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Now try only use SETUPAPI.DL_ because two other files remove file protection. And let us know if it works

Squeeto Read my post on previous page. It will correct the installation.

Squeeto Absolutely! I recommend you to craft one INF with tweaks you want to implement and place it into SVCPK. HFSLIP will deal with it

You can copy and past into notepad the contents of these boxes each by each and save two files with these two names. NOTE: Please make sure you do not have a blank line in a file or it can cause the troubles! This will delete the files of OE from your installation source. The instructions about these files and some samples can be found here And I suggest you also try FDV's full fileset also

Then you can try FDV's fileset But if you don't want to use the fileset and prefer staying with IE you can try to test this method (and let us know about the result): 1. Download FDV's fileset. 2. Inside HFSLIP directory creat two folders: FIX and HFCLEANUP. 3. Place SETUPAPI.DL_, SFC.DL_, SFCFILES.DL_ from FDV's fileset into FIX folder (in theory you only need the first one but to be sure first try with all three). 4. Place OE.REM and OE.RIN into HFCLEANUP folder. 5. Run HFSLIP and install the resulting source on VirtualPC to see if OE is gone and everything works OK. OE-WAB.REM: msoe50.in oeaccess.in wab50.in csapi3t1.dl directdb.dl inetcomm.dl inetres.dl msimn.ex msoe.dl msoe.hl msoe.ch msoe.tx msoeres.dl oemig50.ex oemiglib.dl oeimport.dl setup50.ex aleabanr.gi amaizrul.gi anabnr2.gi aswrule.gi blank.ht blankbkg.gi btzhsepa.gi citbanna.gi citrbkg.gi citrpun.ht clearday.ht clrdaybg.jp fieruld.gi fiesta.ht fiestabg.jp glacier.ht glacrbkg.jp ivy.gi ivy.ht leaves.ht leavesbg.jp maize.ht maizebkg.jp nature.ht naturebg.jp netblitz.ht netblzbg.gi piechtbg.jp piechts.ht sunbanna.gi sunfbkg.jp sunflowr.ht sweets.ht sweetsbg.gi tech.gi tech.ht acctres.dl bigfoot.bm infospbz.bm infospce.bm msoeacct.dl msoeacct.hl msoert2.dl oe_msgr.ch verisign.bm wab.ch wab.ex wab.hl wab32.dl wab32res.dl wabfind.dl wabimp.dl wabmig.ex whowhere.bm OE-WAB.RIN: sysoc.in;OEAccess syssetup.in;msoe50.inf

FDV Everything works fine But I had to make some changes: I changed in SHELL.IN_ SubDir ="StartupCommon" to SubDir ="Startup" And I also ran before installing modifype kill_mru.exe -c

Tomcat76 Sorry maybe I missed something. I thought we are talking about programs that require IE6 version I have a tweak with HKLM in INSTALL.INF that I run from HFSVPK folder too: ; Control Panel to My Computer HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\Control Panel\command",,,"rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL" and it's working. And it's not the only tweak with HKLM I have.

Tomcat76 This goes to your HFSVPK: appz.cmd @echo off IF EXIST %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\CMDOW.EXE cmdow @ /HID Title Instaling Appz REM find cdrom and set variable CDDRIVE for %%i in (C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do if exist %%i:\cdrom_nt.5 set CDDRIVE=%%i: set WINPATH=%CDDRIVE%\ REG ADD "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment" /v "CDDRIVE" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d ^%WINPATH%^ /f regedit /s %CDDRIVE%\myreg123.reg start /wait %CDDRIVE%\myprogy1.exe start /wait %CDDRIVE%\myprogy2.exe start /wait %CDDRIVE%\myprogy3.exe ECHO Delete programs from autostart REG delete HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v MsnMsgr /f I have not tried it. Just an idea.

Tomcat76 OK, then make a CMD, INF or REG with this tweaks and run it before you run the programs. I mean the programs that doesn't install without IE6 - make this tweak that let them think it's installed

TommyP I don't use it I installed the system for my friend and she uses some weird programs Wow! It's nearly 7MB! I don't use messangers but I'd prefer something smaller. Maybe Miranda?

FDV Sorry you copied my version of SHELL.INF but I removed SYSOCMGR.EXE entry from there. If you need it you may add it again: [SysocAdd] Name ="Windows Components",0x00000001 CmdLine =11,,sysocmgr.exe /i:sysoc.inf SubDir ="Accessories" IconPath =11,,sysocmgr.exe And add in ProfileItems = SysocAdd

dirtwarrior It is not an easy question Are you using FDV's fileset? If you are just open his IE.INF and explore/compare with the original. System loads a lot of DLLs in its memory. And it's especially about using IE and some BIG programs like M$ Office. Some drivers like to place monitors in memory that are not needed for most users. Some programs like running when Windows starts (you probably even don't know about it's running now). And so on. All these takes the memory of your computer and it becomes less responsive. If you find out how to disable this your computer starts working fast. Explore! And let us know

Tomcat76 If you use W2k you can try to use FDV's files to disable file protection and include your tweaks directly in HIVES*.INF. I had this problem before with Yahoo Messanger (?) that aske for IE6 to install. I just give it up but it may be possible theoretically to have a line in one of the HIVES*.INF that says about IE6 version installed

What system do you use? If it's Windows 2K you can use FDV's fileset and remove files with a couple of reducing files in HFCLEANUP folder (or don't remove files as FDV's fileset will kill OE use in the system anyway If you use XP you can also use some reducing but you have to find right SETUPAPI.DL_ to change one in your source (it will turn off file protecting and let you remove them without errors after installing Windows).

