM] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\0001\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\NTAPM\0000] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\Current\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\NTAPM] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\Current\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\ROOT\NTAPM\0000] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\Root\NTAPM\0000\Control] "ActiveService"="NtApm" Windows has a problem with those last 2 lines every time: Cannot import apm.reg: Not all data was successfully written to the registry. Some keys are open by the system or other processes. i first tried putting that registry key in during RunOnceEx. didn't work. then i tried cmdlines.txt--no luck. then i tried [GuiRunOnce] in winnt.sif. didn't even work then. i've tried playing around with other options, but i can't figure out how to simply enable apm using the command line. apparently Windoze treats it as a service named NTAPM, but normal commands like net start ntapm won't work: The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it. The only way i can manage to get apm working is to check the box in the APM tab of power properties in the display control. i'd love to have it automatically work though as i have to set up quite a few computers every day. any suggestions?