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    For Win2k is the RC stable enough for a production environment?

    in nLite

    Posted · Edited by galvanocentric

    Howdy,

    I've been using nLite since inception and **** if it ain't more stable now than ever before; I'm still getting used to the fact that you don't have to do the old-school winnt.sif OEM routine for integrating drivers, now that you can just merge 'em into the cab. It's frankly bloody incredible, like watching a kid grow up into a man, and okay, I'm going to stop that now because I'm eventually going to make nuhi blush. :rolleyes:

    Anyway, I usually use nLite 1.2 stable for any operating system that's going to be around awhile installed on one of my boxes but I don't know, RC2 is usually a nice enough classification that for my main box I'm willing to take the lumps. Any reason for my waiting around for a final build, especially since my machine's going to be running Windows 2000, or should I just roll on now?

    Why I ask is because alright, long story short, I've just signed a new lease on a flat, I'm dead broke at the moment, and I'd like to halve power consumption by switching my main machine, and the only running machine, from an Athlon64 with 2GB of a DDR RAM, PCI Express, a 400 watt behemoth of a PSU to a Pentium II sweety-pie that's been always ever so dependable, a kind of old standby, something comfortable to slip into when the going gets rough, you know? And I'd like to treat her with respect and dignity and give her an OS of her very own.

    Look, if I was ever in a position financially to send a few nuhi's way and buy him a pint of bitters then I'd do so, and I know that since I don't I'm in a bit of bind for asking what I consider to be a rather demanding and selfish question, but it is bordering on a month since the RC2 release and hey, I know the man's busy and all so I'm not going to sweat him, I'm not begging for a final release, I'm just curious as to thoughts on whether the one that's out now would be nice and pleasantly stable enough for a Win2k SP4 deployment. And look, this all turns out golden as Midas's daughter then alright, I'll put aside some money from the rent cashbox and **** my soul if I won't be sending a cheque or a bit of transaction through Paypal or all through the post by March's coming on. Which doesn't mean I won't anyway on account of all the other times he's given me the fine old time, and I ain't trying to slip him out one so I'm going to shut up now, because I was trying to compliment the bloke and now I think I've done and gone insulted him, makes him out a bit cheap like one on the square. Right, I shut up now. I'm not good at posting on forums, I don't usually... I'm more of a people person. This is all weird, you can't have conversations where there's all the waiting for a response, right? So pardon me if I'm a bit formal around the ears, I'm just trying to say that when this is all done with, I'm going to send nuhi all the money I can spare him and still be able to square the lander. But I don't want it to sound like I'm bribing him, or paying him off, alright, because I just feel guilty for making posts like this and never having been a donating kind of fellow, that's all.

    Much obliged, y'all, for the advice,

    Jon

    Post Scriptum:

    I'm sorry about the one swear: I didn't know it wasn't legal to say 'em. I'm not the usual behind this account to say the least, but I'd not figured on wasting space in your database for a single question so I'm just borrowing this account from a friend temporary-like. He's said it's okay so that's alright.

    Post-Post Scriptum:

    My apologies, I did not mean to refer to you in the third person, nuhi. I seem to be making rather a mess of this, don't I?

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    Curious...why preinstall applications at all?

    in Application Installs

    Posted

    hey all..

    Been wondering why people, as in your normal home user with 1 or maybe 2 pc's, would want to preinstall applications?

    I mean, normally you rarely do a fresh install of windows more than twice or maybe max 4 times a years, and in the time between fresh installs, it is more than likely that a newer version of your preinstalled programmes have been released, is it not?

    Then the time needed to update your automated install batch files would be about the same amount of time needed to update each application manually from within windows, or?

    And... all these unattended fresh installs.... is there really a need...don't pople use imaging software like Acronis???

    Well love, when you're on a college campus such as I am you'll find that a certain number of tasks need to be done to mesh your computer with the network. Best to get them out of the way and not even know about them, you know?

    I have things setup so that the default user (me) on auto-login is also conveniently my matching username and password on the network, which means on first login I can run a script that authenticates with the network, maps network drives, changes local users so their home directories are happily living on network drive H:\, syncs network time, loads Firefox's installer from a network source, loads Sophos anti-virus from a network source, loads Eudora from a network source, and etc...

