Aaron

In Outlook Express, go to Tools > Options > Read > and uncheck "Read all messages in plain text".

Import a reg file at the very end of your unattended installation, it will be re-enabled on the next boot: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] "SFCSetting"=dword:00000000

Replace the bitmap using ResHacker or Resource Tuner on shell32.dll > Bitmap 131 Wrong forum?

No its not set at full by default in Windows Server 2003 for compatibility reasons (its a Server - get it?) I assume you both haven't tried Windows Server 2003 yet?

I'm no good with programming, but it should be possible to check the existance of .NET Framework by programming your installer to check in: Registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v1.1.4322 Folder: %systemroot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322

Yes - http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/wfp.htm

Moved to Customizing Windows

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is the Microsoft implementation of WBEM, an industry initiative to establish standards for accessing and sharing management information over an enterprise network. WMI is WBEM-compliant and provides integrated support for the Common Information Model (CIM)—the data model that describes the objects that exist in a management environment. WMI includes a CIM-compliant object repository, which is the database of object definitions, and the CIM Object Manager, which handles the collection and manipulation of objects in the repository and gathers information from WMI providers. WMI providers act as intermediaries between WMI and components of the operating system, applications, and other systems. For example, the registry provider draws information from the registry, while the SNMP provider provides data and events from SNMP devices. Providers provide information about their components, and might provide methods to manipulate the components, properties that can be set, or events that can alert you to changes in the components. WMI can be used by computer management tools, such as Microsoft Systems Management Server, to help you manage your computers. WMI is also used by other Microsoft technologies and tools, such as Microsoft Health Monitor and Microsoft Operations Manager, and by other vendors of computer management systems. You can use WMI with programming or scripting systems (such as Windows Script Host) to retrieve configuration details about most aspects of your computer systems, including server applications, or to affect changes to your systems—see the WMI SDK for more details. Several management tools are WMI-enabled, including System Properties, System Information, and the Dependencies component of Services. These components are briefly described below: - System Properties lets you view and change system properties on a local or remote computer. You can restart a remote computer to apply settings changes or to detect new hardware, view the computer name and domain information for other computers on your network, or change the settings for the virtual memory paging file on a computer that might run programs requiring a lot of memory. For more information about System Properties, see Using System Properties. - System Information collects and displays configuration information about your system. This is is especially useful when troubleshooting your system with a support technician. For more information, see Using System Information. - Services helps you manage the services on your computer. Services dependencies identify the services upon which the current service is dependent and the services that are dependent upon it. For more information about Services, see Using Services. ms-its:C:\WINDOWS\Help\wmic.chm::/wmi_overview.htm

Use a firewall, that's what they're for.

That's more likely to be a corrupted CD. Anything related to RunOnceEx doesn't kick in until its imported registry entries at the T-13 minutes stage of Windows XP Setup, so if it hangs when booting from the CD then its corrupt.

Yeah its the same method if that's what you're asking

Similar to the Hotfixes for Windows XP SP1 thread, this list of Office 2003 Updates will also be kept up-to-date. Note: The download links are for English only. If you need localised versions, click on the KB links to choose a language. Administrative Service Packs KB842532: Office 2003 Service Pack 1 | Download KB842774: OneNote 2003 Service Pack 1 | Download KB837240: Project 2003 Service Pack 1 | Download KB837241: Project Server 2003 Service Pack 1 | Download KB840663: Visio 2003 Service Pack 1 | Download KB839881: Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager Service Pack 1 | Download Administrative Updates KB835235: Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter Update | Download Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter Update: KB835235 is an optional update that provides the Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2003 Junk E-mail Filter a more current definition of e-mail messages it should consider junk. By installing this update, you help the Junk E-mail Filter provide greater level of protection against junk e-mail.

Have you tried manually loading a custom visual style file? If it works, then its mostly likely a problem in how your .theme file is laid out.

Use /? on it and see what it tells you

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ProductKey should have been there... did you use setupmgr.exe from Windows XP's deploy.cab at all?

Try adding ProductID=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx beneath ProductKey= in your winnt.sif file.

If you don't want to see this error, don't use a hacked uxtheme.dll file. You'll be stuck with Luna and Windows Classic.

For 2 CD Installations: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=8381 Not sure what you mean by slipstreaming a windows image to run an installation?

*sigh* You could have edited out the un-needed parts...

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It doesn't have to be deleted, just wait for it to drop off the list.

No, it doesn't create an Unattended XP CD. Its very different to what you want. It slims down the size of Windows XP's installation files. It explains this on the site.

Please use a more descriptive topic title in future. What problems exactly are you having with the batch files? More information does help.

Perfectly normal. That's the outcome of using an unsigned uxtheme.dll file to allow other visual styles to be used.