Aaron

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Make a shortcut to all three of them, then use COPY to copy over the .lnk files during an unattended installation.

If it cannot be done, you might want to use one of those software-monitoring tools that monitors your software installation then makes an installation package. These specific applications are listed at the bottom of this page titled "When all else fails...": http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/applications.htm

Yep, make sure you delete the ones from the dllcache folder first so it doesn't restore them to the Windows and System32 folders.

There's no space between the quotations

net user John /add net localgroup Administrators John /add REGEDIT /S autologon.reg EXIT and Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] "DefaultUserName"="John" "DefaultPassword"="" "AutoAdminLogon"="1"

The Applications section won't be updated with more new applications, it would be an impossible task to add every software in existance. Its provided as a starting point to know how it all works.

You have both OemPreinstall=No and OEMPreinstall=Yes in your winnt.sif file, so the first entry is overriding your second. Fix that and it should copy files over.

Make a seperate thread, because this thread is for hotfixes. Use UnattendMode=DefaultHide and remove the Name, and Organisation entries in winnt.sif. I haven't tested if [Components] work with DefaultHide. Change Unattendswitch to no to see the Welcome to Windows XP screens on first boot.

"WindowsUpdate Corporate" is linked in what you quoted, click on it. Then search for 816093.

Ah you could have mentioned in your first post you was trying to format a seperate hard disk. We would have given you the Disk Management solution instead

This works for most people, and an itw file isn't used: http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/applications/adobereader6.htm

This is already explained on the site: http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/installhotfixes.htm cat files are Security Catalog Files that carry a digital signature. If an invalid cat file is found, it will not install the software.

Well it only replaces files that have bugs or security flaws, it doesn't add features, so there is little or no significant size increase. My SP3 slipstream was made on a clean Administrative Point: Admin Point: 623 MB (653,520,534 bytes) Admin Point after slipstreaming SP3: 620 MB (650,272,177 bytes)

See this thread: SOLVED: drivers from CD

Its not supported on Windows Server 2003, and using workarounds to force it to work isn't a good idea either, as Windows Server uses NTFS 5.2. Acronis PartitionExpert 2003 is supported on Windows Server 2003 however.

Here you go: How to do a 2 CD install

Have you tried it yourself in a virtual machine yet?

If KB826942 and KB822603 doesn't work, it may be something to do with the virtual software not being able to support wireless/USB. But should work fine on a real system. Move Q832483.exe to somewhere like \$OEM$\$1\hotfixes\ and use this in the batch file: start /wait %systemdrive%\hotfixes\ENU_Q832483_MDAC_X86.EXE /C:"dahotfix.exe /q /n" /q UnattendMode=ProvideDefault is preventing [Components] and other various settings in winnt.sif (such as timezone) from taking effect. I don't know why.

The Port Reporter tool looks interesting...

I made an ISO of the 10 windows 3.11 diskettes in the past and it worked well. The same could work for NT 3.51 but not entirely sure. But worth a try eh? Copy all files from the floppies to one single folder, then use Nero's Image Recorder function to make an ISO out of all the files in that folder.

Would this be it? Auto naming of PC from MAC address

Check Options > Messages and make sure Message History is unchecked. Then browse to the folder where Message History saves the conversation history and delete everything there.

If you use CDShell and PM8.IMA is in ROOT, you execute it by adding: then memdisk /PM8.IMA to your cdshell.ini file.

It won't work for Windows 2000 like that, nor does Windows Server 2003. It happened to be luck that it worked very well for XP without specifying any cat files, and no instabilities whatsoever. For 2000/2003 you may need to make use of the cat files, by extracting them out of the hotfixes and specifying them in the svcpack.inf file. If that doesn't work, then using a batch file to install hotfixes on first logon with the /O switch should do the job fine.