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@x-layer Nope. Let me break everything for you: There are two registries. 1. The image registry you want to modify 2. Your windows registry. To edit the image registry, we need to load it inside your windows registry. To do this we use a program called reg.exe Inside your windows registry there is a key called HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Inside this key we load the image registry. I loaded like this HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\7user (Represents the image's registry of default user) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\7soft (Represents the image's registry of HKLM\Software) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\7system (Represents the image's registry of HKLM\System) So if we have a tweak like this: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International] We need to access your windows registry first and then the image's registry. So it will be like this Note: HKEY_CURRENT_USER will point to the default user. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\7user\Control Panel\International] To sum up the process: 1. Load the image's registry inside your windows registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE 2. modify the image's registry and then unload it. You might ask: Why you load the image's registry inside my Windows registry? The answer is: The registry is a binary file and I can not edit it directly. So the best way to edit it contents that I load it in your windows registry and then I can easily modify the values. I hope this clarified everything if you have a question feel free to ask. Regards

WOW nice work man. I will try it and report back to you. If it goes well I might include it in 7Customizer if you do not mind. Regards

@avnerk Google is your friend For example, to disable the "low disk space check" I google for "low disk space check registry". Thanks for your feedback and I will report back. @wbit you are most welcome Regards

@x-layer Glad it worked for you @Droppo you are most welcome and I hope you post your log. @aldinof Thanks for yor feedback It shows you the progress in the command window @nice_guy75 As urie said, you could find it in windows\system32 or you could reinstall WAIK for windows 7 @avnerk 7user is the default user settings 7soft is the image's HKLM\software 7system is the image's HKLM\system [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\7user\Control Panel\International] Maybe you could try again now or you could post them and I will try to resolve your problem Thanks man for your feedback and tweaks Regards

@mickmack Wow nice experiment man. I think that the captured wim file is fine. The problem is , which I concluded from other members like x-layer and your experiment and avnerk last feedback, 7customizer does not read the images info properly which causes problems. It will be fixed in the next release. Thanks for your feedback. @aldinof It would be more helpful if you attached your log. Regards

@cjkpopasia Did you read the first post? No. Did you read the visual guide? No. Go read the first post and the visual guide and your problem will be solved. @SwedenXP Presets are in the next release. I already started implementation and almost done. @avnerk Hmmm I think I know the problem. I will fix it in the next release. Do not worry about those files. Yup. Services are part of the tweaks. Thanks for your feedback. @mickmack Hmmmm another strange thing but it gave me an idea. Thanks for your feedback Seven Alive I am planning to release the source code after I implement everything.Even if I do not release the source code, you could see what 7Customizer is actually doing by looking in the batch files and reg files in the work folder. So anyone could know what 7customizer is doing and could implement a similar program. Anyways thanks for your suggestion Regards

@litecball This is a separate software. You could install it if you would like to but I will not integrate it in 7Customizer. Removing components will be the last feature to be implemented Well, you could. If you have registry tweaks that are not in 7Customizer you could post them here. @madhuranand007 Where is your log? Regards

@mickmack is it possible to create unattended.xml file and than to make sysprep using this .xml file? Yes. Create an autounattend.xml using 7customizer. Then install Windows and then sysprep. As I mentioned before use a clean Windows installation source do not use modified ones. Also, as I mentioned before, 7Customizer does not work well with modified versions. I repeat my suggestion here: Use unmodified Windows installation source with 7customizer. I can not help you if you use modified ones. In future release I might make 7Customizer work with modified images. (maybe after all 7Customizer features are implemented) @jamesbebby use dism to unmount it or use Mr Jinje DISM Tool Regards

@mickmack No, this is a bug in 7Customizer that few people reported it. I tried to resolve it before but I did not succeed. Anyways, in the next release or the on after the next will solve it for sure. x-layer pointed that he used another installation source and it worked for him. BTW, I do not recommend using 7Customizer on syspreped images because theses images are ready for deployment not for integrating or modification(this is in my opinion only). Regards

