[How do I do an unattended installation of the East Asian Languages?]

It's installed like I told you, but for some odd reasons, Windows Media Player 11 doesn't recognize it. Yet the track titles display fine. I don't understand what's going on.

Frankly speaking I don't understand you either You have Chinese Traditional support installed, the track titles display fine (in Chinese Traditional? in Windows Media Player or in other player?). But Windows Media Player v11 doesn't recognize it - doesn't recognize what? Doesn't recognize the track titles or something else?

Can you also explain to me why XPman have those extra default user settings in his profile?

His settings is more thorough but I found that my simple ones are working too

[How do I do an unattended installation of the East Asian Languages?]

You should install Chinese Traditional support only in order to view Traditional Chinese characters.

If you don't want to type with Traditional Chinese characters you don't need to install input locale for it.

[How do I do an unattended installation of the East Asian Languages?]

The structure looks fine (though I don't know and can't check all the values for input languages you need).

About the glitched - yes, they may happen. It's the cost of using Chinese only programs with menus in Chinese You choose Or you may switch to Chinese system locale any time you need to use such a program.

I doubt it is possible to get rid of these glitches if you happen to find right fonts settings. But I don't think it'worth spending time on it (and the results are not for sure).

[How is "Program Files" and its sub-directories created?]

You can define Documents and settings folder name and location in HIVESFT.INF: change the value of DEFAULT_PROFILES_DIR under the String section.

I'd be interested to know about Program Files folder too. But it's not as easy. Maybe it's hardcoded in on of the system DLL files.

[How do I do an unattended installation of the East Asian Languages?]

Do I have to change the userlocale to Chinese simplified as well? If I change the value for system locale to Chinese simplified, then should I remove Chinese simplified option for input locale?

System locale is for programs to show menus in choosing language (you especially need it for installing Chinese only programs). Input locale is for typing Chinese characters in such programs like Notepad, Write, MS Word, MS Excel, Outlook Express, etc.

If you need only the ability to type Chinese characters you only need to install Chinese input.

If you need install a program that only have Chinese menus and doesn't install in your English version of Windows you need Chinese as system locale.

Just try it - it doesn't hurt and you can switch back any time.

Also, I don't see the INTL.INF file anywhere. What do you mean by distro?

It's INTL.IN_ in i386 folder (file is compressed. Or it's INTL.INF in WINDOWS\INF folder (this folder is invisible, to see it you should enable showing system files and folders in options).

Can you also explain why on Microsoft's website, there are different values for certain languages like Russian? I notice that there are two different values for Russian and yet you only have one set of values entered.

"0419:00000419,

0409:00000409"

Wrong! Russian need only one setting. One of these settings is for English US keyboard

[How do I do an unattended installation of the East Asian Languages?]

Turn your system locale to Chinese Simplified. It doesn't effect English input and ability to read in English in any program or file format.

Now all new programs will install with Chinese menus (if they have language file for it).

If a program doesn' have Chinese language file it will just install with English menu.

If a program installs with Chinese menu but you need English, just change the language in options.

Some Chinese only programs won't have English menu - for example Chinese version of QQ messanger. It doesn't metter as they don't have English menus in a system with English system locale anyway.

PS After changing system locale to Chinese some programs menus may have menus that are a bit distorted (readable but not... how to say it - not as good looking as before). Experiment with font settings for this program if there are any in program options.

[Re-Creating TinyXP on nLite?]

The loader for example uses isolinux and its really well done. Ive used similar but this one is interesting.

Interesting. Could you be more specific: what this loader is doing? I didn't find it when loading disk...

[How do I do an unattended installation of the East Asian Languages?]

Can you set the systemlocale to install more than one language?

Unfortunatelly, no way... But if we are talking about English and Chinese - they can work together in system with Chinese system locale.

[How do I do an unattended installation of the East Asian Languages?]

Here are my settings for Chinese Simplified (PinYin input method) and Russian:

[RegionalSettings]
	LanguageGroup=5,10
	SystemLocale=00000419
	UserLocale=00000419
	InputLocale=0409:00000409,0419:00000419,0804:e00e0804

Some notes for easy understanding:

1. LanguageGroup=5,10 - install Cyrillic (5) and Chinese Simplified support (10). Chinese Traditional should be 9.

2. SystemLocale=00000419 - Russian as a system language (installed programs will have menus in Russian).

3. UserLocale=00000419 - Russian as a default language for default user.

4. InputLocale=0409:00000409,0419:00000419,0804:e00e0804 - keyboards or input methods for 3 languages: US keyboard (0409:00000409), Russian keyboard (0419:00000419), Chinese (Simplified) Microsoft PinYin input method (0804:e00e0804).

You can find out the settings for your languages in INTL.INF file inside the distro.