FDV I admit I was wrong I just can't get used to see the compressed files that are not compressed I sent you Gosh's MRU_KILL.INF haven't you received it? You may also check her site for it. I have only one program that writes in MRU so far and it's in develloping progress so I can't add any other settings. As for placing it in StartUp I'd suggest use your idea about Wellcome.exe and HFEXPERT\APPREPLACEMENT folder. If you want do it through you fileset only you may consider placing it somewhere in WINNT through TXTSETUP.SIF and make a link in StartUp with one of the INFs. Squeeto You can use HFSVPK - place your REG, INF or CMD with tweaks in it and you are done! In fact I'd like to take out some FDV's tweak from his set and place one INF in HFSVPK. It would be more personalized (for example I prefer "Command Promt Here" not "dospromt" But it's for HFSLIP users and there are a lot of his fileset users that don't use HFSLIP and that settings may be of use for them.

Hello gentlemen Just want to report how is doing FDV's fileset + HFCLEANUP folder with reducing files compairing with nLite That's my info: - slipstreamed DirectX9C; - slipstreamed 23 hotfixes (including msxmlcab.exe and wmfdist.exe) - 61,3MB; - slipstreamed through HFEXPERT some little goodies (like REG.EXE) - 1,5MB; - used 76 RDV, REM and RIN files (start combining them in less files like with GAMES.REM and GAMES.RIN (combined games.inf and pinball.inf); - my i386 folder contains 130MB, about 3000 files and Windows installs in 15 minutes; - WINNT folder on installed system takes 324MB and memory usage with RamDisk (10MB) unabled is 46MB. Installation folder i386 HFSLIPed without hotfixes and DX takes 110MB and has 2650 files. I'm pretty sure it could be 100MB, I just not removed a lot of things yet. I have not removed so far: - network cards, sound cards and most graphic adapters not count other devices drivers I'm not sure of (game controllers, ATM, ports, imgaging devices except scanners - USB camerars and so, etc); - fonts and some language related files (I removed most files in LANG folder manually); - CDPlay, Hyperterminal, part of WU (removed only AU), Image View, Music Players (?), system tools, speach, networking components, a big deal of IE, hardware support, some codecs and some other files that I have not identify (like CLOCK.AVI and the same). I think if I slipstream DirectX9 there could be some files from DirectX7 that are not needed and deleted during DirectX9 installation? So you see there is a plenty of work here And I like removing settings with RIN files (but they may be really tricky and I had not time to learn it but trying). In fact I'm not going to remove all the files that can be removed. I'd prefer have light and fast system with all hardware support and able running all programs I need

secowu Sorry, I thought you mean running BAT or CMD files minimized. When CMDLINES.TXT runs you can't see it, you see the files in it running like your TEST.CMD and you can use this method inserting code to TEST.CMD not in CMDLINES.TXT. You also can't see "regedit /s cls.reg". And if you don't want to see anything at all just look for CMDOW.EXE (search for it, it somewhere on the board).

KNARZ HFSLIP doesn't integrate hotfixes - it slipstreams them. Check SVCPACK.INF after running HFSLIP - is there any Windows-KB***-ENU.EXE or such lines? And you won't find any hotfix files in i386 - they are "dissolved" among the source files As for KB's, you can ask on HFSLIP forum. If the problem can be solved TommyP or other member will help.

dirtwarrior I always thought that the speed and low memory usage depend on settings not of files first of all. Look at FDV's fileset before - it didn't even comment files in TXTSETUP.SIF but the system was as fast as it's now (it maybe even faster now but because he implemented more tweaks recently As for footprint - my source is 134MB now and I've just started removing files B) If you mean what files takes much place - look at DRIVERS.CAB first (my is 17,5MB now and I have not deleted support for any software only some drivers). But again - the registry settings are even more imporant for the fast system.

Have a look at this. It's about colorfull batches but you can also take some info from example how to change the dimetions of running CMD window. And you can choose the smallest dimentions possible and make background and fonts the same color for this.

Bilou_Gateux Sorry for not replying earlier. I found interesting imformation in your post. Thank you very much! But unfortunatelly I can't get it working - during the first start Administrator is shown again but not a user I'm trying to define And I don't want to use any third party tools for this simple task. I'd better type once during first startup. And one question: net user %AdminUser% %AdminPass% /add /active:yes /expire:never /passwordchg:no - what means "/active:yes"? Does it intend to make this user default? Something changing all settings back to Administrator.

FDV OK! No big deal with it (shortcut). And don't forget to place KILL_MRU.EXE in startup - I'd prefer a CMD but now I know that some people are afraid of CMD windows splash - it make them think of some kind of worm I sent you PM about CABbing. I found the error on my side again. TommyP took care about everything

kalo That is why FDV's hotfixes list shorter

FDV I removed SP4.CAT. It seems to be related to SP4.CAB. I removed 7 CATs from this list and 3 from SVCPACK and Windows works (just installed it on a real computer). I also didn't noticed resonable speed increasing. But trying to get perfect installation without any files that are not needed and for learning purposes it was fun and I'll continue removing a couple more CATs to see how it'll go As for installing... I don't know but these files have their own directory something like {F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE} with other files except CATs and in my case it takes about 5MB It's too much on my opinion for files that don't have any functionality. My installation tooks only 16 minutes now. Only 2-3 minutes on copying files. Most time spent on installing devices. Maybe deleting a couple of files won't give a dramastic result but when about 3K files deleted (including drivers) it gives some results And as I said before - the size is not everything but... I also stand for a "clean" and fast registry

TommyP I have a request for additional type of reducing files say RHF for deleting files in SVCPACK. The functionality should be the same with REM files so it shouldn't be difficult. It appears that new hotfixes add some files I remove from original source and I mean CAT files. For example I delete DTCSETUP.CAT from the source but it's installed by a hotfix and is placed in SVCPACK folder so I can't delete it with REM files. And there are some registry settings that are restored too