@tcntad @SwedenXP You are most welcome @avnerk Patience, do not rush things. I know that you are excited but take it easy (I am excited too ). Tweaks will come with every release or two. @mickmack This bug has been reported before. It will be fixed in this release (hopefully). Meanwhile I recommend you work on a clean Windows installation. @avnerk As I mentioned before 7Customizer prepares instructions for dism. If certain updates are not integrated properly, it might be a dism problem. Anyways, I will try it myself and report back. BTW, is the image you used was vlited or was it a clean one? @wnuku Thanks man for sharing your experience. I appreciate your will to help. If you have started removing components in your program then I will contact you as soon as I get to the components part in 7Customizer. Regards

@jamesbebby Why do you want to delete the mount folder? 7Customizer needs this folder to work properly If you want to delete the contetn of mount folde first make sure that there is not any image mounted. If there is just unmount it using imagex. Thanks for the registry tweaks file Regards

@DigitalDemolition You are most welcome @avnerk Your experiments are really nice. Maybe later in future release I will implement 7Customizer so that it will be able to work with modified installations. For now we will focus on more important stuff Thanks for your feedback and testing. @Sydnelson Yes. I will add it in the next release. @venkatareddy This is not a thread for these kind of problems. Post it in vlite section. Regards

Hi, I must say that your tool is quite amazing. I tried it today and man it is really great. It is really advanced compared to 7Customizer because you use the wimgapi and I use imagex and dism. Anyways, keep up the good work. BTW, we could share our experiences. If you would like that just PM me. Good luck Regards

@avnerk Thanks for your feedback. Your story is quite interesting I must say. So to sum up your post: 7Customizer should be used before vlite on modified installation. Regarding the tweaks, all these tweaks and lots more will be implemented. Thanks for your feedback and suggestions. Regards

@aviv00 I did not understand your post. @murx This is already planned for future release. Anyways thanks for the link. This is already planned for future release. Actually, I arranged them in the same way that they are arranged in windows 7. Yup that would be very useful. Thanks for that Thanks for your suggestions. @TimeTurn It was mentioned numerous times. It was reported numerous times. Just use folders without white spaces. Regards

@Raoul90 It is planned for future release. Regards

@L38Crow As I mentioned in the first post, this thread is for issues related to 7Customizer. If you have problems with dism, just reinstall WAIK , try another directory and restart your PC. Regards

@tcntad Sorry man, I did not understand your post. @solar I think this tool will not be used by normal home user. It will be mostly used by advanced people. BTW, the main goal of this tool it is a customized installation source (not how deploy that source). The deployment procedure is left to the user. @petteysw I recommend using C# instead of visual basic. Also, do not bother with Windows XP since nlite already does all the stuff we need for XP. Just focus on Windows 7. Regards

@aviv00 This is called presets. It is already mentioned and it is planned for 0.3.x release Why?