    Very, very handy.

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    Can you do regedit /s *.reg ?

    in Application Installs

    Posted

    Hi. Try this. :)

    @CLS & @ECHO OFF
    SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS

    :: IMPORT A SERIES OF REGISTRY FILES.  (1.REG TO 5.REG)
    :: PLACE ALL YOUR REG FILES ALONG WITH THIS COMMAND SCRIPT IN THE SAME FOLDER.
    FOR /L %%X IN (1, 1, 5) DO REGEDIT /S %%X.REG

    EXIT

    Warning: I did not test this. :P

    EDIT: Please change your regfile names to 1.REG instead of 001.REG.

    Small correction to your code, but otherwise it's fine:

    FOR /L %X IN (1,1,5) DO REGEDIT /S %X%.REG
    Or:
    FOR /L %X IN (1,1,5) DO REG /IMPORT %X%.REG
    Depending on personal preference.
    Just needed a bit of tweaking with the environmentals. :)

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    Take a look at WinPE "2006"

    in Windows PE

    Posted

    n where i could download to try this latest win pe 2006?

    Correct me if I'm wrong but don't you need to be an OEM or similiar, then you can purchase Windows PE from Microsoft with such and such a license? As in, home users need not apply?

    I mean, I have PE myself and I'm a home user so it WORKS but I acquired my copy legitimately. I believe downloading a CD or DVDISO of PE would probably qualify as piracy, i.e. warez.

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    MCE and sever 2k3

    in Windows XP Media Center Edition

    Posted

    Would MCE program work under server 2k3?

    MCE is an operating system, hun. Sorry. :blushing:

    An operating system cannot be installed onto another operating system (not entirely valid but for all intents and purposes...)

    There's an "operating system upgrade", AnyMCE, floating about but it is both unstable and despite argued semantics, at least in my opinion entirely illegal. A group of crackers have simply found a way of theoretically integrating parts of MCE into regular vanilla Windows, thusly upgrading any Windows build to use MCE components.

    But ask me where to get it and you'll draw a blank... In fact I'd recommend not bothering looking for it at all, it plays hell on your OS. Just stick to legal copies of MCE, you can put down 130 bucks and get a copy from NewEgg like I did. Well worth the cost and to satisify MS's OEM requirement you also get a single-to-dual Molex power splitter absolutely free. :thumbup

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    RyanVM Update Packs with MCE

    in Windows XP Media Center Edition

    Posted

    Furthermore Ryans been distracted and hasnt updated the packs in a while, though i know a new version is in the works.  He's actually getting married today!  Congrats Ryan!

    http://www.ryanvm.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=351

    Yah... I heard. :blushing: Bless 'im, I say. Real life should always take precedent over us ungrateful louts. :D Or rather... Grateful louts with a few bad seeds thrown in. :rolleyes:

    RyanVM is a patient, loving cat. I'd be totally unable to put up with the constant "Ryan's betrayed us..." crap. :angry:

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    Mce On One Cd

    in Windows XP Media Center Edition

    Posted

    if you have two cds then its windows media center 2005 not 2004. you can add the second cd to the first cd by editing the txtsetup.sif file removing the enterys that say %cd2name% chnage to %cdname% then copy the files and folders to the root directory of the windows cd and it will not ask for the second cd anymore.

    :thumbup Oddly enough my two CD setup doesn't seem to need that... But if it turns out to in the future, isn't it also needed to change %cd2tagfilei%?

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    RyanVM Update Packs with MCE

    in Windows XP Media Center Edition

    Posted

    Well i was able to get WMP10 working with ryans update pack and mce.  However due to the number of problems ryans pack introduced I'am no longer using it.  I feel the updates are over-rated for the most part, and will wait for sp3 before i risk breaking the system.

    Problems? :blink:

    I'll be the first to say it, what problems? He doesn't introduce 'em, Microsoft does. :P

    Just use the Lite pack, that'll strip things down to just the updates.

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    Possible Speedup Installing XP by Expanding I386

    in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003

    Posted · Edited by galvanocentric

    I hope you are not wasting DVD's trying this and just creating a ISO image and trying in a Virtual Machine.

