[few component questions]

nice ! it works, thanks so much

++ thanks to others for giving me good info/reply

[NLite option: Remove old hotfixes when integrating SP3?]

i have the same thing, and it turns well for me, atleast in VM

[few component questions]

forgive me for being stupid but heck... i never "played" with these things

i am using Sereby's IE8 addon to install IE8

and official MS hotfixes for IE8

since you call this addon and is in 7zip, do i add this in addons/hotfixes section

or something else ? (sorry)

[few component questions]

ahaa now i get it

hmm your pack is as i see for x64 tho

got any for 32bit ?

[few component questions]

yeah my bad, i did crappy expression

but i am still curious why some reg tweaks only work for HKCU

like the one i attached above

if you make multiple user accounts, and apply with changed key to HKCU

then kill explorer and run it again, the addressbar will be gone

BUT if you apply the same reg tweak with HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT

while installing OS, or within account, and then create again multiple new accounts

all those new accounts will still have addressbar

[few component questions]

i may confused you all here, ill try to explain more detailed

regarding registry, i posted above a reg entry that is supposed to remove addressbar in both IE and Eplorer (file manager), it works if entry is added under HKCU, but not for HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT, which would be for ALL users, so my "goal" is that addrbar is gone for any created or current user, this does not work at all, thats why i asked if it can be forced upon windows

i even tried to run the reg key inside OS (not only while installing nlited os), it refuses to take change...

as for net 1, i ment, is it esential component for XP OS, i know 2, 3 and 3.5 are not even they do have 1.1 inside

but i think .net 1 was offered via Updates with SP1 (at the time), so i ask should i have it (only if OS uses it)

heh hope you understood

[few component questions]

johnhc & mooms, thanks for answers

5eraph, yes, but i guess this is windows limitation itself

i was just wondering is there any way to force it accept it

[few component questions]

not to spam for each small question new thread....

- regarding security center, nlite doesn't "red" as some vital component and only tags it as message nager

but trough this win update and firewall is set up by user, so if i remove this, will there be some

complications with XP without it ?

- .net 1.1, is this essential for XP to have ? (i know 2.0 is totaly different, but 1.1 was their starting point)

- i noticed some post SP3 hotfix provide new tcpip.sys, but since i select nlite to patch it for more

open connections, and naturaly it overwrites newest version, does this pose some security issue

or last downloadable build already has latest tcpip.sys init ?

- and here comes one regarding registry, i have noticed that some registry entries are only

acceptable for HKEY_CURRENT_USER, and never for HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT (all users)

(example attached, hide_addressbar.reg), is there any way to force this upon system ?

again sorry, for multiple questions, but in my opinion its more clean than to spam 4 separate threads

Hide_Addressbar.reg

[windows file protection]

ok...

so i made new clean custom XP, this time with tablet components inside

and i get no win file protection dialogs/errors

i wish to thank you all who helped here

i apreciate it

[windows file protection]

i dont have it in custom XP folder (normally coz i removed the thing lol)

but i do have it on my system

it is located in

C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386

C:\WINDOWS\system32\CatRoot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}

guess ill have to leave it in altho i see no purpose of it

[windows file protection]

i always start with fresh copy but i load always same session.ini

maybe thats why some funky things happen...

i guess i will have to try always fron zero not using any saved settings

will report back with fresh info

[windows file protection]

holy heavens...

this is more stupid than i thought haha

in event viewer this is the only thing i found regarding win file protection

and what i do with my customised XP, is to leave everything intact except removing few languages/keyboards

AND tablet pc components

if this is because of that....

[windows file protection]

yes i surely want to continue

and thanks for having the will for help

file that ends up at the end is the one i copy from $$\system32 (original unpatched SP3 dll)

unfortunately dialog does not say what it searches for

[Setup PreFetch Cache?]

bump from me...

how offtopic it is staff should decide...

but if i use defragmenter which is set up to put .exe and .dll files

on the outer tracks (edges) of my system drive, then app prefetch is useless right ?

cause windows would not only have to access some of same files twice but would also lurk

more around hard drive for prefetch data instead just picking up closest location (outer track data)

true ?