Hi, Since 7Customizer now has many features, I decided to make a guide. Note: If you face problems in 7Customizer post it in the original thread here. Do not post it in this thread. Recommended requirements: 1. Windows Vista or Windows 7 (32 bit or 64 bit) 2. WAIK for windows 7. Download it from here. You can use WAIK in any language (English,German,Italian .... etc). 3. A windows 7 installation source (32 bit or 64 bit) 4. .Net framework 3.5 if you use Windows Vista. Download it from here. (Optional) 6. VirtualBox (to test the customized installation). Download from here. Note: 7Customizer can be used in Windows XP. However, It will require additional steps but this is beyond the scope of this guide. Steps: 1. Download 7Customizer from here 2. Extract the files. It is recommended to extract it to a folder which does not have white spaces in this example I will extract it to e:\7Customizer 3. If you have a Windows 7 ISO, you can use Winrar or Ultraiso to extract the ISO to a folder. It is recommended extract it to a folder which does not have white spaces in this example I will extract it to e:\win7 4. Start 7Customizer.exe. If prompted by UAC just choose allow. 5. Choose the path for dism and imagex and oscdimg first. It is located inside your WAIK installation(Usually C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools). If you are using a 32 bit Windows choose imagex and dism and oscdimg that are located in x86 folder inside the WAIK 7 installation If you are using a 64 bit Windows choose imagex and dism and oscdimg that are located in amd64 folder inside the WAIK 7 installation In this example I am using Windows 7 x86 (The windows that I am using not the one I am customizing) 6. Choose the installation path 7. Choose the edition you want to customize from the list and then press start. In this example I chose Ultimate edition 8. In the languages tab you could integrate language packs. The language packs are .cab files downloaded from Microsoft website. (You could Google for them) Note:If you have a language pack in a .exe file use exe2cab utility to convert it to cab file. Download from attachments In this example I will integrate the Arabic language pack and the French. 9. In the updates tab you could integrate updates pack. The updates pack are .msu files downloaded from Microsoft website. 10. In the drivers tab you could integrate drivers. To integrate drivers you have three options: a. integrate a driver using a .inf file. b. integrate a driver using a folder that has driver files. c. integrate drivers using a folder that has multiple drivers in multiple folders.To use this option check the "include subfolders" option and browse for the folder. Note: You should check "include subfolders" first and then browse for the drivers folder 11. In the tweaks tab you could tweak some aspects of your installation. Choose your preferred tweaks. 12. In the services tab under the tweak tabs you could tweak services like disabling or setting them to manual. However some services depends on other services. If you select a service, its description and its dependencies(Services depends on this service and services needed by this service) will be displayed on the right side. Services are colored depending on the start up type 1. Automatic is Green 2. Automatic delayed is Orange 3. Disabled is Red 4. Manual is Peach Services are sortable by name or by start up type. To sort the services click on one of the column headers. 13. in the themes part you could integrate themes. The themes are .themepack files downloaded from the net. In this example I have some themes which I downloaded from Microsoft (link). 14.In the Wallpapers part you could integrate wallpapers. The wallpapers are .jpg or .bmp or .png or .gif files. 15.In the unattended part you could automate Windows setup. Fill in the appropriate information. Note: If you leave some fields blank, setup might fail. Note: The computer name should be no more than 15 characters in length. Do not use white spaces nor these characters: / \ * , . " @ Also apply these rules to user name. 7customizer will remove these characters when saving autounattend.xml Note: If you chose skip user and you leave the user name empty, 7Customizer will set the user name to win7user. Note: If you leave the computer name empty, 7Customizer will set the computer name to win7pc with a random number from 1 to 100 eg win7pc10, win7pc88 ... etc. 16. After you finish just go to the apply tab. In the apply tab you could choose if you want to create an ISO file immediately after the execution process ends. Just check the option "Create ISO immediately" and enter a label for the ISO file and browse for the folder you want to save your ISO in. (Optional) Before you start the execution you could save a preset file so you could load it later through the "Preset" menu. After that click apply to start the execution. Note: If you want to create an ISO file immediately after finishing the execution, check "Create ISO immediately" option an click apply. Note: You could hide the execution window (The command window) and just display the done message by selecting the option "hide execution ..." (Optional) Debug mode is used to pause the execution of the instructions when you apply your changes. This is used to solve problems. So leave it unchecked. Note: This will take time depending on what packs you integrate. After the execution finishes, you will see a message that shows you that everything is done. Now you have a customized Windows 7 installation. (Optional but highly recommended) Test the ISO in VirtualBox. If you are happy with your customized installation, then you could burn your ISO to a DVD and install it on your machine. That concludes this guide. I hope it was helpful for you. If you find bugs post them to the original thread here. 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@SwedenXP Glad it worked for you It is easier to use but troublesome to implement. Also, in the next or after the next release I will make services sortable by name or status. It would be a lot easier if I use combo boxes. This is called presets. It is planned for 0.3.x release Regards

@wazer @x-layer It seemes I forget to set the value for the defragment service combo box. If you go to the services tab, you will find that the defragment service combo box is blank. Anyways I will release a minor update to fix this issue. BTW, could you guy attach your log not post it directly it to the thread. Thanks for your feedback. Regards

@tcntad I think you need to reinstall WAIK if dism is creating problems for you. BTW , you remind me of myself when I started my job. I was shouting and swearing in everybody face like I am the manager or something . But know I changed my attitude and behavior. Anyways, if you face problems use the debug mode and post your screen-shots Regards

@tcntad Man you do not have to curse and swear like a kid. Just take it easy. Anyways, if you have trouble with dism just reinstall it aqnd extract your iso again. @radigast 7Customizers already integrates .cab files. @tcntad What do you mean? It is already confirmed that 7Customizer integrates languages and updates. If you have trouble just enable debug mode and see what is going on. Regards

@tcntad This happened because you chose the debug mode. Just uncheck the debug mode and it will be fine Regards