    DVD-RW? :blink:

    I'm going to try this tonight... See if I get a success story on VMWare. :D:blushing:

    [EDIT]

    Just thought about what Nuhi's been saying... Hell, maybe I shouldn't bother. I think there'd be little if any difference. I've got an excellent hard drive so transferring all the decompressed files would be a snap. However I've also got an excellent processor so decompression shouldn't take any time at all.

    However if somebody with say a SATA1 Raptor and a crappy processor would like to test this... :whistle:

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    Playing .mov and .rm in MCE

    in Windows XP Media Center Edition

    Posted

    Media Player Classic is completely legal, to the best of my knowledge, but isn't the solution you want. I've hacked Media Player to play APE files for God's sake, there's even a thread floating around here about it...

    In any event, Windows Media Player can become the default player for MOV and RM files in a very simple fashion.

    Step 1, install Real Alternative and choose NOT to install the Media Player Classic. It will then make Windows Media Player the default player for RealMedia files.

    Step 2, do the same with Quicktime Alternative.

    Great, huh? :thumbup

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    Photoshop CS2

    in Application Installs

    Posted · Edited by galvanocentric

    Hi,

    My point is to make a  folder inside %systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data to paste the folder AdobeSystems\product lisences\B2B86000.dat before I execute CS2 the first time.

    If we can do this we can close this topic :)

    and I used command MKDIR but this is making folders inside the point were you directed to and makes a folder "Documents" "and" "Settings" etc etc.

    can I not copy/paste a folder like "Adobe Systems\Product lisences\B2B86000.dat ,thus this folder with the folder and .dat inside it copying to the directory?

    Then we are ready.

    regards

    ps:must go to work now I am back in 6 hours  :) and also we are going to solve this problem today I hope,I am brainstorming with it.

    Okay, I think I've got it... Apparently copy wasn't creating the directory structure properly so I first moved the DAT file to Application Data, then created the subdirs, then moved the DAT file to Product Licenses.

    cmdow @ /HID
    @echo off

    regedit /S alreadyregged.reg

    msiexec /i "Adobe Photoshop CS2.msi" /qb UNITYSELECTION="RETAIL" SERIALNUMBERTEMP="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
    msiexec /i "bridge\Adobe Bridge 1.0.msi" /qb
    msiexec /i "commonfilesinstaller\Adobe Common File Installer.msi" /qb
    msiexec /i "help center\Adobe Help Center 1.0.msi" /qb
    copy B2B86000.dat "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data"
    cd "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data"
    mkdir "Adobe Systems\Product Licenses"
    move B2B86000.dat "Adobe Systems\Product Licenses"

    exit

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    How to make a 7-Zip Switchless Installer

    in Application Installs

    Posted · Edited by galvanocentric

    Thank you. :)

    With this as my guide I was able to make a fantastic SFX of my entire Macromedia collection... Around 146MB for Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks and the Flash Video Exporter. :thumbup

    [EDIT]

    Oh, as a sidenote... Everybody now really HAS to use RyanVM's 7zS file (oh, poor us :thumbup ) because as was said there is now more 7zS file included in the 7-zip distribution.

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    Possible Speedup Installing XP by Expanding I386

    in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003

    Posted · Edited by galvanocentric

    I know a lot of MSFN users try to compress there Unattended Installation to fit on a CD.

    However, I was thinking that during windows installation that a lot of the time needed for install is caused from the expanding of all of the files in the I386 directory.

    I then figured I would try a ISO in VMWare with all of the files alreaded expanded and see if it speed up installation and produced a usable OS.

    I did quick test of a ISO image in VMWare and it worked.

    However, I did not test to see if it caused any problems with windows file protection or any other problems. 

    I did try to install other optional components and it seemed to work.

    What I did was integrate all hotfixes first.

    The I expanded all of the *.**_ files in the I386 and I386/Lang Folders.

    Using the dos command expand -r (commpressed file) by using a batch file like bellow and placing it in my I386 directory then in my Lang directory.

    for %%U in (*.**_) DO (
    	expand -r %%U 
    )

    Note: expanding all of the files will take a long time.

    Doing this left only the following compressed files in the I386 folder.