[windows file protection]

the disabled nlited dll is different in hash but has same size as (SP3 original one)

they even share same build number (5512)

as for the new way, i indeed created system32 folder in $$ one, put the original dll init with another name,

and from runonce runned the batch script that renamed disabled one (from nlite) and copied SP3 original one

then applied reg enable, then rebooted OS

-

dialog again pops up upon next boot

[windows file protection]

yes i have read the link you posted, but unfortunately i still see that question stayed opened

regarding dialog problem

as for cd, i have SP2 cd that i slipstream SP3 over it in nlite, and then hotfixes

-

now i made it clean, SP2 -> SP3 -> hotfixes, compared the hash of dll

no hotfix updated it, it is same as in my host pc (using SP3) system32

@Spoiledbrat, thats weird also..., by the build its from SP1 or close to it

[windows file protection]

nah, i still get the dialog when reversed reg to last command,

i did compare the renamed .dll with one i copied, they are different,

but i can't compare which one is newer since theres no digital signature on it

as for looking in Modified info, i only get todays date (for one installed, i guess its the one nlite patched)

my only desperate try would be, to rename and copy the dll

in t-12 stage when i am adding some reg entires for explorer

-

and then to add reg entry to enable SFC as i did for now, in first GUI boot

lol does that make sense ?

[windows file protection]

here ^^

also in Patches tab in nLite, it is set to Disable

X_LAST.ini

[windows file protection]

sucsess

you were indeed right, the path messed it up

the only annoyance now i experienced, is when upon first OS GUI boot

when those commands for registry (to enable sfc), rename patched and copy original unpatched to sys32 are done

i get that dialog of SFC reporting something was changed and calls upon SP3 cd to restore "original file"

could be because maybe i added reg enable before rename/copy...

ill try to reverse order and report back

[windows file protection]

sorry to be annoying

but i didn't understand about

your full path command will not work because the %Source% has a trailing \, so now you will have two

you mean DOS prompt reckognises it as CD:\\

or CD:\$OEM$\SFC\\file.ext

?

[windows file protection]

hi and thanks for quickness

this is my main structure (disregard other folders)

the reg, dll and called cmd are in SFC folders (pic up)

the SFC.cmd, that contain those commands is called like this

RUNONCE
	 |-------------> XP-new\BATCH.CMD
									|----------------> \$OEM$\SFC\SFC.cmd

so regarding commands

they are called from same folder where .cmd is executed, so they should have worked

but im gonna try regarding COPY command, copy %source%\$OEM$\SFC\sfc_os.dll %systemroot%\system32\sfc_os.dll /y

but regarding regedit /s, this should have worked and it didnt

[windows file protection]

well i tried for me the easiest way, and that was from $OEM$ folder to execute .cmd file that would

1. apply regedit /s to enable it in registry - FAILS

2. rename patched file to .old extension - PASSES

3. copy the untouched .dll - FAILS

-

4. execute shutdown -r to "update" changes

so i get this nice screenie

have in mind i prefer easier way to do things than to meddle with additional things like WPI

(no offence to nobody)

location of dll is in: \$OEM$\SFC\sfc_os.dll

location of reg key is in same folder

the CMD file that is being invoked via runonce has this in it:

(and is in same location as dll and reg key)

regedit /s enableSFC.reg
ren %systemroot%\system32\sfc_os.dll sfc_os.dll.old
copy sfc_os.dll %systemroot%\system32\sfc_os.dll /y
exit

maybe i am missing something here... ?

[windows file protection]

yes i test many times my modified isos in vmware

and will try this then, thank you very much.

[windows file protection]

yeah i also search a bit on net on this issue

im just curious when if i wish to restore original .dll files and .reg automatic way

(so just to speed up installation and then auto restore it)

do i put them in $OEM$ folder so they are copied on first Window GUI boot

and .reg to be executed THEN

or it must be later later

?

[classic theme]

so obviously the template for classic theme is built in Windows core

the .theme file only contains measures

so my question is:

where to find the true skin template (which files if any) ?