kolath

Ah, well thats a good start to fixing my reg file! Now do you know anything about getting the folder and desktop settings to work?

@rdalling, I assume that if I don't know what sysprep is, I haven't used it?

Hey folks, I just discovered this site about a week ago and I have been working on creating an unattended XP-SP2 cd and I keep running into problems with my regtweaks.reg file. I've read much of the 84-page "registry tweaks" threadm done searches, and followed the instructions provided on unattended.msfn.org. But I cannot make about half of my registry tweaks take. I have tried applying the .reg file through the runonce and cmdlines.txt but to no avail. Here is my code: cmdlines.txt: [COMMANDS] "useraccounts.cmd" "REGEDIT /S RegTweaks.reg" the lines of RegTweks.reg that won't take: ;-----------------------------------------Desktop Appearance Tweaks-------------------------------------- ;Sets Custom Wallpaper [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\General] "BackupWallpaper"="c:\\windows\\web\\wallpaper\\StephandOwenBackground2.JPG" "Wallpaper"="c:\\windows\\web\\wallpaper\\StephandOwenBackground2.JPG" ;Sets desktop background to black [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1004336348-436374069-839522115-1003\Control Panel\Appearance] "CustomColors"=hex:00 00 00 00 FF FF FF 00 FF FF FF 00 FF FF FF 00 FF FF FF 00 FF FF FF 00 FF FF FF 00 FF FF FF 00 FF FF FF 00 FF FF FF 00 FF FF FF 00 FF FF FF 00 FF FF FF 00 FF FF FF 00 FF FF FF 00 FF FF FF 00 [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1004336348-436374069-839522115-1003\Control Panel\Colors] "Background"=hex:0 0 0 [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1004336348-436374069-839522115-1003\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\General] "WallpaperFileTime"=hex:8E AC CF 39 7F 85 C4 01 [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1004336348-436374069-839522115-1003\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\General] "WallpaperLocalFileTime"=hex:8E 0C BE B2 5D 85 C4 01 [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1004336348-436374069-839522115-1003\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\General] "WallpaperStyle"="0" ;Maps "My Documents" to "D:\My Documents" [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1004336348-436374069-839522115-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders] "Personal"="D:\My Documents" [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1004336348-436374069-839522115-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders] "Personal"="D:\My Documents" ;Maps "Favorites" to "D:\Favorites" [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1004336348-436374069-839522115-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders] "Favorites"="D:\Favorites" [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1004336348-436374069-839522115-1003\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders] ;-----------------------------------------UI Tweaks-------------------------------------- ;Disable links folder in explorer favorites so it never appears again. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar] "LinksFolderName"="" "Locked"=dword:00000001 ;Classic search, full path in title bar and address bar. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CabinetState] "FullPath"=dword:00000001 "FullPathAddress"=dword:00000001 "Use Search Asst"="no" "Settings"=hex:0c,00,02,00,1b,01,e7,77,60,00,00,00 ;Changes many folder view settings [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "Hidden"=dword:00000001 "ShowCompColor"=dword:00000001 "HideFileExt"=dword:00000000 "DontPrettyPath"=dword:00000000 "ShowInfoTip"=dword:00000001 "HideIcons"=dword:00000000 "MapNetDrvBtn"=dword:00000000 "WebView"=dword:00000000 "Filter"=dword:00000000 "SuperHidden"=dword:00000001 "SeparateProcess"=dword:00000000 "ListviewAlphaSelect"=dword:00000001 "ListviewShadow"=dword:00000001 "ListviewWatermark"=dword:00000001 "TaskbarAnimations"=dword:00000001 "StartMenuInit"=dword:00000002 "StartButtonBalloonTip"=dword:00000002 "Start_ShowNetPlaces"=dword:00000001 "Start_LargeMFUIcons"=dword:00000000 "Start_MinMFU"=dword:0000000c "Start_ShowControlPanel"=dword:00000001 "Start_EnableDragDrop"=dword:00000001 "StartMenuFavorites"=dword:00000000 "Start_ShowHelp"=dword:00000000 "Start_ShowMyComputer"=dword:00000000 "Start_ShowMyDocs"=dword:00000000 "Start_ShowMyMusic"=dword:00000000 "Start_ShowMyPics"=dword:00000000 "Start_ShowPrinters"=dword:00000000 "Start_ShowRun"=dword:00000001 "Start_ScrollPrograms"=dword:00000000 "Start_ShowSearch"=dword:00000001 "Start_ShowRecentDocs"=dword:00000000 "Start_AutoCascade"=dword:00000001 "Start_NotifyNewApps"=dword:00000000 "Start_AdminToolsRoot"=dword:00000000 "StartMenuChange"=dword:00000001 "StartMenuAdminTools"=dword:00000001 "Start_ShowNetConn"=dword:00000001 "NoNetCrawling"=dword:00000000 "FolderContentsInfoTip"=dword:00000001 "FriendlyTree"=dword:00000001 "WebViewBarricade"=dword:00000001 "DisableThumbnailCache"=dword:00000001 "ShowSuperHidden"=dword:00000001 "ClassicViewState"=dword:00000000 "PersistBrowsers"=dword:00000000 I have other tweaks in that file, but these appear to be the ones that aren't working, notice they are almost all appearance related. Interestingly, I am able to start with quicklaunch bar and start with unlocked taskbar. But I cannot set folder view (like showsuperhidden and no webview) and I cannot set the desktop settings. What am I doing wrong? I used nLite to slipstream SP2 and slim down windows. I then added these to the $OEM$ folder and also tried adding them to the $1/Install folder to be called by start.cmd. Then I created the ISO with nLite and tested in VMWare. Could this have something to do with the "subpaths" that GreenMachine was talking about in the huge regtweaks thread? Because I haven't been able to find any more info on those. Please help a newbie!

I am getting a whole string of messages saying "Replacing invalid security id with default security id for file XXXXXX" (where XXXXX is like several thousand file numbers that scroll by). It isn't halting the install (so far) but it has been doing this for a good 5 minutes. I'm using VMWare to test an ISO that I created with nLite. IT is vanilla except for nLite tweaks (I temporarily removed my cmdfiles.txt and registry tweaks because they were causing installation to crash). Does anyone know what this message means? Thanks in advance for help! I'm a real newbie with this unattended stuff.

I tried adding the SFCFILES.DLL to my unattended SP2 CD (after changing it to .DL_) but I get an error during installation that says it is not a valid system file and must be skipped. Any idea why I might get this error?

nope. At least it didn't work on SP1. I disabled WFP, deleted the folders, rebooted, no problem. But if I ever re-enabled WFP, the folders would come back on the next reboot.

bump?

+1 I have used the hacked SFC_OS.dll + registry method to disable WFP before, but all I really want to do is delete those annoying folders that XP puts in the Program Files directory (e.g. "xerox", "MSN Gaming Zone", "Movie Maker", etc). Is there any way to remove these from the list of protected files rather than disabling WFP altogether. And also, does anyone know why the heck those stupid folders are considered protected system folders in the first place?

Cool, thanks!

What are we supposed to do if we don't have a vanilla XP CD? I only have an SP1 installation disk of XP. Is there no way to properly slipstram SP2?