    NETWORKS._ PROTOCOL._  QUOTES._  SERVICES._ TERMCAP._

    The only side effect I noticed from doing this was the the /integrate switch did not work with latter hotfixes.

    However, I am assuming you could just compress the files trying to be replaced by the hotfix and it should work again.

    I was wondering what other peoples reactions and comments were from doing this type of installation?

    Also if this is a bad idea or not?

    I'm installing from DVD-media so space isn't an issue. I'm going to benchmark this puppy the ol' fashioned way when I get a chance. Get a stop watch and run A) an install the usual way and B) an install the new, uncompressed way. :P

    Never knew you could do this, thanks!

    [EDIT]

    Okay, first thing I noticed, obviously, your batch file doesn't remove the old files!!!

    Here, use this instead:

    @echo off

    for %%U in (*.**_) DO (
    expand -r %%U
    del %%U
    )

    pause

    Oh, and just so y'all know the DVD I'm testing... I uncompressed EVERYTHING in i386 so if the drivers needed compression to be installed I guess I'm screwed. :thumbup

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    Photoshop CS2

    in Application Installs

    Posted · Edited by galvanocentric

    What I did,

    make cmd file:

    @Echo off
    Echo Photoshop CS2 (v9.0)
    Echo Een ogenblik geduld

    REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\Install\Apps\Adobe\activation.reg
    %systemdrive%\Install\Apps\Adobe\PhotoshopCS2\adobephotoshopcs2.msi /qb UNITYSELECTION="RETAIL" SERIALNUMBERTEMP="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
    %systemdrive%\Install\Apps\Adobe\PhotoshopCS2\bridge\AdobeBridge.msi /qb
    %systemdrive%\Install\Apps\Adobe\PhotoshopCS2\commonfilesinstaller\AdobeCommonFileInstaller /qb
    %systemdrive%\Install\Apps\Adobe\PhotoshopCS2\helpcenter\AdobeHelpCenter.msi /qb
    %systemdrive%\Install\Apps\Adobe\PhotoshopCS2\stockphotography\AdobeStockPhotos.msi /qb
    COPY /Y %systemdrive%\Install\Apps\Adobe\B2B86000.dat "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Adobe Systems\Product licenses" 

    exit



    make register file

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\ALM\B2B86000]

    "ActivationReminder"=dword:42dc7ac0

    "ActivationType"=dword:00000002

    "ActivationStatus"=dword:00000001

    Activate 1 time CS2 and copy %systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Adobe Systems\Product licenses\ B2B86000.dat

    Now you can Install it silently,but without B2B86000.dat inside the folder cause you must execute CS2 1 time and then copy/paste your .dat file.

    Regards

    @someone: how to make a folder with a command prompt??

    Inside the command prompt you need the mkdir command. Does that help?

    I like where you're going with this...

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    Photoshop CS2

    in Application Installs

    Posted

    Hi,

    @Galvanocentric,this is the folder inside C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\"Adobe Systems\Product licenses" ,these last 2 folders are being created if you install CS2 and open this program once you see the activation screen inside the CS2 then these folders are being created.

    Question how can I make empty folders with cmd so I can create these 2 folders and paste my B2B86000.dat inside it before I install it?

    Regards

    ps If i copy paste it works flawlessly

    I have no idea. So far I haven't been able to get activation to work. :blushing:

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    Dreamweaver MX

    in Application Installs

    Posted · Edited by galvanocentric

    tried search, found a few things to help but nothing set in concrete.

    I want to silent with the serial in a runonce method like this:

    REG ADD %KEY%\006 /VE /D "Dreamweaver MX" /f
    REG ADD %KEY%\006 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\dwMX2004.exe" /f
    REG ADD %KEY%\007 /V 2 /D "taskkill /F /IM iexplore.exe" /VERYSILENT /KC=XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX"

    can it be done?

    Installing Dreamweaver MX is easy. Launch dwMX2004.exe /r to make an iss record of your installation, then do a silent install with dwMX2004.exe /s /sms.

    For the serial number you might be SOL.

    Oh, and for killing the readme... Best of luck! Honestly mate, unless you know your default browser you could end up killing something you really don't want killed. I'd recommend either using AutoIt or not bothering. You'll be restarting anyway so what's a few popups?

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