[How to make slipstreamed CD of Norton Ghost 9.0 using nLite]

Oops... I did it again

You can use Universal ATA driver for Windows NT3.51/NT4/2000/XP With PATA/SATA support. Worked fine for me

If you don't want to install this driver in your system you just need only one file UNIATA.SYS. Some editing of TXTSETUP.SIF is needed.

[How to make slipstreamed CD of Norton Ghost 9.0 using nLite]

morland

Well, theoretically it should work (and works for me with only Intel iaStor.sys and Intel Chipset Device software applied after installation on Toshiba Satellite L401

But I've just tried it for a short time and not sure if there are any drawbacks with such a simple way. Windows is a bit more complicated then PE. Maybe you should use nLite to integrate the driver

[How to make slipstreamed CD of Norton Ghost 9.0 using nLite]

I don't have Ghost v9 right now, so I can't be sure there is no TXTSETUP.SIF editing needed. But as far as I remember it's not necessary for PE environment.

Make an image of your Ghost v9 CD with some tool like UltraISO (it's not free but there should be alternatives).

Download Intel Matrix Storage driver from Intel website. Or find it in your system (or on a disk with drivers for it). You only need one file: iaStor.sys.

Place iaStor.sys into i386\system32\drivers folder inside image.

Burn new CD using this image. Should work

PS Acronis is not so universal and also has some unsupported controllers. IMHO DOS versions of Ghost or DeployCenter (DriveImage) is better for simple tasks of partition/disk imaging

[How to make slipstreamed CD of Norton Ghost 9.0 using nLite]

32-bit environment = windows Ghost32.exe

Should be faster. Adding your SATA/RAID drivers can be made through boot image editing (for example, use UltraISO make image of your Ghost v9 CD disk and then add mass storage drivers to the image).

16-bit environment = dos ghost.exe

May be slower. But works perfect on SATA drives without adding any additional drivers. Just use command line switches (read the manual)

For example, use this in your AUTOEXEC.BAT:

GHOST.EXE -noide

[some goals]

even if the iso is down to 130-150 mb the windows folder will still be 530 mb...

Disable SFC and delete all files in C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache.

[Disk Imaging Software]

DeployCenter component from Symantec Ghost Solution Suite - former PowerQuest DriveImage Pro.

There is also a universal solution - Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery (build on PQ DriveImage basis)

Both are not Ghost but separate programs

[Windows XP (all)]

This worked for me:

c:\windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-enu.exe /S:C:\xpdist

XPDIST is the folder with i386 and marker files. Works fine.

I gess if manual integration is possible HFSLIP will integrated it just fine. At least you may rename SP3 file with SP2 name and it should work too

As for post-SP3 updates, read here.

[Languages]

iceangel89

For reading you should have some NLS files installed. And even if you didn't check Chinese for removal you probable deleted something that is installing needed NLS files. In current nLite languages are a bit tricky. And I also as you need Chinese (but Simplified) and I made it

I mean: if you need leave Chinese support you shouldn't choose Input Method Editor under Operating System Options section for removal. Even if you don't need Chinese input but only reading

[help understanding this lines to recover from hidden partition]

Well, as far as I understand two files you are providing are not very usefull for recovering from HDD. They are for partitioning purposes (delete/creat partitions). There is a topic in Unattended section about recovery partition, look for it

[xp install]

Ok, how about turning OFF SFC during installation and then back on after first boot?

This is just like nLite is doing when you don't choose SFC disabling on the tweaks page

During installation nLite uses patched SYSSETUP.DLL, and by the end of installation it is replaced by original file.

But there is probably some bug with SFC here that is why disabling SFC permanently was recommended in this case

[Languages]

Chinese language support needs Input Method Editor component (in fact, files from this component are not needed but some regestry settings).

If you are installing Chinese as a third language (say English + you native language + Chinese input) Text Services Framework component is also needed for Language Bar and for not messing up with some other languages.

[Experimenting with new feature (HFSLIP 1.6.0 or newer)]

I agree that is difficult to implement automatically

Some time ago I tried to collect regestry settings from hot-fixes and place them all in one INF file... But I never had time to make this work on constant basis And now when there are A LOT of hot-fixes I'm just affraid to approach this metter Maybe some time in future

[Location of %PROGRAMFILES%]

If I'm not mistaken, nLite change this setting in NLITE.INF (NLITE.IN_ in i386 folder)?

[Experimenting with new feature (HFSLIP 1.6.0 or newer)]

Yeah

Ideally I'd prefer only one HFSLIP.INF file Just jocking It needs some manual work.

[editing HIVEDEF safe?]

It's OK to edit but it's DIFFICULT to edit right Some tweaks just won't work this way.

[xp install]

disable sfc during setup. double check your language and keyboard settings you chose in nlite.

Or copy patched SYSSETUP.DL_ somewhere else, rename to SYSSETBCK.DL_ and replace the file in i386 (I don't remember the exact file name, take a look in i386 folder and you will find something like this). This will also disable sfc.