kingweaver88

No im not adding a service pack (im starting with a retail XP pro with sp3 disk) but I was trying to add the onepiece post sp3 3.9 update pack. When I was doing the slipstream process with nlite, I actually did get an error saying the SVCPACK.inf was in use, but the process continued with no further errors. I could definitely make a clean XP virtual machine real quick to do the slipstream process with. And yea that other command works fine in administrator, it brings up the windows activation wizard, i did this because im using a dummy key to automate the install process. Also does anyone else have any thoughts on the poweruser question? Thanks for your help man!

actually I just got it to work, simple mistake. I had set up two accounts one an admin and one a poweruser, the poweruser was set to autologon. When I logged into the administrator account the ninite installer went to work. So I guess my questions is, is there a trigger or something that needs to be used if I wanted it to run for the poweruser? am I mistaken that poweruser's are allowed to install software?

yea the $OEM$ folder sits next to the i386 in the root of the CD directory. That part seems to work fine because it does get moved to the C: during the windows installation. But the runonce command doesnt run. ive attached a copy of the last session.ini file. LAST SESSION.INI

Ok so i put a file (ninite installer) in the $OEM$ > $1 folder of my XP setup source. During installation the file is copied to the C: directory just fine, but I would like to setup a runonce command using nlite to open the file on the first logon. I tried %systemdrive%\file.exe in the runonce command box in nlite and added it then I tested the disk in virtual box but the runonce command did not run, I'm thinking its a syntax problem. Do I actually need quotation marks around it? Is %systemdrive%\ the proper thing to use? Thanks in advance.

ok, i actually decided to just have the file put in the C: directory so I put it in the $OEM$ > $1 folder. Then I used %systemdrive%\file.exe in the runonce command box in nlite and added it. I tested the disk in virtual box and the unattended setup worked, and the file was put in the C: directory, but the runonce command did not run, I'm thinking its a syntax problem. Do I actually need the quotation marks around it? Is %systemdrive%\ the proper thing to use? Thanks again for your help

hmm, i got one more question. How exactly does the runonce feature of nlite work? Is there anyway I could write a runonce command to automatically open the aforementioned file on the first login?

Oh, true true. Thanks for the help guys!

so if I made the following folder structure in the XP install source, $OEM$ > $Docs > Administrator > Desktop and put the file in the "Desktop" folder it would be copied to the Administrator's desktop during install?

also to answer any further concerns, yes we include a copy of the disc used with each machine, the licenses are 100% legit and im using our retail XP with sp3 disc as a base. Also we put a sticker on each machine letting the user know to contact us personally for support. We support all the machines we donate in house.

nice! ok that gives me something to read. thanks

Thats not what I said or asked, and Im not even trying to use nlite for this necessarily. I don't get paid to do what I do nor does anyone else there. Im a student intern, we take in donated machines fix them up an donate them to people who need them. We just happen to get our keys through microsoft's MAR program at a discounted cost. I want to make a batch file (or use some other method) to take a file ive copied onto the XP disc and download it to the administrator's desktop (as in the first user created on the machine, not our administrator's actual desktop).

Ok so I work a for a small computer refurbishing center (not for profit, MAR program) and Im trying to make a custom build of windows XP for our use. Using nlite and driverpacks I was able to slipstream all the updates and driver packs onto our source files. However there is one thing Id like to be able to do that Im not sure how to approach. There is one file that all of our systems must have on the desktop, is there anyway to put the file on the Windows XP setup disk and have it copied to the administrator's desktop during the windows install? It seems like this could be done with a batch file, but ive never written one before so your suggestions would be very appreciated. Thanks in advance.