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  1. Should I just PM the Mod, or is there some other way in which to request a post be deleted? And also, yeah, I've tried 7Zip, which I keep around. Haven't really tested to see if its faster or smaller.
  2. Yeah, sorry about putting it in the wrong section. I thought the Application Switches was strictly for switches, and since I need a program rather than a switch, I thought it might go here. Winrar is nice too, but it seems to take somewhat longer to compress files for a very small size advantage. Both basicly uncompress everything I've needed them to. Anyways, yeah, I do need to know how to use AutoIt or whatever. Thanks again for the help.
  3. I wanted to integrate winace into my Unattended Install. I hunted around the forums and found a listing of someone saying that they had a .msi file for this and to use a /qb switch. I couldn't really find any other references to it. Anyone have this stuff? I end up aceing a lot of my files, so I end up havign to install is right after my Unattended disk finishes its thing and I'd love to just integrate it. Thanks in advance
  4. UnAttendSwitch = YES I think that's the one that's stopping you. Switch it and tell us how it goes. Also change the OEMEula skipping option to YES too. There might be a few others, but try those first.
  5. I found the learning curve for XPcreate and Unattanded installations quite steep, and have only recently figured it all out and gotten everything working in exactly the way that I want. Maybe there isn't much demand for a newbie help thread, in which case there won't be many responses, and that's fine. However, if there are people out there with basic questions on how to set things up, then I thought it would be useful to consolidate those posts into a single thread, rather than start a new thread each time (something I did myself with a few early problems). I would, of course, try to answer as much as I could from my relatively limited knowledge, and I'm sure veterens would pick up the slack. For my part, I've gotten my Unattended CD working, with all of the listed updates except about 7 that I didn't want. I;ve also integrated a desktop image, my settings, drivers for every device, and about a dozen programs/software through GUIRUNOnce. Plus a very large and rather comprehensive list of registry tweaks compiled from the regtweaks thread in MSFN. I'll assume I've done my initial duty to give back to the forums that solved my problems so quickly and efficiently, regardless of the number of responses, and of course, (hehe) I'm here to stay. I've very quickly found MSFN to be a place with exactly the kinds of people that I love to consult, and it is a community defined by its plethora of knowledge and ability. That being said, fire away.
  6. Just letting you guys know, I fixed the problem. There are actually three errors in the registry services section. You can see them if you look closely. First, I left a semi-colon out in the description before setting one of the services to Manual. I also disabled Ipsec, when the technical term for the service named Ipsec is PolicyAgent. Finally, I had disabled Fast User Switch Compatibility, but left out the 'ing' in switching. After fixing those errors, my cd works perfectly, and I've even integrated Itouch and Mouseware, which I had trouble with before. Thanks so much for the help. Trial and error solved this one in the end. Unattanded has a steep learning curve, but from up here, its pretty **** awesome. Thanks again.
  7. Maybe this is too stupid to even check, but make sure your winnt.sif file is not actually winnt.sif.txt, because if you haven't unchecked the Hide Exntensions box, you can name it incorrectly. This happened to me on my first Unattanded disk a little bit ago.
  8. ank

    New DirectX

    As of yet, the new directx 9.0 C as well as the latest 8 critical updates are not supported by Xpcreate. Someone correct me if I am wrong. I think Green Machine is probably working on getting them tested and included. I think most us jave that 9.0C redist pack. I just install it after my Unattanded completes, along with one or two other things I haven't gotten working through GUIRunOnce (Itouch and Soundmax). Peace for now.
  9. Its Hindu, and it means "The one who is endless.". I have, however, been an athiest for a while now, which might cause trouble if I weren't at Berkeley, where even my rather radical views are downplayed when compared to some of the really weird ideas people develop.
  10. Sorry about my Key abuse. And you're right. I should get a legal version. One thing I do have to say to Greenmachine: ****. You hover over these forums like a maniac. This, combined with other parts of MSFN, is this the most useful forum I have seen in a very long time. As I look down the list and see 'Greenmachine' as the last post in almost every thread, I get this warm fuzzy feeling. You really run these forums well. Mad props, as I would say if I were considerably cooler and black. Took me a while to get the hang of XPCreate, but it works quite well. Thanks.
  11. I guess, but it involves a reinstall of windows after each trial. In general, it might take me about 6-7 iterations to narrow it, so I'd be looking at 4-5 hours solid. After which I might still not know which one it is. I understand it was really long and I'm sorry about that. I guess I will try Trial and Error and sorry to post such a long thingie. I was just thinking if something jumped out at someone or if they had had a similar problem before and could pinpoint it quickly. Thanks.
  12. Okay, I've reburned my Cd several times and narrowed the problem down to the Registry Tweaks. The install with all my drivers worked, once I applied the registry tweaks, I got the error. The following are the registry tweaks. See if you can spot the problem, but I can't. Thanks. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ;Disable Automatic Restart in the event of a BSOD [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl] "AutoReboot"=dword:00000000 ;Speed up shutdown [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control] "WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="1000" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "HungAppTimeout"="1000" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "WaitToKillAppTimeout"="1000" ;Disable the Desktop Cleanup Wizard [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\CleanupWiz] "NoRun"=dword:00000001 ;Disables Error Reporting, but notifies when errors occur [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting] "DoReport"=dword:00000000 ;Disables Windows Tour bubble popup [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour] "RunCount"=dword:00000000 ;Disable Alerter [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Alerter] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable App LayerGate [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ALG] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Background Intelligence Transfer Service [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\BITS] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Clipbook [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ClipSrv] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Computer Browser [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Browser] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Error Reporting Service [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ERSvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Messenger Service (to stop spam. Does not affect MSN or Windows Messenger) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Messenger] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Fast User Switch Compatibility [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\FastUserSwitchCompatibility] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Help and Support [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Helpsvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Indexing Service [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\CiSvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Ipsec Services [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\IPSec] "Start"=dword:00000004 Manual Logical Disk Manager [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\dmserver] "Start"=dword:00000003 ;Disable Messenger [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Messenger] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Net Logon [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netlogon] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Network Location Awareness [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Nla] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Network DDE [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetDDE] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Network DDE DSDM [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetDDEdsdm] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Windows Update [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Distributed Link Tracking Client [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TrkWks] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable ICF and ICS [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\mnmsrvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Performance Logs and Alerts [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SysmonLog] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Portable Media Serial Number [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WmdmPmSp] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Remote Desktop Help Session Manager [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RDSessMgr] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Routing and Remote Access [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteAccess] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Secondary Logon [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Seclogon] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Server [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Smart Card [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SCardSVr] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Smart Card Helper [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SCardDrv] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable System Restore Service [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\srservice] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable TCP/IP NetBIOS [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LmHosts] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Telnet [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TlntSvr] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Terminal Services [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TermService] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable UPS [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UPS] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Upload Manager [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\uploadmgr] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable WebClient [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WebClient] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Terminal Services [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TermService] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable WMI Performance Adapter [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WmiAPSrv] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Remote Registry Service [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteRegistry] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable SSDP Discovery Service (Universal Plug'n'Play) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SSDPSRV] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Universal Plug'n'Play Service [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\upnphost] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management] "DisablePagingExecutive"=dword:00000001 "IOPageLockLimit"=dword:1bf00000 "SecondLevelDataCache"=dword:00000200 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem] "NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "EnableBalloonTips"=dword:00000000 "Hidden"=dword:00000001 "HideFileExt"=dword:00000000 "ShowSuperHidden"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CabinetState] "Use Search Asst"="no" ;Desktop Icons [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel] "{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000 "{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}"=dword:00000000 ;Sorts My Computer Above My Documents [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}] "SortOrderIndex"=dword:00000054 ;Prefetcher tweak(faster booting) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters] "EnablePrefetcher"=dword:00000003 ;Disable automatic codec downloads (Media Player) [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences] "UpgradeCodecPrompt"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction] "Enable"="Y" ;Easily Use Notepad to Open a File allow you to use Notepad [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell] @="" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\open] @="Open With Notepad" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\open\command] @="notepad.exe %1" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects] "VisualFXSetting"=dword:00000001 ;Auto-Complete [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoComplete] "Append Completion"="yes" ;This will add "Services" to the right-click menu of "My Computer" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\services] @=hex(2):53,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,00,00 "SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\services\command] @=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73, 00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,00,6d,00,63,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00, 65,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52, 00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00, 32,00,5c,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,2e,00,6d,00,73, 00,63,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,00,00 ;Enable word wrap and status bar in notepad [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad] "fWrap"=dword:00000001 "StatusBar"=dword:00000001 ;Disable links folder in explorer favorites so it never appears again. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar] "LinksFolderName"="" "Locked"=dword:00000001 ;Makes Google IE's Default Search Engine [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main] "Search Page"="http://www.google.com" "Search Bar"="http://www.google.com/ie" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL] ""="http://www.google.com/keyword/%s" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search] "SearchAssistant"="http://www.google.com/ie" ;Remove Shared Documents from My Computer [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\DelegateFolders\{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}] ;NoRecentDocsmenu removes the recent documents from the start menu. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoRecentDocsMenu"=dword:00000001 ;Change MenuShowDelay (Start Menu load speed) [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "MenuShowDelay"="2" ;Speed-up Access to AVI Media Files [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler] ;Disable Windows File Protection [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] "SFCDisable"=dword:ffffff9d ;Prevents Internet Explorer windows from being reused [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main] "AllowWindowReuse"=dword:00000000 ;Max your Internet Explorer's simultaneous downloads to 10 (default was 2) [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings] "MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:0000000a "MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:0000000a ;Removes Sign up with Passport Wizard when trying to sign in MSN Messenger [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Passport] "RegistrationCompleted"=dword:00000001 ;Enable ClearType for ALL Users [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop] "FontSmoothing"="2" "FontSmoothingType"="2" ;Accept Acrobat EULA [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer] "EULA"=dword:00000001 ;[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Connection Wizard] ;"Completed"=hex:01,00,00,00 ;Disables Preview of Movie file formats (allowing you to move/rename/delete without errors) [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi\ShellEx] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpg\ShellEx] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpe\ShellEx] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpeg\ShellEx]
  13. I essentially took GUIRunOnce out of winnt.sif (so no registry tweaks or applications) and I also took out all the drivers except the basic SATA ones. That gets me through with no problems. I'm now adding in the rest of my drivers, and see if that works. After that I'll add in registry tweaks. and then maybe my apps. We'll see how far I get. You're right that Zonealarm is networking, but I've never actually had a problem with it before. I've never made an Unattanded disk with it before either tho. I'll keep trying and any help or info anyone can provide on what this might be would save me a lot of time and energy. Thanks for the response. Sometimes it feels like you just silently screaming at your computer and even a response makes you feel better and willing to spend more time on it.
  14. I have an Unattended install disk that works fine through to Windows. I installed it on my new hard drive, since the old drive is gonna be sold to a friend very soon (36GB raptor to my new 74GB raptor)Included in the install are applications, drivers,registry tweaks, settings etc. etc. (Zonealarm 5 Pro included with registration and settings). After booting to desktop, the comp runs slowish for about 3 minutes after which Zonealarm finally loads and my comp resumes at normal speed. Coupled with this problem, however, is that my internet won't work, period. I connect through a router, and I know that when I switch to the old hard drive, the router works fine, and another computer connected wirelessly works too. On my new Unattanded Installed hard drive, I can't get anything. I can't even access the router or ping the router. A friend told me that both the slowdown and this are both some sort of network settings problem. Please help me out? Has anyone had this or know what I am supposed to do, or what changes I should make to my CD. I've been reburning my Unattanded several times, but it seems like the same problem persists. I'm desperate, cus I've tried messing with every settings I know. I do disable a lot of services, but I've matched them to my working computer and found no differences. Thanks in advance.
  15. Anyone know if there is any way to install these two Logitech software components silently off the CD. The drivers are easy through winnt.sif, but I want the software to install too. The other thing I'm having trouble with is Soundmax. Again, I can get the drivers, but can't figure out how to get the software to install through batch files. Anyone get this stuff to work Successfully? Thanks for your help in advance.
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